#more like a fun theory

[bridgyrose]

I'm not sure if you're accepting requests at this time, but if you're feeling up to it as this is an idea going around it seems:

Ruby Ascends in the Ever After. But now she is nothing but her purpose to save Remnant, if it/or someone does not contribute to that goal, then she doesn't care about it, just complete apathy for anything other than her purpose.

How would WBY take this?

(Getting this out before the new episode so I dont lose what I want to do with this. Might not be completely accurate, but you did ask for this.)

Ruby came back but everything was wrong. 

The first to notice was Yang. It should’ve been more clear to her that something was off, Ruby came back slightly older, hair longer and more like Summer’s, but Crescent Rose was still on her back and she was still Ruby. What really made her realize she wasnt the right Ruby was her smile. It was empty, no longer hiding pain, no longer trying to radiate optimism. It was forced, almost as if she didnt care beyond her single minded mission to get back to Remnant. 

Blake was the next to realize something wasnt right about Ruby. No longer did the huntress seem to care about the issues they passed, pushing Jaune away and only ever heading through the Ever After to reach the tree. But what really struck that something was wrong was how she treated the Curious Cat. It became clear that she treated the cat differently to reach the tree, almost as if she didnt care about anyone else or anything else unless it led everyone back to Remnant. 

Weiss realized it once she tried to apologize and Ruby blew her off. Her heart broke as she tried to make things right with her friend, only to be pushed aside as if what happened never mattered. Words that were said still lingering in her mind, still upset at herself for not seeing the pain that Ruby was in and only focusing on her own. Words left unsaid that she desperately wanted Ruby to know, but this Ruby didnt want to hear. 

Jaune was the last to realize what was wrong, figuring that Ruby was still upset with him. When Neo attacked again, he realized it wasnt the same Ruby he knew. The Ruby he watched fight through Neo’s images didnt seem to care about what came to the end of her scythe, instead slicing through anything that got in its way. Allies, enemies, plants and trees, Ruby had no regard to anything that had gottten in her way. 

Once they were all back to Remnant after going through the tree, they figured Ruby would be herself again. Yang kept an eye on Ruby while Blake and Weiss did what they could to help share the burden that Ruby carried, trying to give gentle reminders that they were there for her. 

But none of that seemed to matter to Ruby. 

Yang finally had enough once they reached Vacuo and shoved Ruby against the wall of a building. “What’s going on with you?” she asked. “I know you’re not feeling great about everything that happened, but you’ve changed. What happened to you?” 

“I found a new purpose,” Ruby said, her voice steady and calm but still devoid of the optimism it usually had. “I know what I need to do to make sure Remnant is safe, how to stop Salem. I can finally be the hero like in all the fairytales.” 

“...you ascended, didnt you?” Yang pulled back as all the pieces finally started to make sense. The way Ruby treated anything in her way that wasnt allowing them to reach Remnant. The way she fought as if time was being wasted, the way she moved through every obstacle as if it was just another annoyance in the way. “Rubes, you didnt need to-” 

“But I wanted to, Yang. Ruby couldnt… I couldnt be the hero that needs to stop Salem. So, now I am.” 

“But you’re not… you. At least, not anymore.” 

“I could never be me if it meant stopping Salem.” Ruby let out a soft sigh, a little emotion starting to slip through the cracks of the mask she continued to wear. “Ruby was just a shadow of Summer, of the heroes of fairytales and the stories of how huntresses are supposed to be the ones to keep everyone safe. So, instead, I’m now Ruby Rose, guardian of Remnant. A new person with a new purpose to keep everyone safe.” She paused and took a breath as her body shook to get her back on track. “And right now, that means we need to safeguard the relic and then take the fight to Salem. We’ll find where she’s at and I’ll stop her.” 

Yang could only watch as Ruby started to walk away, her heart breaking as she watched her sister continue forward. She knew none of this was right, that the Ruby she had known as a sister was gone and replaced with a different Ruby from the Ever After, a Ruby who would only keep going until her purpose was fulfilled or until she died trying. 

“Is everything okay with her?” Weiss asked, arm held to her chest. 

“She… ascended.” 

Weiss looked down at the ground and wiped a tear from her eyes. “Of… of course she did. After everything we did, after everything she said… of course she ascended.” 

