#the first step is acceptance

[rachalixie]

oomf just revealed themselves as a furry...

#theyre in denial #its so sad to watch #the first step is acceptance #this is satire

[seraphim-samba]

Getting smoke in my eye aka: worst downside to being an Addict

#the first step is acceptance #i have accepted that i have a dependency on weed #i have also accepted our current living circumstance is so fucked i may as well smoke weed

[pidgedee]

my full piece for @empires-rainbow-zine! i’m SO happy with how this one turned out. i feel like i really accomplished a lot with my art in 2023 and became so much more comfortable with backgrounds and rendering, and this one in particular stands out to me as one of my best pieces of the year :]

you can download the full zine here to see everyone’s gorgeous art! thanks to rhapsoddity for running the zine and the rest of the contributor team for bringing it to life; i’m delighted to have been a part of it ❤️

#empires smp #empires s2 #pixlriffs #santa perla #empires fanart #pixlriffs fanart #i was so pleasantly surprised to be accepted into this zine! i’m so d/smp focused online that i worry about making it into other mcyt— #—projects even though i watch WAY more empires/etc content than i ever did d/smp! #so im very happy for this to be my first proper step into the empires fandom :] hello everyone!

[tanglepelt]

Dc x dp idea 60

Vlad is the one who gets Danny help.

He has a realization that he became so fixated on Maddie he lost sight on everything else. Maybe he find Maddie and Jack experimenting on a ghost, maybe a plot to capture and cut open phantom. Something makes him see the light.

Regardless of what he is the one who realizes how dangerous Danny’s home life is. How at risk he is.

So vlad leaves an anonymous tip on the justice league helpline regarding a portal into a different dimension. The location fentonWorks in amity park Illinois.

It would be even better if amity had an info block out so it just didn’t exist online. Maybe when they respond either the GIW have phantom and are ready/doing experiments.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dp x dc #dc x dp #dp dc crossover #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #justice league #vlad master redemption #Vlad deserves a chance #he realizes he cares more about Danny. one of the only other halfas then his live life #maybe he tries to make amends with Dani #pay child support #or something #he wants to do better. the first step is getting Danny out #vlad isn’t even going to petition for custody unless Danny consents #he wants to not force it anymore #but an actual acceptance. #John could show up and be like yup #they opened a portal to the infinite realm #the literal afterlife then have a freak out #unlike angst. so Danny has been caught by that point #they have to rescue him from someone. like let him be injured #let him not trust them #maybe he flees to the ghost zone #vlad is the one who gets him to see it’s safe #let the adults handle the problems #deal with the mad scientist and quack jobs. #Danny can ba a scared kid. one who doesn’t trust anymore #maybe in the end. vlad final gets what he wanted. Danny Jazz and Dani

[novelconcepts]

In watching more interviews with Liv about Van and the escalation of Van's pragmatism to such dark degrees, I find myself genuinely baffled that anyone could ever think Van the bad guy. I mean, I'm perplexed at finding ANY of these girls The Bad Guy. The bad guy is the situation. It's being lost. It's freezing. It's starving. It's being scraped down to the barest bone of being alive. They make choices that might be snippy, or cruel, or hard-headed, sure--Shauna refusing to just hash it out with Jackie; Jackie being too stubborn to come inside; Taissa refusing to discuss her situation plainly; etc--but by the time we reach the end of season 2, it doesn't even matter. Petty bullshit doesn't matter. Jealousy doesn't matter. Those things are still going to be present and complicated, because--for all their choices, for all the distancing they're trying to do--these kids ARE still human beings. But it isn't the point.

The point is survival. Plain, simple, straightforward. Van's pragmatism is survival. It is the difference between living another day with blood on your teeth or dying pretty. It is the difference between fighting forward through the fire and the snow and the hell of it all, and laying down to die. Van knowing, in watching the ritual violence of Shauna beating Lottie nearly the death, that they will be killing and eating one another soon. Van coming up with the cards for the hunt. Van not blinking when the moment comes, Van choosing a weapon that doubles as a tool to bring the body back, Van refusing to apologize for staying alive--it's not evil. It's not Bad Guy behavior. It's purely about survival, because there is nothing else left to her--or to any of them. They can play the pretty little Sweet Angel Girl game and die, or they can get dirty, bloody, horrific and fight. Van chooses the fight. Van chooses to fight for herself, for her lover, for her team, even knowing not everyone is going to make it out...because the alternate path there is that no one makes it out. Van knew the baby wouldn't live. Van knows the rest of them won't, either. Not unless they start making the hard choices.

