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imabiscuitinthousandworlds · 11 months

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Headcanon time!!

Because I'm the only one writing about Jean DeWolfe (so far, imma convert some people just you wait) I can do what I want. So I've started heaping up headcanons. Credit also to my beloved spouse (@haveyoueverconsideredpiracy) and my friend/beta because they not only listened to my rambling but participated despite not knowing a single fucking thing about DeWolfe OR marvel noir. I love y'all.

The comic is set in 1933, and Jean looks about 40 years old, realistically. That means he would have been around 20 when WW1 broke out, and probably would have been enlisted. He's definitely a war veteran. I've decided that he's gotten away pretty well (...relatively) because he's one of the lucky ones on whom speech therapy was tried (cannot remember the term back then but i have Found Evidence) and he's had ~10 years to get over the worst symptoms of shell shock (PTSD in modern language)

his training/actual job at the FBI actually helps him balance that trauma out actually by adding more trauma

listen i'm not a psychologist we'll just keep it vague okay

he is absolutely incapable of normal human interactions. might have to do with the couple of years he spent isolating himself (it's the trauma babyyy) because no one he'd had a close bond with before going to war could even somewhat understand what he went through

this includes his best friend because i've decided that said best friend died in the war (look i'm sorry but it has to be)

(actually peter sometimes reminds jean of that friend)

jean is gay

don't ask why. i'm queer so all my blorbos are queer. let me have this as i said i can do what i want nobody can contradict me here, including canon bc canon said nothing

he's hella closeted of course. it's the early 20th century. he spent his late 20s/early 30s having a prolonged existential and sexuality crisis (he's convined that it's too late already for a mid-life crisis since that would imply he'd live to 50+ of which he's not convinced) until finally accepting it as a fact

he's never gonna have a relationship (bc trauma and also i think he's married to his job) but sometimes he likes to sit in a gay bar and just see people like him living and loving for once

ever since he watched the spider almost being killed by the sandman he's actually rethought his stance on vigilantes - they can get to places/people the fbi can't, spider is def just trying his best, and also spider is very much mortal *and* owes jean his life which is definitely reassuring

he has used his buzzer before to get a group of racist assholes to stop harassing poc. he usually doesn't involve himself but he's canonically very much not racist which is pretty fucking cool for the time (everything at the time was horrible tbh) and i love that okay

he has absolutely complained to higher-ups about corrupt cops or similar things he noticed, to no avail

every time he enters a (gay) speakeasy off the job (he has decided that when he's off the clock harmless crimes don't rly count bc u gotta draw a line somewhere) he absolutely has to stop himself from going all prohibitionist fbi agent

nobody who regularly works with him can remember ever seeing him without his hat

#not ALL of these are pulled out of thin air and thats pretty cool i think #very few make sense but thats overrated anyway #jean dewolfe #marvel noir #i need to convert people #but if nobody gonna fill that tag then ill do it myself #a biscuit's rambles #my fics

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the-s1lly-corner · 5 months

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Could I get something for eyeless jack with an s/o who's also a demon?

Not the same as him and definitely more human looking, but they are definitely NOT human

What if they fed off human emotions instead of human flesh? Would he get along better with another demon or would he be kind of put off?

Would he feel differently if they turned into a demon in a similar fashion to him

Eyeless Jack x reader whos a demon who feeds off human emotion!

ooooo this one is going to be interesting because while i do call jack a demon i dont think he is one.. at least not fully yet.. i mean oh yeah hes definitely cursed with something in my sillay hc but shrugs; sometimes labels are overrated that said i hope you enjoy this anon!

oh he would be so so put off. like yeah sure he knows he has no where to speak since hes literally slowly turning into something that cant be called human. he admits that he doesnt have much room to speak when it comes to others, but he mostly says that in the face of humans... but to a demon? ohhoho this is going to be interesting

i think a lot of times in the beginning hes going to be very wary of you and maybe even avoid you, its going to take some time for the two of you to get to know one another and get on speaking terms... its probably going to take a real hard shove to bring you two together

while im getting into this i may as well drop my personal lore on demon/non human creepypasta characters that may or may not change a lot of things

i know i brought this up before in a few posts, primarily my zalgo post

anyways tldr; zalgo made all the non human characters in the universe and/or planted a means to make them non human (ex. giving ben the means to come back as a ghost, providing the thing thats fucking up ej, ect ect) i think the only real exception is laughing jack since he was made to be good originally before following in the steps of the kid he was assigned to. shrugs. characters like the proxies get roped in my another character (ex. masky and the others by slenderman); while characters like jeff are your regular old krillers. non human/demon stuff just IS in thiis universe, simply another piece of nature blah blah yeah

^so naturally if we're following that hc for this post the reader falls under this... but even if you dont, you didnt really ask to be a demon , much like jack didnt

ponders

i dont think you can feed off his emotions even if you wanted to/tried, i think after a certain point he stops being considered and recognized as human

