#in a much more positive light

[knifearo]

i love being aromantic. being aromantic is one of the great joys of life :)

#i am always talking about how much i love being aromantic. and that’s cause i love being aromantic #being aromantic makes my days brighter it makes my relationships fuller it makes my life more vibrant and full of light #being aromantic is so central to being who i am and i love who i am. so much #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #aroace #aspec #aro positivity #talking

[mitamicah]

Everybody's Waiting hits hard :'D

#I love the experimental feeling of this song #and yeah the song hits hard #I see myself way too much in the protagonist #way down to the dance #and man the lyrics is way too relatable for my winter #I deided to redraw this one screenshoot where the protagonist first light the candle #and then I got the idea of having bojan in the same position #hence the gif #I hope you are up to see more EW art since this is only my first idea :3 #bojan cvjetićanin #joker out #everybody's wating #mine #my own art

[sneeb-canons]

Headcanon #400: Heart & Mind are usually never a neutral temperature. The area around them is like the sun & moon. Mind's being hot and Hearts being cold. They're body temperatures however contrast that with Mind always feeling cold like metal/machinery and Heart feeling warm like a literal heart.

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#chonny jash #cj heart #cj mind #cj soul #depending on how negative or positive they feel makes it either a comfortable temp or an uncomfortable/unbearable temp #also feel like when they're more mutually chill with eachother [like in Light & We're Gonna Win] #they're still opposite temps but coexisting together #like perfect example is a spring & a storm [literal wise not just the songs] #spring being a nice warm breeze & maybe some very light rain. so together its a nice combo & its not too intense to make a storm #and then on the other hand #the storm being the two clashing & even making a tornado since the temperatures & winds are fight so much #the end of StAAS especially is vry musically stormy/tornado like with how the tempo gets faster & their lyrics clashing together too #[which btw chonny added in the tempo speeding up cos that's not in the og & I LOVE that detail SO much] #and then during THA it becomes an uncomfy cold and as Be Born & the beginning of StAAS its an almost unbearable cold #Heart gives up control to Mind so its like if a body *literally* lost its heart #as StAAS gets through its becoming warmer from Mind & then there's the storm feel at the end #TME starts annoyingly hot & gets worse & worse as the song progresses [also kinda like a computer is overheating] #TSE [and also just Soul in general] is neither. a very empty feeling even #since Soul is the shell/vessel [Whole without his Mind & Heart] he has no temperature at all. bro is just empty feeling #at best [or worst] Soul will be a sucky inbetween. if he feels cold & puts on a thicker coat he gets too warm. #if it's too hot. it'll just wear a t shirt but then it gets too cold [kinda like having the flu/a cold] #anyways the bidding is a harsh swapping between the two. changing between who's singing #the duet bit with M&H is similar to the storm but just circling winds that aren't as violent #by Two Wuv & VoaC its much more neutral and peaceful with Soul being able to feel the positive parts to the others temperatures #but thats enough inane ranting #i like the temperature idea can you tell? #most of this idea i got months ago from thinkin more about how the end of StAAS is like a literal storm lol #the og already had fun instruments swelling & stuff that made it have a storm vibe but CJ went ham on his #i love StAAS mayhaps a lil bit

[nefja]

Hello again.

#getting the hang of positioning the speedlight better #didn't have to correct much lighting in post #felt like a more muted blue fit better than the very saturated turquoise #icelandic sheepdog #dogblr #nefja #7 years #studio photography

[mothsakura]

give all the lore ramblings!!

moral of the story: please be nice to your iterator... and DON'T be like fractures

#i hope this didn't paint fractures in too much of a positive light #that bastard gave RB quite the trauma <////3 #he did so so much more than this #i am happy i finished it in only two days tho! #rain world #rw #iterator #rw oc #rain world oc #iterator oc #BIG lore ramble #lore #ramble #GRAHHHHH SERIOUSLY THIS KILLED MY BACK BUT WOOO IT'S DONE #RB should've zapped fracture more #i nicknamed fracture “bob” bob stands for big ol' bastard

