#strangely cathartic

[eldritch-ace]

I too think he deserves a kwagatama

#Yeah Felix! Flip them off! #I didn’t come up with this idea but I absolutely love it #i know you probably can’t contact more than one holder at a time but oh well #also i don’t dislike master fu or natalie I just think he’d be critical of them #I also took away Colt’s hat since I can’t take it seriously and gave Fu a less western/modern costume #only mayura and shadowmoth know who this strange child is but it’s still cathartic for him #I can so comic #felix fathom #felix graham de vanily #argos #dusuu #emilie agreste #natalie sancoeur #mayura #gabriel agreste #shadow moth #colt fathom #master fu #wang fu #miraculous ladybug #mlb #mlb season 5 spoilers #image description in alt #art i made

[hamletthedane]

dealing with a code-red RSD-meltdown anxiety attack by laying on your bedroom floor reciting all the Shakespeare you’ve ever memorized to yourself for nearly three hours straight is something that can be so personal, actually-

#shakespeare #shut up e #(I’m completely fine the shakespeare actually did save me lmao) #(or at least it saved me from passing out due to lack of oxygen) #hard to fully panic when you’re trying to remember all the lines to the Queen Mab speech #i actually do genuinely recommend this method #something strangely cathartic and grounding about expressing all that emotional turmoil aloud in ranty poetics

[bugcouncil]

circuit is the king of emotional regulation and by king i mean he's bad

#strangely cathartic to draw this wretched soppy man #oc: circuit #clone oc #star wars #sw #tcw #bugs art

[cirkkaa]

Fantasy Au Prologue (Draft)

Ray was the protagonist alongside Anna. They are orphanage children (16 ish) result from an ongoing war where they lived. Story is set when they are both adopted by different families. Anna adapts very well and has a good prospect, whereas Ray is just a rebel kid who wants to find his family again (in this au Isa's location is unknown. Ray has been separated from her during the war when he was younger)

During his search, he gets saved from imminent death by what he could describe as an angel. For some reason since then, he can see and feel the supernatural which, as he discovers later, ends up playing a key part of Ray and Isa's past.

This version is no longer "canon" sadly, but I thought sharing this could be nice. As I was writing I noticed there a lot of plot gaps that just couldn't work out and changed some things. The current canon version takes the angels pov (Emma and Norman) and centers more on Emma's emotional journey as a celestial being. Also some characters roles are different like Isabella who's the death angel now. I like both versions, and i took it as a challenge to just write a story really. About the new version I don't plan to develop it as a tpn au anymore but a original story so besides the few ideas I shared, it will still stay in the drawer TT

#sorry the formatting looks a bit weird here.. I really drew this in the rush of adrenaline and never went back #another day where shirai's ocs are not mine smh #i love a good adventure story but then I was like no this doesn't have the x factor to it #proceeds to add existential dread #hahahah #As a catholic myself this story is funny and strangely cathartic #the promised neverland #emma #norman #ray #anna #fantasy au #my art #clip studio paint #comic

[nancydrewwouldnever]

RANDOM MUSING: You know, I realize it's probably really, really unfair of me to compare Alba to the fungus in The Last of Us.

To the fungus, that is.

That fungus has worked. It's worked hard for generations and decades to figure out a way to evolve to become a live host parasite. It's put in the time, with fanatical commitment.

I'm so sorry, Cordyceps! It's so wrong of me to liken a lazy clout chaser z-lister to you.

You're the real deal when it comes to putting in the work.

Alba is all about the shortcuts.

#random musings #apologizing to fictional zombie causing entities is strangely cathartic

[nellasbookplanet]

I know I'm about a decade late but I've been replaying the Mass Effect trilogy for the first time since I was a teenager and I'm going absolutely bonkers trying to figure out if the endings are actively and stupidly working against the core themes of all three games, or if they actually thematically work but in the bleakest way imaginable.