Yang slowly reached out to Weiss and put a hand on her shoulder. “We’ll get her back-” 

“But we wont be able to, will we?” Weiss put up a weak smile as she tried to hide the pain in her heart. “She’ll stop Salem and then… what happens? Will she be pulled back to the Ever After for a new purpose? Will her purpose carry her away somewhere else? Its… Its going to be problem after problem for her to fix to help save Remnant, she’s never going to be back.” 

“We’ll talk to Ozpin and find a way to get her back. Back to herself.” 

Blake finally spoke up, ears folded. “And we need to prepare for the idea that we cant get her back. At least, not fully. And even if Ozpin does know how to get her back, does that mean we’ll have to go back to the Ever After?” 

“I… I dont know…” Yang sighed, eyes still glued to Ruby as she watched her sister speak with Headmaster Theodore about the relic’s defenses. “But we’ll get her back. Even if it means giving everything up.” 

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Ruby panted as the dust settled, scythe blade broken next to her as her legs gave out. It had been a long shot, but she had managed to trap Salem in the space the relic vaults inhabited, finally freeing Remnant from her. A sense of serenity washed over her, quickly interrupted by Weiss’s voice. 

“Ruby? Ruby!” Weiss called out. “Ruby!” 

“I’m… still here…” Ruby said, voice weak as she felt her body start to give out. Her arms felt like they weighed her down, her chest pounded as her heart throbbed. “I… I did it. I saved Remnant.” 

“What… did you do? I… I dont see her.” 

“I trapped her in the space where the relics were kept.” Ruby smiled a bit. “She wont be coming back.” 

Weiss tried to help Ruby up, her hand going right through her. Her arm shook as she desperately tried to pick her friend up, each attempt ending up as the same as the last. “Ruby? What… what’s going on?” 

“I’m… done.” Ruby fell back as her voice started to become emotionless, her body slowly dissolving into rose petals as she watched a tree start to grow in front of her. “I need a new purpose, but the tree cant give me one.” 

“But Remnant isnt saved yet!” Weiss started to try to gather the rose petals as they broke off Ruby and slowly started to disappear, her fingers digging into the dust left from the grimm. “We still have to deal with the relics. A-and then the huntsmen academies! You heard Cinder, everything is still broken and its going to take years for us to get things right! And then there’s the faunus! We can help Blake and Yang-” 

“But that wasnt my purpose.” A smile crossed Ruby’s lips as she closed her eyes. “Maybe one day I’ll make it back to the Ever After and gain a new purpose. But for now, Ruby’s purpose to save Remnant from Salem is finished. She’s never coming back and I have no reason to stay.” 

“Of course you do Ruby!” Weiss slammed her hand down onto Ruby’s chest, freezing as her partner disappeared into a storm of petals that disappeared in the light. Her eyes widened as her arms shook, a few words still on her tongue. Words she had wanted to say for months but never had the right time to say it. Instead, she slowly picked herself up, holding back the tears that so desperately wanted to leave her. 

Yang finally made her way to Weiss, panting as she leaned against the doorway. “Weiss? Did you find her?” 

Weiss looked silently up at Yang, and then back to the broken blade of Crescent Rose. Her heart finally broke as her legs gave out and tears started to flood out. 

Yang made her way to Weiss to help comfort her, pausing when she saw the broken blade and no Ruby in sight. “She’s… gone, isnt she?” 

Weiss nodded between sobs and pressed into Yang. 

“Lets get out of here,” Yang said as she picked Weiss up and helped her walk. “We’ll figure out what to do next.” 

#ruby rose #rwby ruby rose #weiss schnee #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #drabbles #angsty drabbles #rwby #rwby vol 9 spoilers #spoilerish #rwby 9 spoilers #not quite spoilers #more like a fun theory #but you get the idea #character death #tw character death

[abd-illustrates]

I might’ve spoiled the plot of Natlan | Genshin Impact THEORY

In which I read so much lore that I gained the power to see the future (maybe) This ended up being a real challenge to make - but it was also really fun! Please do lemme know what you reckon of these ideas, and whether y’all wanna see me pattern-recognition my way into several corkboards worth of theories about any other topics sometime down the line! (^^)/

(also: HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥳🎉 Here's wishing y'all every good thing for 2024)