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i only just found your au and i need everyone to have a happy ending so badly im gonna cry ;-; sally is gonna be so freakin upset when she wakes up for real and sees she decimated barnaby.

oh, Barnaby already has his arm stitched back on when she wakes up! and really, even if he didn't, that'd be the Least of her worries. she wakes up into a Real nightmare - partially of her (unintentional) making

#happy endings... well... yes and no. depends on what act you look at #act one? no! actually things get So Much Worse in an entirely festive new way! #act two? eh! sorta! its more bittersweet than anything #act three and four blend into each other so much that three doesn't have an 'ending' #but the final act - act four... well. who's to say! im still workshopping what i want to happen #but i do know it's still gonna have at Least a bittersweet tinge to it #wh lights out au #rambles from the bog #there are consequences and not everyone Makes It. i dont like stories where everything wraps up perfectly fine #even if it hurts! i like it when things hurt in a good way. those stories where the ending is overall positive #but Enough Happened that its just... its an ache. looking at where someone used to be. you know? #my favorite shows and books and fics have ended with me smiling while sobbing bc it yes it Hurts but it was So Fucking Good #and while i wouldnt be able to handle rewatching/rereading due to Emotional Damage... #i think of them fondly and often and theyre Important to me #perfectly happy endings just rub me wrong. it always feels like there's something Missing despite it all being idyllic #i cant let my own stories - original or aus or whatever - have that kind of end #so if thats what people are hoping for! you've come to the wrong person and the wrong au! #i like to be kind but that rarely extends to my creative works! #i like it messy and painful and bittersweet and i like to be Ruthless with my creations with no compromise #sometimes characters need to fight. or leave. or die. or make serious mistakes. etc. #but anyway! anyway.... #i will say that there isn't a happy ending for Everyone. and for others it's... complicated. again - bittersweet

[kanansdume]

Reading Light of the Jedi for the first time has made the fact that the first (non-preschooler) TV show set in the High Republic time period is going to be a Sith-centric anti-Jedi mess even more disappointing than it already was.

#star wars #light of the jedi #high republic #anti acolyte #acolyte critical #the acolyte critical #light of the jedi has SO MUCH of what i've wanted for so long #a positive relationship between the jedi and the republic #because the system DOES WORK when it's not being run by literal sith #more worldbuilding on how the jedi's lives look when they're not literally at war #what happens when jedi get older? #what are some basic training things that jedi do with each other and does it involve shoving each other off cliffs? (Yes) #we get to see so many ways for jedi to be jedi in this universe that allows them to just exist as they are #the jedi love each other and they love the republic and - for the time being - the republic loves them back #it's REALLY cool to see #and the villains aren't these terrible unknowable sith characters #the nihil have literally zero messages to send #they're just selfish criminals #they're nothing and no one #they're entirely banal #and that's honestly sort-of refreshing #i don't WANT the villains to be sith all the time #we've seen enough sith #the nihil are a kind-of basic bland villain that the galaxy would be dealing with in the absence of sith #it's so great #and acolyte so far looks like pure shit #i don't understand how the high republic series which is so adamantly pro-jedi and not about sith at all #has led us to a series like acolyte #whose creator promises us will be all about how the jedi sucked major balls #it's just immensely sad

[itspileofgoodthings]

it’s the energy of the cool AND the kind boy showing up to your party and just the way it changes everything

#Ryan was in an easier position than Margot because he didn’t have all the pressure on him and WAS allowed to be the second lead #which means he was in the position to steal the show #and DID do that #I think it’s so fair to acknowledge that. but also I just love how he makes it so much more fun for them because he’s there! #it goes both ways. liv tyler showing up in the all male lord of the rings stories and being such a shot of light #but the point is: we need each other! #and yeah it’s beautiful to see him being so fun and making it all so fun and celebrating it. of course that’s the part that rings truest #Barbie discourse sorry (sort of) #these thoughts are connected but I have done a terrible job explaining how they are and my 15 minutes of tumblr are up lol #so I hope any of this makes sense #LOL

[thesmokinpossum]

when i tell you my jaw hit the fucking floor at this scene...

