#once again it's for my mental health

[annatorv]

🥺<3

#once again it's for my mental health #my wife goofy as hell! #anna torv

[icantdothistodaybruh]

Happy New Year⭐

#c наступающим новым годом друзья #может быть в нем все станет лучше #I'm a bit early with this yes but do I absolutely need to post this for my own mental health right now also yes #once again sketches for this were made almost half a year ago #oh the things I keep in my drafts most of which will never see the light of day...... #not this one though this one was unavoidable #sebaciel #kuroshitsuji #black butler #our ciel #ciel phantomhive #sebastian michaelis #my art

[turtleblogatlast]

Thinking about the Don Suave scene and what it means in terms of LGBTQ+ representation because my brain does nothing if not torment me with random topics to ramble about on the regular.

Anyway, I just wanted to ramble about why I like the scene but to get it out of the way - the scene can very easily be interpreted in so many different ways, and all of them are valid. I personally see it as Leo having at least some attraction to a man. And the following is an explanation of my own interpretation and thoughts on it and what it means especially for Leo’s portrayal in the grand scheme of things.

Long-winded interpretation under the cut!

Now, to start with, it’s important to me that in the scene Leo looks at Don Suave in the very beginning and then for the entirety of the rest of the time the man is on screen, Leo’s eyes are closed. Yet, in the end, he is still visibly enamored with Don Suave, happily cuddling up to him as he’s being carried away.

You can very easily interpret this as Leo being spellbound and that’s honestly super valid and I believe he likely was at least somewhat in the beginning, but considering how fast he looked away and how he never looked again, I personally think it makes more sense to read it as Leo just finding the man attractive, at least somewhat. (For the record, I personally headcanon Rise Leo as bisexual with a heavy preference for men, but I want to be blunt when I say that any interpretation is valid. Literally any. Ace, pan, gay, bi, none of the above or a mixture of something new literally all of it is more than okay and fair. Hell you could even interpret this entire scene as more romantic attraction than physical and it would still work. Anything goes!! Don’t bother people, guys, really.)

The main reason I take this scene to be at the very least LGBTQ+ adjacent isn’t just because of how it’s portrayed, but because of who Leonardo is. Not in terms of Rise of the TMNT, but in terms of the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™️ franchise.

Leo’s a character who, while changing with each iteration, has still at his core been around for decades upon decades as “the blue one”. One fourth of the team. He’s the one most are going to look at as the Leader, and oftentimes he is the one closest to having the title of Main Character. Not to say the others aren’t just as important, but Leo’s presence in the A plots of basically all TMNT media is often something very main character-esque.

And that’s very, very important to note. Here we have a Main Character of a prolific and decades long-running franchise distributed by a children’s television network. You can play around with his and his brothers’ characters all you like, but there is always going to be challenges to dodge around, especially since this was still in 2018-2019.

For example, you can play around with their designs so long as they’re color coded turtles, but their sexualities? Now that’s tricky.

“But what about Hypno and Warren?” Not main characters and also they’re Rise originals. They have a lot more room to play around with than a character like Leo does. But even talking about main characters in the franchise, you could arguably have an easier time playing around with Donnie or Mikey’s sexualities than Leo or even Raph, as (unfortunately) the former two tend to get more B plots, so they’d likely have had a little more leeway (still not a lot though.)

So, where does this leave us?

It leaves us in a place where outright stating and/or showing undeniable proof of Leo’s attraction to men is very, very difficult. So, workarounds!

Workarounds like the entire Don Suave situation.

To be honest, as left up to interpretation and lowkey and deniable as it is, this whole scene means a lot to me because of who Leo is as a character. It’s just nice when we get so see even the bare bones of representation with characters that have been such a large part of pop culture for decades, y’know? Even if more would be so much nicer, this is better than I thought we’d ever get for these boys.

And, again, literally nothing I’ve said is the only way to interpret it, I’m more than happy when people interpret media on their own honestly, it’s just something I’ve been thinking of lately and I was wondering if others felt the same way.

