#he was stressed out and desperate

[dontworryihaveyourblorbos]

I don’t really know how to say this in a better way so imma just say it

If you think John Dory is a bad character then respectfully, you have no idea what being an oldest sibling is like.

He didn’t abandon his brothers. He was pushed to a point of having to be responsible for four younger brothers, ranging from baby to teenager, trying to coordinate and pull off good if not perfect shows, trying to help Rosiepuff raise both them and himself while also dealing with trollstice and the troll tree while also struggling with an ever growing *need* to be perfect. It doesn’t matter how much you love your siblings- if you’re stressed enough, you’re going to snap and you’re going to snap at them. And you know what? He probably hated himself for that too. And for the fact that he couldn’t be perfect. Any oldest sibling knows the guilt of not being good enough and presumably tearing down their younger siblings in the process…it’s awful. No fuckin wonder he walked away, bro was what, 17?? 18??? He shouldn’t have had to do that. And he didn’t just abandon his brothers knowing what was gonna happen to Branch. From his perspective, he walked away knowing full well Spruce and Clay could step up, and that Rosiepuff would still be there. He had no way of knowing Branch would end up alone and gray, because if he did, he never would have left.

John Dory is not a bad character. He loves his brothers.

Edit: some people are saying he didn’t come back until he needed something. He came back to an empty troll tree- he thought his brothers were dead. He probably only left for a few months or so! He didn’t abandon them. He had every intention to come back and did. His family was just gone.

#idk if this is a vent or an analysis #I’m just so tired of people making him out to be an unloving brother #guys #he thought they were dead #he was *so* excited to see all of them and they wouldn’t even give him a hug #being an older/oldest sibling is fuckin hard #I’m the second oldest of a bunch of kids in similar age ranges to Brozone #when I tell you #I would snap way sooner than he did #it’s just not fair to him or his character to say he abandoned them on purpose #or that he brazenly made them be something they didn’t want to be for the band with no regrets #I guarantee you #it kept him up at night when he fought with his brothers #he probably hated himself for making his brothers unhappy #but what else could he do #he was stressed out and desperate #John Dory is not a bad character #he’s an oldest brother who didn’t get a chance to finish his own childhood. #trolls #trolls band together #dreamworks trolls #trolls John Dory #trolls jd #realizations #rambles #brozone

[thisisnotthenerd]

thinking about riz gukgak and how he feels so alone and yet how his words, his works, are the first thought for his friends when they don’t know what to do

thinking about how love is work, how love is the act of giving and giving and giving until you have nothing left and yet he cannot ever prioritize himself

thinking about how he takes every nickname, every gift, every moment of care with an eagerness that far outstrips the gift in its giving

thinking about how his every stress comes from a moment of devotion and care for his friends, from unraveling the mysteries that permeate their lives

thinking about how he could call them to action with a single warning because they trust in him so much

thinking about how he justifies what he gives to his friends even as his mother asks him to consider himself for once

thinking about riz ‘the ball’ gukgak

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #riz gukgak #just the aroace experience of it all #riz took his deepest fear #of being left behind by the people in his life #who will all find someone else #and now he's holding on to them #holding them together #with the same hands that clawed at a crystal palimpsest #desperate to be free to help his friends #tutoring and investigating and campaigning and going to every extracurricular #riz has the skill to simply succeed at what he does #and the extension of that #of taking stress for his friends because what would he be without them #the lonely kid giving out business cards on the first day of school #something something his father was devoured for the sake of a long running scheme #and his mother works herself to the bone to both provide for him and advocate for those trapped by the system #is it any wonder that riz is so capable? #always the one asked #because they know he will get it done #it's not a question of whether riz can do it #he can #it's just a matter of how much he will take on #making himself indispensable #is it any wonder that sklonda asks #d20 prose & verse

[bonefall]

Jesus Christ. I've never read Yellowfang's Secret and it's insane to me that what we see of Lizard is supposed to be "evil woman" like from the screenshots you posted this is really and truly someone who is being forced to bear children. Forced to care for them. Lashing out that her husband can keep doing his job and she has to drop everything to care for children she didn't want. And that horrible shit from Ragged oh my God dude.

