#stop losing power

[inkindofmagic]

3 ways to take your power back

1. Stop over-explaining

❌ just... ❌ but... ❌ because...

Cease the habit of over-explaining yourself in every situation. Frequently using words like "just," "but," or "because" might lead to unnecessary justifications or trying too hard to convince others. Ask yourself: are these explanations truly necessary, especially if the audience might not value or appreciate them? Are they even worth it?

2. Stop expecting people to always read your mind

✅ I need... ✅ I'd like... ✅ Let's...

Avoid setting unrealistic expectations for people to always understand your unspoken thoughts or needs. Instead, actively communicate your desires, expressing what you need. Stop isolating yourself. Initiate conversations, expressing your preferences.

3. Stop ignoring your intuition

logic + intuition = 👌

Acknowledge and respect your intuition. While logical thinking is significant, our bodies and subconscious often provide signals that are closer to the truth. Tune in to your instincts and gut feelings, as they can often provide valuable insights that purely logical reasoning might overlook. Practice listening to and trusting your intuitive responses in various situations. Trust your guts.

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#magic #witch #grimoire #coven #tumblr astrology #power #manifesting #becoming the best version of yourself #desired self #loa #stop losing power #habits #self love #self improvement #it girl #it girl energy #self concept #that girl #become that girl #advice

[desos-records]

The EPIC Circe Saga making Odysseus' love for Penelope what ultimately saves him from Circe just healed a massive hole in my heart.

Because YES the Odyssey like all of Ancient Greek Mythology has a misogynist streak a mile wide, but that primarily comes down to the written text, preserved by Athens--no one hates women more than Athens--and translated into English for centuries by sexist men who wanted to see a powerful woman tamed by a man.

But the Odyssey and the Iliad come from ancient oral tradition. They were told and retold and everyone, EVERYONE, got a say in how to interpret them. Why can't we?

Why can't the story be: Odysseus' love for his wife and his family is what saves him. Hermes tells him the only way to protect himself from Circe is to seduce her. Agamemnon, who lied and betrayed his wife, warns him that trusting women will get him killed. But Odysseus doesn't listen. Instead, he passes Circe's test of character where others failed. He trusts Penelope and does right by her and she does the same for him. The secret of their marriage bed serves as a symbol of loyalty and commitment upheld by them both, not just Penelope.

Why can't it be that? Greek Myth is already brutal, why do we have to willfully make it more so?

#I will never stop losing my mind over the iliad and the odyssey #odysseus and penelope are the original power couple #greek mythology #epic the musical #epic the circe saga #odysseus #penelope #circe #the odyssey #homer

[chaiaurchaandni]

4 year old Ahmad Shabat - an israeli airstrike hit him, his parents & 4 siblings; he survived, they didn't - then they hit him & his father's relatives; he survived, they didn't - then they hit him & his uncle; he survived, his uncle didn't - both of Ahmed's legs have been amputated because of injuries. He survives.

i hope Ahmad gets to live. i hope he has a beautiful and fulfilling life. i hope he finds love and safety and comfort and success. i hope he finds happiness. i hope he heals. i hope he continues to survive. in spite of the violence, in spite of the trauma, in spite of the horror. in spite of the world.

#it feels like my heart is breaking over and over and over again #i hope this kid gets to live. i hope he has a beautiful and fulfilling life. #i hope he finds love and safety and comfort and success #i hope he finds happiness #i hope he heals #i hope he continues to survive in spite of everything #no child should have to go through even a fraction of this #never forget and never ever forgive #i remember seeing a video of him and his uncle. his uncle was speaking ab how they only have each other left. then they killed his uncle to #i am losing my mind every day #i spit on this world and everyone that has the power to stop this but wont #free palestine #palestine #gaza #long live palestine #death to israel #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #glory to the martyrs #long live the resistance

[adhd-merlin]

tbh I think Arthur would have been more upset at finding out Merlin let loose a dragon in Camelot than at the fact that he had magic

#can you imagine having to explain that one to arthur #'yeah I released a dragon with a deep-seated grudge against your father. because I promised him I would' #'no I didn't consult anyone about it first' #'I just went for it and hoped for the best' #'no I didn't think it would backfire - at least not so spectacularly' #'but hey at least I got to meet/lose my father and now I've got these cool dragon-summoning powers so it wasn't all—' #'Arthur will you stop shouting and just LISTEN' #merlin

[beanghostprincess]

I love how the reasoning behind Sanji's inexplicable powers breaking the laws of physics is always "the power of love". Born to Disney, forced to shonen, as they say.

