#self preservation is a thing

[infinityinakiss]

being an audience member watching episode 4 is so funny, because we all knew that percy was going to get poisoned by the chimera, and yet this man stood there and tried to impress his crush with some silly little jokes and trauma. while being poisoned. like girly pop, what the actual fuck? aren't you dying from poison right now?? get to a hospital and STOP FLIRTING.

#i didn't mean that percy #aphrodite and i are still heavily invested in the percabeth story #just stop dying and flirting at the same time #self preservation is a thing #look who i'm talking to #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo tv show #pjo series #annabeth chase #percabeth chase

[brookheimer]

shiv was not being altruistic nor intellectually self-interested when she voted against kendall. that was pure raw visceral desperation to maintain some semblance of dignity that she felt kendall being ceo would shred her of. sometimes people do not act in other people’s best interests or their own best interests. sometimes people do the wrong thing for the wrong reasons just because it feels like the right, the only, thing to do. shiv could not let kendall be ceo. she just couldn’t. not because she wanted to sacrifice herself to “stop the cycle,” not because she made a calculation and decided tom was her best interest — because the thought of kendall being ceo and acting like That the rest of their lives when shiv earned that job, she fucking earned it, that was too much to fucking bear. watching him sit in dad’s chair, conduct that vote, grin with entitlement and cockiness and certainty — seeing that elicited a visceral painful all-consuming sensation not dissimilar to overwhelming nausea that, summed up in two words, would simply be: fuck. no. she couldn’t live with that. she just couldn’t. it’s not kind. it’s not smart. it’s just human. painfully, destructively human. because sometimes, that’s all there is to it. not just for shiv, but for everyone. god knows roman and kendall have had those same feelings, made those same self-destructing yet necessary-feeling decisions throughout the show. why does it have to be different for shiv? why can’t she be painfully destructively human, prone to impulsive ill-conceived viscerally felt actions, like everyone else? why are we incapable of allotting her the same nuance and humanity (the good and the bad), the same trauma-informed self-destructive life-ruining hamartias, as we do her brothers? why can’t we fit a whole woman in our heads?

#very surprised to see so many ‘shiv stopped the cycle on purpose blah blah blah’ takes like that didn’t even cross my mind as a motivation #of hers #it wasn’t calculated — i mean kendall winning would be to her benefit in terms of power and respect. that would be best for her #it wasn’t just jealousy or anything either; it wasn’t a coherent thought or plan #it was just I Can’t Fucking Do This #i can’t sit there while he smiles like that when he sits in dad’s chair and hisses that’s fucking right under his breath when someone votes #his way. not when that job was fucking MINE. it was MINE. i can’t- i can’t fucking do it #it’s about preservation of emotional dignity #it’s about self-respect #it’s ironic though because there are few things more undignified and less respected than being a quiet betrayed trophy wife to a weak ceo #husband who earned his position even less than kendall #but she’s not thinking clearly. she’s not Thinking. she just acted because there was this visceral need to act #succession #succession spoilers #shiv roy #100 #500 #casey shut the fuck up about shiv roy #1000

[kittensouls]

#naruto #kakashi #haruno sakura #uchiha sasuke #uzumaki naruto #zabuza #ri says kakashi was like #should i teach my tiny minions more than one skill? nah i'm sure they have self preservation all on their own. #and she's right #anyway i stopped using naruto as second monitor content temporarily bc i'm at sasuke retrieval and i don't wanna get to shippuden #feral rat genin hours ONLY #draw a thing #ok actually also i forgot how close sasuke actually came to like accepting his comrades and kakashi like he was actually conflicted #before orochimaru's team came for him #like he was so close to choosing to heal and let love into his stupid little heart #i forgot!!!!!