Whatever you think when you interpret this scene or Rise Leo as a whole, I just thought this would be interesting to think about, even if it was ramble-y, haha.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt headcanons #rottmnt leo #rise leo #rise don suave #rottmnt don suave #I lied I’m back to ramble because I’m just #so bad at keeping my mouth shut #or uh #not typing word vomit #anyway- yeah this is my personal interpretation #I believe Leo was legitimately mesmerized by Don Suave’s powers…in the beginning #but even the series’ creator says it was ‘at least PART of what was going on with Leo’ so #idk it’s something that’s been on my mind and I was wondering if anyone else felt the same?? #may delete this later who knowssss #pleaaaase feel free to disagree I just like to talk lol #but yeah sometimes I look around at how much media has LGBTQ+ rep in it now and it honestly makes me emotional?? #(we always always ALWAYS could use more but) #we did not have even a crumb of this as kids #but also like most of that rep is new properties #and I just was thinking about what that could mean #idk man idk #once again please don’t take this as facts it is VERY MUCH NOT #man I was looking around for good images to use and found jack all #anyway tho did you know Donnie often has bi colors around him and Leo is often dressed in the colors of the trans flag- #okay anyway back to the caves I go this comic won’t draw itself #I gotta spray myself with water any time I go to type long winded essays because they’re not great for the mental health fr

[foxcort]

sometimes i think about how the acotar books could've been a great way to show that "love doesn't heal trauma" rather than whatever points sjm was trying to make about abusive relationships and sa. instead of tamlin being abusive, she could've written that feylin's individual traumas kept them from reaching out to each other. or that feyre felt suffocated by the perfect, idyllic and alive spring court when she felt the opposite on the inside. or that tamlin felt overwhelmed by the sudden influx of responsibilities as he's trying to rid himself of the nightmares from utm. they try to make it work. they try to replicate some of the dates and dances from book #1 but there's an almost tangible shadow over their relationship now. and maybe one day feyre sees a memorial for andras or a likeness to one of the high fae living in the spring court to one of the high fae she killed utm, and has a panic attack. and this serves as the catalyst that severs feylin's relationship and reveals that yes, their love broke a curse, their love saved prythian but it couldn't (and shouldn't) heal them.

#im not an analysis girlie i'd much rather rb the smart people in this fandom #but i couldn't stop thinking of this despite sarah's tendency to resolve all of her characters' traumas with dick #no need to retcon or character assassinate my bbgs #feyre could've had a whole plot to herself where she lived outside the bounds of a romantic relationship and discovered her abilities #there could've been reconciliation between her and her sisters (perhaps something that could start her healing) #hell you could even put the feysand mating bond in there and show once again that a magical love bond does not heal trauma #give them a fling that rhysand stops because he knows she's trying to force it so she can feel healed #and its bare minimum but rhys actually sacrificing his desires on page and putting feyre's mental health above them gives him likable #qualities and shows that he truly cares about feyre and this could maybe start his redemption arc #this definitely spiraled but i think it would've been cool #anti sjm #anti acomaf

[hemaris]

guy who lives in my basil plant

#it's november & i'm really going thru it! time to once again make my entire mental health hinge on the survival and general well-being #of a small and fragile insect that destroys my plants! #remember last year when i spent weeks hand feeding my 2 legged stick insect that lived under a strainer on my dining table......

[laughable-umbrella]

i love how season two jon will play recordings of his very concerned and or very angry coworkers saying things like “i wish this poor little man would go to therapy im so incredibly concerned about his mental and physical well being” and “HES LITERALLY STALKING ME. I LIVE IN FEAR. HES IN MY WALLS.” and respond to it like “hmmmm i gotta be sneakier. the twink is out to kill me i know it. im gonna go break into a dead woman’s apartment.”