It's SO fucked up!! That exchange with Hollyflower is HORRIFYING!!!

Like, during the Brokenkit Handoff, she's shouting about not wanting to raise every unwanted kit and how badly she hates this, only for Raggedstar to start bellowing at her to shut her mouth. He's able to "convince" her based on on "ambition" they slapped onto the character in that moment, but when you really step back and look at the context, it just reads like she realizes she has no fucking choice

She's the only queen in the nursery. There was no "saying no"

Especially not to the deputy

NO ONE cares about Lizardstripe as a person, even though she's obviously really uncomfortable about being forced to birth and raise children

"I know she doesn't want this. That's too fucking bad. It's her duty as a woman" -Sagewhisker

I can't get over it. This book doesn't treat her like a person, it treats her like a bad vessel. She's a horrible mother because she DOESN'T WANT THIS, and the narrative condemns her, even partially blames her for A BABY-KILLING TYRANT, because she wasn't happy about the situation she was forced into.

Like... jesus christ!!

#Maybe if the woman forced through birth smiled and acted like a good mother then the Baby-Eating Tyrant wouldn't have ate so many babies #mind you this is in the series where they've gone to great. painful lengths to stress that adoption is Bad and inferior to bio-birth #characters like gray wng raise their children from birth with no knowledge of their bioparents and the kits STILL grow up more connected-- #--to their wifebeating bioparents. #You can be the ideal adoptive parent and they'll still grow up desperate to prove something #but it's lizardstripe's fault that Broken didn't feel loved enough??? When he still had his other parent??? fuck offffff #Can we PLEASE have sympathy for a person who's in an awful situation with no help obviously lashing out because it's the ONE thing she has #agency over?? #Like of course none of these poor kids deserve this #But lizardstripe DOESN'T EITHER

[wataksampingan]

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE'RE CELEBRATING APRIL FOOL'S FROM NOW ON OH MY GOD MY HEART

#my in laws are obsessed with me #my in-laws are obsessed with me #MILAOWM #OMG #I CAN'T #the modern office romcom au I never expected and now desperately want #it's an architectural firm right #tell me he's a stressed out overworked head architect #out on assignment with his new junior #and she cajoles him into a purikura machine #and he indulges her coz he caught feelings #ugh this otp #THEY'RE SO CUTE I CAN'T

[pastafossa]

Some sad health stuff about a pet so scroll on if not your thing.

So my poor old kitty Cato. I don't post as many current pics of him cause he's not looking great. He's lost a ton of weight in the past year or so, upset stomach, fairly skin and bones now. Vet put him on prescription food and an elimination diet 5 weeks ago. And while he's stopped losing weight, and stopped vomiting so much, he's still not gaining his weight back, either. I'm technically feeding him more than the bag recommends, too. He's getting fed four times a day, almost an entire cup of food total which is HUGE when - even at a healthy weight of 9 pounds - you were a small animal.

I'm worried there's something wrong at a deeper level. He should be gaining weight back, and he's not. He's always, always hungry. He's sore if touched around his back half unless you pet him very gently. And you can feel all his little spine notches when you pet him.

I have had this cat for 13, almost 14 years. I realize that might not seem like a lot depending on age. But at mine that's a very large chunk of my life. And the idea of having to weigh what his quality of life is of this cat I've raised from a kitten, who has curled up with me by my pillow every night until fairly recently, who always follows me and sings to me and bonks his head on my face... this feels way too soon.

#tw: discussings of aging pets #tw: discussions of pet death #i'm honestly not sure he'll last a year #the fact that I'm feeding him this much and all it's done is stabilize him... is not a good sign #and the vet stresses him out SO much #so i also have to weigh #'do i take him in for more tests and exams even though that stress might make him worse #or do i just do most via call and just... try desperately to slow things while keeping him comfortable' #idk man #this weekend with him has not been encouraging #he's sleeping less with me now and i tell myself it's because he has his electric cat bed #but this is a cat who's slept next to me every night he could for over ten years #starting the very first night when he curled up under my chin #i honestly don't know what to do #i love my old kitty and i was hoping he'd be one of Those Cats that lived a very long time #but i'm starting to think i'm out of luck

[a-world-in-grey]

Do Prompto's parents know about her health issues? Or did she manage to hide it from them?

