#the life pursuit

[reckonslepoisson]

The Life Pursuit, Belle & Sebastian (2006)

In the decades since their established, well-regarded ‘90s peak, Belle & Sebastian have had their ups and downs – but boy are some of those ups marvellous. Like 2006’s The Life Pursuit, for instance, which offered a different take on the ‘60s to Catastrophe Waitress (upbeat, sunshining pop stuff rather than zonked-out psych) and bleeds with proof of just how exquisite B&S can always be.

Pick: ‘Funny Little Frog’

#belle and sebastian #belle & sebastian #the life pursuit #pop #indie pop #twee pop #chamber pop #indie rock #sunshine pop #pop rock #2006 #music #review #music review

[charlesmacaulayhateclub]

belle & sebastian rly be getting me thru the colder months

#i say this like it isn’t November #this is only the beginning #at least it snowed yesterday :) #dark academia #belle and sebastian #dress up in you #expectations #tiger milk #the life pursuit

[honeytonedhottie]

your life is yours⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🍵

the fact that ur life is ur own is something that we often tend to forget but most importantly your life is all about YOU. in this post im going to talk about ways in which u can romanticize being the main character in the cinema of life~

find ur individuality : its great to take notes and inspiration from others, but when ur trying to be like someone else you've literally already failed. bcuz when u try and become someone else, you'll never be them, so ur gonna be trapped in a never ending loop of not being enough. so find the beauty in ur own uniqueness. you have ur own vibe so rly embrace that

exclusivity : you know the expression dont show all ur cards at once? keeping an air of mystery is so magnetic. u dont have to constantly explain urself bcuz its enough to just exist and do you. no one has to know every little detail about u, bcuz no one ever will anyways.

with that being said dont feel the need to respond to every hate comment that u receive, bcuz the world revolves around you (in a non-pretentious way ofc)

unapologetic : tap into ur childlike self, when ur confidence in being urself wasn't constantly being chipped at. when u would just do you without the nagging fear of being perceived. tap into being unapologetically urself. bcuz thats ur beautiful and magnetizing vibe.

how you treat urself matters : be comfortable in ur own skin. treat urself as though you would treat someone that u loved unconditionally. be proud of yourself!! and take baby steps bcuz the goal is to be proud of who you are

nurture and pour into urself the way that u should. treat urself like someone that u love. nurture urself -> compliment urself -> cater to urself -> spoil urself. bcuz you'd do all those things for someone that u loved right?

improve what ur already good it : nothing is better than becoming exceptional at something. find whatever it is that is ur gift or that comes naturally to you. maybe something that you liked to do when u were younger, or something that ur good at and do often. and enhance it. master it. bcuz this sets u apart ofc which would die into my first point of individuality.

embrace change : the goal is to continuously evolve. when u think of a main character you'd often think of someone who has experienced immense change. with that being said dont hold onto the past. especially if you see it as "baggage" or "dead-weight" be able to step into the next chapters of ur life, if ur life was a book and u were stuck on the same chapter you wouldn't wanna read it would you?

"but what would they think" : stop being so consumed with what people have to say about you. a lot of people have a fear of being perceived but that fear of judgement or what other ppl think will keep you STUCK. at the end of the day someone's judgement of you has NOTHING to do with you. the people that have the most to say are always doing the least.

#advice #self concept #it girl #becoming that girl #self care #self love #that girl #it girl energy #dream girl #dream girl tips #dream life #self development #self improvement #self reflection #self growth #self healing #happiness #the pursuit of happiness #girl blogger #hyperfemininity

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

Danny Phantom doesn’t want to be king.

And the Observants also don’t want him to be king.

Frankly, very VERY few people want him to be king, dead or alive.

But opening the sarcophagus, even if it’s closed NOW, disrupted some magic protections. Until those can be fixed, summoning spells need to be answered by SOMEONE. Not all of summons, just like—once a month or so. Because if they don’t let that power outlet happen, all of those summon magics build up and suddenly Pariah Dark reigns again. Answering the summon basically dispels the built up magic, like opening a dam.

Again, Danny doesn’t WANT to do this either, but everyone else involved is a bad choice. He won’t even be named prince, because THEN that implies he COULD be king. He needs a title, of some kind, a position in the court, no matter how tenuous, so he can do the thing. Something where no one in their right or even WRONG mind would think to try to kill him for the position or try to marry him or something equally annoying to deal with.

So.

He becomes the Ghost Court Jester.

He even gets a fancy little outfit upgrade when he’s summoned, all black and white bell hats and shoes, a stupid little ruffle collar and black parachute pants, even face paint with a tiny dot of glowing neon green at the tip of his nose. The works. Better yet, if he hasn’t been ‘unsummoned’, his human form is just the exact same costume with swapped colors. He can change into his normal outfits, but until that circle has been disrupted, the next summon, or the next full or new moon, he’s stuck into the outfit when he first transforms from either form.