#season 2 jon you’re my hero #he’s just #so stubborn #and stupid #and silly #hmmmmm martin seems concerned about my mental health this means he wants to kill me right #when he goes through matin’s trash #when he is caught stalking people’s houses MULTIPLE TIME and he KEEPS DOING IT ANYWAY #once again: #s2 jon you’re my hero #tma #the magnus archives #tma podcast #jon sims #tma shitpost #the archivist #tma memes #jonah magnus #martin blackwood #tmapod #tim tma #tim stoker

[cathalbravecog]

i like it when ppl draw this freak with pants like that. woe. ms paint gwam be upon ye. mole if u see this, this is dedicated to u

#immmmmmm #so stuck between #my art fight stuff #and my mental health being ass #(im kinda hiding from tumblr atm oops but i still wanna post this) #so doodling smthn NOT art fight feels AAAHHH SO GOOD #theres drawings i could post in theory but getting a pic of it thats good is a nightmare. cant do it now its like alost 10 pm here. #even worse light conditions. oops...! #i keep fearing im loosing toontown as a fixation but its LITERALLY on my mind 24/7. im just playing the game a bit less. #finding motivation once youre in the postgame and done with all the bosses (except pace and chip) (and prester but his ass dont count) is a #BIT HARD. but then again my motivation been low as of late. #ANYWAYS. #gramanesspaysor. enjoy. #pacesetter #doodles #ms paint #toontown corporate clash #i dont think ill draw him like this much btw. i prefer like. staying more 'on model' with my prev art of him. this was just for funsies.. #like any art should be tbh..... hee hee #i hope my brain will fix itself a bit after art fight. i may upload these last pieces and stop caring about it too bc HOO #i mean i do have one thing thatll take forever to do still but #wauurghhhhhhhhh #i wanna draw more cool cogs but art fight almost done #guz art

[lets-throw-bacchanal]

Well, well, well, if this isn’t the consequences of my own actions (I decided to reread A little life and had two breakdowns within the first 30 pages)

#this book has destroyed me once and it’s going to destroy me again #i’m scared for my mental health #a little life #hanya yanagihara #jude st francis #willem ragnarsson #dark academia books #books

[queenofbaws]

i will not stand here and say the quarry's writing is perfect by any means, but man. that moment. in the beginning. when chris absolutely loses his shit and you see every last one of the hacketteers freeze..............shocked, wide-eyed, so taken aback they don't move even to look at each other.............

and then, realizing what just happened, chris scrambles frantically to grab hold of the situation again. he tries to grin at ryan ("tries" being the keyword), he tosses him the keys like nothing's wrong. he tries to go back to being mr. h - he does, he tries so hard - and finally when ryan talks to him, there's what waver in his voice. that absolute lack of understanding in his eyes. ryan's not just surprised, he's not just shocked......for a second there, he is scared, and chris sees that, realizes it, and peels out of there before anyone can say anything else. just.....

JUST............

i think that moment is 100% the moment i realized UH OH I THINK I LOVE CHRIS HACKETT because that's when we see the counselors have been around this guy for two whole months (some of them even longer, possibly), and not once. not once!!!!!!!!!!! had they realized who he really was.

ugh. UGH. i LOVE IT.

#queenie rambles about supermassive #dont even get me started on the flashback with him and travis in the station either #we as the audience like. ONLY see chris at his worst. from the beginning he's grumpy. he's vaguely suspicious. he's screaming into a car. #but the hacketteers SO CLEARLY have not seen him like that. not even once. even when dylan jokes about the sex dungeon... #you know it's tongue in cheek on his part - trying to get a response from ryan #i just. gfdi i know i always end up feeling the most attached to the characters with literally the least screentime of all but i love chris #i really really ReaLLY love the idea of this guy who puts on the happy wholesome corny dad face #only to turn around and be eeeeevery bit as unpleasant as the rest of the family turns out to be #AGAIN! THE SCENE WITH TRAVIS IN THE FUCKING STATION!!! #this is probably just because im replaying tq and getting back into writing #the hacketts #but fuck me. FUCK ME. the thought of mr. h and chris hackett being two very separate characters is just. so. good. #anyway i'm in a totally normal place re: my mental health lately. how about you guys.

[swiftcast-selene]

30: Dawn

he'd stayed up all night for this. seeing the sun - the proper sun - crest the horizon again... it had all been worth it.

