#people underestimate the power of love

[enden-k]

random but i was just thinking about how my roommate (hes also my best friend of over 10 years so the trust lvl is almost as high as to my sister) managed to ease me into liking a food that i connected with childhood trauma for years -- it makes me think of kaveh def having haithams trust like that as well, like. i just can see it so well how the scribe immediately shoots anyone down who offers him a plate of smth he absolutely dislikes bc he tried it once and it upset him. kaveh tho? kaveh is respectful of haithams dislikes ofc but one day hes munching away at smth he prepared for himself and mindlessly offers haitham some and he tries it without a fuss and you can see him freeze for a second, both of them mildly surprised and even more so when haitham goes "its good"

in short, haitham refuses any foods he doesnt like regarding taste or texture but when kaveh offers him to try hes willing to do so bc he trusts kaveh sm (in most matters) and ends up liking it bc the way kaveh prepares it makes it bearable

(when theyre out for dinner and kaveh offers him some there, haitham refuses again bc he only eats it when kaveh cooks it)

#this was all prompted by me complaining about things worse than work to my friend in chat AHHAH #never underestimate the power of people you trust and love i guess #thanks to my beloved roomie he turned me from a hater to an enjoyer (to this particular food) AHA #rambles #hcs #headcanons #kvthm

[heistttyyy]

Obligatory fantroll dump post ^__^

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#moldy art tag #moldie arkota #homestuck #homestuck fanart #fantroll #homestuck oc #eridan ampora #trollsona #hom3stuck #people underestimate how powerful the 2 losers in love dynamic is

[worldblight]

who is your favorite one piece character. *staring intently no pressure no pressure no pres (⁠´⁠灬⊙⁠ω⁠⊙⁠灬⁠`)⁠♡

Idk some fucking guy that showed up on screen for a bit he was kinda cool

#luffy is a character that i feel everybody including the viewer is meant to kind of underestimate at first #to chalk him up to a naive fucking idiot that's gonna get himself killed by something more powerful because he overestimated himself #you keep waiting until he bites off more than he can chew #yknow you wait until he finally meets that match that makes him hesitate and think ''i'm not strong enough‚ i need to improve'' #like so many shonen do nowadays where the main character gets humbled by someone more powerful than the level they're at #but with luffy that just.... doesnt happen #no matter how fucking awful and horrifying the series gets sometimes and how high the stakes rise with more genocidal villains #luffy acts as the humanized force of unshakable freedom that cant be silenced for good #luffy is a protagonist but he is also an all-encompassing metaphor that seeps from every pore of the series #and i feel extremely strongly about what he represents and the way he can change YOU and make u feel the hope u thought u lost #he is a character but he is most importantly a vessel for a story that‚ at heart‚ wants you to laugh and dream and love unabashedly #he is not a mascot lil shonen protag created for the sake of telling the viewer ''killing bad! friendship important!'' #that motherfucker is built to inspire you to be shamelessly happy to fucking live and laugh and dream big idiot dreams #its hard to describe what he fucking Does to your brain to people used to consuming trash anime with basic niceguy protags #but luffy isnt just a protag. he is a feeling that you learn to adopt. but the depth of that cant be described until you feel it #its a shame people get so scared of the episode count because theyll never experience one of the most soul-changing series ever made #luffy is just one guy in a series full of characters so nuanced and fleshed out they could have their own damn shows

[allsortzofcrap]

i feel like for the rest of my life i will be walking around totally normal and then periodically, i will be absolutely brained with a metaphorical anvil falling off the side of a building that represents the absolute bafflement i have towards modern adaptations of sherlock holmes and their treatment of irene adler. bbc's most recent adaptation in particular.

im so sorry. please repeat. she was stupid u say??? and i'm sorry, IN LOVE with him u say??????

i'm a feminist so i think women are capable of being in love and also of being stupid. they can do anything they put their minds to ofc ❤️. but this is too far even for me.

it's just that i can't understand why you would choose to write a narrative that is more mysoginistic than the source material when the source material was written in 1891.

was it intentional? did they somehow not pick up on the implications? was it random?

i can't fathom it. it keeps me awake.