GOD can you imagine him receiving that news? he decides to give himself up so you can feed only for you both to discover that hes no longer an option. like an official sign that hes too far gone

though i think overall he tries to push for you guys to eat separately; outside of his offer he doesnt really want to know how you feed... and he doesnt want you to see how he feeds (for obvious reasons)

ponders

i think you would be safe when he goes a lil feral during his feeding/hunger frenzies since he knows youre not a human and/or can still sense youre not even when hes not mentally there fully so hey look at it this way! the chance of him attacking you is very low

back to actual relationship stuff i think it would be a very tense relationship for the first chunk

oooo imagine you tell him about the whole zalgo thing and kind of provide him with knowledge of whats going on; i mean jack is still very much in the dark about a lot of stuff regarding the topic and who knows it might build some trust (winks)

as for that last bit in your request... what if you werent born a demon or created? what if you were in a similar situation as him?

while i do think he would have some sympathy and you guys might possibly bond over having similar trauma; but i think. at least on jacks end. it would serve too much of a reminder of what happened to him

it sounds horrible, and he acknowledges its a horrible thing to think and feel but he cant stop that feeling.. he wouldnt exactly fully turn his back on you, but i do think he would hold his distance at least a little longer than the other option as a means to protect himself mentally

its harsh but it is what it is (slaps ej. this bad boy can hold so much angst potential)

#creepypasta x reader #creepypasta x you #creepypasta imagine #eyeless jack x reader #eyeless jack x you #eyeless jack imagine

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chanstopher · 2 years

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first this may seem so weird but when I saw how long your reply was I got very emotional bc you’re just so super sweet and ily and idk how that all came out of your reply but ye anyways I’m sappy sorry 🥺😭😭😭 SO ANYWAY! my weekend was fine! I spent it relaxing and in correlation to you asking about my txt spiral I’m seriously and truly a moa haha 😂😂 the rest of June I was just watching mainly their content like their show and their videos and stuff! and I actually ended up buying their digital concert on Jul 2nd! it was so fun and honestly it just made me more excited to go and see them 🙈✨ also I haven’t watched any stranger things but I knew the new season came out and the second volume just came out other than the loud fights have you enjoyed it?? also hhhh honestly firework shows aren’t for me so I get it, it gets semi bad where I am and it was so bad one time (I think it was 2020 the noise was almost nonstop 😭) ooooh we love when things still end up alright even when it’s not what we planned we take those wins!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 tysm for asking about my writing 🥺 it’s been going okay I think, I’m writing things for a few collabs with other ppl and it’s been a lot of fun talking with others and brainstorming my ideas 🥰 and hhhh aww ty ty my mom is doing fine, she’s resting currently but I’ll be sure to tell her you said hi! I know she’ll like that! we actually went out to the kpop store today and I picked up some txt goodies!!! it was a lot of fun, and our store plays mvs and stuff inside and they just happened to be playing good boy gone bad HAHA (this ask is so long hhh sorry I just wanna tell you everything 💜💜💜)

sorry i was trying to get my stupid gifset to show up on the feed and it took forever because tumblr is stupidddd afxga honestly i love that the spiral is just full on stanning now thats beautiful its what they deserve! i lvoe them so much theyre just some dumb boys and its just so <3333333

very impressive to avoid stranger things tbh but i know its just not some ppls thing, they killed off someone i really really loved so im distraughtttt over that but the cooking/yelling show is really good! i love the guy from shameless who's in it and he plays likea super talented cook so im very invested in it zfsasd

i also think fireworks are overrated and they just freak out animals and make squirrels abandon their lil homes and just not worth it imo but they usually have fried dough and im a sucker for that so its a hard choice lmaoo

im glad ur writing! i did see u posting some enhypen stuff i think, tbh i generally glance over fics cause i dont read them but when i see ur url i make like a mental note that ur posting? if that makes sense?

my kpop store is just a record store so they generally have whatever is in the top40 playing os i only ever recognize things from tiktok asxc but omg txt always has such beautiful photobooks! i have a few and god i love them theyre soo nice! plus their last few albums are SO my aesthetic so i just love collecting for them

i hope ur week goes well my angel!

#drm.ask #decembermoonskz

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i8jisoo · 4 years

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𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒 ⇉ skz with pregnant!reader

hyunjin x reader | part four of dad!skz

↬ genre; fluff

↬ warnings; pregnancy, lots of cursing (i have a streak), birth, n kkami bein a meanie

↬ notes; ok this might be my fav in the series | 1.5k wc

u and hyunjin actually were broken up when u found out about the pregnancy

u waited (stalled fuck off) until five months since u really didnt know what to do with the news

u kinda feel like ur insane, playing your ex-boyfriends music constantly and watching interviews of him but it kept u company and gave u a reminder that u still needed to tell him

u got this rly cute popped out bump, just rly kinda like those movies but u know its gonna get bigger and grow to have stretch marks

one day ur just sitting on the sofa of your apartment n the next thing u know ur door is being opened and hyunjin is barging in

ofc ur in a sports bras and a pair of basketball shorts cause they r comfortable and shirts r overrated

ur there with set out marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate, as well as peppermint sticks on the side just eating them together

ur in the middle of eating a smore u had put together

u swallow ur smore slowly, sucking on ur fingertips n just staring at him

“oh my fucking god- and it’s true?”

ur honestly so confused until u remember u dont have on a shirt n ur bump is showing

ur standing up in a millisecond, hyunjin getting more upset by the second just looking at u

“why— how? how could you just not tell me?”

baby boy has those angry tears and the strained voice hes just so upset and the guilt is setting in for u

“i’m five and a half months.”

