#paradoxical... Is that a word

[kyouka-supremacy]

Every day I thank Beast for making what was an already complex and multilayered relationship an even more complex and multilayered relationship

The layers it adds to the sskk dynamics... How much they have in common... Helping to distinguish what of their behavior was shaped by their upbringing and what wasn't and instead is part of their nature... And most importantly how they would have literally loved each other if it hadn't been for the circumstances. They would have clicked at the first encounter. They would have affably chatted like they were longtime friends. They would have sympathized with the other and genuinely enjoyed the other's presence. AND ALL OF THIS IS CANON

Tbh I think Beast's main theme is that Atsushi and Akutagawa love each other and that any grudge they hold against the other is the consequence of the society they live in no I don't take criticism. What hits hardest - really, hardest - is the fact that even while fighting in Beast, they knew the other had no fault. They knew the other was just doing what they had to do, and it couldn't be any other way. They would have done the same thing in their place, and in a way they were doing exactly that, because their positions - fighting for their little sisters' lives - were nearly identical. As paradoxical as it may sound, even while fighting, they were sympathizing one with the other. The most beautiful yet cruel difference between Beast and canon is that while in canon they fight against each other because there's a difference in their ideals / goals, and can't understand the other's motivations, in Beast they do have such knowledge, they do understand and even go as far as to relate to the other's motivations, yet because of cruel fate they can't evade fighting - despite they would rather not to!!!! Despite actually saying they're sorry for what they're doing!!!! - because the circumstances compelled them to kill each other, a destiny they can't escape. And it's so tragic, and it's so beautiful, and it shows how deeply connected they are, and how much they're made for each other.

#Sskk brainrot at only 1:27 am cause I'm trying (and failing apparently) to go to sleep early tonight #atsushi nakajima #ryūnosuke akutagawa #sskk #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd beast #bsd analysis #paradoxical... Is that a word #It's commonly used in my language but it sounds quite gross in English 😔😔 #mine #q. #While t/p/n was all about fighting / defeating destiny bsd is a lot about having a fixed fate and being unable to win one's destiny #and I think about that a lot #T/p/n and bsd are narrative opposites in ways I can never begin to tell. #I made a graph about it some time ago and it's a 1428×3750 long image lmao (it's a lot) #Edit: I feel like I'm mentioning t/p/n a lot these days. This is just coincidental I swear this is a bsd blog ahah #T/p/n is good though

[front-facing-pokemon]

#salamence #THIS one is a good one. someone else mentioned the chin and claimed they look like lord farquaad. and would say “why YES this is Divine” and #i didn't like how accurate that was. anyway dragon/flying 4x weakness to ice my belovèd. if anyone says ice is bad #keep in mind how much of the competitive landscape it totally nullifies. ice is like. probably my second favorite type. behind electric #even though none of this is about salamence. they've got the whole primary colors thing going on but minus yellow #red and blue. red white and blue. american pokémon? big red wings that're just Flat. i really dunno what's happening here i just know it's #supposed to be really good in competitive. and also they got a paradox form which i Guess TPC is trying to market as totally new unrelated #pokémon but i'm always going to call them “paradox hariyama” and such instead of ~iron hands~ or whatever they're supposed to be called #don't want my pokémon names to have two words in them……

[brookheimer]

say what you will about twitter but i just saw a very serious genuine 7 part thread explaining how shiv roy is womanhood-coded and it was the single funniest thing i’ve seen in a week

#‘womanhood-coded’ SHE IS A WOMAN #‘what you’re witnessing IS the complexity & paradox of us women’ #like #i have no words #succession #shiv roy #100

[uncanny-tranny]

When you grow up, you might feel afraid that you would hate your older self if you met them. It's weird to imagine that you could be so different than who you are now.

I think it's freeing, though, to have grown so much that you would almost be unrecognizable. There are still glimmers of who I was in the mosaic of who I am today, but I have grown and developed in such a way that... I am not just me anymore. I think that's a big aspect of growing. You won't always be this way, and that realization can make it easier to embody everything you want to be because now you aren't chained to the idea that you can only be one way, that you are beholden to everything around you.