#artists on tumblr #abd illustrates #genshin impact #natlan #game theory #idek how to tag this one i've never made a vid like this before uhm-- sgdfksdf #anyway oh my GOD i have had so many brain bees about this topic for the longest time #ik making a half hour video about it is unhinged enough but the fact that nobody else seemed to be talking about some of the patterns #was drivin me BONKERS #im so normal about this lore y'all mhm #but also silly tho the energy of this one is #im really proud of it! it was wierdly scary to branch out from my usual content like this #so i do sincerely hope it's a fun watch (^^)/ #i'd love to make more off-the-wall and like deep-dive type stuff like this sometime if it goes over well 💖 #it also took-- sO LONG TO MAKE #full time video essayists are to be feared i have learned #Youtube

[dotted-clouds]

Replaced.

#my art #kindgom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts 3 remind #kingdom hearts 4 #Sora #Yozora #Riku #The Sleeping Realm Theory #The Necklace Theory #Meteor Shower Promise #you can tell how much I love those moments between Sora and Riku #Soriku #sora x riku #a bit of angst? i suppose #hey remember riku's fear of being replaced :D WELL GUESS WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS #THAT'S RIGHT BABY MORE YOZORA BECAUSE I WANNA SEE HIM MORE #also my theory is that Yozora is a special nobody like Xion (hopefully that makes sense) #but hey it's all for fun (ouch) #KH #KH3 #KH4 #also this ain't anti soriku i just love angst in my silly heart #BACK TO COMMS BYEEEE

[irradiatedpiratebooty]

fallout tv show ghoul discussion

the only thing i dislike about the show is their retcon of ghoul lore- everything else is a banger i had a great time but the lore changing the ghouls baffles me, as it retcons and changes literally every other game in the franchise. its funny, im not mad about it, im ok with the show having different lore than the games. i just hope they make it clear that its an AU kind of thing haha mainly because if someone gets introduced to the series from the show, and they go off to play the games, theyre going to be confused. so, what are the changes? well-

in fo3, theres an entire side mission involving the underworld, where the ghouls there really hammer in that the rumors like; that they regen and so can only be killed by headshots, that they eat people, that they can go feral at any point, and that they're zombies.

all of this is just propaganda spread by the brotherhood and bigots to justify murder and genocide.

none of it is true. they bleed and die like anyone else. but in the show, these things are not rumors, and they are completely true. cooper constantly has to take this drug from a vial that prevents him from going feral. theres no explanation on where this medicine came from, who makes it, whats its made out of, etc.

so, while in the game, turning feral is unknown, seemingly at random (theories range from genetics, lack of socialization, insanity, radiation exposure, and time) and ghouls dont just- randomly turn feral. but in the show its enevitable and therefore the hate towards them is justified. the only things that are special about them is that they; age much, much slower than non-ghouls, that they can heal faster using radiation. (to my knowlege, they still need to be patched up. they do not just regen. they can still get shot to death, or maimed. they just heal a little faster.) and they need more potent drugs, as it doesnt affect them as strongly (mentioned in fo3 by some ghouls in a subway) the changes made in the show heavily changes the stories of a few characters and places in the entire series.

for fo3: changes the entire underworld. these ghouls cannot leave this place. if they do, they're shot and killed immediately by the brotherhood nearby. they discuss how they're discriminated against. in the fo3 dlc, point lookout, the ghoul there presumably hasnt left the manor he lives in for well over 200 years. he wouldnt have access to these vials. tenpenny tower. their ban on ghouls would be justified then. the entire narrative involving the water purifier and putting the serum in that will kill off all mutants. with the changes the show makes, the decision whether or not you do this has no weight and eradicating mutants becomes justified. for fallout new vegas: dean domino. he hasn't left the Sierra Madre in over 200 years. he wouldnt have access to these vials either and would have probably gone feral a long time ago. for fallout 4: diamond city. diamond city's ban on ghouls wouldnt be an issue anymore. since in the show, ghouls cant die aside from headshots, the ghouls being thrown out into the wastes to the elements wouldn't really be as heavy of an issue.