[fistfuloflightning]

A NEW SPECIMEN WAS DISCOVERED! EXAMINE IT CLOSER? *YES*/NO

#svsss #liushen #shen yuan #liu qingge #rogue cultivator shen yuan #feat. another airplane(tm) plant that looks pretty but will kill you and sy’s blatant lack of self-preservation #good thing liu-ge is there to keep him (mostly) out of trouble #svsss art #my art

[eightfifteen]

Lucas doesn't know Mike is gay but in the "of course we talk about how hot boys are because boys are hot. doesn't mean we're not straight" way

Dustin doesn't know Mike is gay but in the "girls are so hot why wouldn't Mike be into girls?" way

Lucas and Dustin don't know Will is gay in the "he's Will and he's gone through hell and if you even suggest it's not normal or okay for him to take his time heading into dating we WILL chop your appendages off. he will come talk to us about girls when he's ready" way

#also Dustin hasn't listened to a word Mike has said in the last two years due to self-preservation #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #the party #lucas sinclair #dustin henderson #st #stranger things

[gailynovelry]

Thinking a little bit about that one "I'm an English major and a professional as opposed to you amateurs" anon. Gonna roast 'em a little bit, but with the intention of addressing a thing we've had in mind for a while.

Real talk, coming from someone who WAS an English major; majoring in English is not necessarily a guarantee that someone is a good writer. For one, you can be bad at your major, full stop. For another, it's not even a guarantee that someone identifies as a writer to begin with. English as a major is pretty broad, and it covers reading too, among other things. There's library science, analytical academia, historical preservation & interpretation (MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS HELL YES), editing, nonfiction trades (often crosses over with STEM majors), marketing (crosses over with business majors), and also book design and typography (<3 <3 <3 our favorite, crosses over with art majors).

Someone can major in English and take a specific minor with the goal of falling into a trade that is not writing literary fiction. In fact, we would argue that most people who get something useful out of their major are the ones that do that.

It's also worth noting that it's possible to be an English major focused on "lowbrow" fiction. There are people who major in English and use the experience towards the end of writing erotica. There are people who major in English with the intent to write genre fiction. There are people who major in English to study the history and social context of fanfiction.

These things are, in fact, worthy fields of study! The realm of the "amateur" is the realm where a lot of cultural conversations and innovations happen!

Expecting English as a major to be a tract specifically for producing acclaimed literary fictionists is not realistic, not how the discipline typically works, and it's certainly not a thing you can use to hold over other writers' heads. It is perfectly possible for people to write good things (professional-grade things even) without ever touching a college course.

I sat through so much bad writing in college. Technically bad, thematically bad, gramatically bad. And I routinely bump into non-graduate authors who write texts, formal and informal alike, that blow my own writing clean out of the water with their quality.

In short, dismissing other people in your general field as "amateurs" who are beneath you is an incredibly unprofessional thing to do.

#writeblr #basically this is an anti-elitism post #sometimes we see elitism creeping back into writeblr #and as academia enthusiasts we feel the need to respond to it by whacking it with a broom #because! if you were really dedicated to the honing and preservation of knowledge & skill! you would NOT! be! dismissing people offhand! #and you would especially not be putting them down to boost your own ego! #you would be learning from them or politely leaving them the FUCK alone to do their own thing while you focus on yours! #*general you here #i know we sound angry here but please imagine us saying all of this with wicked glee while whacking Amateur Anon with said broom #because we are saying it out of enthusiasm for the people who are making cool things around here #ourselves included because we are not allowed self-deprication anymore

[ministarfruit]

senpai hug magnet

#vtuber #holostars #holotempus #regis altare #hanasaki miyabi #kishido temma #the way leader just runs up to people and latches onto them... #my heart... #miyabi is so funny he just lets things happen to him #he's just standing there like ^_^ #no self-preservation miyabi #he's like a plushie doll #grabbable little man

[giulzart]

But we just can’t keep away

When you know me like you do

It’s supernatural got me howling at the moon

#infamous if #infamous #seven lawless #infamous oc #infamous violet #violet rose #here it is #tadaaaaaa #*awkward hands gesture of excitement* #also this is HEAVILY based off violet perspective #and what little I know about the fight and the party and the break up #she drank a lot to cope at the beginning I think #also I believe that both of them are at fault and violet knows it too #she just finds it hard to be open about it when sev keeps saying certain things #and she bites back as a self preservation mechanism #I’m leave this here and leave now #song is blender by 5sos #it’s really good #the sound does something to my brain #and the lyrics are really nice too #I’m satisfied with this I like this both in style and colors #but I went too hard on the texture and it turned out kind of muddy #but better done that perfect so we take it #my art

