#it's about how riven uses his superiority complex as a coping mechanism to deal with feelings of inferiority in the first half of season one

[stellasolaris]

sometimes i forget that not many people are familiar with adlerian psychology and therefore do not seem to fully (or at all) understand what 'superiority complex' truly means. nothing wrong with not knowing, of course, but it is a bit frustrating when terms like that get thrown around in the media in the most reductive way possible.

anyway. anyone up for a nerdy fun riven meta?

#it's about how riven uses his superiority complex as a coping mechanism to deal with feelings of inferiority in the first half of season one #and how it explains a lot of his behavior in canon before his superiority complex dissolves into an inferiority complex #spoiler alert: he's never been a malicious asshole or a bad boy! #and this time i have notes from an actual adlerian psychologist and philosopher #(no for real i have several highlighted passages and notes from 2022) #(and yes there are plenty of other factors to describe his behavior. i'll just be focusing on one aspect) #liv speaks #winx riven