And, honestly, the fact that Van sees this narrative coming. Comes up with this plan. Brings out the cards. To me, that is the opposite of Bad Behavior. That is as close to justice as anyone can find in the wilderness. If someone else came up with an idea, maybe it would have come down to voting--but that would have had such a human element to it, with bitterness or hostility or whatever ultimately petty shit always comes of humans selecting who to Other. The cards don't leave room for that. It isn't fair, because the situation isn't fair, because Man vs. Nature isn't fair, but it's as close to a just system as they could possibly find. It's the kindest solution to an unwinnable game. Not to bring it back to American Gods again, but all I can think is "it's easy, there's a trick to it: you do it, or you die." Van gave them that.

#yellowjackets #yj meta #van palmer #i simply cannot ever accept people blindly hating ANY of the girls for their actions at the end of S2 #because by that point it's not about personality flaws or errors of judgement or teenage bullshit #it's survival. it's literally do or die. #be mad at the stuff they did the first few weeks out there. THAT was in their control. #but by the end of S2 it's 'do i want to live? cool. then this is the next step. there IS nothing else. we are eating belts.' #every once in a while on instagram or somewhere i see a hot take like 'oh this whole thing is THIS girl's fault' #and it's like no no. no--apart from misty busting the black box--NOTHING these girls do will change the fact of their situation #they might make it worse or make it more palatable but in the end #it's the purity of man vs. nature as a story #and any of them getting darker. more logical. more pragmatic. just means they're putting another day breathing first. #the human element of it comes in with the faith and the ritual and the acceptance of violence--but the violence was coming either way #'this place cannot be argued with. and that is how we survive: by giving into that.' exactly. liv hewson you genius. exactly.

[leclercsbf]

Oscar Piastri at the MotoGP via McLaren

#f1 #oscar piastri #edited these photos but i’m gatekeeping them. sorry #i am not in fact normal about him #acceptance is the first step to recovery #(i will never recover from getting oscar-ed i fear) #piastri posting #summer break 23

[trainingdummyrabbit]

maybe we'll try again next time.

#pikart #projmoon #(LONG TAGS..) i talk a lot about that latter part of poems of a machine but the first chorus never fails to break my heart too #i can never remember what ive talked about and what i havent so ill do it again anyway. #specifically the line 'so here i lie; reading you my poetic stupid rhymes.' especially in conjunction with the very first lyric. #all this built up... mess and madness; concepts of impossible scope and importance for just a few words. #its the desire to express a truth outside of your reach. to tentatively try to identify; to speak; and only managing so much. #clumsy; basic; small; but it still holds a piece of your heart anyway. its not enough; but its real; its tangible; and thus important. #am i making sense? its the first steps into writing poetry / into self expression / into self acceptance / into healing and growing. #and the implication these words are being shared; despite all of this; despite all of Her. augh. #i really do think a lot about th stark difference btwn her Knowledge and her Experience. how she feels she Should function vs how she Does. #knowing how something should be vs how it Is. yknow. #anyway Oops ! Lyric Rambling In The Tags Again ! <33

[tenebriism]

// This feels like one'a them Inbox Call days, because I can't focus on writing for the life of me. I'm still kinda waking up, waiting for my coffee to finish brewing; who knows, maybe once I get some energy, I'll be able to focus.

Specify muse or fandom, please. <3

#[ healthy sleeping is a scam. >_> i got like 7 to 8 hours and i'm still groggy and gross. >:o #' tina you have to do it routinely. ' #and i respectfully decline ( acceptance is the first step my friends. ) #anyways. i'll be... around-ish. XD hope y'all are having a great day/night! ] #ooc ; out of character

[ramayantika]

No I am not sad about having to missing home and family. There is no nervousness even like I thought it would.

I am sad about having to think of my parents' loneliness. Both have to live in different cities for a while I think around june and I am sad about them realizing that iske baad se we would come only in holidays and be travelling to different cities everytime. I have never been afraid of being on my own, done that many times but I have always been worried and sad about the feelings of them being left behind.

Mumma wants me to go far very far in life so do I and so I must go away and do so. I want to stay with her and leave when she gets better, her body weakness fading, but that's how it is. I have to live my life too and at times one has to choose themselves.

I slept with her as a baby everytime. She told me my talents alone in the room because they were for only our ears to hear and for our minds to know. We are the same actually in many ways, just different timelines and a little different minds.