[we-re-more-than-that]

I haven't peeped much of it, but I did see people calling Sejanus a spoiled kid and I'm like I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE BC HE IS A SPOILED KID AND HE DIDN'T KNOW HUNGER AND HE STILL KNOWS THAT KEEPING THE STATUS QUO ISN'T THE WAY TO GO.

the empathy of this man

especially when you compare him to mf Coriolanus Snow who KNOWS hunger and STILL thinks people deserve this because they're not people but animals

the parallels between those two; Sejanus, kind because of his nature and nurturing of his mother, ten years in the Capitol and not letting those bullies erode his soul, not letting them harden him, he does NOT betray his kindness even as it could help him integrate better, no, he chooses loneliness no matter what over spoiling his soul

and over there is Coriolanus Snow, who does EVERYTHING for image and status, who fake befriends people on the basis of how they benefit him, having poor Tigris, the literal kindest baby, try to nurture him and pull something good out of him, and she just.. fails

and like, yes, Snow had trauma. but sorry it doesn't excuse becoming a dictator

Sejanus, too, had trauma. they all went through war. while, yes, Sejanus had food to eat, he was plagued by loneliness and guilt all his life and let me remind you this is a KID

people expecting him to be crafting plans just don't get it. he's a teenager that feels guilty as fuck and wants at least a few people to do better if he can't save everyone. because he can't, he can't stand by and watch more cruelties until he MAYBE inherits his father's money. and then what? he's not the only rich person in the Capitol.

either way, it's unlikely he could have led some revolutionary rebellion (he certainly had the grit and passion, though) because he had no backing and the ONE person who he trusted was a mf SNAKE and was actively sabotaging him

where was he gonna get allies for a rebellion? Capitol where he was hated because he wasn't like them? District 2 where he was hated because he didn't belong to them either? District 12 where he was a Peacekeeper, the police of the Capitol?

he was doomed from the start. he was too good and he couldn't play the long game because he was feeling so powerfully about everything and was NOT calculating like Snow. he was not the strategist Snow was.

he was a smart, kind, lonely boy who wanted to do good.

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #sejanus plinth #coriolanus snow #sejanus deserved better #he could have used his aim skill on coryo #but that boy would have never #had the fattest most unfortunate crush #and couldn't stomach anything like that #what a fucking duo they could have been #changing panem with kindness and wit and wickedness but for the right things #alas it was not to be #bc snow is a mf SNAKE 🐍 #and only knows self-preservation #selfishness. arrogance. status #this is pretty unserious but also it's quite amazing to me how people can blame sejanus in any way

[unknowablecore]

greywaren / opal / cdth / cdth / cdth / greywaren / greywaren / greywaren / greywaren /greywaren

#i hope this web weave brings some comfort for my friends struck by ch49 #its all about adam lying to himself as a form of self-preservation? always has been. #adam lying to himself because he thinks it'll be easier to kill his old self if he's back to base-line-needs #and in the end what made adam unhappy and tired and strung out? everything but ronan #he was creating those unhappy tired and strung out balancing acts at Harvard #ronan being the only thing keeping adam true to himself #if i see one bad take about their relationship development in greywaren #i will commit acts #magic is about intention SO ARE CONVERSATIONS #greywaren spoilers #greywaren #pynch #adam parrish #ronan lynch #the dreamer trilogy spoilers #the dreamer trilogy #mine

[lazylittledragon]

Hiya! I love your bg3comics/bg3 characters I’ve been wanting to ask (and sorry if it was already asked) what is Dorian/Cyra’s alignment?

i think dorian is between neutral good and chaotic good and cyra is probably chaotic neutral!

#ramble #bg3 #dorian wants to do the right thing but knows it's usually a quick way to get killed so he runs on self preservation #but he's also a burn down the palace to save the village guy #cyra doesn't do good things or bad things. she just does things the way she wants to

[dulcewrites]

I think the thing that shocks me the most about the discourse, if you can even call it that, around book Alicent vs show Alicent, is the idea that people think book Alicent had full autonomy over all her choices and she wasn’t a “victim” like show Alicent.