#positivity #encouragement #encouraging words #somebody i watch on youtube spoke a bit about this and said something i thought was really apt... #...it was along the lines of 'your younger self would be MORTIFIED if they saw you today but you're happy and it doesn't bother you' #'you survived and grew and now you're free and you don't care that you are who you never thought you could be - you're at peace' #that's such a weird paradox almost... but it doesn't stop you from the freedom of growth #if my younger self would be mortified and mystified by the fact i even COULD turn out this way... maybe that's not a bad thing #like my younger self would be mortified that i am still alive because i didn't want to live back then #and now... i mostly DO want to stick around and the angst i felt about the world has dissipated and now i love this stupid planet

[andersdotters]

I think most people would agree that gift giving is Zhongli's highest love language (giving). After that, I think would be words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, then physical touch. As for his highest love language (receiving), it'd probably be quality time.

#genshin impact #zhongli #zhongli x reader #ngl i was torn between which would be his lowest #i mean logically it is physical touch #thats the obvious response #that being said zhongli views acts of service to be primarily transactional #not in a passive aggressive sense mind you #but he only engages in acts of service if it is according to the contract he has set in place #if it is not within the terms of the contract he will not act #just look at his voice lines #the traveler pays for all expenses incurred while he's on the team #an interesting note though is that while zhongli ranks high in words of affirmation (he does truly mean what he says) like.... #everything must be taken with a grain of salt #esp when it has to do with his feelings toward a person #it's interesting as a whole #zhongli speaks openly and without hesitation regarding his thoughts and feelings if he's allowed to #and yet..... he never reveals any of his heart #he can say he has warm feelings towards you but you will never be sure the depth of them #so even though he ranks high in words of affirmation it paradoxically makes you even more insecure about your relationship #like he's not lying. he's not lying when he speaks of his warmth toward someone #but it's the equivalent to a grandfather to his toddler grandchild #or a human toward an ant

[arklayraven]

I'm currently on a mission to earn enough money to have enough to buy those OM art books, that are already accepting preorders. As well to prepare to have enough for one of the upcoming OM plushies.

So what I'm going to do is draw characters in any of these chibi bases I made for this. And hope if anyone likes them enough, they will throw a donation my way to my ko-fi. As a means to say to keep going pretty much with the drawings.

I'm also all for accepting character requests too if you have any if it'll motivate you to support me there too.

Eyes and smile can change to fit any characters personality/style btw. So for example, if you don't think a smile will suit them, then understandable and I can change it to make things work.

I'm gonna just try to draw OM characters for now. But for requests, am willing to try OM ocs too. As well characters from Paralive, Twst and from other series' you know I'm a fan of.

Only things I won't draw btw are robots, mechs and armor.

A single ko-fi donation is $3, but you can send more if you want.

Shares are greatly appreciated and help out a lot even if you can't donate!

I'll update if/when my goal is reached.

Thank you for reading, and for supporting and helping me too if you did!! 💜

#am reposting this again to make it appear in tags easily again for a bit... #;little raven speaks #obey me #obey me nightbringer #twisted wonderland #paradox live #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphie #obey me diavolo #obey me barbatos #obey me solomon #obey me luke #obey me simeon #tagging the characters to spread the word out more. sorry lol

[blazethecheeto]

ATLAS PARADOX RAMBLING

dude this book. i need to talk. about it. im going insane.

everyone who hasn't read it, PLEASE DO!!! it's a dark academia book about a bunch of gay silly magic people that join a society and try to kill each other. there's time travel, a big ass polycule, aesthetic scenes, the prettiest writing style in the world, science, philosophy, and fucked family. (opposite of found family).

(extremely chaotic unorganized long rant below, with spoilers. click at your own risk)

FIRST OF ALL WHY WAS THIS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE?!!?!?

i had to power through the first one, it felt long, and unnecessary and like trekking through a JUNGLE with the thickest and most intricate ecosystem that i had to peel back and unravel for hours and hours. only to like move the plot by an inch.

BUT THIS. olivie blake found her footing because this was so good. i am aware the reviews hate on this book and some people don't like it, but personally i adore it and it's really well written.