Oh, Prompto's parents are fully aware of her health issues. The issues don't develop until at least a few years after she discovers her magic, so probably when she's ten or eleven, but even with how often her parents aren't around it's just not possible to hide that from them. Partially because her babysitters notice and tell her parents, but also because before she's taken to various doctors her health issues are obvious enough that her parents would have to be blind and dumb not to notice them.

Prompto's parents, of course, are really fucking concerned about Prompto's sudden health issues. They take her to doctor after doctor, but no one can figure out exactly what's causing the issues or how to fix them, which just leaves mitigation and coping strategies. Unknown to Prompto, Prompto's parents figure that her health issues are inherited from her biological parents and debate asking Cor or the King for more information. I haven't decided if Prompto's parents know she's a clone or not, but Regis and Cor, who do know, probably figure Prompto's health issues are a result of the cloning process when they hear about Prompto's health problems.

Meanwhile, Prompto - and by extension Noctis, Ignis, and Gladio - never really think too hard on the cause of Prompto's health problems. Her health is what it is, they don't really put much thought into it beyond helping her cope. Which, they probably should, what with Prompto's health noticeably improving after they start training her magic, but dumb teenagers will be dumb teenagers and they're more focused on hiding Prompto's magic from anyone that might report it back to Regis. (Might even have Prompto's doctor put her on a new drug around this time, so Prompto's improvement gets attributed to that instead.)

#ffxv #Spark!Ardyn au #Prompto Argentum #Iggy being the mother hen that he is would of course do a bunch of research to find out what he can do to help Prompto manage her problems #but he also respects people's privacy when it comes to their medical history so he's not going to demand health updates #If Prom decides to share that's her prerogative #Gladio meanwhile won't get involved unless he thinks Prom is hurting herself or otherwise putting herself at risk #at which point he's going to make it his business #he might not be Prompto's Shield but he's the only Shield aware of Prompto being a royal which means Prompto has NO SECURITY- #poor Gladio is a Stress okay #Shield Instincts plus Stress plus Amicitia Temper does not a good combination make when dealing with small nervous Princess #who has spent over a decade desperately pretending that Everything is Fine Everything is Normal please don't look too closely #Gladio is going to be Relieved when they finally learn that Prompto is a NF and not an LC because that means Prompto DOESN'T need a Shield #Sure there's the Stress of having a foreign royal to protect but now he's got Crownsguard and Kingsglaive backup

[daughterofsarenrae]

if i put my noise cancelling headphones in i cant hear robin getting into things he's not supposed to be getting into, so really it's like he's not even doing that. he is being so good and playing in the least destructive way possible <3 what an angel <3 he's never done anything wrong in his life <3

#dont worry it's not like. gonna hurt him. it's just annoying as hell for me <3 #FINALLY managed to block off the kitchen so he can't get in there to go under the stove. big win 4 me #baby: robin #making angus look like a perfect baby in comparison. angus was NEVER this desperate to go under the stove #he def went there but only a couple times. i never had to ban him from the kitchen bc of it #man. i do wish angus and robin's paths had intersected while angus still had play energy #he is soooo crotchety about robin so i just keep them separated but damn. they wouldve been so fun to have out together #stressful as HELL it wouldve been a NIGHTMARE #but they wouldve had fun <3 #robin just tries to play* with kiera #*play means jump out from under the couch and harass her #and then act offended when she tries to play back #bestie u started this. im not saving u #kiera has gotten SOOOOO much better at being chill with ferret shenanigans <3 #character growth fr #god i am SO CHATTY rn someone attack me with weapons #bel speaks

[pinksilvace]

people will really draw anything but what they're supposed to (I'm people)