fuck hormones cause next thing u know ur crying and u cant do anything to make it stop

u guys really can’t be mad at each-other, ur relationship was filled with nothing but kindness and it ended only because u two felt it was going no where

ofc u two argued about it and in the end hyunjin was the one who walked out

“we can try again. you can move back in right? we can stay together and put back the pieces.”

u agreed n by the next morning he was there to help u pack ur things up n take them back to his place

he ends up seeing the box of baby stuff, with unopened bottle packages and sonograms, as well as a disc that was labelled as your 3D ultrasound

u find him just sitting there, staring at the black and white sonogram with tears freely falling down his cheeks

he doesn't even notice u next to him until ur thumb swipes the tear away from his cheek

u two just smile at each-other, his arm wrapping around u n pulling u in to his side

“that’s our baby?” he asks, not removing his eyes from the little white blob that barely was the size of a jaw breaker n u just whispered, “yea, it is.”

ur relationship doesn’t exactly get back into what it was at first,,

ur both nervous and cautious around each other

at first he insists he can just sleep on the couch so u can take his bed but u insist u both can sleep together

hyunjin doesn’t mean to but he somehow always winds up with his arm around u n ur bump every morning

he will talk to the bump n tell them how they r gonna have the best mommy n daddy 🥺

“did u know ur mommy is one of my favorite people to be with? i know ur gonna hear the story one day of how we became parents but i have always loved her, even when we weren’t together i loved your mommy. i hope one day you will love someone as much as i love your mommy, i hope you get your mommy’s personality bub.”

ur fake sleeping wbk but u dont move so u can let him talk

around eight months u two are way more comfortable n are getting closer

he lets u borrow his clothes because u used to do that even when u weren’t pregnant and he figured they were more comfortable & better looking than ur maternity outfits 😣

he rly goes the whole nine yards, buying anything u can think of for the baby n he’ll sometimes wake u up from ur sleep (if he’s rly excited) just so he can show u what he bought

hyunjin is in love with u and kkami cuddling together

also when ur due date got closer u both def went out for walks with kkami or played in the dog park with kkami

(u couldn’t really be as active as hyunjin but it was fine with u just watching)

something within hyunjin changes n he just gets so shy n flustered around u ^.^

he’s crushing so hard on u and u can guess he is but then again u two were just living together for the pregnancy

it’s probably three in the morning n hyunjin had just came home

ofc u were crying

a rly cute dog ad was playing with a baby in it as well :(

u explain n hiccup while doing so

hes so s o f t at this moment

he presses a soft kiss to ur lips n ur like wow thats um—

he doesn’t even care how shocked u r this man goes back in for more kisses

“i want you, i wanna be a real family. i wanna one day marry you, have more babies or get other dogs, that’s all i’ve ever wanted since the day we met.”

enywayz u two r dating,, a g a i n

spooning half of the time during ur last few weeks of pregnancy, but the boys come over frequently n for some reason jeongin is always bringing presents?? its cute but u guys RLY didn’t need anymore toys for the baby

u guys r just cuddling n he’s got one hand on ur bump before ur like

“ow,, fuck that hurt.”

“hey don’t swear around the baby!”

u just suppose it’s a hard kick since the baby had been active a lot recently n the pains had been occurring often

kkami is very cuddly today n he’s giving u kisses

hyunjin lowkey jealous cause kkami doesn’t ever give him kisses like that ⸜( ⌓̈ )⸝

yall ever seen the thing where dogs know pregnant people the best n they can like SENSE something goin on??

well kkami was on it

baby kkami is sniffing u n just restless in ur lap n its a lil weird cause kkami is ALWAYS sleeping or sitting still cause kkami has turned as lazy as u n hyunjin

u have this feeling but instead u just tell hyunjin u gotta pee :P

newsflash: u didnt n as soon as u got up, boom, theres ur water breaking and running down ur leg

“it feels gross.”

ur literally whining about ur pants while a baby is coming out of ur ... hooha 😳 n hyunjin is freaking out

he’s rushing around the rooms n making sure everything is in the bag and nothing gets left behind

last thing on his mind is changing ur clothes

though he does, putting u in his baggy sweatshirt and a pair of his shorts

hes freaking out lets be honest the thought of u giving birth is fuckin scary

hyunjin is so out of it and spaced out while ur cool n talking normally with pauses everytime theres a contraction

“aish, why are you so worried? i’m the one that should be worried!!”

ur not cool after an u hit the four hours in labor mark

u do not want to be t o u c h e d

touching u is off limits ur so sweaty n ur body feels like its crumbling u cannot deal with someone holding ur hand or holding u

hyunjin just sits there

hes kinda in a different realm while he stares at the clock on the wall

hes so ready to meet the baby but apparently ur body was exactly 4 centimetres not ready :(

hes just trying to distract u by talking with the boys n his other friends, all of the face timing to talk to the parents to be 🥺

yall r wrapping up a call with jeongin when u have the built up pressure feeling again

he doesn’t even explain to jeongin hes so quickly to hang up n ask u whats wrong

“i— it feels like i have to push.”

he’s already pressing the pretty lil white button on ur bed for the nurses n doctors

they confirm that u indeed r ready to push and that the baby is in position

hyunjin trying to take a peek WHAT A WEIRDO

yall hearing ur baby has a head full of hair and u just give hyunjin this look

like WTF no wonder why u had so much heartburn its because of ur fuckin rapunzel baby daddy

here comes the cries, loud n u just heard the quietest sob from beside u which was hyunjin

“it’s a baby boy, congrats!!”

his lil puppy baby boy 🥺

he had a lil pout like his daddy n his brown locks on top of his head

it was kinda creepy how similar they looked

anyways u dont care ur lil boy is p e r f e c t and nobody could dare tell yall different

u would disagree anyways because thats ur lil pouty baby boy n hes so cute 🥺

“we got a pretty good break-up story right? one for the books.”

he’s got baby boy in his arms bundled up but that doesn’t stop u from smacking his arm before kissing him quickly

“yea, we do.”