#miqomarch #miqomarch 2024 #ffxiv miqo'te #final fantasy 14 #seeker of the sun #shb spoilers in tags... beware #essentially he. was brought in like. a while after alphinaud but before alisaie #and spent a whole year on the first on his own - no selene no sagra #and since selene is his conduit: with none of his healing magic either. #so without any magic or any knowledge of the local plants #it was like he had been stripped of literally all purpose #which as you can imagine for a man who mostly views himself through the lens of 'how can i help others' #was not great for his mental health! #mostly he just became some sort of lydha lran cryptid of sorts #wandering the fog in old tattered voeburt clothes #waving a rusty old sword around to keep people out of the pixies' home #(since his soul is still owned by selene they couldn't really do anything to him) #which eventually ended with him having some sort of Thing with urianger #BUT. once sagra made it back with selene #and once they talked a lot of stuff out - its a long story - #there was definitely something like. oh. fuck. oh fuck yes this is the reason im here. this was worth it. #to see the relief on everyone's face on the crystarium #we're going thru shb again HEHE i have a lot of thoughts about himmm. my little GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #miqomarch fans how excited are we to almost be done btw???

[hejustcancelledit]

I am so normal about Mikyx

#not to channel my inner jankos but holy fuck miky is so handsome #lol esports #mikyx #once again mikyxdaily holding up my mental health

[meraki-yao]

Taylor posted his photos at the GQ event on his little red book account, and asked if we preferred the white or the purple outfit (he didn't include any photos of the brown suit 😂😂😂)

So... Here's a little poll? For fun?

Also he's going live at 1800 from Shanghai, but I don't know which platform he's gonna use (he has little red book and bilibili, but I only have access to bilibili)

Either way I'll see what I can do about it!

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #taylor zakhar perez #alex claremont diaz #I've given up on my exams at this point #Trying to get a doctor exempt because my mental health is shit #Once again rwrb/Taylor is the only thing I'm hanging on to

[rose-colored-lottie]

Courtney Eaton being an angel

#courtney eaton #yellowjackets #yes this is old #yes I’m in love #I just think my mental health could be cured if she sang this to me #court I am once again asking you to drop this on Spotify #anyway gonna watch this for the 50th time #50th time today

[piratewinzer]

Does anyone else have legit anxiety from the last episode approaching or am I just extra insane

#ofmd #our flag means death #it’s not even an anxiety that it will be terribly sad or end badly #just anxiety that it is in fact ending again #and I’m going to miss it #I’m going to miss the excitement and anticipation from release days #I haven’t felt that in YEARS #for anything!! #even Good Omens (mostly because it dropped all at once #not because I was less excited) #I’m afraid of entering that phase where we don’t know if we will get a new season #renewal anxiety for months and months #anyway my brain is on the Bad Anxiety Juice I’m just gonna cry about the pirates for awhile #it’s good for my mental health

[sbd-laytall]

I really appreciate how realistic this comic portrays Jess' anxiety. Yeah, over time, you learn strategies to help you deal with it, but that doesn't mean it actually ever goes away.

Green Lanterns (2016) #15

#once again #I just adore Jess' story as a Green Lantern with severe anxiety #because she gives so much representation through her mental health struggles and her hispanic identity #jessica cruz #green lantern #green lanterns #green lantern comics #dc comics #comic series #my post

[nerunesoda]

guys look i made a gif!! :D

#genshin impact #genshin impact scaramouche #scaramouche genshin impact #nerudoodles #so scaranation how are we feeling about his recent drip marketing? #i'm really grateful for the fact that none of it got leaked thank goodness #also i'm going to mention this now instead of later- i am going to post art once in a blue moon #this is due to both my mental and physical health #right now im recovering from both a leg infection and a jammed thumb #i swear i'm not that clumsy i'm just dumb lmao #if you're wondering how i jammed my thumb i tried to open my fridge #and yes my brother joked about how i could let our fridge take me down like bruh #*proceeds to throw squishmallows at him* #anyways #have this scaramouche gif i made!! #i'm super proud of myself for making this #i really liked how it turned out! #maybe i'll make more who knows? :3c #yes i changed my watermark again but this one is staying for a while #i'm really indecisive about my watermark shush