#people assume she doesn't care about other people and treat her accordingly

[blujayonthewing]

thinkin about. it's so easy to fall into the 'antisocial nerd who hates people' trope with a certain flavor of character archetype but. how much is melliwyk actually just... without even realizing it... fundamentally lonely...? she's friendly, but bad at making friends and maintaining meaningful relationships. the incident where she blew herself up launched her career but it also permanently blinded her roommate, and that would have absolutely colored her reputation and the way people interact with her for the remainder of her academic and all of her professional career. she lived alone in the woods for years. she talked to the ghost she didn't believe existed, she talks to her familiar even when he's not in the room, she keeps inventing robots shaped like little animals and creating items for her friends? companions. an NPC died at her feet and she invented an entirely new way to use magic so that she could learn revivify and spare the dying as an arcanist. while working on that project she shut herself in her room and didn't talk to anybody. after learning her parents were hostages she dove into working on her projects and shut herself in her room and didn't talk to anybody. a party member invited her to turn on the others and seems to this day to resent her for siding against him, and she doesn't know how to explain how she feels about the fact that he would even think to ask.

#this was not intentional but once I noticed now I think about it all the time like-- #she has so few meaningful relationships. she keeps collecting familiars and crafting and naming clockwork creatures for tiny servants. #people assume she doesn't care about other people and treat her accordingly #when we found out her house WAS haunted but that the ghost couldn't be spoken to or reasoned with she nearly cried #(after his spirit was freed one of his last messages was that he'd miss having her as a roommate) #I AM. I AM ROTATING HER IN MY MIND. #people expected her to take more risks with less regard to others and she leaned into that for years because it WAS advantageous #and now she's in her sixties and her closest relationships are to an owl and her parents whom she hasn't seen in over a year #she has... like... one and a half friends in the party but in a much more real sense she just doesn't know how to HAVE friends anymore #I think if you told her she's lonely she'd tell you you're being silly and would 100% sincerely mean it but. I think she's wrong #about me #my OCs #melliwyk

[lazyveran]

thinking about where azula's ego comes from and her self confidence

see, azula's been born into and seemingly fully subscribes to the divine right of kings and heavens mandate and so on. so assuming this, her self worth and confidence is innate. her ego doesn't stem from trying to prove herself, since she believes that she's simply been born better than others. for azula, that's fact. she's intrinsically a princess, a royal, something more divine than man. alongside this is the imperial cult of personality built up around the royals that azula is born into, no doubt shaping this idea further. azula expects the love of her people, she expects complete obedience and respect, and she expects herself to simply be better than others. this is reassured by her skill in firebending, which does put her in a league of her own. it's physical, undeniable proof that she is better. therefore the two cores of her ego compliment and reinforce each other and result in her supreme confidence.

azula using backup and azula doing things that would make others insecure or shameful simply doesn't matter. whatever she does is right and will not reflect poorly on herself because she believes she is better than everyone on an intrinsic level. why on earth would she care about what others think? she's the princess, after all. she has nothing to prove.

it also places her relationships in a very interesting light. azula has been raised to see herself as a leader of those 'lesser' than her, so mai and ty lee fall into that category. she uses them because of her intelligence, she does not feel shame in it because of her very anchored, stable ego, but ultimately they cant be equals to her because of right of birth, and she treats them as such. there's a gap there that azula can't bridge because if she does, shes betraying one of the core foundations of herself.

but what i think is so interesting is that her self confidence is deeply anchored within the few she does see as equal. and that, invariably, is family. because they're the only ones that also possess the royalty in which azula builds her self perception off of. it's why ursa effects her so badly, why in the few moments they have outside the palace she treats her brother - her rival in as many names as is the royal convention (and really that almost defines their relationship because azula sees herself as a princess first and sister second) - with respect and care. or as much as she can in her stilted azula way. and of course, her father. the fire lord. the sole and supreme divine ruler of her nation.