(i cannot comment for fallout 1 and 2, as i am not as knowledgable about the ghouls in those two games. feel free to add on in reblogs if you know more about them than i do)

i love the show, i think its awesome. im basically consuming it now with the idea that its canon -within its own story and lore- and is separate from the game itself. cooper is a badass and the changes work for the show itself, not so much the entire series. which is fine in my eyes.

#fallout tv series #fallout tv show #fallout tv show spoilers #fallout #fallout tv show discussion #fallout amazon #ghoul discussion #feel free to add/critique more of what i said #i like discussing this its neat #theories are awesome too #dont be a dickass about it being “bad” this is just a discussion for fun #its not that serious

[sysig]

I think the world is so wonderful... (Patreon)

#My art #Handplates #UT #Papyrus #I have not been able to get this idea out of my head for like - days now lol #It's only solidified the more I read! Heck!! #I dunno if I was necessarily hoping that reading further would point me in another direction but no now this is one of his songs lol #I really like Rugrats Theory actually :) The song of course it's lovely but I even have some nostalgia for the creepypasta haha #Been a while since I read it tho so that's probably just the soft haze of memory talking lol #But the song is still great! I'm partial to the English cover but I like the original as well :) #There are just so many fun lyrics! Especially for Papyrus specifically #''Everything I've been told I believe and yet people that I love just leave'' Gasterrr #''I think I'm old enough to understand so there's no reason to hide from me'' Sanssssssss #Once I returned to the scene of Sans trying to lie to him I just fjdslahfd these lyrics would Not leave me alone lol #I'm also Extremely partial to the second verse surrounding blindness and willful ignorance - his vision problems literal and metaphorical! #I wasn't planning to start a Handplates playlist but I guess by this point it's kinda too late haha #I also tried a different style of shading for this one ♪ Trying to style match a bit hehe #It's fun! Scratchy - tho some of that is from still using my usual brushes lol #I was Very inspired by watching the comic creation playlist - so cool! Very fun to watch and pick up ideas hehe #I knew I forgot something lol dang it - forgot the dash between WDG-2 #S'what I get for using pre-plates references :P #For just a quick little thing I'm fairly pleased overall tho :)

[jeeaark]

Remember when that tadpole of yours snickered when Omeluum's attempted cure backfired? I don't think that lil rascal completely went away when Greygold transformed. It's probably maniacally snickering right now.

#bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #illithid tav #greygold #squid greygold #bg3 fanart #bg3 comic #you ever think that tadpole had it's own personality as well and that it didn't completely go away either? #Like if two caterpillars cocooned together and mixed into cocoon mush #and out came a fancier-than-normal illithid butterfly but with a big heap of ✨internal struggles✨ #is theory anyway! #because it's certainly not eating brains that's messing them up huah (because they no eat any yet) #is more fun than the' Greygold died and is now a squid with Greygold memories' theory anyway #Greygold can handle it. It's fine. Maybe. Probably. #They're living that two bagels vine life now

[fiendishartist2]

you appear familiar dear; you look just like my bathroom mirror!

#i love to just make a love letter to petscop and then disappear for a week. like hey guys :) #my art #digital art #artists on tumblr #petscop #paul leskowitz #petscop paul #carrie mark #petscop care #i downloaded the kyle webster megapack of photoshop brushes and just had so much fun trying out brushes #against all odds i am actually a watercolour bitch so i used a lot of water colour brushes for this #except this is so much easier and more enjoyable bc i could ctrl z and didnt have to wait for anything to dry lol #i adhere to the theory that paul moves back in with anna when the family takes over the channel. so paul stays in the ''guest room'' O_O; #i made this while frustrated by my homework in a library. i cant draw doorknobs but i can draw an entire room in 2 point perspective <3

[lord-squiggletits]

It's hilarious to me that someone actually asked/JRO actually confirmed via word of god that Tarn tortured Pharma while he was at Delphi bc like. Fucking yeah??? How else do you think Pharma went from "for most of his life, he was a good doctor" to stark raving mad? What else did people think Tarn, fanatical Decepticon who leads a group of professional murderers, would do to Pharma, Autobot stationed on DJD territory, to make him comply with the deal?