Now first, I put victim in quotations bc the way people who do not like her have almost bastardized that word. Alicent is a victim, and those things (rape, abuse, neglect) were done to her. That says everything about the men who did that do her and nothing about her. But people are hellbent on throwing Alicent, a woman in a violently patriarchal environment, being victimized back at people as if it is moral flaw of hers. Which is just terribly ironic bc the same folks who say Alicent “did it to herself” or “deserves what she is getting” also seem to think the crux of the story isn’t about generational trauma catching up with itself, how far people will go for power, or even how all girls and women are harmed - albeit to different degrees. But more the fact that Rhaenyra is the only woman to be harmed - and the only harm done is not getting the throne easily. Those same people wouldn’t be caught dead admitting that Rhaenyra is also a victim in the way they shit on Alicent for being. From the father who sets her up fail, to the baby daddy that’s been eyeing her since she was barely 18, to the uncle that grooms her. It takes away from the fantasy projected onto Rhaenyra if she too is surrounded by men that use her and she never escapes that.

Second, it’s funny how F&B gets heralded by some as this exploration of how history is skewed depending on who is telling it. But people can’t read between the lines (you honestly don’t even have to do that much work) with book Alicent. Showing 14 year old Alicent being preyed on, 16 year old Alicent being pregnant with her second child, and 18 year old Alicent being raped is somehow the show needlessly making Alicent a victim. But reading about a 13 year old bathing, dressing, and taking care of a king who mistakes her for the daughter he abused and neglected, and then that same girl, at 18, marrying another king that killed his previous child bride is just girl bossism on book Alicent’s part?

People hate conceptualizing the idea that (even book) Alicent is caught in patriarchal trappings bc to some that takes away from Rhaenyra’s plight…. Bc they can’t wrap their heads around several women *gasp* all going through hardships, and that ultimately people will respond to trauma differently depending on tools/knowledge they have at their disposal. Alicent neither being gleefully evil nor picking herself up by her bootstraps to somehow end years of patriarchal violence is not the neat box they want for her.

#people want Alicent to gleefully be evil not bc it would be more interesting (newsflash it wouldn’t) #but so they can be justified placing her in the ‘evil woman’ category #bc to them their is only ‘good woman’ and ‘bad woman’ #but since the show doesn’t lineup perfectly with the woman they made up… they put her in the ‘weak woman’ category #bc the only thing worse for a woman than being a bitch is being perceived as passive in your demise #trust me I would have loved to see Alicent let Viserys rot and plot against him just as much as the next person #but please do not act like that wasn’t probably self preservation and trauma on book Alicent’s part #not her doing it for shits and giggles #and lbr the same people wishing the show went that route would’ve been the same people STILL shitting on her #pro alicent hightower #alicent hightower #pro team green #anti viserys i targaryen #anti targaryen #ok NOW I’m done lol #told myself no more of these lol

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Batman Annual #25

Before Talia took him in, before he was dunked in the pit to have his memories restored, even when operating purely on survival instinct, he always split a meal with the other homeless people. It may not have been essential to his survival, but caring about and helping other people when he couldn’t even help himself was just always such an intrinsic part of Jason’s core.

#so much so that it prevailed over basic self-preservation #my guy lost 90% of his cognitive function and he’s still out here helping people in any way he can #my post #new headcanon: that’s why he stole all 4 tires. because he wasn’t just feeding himself in crime alley. #or at least he was planning to expand his work now that he had more confidence in his ability to feed and care for himself #I mean he also isn’t the type to brag about his good deeds yk? we all know he was putting up a tough guy façade when Bruce found him #a mutual asked abt Jason’s white streak so I directed them to hush which ofc reminded me of this book #rather than it being exclusively a pit thing imo it makes more sense for it to be a combination of actual health related issues #like the chronic prolonged mental and physical stress he had to endure coupled with the fact that superboy’s punch kickstarted his body #in ways that are unknown to modern science #and then the pit also had a hand in it (probably??) #(imo). like Talia doesn’t have it. neither do Damian or Ra’s or anyone else who’s been in the pit. #jason todd #dc #batman annual 25 #comic panels

[thatsrightice]

You know what? I get Maverick isn’t used to people taking care of him and shit but you think Iceman is any better? If anything I think he’s insanely worse because he’s way better at hiding it than Mav. Maverick? Open book. Terrible at hiding shit like it’s obnoxiously obvious and he’ll argue with you about not being hurt or anything. When he knows he’s lost he’ll just be all like “Look at the wires and shit coming out of that bird over there! It’s a government agent!” And then sprints away when you look behind you.