the only person she doesnt seem to extend this to is iroh, but i assume that's because he forsook the throne. which to azula is forsaking his birthright, their shared birthright as royals, and therefore he becomes lesser in her eyes. he didnt want to be royal in as many words, and azula demotes him accordingly within her own mind. why would she listen to someone who willingly 'lowers' himself to be rabble? zuko, at least, despite being demoted in her eyes by her father, still fights for his birthright. that is something she understands at a core level, and no doubt one of the reasons she offers his prince-hood back to him.

it almost seems to me that at some point azula starts to see herself more by her titles, role and function as royalty than as a daughter and person. no doubt from ozai's attitude towards her deeply shaping her own self worth. she's been groomed to be the throne's servant first, and a daughter second afterall. ursa's absence amplifies this, removing the one shaping force that insists that azula is a girl, not a weapon nor a perfect princess. where zuko's journey separates his self worth from his position as prince, azula doesn't get that actualisation. she is a princess who is also a girl. she is a royal that happens to be a human too.

to her, ozai is her fire lord before he is her father. zuko is a prince before he is her brother. ursa is the fire lady before she is her mother. the throne comes first, always. azula relies on her status as royalty to understand herself and her position in the world. without it, shes completely unmoored and most likely has no idea who she is, how to operate, or where her loyalties should lie. she seems almost dependant on her status in that way. she sacrifices everything for it. because what is she, who is everyone else, if she's not a princess?

#also potential anchor point for her perfectionism #raised to see the throne as the pinnical of fn; raised to one day sit that throne; has to become perfect to prove worthy #also her father. all of that #ozai when i get you. when i get you ozai. #azula #atla #veran speaks #is this azula meta? it might be #my brain has brewed her long enough now im yapping all my character analysis #shes sooo unwell. love her sm

[asterisktics]

Know who you follow.

I keep seeing these blogs on my dashboard despite having blocked them a long time ago, so it seems to me either people in the Trigun fandom are ignoring the issue or they remain unaware of this.

This is a non-exhaustive list, A.K.A I don't have enough spoons for this but I need to say something, about the blogs @/trigunfanart and @/takineko-arts, whose owner is @/takineko as it can be easily verified by going though the notes of this post (click to 1) and this other post (click to 2).

In case the posts get deleted. https://archive.is/XMSJn https://archive.is/0iscE

Trigunfanart/takineko first came to my attention as I heard months ago she was harassing Trigun artists from the Asian side of fandom in Twitter until they deleted, but I quickly realized it didn't end with harassment of other fans over fan-art.

CONTENT WARNINGS. Expect to see under the readmore everything you could expect from extreme bigots and conspiracy theorists. There's a really fucking good reason I'm making this post.

As she doesn't do much of an effort in hiding her views, you don't need to dig much to realize this: Takineko is a proud Republican, with all the views you could expect from her as such. Pro-life, anti-LGBTQIA+, racist and anti-semitic stances, but not only that; she's also a heavy supporter of plenty of conspiracy theories, including but not limited to to COVID related ones or denial of climate change. There's enough I genuinely can't give you all content warnings, besides that "it's the whole repertoire of alt-righters".

Searching through the #blog or #politics tags will give you a quick idea. 9/11? COVID? New World Order? U.S election fraud? George Soros? Whatever you can think of it's there, but here are a few examples.

Not Tumblr related as as I said, I first found her through Twitter, so here are some more.

I'm not here to educate anyone as to why plenty of this is straight up fascist rethoric. Do what you will with this information but, with this out after keeping it to myself for months because I didn't want to be told I was "starting drama", I'm going to assume that everyone who is being buddies with Takineko also shares her viewpoints, as per this post, and therefore will act accordingly.

Once again, it case it gets deleted https://archive.is/zR0sC

Don't bother in bringing this up with her or send her hatemail. It's not worth it. Besides, whatever gotcha you're thinking of is only making you waste your time. Takineko has been on this mindset for the past twelve years, and nothing you tell her will make her change her mind.

Take care of yourself. Maybe treat yourself to a donut like I will be doing after sending this post.

That's all.

#trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #tristamp #trimax #stampede

[practically-an-x-man]

What would your OCs first impressions of Nyx be?