#kay baby girl you should have run so fast and so far #unfortunately she was litterally 21 years old so of course she would have been like #'yes his own mother just told me that he's a murderer whose gonna make me miserable but i love him so...' #and that's not me saying she's not intelligent: that's me saying that she's a 21 years old girl in love and i'm very sad for her #kay adams #who deserved so much better than what she got smdh #btw sorry for the shit quality the light is awful in this backstore and i'm so stunned that i had to share this with tumblr right away #on a more positive note mama corleone constantly screaming at tom in italian is probably the most validating thing ever for him lmao

[evilkitten3]

this image lives in my mind rent free. there's so much here and i really wish the manga had gotten deeper into these two's deeply fucked up relationship bc it's fascinating.

according to wikipedia, yin (the black bit) represents the female/passive/negative principle in nature, while yang (the white part) represents the male/active/positive principle in nature. yin is covert, of the netherworld, the north side of a hill, the south bank of a river, the moon. yang is overt, belonging to this world, the south side of a hill, the north bank of a river, the sun. some other stuff too

the name hyuuga is written with the characters for "sun" and "approach", but the second character can also mean "defy". hinata's first name is just a different reading of the kanji of their surname (which is hilarious but that's not the point), but as a noun "hinata" means "sunny place" or "in the sun". i believe it's also been used to mean "the direction the sun is shining". with the reading "hyuuga", though, the same kanji is also an archaic noun meaning "facing (opposite) the sun". so hinata, the all-but-disowned heiress of the clan, is "a sunny place facing the sun" - both an undeniable part of her family, yet ostracized for her weakness.

neji's name means "screw", or it can refer to a key or a spring in like a watch or a clock or something. there's a few kanji it could be written in, but only one of them caught my eye - 螺旋 is a rarer way of writing "ねじ" (usually just written in hiragana afaik, tho neji the character's name is written in katakana) but the more common reading of 螺旋 is ら(螺)·せん - rasen. if you haven't already caught it, the kanji for rasengan is 螺旋丸­. that's not super relevant, just interesting. anyway, neji who "defies" the main family is one who "faces (opposes) the sun". but at the same time he's its strongest member (or. the one with the most potential. probably most of the jounin hyuuga were stronger than genin neji). so he's "a screw in the sun" - a fundamental piece of the machinery that it may not be able to function without, even if it can't be seen from the outside, like the inner workings of a clock.

idk where i'm going with this i just think these two are fascinating and i would've liked to seen more of them concerning one another

#naruto #naruto shippuden #hyuuga clan #hyuuga family bs #hyuuga neji #hyuuga hinata #people try really hard to give naruto a sun-moon dynamic with someone but like. that's silly #the narutoverse HAS sun-moon symbolism. just with hinata and neji #naruto has his full moon-crescent moon thing with sasuke tho which is also pretty nifty #also i freaking adore how they're positioned there #neji looks down on hinata. hinata looks up to neji #the moon resents the sun for shining but can't has no light without it. the sun doesn't need the moon but gives it light anyway #there was so much that could have been done with this #what they're meant to be vs what they are vs who they choose to become #the POTENTIAL #just realized i'm only ever interested in neji when hinata is also involved. and hinata is much more interesting to me when neji is there #i don't care about neji at all outside of that and i'm not too interested in canon!hinata outside of that either #it's kinda ironic bc when i first got into naruto i couldn't stand neji bc of how he treated hinata #ofc NOW i'm older and understand a bit more of what he was going through but it's still hard for me to like him most of the time #except when it concerns hinata. who is the main reason i didn't like him in the first place #go figure? i guess? #they are sososososososo fucked up and i love it #unrelated note: maybe the reason i can't really get behind naru/hina is bc all the interesting potential i can see just kinda went untouche #naruto au where hinata and neji spend the two year timeskip plotting a revolt and they kill hiashi while he's fighting hizashi #then while the war is going on they're running around in the background freeing every hyuuga they can find #naruto wins the war and turns around to see hinata completely restructuring the clan and takes inspiration for the village #he works with sasuke and sakura and the others to try and fix All That Shit #THAT'S a naru/hina i could get behind #also. when they kill hiashi i don't imagine it being like a ''mwahaha vengeance'' thing it'd be more like a tragedy #there'd be a flashback of how close hizashi and hiashi were as children and how growing up the way they did messed them up