#sherlock holmes #irene adler #bbc sherlock #guy ritchie sherlock holmes #that one noir holmes set in the 40s? #idk i might have made that up #you know what actually i'm thinking about the guy richie one now too #GOD!!!!!!! #men should me shot in the streets for what they did to my girl #it's just the complete inability to imagine her as being powerful in any way that does not relate to being underestimated as a woman #which is not to say that this is not an interesting thread to explore in a more thorough character study #but! #the notion that who she is as a character is the unique utilization of feminity and sexuality to obstruct the power of men #thereby making her own power a power only in reaction #does such a disservice to the core of her initial character and the point that she made #and also this relates to the obsession with adler as a villain #because adler isn't necessarily smarter than holmes - she totally may be - but that doesn't actually matter #what matters is that she outsmarts him #and she wins at the game he plays #she tails him - she disguises herself and isn't recognized - she preempts his actions through logical analysis (she takes his role) #and equally important - she holds the moral high ground she protects the vulnerable #so many of the cases holmes takes on deal with the exploitation of women by society - motherhood marriage reputation gendered labor #this is a case where holmes has become the perpetrator of a crime he would usually work to prevent or avenge #adler takes up his role where he has failed terribly to do so - as a result her power within this narrative is identical to his #it doesn't come from her gender or even necessarily from her intelligence (though these are important traits) #narratively speaking at least - she wins because she deserves to and her morality gives her power #it is that power which is always what i think is important about sherlock holmes when he lives up to it #to me he never truely wins by being smart - he only ever wins by being kind and wanting people to be safe and treated fairly #ALSO WHERE IS HER HUSBAND WHO SHE LOVES AND WHO RESPECTS HER YOU FIENDS!!!!!! she could never love holmes! she is loved by a better man #sorry!!!

[brofightiscancelled]

what is it that drives people to create the most gorgeous and elaborate art of anime muppets. i want to dissect an osomatsu-san fan's brain but that would involve me actually having to smoke cigarrettes (watch the damn anime) and probably develop lung cancer (enjoy it)

same sauce as my little pony:friendship is magic getting popular

#(it's the good characterization and subversion of expectations) #ik u probably sent this for a joke answer but that's my sincere theory #the medium/genre (gag anime/kids cartoon) makes people let their guards down #and then the genuinely good and effective character writing gets them in the gut while theyre open #i read this great essay about what makes the mane 6 from mlp so appealing and basically it's abt the Gap #rainbkw dash is cool and confident but secretly loves reading #fluttershy is meek but is capable of being fierce and loud #these kinds of wrinkles and depth as simple as they sound is the sauce #karamatsu is the Cool One but he's bullied endlessly and cries easily #ichi is the Dark and Evil one but he's actuakly very sensitive #it's the same sauce... it's the unexpected depth #also the voice actors just do a great job bringing the characters to life #one musnt ever estimate the power of a great VA performance #also the built-in dynamics #theyre all brothers so that setup automatically begs some questions #'how do the older ones interact w the younger ones' #'hiw do the brothers closest in the birth lineup interact' #having these kinds of relationship dynamics baked into ur group is immediately intriguing #also they are easy to draw. that part musnt be underestimated either #simple and effective character design that lets ppl go crazy #like how people go insane w kirby fanart bc he's so simple #but like honestly it's not that much deeper than 'the character writing is genuinely really good'

[lapinposts]

winter tyvia in june? yes.

#first of all ive got two of the worst finals to pass and this is how i cope ok. #seriously though i was thinking about tyvia as of a place to start a new life but to do it wrong #like people go to karnaca to say goodbye to their past and start a new life and tyvia is a place to rot #so. daud and billie (and probably some other whalers too) miserable adventure #ALSO i was thinking about billie and how she didn't see much of the world (at the time of KoD at least) #afaik she has only been from warm to dunwall environment. how would she react to cold. #she's great at adapting to terrible circumstances but what about freezing cold. would she underestimate it to then be terrified of it? #to think that the outsiders power may protect from snow and all that? perhaps. perhaps not #im crawling back to my hole thanks for reading my rumblings <3 much love #my art tag #dh related