Oooooh this should be good...

Rae: Immediate disgust and anger towards her, especially how she treats her children. It would not be fifteen minutes before she'd adamant about getting Pyrrha and the others far, far away from her.

Robin: Is unsettled from the beginning, but isn't quite sure how to take it. She kinda just tries to keep her distance and not interact much if she can help it.

Madison: The main villain in Smoke and Mirrors is actually a similar character - effectively a cloud of living smoke that must possess a host in order to stay alive - so she's immediately on the defensive and refuses to get within ten feet of Nyx. Honestly... that's probably for the best.

Ophelia: Oh, this is sending off supervillain alarm bells from the instant she steps into the room. Olly immediately wishes she has her actuators on her, and her tension is clear even though she tries to be cordial when speaking to Nyx. The other side of her brain is a little curious about how the human possession thing works, biologically-speaking, and why her hosts start to take on the same physical attributes, but that's something she'll try to study later.

Gia: As with most serious threats she encounters, she's mainly focused on getting away as quickly as possible, and keeping Nyx away from her clover. Though that does raise an interesting question - if Nyx tried to possess her, how would that work? Would it be easier for her since Gia's body technically doesn't have a "soul" inside it, or would there be some complication related to her life force being contained in her clover?

Jasper: Something's very off about her emotions, they feel... echoed somehow, split between Nyx and her overtaken host, and that's the first sign that there's something very wrong going on here. They assume this is some sort of witchcraft, and decide to leave it to the witches while they sneak away.

Kestrel: Assumes that she's a demon of some kind, and acts accordingly - they're cautious, careful about what they say, and make sure that they don't agree to anything or have their words twisted out of context. They also don't reveal anything about their own abilities, since revealing magic can sometimes be seen as an invitation.

Katherine: Personally, finds her to be unpleasant to be around, but doesn't want to assume she's actively dangerous. But the magic within her is clearly acting up, and she takes that to mean that the gods do not trust Nyx and want her to get away as fast as possible.

Quinn: Assumes that the pointed ears are a body mod and asks where she had them done - she can sense that there's something off about Nyx, but since her world doesn't have magic or aliens, she can't place what it is.

Eris: This is a tough one... obviously he doesn't give a shit about violence and has next-to-no concept of morality, but the one place he does draw his morals is when it comes to the topics of slavery. I think they'd get along at first, and Eris would even be complimentary of Nyx's cunning intellect, but there would be a snap shift the instant Eris finds out about Nyx's possessions and the abuse she inflicts on her children.

Nikoletta: She's used to dealing with supervillains and wouldn't be particularly fazed by Nyx, though she'd unconsciously end up slipping into her Belle Reve persona: cold, callous, and wary of Nyx.

Jimmy: Assumes she's a ghost like him and tries to talk her away from possessing innocent people, and offers to try and teach her how to make herself tangible on her own. Obviously none of this is going to work in the slightest, but the poor guy's just got such a big heart and really wants to help.

#my friends!!! #answered asks #my ocs #jasper wilson #ophelia octavius #oc quinn/aces #madison douglas #oc kestrel #rae mckinney #robin cassidy #gia pantazis #oc eris #nikoletta bordeaux #jimmy luciano #oc katherine johnson

[cacophony-of-notions]

My feelings on a common misconception interpretation of Sam in “Slice Girls”: 

TL;DR Sam did not kill Emma as “revenge” and Dean was not ethically inconsistent in his actions with Emma versus Amy.

I have seen many times people claim that Sam killed Emma as “revenge” for Amy. I have seen both his antis and his hardcore stans say this (the latter as a means of “justifying” a decision Sam made that they traditionally wouldn’t stand behind… regardless of the fact that killing a kid to get revenge on his brother would paint him in a far worse light than taking the situation at face-value). 

In the same way that Dean killed Amy because he legitimately thought it was the right call, Sam killed Emma because he legitimately thought it was the right call. That’s it. Hate both of their decisions, agree with one but not the other, agree with neither… no matter what, I don’t think wanting “revenge” and taking that out on a child had anything to do with Sam’s actions. There are a few reasons why.