#I didn't mean for lonnie to look so close to lozeyart's design of him. whoops. it's just so iconic in my head #to my beloved mutuals who've been thinking that it's been too long since I made cursed crossover art: I've been thinking that too #will I maintag this? that remains to be seen #this is how I cope with life #my art #fernart #you know the worst part of this??? I could actually write a fic about them #the most aroace characters that live in my head #I bet alonzo could fix philip if they managed to survive one another for the first ten minutes #something something alonzo was preparing to be his family's protector in the event that the current protector went MIA #something something philip is still a child at his core because he's clung so desperately to a past that never existed #this started out as a joke to release stress through but I've now concocted a full au in my head over the past day #if I don't make this art then nobody ever will. but also. does it really need to be made? eh who cares #I need to scare off a few followers every now and then

[xtinyslip]

❝ everything i’ve given you, you’ve thrown back in my face. ❞

"is that really why you requested i come down here? DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE THE TIME FOR ONE OF YOUR LECTURES RIGHT NOW?" the coping mechanism that had practically been forced down his throat for years was drugs. it meant that unfortunately right now, he didn't handle personal stress very well. work stress he was always on top of but when it came to personal? well, he knew exactly wanted he wanted but he was clean and he was determined to try and keep it that way. still, it explained how he was practically talking through gritted teeth right now. "AND ALSO BULLSHIT! YOU BLAME EVERYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF. WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS THROWN BACK IN YOUR FACE? EH? IT'S YOU. NOT ME!" @lcvenderhcze

#matt ; convo #matt ; finn #tw: mental health #tw: drugs mention #i'm really sorry about him #he's ugh stressed out of his mind and for obvs reasons does not handle it the best :L #and finn's just getting it because he's been desperately trying to hold it in around everyone else all day :L

[omegapheromone]

I would do anything to get Star Railed by the fine men of this stupid money scam game

#have you SEEN those men though... General Jing Yuan more like Yum Yum Yum what a fine man #gamietxt #I have a LIST. at the top of which in no particular order are Jing Yuan and Gepard Landau and Dan Heng. #bonus mentions for Blade and Sampo Koski too they're my problematic babygirls #one is both a himbo and somehow the most sly smug rat bastard you'll ever meet and the other is just insane #Luocha is too much of a freak and Welt... hopped a few too many universes for me I think #also have you guys SEEN imbibitor Lunae Dan Heng. have you #GOD ALMIGHTY he's a dragon too? on top of just being a fine man to begin with??? #strike me dead now. I won't be able to contain myself when IL!Dan is added to game #I already hate this company for making me unnecessarily desperate for pixels so much but this is a new low I didn't think was possible #at least not possible after my breakdown for another fine male character from a different game. please I'm begging this is going to kill me #I'm just an asocial nerdy NEET that gets stressed out around actual people? attractive pixels are my achilles' heel #I will never find a partner of my own because I hold real people to fictional standards and yes I'm self aware enough to say it #sobbing #this is absolutely my heat talking by the way #oh cruel world #heat 🌡

[mooodyblue]

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#anxiety rly is a bitch bc this whole day i've been so on edge ive been feeling sick my heart just hurts #heart palpitations but i just wanted to stay in bed all day and rot #i hate constantly venting on here but i find it easier than on twt #especially bc i vented this morning #but im feeling bad again #and it's worse this time around #im just so stressed out over everything #i'm so tired #and just sad #big sad and also hungry #and i miss elvis #but im always missing elvis #but it's one of those things where like i miss him bc i think he'd be such a good friend to me rn #if that makes sense #like i can tell he was always a good listener and what i would giveeee to just vent to him right now #i always say elvis is the friend i desperately need #sigh #anyway

[theabyssgazesalsointoyou]

both jason mcconnell and jake dillinger are my poor little bastard woof woofs who have never done anything wrong in their lives ever (untrue) but jason is also a sopping wet meow meow. does this make sense

#no it does not #but like. same character in different fonts and that's the 'different font' part to oversimplify it #jason is more arrogant and independent and repressed #he keeps pushing people away under stress while jake keeps seeking out more company yk #always rotating them in my mind #okay to add on it's bc of the difference in where their trauma stems from. jason's is catholic guilt and jake's is abandonment issues #so jason is like. constantly flooded with guilt for just existing and feels like he's a sinner and he shouldn't taint others with that #jake has been abandoned and heartbroken all his life and he desperately needs something to cling to & distract himself from the loneliness #and both of them are burdened with the need to be Good so they can prove that please they are worthy of being loved #augh. them. they're so tragic