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ana0072 · 4 years

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I DARE EVERYONE TO RANT ABOUT THEIR

@bootyful-seventeen @bruhwheresthekpop @quitehopeful @the-likesofus @aliensrenn @eternal-carat @fyeahsoonhoon @freshbling @jinjinmyworld @junvenescence @joshoooji @jjoshuas @luvhannie @loonalovelace @lilithpooped @my-woozi-happiness @minghowdareu-blog @seventeens-diamond @uwillneverknowwho @wonwuism @yeahmacs

JOURNEY WITH KPOP, I'LL START

My history with kpop started when I was like, 8 and it was, (as of any other 8 year old during that time) because of Exo. But alas, we did not have the luxury of technology and a hand phone back then so I never really got to memorize what they look like, let alone their names. I "liked" them because of my cousin and you know how kids are with people they admire, I wanted my cousin to like me so bad.

Then I didn't see my cousin for a while and generally forgot about Exo because of my short attention span. Then years later, as BTS rose in popularity. I had the displeasure of witnessing a more than unfriendly banter on socials between two different fandoms and I realized how toxic some fandoms are, swore off of kpop. I actually despised it for a while because I hated being a basic bitch that thirsted over some korean guys.

Now I really hate how I was back then.

Then, the day it happened. The year? 2018. My sister introduced me to Seventeen. I reacted negatively to them at first of course, cause I claimed myself an anti towards the general clusterfuck of the kpop industry. But shit the first song she made me listen to just had to be Clap. And the moment my eyes landed on these 13 boys I instantly felt something tug at my heart because 'holy shit how are these guys so pretty?'

I then worked at memorizing their names.

I struggled at first. Obviously.( I couldn't memorize my classmates names and I see them on a daily basis, how the hell am I supposed to know the names of 13 people I've never met before in my life?) The solution was served to me on a silver platter when one day, I stumbled across a seventeen being crackheads video. It was perfect. With these videos, I got to understand these 13 boys better not from an idol perspective, but from a 'they are still humans' one.

For a good few months, I only liked Seventeen. I became a little crazed over them but it was still not crazy enough that I fell in love with them in a romantic sense or anything, I still had a brain mind you. Of course I knew nothing was ever going to happen and I was never going to meet them, least of all marry them. What am I? A sasaeng?

But, it was still only them. I still was aware of the other groups out there. Mostly that one that starts with a B that everyone at my school keeps obsessing over and I frankly find them slightly overrated, but I digress. I started exploring a bit. Expanding my horizon if you will. ONEUS was the next group I found but at the time they still had just debuted and I lost interest in them fairly quickly to my disappointment. (DON'T WORRY THOUGH IM A HARDCORE TO MOON NOW OKAT HWANWOONG THE BADDEZT BITCH) Back to exploring.

Of course if you love Seventeen you would have to know of their husbands, Monsta X. I tell you IM is very good at convincing me. Got7 was next. Fell in love with BamBam. Quickly realized I had a thing for rappers and the second youngest when choosing my bias because, Vernon and Jooheon could not have been a mere coincidence.

Seventeen, MonstaX, Got7, Exo, Kard, Astro, Blackpink, Twice, Red Velvet, Mamamoo, Ateez, TXT, Ikon, Super Junior, Stray Kids. I memorized all of them just for the kicks of it. Quickly became obsessed with all of them fairly quickly too.(Btw mamamoo made me realize I was Bi which was quite an interesting journey.) I even took a liking to the solo artists, like Eric Nam, Kim Samuel, Sunmi all that jazz. Even the actual kpop bands, Onewe, Day6, The Rose, N.flying.

All this, in the span of three years. I still do stay away from the big BTS, I'm just not quite interested in them no matter how much you try to convince me. Nothing against them though, they are quiet nice, I like their music, (but in terms of their faces I onky know what RM looks like) I just really dislike the amount of toxics there are in their fandom.

This year though, I decided to take on the biggest memorizing game of my life, that is the ever growing Neo Culture Technology.

I knew they had many members, I just didn't expect it to be THAT many. I am still struggling though. With Dream mostly. Doesn't mean I don't have problems with the rest. I already have no problem with 127. U is still confusing but I manage. WayV is.....um....

ANYWAYS thats my journey with kpop. I know, this was fucking long but I enjoyed it. I am still at work, memorizing some members and am currently trying to add The Boyz into my never ending list of pretty Korean, Chinese, Japanese, American and Australian men and women. Seventeen are still my number one group though. But stanning them makes me have slightly higher standards for choreos and synchronozations. Oops.