First, looking at the context of the season as a whole, Sam has been worried about Dean’s mental state for most of the season in much the same way that Dean has been worried about his, and accordingly, they didn't trust each other’s judgment fully. 

Dean killing Amy was to some extent, about not trusting Sam’s judgement due to his attachment to Amy and the metal state Sam had been in that season. Sam had been hallucinating and had also lied about it. So on top of not being sure if Sam could accurately grasp reality at any given time, him hiding it also made it very difficult for Dean to trust Sam to be honest if he was hallucinating, needed help, or needed to take a step back.

Sam’s decision to kill Emma was, likewise, to some extent, about not trusting Dean’s judgement due to his natural attachment to Emma as a father and Dean’s mental state that season. We see, on several occasions in season 7, Sam noting that Dean is drinking more alcohol than usual (which is saying something). Several times in the season, Sam expresses concern over this, to Bobby as well as to Dean directly. Sam’s lack of confidence in Dean is actually enough that, when Dean begins to notice things moving from where he left them and starts to suspect that Bobby is haunting them, Sam repeatedly and flippantly dismisses his observations and chalks all of it up to Dean drinking too much and grieving too hard and being an unreliable witness. 

Second, Sam and Dean came to an understanding about Amy in “The Mentalist”, and Sam ended up saying at the end of the episode that Dean’s actions made sense, and that he was right that Sam’s judgement couldn’t be trusted because he was too close to the situation emotionally. 

Season 7’s “The Mentalist” covers the confrontation between Sam and Dean over Amy, and Sam’s decision to work side by side with Dean again. There are two scenes—the initial blow up from Sam and Dean’s rebuttal, and then the resolution at the end of the episode. 

First the initial blow up and Dean’s rebuttal: 

Dean: We agreed to work the case. We didn’t agree for you to be a dick the whole time. 

Sam: What?

Dean: You’re pissed. Okay? And you’ve got a right. 

Sam: Yeah, damn straight. 

Dean: But enough’s enough. 

Sam: Says who? Look, I’ll work this damn case, but you lied to me, and you killed my friend. 

Dean:  No, I put down a monster who killed four people, and if you didn’t know her, you’d have done the same thing. 

Sam: I did know her, Dean.

Dean: Yeah, which is why you couldn’t do it. Look, I get it. There are certain people in this world, no matter how dangerous they are, you just can’t. 

Sam: Don’t pull that card! That’s bull! Look, if I’ve learned one thing, it’s that if something feels wrong, it probably is!

Dean: Usually, yeah. But killing Amy was not wrong. You couldn’t do it, so I did. That’s what family does—the dirty work. And I would have told you eventually, once I knew that this whole “waving a gun at Satan” thing was a one-time show. I think it’s reasonable to want to know that you’re off the friggin’ high dive, Sam. You almost got us both killed. So you can be pissed all you want, but quite being a bitch. 

Then there was the resolution at the end of the episode: 

Sam: Look, you know what... you were right—about Amy. If she was just any monster, I’m not sure I could have let her walk away. I dunno. I mean, I’ll never know. 

Dean: What are you saying?

Sam: What I’m saying is… I get why you did it. You were just trying to make sure no one else got hurt. But here’s the thing: you can’t just look me in the face and tell me you’re fine. I mean, you’re not sleeping, you drink for the record-

Dean: Oh here we go…

Sam: Look, whatever. Last one to preach. I know. But… just be honest with me. How are those the actions of someone who knows they did the right thing?

Dean: You want me to be honest?

Sam: Yeah.

Dean: I went with my gut. And that felt right. I didn’t trust her, Sam. Of course, ever since Cas, I’m having trouble trusting anybody. And as far as how I’ve been acting… I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I don’t like lying to you. You know, it doesn’t feel right. So yeah, you got me there. I’ve been climbing the walls. 