All three endings are the embodiment of what we've been fighting literally from the start. In ME1 Saren thinks the Reapers cannot be defeated and so strives for Synthesis, thinking it will save us but not realizing he's already been indoctrinated and has basically willingly turned himself into a husk by the end. In ME2 & 3 the Illusive Man thinks destroying the Reapers would be a waste and that we should instead control both their technology and them as a species, ignoring that this is not only a heinous thing to do but also incredibly arrogant, seeing as anyone poking at Reaper technology gets indoctrinated. Both Synthesis and Control are actively argued against by the very narrative. That in combination with Destroy being the only ending in which Shepard survives, it’s no wonder many fans seem to consider it the only "true" ending (and it’s also not very surprising the indoctrination theory got so popular).

But Destroy comes with its own issues. Aside from the ethical implications of only being able to win by committing genocide against your own allies (synthetics in general, geth and EDI in particular), like with the other two it seems to be actively argued against throughout the narrative.

You are the strongest at the end by striving for cooperation throughout the games, showing time and again that destruction isn't necessary. You save the krogan from extinction, stop the geth and the quarians from wiping each other out. From Javik we find out that the strength of this cycle compared to his is the diversity and cooperation between alien species; from the Leviathan DLC as well as the history of the geth and of EDI we find that synthetics are only violent by mirroring their creators, and can be peaceful just as much as organics. And yet here is an ending arguing for completely wiping out all synthetics.

Assuming the writers were not actually trying to work against their own themes, this makes all three endings incredibly bleak. With the constant emphasis on making hard choices throughout the trilogy, is the point that there is no way to achieve a truly "good" ending? That you'll have to compromize your morals or your allies or both to stop extinction? That Saren or the Illusive Man's solutions could have worked had they not been corrupted, similarly to how synthetic implants (a step toward synthesis) did not automatically corrupt Shepard (with Kai Leng as a foil of cybernetic implants instead leading to indoctrination), or reaper code upgrades didn’t automatically corrupt EDI or the geth?

But if so, why are all endings presented as... happy? Why is Synthesis lifted as the epitome of evolution and peace while never touching the sacrifice of agency in the name of survival? Why does Control lift the "power in control" and "wisdom of harnessing the strength of your enemy" while ignoring the ethical implications of basically indoctrinating and enslaving the reapers in turn? Why does neither of these endings lift the risk of them turning sour the way they did for Saren and the Illusive Man? Why does Destory lift victory and rebuilding while ignoring the literal genocide that took place to allow for it? None of these are presented as bittersweet endings in which morals had to be sacrificed in the name of survival and a better future, but they also work against the themes in such an obvious way that I refuse to believe the writers didn’t notice. There must be more to it.

#*shakes bioware like a broken toy* WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME #mass effect #I've been obsessively replaying these games for the last dew weeks and now my brain is going BRRR about them nonstop #so i'll probably be writing another few posts just to air out my thoughts #ME3 as a whole is so strange cuz like. it's an incredibly good game #the emotional beats hit HARD #character arcs started for team members in ME2 are brought back to satisfying and cathartic endings #and then they just. completely fail to tie the themes together cohesively in the endings #nella talks

[cassettedec]

GIRL?? I THOUGHT THIS WAS A FUNNY JOKE MADE UP BY THE GAYS ON TUMBLR DOT COM??

#dennis takes a mental health day #THE EPISODE THAT YOU ARE... #anti-capitalist dennis! this was very cathartic to watch i too just want to yell thrash kill sometimes but. cannot #also officially done watching sunny all the way... feeling strange... #lore dec #its always sunny in philadelphia #iasip #dennis

[loserfrankenstein]

still so crazy To Me that they can put lesbians on tv and film and stage. i cried four or five separate times in the theatre today and twice on the way home and the character i thought was going to die didn't even die

#txt #it was so intense oh my god. and yet so funny. and strangely cathartic to me personally... #i think maybe bc i didnt cry during brokeback mountain at all i think this let something come loose in me idk. #would've been nice if that happened at home in front of my laptop and not sitting between my parents but whatever

[abbysratking]

ohhhhhhh a fic that hits too hard on my own personal trauma?? im eating that up

#strangely cathartic actually #horrible but good yknow

[thefaceless-man]

A lot of people in fandoms have convinced themselves that 'bad people can never be redeemed, experiencing ACEs doesn't mitigate people's moral guilt, and the only correct response to people doing harm is the harshest punishment possible' is a politically progressive stance.