I get that sometimes people just want confirmation from the author for them to go "no yeah your theories are right" but on the other hand I don't understand asking for word of god confirmation on things that are obviously canon if you just think about it for a little bit

#squiggposting #pharma apologism #tho truthfully i dont like word of god in general for anytging besides like. trivia #if it was important to the text it wouldve been included in the text #and im not gonna trawl interviews and supplementary materials to figure out what the author actually meant #if word of god agrees with the text then the facts are already present in the text with no confirmation needed #if word of god contradicts the text then word of god is wrong bc text > retroactive writer commentary #and also i think its more fun to make theories and speculate #than to ask the author what is actually correct

[drborf]

What if your presumedly dead sibling wasn’t dead and just became a final boss in a pit and her whole thing is replicating someone else’s form and also your coworker’s whole thing is replicating someone else’s form. (but shapeshifting this time) Would that like mess you up for a bit or…like…..???

#drborfs doodles #my art #super paper mario #spm #paper mario #dimentio #spm mimi #still a dimentio younger sibling truther #because he’s annoying (I’m a younger sibling btw shsfsgsgsh) #BUT! #also because shadoo and dimentio have the whole making clones thing going on #but dimentio only makes clones of himself and shadoo makes clones of the whole Mario gang #but maybe that’s just my brain going Woahh older=more experienced #idk that’s just a theory #shadoo #this is also why I like to think dimentio and Mimi got a sibling thing going on #also I know Mimi’s shapeshifting abilities are spot on buuuuut I thought it’d be fun to keep the little dot eyes and eyelashes

[agentc0rn]

⦿ Help Zygarde end the clash between Xerneas and Yveltal and restore order.

#pokemon fanart #pokemon xy #pokemon legends #zygarde #xerneas #yveltal #pokemon legends z-a #pokemon legends ZA #pokemon legends za #kalos #pokemon x and y #pokemon #sorry guys cannot help but keep drawing scenarios #they're so fun to play around with #although that often raises high expectations (which I blame myself for that) #2 big reasons why I enjoyed indigo disk = drawing art and engaging in theories within the community #the hype season really helped make the DLC experience more enjoyable; while I liked ID #I have major gripes with the story (aside from kieran's). #I hope xerneas & yveltal gets more role! Really solid designs and lore-stuffed creatures yet unfortunately underutilized like Terapagos

[starflungwaddledee]

is there an accepted collective name for waddle dees? for when they're in a group; like how you have a flock or birds or a pack of wolves?

if not can i formally suggest: wuddle.

because it's cute and sounds like a puddle of waddle dees. but also because it's similar to 'huddle' which is used for stationary penguins on land. (penguins are in fact actually collectively called a 'waddle' when they're walking, so there is... you know. That.)

#just like... say it out loud. wuddle. a wuddle of waddle dees. fun and silly! #i could also just go for the more basic 'flock' because it suits my Bird Autism Beam agenda. or 'colony' to pare it right down #but don't they deserve a unique term all of their own?? i figure?? #theories and thoughts #i might just go ahead and add this to: #my headcanons and worldbuilding

[fyoht]

season 2 + nods to 'crowley was raphael' truthers

#personally i quite enjoy being delulu #golden tooth truther here I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BUT I KNOW IT MEANS THINGS. #aLSO. THE PAUSE. WHEN GABRIEL TRIES TO REMEMBER THE NAME. MUSIC SWELLING. #a fakeout if i ever saw one #(you can't) change my mind #and listen i love the 'crowley was a nobody' theory just as much but they threw that one out the window with the file reveal #so. #crowley is lucifer theory is uh fun but i can't get behind it whoops #good omens #crowley #crowley was raphael #good omens 2 spoilers #ok that's too many tags already. if you're still reading PLEASE RECOMMEND ME FICS. #and also if you want a gifset send an ask cause i'm obsessed #also! feel like most of these are from heaven-times. and yeah. more 'crowley in heaven' content @neil gaiman please #crying over the gif quality btw

[jorenilee]

sore winners and sore losers

#pokemon au #realizing i havent drawn josukes full team prompted this #he also has a braviary and mienshao im right #and maybbee toxtricity or pawmot #and update okuyasu absolutely also has a squawkabilly and scovillain IM RIGHTTT #this was a fun exercise in i hate colour theory what do you mean gray is blue #i REALLY SHOULD draw more pokemon given how it was my number one childhood love #art #jjba #jjba diu #au #jojo fanart #diu #josuke higashikata #okuyasu nijimura #josuyasu #jojoba #one day ill draw everyone with their teams. likely. maybe. a possibility

