#i'm inclined to think it is both

[tomwambsgans]

tomgreg is not "i could fix him" nor "i could make him worse" but "i could make him feel like a real person." from both ends.

#tomgreg #there is genuine incompleteness on either end without each other #i'm thinking nrpi and the mutual obsession and being (successfully) singularly inclined toward monetary success #EXCEPT in regards to each other #greg having only the most naive aspirations until he meets tom #tom having an essentially directionless desire to be a caretaker until he meets greg #i'm thinking of that one rebvilla tg art with the caption #'doderick fell from the fantasy doggy land and became a real boy in the arms of a guy named tom' #i'm thinking of how the last time greg smokes weed onscreen has him throw it away when tom shows up #how he first does coke. an upper. onscreen directly as tom shows up #tom wakes him up and guides him #greg gives him someone to guide #they're both sponges that soak each other up bc they were sorely missing something #the ethics of their behavior are besides the point #the point is that they cease to be performative about it. tom gets less conservative greg gets less liberal #bc both were masks that weren't necessarily real #'don't be an asshole greg you don't have PRINCIPLES' <- tom accurately calling greg out for being fake #i'm thinking we don't change minds. maybe we do change minds. #once again whether it's in the direction of being 'good' or 'bad' could not be FURTHER from the point #bc the human condition does not condern those things. LOVE does not concern those things. #they just push each other in the direction of being complete people. of being fucking real #mine

[spaciebabie]

I want 2 fuck that old man not in his pussy, but in his heart

#I just realized this post can have multiple meanings djdjdjjdjdn #Wynn knows what's up #anyways I'm feeling sentimental #who am I kidding I want 2 do both #just more inclined towards the sentimentality ATM #spacie spoinks #welp. goes eepy #maybe if I think Abt holding his hand hard enough I'll have another dream Abt him

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm on a trip right now but next week when I get home I'm gonna draw Xiao Pingguo and Lan Wunian

Would you do it. Would you do it for them

#ask #equineswap au #xiao pingguo #lan wunian #Anon sent this a week ago (whoops (welcome home (I'm putting absolutely no pressure on you I just want to be silly))) #They both had to learn this technique from fairy btw #the act of using the soggy eyes is not a natural inclination for their personalities #I like to imagine she's just out of frame directing them. 'Get soggier' she says 'Like you will die unless you get some peanutbutter' #Fairy the dog is probably not much of a beggar. Jin Ling doesn't want her belly to hurt. #Jiang Cheng only spoils dogs with cuddles #So lets go with 'Fairy the human's love language is probably touch and words of affirmation' #of course I'm thinking about love languages for these AU characters right now. I will ruminate on the other two girls' today. #this has nothing at all to do with Anon saying they want to draw the beloveds. my god I'll die for you if you do but no pressure

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I have a question for you guys.

I was rewatching Yosano's backstory episode (and cried again. what of it?) but something this time caught my attention.

In the scene where Fukuzawa and Mori are fighting and Fukuzawa angrily tells him his plans "lack humanity"... is the word they both use... not "kokoro"?

It would appear to be, from this manga translation. If that really is the choice of word, that's really interesting, because one of irl Natsume-sensei's most well-known books is the novel Kokoro.

What does this mean? Is Mori really following the plan Natsume laid out for them? Is he derailing from the initial plan with the exclusion of "heart/humanity"? Did Natsume intend for "heart" to be sacrificed in the name of defense? Or is this conflict, with "heart" at the center, exactly what Natsume needed for this plan to work?