[pandora15]

idk man i guess it's just that i'm struggling to find fic to read and barely having the time/energy to write at all

#it's also that i seem to be unhappy living my cozy comfortable life in suburbia #especially since my roommate who's also my friend is acting more like a roommate than a friend #but i'm also. not a great roommate #and he's a pretty good one! but he's not being a very good friend #which partly is my fault because i'm also not a great friend #but i guess i want to mix things up and move elsewhere and have an apartment to myself #and a part of me is waiting for my parents to tell me that i can do that #because i've always lived my life like that #and a lot of the mistakes i've made are because i've done that #it's also why. i've lived in the same state for like almost my entire life #so i feel like. this desperation to go somewhere with more people my age with high walkability and just. stuff to do? #like i work remote right #i don't go out much #so i feel like i need to BE somewhere that forces me to do that #my mom seems to understand that but she's telling me to wait until i'm almost done with grad school to move #which. valid i guess? #and my dad doesn't seem to understand it at all #and then they both want me to live at home in the fall because i'm planning to take two classes instead of my usual one along with work #which also makes sense but. i get ansty every time i spend more than two days at their house #tldr i'm tired and stressed and unhappy i guess about my lifestyle #and like logically i can wait until the end of the year because then i'll be a lot closer to finishing grad school #and my lease will be up then anyways #but also. that's so far away and i just want to change things now #pandora's ramblings #anyways sorry about the literal essay i wrote in the tags here

[apollo-just-ice]

If you see this you should vote for Bruno in CYL bc I am getting lowkey stressed at the idea of making content in time for CYL voting to rally votes,,,,

Lol yes ik he’s not gonna win but I want him to get a decent ranking,,,

Plz? :)

#desperate attempt to ease my worry #will it work? idk #instead of me having to make a video to convince you to vote Bruno how about you just vote Bruno /lh #you know it’s real when I have stress out of feeling obligated to do this for Bruno. a fictional character. #he is not real he will not know either way. #idk I’ve been sticking with calling myself Bruno’s 5 fan for a while now it is just. me being a Bruno fan sure is a part of who I am huh #just lowkey crazy lately don’t mind me #or do #vote Bruno plz #agh #just starved for bruno content in general lately idk he is especially been on the brain #feh #fire emblem #fire emblem heroes #feh bruno #fe heroes #bruno feh #zacharias feh #feh zacharias #cyl #choose your legends #feh cyl

[ronanlynchbf]

sisterhood of the...sisterhood of the hunting heart necklace 🥴😖🤐....

#ellipsis ellipsis ellipsis #yellowjackets #yellowjackets spoilers #just realized this looks insane 2 anyone that has not seen yj....tbh if u haven't yet u should it's great 👍 fun times 👍 stress equivalent #to the stress u feel watching succession 👍 #anyway sisterhood of the traveling pants and yellowjackets enjoyers this one's for u 👆 #ignore also that this doesn't rlly make sense like. grammatically. or in the context of the title of the movie in relation to the yj ep... #i'm trying to joke abt the ep bc it left me genuinely so distraught........like javi wasn't even a major character or anything but he #survived out there for two months on his own only for this to be his end....and like he's so young..he's just a kid.. and i know they ALL #are just kids but javi is the youngest of them all and idk having younger siblings myself that just affects me double bc he's like barely #15 at most....and he was trying to help natalie...like he was just trying to help and they let him drown...like drowning as a way of dying #always gets me extra badly bc it's so slow and desperate and ughhhh all of it combined just...agh :( #ANYWAY. it was still a really good ep and probably my favorite so far for the second season the pacing of this one worked really well

[one-winged-dreams]

SWIPES EVERYTHING OFF MY DESK

NO MAS

IT'S TERRA HOURS NOW

#i feel like i'm legitimately in the fucking world of darkness right now trying to reach out to him i am that fucking stressed and desperate #i love him so much and he and owen and you guys have been my literal only solace in this world lately #once this rage subsides i'm gonna have myself a good cry over some of his cutscenes