Op 1107 Spoilers:

#he would love my little pony or smth #he's so cutie patootie i am losing it #this chapter damaged my brain severely btw i won't stop thinking about it #he's just like me fr i also do inexplicable things with the power of love by my side like getting up every morning #that's an inexplicable power and i do it for my beautiful fiancé #god i am so tired can you tell it's 6 am for me #one piece #black leg sanji #egghead #op 1107 #one piece spoilers

[another-kshit-blog]

So anyway, this might be the worst official manga Sebastian I've ever seen.

#“ikeman” my ass there is nothing cool about this only pure dorkery #mey rin simping for ronald makes my heart happy. forget about that trash demon and get with the lawnmower man #who keeps letting sebastian write lyrics. please stop. have mercy #i'm sorry to say tanaka and sebastian are just not pulling it off. surprisingly bard looks okay though #manga cap #ciel phantomhive #sebastian michaelis #ronald knox #tanaka #mey rin #finnian #bard #scooting around on your ass using demon powers is not cool. and lose the hooker boots #for some reason i have an aversion to sebastian's uncovered skin in particular. it just looks wrong on him. not butlerly at all #kuroshitsuji #black butler #grell sutcliff

[getvalentined]

A super fun commission I've been working on for the past several weeks! This is the piece that I lost multiple hours of work on due to power outages enough times to give me a full-on emotional breakdown, and I hope seeing it indicates why that was the case.

This is @poeticphoenix's take on postcanon Genesis, which turns out is almost identical to my take on postcanon Genesis, so this was a super fun project to work on.

Okay one of his legs was bugging me so please reblog this one actually.

#genesis rhapsodos #final fantasy 7 #FF7 #crisis core #crisis core reunion #CCFF7R #art tag #this was so much fun man #once I stopped losing all my work #over and over #that sucked! #a lot!! #but it's fine now #my sister saved me #we have my computer plugged into a battery backup now #so it won't lose power again #great client tbh #super patient with my town reenacting the most famous scene from Frankenstein #with the lightning #only it killed things #instead of bringing them to life #final fantasy vii #FFVII

[nellasbookplanet]

That one post which I can no longer find about how Laudna and Imogen simultaneously embody "I can fix her" and "I can make her worse" truly hit the nail on the head about them. They are each other’s tethers, keep each other grounded and help the other remember there’s a reason to go on, they taught each other that they don’t have to be lonely and isolated and feared, that they can be loved unconditionally not despite that which makes them dangerous and different but in part because of it, as an inherent part of themselves. They will fight for each other’s happiness tooth and nail.

But they are also the 'together either way' couple. Laudna would follow in Delilah's footsteps and burn the world and herself for Imogen. If she thinks Ruidus and Predathos are Imogen's destiny, what would make her whole and happy, she would encourage her to embrace it, Exandria be damned. Imogen exalted because of her love for Laudna. She was prepared to do just about anything to get Laudna back from the dead and is equally prepared to do anything now to stop it from happening again. She offered to let Laudna eat her soul. She's so so tempted by Ruidus and knows, even in her struggle, that the person she loves most would never hold it against her even a little bit if she gave in.

#imogen temult #laudna #imodna #southern gothic #i feel like laudna is further gone down this path than imogen #imogen actually wants to save the world and the people in it for the sake of saving them #she's tempted by power and belonging but realizes giving in would probably be bad and is actively resisting at every turn #i don’t think she’d turn dark unless predathos either overwhelmes her and she goes full dark phoenix losing herself to power #or if she gets put in a position of choosing between laudna and the world #in which case it'd be VERY interesting to see what she picks #meanwhile laudna's only real priority is imogen #if imogen stopped wanting to fight for the world so would laudna #if imogen turned against the world so would laudna #if the world came between her and imogen laudna wouldn’t even stop to think. it wouldn’t even be a choice #it would be imogen every time #critical role #cr3 #nella talks cr

[impish-ivy]

Thinking back on it, it’s so obvious Solomon isn’t as emotionally intelligent as I additionally thought he was. Which knowing his childhood and background…yeah that makes a whole heck of a lot of sense.