Now, as a multi, I feed off of, (live for essentially), the idols interactions with other groups. Which seriously makes me wish some fandoms would stop fighting cause it is literally helping no one when they fight. Because at the end of the day, these idols work night and day to please us, trained endlessly to get to where they are. And some of them are strapped down by contract to some soul sucking ent. company that sometimes would refuse to give them the tools to further their careers.

By fighting, it wards off potential fans because they think, if the fandom is this bad, what kind of people are the idols? Most of the negativity though is the ones against their idols dating. To which I say, who the fuck cares? Why can't you stand the people you admire be happy? (LIKE HYUNA AND EDAWN AND HEECHUL AND MOMO ARE THE FUCKING CUTEST OKAY) Because lets face it, they aren't going to date you. They never will. That's just reality. Can't you see how miserable they are? So many idols kill themselves due to depression and pressures from fans, how sad is that?

Have you seen Super Junior? Most of them are nearing their fucking 40s and they still aren't married. Thats so fucking depressing. Atrocious doesn't even begin to tell you how I feel about fans fighting for their so called oppas dating. Its irrational. Its insane.

It's apparently my journey with kpop.

#I LITERALLY DARE EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS ME TO TELL ME THEIR STORY #do it ya cowards #kpop #kpop game #kpopidol

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flame-cat · 5 years

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oscar is overrated change my mind

*rubs my gay little goblin hands together* ok

first and foremost- i can understand why people feel that way. hes honestly very poorly written at the moment, but unfortunately i tend to get sucked into loving the characters with the least actual love from the writers (weeps about my constant yearning for a lance arc that never got fulfilled (vld was a dumpster fire))

i think the reason i like him so much is because of the potential he has as a character. people like him mostly because hes a #goodboy but i also firmly believe- as many others do- that theres far more to him, or at least there should be

hes an interesting character because he came into the series so late, was saddled with a responsibility completely unique to him because he essentially had no choice in the matter. hes also the youngest member of the cast. all of these traits make him very compelling

combine that with how FUCKING CUTE he is and well, you get people like me

so, let me list of the traits i think most accurately summarize oscar pine, at least what we know of him so far

1. he’s adaptable

yeah, that one seems pretty self-evident. his whole life got completely turned around and he handled it like a champ. hes also adaptable in the sense that hes a fast learner and a quick thinker- he learned how to fight in the span of a few weeks and in a month he was fighting griffons by himself. thats IMPRESSIVE. we also see how hes a good tactician and capable of thinking on his feet in the most recent fight with cordo- he literally turned around the whole fight by figuring out the mech’s weakness. even ruby and jaune, tacticians extraordinaire, didnt figure that out

oh, and by the way, did i mention hes a FOURTEEN YEAR OLD FARMHAND with ABSOLUTELY NO FORMAL HUNSTMAN SCHOOLING? my dude landed a crashing airship! oz mightve guided him but he still DID THAT

hes also the one to keep the most level head in times of crisis (more on where that comes from later). hes pretty similar to oz in that regard- if something goes wrong hes quick to put aside any of his personal feelings on the matter because thats not whats important right now. i think hes the only person not to lash out at anyone at brunswick (aside from blake). even when people are yelling at and being cold towards him, he does what needs to be done and tries to help where he can, because throwing a fit wont help anyone, regardless of whether or not the others seem to be taking the same route. when he goes missing in argus, too, he comes back with the decision to just. do what needs to be done. he might not like the situation theyre in, he might have felt scared or angry or hurt by jaunes (and qrows) words and actions, but he pushes that aside because thats not important right now

which brings me to my next point

2. he’s selfless

first of all, while it wasnt much of one, he still had a bit of a choice whether or not to do this crazy thing and go meet strangers to save the world. a selfish person wouldve done everything within their power to avoid it. of course he was averse to it at first- he thought he was going crazy! but like, at the end of the day, he pushes that aside because thats not important right now

(if youre sensing a pattern its because there is one)

it could be argued that his determination not to let oz fight for him, even in a situation that oscar was absolutely NOT capable of handling, was selfish. i would have to say i disagree with that, because who the hell wants some ghost in their head to take over their body and probably wreck it pulling off crazy cirque de soleil bullshit moves that knock you out for three days straight?

which brings me to another thing

3. he wants to prove himself

thats the big reason he does these crazy things. he knows hes the underdog here, knows he inexperienced and small and people look down on him- and even though hes scared he still has a sense of pride, a sense of duty. he wants to prove that he can do this. he will put everything on the line, even if it terrifies him, because its what needs to be done and he wants to prove that it CAN be done

a big portion of that comes from his admiration of the others, especially ruby (which is very sweet by the way- hes still a bit starstruck by everyone). in the scene where he confronts ruby about how shes “okay with any of this”, that was the validation he needed to go through with things despite his doubts because guess what? the people he idolizes are scared too, but thats not stopping THEM. so it shouldnt stop him either

which brings me to my favorite trait that is often overlooked-

4. hes stubborn

this kid is so headstrong. the very fact that he was able to overpower oz’s control over his body just to tell the others he was hiding something is a testament to that- we didnt even know that was POSSIBLE before! there are times where hes unsure of himself, but as his confidence has grown hes shown just how much conviction he has in the things he truly believes in. he wants to prove himself and nothing will stand in his way. his whole life is being thrown out the window for the sake of some eons-old war? fine, he’ll do everything he can to fight for what he cares about. he makes the decision to put others before himself. he won’t let someone else do it for him, he won’t let the people he looks up to make him run away, and he wont give up. ever

thats the biggest thing- he DOES. NOT. GIVE UP. EVER. unless hes convinced otherwise- which is very hard to do- hes GOING to do what he has to. he wont let himself be disheartened or beaten down because he just doesnt give up. if he ever truly loses a fight you bet its going to be because he was dragged down kicking and screaming the whole way, he was taken by a cheap shot, or because he took a hit for someone else (because he would do that, no hesitation, not for a second)

did i mention hes FUCKING FOURTEEN?