[justtrashperson]

More me n my friends experience with TMOSTH doodles bc we’re almost done with it

#justtrashdoodles #sth #the murder of sonic the hedgehog #miles tails prower #amy rose #blaze the cat #shadow the hedgehog #espio the chameleon #barry the quokka #we had so much fun and more people joined in to see the chaos lmao #also if last time someone did an amazing tails voice #now someone did an amazing job at doing shadows voice #also the va for shadow and the va for espio both knew the plot twist LMAO #ALSO THR TAILS VA WENT ON A FULL THEORY DUMP BC PEOPLE WERE VOTING EITHER VECTOR OR ESPIO #like they got so into the role it’s so fun

[chickenoptyrx]

We'll call it a sequel to this thing from yesterday.

#yknow that thing lions do where they get all dramatic when the cubs bite or attack them? #idk but thats related #uncle raditz #lol i like angst in theory but goofy shits more fun #saiyan squad gohan

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

saw some speculation on FranklyDear in relation to the audios and i want to toss my two cents in

so all the thing's i've been seeing have been people talking about how they're a couple, but they're not acting like it, so that must be Playfellow's influence making them put distance between each other

but i immediately interpreted it as - they're not there yet. there might be feelings, but they aren't Together. cause in the 14 bug audios, i feel like it's pretty clear that these are snapshots of the neighborhood outside of the show. cameras aren't rolling, there are no influences, it's the neighbors just Existing on their own dime

'cause the conversations are more natural! the characters seem more nuanced! there aren't any sound effects! so if FranklyDear is already established, wouldn't we have "seen" that in their shared audio 8-14? wouldn't Eddie have just called Frank Frank, without the immediate (and somewhat flustered) correction to Mr. Frankly? and wouldn't Frank call him Eddie instead of Mr. Dear? plus, idk about y'all, but that scene was a lil romantically charged. a little flirty - especially from Frank's side. the kind of tension you get from budding emotions, not fully-realized ones

they just seem to be in a before state. the beginning stages. and anyway, i remember Clown saying that revealing FranklyDear as an endgame couple was sort of an Accident? i think we were meant to watch it evolve and figure it out along with the characters, the way we will with any other relationships (that we Definitely are not aware of / confident about yet).

we're still only in the prologue of the story, so it'd make so much sense if Frank and Eddie are not yet Involved. we're on this journey With them

#in a parallel universe there are people arguing over whether or not frank & eddie are a Thing #im kinda thankful that's not our reality lol #i think it's going to be fun just sitting back Fully Aware and watching these two Go Through It #i just highly highly HIGHLY doubt they're already together #plus how much more fun would it be to watch it Happen? #to see them experience the conflict and feelings and realizations and how their interactions will likely Change Accordingly #homebogging #welcome home theory #welcome home speculation #before the audios i had a feeling that it would be eddie being the more up-front flirty go-getter of the two #based on clown's art of them & such #but then with the audios eddie is a little more... reserved isnt the right word.... #polite? restrained? trying to keep things Amicable and Professional? #cause in 8-14 frank was the more relaxed teasing one while eddie was a bit of a flustered mess #which might've been because of the bug #but yk... he Did rush to correct himself on how he addressed frank... #and the way frank spoke... idk it just sounded like a slightly different Tone than what they usually speak with #more of a casual drawl. more forward - there was a Weight to it #and the 'you don’t need to be that familiar with them in order to get to know them better' #imo that line stuck out as a kind of a wink wink nudge nudge thing #like a Hey. We Could Get To Know Each Other. #twas a classic 'talking about one thing while saying another' phrase - again imo #oh and also its just occurring to me #if the bug audios are 'present day' like i suspect #its entirely possible that franklydear can only 'now' develop bc theyre - well theyre not exactly Free #but playfellow is no longer 'ruling' over them. the influence and pressure - no matter how subconcious it was - is no longer there #freeing them up just enough to maybe... just maybe... truly Feel and perhaps Express interest in each other #just a thought! #that would be another tally in the box explaining why their interaction in the 8-14 audio was Different #there isn't anything holding them back anymore beyond their (possible) own internalized biases & fears & expectations etc