[sammygender]

if i was shiv roy my anger would be biblical

#she’s terrible too but like #jesus fucking christ. can u imagine your whole life youve been raised to think ur lesser cause of ur gender ur fathers both consistently #underestimated you and excluded you due to your gender (and also his general manipulativeness) while in a way being his ‘favourite child’ #and the most like him. and you only have brothers and you have to be soooo careful that everyone just doesn’t see u as the crazy woman. and #your dad FINALLY lets u in on the company but obviously it’s just another bargaining tactic and he doesn’t really and your brothers still #leave you out of everything. then he dies and you’re the one he SAID he actualtl WANTED as ceo to your face but for some reason kendall and #roman get to be joint ceo and promise promise promise they’ll let you in on it all but OBVIOUSLY they don’t and they try and screw the deal #you’ve been trying so hard to get without telling you #so yeah you get a little angry and you work with the guy they were screwing over and go behind their back with him. sure i would too. and #your brother wants to elect a fascist who’d probably make it illegal for you to abort that baby you’re pregnant with #(not that you seem to want to and not that you couldn’t anyway even if it was illegal you’re rich; but the point stands) #and your other brother is ‘morally against it’ but still goes along with it all #and ur just in a room and everyone around you is a white guy who will never really be affected by these policies that the president theyre #putting in power is going to enact that are going to kill people #and no one at all will listen to you especially not when they find out you ‘betrayed’ them EVEN THOUGH TBEY DID IT FIRST. and you’re #literally just a hysterical woman to them and you can see it happening and you’re like the most powerful person in the world but you can’t #seem to.. DO anything? #ANYWWY. jesus normally i love yelling at shiv. but jesus fucking christ #i can’t even begin to describe how angry i would be #i felt so angry on her behalf #oliver talks #succession

[icannotgetoverbirds]

how a friend of mine taught me to create names for characters

Start with a word that's meaningful to the character. For this example, we'll use the word "smoke".

Open up Google translate and pick a language - Latin is a good, basic starting point, but anything with connections or an ease of what I like to call English-ifying (for the sake of this method, things like pinyin - the English text version of languages with non-english characters - although this can also be done for other languages, I assume) works best.

I'll start with Latin - the word I get is fumo. Now, I don't really like the vibes of that, so I'm going to take a stab at a few other translations to see what I can find.

(I do want to add - it's best to either understand the language's phonetics or have a pronunciation available if you want to be able to pronounce the character's name.)

Icelandic - Reykja (Ray-kee-ah)

Korean - Seumoki (Soo-moke-ee)*

Hindi - Dhuaan (Doo-ahn)

Swahili - Moshi (Mah-shee)

And with that, I have four different name bases to work with, all with different vibes. For instance, Moshi would probably be a good name for a pet - the -i ending reads as diminutive in English, making it perfect for a gray-furred cat. I might use that if I ever get a pet that it would fit - it's a sweet name.

Reykja reads as a fairly feminine name, and could work as a standalone - just be aware that it might read strangely to people who speak Icelandic. Dhuaan feels more gender-neutral - actually, it feels very neutral altogether.

That being said, you don't have to stop here. You can throw the names together in much the same way that someone used to create Lenjamin, and create entirely new names. In this endeavor, it usually helps to have gathered quite a few translations to work with.

Here, I take a bit of a leap in combining the -ki in Seumoki (which is a little on the nose alone) with the fu- in fumo, creating Kifu - considering that the alternative is Fuki, which. Is a little too close to Fucky for my comfort.

Here's the important part - and this step is often vital even when not combining the words - you have to translate it backwards.

*Those who know Korean might notice that Seumoki is a translation for "smokey", not "smoke". As someone who doesn't speak Korean, I noted that translating back the word I originally got for smoke, yeongi, gave me "performance". I'm not sure what's up with that, so I adjusted the form of the word to get a better translation - for all I know, the translation of yeongi as "smoke" is a bug.

Sometimes you'll find out that the word that gets translated back is. Less than desirable. Sometimes, however, you find a pleasant surprise.

Kifu, in the "Detect Language" setting of Google Translate, reads as the Swahili word for death.

So now I have a name for a badass character, probably someone that can easily be read as a ninja, whose name has roots in smoke and death.

One last note - do look up the name outside of Google Translate to check and see if it's already in use somewhere or if it has any problematicisms attached - Kifu seems to be a software related to the game Go, as well as a French collection of home decor. I think it's a funny little anecdote to add to the name; plus, maybe it can be used for further characterization. Maybe Kifu really likes interior design. Maybe their favorite game is Go.