CHARACTERS

bro they all had such wonderful voices, like they were distinct and unique from each other but not drastically, noticeably different I NEED TO LEARN FROM THIS. six of crows and the atlas six do multi povs so well <3 its like this book was made for me, each character was perfect and incredible and gay and silly and-

reina. love of my life. i look forward to all her povs because the plants are so silly and she's the best character. i said it. she's canon asexual now too YEES. i needed more of her because she was barely in the first one, and they DELIVERED. the juicy plot with her 'god complex' (ily callum) and her feelings getting hurt and learning she actually is lonely and wants friends? she's so wanda maximoff. next book better have her opening up and learning to love people or i riot (and also her killing people and being the badass she is)

parisa always my fave too, i do wish her character wasn't always talking about sex or romance, there were some great moments in this book where she showed off her telepathy powers (the prince in the tower!!) it was awesome. i'm glad they acknowledged that side of her with reina, (oh my god i ship them so much wait till i rant about them-) but dude i still HATE DALTON. SO MUCH. OH MY GOD. every time it's her pov i dread seeing dalton, i wish she could give that up. generic white men should die.

CALLUM. whatever turned him from complex, daunting, and a psychopath last book to janus from sanders sides this book- beautiful choice. he's literally the one sassy wine-sipping gay aunt that feels nothing and everything at once, also extremely mentally ill and depressed. he's SO FUNNY. his povs are fucking hilarious to read, and he quickly became one of my faves bc of how complex he is. i'm not smart enough to decipher and psychoanalyze him but god i LOVE CHARACTERS LIKE THIS.

i don't know what happened but nico is literally one of my faves now too, he's so silly and sweet and kind and i loved his relationships with everyone this book. like him trying to murder tristan in multiple different ways oml. he's my bbg. tristan was hit or miss for me, i did find him interesting but he's not my favourite. doesn't mean i hate him, he's so very british, i feel it radiating off the page. libby my queen my icon, her dream povs were so trippy i loved it- so so realistic to a real dream, that was the most surprising and unique part. also my bisexual queen seducing belen??

i did not like ezra and atlas was a little iffy here and there but tbh the cast was so well rounded and interesting and unique but paralleled each other so well?? THE RELATIONSHIPS. I DONT THINK ANY BOOK HAS THIS INTRICATE WEB-LIKE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER. they're one big polycule.

RELATIONSHIPS

nico and libby <3 i love them so much as siblings/queerplatonic partners. i don't ship them romantically, because i LOVE how they subverted the eye-rolling predictable ' YA academic rivals enemies to lovers' trope. when i started TAS, i immediately thought they were gonna get together and assumed the worst. but no, they still had the banter and importance in their relationship but without the romance? instead both of them were gay af. it's beautiful. i love subverting tropes so much. they're each other's 'other half' and they're hilarious together.

NICO AND TRISTAN. they were such a highlight this book, it was unexpected but so funny. nico trying to murder tristan and their little talks because 'they're not friends...just coworkers' yeah right, the best friendships start with creatively murdering each other. tristan being droll and chill af, and then nico bouncing off the walls my adhd king.

reina and nico broke me?? like that one chapter where they sparred and caught up with each other and reina was guarding her hurt feelings. DUDE THAT KILLED ME. made me stare at the ceiling for a good minute. their friendship is everything to me, they contrast each other so well. she deserves to be treated better- when they had that projection chapter and she saw that nico downplayed her skills...like she was good, but not good enough for him to care about her. AGGHGH.

REINA AND PARISA. NOW THIS. THIS HOOKED ME INTO THE BOOK. i ship them so bad guys. they parallel each other and are both hot and enemies to lovers and wlw slow burn and- look. reina is asexual, therefore the only person to truly see and understand parisa for who she is, and not be influenced by her body. like that one projection. she can help parisa understand HERSELF and who she is past her sexual desirability. how to love someone again. romantically. then, on the flip side, parisa can help reina see and understand OTHERS. reina only sees people as one trait, cut and dry- without any of the complex feelings. parisa is a telepath, she knows how to read others. THEY CAN BOTH HELP EACH OTHER AND LOVE EACH OTHER IN WAYS THEY NEVER COULD HAVE OMFDADJFLSKJADFL- also reina pinned her against a wall and they want to kill each other and every time they interact i scream into my pillow-

-

'You can't love anyone right?"