The Phantom Jester, which is a title more intimidating than Danny appears to be if we are to be honest, cracks jokes and never, EVER takes the summons seriously.

“Listen, I just had to get my hours in and it’s the last day of the lunar month, you got lucky I came at all.”

“I got the position by virtue of not wanting to go to Time Jail for a crime I technically didn’t commit and technically probably won’t but, well, eyes are the beholder of the grudge or something else equally cryptic to make you mad.”

“Is this a slumber party? … do you have cake? Bummer. Well, enjoy the bleeding walls then.”

“Whether I help you or not is entirely dependent on how well of a run down you can give me on this book I have to read that I have not at all touched.”

“Explain the reason in three sentences or less. I suggest less. And if it’s stupid I’m hitting you—oh you think this circle can contain me? Haha. It won’t.”

“Is that chicken blood? Why?? What did the chickens do to you?”

There are props in his costume but he literally never knows what he’s gonna pull out of his sleeves. Danny can’t even do a balloon animal and knows exactly zero card tricks, which would be more of an issue if the cards weren’t the size of a dinner plate. He barely even juggles and he’s honestly probably just utilizing his rarely-used telekinetic powers, but he does give people flowers if they haven’t been a total jerk. And if those flowers are like, rare and have seeds for propagation, well… he literally wouldn’t know. No, really, he doesn’t. He gets summoned by at least two ecology departments and he has no idea why, I mean, if he had a nickel—

He also had pies and is NOT afraid to use them.

#danny phantom #danny phantom headcanon #I usually do crossover stuff these days #but I deliberately left it out so anyone could chose to do so or not #that said…. could you imagine #there’s so many fandoms where this would just be really fucking funny #rare spell ingredients? super serious situation? life and death in the BALANCE? #and here’s a sassy teenager who isn’t even getting paid for this #you summoned him and now he’s YOUR problem #fair warning he bites #someone calls him a mime and he almost decks them #Mimes and clowns are noble pursuits! #this is like. pun-ishment of some kind

[opbackgrounds]

This has absolutely nothing to do with this scene but is at least tangentially related to the Thriller Bark arc so I'm gonna share it anyway. The word galvanize is an eponym derived from Luigi Galvani, who was a scientist and physician in the 18th century who helped pioneer the field of bioelectricity when he discovered that he could make dead frog legs move when ran through with an electric current, with later proponents of his work going so far as to shock human corpses attempting to bring them to life. This breakthrough would in part inspire the creation of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, which, some two hundred or so years later would in part inspire Thriller Bark.

So in a way I guess you could say Hogback has galvanized these corpses, albeit with shadows instead of electricity, forcing them to move without recreating true life.

#opbackgrounds #one piece #c468 #forgive me sometimes I just need an excuse to talk about fun facts #pretend it's robin giving a lecture on the difference between true life and whatever the hell hogback's doing #art imitates life #the key to good horror is examining the deepest fears of man and society #and 200 years ago that fear was not knowing how the hell electricity worked #as well as the danger of unbridled ambition and the pursuit of knowledge at all costs but that's besides the point

[annabelle--cane]

highest praises I have received on my writing: "this made me feel sick" "I think I need aftercare for this" "I felt Wrong reading this" "like nails on a chalkboard but fiction" "I was uneasy for like an hour after reading" "you lulled me into a false sense of security. and then."

#alas not about anything accessible to read via this account #but rest assured in my other pursuits I have been honing my skills to write evil downer fiction that sucks #marina marvels at life

[val-of-the-north]

The insidiousness of Kin in Bloodborne

The game makes a clear distinction between the earthly, beastly nature of mankind and the higher, more sophisticated and advanced inhuman evolution offered by the stars, with one being feared and hated by almost everyone but a small group of irreverents and the other being the goal of most organizations in the setting. They crave the superior knowledge that the stars, sea and Great Ones can offer them and in their selfishness they drag the entire population through the mud, subjecting them to the Scourge that turns them into the reviled, de-evoluted monsters that infest Yharnam.

But there’s something to be noted when analyzing the result of their attempts at ascension... most Kin we see are horrifying and animalistic monsters, no better than the beasts that devour the population. Take for example the Brainsuckers. Their lust for insight isn’t too dissimilar from that of blood-drunk men for their precious healing blood. They do everything in their power to feed themselves on more insight, more knowledge... and for what? In their current state, it’s more of a craving than a meaningful pursuit. And their locations are rather telling too, as most of them are found in the base of operation of the Choir. How were these men of science any different than the commoners they deem blinded by beastly idiocy? All those sacrifices to turn into addicts themselves.