And one day all those hardships all that shit times will actually lead us to the place we both deserve

#samridhi speaks #pls ignore me all this while all these months there have been too many events #I have been keeping away from people too for a whike because at first I used to talk to everyone to not work with my thoughts and fears as #a distraction #but I want to be better be more accepting of myself and take my own steps now #as well as say be the most glorious one this family would ever see

[anglerflsh]

#[.art] #self #not exactly a pride post this is more a ''I don't want to be doing this'' post? #I don't know I think being around people in my class just shows me how much the internet is a bubble about these things. #people still are very much homophobic and me being out as queer in my school is only fine because I don't talk to people/ #/or at least because I'm first to make light of it. #The climate here requires an amount of making yourself socially acceptable- to be a good example let's say -because there are consequences #and it makes me- you know that comic going around? about the rabbits and wolves? Yeah. #And I can be told that I should not care about being pallatable for society a million times it will not change that I do want to be that #I know many people are empowered by being combative and loud and by not taking steps down about their identity and it's great for them! #I'd just rather not. I'm not living down the God I Want To Be Integrated In Society allegations I guess :/ #I'm never getting that but you know. I can dream /j

[ruthlesslistener]

Hearing people gasp and go 'noooo!' in the bird class when watching a video about shoebill parenting stragedies is so fucking funny. This is the SWAMP muthafucka we do siblicide in this bitch

#first step to being a biologist: realize how much infanticide and cannibalism there is #step two: accept it #step 3: find it amusing when people get shocked because you forgot it wasnt common knowledge

[aroace-polyshow]

see i have a handful of hw event ideas in my head and i would loveee to ramble abt wonder stage return event but. i would need to finish the previous event ideas in my head first. nhfghfdfn

#mono’s stuff #currently the idea i default to is. emu1 > wonder halloween rui1 > nene > tsukasa1 #BUT. nene’s event could also maybe go first. first steps of getting over her stage fright. #emu’s event has to go before rui’s though. cause now that ik i want wonder stage to come back wonder halloween happens there #and emu event is when the rest of the group gets properly introduced to the wonder stage i believe #im not sure abt what tsukasa’s event would entail though. maybe smth about him overworking himself for a show. trying to make #sure his performance is good enough. not accepting help or breaks. i dunno. something along those lines. #probably after rui event? it could work before rui’s though….. #fhgndhagfn. i love thinking abt them. but why are they hard to sort out…. #the only one i have a kind of solid idea on exactly what happens in the event is emu. i’ve thought a lot abt rui wonder halloween but im #still thinking abt what happens post-tsukasa injury #dont mind me rambling in the tags like this dkjhjfsudjfo

[todayisafridaynight]

This might not be anything, but while writing about your fics, the way you have the characters' mannerisms down PERFECTLY got me thinking about mirroring...

There's a lot of it in 7 (Horii is a directorial genius etc etc), most of it more intentional than these probably are, but there's something so interesting about mirroring that takes the tone of a (relatively) fond memory, a familiar gesture, and inverts it in the way shown here.

OH I'M GLAD YOU'VE NOTICED THESE TOO I think I mentioned it months back (or I drafted a post 'bout it but didn't think it was anything noteworthy) but I always really did like how the Arakawa Family mimicked each other's mannerisms (also circling back to how Jo and Masato calling Ichiban 'Ichi' presumably after picking it up from Arakawa)!

Aoki actually does the same sitting gesture too! I went back to double check and skim through the rest of the game's cutscenes, and as far as I could tell unless I skipped a scene, it really is only these three that do this specific pose:

It's such a small detail but I love it immensely and it really does highlight their connections with each other and it drives me insane

#snap chats #the fact aoki holds his left fist with his right like jo..... im gonna be sick... (crying) #potential hints that aoki really does favor jo and/or spends more time with him... or i might be delirious. could be both even.. #focusing on how jo mimics arakawa though i dont think i have to say i love how it is inverted intention wise #like of course in arakawa's situations he's in a position where he's helping ichi and speaking calmly with him #while with jo Evidently each interaction is more tense and antagonistic #really is a cool way to emphasize that whole 'step parent' angle if that makes sense #OH BUT THANK YOU ON MY WRITING that's a huge compliment: i'm glad you think i have their mannerisms down ! #accuracy is a big thing to me... in case we haven't picked that up yet.... i should relax a little tbh-- #BUT i'd like to think my brain's good at visualizing things and i think i've 'studied' enough to get an acceptable result in what i show #it's like... if i can't see it in my head clearly or it doesn't look right then i wanna keep trying until it DOES look right yk #dont want a Hello Kitty Wouldnt Do Xanax moment... only on occasion.... a lil xanax wouldnt hurt as long as its not too far gone ☠️ #alright im. DELIRIOUS. #to end this off i watched the first episode of Sailor Suit and Machine Gun ! #my japanese is. HORRENDOUS BUT the art of inference and context clues and stray knowledge got me through it #i'm excited to watch the next episode even if i'm only really getting half the impact from the dialogue #BUT THE FEELING'S THERE... the emotion's there #embarrassingly i almost cried when izumi was crying in the theater over her dad while she was eating cause like Girl Me Too ☠️☠️ #ill go one day without mentioning my dad i promise... todays not that day tho ☠️ #IN ANY CASE. thank you for droppin the episodes on me !! i can't stress never tiring of having new things to watch #ill watch the next episode tonight probably. i was gonna go out to get lunch buuuut my moms home #so there goes that plan.. at least my bro got me food while /he/ went out today lmao