And on Mori's end: this isn't his usual cold, impeccable logic. This is anger that Fukuzawa is getting in the way. More than that, it almost seems to me like Mori has a paranoid streak. Check this out here:

To be quite honest with you, Mori sometimes makes weird calls that imo aren't the best decisions - and they're all out of some fear he has, typically over the protection of the city and the country. Mori's takeover of the Port Mafia is seen as overall a good thing - because the previous boss grew increasingly paranoid and started ordering unnecessary violence, something Mori himself wishes to avoid whenever possible. Yet his projection onto Dazai causes issues during the Mimic incident - sure it was logically sound, but he lost Dazai for it. Was it really then the best solution there was? And what about Yosano - so caught up in what she could prove and what she meant for the war effort that he failed to consider her taking drastic action out of sheer despair? It's interesting that Mori, who advises others on not letting their fears and emotions get in the way of strategy, is prone to the same thing at times. Might he get worse at this kind of miscalculation? It'd be altogether kind of tragic if he messes up later in the story out of paranoia, considering his predecessor's legacy...

Edit: I changed the last bit, as it's left somewhat unclear if part of Mori's reasoning in the whole Mimic incident was to get Dazai away from him - in fact, it's likely that wasn't the case at all and Dazai was just saying this to intentionally get under his skin. Unfortunately I am a bit of dumbass who misinterpreted this line on first read, and now read it differently:

He's sticking with the logicality of it - one person's life for a gifted business permit is a worthwhile sacrifice, even if it drove away his right hand man. Either way, whether it's projection (Dazai is just like me, so he'll understand) or paranoia (he is going to inevitably kill me someday - which is still kinda projection imo) or some combination of the two - I think the original point still stands: maybe focusing all your efforts on ensuring you're always prepared for some eventuality or other means you overlook things you deem less important or irrelevant. Maybe removing heart from your decisions... isn't actually the best call in the end.

#bsd #bsd meta #i suppose? #bsd fukuzawa #bsd mori #does this make sense? i can't read #storyrambles #the updated version with me actually properly rereading this bit wheeeeee thank you nawy for pointing that out #i had always assumed it was both motives to some degree but now i'm inclined to think it isn't #either is intriguing in its own way to play with though #mori arranging the mimic incident thinking that dazai would agree with his logic and failing to consider his emotions: way more interesting #especially character wise (also more canon) #mori arranging the mimic incident to in part get rid of dazai only to immediately regret it two seconds later: WAY funnier #anyways sorry for my mistake here everyone i hope this clarifies it #also i hope this updated post actually shows up #sigh

[hychlorions]

#.docx #i told nick what this world needed was klapolly fistfight #and we started discussing who we think would win #nick said they both lose and i'm inclined to agree #but what are y'all's thoughts #arguments for apollo: has canonically punched someone #arguments for klavier: has an older brother. also wears rings (ouchieee) #arguments for both of them losing: they have the physiques and personality of old men so they got too tired to go on. also it would be funn #i have nothing for them tying.

[seoafin]

I was wondering if gojo and geto fell for rip!mc at the same time or was this a “geto wants her and Gojo wants what geto wants” situation

i think gojo was experiencing severe bi panic in high school and took out all the ugly feelings on ripmc because the only way he could comprehend it was thinking that he was jealous of her when he wasn't but no it took a couple of months for gojo to develop and become aware of his feelings while geto realized a little sooner and ramped up the charm x100 but unfortunately it was too late by then 💀

#i think the both of them are...inclined to view people the same way if that makes sense lol #which is why I do think their tastes to do overlap #but I've said it before i rlly think gojo or geto could've wooed ripmc had they been charming to her I'm the beginning #ripverse answered

[normalbrothers]

TOMMY: I need me brother in one piece.

