#or: self-fulfilling prophecies

[kucherovv]

toronto maple leafs + planet of love by richard siken

#or: self-fulfilling prophecies #'this was always going to be happen; she's been dead since the beginning' etc #toronto maple leafs #stanley cup playoffs 2022 #maple leafs #leafs #auston matthews #mitch marner #michael bunting #stanley cup playoffs #stanley cup #scp 2022 #nhl playoffs #nhl #hockey #hockey edits #richard siken #web weaving #parallels

[stuckinapril]

I genuinely think that any change in behavior starts w telling yourself that your worst days, worst performances, just worst moments in general aren’t who you “truly are.” It’s all about unlearning any thought process that essentially chalks up traits you aren’t proud of to “this is who I really am” “in reality I’m lazy” “in reality I’m just a bad person” bc not only is that never true, but it impedes your efforts to try to do better as well. Anything we struggle with has roots in things like childhood trauma, thoughts you’ve been fed before, your upbringing…. but never that you’re inherently a bad person. What I’m learning this year is that a lot of us doing better & being better & improving really comes down to self-talk—to disavowing the very notion that deep down we’re simply bad.

#Bc how do you work on “this is who I am” #It’s like a self fulfilling prophecy #If you keep telling yourself this is just who you are then every time you improve you’ll feel cognitive dissonance and self-sabotage #It’s important to operate not from “this is who I am” but from “this is what I’ve been nurtured to be but I can change that”

[xwhitenoise]

the way a romanced astarion unpacks everything when you get the good ending for his personal quest is lowkey funny tho

like. he basically sums up the entire point of his journey and confirms explicitly that you did, in fact, make the exact right choices to help him grow????

the writers really drive home this idea of just "that's it! you did it! you uncovered the secret to making him a good person, and it turns out the only requirements were to give a shit about him and believe he's capable of doing the right thing!! literally just those two things and nothing else!!"

first in the graveyard

side note, "you trusted me when that was an objectively stupid thing to do" is one of my favorite lines because it just sums up really the whole experience of his romance gfjdklgjdf

then later in casual conversation

[tav: you saved yourself, i just gave you a push]

it's all really sweet and lovely and emotional but also. REALLY funny to me. because there are all those people who go "astarion is an irredeemable piece of shit with no soul and everyone who likes him is in denial of how much he sucks"

meanwhile astarion's just out there like "thanks for keeping me from becoming the worst possible version of myself by exercising empathy instead of just writing me off as a hateful pile of garbage ❤ love u"

really incredible. absolute masterpiece

#it's almost like you have to put effort into helping him change???? wild #also. the eternal hilarity of 'i don't like this character so i will never use them' followed by that character... never changing lmao #hell of a self-fulfilling prophecy eh #bg3

[thirdtimed]

double life pearl in this fit..

#the lone witch.. #my art #life series #double life #trafficblr #pearlescentmoon #actually so important to me that early game pearl (CHARACTER) was so sweet&friendly but still got shepherded into a villain role regardless #all because she was abandoned by everyone else at the start.. #ren's insistence that there was a darkness in her becoming a self fulfilling prophecy... #she herself convinced she brought nothing but ruin to those around her... #sniffles i love you dl pearl..

[malinaa]

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins CHAPTER 26 / CHAPTER 27 / EPILOGUE

#as always. the mf who always focuses on names focused on names! #lit #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #photo #tais toi lys #thgpost #* #the self-fulfilling prophecy of her name. the tragedy that could only ever be a tragedy. lucy gray who haunts snow for years to come. #lucy gray who lives as a ghost in each victor‚ who died because of snow. lucy gray who remains a mystery‚ forgotten to everyone in time but #the birds. lucy gray‚ the performer. lucy gray‚ the girl who fell in love with snow and was buried under it. #lucy gray baird: the mockingjay who started it all

[the-knight-of-the-stars]

BBC Merlin writers really said "I'm going to tell a story like the tales of old, about fate and magic and about the tragedy of just how powerless humans are against destiny. Not great magic, nor will, nor love are enough against a fate set in stone by a higher power." And honestly I respect that.

#they really said in the holy year of 2012 “the acient cautionary tale about self-fulfilling prophecies is not out of fashion” #merlin #bbc merlin #merlin bbc #merlin show #merthur #arthur pendragon #morgana pendragon

[adhd-merlin]

I am obsessed with this

#truly i am #I did NOT remember he said that #i stumbled on this quote by accident #“i WILL MAKE arthur king”??? #baby are you listening to yourself #do you realise what you've just said #obsessed with the concept of merlin as a kingmaker #they told merlin “he's going to become a great king. he'll be remembered in ages to come” #and merlin said “i will MAKE him the greatest king ever if it kills me” #“and no one can stop me” #self-fulfilling prophecies or something #idk. leave me alone. #merlin #ep 1x13

[bioluminesced]

your mothers warned you of my coming

#my favorite self fulfilling prophecy #the absolute worst #paul atreides #maud’dib #dune #dune messiah #dune part two #dune movie #timothee chalamet #lol #my art

[borderlinereminders]

Please try and reach out for help and reassurance in a way that doesn’t involve guilt tripping your loved ones.