hes fourteen, and hes proven hes willing to

1. give up everything he knows

2. give up his IDENTITY

3. literally DIE

for what he believes in

HE. IS. A. CHILD.

and heres where things get really interesting

because, like, think back to when you were 14. the world is scary, you dont know who you are or what you want to be, and most importantly youre just learning about how your actions affect other people. this stage of your life makes you incredibly volatile because, and this is just child psychology, your worldview has just barely expanded beyond the self. the way you perceive the world is still shadowed by how YOUR actions affect others- other contributing factors dont lend themselves to scrutiny easily

that means you blame yourself

a lot

and now think about this- at this stage in your life, if your identity is stripped away from you, if people treat you like youre no one, directly tell you youre not your own person, take your autonomy, and treat you badly? if they hurt you or accuse you of things?

you start to think they might be right

i dont think oscars apparent acceptance of this situation is because he thinks things are ok. its less acceptance and more resignation

he does what he has to because he doesnt matter

he isnt important right now

and ok, you might think this is diving into fanon, and thats fine! you dont have to agree with me

but the facts are there, and the facts are hes pretty much been told over and over again that he, his feelings, and his identity are of no consequence in the face of what “needs to be done”, and hes resigned to that

and frankly, that reminds me a lot of a certain self-destructive blond (who gets a lot more screentime than i personally care for but thats all one)

“If I die buying them time, then it’s worth it. They’re the ones that matter.”

frankly, the fact that it was jaune himself who cornered oscar like that in chapter 8, and it was the very next chapter where his grief and self-destruction met its resolution, tells me that he may be instrumental in oscars eventual admittance to the same thought process

which would be a cool way to show jaunes growth as well- hed be confronted with a mirror of himself and have to show why he was wrong

i really do hope this is the route the writers take, especially if they decide to echo the very same line but this time from oscar. that would be very cool

ANYWAY this was longer than i thought it would be ;w; hope ive successfully converted you to the oscar love corner!

#oscar pine #rwby #rwby meta #rt animation #jaune arc #in the life #pls-send-me-help-21 #ask

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th ntd stts prt 2

Delaware does not exist

Pennsylvania does not exist also it is where the magic treehouse series takes place

new jersey does not exist but it has the highest population density you think

Georgia has barbed wire fences between the yard of your grandma’s house and the cattle fields behind it. you climb the fence to pet a cow and the owner of the ranch comes out immediately holding a large rifle. your grandma hands you a gun wrapped in a blanket which you previously thought held curtain rods. she tells you it is the same gun which Oswald shot the president from the book depository with. you know what to do.

Connecticut does not exist you always forget where it goes on the map when your 5th period English teacher requires you to draw the entire united states by memory

Massachusetts does not exist Pittsburgh Massachusetts

Maryland does not exist but it does have some nice gardens

south Carolina is a place where you vaguely remember meeting a very large turtle?

new Hampshire does not exist and you always got it mixed up with

Virginia does not exist it is also the state where the largest earthquake in history occurred you think. you are not certain as you have not checked that fact since fourth grade.

new york does not exist. the triangle shirtwaist factory fire brought new standards of safety regulations to America. what a tragedy it was.

north Carolina is where you store your plane station. the only thing to buy at your plane station is large cups of fruit. buy those fruit cups.

Rhode island does not exist

Vermont does not exist but it is where the book nature girl takes place which is the first book you ever did a report on in middle school. you were so proud of the report when you read it the entire class applauded and cried. your teacher then told you you should quit 6th grade and live in the dome in the desert from the first season of Roswell.

kentooki is the homeland of the chicken in surfs up who inexplicably has a burning passion for surfing after his father’s untimely death

Tennessee is just a vague memory at this point. you are lucky to remember it. most people get hunted down by the Tennessee memory erasing skunk apes as soon as they leave.

Ohio is where you first drove a tractor. it was in your grandpa's backyard next to one of the sheds but not on the farm territory itself.

Louisiana does not exist but apparently according to the magic treehouse series it’s super haunted.

Indiana is THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE

Mississippi does not exist but your dad lived there in the 70s

Illinois is where you saw your 6th ufo in your life. you were flying over lake Michigan, about to land at the O’Hare International Airport on May 27th, 2017. you watched the clouds outside your airplane window as three yellow lights in a triangular formation flew into your sight, they hovered for a few seconds but were soon gone.

Alabama is a place you have been but your memories have been erased.

***also, have y’all heard witch’s rune by S.J. Tucker because that's a real good song. *****

Maine does not exist except for in your 3rd-grade math class where you graphed the weather in both Portlands.