Third, in context, when Sam brings up Amy in the car, it is to say Dean choked with Emma in the same way that Sam choked with Amy and it could have gotten him killed—not that killing Emma was somehow vengeance for Amy. See the conversation at the end of “Slice Girls”:

Sam: What did you say to me... when I was the one who choked? What did you say about Amy? “You said you kill the monster”!

Dean: I was going to!

Sam: Oh, like hell you were! You think I’m an idiot? 

Dean: What you think I am?!

Sam: Dean, you were gonna let her walk! 

Dean: No I wasn’t. That’s ridiculous! 

Sam: Look, man, she was not yours. Not really. 

Dean: Actually, she, uh, she was, really. She just also happened to be a crazy man-killing monster. But uh, hey-

Sam: You know what? Bobby was right. Your head’s not in it, man. When Cas died, you were wobbly, but now... 

Dean: Now what? Oh what, you’re dealing with it so perfect? Yeah, news flash, pal. You’re just as screwed up as I am! You’re just... bigger. 

Sam: What?!

Dean: I don't know!

Sam: Look... Dean, the thing is, tonight... it almost got you killed. Now, I don’t care how you deal. I really, really don’t. But just don’t...  don’t get killed. 

In no way does Sam suggest here that Dean “deserved” to have his kid shot in front of him as some kind of “payback”. In fact, that doesn't really make sense 

In the context of the conversation in “The Mentalist, where Sam said he understood why Dean felt the way he did about Amy. 

It also doesn’t make sense in the context fo Sam’s comment that Emma “wasn’t really yours”. If he did it to hurt Dean, he would have pressed into that relationship, not dismissed it. 

He lectured Dean because he was scared Dean wouldn't have been able to pull the trigger and would have gotten himself killed. It’s the same “are you off the high-dive?” lecture Dean gave him, it’s the same “I did the dirty work for you because you couldn’t”. The shot Sam took wasn’t hesitant, but it also wasn’t emotional. It was calculated and ruthless. It was a choice Sam made, that Emma could not be trusted. He made that call. And maybe he was right—maybe the brainwashing went too deep, and Emma would have come after Dean again if they let her go (which is probably what Sam was really worried about—that she would have gone after Dean again and gotten the drop on him or he wouldn’t have shot her), or maybe she would have come after someone else. Maybe Sam was wrong, and Emma could have been persuaded away from life in a cult. We can say the same about Dean killing Amy. All they had was her word that she wouldn't kill again. And yet, if her son got sick again, it seems reasonable to assume she’d go on another killing spree. Maybe Dean was right to kill her, maybe he was wrong.

Other notes: 

[1] Sam misses a certain detail when he compares Dean’s actions with Emma to his own situation with Amy. Sam only compares the two situation by virtue of him or Dean choking due to an attachment to the “monster” in question. However, there’s a distinction between the two kills that is important within Dean’s personal ethical framework, while it’s not necessarily important within Sam’s... to the point that Sam doesn't really see this distinction at all (in fact, he may not know about it). Namely, Emma had never killed anyone before while Amy had killed four people. Dean’s actions in both situations are actually ethically consistent—which is another misconception in fandom. From Dean’s framework, Emma and Amy are not the same. Emma and Amy’s son are the same. We see the distinction Dean draws between Amy and her son in “The Girl Next Door”: Dean kills Amy but lets her son go because he’s never killed anyone. He doesn’t rescind that even after Amy’s son tells Dean he’s going to come after him eventually and kill him. Dean treats Emma in the exact same way. He tells her he would let her walk away because she’s never killed anyone, and he doesn’t rescind the offer even if it seems like she still might try to come after him again. This is also consistent with how Dean treated Bobby John in Season 6 “Two and a Half Men”, Jack in Season 4 “Metamorphosis”, and Madison in Season 2 “Heart”. 

[2] When he kills Amy, Dean is notedly dealing with trust issues that he himself acknowledges, after what happened with Cas. He trusted Cas implicitly even when Bobby and Sam doubted him, and he got burned, and it shook his ability to trust in anyone (see Sam’s “wobbly” talk above”). Killing Amy is a part of that, according to Dean’s own perceptions. 