And with that you have a name for a character and a little bit of bonus characterization to go along with it!

Don't forget to translate backwards, and don't forget to look it up, though. Also, if you're able to consult a dictionary in the language you're pulling from - or even a person who speaks the language - that's even better!

All of the names here are free to use, btw!

#problematicisms should be a word fight me #i wanna read a superhero fic abt kifu the smoke hero #they have the vibes of a side character who's usually the distraction/bait #because they escape easily #they'd probably be weak to water/humidity #and they'd have an arc about how annoying it is to be underestimated #maybe they're not even considered an actual superhero #maybe they just go out in civilian clothes and distract the villains #drawing power from the destruction wrought by the fires started from all the fighting #disappearing into thin air #getting in the villain's eyes and making it difficult for them to see #idk i have Thoughts abt this #i feel like Dhuaan would be either very short or very tall #with very dark skin or very pale skin #ig they're not as neutral as they are like. either end of the spectrum works but nowhere in between #reykja? I Would Die For Reykja #she seems like the badass mom friend with a deep voice #i hc that Reykja is a trans woman and Dhuaan is a trans he/they #i love how these aren't even characters yet and i'm already like. 'this is a people' #anyways have fun with this #go wild y'all #it does take some time to get used to #and some practice to get good at knowing when to stop and when to keep going #but i enjoy this

[spookyblazecoffee]

Heckyl: Underestimate me. That'll be fun.

#Power Rangers Dino Charge #C'mon it's Heckyl #people underestimate him alot #I love him♡♡♡ #Power Rangers Dino Charge Heckyl #Heckyl PRDC

[thmollusk]

i can’t stand “comedians” being like “people are too sensitive these days i can’t even tell a joke” 1) YOU’RE the one crying rn over people not laughing at your “jokes” dude i think you’re the sensitive one and 2) if you’re going to tell jokes about trans people you have to actually be funny. here i’ll go first: a transmasc and a transfem who both started medically transitioning earlier this year are having a conversation, the transmasc goes “hey, has hrt affected your height at all?” and she says “hmm no i dont think so, but it’s been a while since i’ve checked my height. what about you?” and he says “oh yeah i’ve grown two inches,” and she says “really? you don’t seem any taller,” and he says “oh no, i didn’t grow two inches in height”. see that’s funny because not only is it a trans joke that isn’t just being a blatant asswipe but it’s also a trans dick joke. where is my netflix special i could do this for like an hour and a half

#tape.text #at the very least if you’re going to tell offensive jokes at least let them be JOKES #just shitting on trans people like. where is that funny #there is no comedic sustenance in that #oh i also like the ‘what’s the difference between a cross dresser and a trans person? about three years’ #also ‘genders are like the twin towers there used to be two and now it’s uncomfortable to talk about’ #and NEVER underestimate the power of a transwoman making a buffalo bill joke those are so funny 😭😭😭 i love you transwomen

[corruptedforce]

Verse Tags

General Verses

Character Specific Verse Tags

WIP

#V: I'm a person and my name is Anakin (Child Verse) #V: Young Padawan #V: Older Padawan (Teenage Anakin through Events around AOTC) #V: Jedi Knight aka Hero with No Fear (The Clone Wars) #V: You underestimate my power (Revenge of the Sith) #V: I am what you made me (Darth Vader) #(Anakin Skywalker) #(Darth Vader) #V: Force Ghost Anakin #V: Comics #V: I will even learn to stop people from dying (Canon Divergent) #V: Legends #V: Just One Kiss (Anakin & Sabé) #V: It didn't happen that way (Anakin & Sabe [Post ROTS]) #V: Fake it without Feeling (Anakin & Sabé pretend to be married) #V: She's just not that into you (Anakin & Sabé - She isn't impressed) #V: Younger Love (Anakin & Sabé bond younger) #V: It's in the past (Sabé & Vader meet again while she's raising the twins) #Tag drop

[thebestpartofwakingup]

I wish dressrosa had done Trebol’s death more in the flavor of “i KNOW doflamingo is crazy do you THINK my original plan had THIS MANY WINDING SIDE STEPS i KNOW you know he’s CRAZY i NEED you to know that i KNOW he’s crazy because he DOESN’T know that I know he’s crazy but HE knows that YOU know that he is CRAZY ive been keeping this up for 10 YEARS LAW”