Missouri is the most popular launch point for the Oregon Trail, Independence, Missouri. 1861 was the year in which the most people traveled the Oregon trail although at that point most people were going to California.

Arkansas exists but does it really? how confident are you in your memories of Arkansas.

Michigan is nothing to you but a series of dark hillside roads.

Florida is where you learned to talk. you wished you did not later but then you are glad you did. you sit in a dark room. it is not really dark but you choose to remember it as being dark because our memories are all basically fake anyways. you are playing with blocks in your living room while your grandparents sit at a table talking quietly. you overhear that your brother was born in St. Petersberg. there was a birth complication but that's ok because you are two and you don’t know what that means. at the hospital, there is a playroom for the kids there. there is a boy playing a Mario game there. it is the first time you have seen a video game. there is a rainbow bean bag in the corner. you choose not to sit on it and manage to wander out of the room and there is a tv in the waiting room you are in. they are still talking about Katrina. you are glad the hurricane you were in was not Katrina.

Texas is a place you wish you did not remember

Iowa is a place you only remember by its bordering fireworks sales. that’s how you know your leaving a state.

Wisconsin is overrated in your opinion

California is the first time your brother slept in a tent. unfortunately, your dad forgot the rain cover for your tent and so your tent floods at 2 in the morning in the middle of the redwoods and you sleep in the car instead.

Minnesota has the best airport you have ever been to. why the heck do they have ipads everywhere that you can just use for free? Like you don’t know if they still have them since you haven’t been there since 2010 or 11 but still.

Oregon is where you convinced all your friends that you were all witches and there was a horde of black snakes which live and travel through the wires. it is also where you went to school so that makes sense. it is also where you were camping and you got mad at your parents when you were like 12 so you ran off into the woods and you met faeries for the first time and they convinced you to go back to your campsite and were generally really nice even though faeries really get a bad rap from Tumblr. and anyways, it’s also where you saw your first ufo and its also where you were abducted by aliens for the first time.

Kansas honestly means nothing to you. you don’t even remember it. if you don’t remember it is it even real?

west Virginia doesn’t exist.

Nevada is where you launched a road trip once. it’s also where you went on route 66 for the first time. you got into a Hilton inn at like 2:06 am and you left at 6:27 the next morning so you barely spent any time at that hotel. you went to wet n’ wild Las Vegas afterward and it was really fun but unfortunately, you almost fell off of that one really steep slide because you barely met the weight requirement and you were really dumb and you jumped into it instead of sliding into it like a smart person.

Nebraska is an underrated state in your opinion. It is where you got your own room key at a best western in Ogalala in room 212. the pool had just been refilled so it was really cold but you swam in it anyways because you’re like that. there was a dragonfly in the pool and you saved it and after it dried off it repaid you for saving its life by playing a game with you since your dad refused to get in the pool because it was so cold. you raced the dragon fly around the pool and you quickly became friends. later that afternoon you couldn’t find the ice and so you asked it and it led you to it.

Colorado is where you bought some really good bread this one time in 2014. You also drove through there on a different occasion and you thought it was really pretty but you were also really distracted by a coloring book your grandma gave you.

North Dakota doesn’t exist

South Dakota is where you bought your favorite book as a young child about the conservation of the black footed ferrets. you also took lots of foggy pictures of Mount Rushmore on a disposable camera.

Montana is where you stopped at a haunted rest stop. it didn’t explicitly say it was a haunted rest stop but the faeries in the trees told you it was.

Washington is where you caught your first lizard. you were hiking on a trail in the gorge and you saw a stream nearby and there was a fallen tree across it and on top there was a blue-tailed skink.

in Idaho You collected your first Hag Stone along the banks of Snake river.

****Wonders by S.J. Tucker is also a very good song******

Wyoming is where you became friends with a stag which was stood on top of a hill which you then climbed after it and found it was looking for water since it was new to the area. you led it to your uncle’s river and in return it promised to help you and it did help you by leading you to a berry bush which had really good huckleberries.

Utah is where you stayed along the salt lake and you watched the sun set over a field of horses.

Oklahoma is somewhere you’ve been but you don’t remember being in.

New mexico is where you swam in a pool in the middle of nowhere long into the night and you were able to see the stars which are normally blocked by portland’s light pollution or currently it’s horrid wildfires. It was beautiful.

Arizona is where you hiked along a worryingly narrow area of the grand canyon.

Alaska does not exist.

Hawaii is a place I really miss if only for its passionfruit. man does it have really good passionfruit. @bbyrealm you go there a lot sneak me passionfruit thats really good back. you might want to ignore this though because its 2 am right now and that means it took me 2 hours to write this post.