[3] To a certain extent, it might even be said that Sam and Dean aren't just wary of trusting each other’s judgement, but also wary of trusting themselves. For example, “You kill the monster” is a hardline stance that’s unusual for Sam and that is rejected by both brothers as early as Season 2 “Bloodlust”. But because Sam doesn’t trust himself at that point in time, and also does not trust Dean’s judgement either, he does what he thinks is “safe” when his own mind is half shredded and he has a depressed and alcoholic brother who he’s afraid is going to let a monster kid murder him one day (be it Emma or Amy’s son). If he were to let Emma go and worse came to worse, Sam doesn’t feel he can rely on Dean to defend himself from her, and he doesn’t know what his own mind state is going to be like in the future. So he does what’s “safe” for them both. In the same way, Dean’s actions with Amy could be viewed as him choosing what’s “safe”.

#dean winchester #sam winchester #spn 7.03 #spn 7.07 #spn 7.13 #the slice girls #the mentalist #the girl next door #fandom misconceptions

[zodiactalks]

Love Life with Aries Woman & 5 Brutal Truths

Loving an Aries is not an easy thing.

No, that's a lie. Loving an Aries is very easy; They're charming, fun, magnetic, funny, exciting, intense, and all-around impossible to look away from.

They're the kind of people who can light up an entire room without even trying and, as such, it's effortless to fall in love with them.

Having an Aries love you back is a little harder, but not impossible, so that's not the hard part of the equation.

The hard part comes after because all those characteristics that drew you towards Aries in the first place?

Those don't go away. Ever.

Their intense and strong personalities are incredibly attractive, but can also complicate your relationship.

Here are five brutal truths about loving Aries woman that explains how.

#1. They have one hell of a temper.

Aries women are often described as "fiery" and "temperamental," which can sound fun and exciting until that temper is directed at you.

We all love a woman with some fire in them, but an Aries fire is less an ember and more a raging wildfire, capable of destroying things or, at the very least, leaving a permanent mark on anything it touches.

An Aries woman's temperamental attitude can give them the boost they need to achieve their goal and can get you out of a difficult situation, but it can make things worse just as quickly, so you need to be prepared for any eventuality.

The key to dating an Aries woman is achieving a balance between respecting them and respecting yourself. Don't let yourself be intimidated by their temper, but don't try to intimidate them either.

This is because...

#2. They will try to dominate you.

Aries women love bossing around others, and they often do it so naturally, they don't even realize they're doing it.

They walk around the world like they own the place, and, more often than not, the universe responds in kind. It's not uncommon to find friendships and relationships where Aries is the dominant partner, and that might just be the case with yours if you let things flow naturally.

Don't get us wrong, there's nothing wrong with an Aries woman being the dominant partner in a relationship, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with letting your partner take charge, but Aries tend to be pretty self-centered, so their leadership can turn into domination if you're not careful.

If you don't mind an Aries woman being the dominant partner in your relationship, then buckle up and have fun. Just make sure to express your needs openly and clearly, and everything should go along swimmingly.

If you'd rather be the dominant partner of your relationship...forget it, that's not how it works with Aries women. Either you're equals, or she's the boss. Nothing else works for this passionate sign.

Their domineering personalities will make an Aries woman resent you if you try to "put her in her place," and treating her as anything else than an equal is a sure way to get her to call off the relationship almost immediately.

The good news? It doesn't have to be a constant battle of wills.

Aries women are perfectly willing and happy to share their leadership with people they look up to and respect; you just need to work hard to show them that you won't give in to their every whim, but that you value and consider their input and opinions.

#3. They don't think things through.

Aries women –and men for that matter– are the kind of people who drink milk to find out if it has gone bad.

Discretion, introspection, and just plain old thinking things through are not Aries's characteristics. They charge head-first into situations and improvise as they go, reacting to everything that happens rather than planning accordingly.

It can make for some hilarious stories and for quite an adventure, but it can also get her, and you, in problems, so you'll want to keep an eye out on your Aries partner, just to make sure she's not making choices she'll regret.