I understand what it feels like to feel abandoned or unloved or any number of things but telling a loved one “I guess you don’t love me” or “you’re just going to leave me like everyone else” isn’t the way to handle it.

As someone who has been on both sides of it, that is hurtful. While you may tell yourself it’s not personal, it doesn’t change that it hurts to be accused of something when you love someone so much. It’s also exhausting and just overall something that can damage your relationships. In some cases, it can create self fulfilling prophecies. (Things like accusing a loved one of planning to abandon you like everyone else take a toll.)

This could be much better framed as “I’m feeling really insecure today. Could you please give me some reassurance?”

Remember that your feelings aren’t facts. Don’t accuse your loved ones of things like this.

#my post #I talk about this a lot #but I think it’s important #I didn’t realize I was creating self fulfilling prophecies #when I’d accuse my loved ones of planning to leave me

[pratchettquotes]

"Yes, wizards are good at getting you out of the sort of trouble that only wizards can get you into," said Creosote. "Then they expect you to thank them."

Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

#creosote #rincewind #sourcery #discworld #terry pratchett #wizards #trouble #solutions #cause and effect #self fulfilling prophecy #expectations #wizards are good at that #thank you

[podcastwizard]

"organic" "all natural" "straight from mother nature herself" WRONG, INCORRECT. earth is where DIRT comes from and also GROSS BUGS. i want all my products built from CHEMICALS in a STERILE LAB by an EVIL SCIENTIST with a HOT, MORALLY GRAY DAUGHTER.

#how quickly before someone puts some reference to dr. doofenshmirtz on this thing #self fulfilling prophecy i guess but i just wanted to get it out of the way

[autistic-yuri]

I can’t get over how, by killing Queen Pamela, Lou is setting of the events that made Amethar such a tragic character. It’s so messed up and got me crying in the house

#dimension 20 #story time with dk #the ravening war spoilers #the ravening war #thane delissandro katzon #a crown of candy #amethar rocks #almost like a self fulfilling prophecy

[tcfactory]

I was talking with someone the other day and it got me thinking about something.

I generally run with the idea that part of the reason why Luo Binghe became THE target for Shen Qingqiu's abuse was because Shen Qingqiu fell for the 'white sheep' routine. Like, it was a lot of things all together: coming to the sect at an unfortunate time (Shen Qingqiu was in a mental health freefall because he was at a bottleneck and struggling to form his core, and here comes Luo Binghe with his perfect aptitude who's expected to blitz through all of the hurdles Shen Qingqiu sweated blood to scale), the pettiness he felt towards Liu Qingge when he picked Luo Binghe out (another bitter association), Luo Binghe having Ning Yingying right away as a friend and support (who stuck with him even against her shizun's orders!!) when Shen Qingqiu was all alone, the jealousy that however briefly Luo Binghe had a loving mother

and the crown jewel on this cake was that Luo Binghe, despite having suffered the death of a loved one and poverty on the streets, still seemed like a naive little ray of sunshine. And no matter what Shen Qingqiu does to him, he remains pathetic and vulnerable in the way that makes kinder people want to take care of him and protect him.

Shen Qingqiu is not a kind man and he knows intimately that the world isn't kind either. Not to pathetic children who don't grow up with the power of a rich family to put them somewhere safe where they can become pathetic, maybe well-meaning maybe not adults. To him it's the harbinger of failure.

The Luo Binghe he sees after picking him up is not smart, not crafty in the way he expects a street kid to be. He's not driven (wanting to make his late mother proud... motivation like that ought to fade with the memories. In four or five years Luo Binghe won't even recall the face or voice of his beloved mother and then Shen Qingqiu will be left with a child with no drive whatsoever). All Luo Binghe has going for him is his bright eyed optimism and his servile nature (which cannot, should not last in a cultivator) and his exceptional aptitude, which is useless on its own.

I struggle to believe that Luo Binghe was the first on the peak who was naturally talented (Shen Qingqiu's ruined cultivation base put him so far behind that even with his hard work, he lagged behind Shang Qinghua whose cultivation is mediocre at best). Or the first to have a support network of friends or a loving family. And as much as Shen Qingqiu resented them for having these gifts that he didn’t, he never tried to destroy them the way he tried to destroy Luo Binghe.

Luo Binghe has all the tools of greatness and the hallmarks of failure all in one and it's that combination that triggers Shen Qingqiu's hate. Shen Qingqiu, in his rush to spite Liu Qingge, picked up trash that glitters. He can never admit to this mistake, so he decides that he's going to drive off Luo Binghe or destroy him, whichever happens first, because he can't imagine being stuck with this, this... pathetic little beast. One way or another, he will get rid of him before he can become a stain on Shen Qingqiu's reputation.