#obey me #obey me Solomon #obey me nightbringer #obey me shall we date #like no wonder this super intelligent man can’t tell people don’t like his cooking #no wonder he treats 13’s attempts at getting his soul like play #((tbh she obviously cares a lot about him. that’s just their friendship)) #it also explains why he gets along with some many emotionally intelligent people #MC. Simeon. Barbatos. Asmo. Satan etc! #he’s got repressed trauma AND emotions #he can’t even openly talk about what happened to him to the person he cares most about without having to stop #he can’t even say it all outloud :( #thats not even addressing his immortality. whatever the heck happened with Barbatos and losing control of his powers OR his insecurities #about MC and their relationship #LIKE THIS MAN NEEDS A HUG #I love him so much

[audliminal]

Okay okay new concept.

Western dragons have this huge association with hoarding and greed, right? So fantasy setting where if you amass too much wealth you literally start transforming into a dragon. Wealthy barons with little oversight wearing their draconic features with pride. Elected politicians trying desperately to hide the fact that they're starting to turn. Adventurers that have to carefully balance their budgets to guard against the Dragon Curse bc ancient artifacts are worth so much. A retired hero who has a patch of scales or her shoulder from the short time after she helped defeat the Dread Dictator, because she spent a little too long in possession of his crown of ultimate power. Just. Dragon as a thing that happens to you, as a danger in and of itself, but also as a warning sign for dangerous people.

#and yes they get more powerful as part of the Dragon's Curse #somebody who becomes fully transformed is 100% a dragon as we understand them. with the fire breath and the wings and everything #full transformation even grants you a certain degree of immortality #but in the process you also fully lose your humanity #you stop relating to the people around you. you literally lose sight of what it's like to be a person #eventually there is nothing left but wealth and power

[uncanny-tranny]

I think another aspect of conservative thought people need to understand is the idea that it's all about dominance.

The reason why sayings like "we don't want to trans your kids, we want trans kids to live" is because, in the conservative mind, you are replacing their dominance with your own. It can never be about what is best for others, it is always about expressing absolute power and control.

Natural selection, at its ideal, will weed out the people who "shouldn't live." If their existence is a threat to the already-established hierarchy, then it's obvious that they shouldn't exist in order to challenge hierarchy.

While this certainly isn't a "conservative-only" mindset, it's a trend I have noticed more in conservative spaces. This is why I don't always think it's helpful to go on about how, "Oh, we don't want to threaten your worldview. We just want people to live 😊". You will fundamentally be threatening their power in their minds. Therefore, nothing you say can truly take away from the anxiety, fear, and anger at losing control that may be instilled.

#politics #transphobia #transphobia tw #used the whole 'we want trans kids to live' because i personally think it's a good example.. #...but isn't the sole example of such... #...take for instance the gay marriage debates from the early 2010s... #...'if we legalize gay marriage it's ONE STEP CLOSER to them taking OVER america and legalizing [horrible thing]!'... #...that is the anxiety of Losing Control and Losing The Divine Hierarchical Power Bestowed To You Personally By Gd Himself... #...i'm not saying all of this to dissuade people from educating people. but i want people to be aware of this dynamic... #...and to decide if they can (or should) personally go up to bat for others to educate people... #...i don't think you will go very far if you try to educate people without understanding on SOME level how their thought process will be... #...because it is likely that you are educating somebody who is going to see the world VERY differently... #...and they will often interpret what you are saying VERY differently than how you intended it to be interpreted... #...again while this isn't solely a conservative issue (believe me i KNOW) i notice it much more in those spaces... #...and since i am in spaces that WANT to educate people about this i think it is apt... #...it isn't a bad thing to want to educate. but again it's not helpful to just assume others are going to interpret you the way you want... #...it's definitely why i stopped making so many posts about educating others. i just don't think i can do it well... #...or at least in a way that doesn't Feel Threatening (even if it Isn't A Threat)

[villainihavedonethymotheronao3]

Obviously, DnD characters are wish fulfillment and lots of people don’t want to address the slow senescence of the vulnerable human form in their fun games. That being said, narratively, I do think that levels should probably fluctuate over the course of a lifetime. The level twenty world-saver is going not going to stay level twenty into their old age—that’s not how athletes and retirement work! Wisdom and Charisma casters maybe, but your STR/CON/DEX builds are going to soften with age. They might still be the spryest bastards in the old people tai chi group, but “terrifyingly in shape 70 year old” is not the same as “deadliest man on the planet”. Drop those old folks a few levels, give them some creaky bones and presbyopia. It’s good for them, promise.