Tom “Iceman” Kazansky’s mask is so well built that you’ll literally never know. He’s such an insanely good actor like send him to Juilliard. And if you witness something no you didn’t because this man is the king of all gaslighters. You think he’s sick? No he’s not. He’ll just look at you with a bored expression and an eyebrow raised. He’ll fucking dislocate his shoulder for like the millionth time and pop that bitch back in before anyone is able to say a word. Then he’ll have the audacity to pretend it never happened like what the actual fuck dude! You dislocated your shoulder? And he’ll just be like what are you talking about. It’ll just continue like that until you’re literally having an existential crisis.

#Ron’s the only one who can see through his shit #that man is the only reason Iceman is alive #ron is smh-ing his head #(yes I know I’m saying shake my head my head) #smh my head #iceman angst best angst #worse self-preservation than maverick I swear #like nothing will stop him from flying #tom kazansky #top gun #tom iceman kazansky #top gun: maverick #iceman #top gun maverick #top gun iceman #pete mitchell #icemav #my boys #ron kerner #just a little thing I wrote #writing #iceman angst #GIVE ME ICEMAN ANGST

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 276

Fuck it, let’s do another three-way crossover prompt, it’s been a little while since I did that. 

And y’know what let’s do legend of zelda crossover too. After all, liminals are already uncanny-valley towards humans, but hylians? Who already have pointed ears and less human features? Oh how ecto-contaminated beings look to them is horrifying. Like something predatory mimicking them, like some sort of body horror vibes. 

Well, to everyone except for Link, who happens to also perhaps be slightly contaminated, what with the reincarnation, ghost-seeing and the fact that he died… and then was revived. Huh. You died too huh? Hey Dami (“Don’t call me that”) Jay, Ellie, we have another undead pal! 

Everyone else? Would like these beings to get out of their village now, please- oh goddesses one is looking at them- 

#DCxDP #DPxDC #DCxDPxLOZ #DPxDCxLOZ #Prompts #Legend of Zelda Crossover #Danny Phantom Crossover #Batman Crossover #Jason & Damian haven’t even returned or joined the batfam yet & they’re already dealin with this #Danny & Ellie are treating this like a vacation #Link has no self preservation & decides they’re friends #Damian is against this whole thing until he sees a lynel cubs #”Akhi you don’t understand I need one- Look at the mighty warrior” #Space Core Danny #Moon Core Ellie #Star Core Jason #Shadow Core Damian #If link also has a core & is halfa then #Light Core Link #Five feral halfas what they gonna do #Jason: Oh fuck I’m somehow the responsible one oh fuck oh no #Will they get home? Tell anyone about this? Who Knows #If they do they still keep in touch lol

[thou-hast-now-a-bosom-companion]

what is the quality your Tavs/Durges have that makes it MOST unbelievable that the origin characters would collectively deem them leader of the tadpole-ridden pack of freaks

(aside from Durge murdering in their sleep. among the other things)

#BG3 #Baldur's Gate 3 #Tav #Durge #Dark Urge #The Dark Urge #for mine. #it's that Syn lacks any sense of self preservation (guy who learned to clone themself and isn't used to being able to Actually Die anymore) #Neridiane doesn't notice a damn thing ever. at all. queen of not knowing a fucking thing. #Wranqen is just. a bitch #Misvari is way too law-abiding. she's not a paladin she's just Like That #Ulivra would ditch everyone (in the beginning) if it meant protecting herself #Marster psychologically analyses everyone. and offers Opinions. #Tilly is Just Some Guy #Nodall... actually is a genuinely good choice for a leader #OC Syn #OC Neridiane #OC Wranqen #OC Misvari #OC Ulivra #OC Marster #OC Tilly #OC Nodall