#you know one is inclined to think that they both deserve each other dhhd #tvedit #peaky blinders #peakyblindersgifs #there isn't anything too deep about this i just want to gif the scene where arthur threatens tommy over the phone bc linda but i'm too #sleepy rn #so just this #i love how arthur's immense claw emerges from the dark though #will i ever gif non-tommyarthur scenes? no #i like how much their scenes play with contrasts; dichotomies and all

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

24 in 2024

i haven't seen any of these floating around yet, so i thought i'd get one started! here are 24 books i want to read in 2024 (and a bonus readerly goal):

Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives by Sarah Williams Goldhagen

Obsolescence: An Architectural History by Daniel M. Abramson

Offended Sensibilities by Alisa Ganieva

The Night, The Night by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Dayswork by Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel

Dawn by Sevgi Soysal

Trashlands by Alison Stine

The Girl in Red by Christina Henry

How to be Eaten by Maria Adelmann

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang

The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Black Tide by KC Jones

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

The Ambergris Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer

The Great Cities Duology by NK Jemisin

The Spider and her Demons by sydney khoo

A Shining by Jon Fosse

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology edited by Vince A Liaguno and Rena Mason

Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka

Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin

Unexpected Places to Fall From, Unexpected Places to Land by Malcolm Devlin

Always North by Vicki Jarrett

At the Edge of the Woods by Masatsugu Ono

Bonus Readerly Goal: i'm gonna try REALLY hard to only buy a book after i read five (5), this year (pre-orders DNI). gotta get that backlist under control SOMEhow, right??

notes on the color-coding: the green books are Just Because books (with a couple little red riding hood adjacent retellings in there, which is writing-project-related). a few of these came in a translation subscription box, and i am Interested in Architecture, and i'd love to read more of both this year.

the blue ones are bookmarked for nano prep (i wanna write something fucked up about space this year, i think, it's still cooking). i know it's early for that, but The Vibes™ have to marinate for a while. will probably add some haunted house books to this part of the list!

lastly, the purple ones are driscoll adjacent! filling my words well with related vibes worked well, this year, and i want to do that again next year. since i read through the entirety of my previous ~driscoll vibes~ stack last year, i've been restocking it, so most of these are very recently purchased.

(please note that all this color-coding/explanatory text is absolutely optional and Extra™, if you want to play--you can add it if you'd like, but by no means feel Obligated To Do So lol)

tagging @asexualbookbird, @six-of-ravens/@sixofravens-reads, @agardenandlibrary, @freckles-and-books, and anyone else who wants to play!

#books #24 in 2024 #reading goals #book talk #asexualbookbird #six-of-ravens #agardenandlibrary #freckles-and-books #if anyone would like me to remove their tag please say so! and no pressure to play #i'm just curious about what y'all want to read! #ALSO if anyone/any followers would like me to ADD you with an official tag please slide into my messages and let me know--i'm happy to add! #you can also just tag me in your own post and say 'thanks for the tag' if you're so inclined!! really whoever wants to play can #(i just know that i myself personally almost never respond because 'what if they don't really mean ME anyone') #(but i assure you that i mean --you-- anyone reading this) #(again: will also happily add you to tags if you'd like just let me know lmao) #(also also: yeah i'm making this instead of finishing off my 23 in 2023 reading list lmao) #(i got pretty far!! all that's left is bitch queen and daemon voices and both of those are literally in progress!!) #(so that's pretty good i think) #anyway ezra you're up lmaoo #not me procrastikn----booking? #procrastibooking #procrastiblogging even #in btw #driscoll

[fragmentedblade]

Also, Ruan Mei was the one who lent the Phase Flame to Ratio, wasn't she?