"I've met very few people worth loving."

-

*throws myself off a building*

now we just gotta play the familiar game "IS IT DELUSION OR IS IT JUST SLOW BURN" and find out whether their insane chemistry pays off in book 3.

the nico parisa scene was actually sweet ngl, even though i don't ship them. the whole callum and tristan thing was so bitter exes situationship coded and i ate every second up. especially that last conversation. AND OFC. GIDEON AND NICO?!!! AAAAA THEY WERE SO CUTE THEY'RE ENDGAME I SCREAMED WHEN THEY KISSED DUDE THEYRE SO-

PLOT

now for the actual plot. this book has so many interesting subjects and philosophies and debates i'm not smart enough for this. but past all the aesthetic glamour, it's science, time travel, dreams, multiverses, fate, reality, and the complexities of the human mind. and my god it's fascinating as fuck.

do i have any idea what they do in this society?? NO. am i entertained? YES. especially that whole explosion paradox to bring libby back to the future. the whole powering the connections via aurora borealis? the whole debate about being gods? i love it. i love it.

alright im so sorry for that rant, i gotta go now but DUDE I LOVE THIS BOOK NO MATTER HOW WEIRD IT WAS

#the atlas six #the atlas paradox #fandom rant #long post #jesus HOW MANY WORDS WAS THIS #this was long #parisa kamali #libby rhodes #nico de varona #reina mori #tristain caine #atlas blakely #callum nova #nicogideon #reina x parisa #tas #my faves #mine

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

(a) paradox = temit /tˈɛmɪt/

Object, singular, non-gendered. Plural: temit-ua Masculine: poTemit | Feminine: moTemit

Definition: Timey-wimey thing. Serves as a solution to any plothole.

Example: ↪English: 'I would have done my work, but ... err ... paradox.' ↪Romanised: 'Eira-he'nelsha ei-tedau, tera ... ee ... temit.' ↪Audio:

↪Sollifreyan (font v1):

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#doctor who #dr who #time lords #gallifreyan language #conlang #GIL #gallifrey institute for learning #whoniverse #GIL words #TOTW: A most ingenious paradox

[koumeowkami]

[SCREECHING SOUNDS]

#the concept was cringey BUT #can you guys believe allen saved kanata by expressing his feelings in a song. like can it get any more homosexual than this #i actually have no words to explain them anymore #giving me so much kanallen content was probably the only good thing this godforsaken anime ever did #paralive #paradox live #kanallen #allen sugasano #kanata yatonokami

[vimbry]

love the underlying creepiness in the moomin DNA and how they transformed over the years from threatening folklore into a symbol of comfort for people. first being inspired by tove jansson's uncle teasing her that there were "moomintrolls" in the kitchen cupboards as a child, and her apparently continuing to use the name to refer to "dreadful" things in her journals - then being part of works that took her experiences around the horrors of war and her own personal grapples with sexuality, looking at the latter through a lens of escapism in world that accepts the strange and different.

the groke (often considered a metaphor in the series for the shame stemming from homophobia) is a menacing figure in her stories, but only because no-one's ever gotten close enough to understand her. once moomin does by the end of "at sea", she no longer feels like a threat to him. it could be argued the same happened with the moomins themselves, as they developed from unknown creatures lurking in the shadows in tove jansson's earlier art and childhood memories, to something more familiar and beloved.

#I'm just saying words here if I'm honest. trying to articulate the paradoxical comfort that comes from sources of fear or something lmao. #also why do families always do this #my great-granddad used to tell me there was a monkey or a tiger in the understairs cupboard #I thought that was fun lmao.