Word of advice, though, don't try to control her. Don't tell her not to do something, but rather provide reasons for why that thing they're planning to do is a bad idea.

Telling them no is a sure way to get them to do something, so if you genuinely care for the outcome of an Aries woman's actions, try and find a way to be supportive while still standing your ground when you think she's making a mistake.

Telling her not to outright will make her dismiss your advice. Talking things through and, more importantly, pointing out things she might've not considered are far more effective ways to ensure she thinks things through before acting in a way that can hurt her and yourself.

Think of it less as reverse psychology and more like brainstorming.

Aries women are wicked smart, but sometimes they need a push to see what's incredibly obvious to others.

We do advise you sometimes just to follow her lead, though. Their blunt, straight to the point approach to life might seem careless, but it sure can yield amazing results.

#4. They have huge egos.

Look, no one loves an Aries woman more than an Aries woman loves herself.

Aries women know they're smart, know they're stubborn, and they know they can achieve great things if they put their minds to it. What's more, not only do they know this, but they take great pride in it.

They don't think they're great; they know they're great, which means they will often dismiss criticism, but they'll blow compliments out of proportion.

Their enormous egos can also lead them to be selfish at times, as they often fail to take people's needs and desires into consideration. Their selfishness often comes from a place of self-absorption rather than a lack of care; as long as you put your foot down and let them know they're ignoring your needs and desires; they shouldn't have a problem with this.

Remember, an Aries woman can be incredibly domineering, so if you don't speak up, she'll simply assume you're okay with everything that's going on.

#5. They have no patience.

None whatsoever.

Aries women want things to happen as fast as possible, and that bleeds out to every other aspect of their lives.

From pulling food out of the microwave before it finishes heating up, to skipping pages in their books just to reach the end, to losing their cool because you're taking too much time choosing which restaurant you want to visit.

Their intense personalities are to blame for this, though it's not a fault that can't be overcome. Aries women can be very patient when it comes to things that matter to them; it's just the rest that they can't wait for.

A relationship with an Aries will always be fast, jumping from one thing to another without giving you much time to rest or even realize what's going on.

It'll be intense, it'll be passionate, and if you're the kind of person who likes to take things slow, it might be downright scary, but it'll always be fun.

Loving an Aries woman is not for the faint of heart, but those strong enough to brave this fiery sign will be in for the adventure of a lifetime.

#Aries #Aries zodiac #Aries woman #Aries girl #Aries female #Aries love #Aries traits

[queenofchildren]

Your writing is giving me life. For a prompt how about a jealous Rosvolio. It could be either Benvolio or/and Rosaline. The details are all yours and it doesn't have to revolve around Prince Escalus and that triangle. Both Rosaline and Benvolio are well known and great catches to anyone in Verona. Thank you so much for taking prompts. 💜💜

Thank you for the lovely prompt! I’m actually working on both jealous Rosaline and jealous Benvolio, but for the first instalment, it’s him who gets to be jealous. 

[also on ao3]

Benvolio had never been inclined to jealousy. There was no point in it after all, when his romances were designed to be fleeting and superficial, based on lust, infatuation, or money; and all parties involved knew that the next adventure was right around the corner. His was a love for the moment, based on two people enjoying each other – nothing more, nothing less.

Of course, the love he was supposed to be sharing with his betrothed was altogether different, in ways that might well invite jealousy. But such a feeling had not surfaced yet, not even when he had watched her passionately kiss another man, watched her tears and pain at being rejected by that same man. Whatever connection she had shared with the Prince, it mattered to Benvolio only so far as it might provide a way out of the shackles of this unwanted engagement.

But the Prince had held firm, and Benvolio soon found himself very publicly betrothed to a woman who had no interest in his affection, and in whose attention he had no interest either.

Or so he thought.

Until the day he was invited to another feast at the palace, and found that the usual company of Verona's rich and powerful had been widened to allow in a newcomer, and one whom Lord Capulet seemed to know well – was, in fact, almost proprietary of.