We also see the Fluorescent Flowers, beings who are undeniably kin but... there seems to be nothing intelligent about them. They are ultimately just predators, luring in prey with their flower-like bait. Whatever ritual or experiment made those certainly didn’t lead to a greater understanding of the cosmos. The Scholars of Byrgenwerth themselves have long since turned into mindless sludge who attacks anything they don’t recognize, drifting away in a Nightmare far from their old world. Gardens of Eyes are also just monsters who instinctively attack us despite their supposed higher intellect.

Perhaps the Celestial Emissaries are the only ones not relegated to the role of mindless fiend yet even that is debatable. While we see their individuality still persist somewhat after the transformation (Arianna even remains passive and never retaliates unlike the others) as shown when we breach into Iosefka’s Clinic from the backside, for how long will that last? The other Emissaries we see are exactly like all other Kin, attacking us on sight and sparing no grace for anyone who approaches, showing no sign of their past humanity. And even if they do retain their intelligence somewhat, the same happens to certain beasts, like the Afflicted Beggar. Despite his condition he is capable of complex thinking, more complex than even most Kin we see, and he is able to feel things too.

Other attempts at evolution fail spectacularly and turn people into hungry monsters. Adeline, the only patient of the Research Hall conscious enough to address us is starving for Brain Fluid, and her hunger gets ravenous fast. The fact she is restrained as hard as she is seems to hint that she’d get violent, and we see many patients getting violent and even animalistic at times.

Or think of the Nightmare Apostles, once cultists of some kind, now turned to mindless spiders. The only one with a head on his shoulders and a brain to match is Patches, though he seems to be an explicit exception to the rule. [x]

No matter what, the thirst for knowledge remains the same... a thirst, a primal urge. Beastly idiocy goes both ways, but the stuck-up researchers of Yharnam don’t see it, and that’s their fatal mistake.

In the end, they were no better than the poor population. Just as clueless and obsessed with the very thing that was eating away at their humanity... but while the commoners despaired at this fate in the case of beasthood, these madmen wanted it and ruined countless lives to achieve it. Ultimately, it’s hard to feel sorry for them. They got what they wanted in their short-sightedness: absolute oblivion of the self.

#bloodborne #bloodborne lore #an observation really #brainsucker bloodborne #celestial emissary #afflicted beggar #this can potentially be applied to real life too #sometimes pursuits to get smarter or be different from others lead down dark paths #lonely ones usually... #and they end up not being worth it at all #val-post

[kamiraaah]

Fairest One of All... or not? 🪞

#twisted wonderland #twst vil #twst #pomefiore #vil schoenheit #beautiful vil #The relentless pursuit of beauty paid you off? #God this was really hard to draw #I will never draw a mirror again in my life

[wildflowercryptid]

forced to go to work when i'm truly meant to agonize over the underlying theme of adults failing the children they're meant to protect & nurture in scarvio.

#this was spurred on by an ask i got on florian's blog #i've talked about this before and it still makes me go coocoo bananas #like it's an obvious theme in starfall street but it really shows up everywhere!! #with implications that nemona's parents aren't very present in her life #everything with sada / turo's relationship with arven #briar being so caught up in her own pursuits that she neglects to see kieran's spiraling and even eggs it on... #also just power struggle going on in the league club #do they just... not have a teacher advisor assigned to them?? #*sits w/ my hands in my lap* i'm so Normal about this #pkmn scarvio #mj.txt

[horreurscopes]

hate to make this post but i've been working on my first big professional illustration project and unfortunately it is industry standard to make freelance artists wait forever for payment due to editor revisions, and in the meantime i have been very broke through the entirety of january and it is starting to get dire re: food/meds/utilities/basic necessities  🙏🏽😔🚬

im respectfully requesting mutual aid only if you are willing & able & wish to help, if not a reblog is appreciated :') thank u besties & beloveds for your time and attention <3

paypal/venmo/cashapp: horreurscopes (@gmail.com) (or: paypal.me/alexhorreurscopes)

#mutual aid #signal boost #donations post / #im living that will smith the pursuit of happiness capitalism propaganda life right now

[mamawasatesttube]

going to bed but thinking about kon and his suicidality as selflessness and how heroism and self-destruction share quite the overlap and how saving the world with his death was heroic but also the culmination of a pattern of passive suicidality he displayed since practically his first day alive. what does it mean when you're so eager and willing to help at any cost to yourself that you assume you will not see yourself grow up? "i don't care what happens to me" is a scary place to be, but "i don't care what happens to me, so long as i can save everyone" is noble and brave, right? so when does heroism become an act of self-destruction? when you truly believe in helping others, but you also think you'll die doing it one day and that isn't enough to stop you... where's the line?