#slamming a stick into the ground like the pope ‘MORE WIZARDS WITH MINOR COGNITIVE DECLINE’ #old washed up bards and barbarians who had to get a hip replaced #the only classes that are probably immune to it are druids and clerics #based solely on the power of very old gardeners and priests #they’re probably good until they start losing 3x oriented #but even monks I I think have the right to take an arrow to the knee #the other aspect of this is differing lifespans which mean that when parties do get back together for a reunion tour #there are incentives to keep them apace with their peers #and the format of dnd means that the only other time most people see their old characters is in little cameos when friends gm #and no one wants to nerf their friend’s baby #but with in the era of more experimental actual play and game design #I think we can move past these hang ups and give the people what they deserve #old rogues with arthritis who are still really good but won’t stop complaining about their glory days

[rcmclachlan]

what if i put my life in your hands? what if i took your life in mine?

#okay look there's a reason i've been obsessed with this scene for 21 slutty slutty years #imagine for a second you're yue #your master—whom you loved more than your own existence—decided his work was finished and didn't need you anymore #and he pushed you into the dark where you slept for centuries until a little girl woke you up by sheer dumb luck #you now are trapped in this horrible new era where everything is too loud and too fast and too bright #you're also trapped in a body that isn't yours jockeying for room with a completely separate soul that you don't know or particularly like #and you're draining your meager stores of magic to the dregs in order to keep the two of you alive #under the surface of tsukishiro yukito you're drowning—and the both of you are fading away entirely #and then this boy #pulls you to the surface of yourself #and says with his whole heart 'i won't let you disappear' #he smiles at you and teases you and then pours his not inconsiderable power into you #and you take and you take and you take and he never says stop #he never says only a little but no more #he holds you close and lets you sup on the very marrow of his magic until there's nothing left and he's simply an ordinary human #and for the first time in centuries—perhaps ever—you feel full #when you finally step away and ease his unconscious body onto the bed as gently as you can manage #you murmur that you ought to thank him #but it's such an inadequate way to convey your gratitude #how do you give thanks for what you've made him lose? #you put your life in his hands and he cradled it as if it were precious... and then he gave you his own in return #in the world before this one you would have been as good as wed #you thumb the swell of his cheek and allow yourself one last look at your would-be husband #and then turn around to face the threat behind the door #as it creaks open to reveal a little body wracked with sobs you think you would face anything that would dare come for him or his sister #not because it is your duty as the guardian of the cards #but because you love them #touya/yue #ccs #yue

[velvetjune]

the chapter songs in Alan Wake 2,, flawless

#they deserve more love and discussion #saying this while also not knowing what to say other than they’re so fucking good #alan wake 2 #i think it’s partially because poets of the fall’s tracks are iconic so of course they’re in the spotlight (as deserved) #but also the CHAPTER SONGS. them being made for a given chatacter(s) with the help of Sam lakes poetry #the changes with ‘this road’ by Poe with every Alan chapter. becoming more distorted and revealing lyrics and the spiral #the scratch song being 1) hilarious and 2) similar to Zane’s poetry in the aw1 arg #the emotion in superhero when saga feels lost at the story making it so Logan was gone #the lines of her feeling like a ghost in this story forming around her.. how she feels guilty and absent for both what the story’s doing #and being away from Logan because of her job. ashdhhhhjhh my heart #AND. follow you into the dark HAS to be alice. which kills me because at for at I thought of Alan #but no. Alice jumped in the dark place after him. it’s so !!!!!!!!!!! #the rabbit hole line. Alice spiraling deeper and deeper into a dream—into wonderland #the Lost at Sea one is also good. intrigues me. the Bowie and Lynch references are blatantly aw2 Zane #but it’s so similar to diver Zane and the ‘originals’ death. being lost in the dark place with illusions of escape #and losing any sense of identity. whether he’s real at all or the monster of this sea or just a lost soul. #the soft and calm vocals / instrumental really makes the whole thing #NEED to stop typing more tags because this is a Lot. however. #‘no one left to love’ is also a phenomenal song and one of my favorites from the album. GORGEOUS vocals and how it all flows together. #such a powerful and beautiful way to end a chapter #anyway that’s all I had to say :) #god. I’ve started to watch a few playthroughs of the game and 90% of people have skipped the chapter songs and every time im #that’s fair but my brain and soul might implode if I don’t see anyone else talking about how good these songs are

[lunarharp]

LITERALLY stuff i’ve posted before <<< i just wanted to assemble some modern au scribbles in one place :)

BUT they’re in different brushbug universes tho. in the second one brushbug is a relatively unpopular character with merch & only this family truly cares about it