[i-tzi]

POKEDDEXY DAY 1: BUG TYPE (#988)

Another year, another Pokeddexy!! 🎉

I honestly don't know how much I'll be able to combine because objectively January is kind of a shitty month for me lol

But WHO CARES, enjoy my boys, see you again at the end of the challenge if I'm still alive lol o|-<

#Anyway i just decide that I'll be deranged in the tag lol #infinite rambling moments ahahaha #so #I just asked my friend the prompt list for this year for like a month?? bc in this way i can prepare a bit #guess who is STILL LATE??? #and is just the first day lmaoo #Sorry toff you know i love u😔💖 #Anywayy i decided that even this pkdexxy has to be chaotic so i just slapped Ribera here for the first day without contest ahahah #I draw him last year but who cares??? +1000 pokémon but i love him so \_( ´ ▽ ` )_/¯ #I can give some context tho #Or maybe not lmaoo my word building is not something amazing #Paradox pkmn are all bikers since this gen the legendaries are walking bikes lol #There are two gangs one for past paradox one for future paradox and blablabla onestly I wrote abt this last year too lmao #I also said that I'll explain this better and not in the tag. Did i do that? No. Did i care? No💀 #Anyway motorbike shops are cool #They are something between a decathlon sportswear aisle and the aestetich moodboards you see on pinterest #And I don't know why but the walls and shelves are always white ahaha I mean it looks a bit like a hospital too #I understand it may be an accurate choice since 292992 of the motorcycle suits are neon color lmao #pkg pokeddexy #pokemon gijinka #slither wing

[jumpscaregoose]

can't stop referring to The Nayuta Thing as hatsune miku magic so now this exists

#paradox live #paralive #nayuta yatonokami #I have no words either man #goose draws

[i-looove-dillydallying]

Currently pondering whether the Ship of Theseus Paradox can be applied to the Doctor… I believe the concept was subtextually touched upon through a conversation between the 12th doctor and the Half-face man in the season 8 premiere “Deep Breath”

#using the word pondering because I love the Ponds #doctor who #12th doctor #the doctor #paradox #ship of theseus #tv show #bbc doctor who #peter capaldi #regeneration #nuwho #new who

[koi0boi]

guys, is it gay to blush when you get caught fist bumping your rival?

#i know they aren't really rivals per say but i couldn't think of a better word #koi yaps #paradox live #paradox live spoilers #? kinda

[random-xpressions]

So lost in you that I rediscovered myself: love explained!

Random Xpressions

#paradox #lost #found #discovery #10 word story

[prince-of-the-moths]

The fact that I can put in my bio that I'm Jewish by faith and have Jewish people ask me, "So you're Jewish and Muslim? How does that work?" based on my parents really should suffice as answer to why I don't hang out with Jewish people much. I can spend hours working on my Hebrew and have never set foot in a mosque and work hard to try to observe every mitzvot I can but at the end of the day, a lot of people will just simply never see me as Jewish because my father had the audacity to be Muslim and not convert the second he married my mother. How dare he think he has a right to believe what he wants? How dare I think that Judaism is a thing a person can choose? I don't know which of us is more in the wrong in the eyes of these people but I do know this much: he had an abusive "enlightened atheist" stepfather who beat the shit out of him trying to get him to give up on "crazy superstitious bullshit" and not only did he stick to his faith, he made a vow he was never, ever going to lay an unkind hand on his children or tell them what to believe.

My Muslim dad supports me as a Jewish man more than other Jewish people do. It's not even a competition.

We talked about identity and identifiers in my last class today and the irrelevance of the prior tasted like copper in my mouth. You can be something and never be that something enough for others. How people choose to identify you based off of identifiers they either make up or decide are more important than what you yourself explicitly stated is something you have to learn to make your peace with, because it's the only thing that matters in the court of public opinion. Self-identification is a myth.

A girl in the back of the class said identifiers were good because they jump start understanding. I didn't manage to hold back the entirety of my laugh.

Understanding. Yes, surely that's what I feel when someone asks me how being Muslim and Jewish at the same time works after I say I'm Jewish. Understood. What word better encapsulates being treated as if I'm a paradox and not a person and having my words dismissed out of hand by other Jewish people than understood, truly?

#personal post #personal rant #child abuse mention #jumblr #judaism #the jewish mom = you're jewish thing #always has a me-sized exemption to it #as does the concept of taking someone at their word #but why ask if you think i'm lying? #sometimes #i fantasize about just passing for a goy #living free of this inquisition #getting to be treated like a person #not a paradox #not a theological question #just some guy #imagine being a person first and foremost #imagine being a person at all