#yes ive been listening to close every door and thinking about kon for days. listen. #''i do not matter / i'm only one person / destroy me completely and throw me away'' #''if my life were important / i would ask 'will i live or die?' / but i know the answers lie / far from this world'' #is this about humility and the knowledge that the singer is just one of many lives and no more important than any of them? #or is it about the singer seeing himself as disposable? #is there even a difference between the two? #why is humility to the point of destruction so praised in martyrs yet frightening to encounter in a loved one? #(perhaps the loved ones of a martyr would say it *was* frightening) #what is heroism if not the pursuit of martyrdom? #like obviously that's not all there is to it but from the kon context (the kontext if you will). #the themes. the motifs. and my agonies. they are all there and real. #suicide ment cw #kon #rimi talks

[scouting4love]

The comics the void of my mind produced this week..from my cringe au ig cause they wouldn't make sense anywhere else

#my only pursuit in life is silliness!!!! #usagi yojimbo #my art #love and peace and such #catholic school girls au

[aquitainequeen]

Me, so physically exhausted that I am basically the equivalent of sloshed, stabbing the table with my finger for emphasis:

The point is. The point is. The point is. Everyone's always adapting Greek and Classical mythology, and Norse mythology. Maybe Egyptian, if you're lucky. More Chinese mythology now, that's good. But. They never do Irish mythology. Where's my adaptation of The Táin/The Cattle Raid of Cooley????? I want to see Cú Chulainn use the belly spear!!!!

#my life #funsies #this whole rant did happen but it's also a fumble on my part due to the exhaustion #Instead of Cú Chulainn I'd really like to see something based on The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne #Or Deirdre of the Sorrows #Or the Children of Lir #They're the stories that we grew up with #However The Tain is basically the Irish Iliad; sooooooo

[the-ships-to-rule-them-all]

I don’t think people realize how all consuming October 7, the war and the rising antisemitism is to most Jews right now. I was just on a five day family trip and nearly every single conversation ended up circling back to what’s going on in Israel, across the world and at home. My mom knew Vivian Silver, an incredible peace activist thought to be held hostage and I had to sit there and watch her realize that not only was Vivian murdered at her home 38 days before but that she was likely burned if it took this long for her body to be identified. I was forced to sit there and watch my mom, my favorite woman in the world, watch her face crumple. We were sharing updates, accounts to follow, venting and releasing frustrations. It is a constant unbreakable struggle right now for me and most Jews I know to not be glued to our phones, to not pay attention. Because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t. Because we can’t afford to turn our backs on what’s going on. And there’s a deep ever present grief not only for the victims of October 7th, the innocent citizens of Gaza, the hostages and also for my own personal sense of safety and security. I am also grieving what is a shattering beyond measure of my present and future trust in people as I’ve witnessed how easily well intentioned kind hearted people have decided to say nothing, publicly or privately, or who have quickly fallen into vicious antisemitic rhetoric. I’m just sharing into the void at this point but it’s been unimaginably hard on a personal level. I’m not the same person I was when I went to bed on October 6. It’s as though I’m a shadow, made of grief and anger and tiny fractured bits of hope. Every piece of joy feels as though it’s been muted because of how quickly it fades. And even the moments that last are related to my Jewish identity somehow. I am not sure where I go from here.

Have a cat gif for reading all of that

#abby speaks #jumblr #I don’t know if anybody in the tag relates to how I’m feeling but it feels like the right place for it to go #not tagging I/p and antisemitism though this post deals with it because I don’t want to get bombarded #Jews can reblog as can followers #I’ll say it here to fend of comments; this is my personal reflection #I’ve stated several times that I believe in a Palestinian state and their rights of self determination libration and pursuit of life #I simply don’t believe that that should come at the cost of Israel’s right to exist and to Jewish safety around the globe #if that makes me a Zionist than I am a proud Zionist #I firmly believe that those taking advantage of this pain and horror to spread hate will be judged by karma #that includes the settlers in the Israeli West Bank; Netenyahu and his corrupt colition #and anyone who is ripping down and defacing posters of the hostages #Hamas is a terrorist organization that benefits no one but themselves #if you truly cared about the Palestinians you would have understood that they need to be removed and their agenda dismantled

[iceeericeee]

#Monopoly #life #trivial pursuit #Clue #scrabble #Battleship #Pictionary #Risk #poll #polls #tabletop games #tabletop game #Random stuff #random

[butch-reidentified]

fuck living the life you always dreamed of; live the life you never dared to let yourself dream.

#mine #personal #finding yourself #self actualization #personal development #self improvement #life advice #life philosophy #motto #quotes #important #pursuit of happiness #how to be happy