#listen trebol can either LOSE fighting against Doflamingo to get any level of efficency back in the plan OR he can STAY ALIVE #i just think its funnier if HE knows that he is in a grave HE dug rabter than learning it right NOW??? thats kind of dumb #and THEN you can make the luffy doffy fight about like. the power of trust and unconditional love??? #doflamingo wildly underestimating just how biased his executives are when they tell him is plan is good and not wasteful #and also wildly underestimating the value in having people you trust tell you your plan IS BAD AND STUPID #because luffy experiences that everyday and he is a better leader for it

[smartass-hoot]

all the people who believe that a guy and girl can't be "just friends" simply do not understand just how profound and enriching friendships can be

#romantic love isn't the only kind that will make you want to go to war with the world for a person #you can do all that for your bestie too you fucking piece of celery #people underestimate just how powerful platonic love is #i don't get why they always place romantic love on a higher pedestal like fuck you i'd raze the world to ashes for my bestie #also you can totally be attracted to your bestie that's called having eyes but doesn't mean you gotta act on the attraction #anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk #whaddupmytags

[r-18g]

god. gilgamesh...

i love him and think he's a very fun character, but it's the kind of love where it delights me on a soul level to watch him get fucked over and beaten down and suffer. it's SO much fun to me.

#he's such a smug son of a bitch and every time he gets his ass handed to him i end up cheering. #i love when powerful characters suffer... especially at the hands of the people they're underestimating. #it's like crack to me. ☆*✲୧( ○ ╹ 〰 ╹ ○ )୨✲*☆ #v speaks! #fate #fsn replay

[heritageposts]

Google-translated, posted October 8th

This piece Manoel wrote in 2020 should also be mandatory reading for all Western "leftists," especially now as the Western illusion of military invincibility is being shattered

[...] Another factor that is very common in the western left is to treat suffering and extreme poverty as elements of superiority. It is very common in Western leftist culture to support martyrs and suffering. Everyone today likes Salvador Allende. Why? Salvador Allende is a victim, a martyr. He was assassinated in Pinochet’s coup d’ etat.

And, on Western leftists support of Palestine (pre Al-Aqsa Flood — Manoel, writing in 2020, was clearly underestimating the military capabilities of the Gazan resistance)

Palestinians are a people who are deeply oppressed, in a situation of extreme poverty, that don’t have a national economy because they don’t have a national state. They don’t have an army or military or economic power. Therefore, Palestine is the total incarnation of the metaphor of David vs Goliath, except that this David doesn’t have a chance of beating Goliath in political and military conflict. Therefore, almost everyone in the international left likes Palestine. People become ecstatic looking at those images -- which I don’t think are very fantastic – of a child or teenager using a sling to launch a rock at a tank. Look, this is a clear example of heroism but it is also a symbol of barbarism. This is a people who do not have the capacity to defend themselves facing an imperialist colonial power that is armed to the teeth. They do not have an equal capacity of resistance, but this is romanticized. Western leftists like this situation of oppression, suffering and martyrdom.

If you're a Westerner, I think it's worth investigating to what extent this image Palestinians as 'defenseless' or 'defeated' (I've seen some of you talk about Palestine in the past tense) factors into your support of Palestine as it is now, under occupation.

Because there will be an after.

Everyone supported Viet Nam when it was under attack, being destroyed and bombed for over 30 years. Viet Nam beat Japan in WW2, then had to fight France, and then had to fight the United States. It passed 30 straight years without being able to build a damn school or hospital because a bomb would drop, first from France and then the United States, and destroy it. When the country was finally able to beat all of the colonial and neocolonial powers and have the opportunity to start planning, to build highways, electrical systems, schools and universities without having bombs land on them the next day and destroy everything that was being done, the country was abandoned by the majority of the left. It lost its charm, it lost its enchantment. There is a fetish for defeat in the western left. It is an idea that defeat is something majestic.

#palestine #israel #gaza #jones manoel #it's manoel hours again at heritageposts dot tumblr dot com

[hdmiports]

their first winter fest as a little family 🥺

#my sims #not so berry #nsb pink #nsb peach #they’re so cute i love gay people #my sims actually posing in a timely manner is a miracle #don’t underestimate the power of that little spot marker it’s amazing