The unfamiliar guest, a reasonably handsome man about his own age in a splendid doublet of black and silver, was introduced as a Count Paris of Mantua. Seated next to Rosaline, the man was barely left out of old Capulet's sight. The message was clear: This was an important man, and he was affiliated with the Capulet family.

Benvolio could not have cared less about the man's affiliation. But there was something else that drew his interest over the course of the feast, and heightened and deepened it and turned it into something else, biting and burning and altogether strange to him.

For seated across from Rosaline, next to his uncle, he could not help but watch as the two of them conversed all through dinner, with nary a look to spare anyone else. Rosaline was entirely focused on the man to her left, and since he suspected her to be hard to impress by wealth, titles or splendid doublets, he had to assume her attention was captivated by something else – something which he himself, quite clearly, had never managed to offer.

Conversation flowed lively and easily between the two, while Benvolio himself could barely get more than a few civil sentences out of his betrothed, though not for lack of trying. And ever so often, she graced the stranger with a smile, bright and open, eyes dancing merrily, and Benvolio realised with a sudden inexplicable stab of irritation that she had never smiled at him like this.

Surely, people who would share the rest of their lives should find occasion to smile at each other once in a while, no matter how solemn the circumstances of their betrothal? But Rosaline had never found it necessary to gift him her smile, though now she gave it freely enough to another man. She would give her hand to be bound to his in symbolic union, would give up her name to take his – but she would not smile for him. And in this moment, vexingly, nothing else seemed more important.

Benvolio sat absolutely dumbstruck, staring at the pair across from him and feeling as if he was turning to stone on the outside, though acid seemed to be burning through his guts. Then realisation struck: This, then, was jealousy, that feral thing which inspired poets and musicians to bitter laments, drove men to lethal duels or equally lethal madness.

He found it immensely irritating.

After all, who was she to rule over his emotions in this manner? Was it not enough that she'd get to rule over his house and personal affairs some day soon? Now, apparently, Rosaline Capulet had got his heart in the bargain as well, and not given so much in return as a single honest smile.

For several stunned moments, Bonvolio sulked over his smoked ham. He felt treated unfairly, cheated out of a chance he had, for some reason, assumed he had. But then, there perhaps lay his mistake: She had never looked at him, or anyone bearing his family name, with anything other than contempt, and no attempt to impress her had succeeded. And here some foreign Count came prancing in and simply landed in her good graces, without the slightest bit of effort.

Luckily for the ham he was currently mauling with his fork and carving knife, Benvolio's musings were interrupted by a speech: Practically glowing with smug pride, Lord Capulet announced that the foreign Count had asked for his niece Livia's hand in marriage, and had received permission to woo her.

Benvolio swallowed an overlarge piece of ham in surprise, then coughed it up again with an ungainly snort as the words sunk in.

Betrothed to the younger Capulet! The Count was set to become Rosaline's brother-in-law, and she no doubt expected him to be a good husband to her beloved sister, and was accordingly pleased. This then was the reason for the happy glow he had seen on her face, instead of an infatuation with the man, or satisfaction at his flattering attentions.

The clarification brought such relief that he felt a somewhat hysterical laugh start somewhere deep inside him, though he controlled himself just in time to bite it down and raise his glass politely in a toast.

But even as he did so, Benvolio realised something else: The man he had mistaken for a rival had not even attempted to court Rosaline, and had still been more successful at winning her affections than he himself ever had.

But then, with some intellectual effort, he came to the conclusion that perhaps that was exactly how Count Paris had succeeded in drawing that elusive smile: He had not wooed or flattered in the first place; had not attempted to force that smile as a sign of his victory. He had simply, in some manner, made Rosaline happy. That had been enough.

And perhaps it would be enough for him to do the same and, in time, to earn the same reward.

Benvolio groaned at the thought. No doubt the endeavour would entail a hefty amount of work and, judging by Rosaline's stony expression when she returned his toasting gesture, lead to a number of setbacks before he suceeded.

But there was no way around it; for anything was better than this wretched jeaousy business: Benvolio would succeed at becoming a man Rosaline Capulet smiled at, no matter the cost to his pride.

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