#That Ratio and her were working together seemed to be the case since we first found him but idk #Ruan Mei plays dumb when we ask about him but I thought it was clear that she did know him #Herta also pretends she doesn't know him for some reason #cringefail acquaintance #Jokes aside I wonder why they did that. Is it because they both are ehm working behind each other's back #(Herta when it comes to the IPC‚ the SU and the bet‚ Ruan Mei kind of with everything)‚ or is it due to some other more complex reason? #Based on we've seen thus far I do think Ratio and Ruan Mei were working together in something #and that she was in the known of at least some things. Perhaps not everything #She seems to care about things beyond her research even less than Herta does #But given what we're told it seems fair to conclude the fire Ratio had was given to him by Ruan Mei #Herta said Ruan Mei needed it for some research. So either she didn't need it anymore and didn't mind giving it to Ratio afterwards #or maybe what Ratio was doing was something she was a part of. Or did Ratio steal it when he was around the seclusion zone? #I'm not inclined to think that tbh it seems to me Ruan Mei must have been knowingly implied. Yet now she owes Herta a favour #Which is more valuable according to Herta. This quest has left me very curious about the development of all this #Screwllum suspected Ratio since the beginning. I wonder if he suspects Ruan Mei too #Ruan Mei's line about Screwllum makes it seem like they don't get along too well I think. I have so many questions xD #I am very curious about all this‚ satisfied and potentially excited. Not yet excited but I sure have hopes for an exciting development haha #Maybe it will all end up being nothing but the relationships between the characters in the Genius Society (especially these three) #seems kind of messy and that intrigues me. The relationship the three of them have with Ratio seems intriguing too #Any iteration of these dynamics seems to be very interesting #Maybe it will all end up being nothing or I may be misreading or seeing more than there is but I am looking forwards to knowing more #I talk too much #Traces

[crabbarts]

what if I clothing-swapped LL anisa and claymore anastasia,, thoughts to be thunk

#I went through my anisa tag and I miss her #ackshully I'm trying to choose a warrior whose personality is on par with anisa's but idk... #I wanna go with anastasia bc despite being introduced so late in the series she made a fair impression #she was selfless and treated her comrades as dear friends despite her higher rank #and both she and anisa have v pretty hair ✨ #can't really think of a claymore who seemed inclined to pretty clothes/beauty the way anisa is...besides galatea or hysteria? omg hysteria

[zukkaoru]

i support women's wrongs but i have to say i'm also a rather big fan of consistent characterization,,

#this is about #jjk 211 #jjk leaks #like okay i get wanting tsumiki to be a little evil that's fine!! #but given that her big motif in s1 was 'even if i could curse someone i'd rather spend my time loving them' #it just seems like uhhhhh it wouldn't be the best writing #like it could be done well but it would be difficult and i'm. not sure i trust gege that much lol #also i get that what we've seen of her has only been through megumi's biased perspective but like #there's not many ways to misinterpret the meaning of #'if i had the time to curse someone i'd rather spend it thinking about those precious to me' #so to go back on that just because she can used cursed energy / does have a ct now seems..... really inconsistent #she doesn't seem like the type of person to be hypocritical about something like that #she's been portrayed as someone with a very strong inclination towards Goodness #and obviously that isn't black and white #but it just. rubs me the wrong way to completely undermine everything we know about her #megumi certainly isn't the most reliable narrator - especially when it comes to those he cares about #but he isn't a liar #and he isn't stupid #i'm just afraid that this is going to be a huge disservice to both tsumiki AND megumi and i. don't want that #i just. i hate when authors forget the characterization of their own characters for the sake of a plot twist #maybe it'll be fine!! but i'm sick and tired of 'idk let's just make this character do something entirely ooc bc no one will see it coming' #if it actually works great! but i'm not jumping on the 'let tsumiki kill' train yet bc with what we know of her so far it just #it doesn't make sense #and there's a difference between 'unreliable narrator / biased narrator' and just. straight up lying with no hints towards the truth #anyway sorry i just have. feelings #maybe i'm still a little traumatized from the 0uat writers entirely forgetting everyone's canon characterization past s3 but i am. wary #i've seen too many shows/series entirely disregard the established characterizations for the sake of surprising viewers with a poorly #written plot twist #hello grace here #there was supposed to be more tags here but tumblr cut me off rip </3 oh well my point stands

[cosmogyros]