#witch hat tag #orufrey #it's. like a foster home art school. oru is an old friend who decided to live with them to help out. he does art comms from his room #i thought i wasn't a modern au person or an au person at all but ever since i decided hubert von vestra & ferdinand von aegir met on neopets #when they were 13 and hubert got ferdinand's account frozen by tricking him into swearing on the neoboards losing him his faerie eyrie #and now a facet of their relationship is him trying to make up for that slight and their first anniversary present is a faerie eyrie plushie #i have realised the power and pleasure of modern aus. #there is nothing stopping qifrey from having his realisation while looking at his exhausted friend in a hoodie carrying food #for the kids under his arm & thinking 'is this... am i.. ????' < has actually been in love since they met at age 7 on deviantart #literally tumblr is just good at assembling things for myself. my art documents are kinda.. a mess. i have a folder for each yearly quarter #i hope u read the description i dont want to make it seem like coco invented a character at age 12 that is now on cereal boxes #oru was like what the fuck is this character and why is the house full of it but now he buys merch too & has brushbug slippers

[redrobin-detective]

Robin Robin what do you mean Sam killed Danny did she just yeeted him in the ghost machine Robin Robin please I need answers

Ask and you shall receive but be warned the answers may not be what you are looking for. (IE they are dumb).

So there's technically two canonical versions of Danny's accident, the OG and Memory Blank (s2e1).

The OG happened sometime late summer/early fall of the trio going into high school. The group has been friends for some time (its part canon/part fanon that Danny and Tucker were initially friends with Sam joining later on) and were comfortable enough Dan felt ok letting them over to see his parents' "failed" ghost portal. Sam was intrigued, Danny uninterested on the surface level but secretly curious. Sam encourages him to looks inside, he presses the conveniently placed on button inside and boom, ghost boy.

This recap is made light of in the season 2 opener Memory Blank (my beloathed) while fanon reallllllly runs with Sam's guilt and grief over sorta/almost killing her friend. But I digress, the episode kicks off with Sam and Danny arguing leading her to wishing she had never met Danny out loud. The wish granting ghost, Desiree, overhears and makes it so. Because of this, Danny never had his accident and was completely human with no knowledge of Sam.

This is where the episode upsets me. Sam is upset about losing her friendship with Danny (and Tucker to a lesser extent but they make it creepy 🙄) but its framed as Sam being desperate to get Danny his powers back. If you almost killed your friend in the past and magically got a do over, would you really put him through that again??? There is no real external pressure to make Danny become Phantom again aside from Desiree continuing to grant monkey's paw wishes. Amity Park looks much like it always has, seemingly unaffected by the lack of Phantom. Hell, the portal is still not working so there's a chance there are no other ghosts in town to cause mischief and mayhem. All we see is Desiree who hardly is the worst villain for someone, preferably an adult, to deal with.

Aside from the fact its a cartoon series called Danny Phantom there is no reason for Sam to do this again. And yet she persists in badgering Danny - who does not know her at all - into doing something he has no understanding of the consequences. The lack of informed consent was something that bothered me all the way back when I was 12 watching it live. So Sam makes Danny recreate the accident, making him Phantom again (this time with a logo that Sam slapped on without telling him bc she thought it looked cool. Again!!!! No discussion or anything). We get a few deeply uncomfortable segments of Danny relearning his powers before he magically remembers everything and its back to the status quo except now he's got a logo.

The literal whole point of the episode was to give him a marketable symbol to make him more like a "proper superhero". Sam's selfishness (a character flaw we see woven throughout the series but never meaningfully explored), the lack of consent, the stupid ass plot all combine to create what I think is a travesty of an episode.

I have gotten off topic but, yes, in both cases Sam's curiosity and overbearing nature combined with Danny's more passive personality and sense of wonder to pssp pssp pssp him into the death machine. There has been some excellent fic exploring (in an actual, realistic, interesting way) of the trio coping with Sam's casual suggestion leading to complete biological rewiring, a changed life trajectory, trauma and injury.

#in this house we hate memory blank #I'm not against the idea of Danny losing his powers! #but make it less cringey and about Sam getting her pet superhero back #and more about Danny owning up to taking charge of himself to choosing to make this step #show Amity ravaged by ghosts making life a living hell #give Danny a reason to step inside the portal and to make the choice his own #Sam tries to stop him to not have to watch him die again only for it to be his choice #anyway lmao yea Sam totally killed Danny