[la-galaxie-langblr]

Positivity post, 22nd January - 11th February

Cooking new things and them turning out fairly well (most notable is the enoki and udon stir fry I made, absolutely delicious)

Soup leftovers

Submitting an exam I'm fairly proud of with plenty of time to spare

I got access to my phonology class on Blackboard!!! So unbelievably hyped for this semester

Calls with my uni bestie, at the time of first writing she isn't back yet but she will be soon <3

Getting more comfortable watching Instagram reels in French (ik ik but it's a start!!)

Green spaces on campus are very emotionally supportive

I've started playing geography games which is pretty fun - matching countries and capitals, naming countries on every continent, click where this country is etc. I'm not very good yet but it's fun to learn new things :)

One of my flatmates came back today, it's nice not having the flat be eerily quiet all the time

Countdown to fun events happening very soon!!

Waking up cosy and more rested day by day, classes are gonna hit me like a bus next week so I'm taking it while I can lol

Talking lots with a class friend about our exams (no collusion here dw) and bonding over our dislike of our history and culture modules, I'm hoping we can go for coffee after a seminar some day :)

Update my class friend said yes to going out for coffee and I can't wait!!!!

The sheer relief of submitting all my exams :D

I visited my friend for their birthday and we played loads of stardew valley

My uni bestie came back!! :D

Spoons and giggles with friends

A new class routine to get started with, my modules this semester are already looking to be much more interesting than last semester :D

The tumble dryer in uni actually dried my clothes for once!!!

Restful nights' sleep

Finalising accommodation for the Squad Holiday in summer and it looks so good considering the price we paid :D

Endless late nights chatting and laughing until we cry

The crocuses are in bloom at the local park and it's gorgeous!!!!

Visiting 2 friends in Scotland over the weekend, so much love <333

Podcast episodes my beloved

Seeing a different side to my uni friends over a game of Catan in a fun way (so much yelling 💀💀💀💀💀 but the insults were incredibly creative)

Clean sheets and clean room

Spoons cookie crunch with strawberries my beloved

Orange juice is absolutely delicious and I should really buy it more often

Getting back into reading and discussing books with friends <3

As an extension to the above: reading a book given to you by a friend and their annotations are all there <333

I recorded half a podcast episode on a night I felt really anxious and it calmed me down and sparked some creativity in me

The joy of learning new things, I'm loving my phonology class atm

Slowly developing a stronger sense of self, in the words of Marina and the Diamonds "I know exactly what I want and who I want to be" well not with that amount of certainty but still

Every year or so I reread Anne of Green Gables and every year I'm reminded of why it's my favourite book ever

#ellis exclaims #positivity #heybenni #knife gang #i am not good at updating this regularly but ah well :) #i think intentionally looking for the joy is really helping me lately #i feel so much more light and hopeful about things :)

[xhanisai]

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#Delete later #Don't read this if you're a fan of kagami cos today I'm feeling livid about her behaviour and actions in s5 #Everything that salters claimed alya would be is exactly what kagami was #I feel like the reason I'm so pissed is cos I've had bitches do that to me in my school days too #Marinette gave her so much and this is what she got in return #She had her important secrets told to the person who helped the enemy and whose morals didn't align with hers #She made this girl a fucking superhero and brought her into her friendship group #AND THIS IS WHAT SHE GOT IN RETURN LOL #And the worst thing for me is that I don't see anyone talking about it and being like #Uwu kagami is such a helpless lonely girl uwu #FUCK HER #Don't get me started with the way she bitched at adrien for not standing up to gabriel at the end of s4 #She was terrible to both adrinette!!! #Alya and nino deserve a better fanbase #Adrinette deserves a better fanbase #If you're a fan of kagami that's completely fine and you're well within your rights to love her no matter what #But I will forever be pissed at her for this so don't expect any fanart or fics about her from me #I won't draw or write her unless she's needed for a plot or whatever #And don't worry I'm not gonna write salt about her or anything like that #And any of my work that involves her will stay in a positive or neutral light because we don't need more negativity in this fandom #I know this is a long rant but I'm just so annoyed #It just hits close to home for me #Cos I've been in Marinette's position #Lol