[upwards-descent]

It's my baby sister's birthday today and she's 17 and I don't know how to deal

#all my siblings are babies because i have vivid memories of them being born lol #i was 10 then 14 then 15 so yeah #but god she's 17 I can't accept that #i remember when she learned to crawl backwards before forwards and got caught under the couch all the time #her first steps. her first words. jesus christ #and now she's a fucking human being wtf #in my head she's still that fat happy baby-- she was FAT like she' was just wasian enough to get those fat baby genes

[myrmica]

my reading of lifesteal season 4 is so personal and involved at this point that even if i was going to post more character analysis i would not know where to start. it would require footnotes to documents that don't exist. listen to luddites and lambs by everything everything and you'll get half of it though

#m #lifesteal #there is just such a compelling and clear thematic line between like. okay #first you need to just accept for me the idea that zam as a character is defined by being trapped running both towards and away from #the same object (mapicc) #and then you have to take mapicc as interchangeable with pain in general but specifically an inescapable normalcy of pain #which is caught up in something zam wants and knows he wants which is the “pure/natural” idyllic version of lifesteal #where every fight is fair competition #and what mapicc has done to hurt him more than the actual stalking and murder and all of that is that mapicc refused to fight him on even #ground (by literally invading and destroying his home so that everything becomes battlefield) in a way that offends his most deeply #held values. AND THEN he reads vitalasy's use of the exploits as trying to take that same thing he fundamentally values about lifesteal #away and he gets incredibly angry with vitalasy for hurting the server itself (pvp becomes functionally obsolete for a while there) #so he plays out the eclipse betrayal framing it in his own mind as another situation where he is the victim and vitalasy is the #manipulator/aggressor and falls back into the kind of jumpy paranoid behavior we as the viewer haven't actually seen from him in a very #long time now (late into eclipse when mapicc isn't an active threat anymore he really does stop jumping at shadows the way he used to) #and seems comforted by the familiarity of it if anything. because what vitalasy was asking of him that made him panic and reject it so #badly was to create a new pattern and step out onto unknown ground but he can't do it #and he retreats back to what he knows. so vitalasy isn't WRONG to read what zam does as victimizing himself #and forcing vitalasy into a villain role that is literally what he is doing #but vitalasy on the other end still has his own entire set of things he is not dealing with #and so the relationship created by these two people is doomed by their inability to look themselves in the eye more than any of the actual #facts of the relationship itself #and the thing zam wants lifesteal to be is not and has never been real. the thing vitalasy wants lifesteal to be is also antithetical to #its nature they are both wrong #but zam is wrong in that he wants to return to an idealized imagined past that does not actually exist #(see also vague historical allusions in his castle and his name and him trying after vi's death to cast off violence completely and return #to the land somehow. and the association created incidentally between stone tools and rudimentary technology) #and vitalasy is wrong in that he's trying to create something entirely new that nobody but him actually wants via the exploit #(see the way that once the exploit is 'out of the box' it can't be put back in and the course of the season is set in motion and any attemp #s to fight it and change that course are futile as allegorical to sudden technological advancement being met with violent opposition)

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

THEY BOTH BELIEVE NO ONE WILL COME FOR THEM

#HOLY HECK I JUST HAD AN EPIPHANY #actually heck now i want to read the arc that one panel that makes me feral is from #bc two kids who believe no one is going to come for them #one because he just doesn't think he's anyone's priority and the other because the last time he called for help it came too late #but they have EACH OTHER??????? INSANE CRAZY #i like how i take one step into comics fandom and immediately go ah yeah I'm gonna read a random run no context #just bc I was shown one(1) panel that happens to be good #anyway so the POINT HERE: tim just flat out doesn't expect people to care enough to come for him. he's so used to handling stuff himself #and not really having anyone else care. that he just. doesn't expect it. he's sorta resigned to it. #whereas jason held so tightly to the hope that bruce would come for him- that HIS DAD would come for him- in his final moments #that because bruce was too late when he comes back as red hood he just doesn't think b or anyone else will come for him again #especially after the ways he's changed. and that HURTS. it isn't acceptance like tim has it's a scabbed over wound #idk how to explain this but it makes sense in my head. neither of them thinks anyone is coming for them if they need it #bc jason has hoped and been let down and he can't do that again. and tim never had the hope in the first place. #I'm just AUGJJJMKDCNMN THESE TWO #Lu rambles #meta finding tag #batfam #tim drake #jason todd #...the meta is in the tags but hey whatever