#obviously people's responses to fiction are no direct reflection of their rl politics #but it's strange to see people acting like their cathartic revenge fantasies are inherently politically progressive #rather than the opposite...

[party-lemon]

Ayo, they put some kinda drug in this

#i have been listening to this song nonstop for a week #listening to this song feels like floating and crying and falling in love and falling out of love all at once #this song is the epitome of the strange feeling of butterflies in your chest #it's cathartic #and i'm obsessed #the 1975 #about you #about you the 1975 #being funny in a foreign language #Spotify

[sagesfandomspot]

Something I never really realized before is how much Gilmore Girls helped me accept my own neurodivergency. I started watching long before I even realized I was neurodivergent, and like, there's so many neurospicy-coded characters (Lorelai, Rory, Paris, Jess, to name a few) and there's just something about seeing your quirks and differences reflected back in characters you love that's very comforting.

#like. the way lorelai will hyperfixate on a project and then forget it exists #or how paris struggles with social skills #or jess's struggle with focus #and rory's sensory sensitivities and ability to hyperfocus!! #I don't think it's *technically* representation since none of them are said to be neurodivergent #but it's cathartic to see traits i have that people have told me were strange or different portrayed in comfort characters #gilmore girls #neurospicy #neurodivergent

[r0b0t-after-all]

think ive realised im fine making jokes about what happened to me in source. just not other people doing it

#feels strangely cathartic to do ig? #/pos #julian.txt

[ishibishie]

finley moment

#pokemon oc #pokemon fankids #no tag for him and eirini yet because uh. i haven't decided which last name they get oops #fucking around with pen pressure again. strangely cathartic #do i need to tag ships for just the kids lol #if you hate my oc/canon garbage just lmk i'll tag #cirrus's scribbles

[madamescarlette]

nothing like staying up aggressively late to finish a book that you don't realize till halfway through is kind of infuriating and wrong and yet you have to see the end so you can close the lid on the fury vs. the healing joy of going off to read a book and then reading it all in one sitting because it was glorious and exactly suited to what you needed to read at that moment!

#this is a true story btw #i wanted this book to be good so badly #it is very popular atm and it drew me in with the promises of game development & friendship and my eyes lit UP #and the first third is indeed a beautiful meditation on friendship! #but then i spent the last 2/3 being full of rage because one of the two protagonists just....turns around and decides to hate the other one #with nary a thought of explaining it. and yes i did self-id too closely with the other protag #but it was a fun stupid haze of fury that i was reading through to figure out how they finally dealt with it #only they didn't REALLY and it just was basically unacknowledged and i guess meant to be inspiring and true to lifelong friendships #but aghhhhhfdkhfj if it didn't raise my ire in every way #it was well written don't get me wrong but i got SO upset and then it is just! unresolved! #and me who likes cathartically sad or happy or bittersweet endings only haaates to be left with unresolved grey area ones #but then i got to totter off and go read a very short sweet patricia mckillip book and all is well now >:D #i was just reading it with my mug of cocoa in my hand going i love u mystically beautiful prose! i love you strange dreamy fantasy! #(part of me is also wondering if i could read 13 books between now and the end of the year to fulfill my 100) #(at the rate with that tiny little book [winter rose] and beauty next week it's....possible actually? but anyway.) #reading tag #a fun silly little story probably only funny to me but you're all hearing it despite that

[lifesver]

thinking about… dire au aliases. the idea of them being a sort of sense of safety. especially earlier on when he’s less certain about what he’s doing. it was easier to be someone else. like… still him but a bit to the left you know.

#and again i think… to him… it was cathartic to almost get to pretend at a new life.. bc the real him is simply legally dead #but part of him always remembers like….. the fact that johnny tricked him and charmed him the same way when he met him at first #looking for help finding maria. and now he does the same thing to his victims loool #so i do think about the ch 2 stuff in those aus… it’s just strange and kind of devastating to be recognized as who you were #mirroring other people was a defense mechanism for a while