[sweetsweetbumblebee]

✨️dream girl✨️

#🍯 #me #mine #dont feel like tagging this 1 lol #idk y i look so much more pink in the 2nd one i didnt edit these at all #like i didnt even fix the lighting like i usually do #soo #ig the change in position just changed the lighting or smth?? #idk m not a photographer

[mechanical-aristocrat]

(Not for character question)

So i've already talked about this with some people but... Have you noticed that his lightcone and his portrait in Hertas office are compleatly different?.

From that, this fakt kinda messes his timeline/story arc

[OOC:]

Yeah, I noticed that too.

The only logical in-universe explanation that seems somewhere within driving distance of the realm of possibility, would be that the portrait in Herta's office depicts him with some sort of ceremonial getup...I guess? But not only is that explanation less compelling than what we previously thought it was (a past version of himself), it also leaves more questions than answers? Like why is it of noticeably less advanced construction than his base form? Why isn't he wearing any clothes besides a cape when he's normally dressed head-to-toe?

I don't want to outright say it's a continuity error, because I want to give the benefit of the doubt, but realistically, it's probably a continuity error and trying to read into lore implications is a waste of time. At the end of the day, though, it probably isn't something that's going to bother me too much.

#but to end this post on a more positive note: even if it throws a wrench in the timeline #I'm Still going to argue that the leaked light cone art is the best in the entire game ever of all time #which is a hill I Am Very Much Willing To Die On #honkai star rail #screwllum #honkai star rail leaks #ooc | out of character #cinamoncoffecup

[yeonban]

Honestly tragic that Light went down the path he did in the 2nd half bc in the beginning Tobias would've really liked him. He wholeheartedly agrees that the only way to bring REAL "justice" is by making sure the perpetrator will never be able to do evil again, which will never be achievable through lawful means like incarceration (especially in cases where they're connected to a bigshot who can bail them out) so the only way to truly get rid of evil is, like Light figured, through kiIIing them all

#muse: tobias. #Ironically enough Tobias thinks Light isn't (wasn't) harsh enough in his 'judgements'. HE would've made sure they suffer WAY more #I think the biggest differences between Tobias and Light are that 1) Tobias doesn't view himself as a 'God' or anything of the sort; #though he doesn't hurt innocent people for fun or money like they do; he views himself as not THAT different from his enemies #I mean sure he's disgusted by 99% of them but he's aware he does many things the faint of heart would never be able to stand looking at too #2) Light does everything as if he's not involved. He sets out 'judgements' to people who are far away; through more indirect means #whereas Tobias is much more involved. He PERSONALLY sets time aside to deliver the payback to the people who are in high positions #Most of the time he makes sure their last ever conversation is w him. Sometimes their death is remote (but still horrible; i.e explosions) #other times it's by his hands in which case they Wish they could've died like that ^ instead bc his torture isn't Only physical #3) Light doesn't care who he has to discard; being willing to kiII even his closest allies who would never think of turning on him #whereas Tobias would Never abandon his true allies like that. He knows damn well how hard to get across they are and he treasures them #so he's willing to take heavy losses to save them if need be; and certainly won't ever discard them the way Light would #4) Tobias knows damn well that by doing what he's doing it means he's eventually going to end up dead like his enemies and he's fine w that #meanwhile Light seriously thought he would conquer the world; have nothing happen to him whatsoever; then die a peaceful death #I should write a proper meta on the similarities and differences between Light (+L) and Tobias sometime bc I keep thinking about them

[scumlafeccia]

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#do u ever realise you missed someone's company more than you thought #someone who doesn't necessarily see you in a positive light but for sure doesn't see you that negatively either #someone who still doesn't know you enough to see all the ways you're flawed #someone with whom you're not pretending to be a better person than you actually are #someone who fills up a bit your days just with their presence #can I really miss an acquaintance this much?