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#went out on the town tonight to the so-called sketchiest area (i find it delightful) #met some friends at a café and then we strolled for a while #ended up at a cute french bar and drank orange wine #then headed to a famous noodle place and bumped into some other people they knew who joined us #the five of us ate noodles and i had an intense conversation with a mexican woman #we were discussing the way the complaint about 'immigrants not learning the language' can be understood two ways #as an american i'm very sensitive to that phrase because i'm accustomed to it being used as a subtle indicator of anti-immigrant sentiment #and here in germany it's unfortunately often used that way too so i always look closely at anyone who says that #but she pointed out that in mexico you kind of just do have to learn spanish if you want to live there successfully #so when she hears germans saying 'immigrants should learn german' she just thinks 'well yeah of course we should' #and i said yeah fair point #i think two important distinctions are 1) why did the immigrants in question come to a different country #and 2) how do we treat them when they don't learn their new country's language very rapidly #because i may be a hypocrite but i'll be honest: #i feel very differently toward a rich white american who comes to berlin 'because it's just so cool' #and doesn't put much effort into learning german 'because everyone speaks english anyway' #than i do towards a refugee who comes here fleeing death and already speaks e.g. both arabic and english #i'm inclined to give the latter a lot more leeway #sure they should do their best to learn german soon if they're planning to stay here for good #but i personally refuse to judge them in the slightest if they take a little while to make that happen #cosmo gyres #personal #language #immigration

[clarabosswald]

my parents: not think to diagnose my abormal sleep behavior during my adolescence years, leading to me being diagnosed with a literal list of disorders nearly a decade late and after it already ruined half my life (including nearly not graduating high school) me, now: trying to listen to my body and seek a balance between my anxiety and the looming threat of another life-ruining disorder going undiagnosed for years me, today: got (after talking with my gp) fresh appointments to get two very long lasting (2+ years) issues with unexplained pains and declining short-term memory abilities finally checked out me, very naively sharing the information with my dad and getting hurt when he gets angry over my "needless anxiety over health in my young age": wow who could've seen this reaction coming!!!!!!!

#this is me being angry at both him and myself btw #shouldn't have told him #should've remembered his inclination to think that i'm making an elephant out of a fly #but also he should've gotten a lot more humble after the sleep disorders debacle (WHICH IS STILL ONGOING BTW) #(HE'S A DOCTOR TOO BTW. ACTUAL MEDICAL DOCTOR) #anyway haha gosh my life fucking sucks

[changeling-rin]

(Inclined, with tentative angst ideas) So how does Wind feel about the Wind Waker’s Command Melody anyways?? It does something akin to possession after all, and the Links don’t have a great track record with possessions- heck, even Wind himself had to fight Bellum, who employed a form of it. Does that color his opinions on the song at all?

It's like possession, but slightly to the left. As I understood it when playing WW, it's more like... suggestion? Medli and Makar seem to be in control of their own selves still, but the impression I got was that Wind was establishing a surface level mental link, of sorts, and guiding them around. Like, 'try looking over there, I bet you can reach that switch'

It's really useful for recon!

#Changeling Answers #DL Questions #Anonymous Replies #Inclined Anon! #Wind #Command Melody #also I think it's important to note that both Medli and Makar were willing recipients #participants? #there's a word here that I'm forgetting but I think y'all know what I mean

[herladyshipsnope]

.

#my you're losing me era #I like us being friends sort of treating our failed marriage as a bitter sardonic inside joke #went out to breakfast and worried he'd try to be a couple but it was just good breakfast sandwiches and laughing at his dumb boss #my therapist says this is better than that cycle was and i'm inclined to agree #we were a show that flopped #and that's ok #lean into that cheese #I actually think we're both happier this way in the end even if he won't admit it

[theophagie-remade]

All Might fans (terrified that he's going to die) vs me (happy that we'll see AFO interact with him without any of his previous emotional barriers for the first time)

#not that i don't like all might. and i do feel like him dying and him living are both interesting prospects #but i'm more inclined to think that he'll live so i'm not really worried about him #i'm just happy for all the afo stuff :^) #mytext #animanga #bnha #char tag #afo