And we know how all of that turned out...

But what if he did see through it. Luo Binghe slipped up in his introduction and Shen Qingqiu immediately saw him for the white lotus that he was.

Shen Qingqiu knows the world, he knows its monsters and its beasts. So he looks at this child (not as weak and battered from his life on the street as others, the promise of strength and a bright future written in his meridians) pretending to be small and weak and pathetic and he's terrified.

Only the most dangerous predators pretend to be prey. He took a cuckoo into his nest, he accepted a wolf into his flock. Now it's his job to deal with it, before it grows fangs and bites the hand that feeds it.

He doesn't trust his martial siblings to listen to him on this, to hear him (unpleasant and sharp and biting, hated and hateful) out over the little beast (teary eyed and pathetic, pretty little thing you want to take home and keep safe).

He always did hide his fear the best with hate.

He will wear down this intruder until he can find out what his goal is and destroy him, before the beast can destroy them first.

It's almost a relief, when Luo Binghe stands on the edge of the abyss, his sheepskin torn and staring at him with the resentful eyes of a demon. It's the one moment when he doesn't hate Luo Binghe; he is a demon who will act as a demon does, as is his nature.

Pushing him into oblivion is

relief.

#svsss #shen qingqiu #shen jiu #luo binghe #after reading the extras I'm kinda leaning towards the second now #it's still up for interpretation if he really did see something or it's a self-fulfilling prophecy made by his paranoia #but tbh I don't think even shen yuan could make a good person out of binghe #like the wedding extra is kinda proof that binghe can't even be a good person to the one he loves and loves him in return #so yeah... I might do something with this eventually

[ghoulisheous]

Bruce Wayne runs into a ghost boy in Gotham. He does what he does best and immediately starts investigating, as best as he can without the suit and without raising suspicion about the Wayne family. Ergo, Brucie Wayne tries to keep the conversation flowing without making it seem like an interrogation. Which is.. granted it's a little hard explain why some rich guy is invested in the afterlife of a ghost. But there's hope that it could be swept under the rug as billionaire eccenticities. And the teen definitely isn't suspicious he's Batman.

Danny is suspicious about why this rich bastard is interested in him. Why another rich bastard is interested in him. But all the man's questions seemed more or less harmless. Until Danny let slip how he protected his town and the man asked who he was working with. Apparently the answer he was looking for was more "adult hero mentoring you" and less "more teenagers." He was.. not happy

Queue the line "You're not my dad."

And.. suddenly Bruce thinks he might be in some very familiar trouble. He swears he never goes out of his way looking for this. But his other kids are going to have a thing or two to say anyway

Or, Danny's suspicions turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy and Batman's adoption instincts kick in. The Brucie Wayne persona is just a hair too disarming. They both have regrets

Self-fulfilling prophecies are a bitch

I really just wanted the line "You're not my dad" and that just being.. an immediate trigger phrase. Bruce is instantly just like "Wanna bet?"

He might as well be a sleeper agent.

#danny phantom #batman #dp x dc #bruce wayne #crossover #ghouly tag #and honestly #they kind of both have self fulfilling prophecies here #bruce attempts a lecture which prompts danny #and danny says juuust the right words to wake the agent #their prophecies play off eachother #the brucie wayne persona is just bumbling enough and just foolish enough to remind danny of his bio dad #bruce wants shared custody #a family can be one bio mom one bio dad #and this random rich guy (not THAT random rich guy) who insists he's father material too

[tiredguyswag]

you can post one (1) thing in the mechs tag and everyone descends upon it like a group of vultures closing in on their prey

#might be a self fulfilling prophecy put this in the tags but u folks should see it #I am included in this #the mechS #the mechanisms

[bonefall]

ever think about how in tnp bramble is suspicious of hawk until the /moment/ they visit tiger together? and then gets mad at squilf for expressing an opinion he used to agree with?

Actually! The moment Bramble stops being suspicious of Hawkfrost is when he's jealous of Squilf's magical telepathic bond to her sister. It's like spite. It fascinates me that you can read it as though Brambleclaw is being consumed by jealousy, trying to have everything that Squilf does, as though his "hatred" of her is coming from envy.

#I have a fondness for the idea of an AU that changes TNP so that Bramble actually realizes in the end-- #--that he didn't hate squilf and didnt actually WANT power over people. He was jealous of Leafp and her life. #And he takes the role of a medic and spites his father and his ambition once and for all #Kills Hawk and then is like Actually? I Dont want to be deputy. #'This is making me miserable and unpleasant to be around actually' #But like... He Would Not Say That unfortunately </3 #Bramble is doomed to self fulfilling prophecies of his own design #He can't introspect for shit