#tag which state you live in and if its accurate #tag yourself #you might want to ignore florida because that one gets weird #all of these are based on true stories #very loosely based #im in oregon #america #God Bless America #united states

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65 Relationship Questions

1: Do you have a crush at the moment? *chuckles* mhm.. 2: Have you ever been deeply in love? yes. well...at least at the time, I thought that I was. 3: Longest relationship you’ve ever been in? about 10 months..although there was a break in between but still..longest one 4: Have you ever changed for someone? ya and I hate that I did that and I never want to put myself in that position ever gain 5: How is your relationship with your ex? I have 4 exes. Two of them I don't talk to anymore. One of them is my best friend. One of them.. *shrugs*.. we don't talk often. 6: Have you ever been cheated on? I'm not sure... *shrieks* I suspected it one time, but I guess I'll never know. it was a long time ago, not really affected by it, he was a douche anyways. 7: Have you ever cheated? absolutely not, never will..well I mean i'm human so I guess I should "never say never." But i'm 99.999% sure I wouldnt lol 8: Would you date someone who’s well known for cheating? surely not, I couldnt handle that 9: What’s the most important part of a relationship? a lot of things really. there's not one thing that I could say is "most important." Of course honesty and respect are up there. Also just loving each other exactly the way you are. They should be themself and you should be yourself... if that ever changes, or you feel you can't be yourself, it's not meant to be. 10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings? both I guess. but if I had to pick, what I want most, would be something serious. 11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on “breaks”?*sighs* that requires a long answer that I just don't feel like typing. 12: How many people have you ever hooked up with? it really depends on your definition of hooking up with but if we're talking kissing...4. 13: What’s one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship? Not being up myself. or not leaving sooner. 14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex? *sighs* i don't know man. hard to say these days. I mean it's weird cause I'll read a 14 year old saying they had sex and I gasp but then I realize..my first sexual experience was at the same age. I guess it's different for everyone though. it's only human 15: Do you believe in the phrase “age is just a number”? mostly, yes 16: Do you believe in “love at first sight”? I never know how to answer that 17: Do you believe it’s possible to fall in love on the internet? yes, for sure 18: What do you consider a deal breaker? um idk really. i'm not a judgemental person, i'm very open minded. however, i'm not a fan of drugs. I don't know if I could be with someone who does them but like I said I have an open mind. also cheating..for sure a deal breaker. and just, if you're an all around douche lol 19: How do you know it’s time to end a relationship? usually, you just know 20: Are you currently in a relationship? no 21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends? absolutely. i dated my best friend before. it didn't work out..but we're still closer than ever..going on like 10 years as bff's 22: Do you think people should date their friends? sure. I think the best basis for a relationship is friendship 23: How many relationships have you had? 4 24: Do you think love can last forever? yes 25: Do you believe love can conquer all things? I do. call my stupid or crazy. but, I do. 26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn’t approve of? absolutely not. my parents seem to have bad judgement with that. cause in the past, they've disliked someone I really liked. and they really liked the guy that was one the biggest assholes i've ever met. 27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be? I know I keep saying this but... just be yourself. 28: Do you think long distance relationships can work? absolutely! I actually enjoy them a lot from what i've experienced 29: What do you notice first about another person? usually smile or hair 30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual? I say I'm bi a lot. but pretty sure at this point I should just say I'm gay. but idk... I'm all about the person you are so *shrugs* women are amazing tho lol 31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness? nope, I would relate 32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship? borderline...verbally/mentally/emotionally 33: Do you want to get married one day? maybe 34: What do you think about getting your partner’s name tattooed?probably..I honestly couldn't ever get something like that. too dangerous for me lol 35: Could you be in a relationship without sex? ugh... let me write an essay on that lol i tend to attract asexual people when like..i'm not asexual in the slightest. like eh... I like sex. XD 36: Are you still a virgin? no 37: What’s more important: Looks or personality? personality. although I think it's important to have at least a certain level of physical attraction. 38: Do you enjoy love films? absolutely! 39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses? both 40: Have you ever had a valentine? ya. overrated kinda lol sounds bad but like idk... I think i'm the type where I love making spontaneous moments special, and creating special days apart from holidays. 41: What’s your imagination of a “perfect date”? it really depends. in general, I just like it to be something simple that allows us to just be focused on each other and have good conversation. 42: Have you ever read “Romeo & Juliet”? uhh i'm pretty sure....i can't remember for some reason lol 43: What’s more important: Your partner or your friends? best friends are always important. but I'd say your partner should be your #1 44: Would you consider yourself “romantic”? lol..way too much 45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends? yep 46: Have you ever been “friendzoned”? *sighs* yup lol 47: Which “famous couple” is your favorite? Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton... shefani for life <3 lol 48: What’s your favorite love song? oh gosh, want me to make a whole damn list 49: Have you ever broken someone’s heart? ya.. a few times. oops lol 50: If you’re single, why do you think you are? cause someone just couldn't understand me and love me for me but that's alright. i deserve someone who does 51: Would you rather date someone who’s rich but a douchebag or someone who’s poor but a nice guy? poor nice guy all the way! 52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships? ya i should be a fucking therapist lol 53: Are you jealous of couples when you’re single? nah. I mean i'll think to myself, "they're cute" but i mean idk..can't explain it. 54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on facebook)? I mean it's not a make or break it thing but..i'd like to have it that way if they were cool with it 55: Would you consider yourself “clingy”, “overly attached” or “jealous”? eh i mean i'm not the jealous type. and i guess i can be clingy and overly attached but not in like an unhealthy posessive way. more just likein the sense, i like snuggles and affection 56: Have you ever “destroyed” a relationship? eh..i wouldn't put it like that. certainly not destroyed. i might have ended it cause it wasn't good for me..but they destroyed it not me 57: Do you think it’s silly to consider suicide because of a broken heart? I wouldn't say silly. but like...that's no reason to get down about your own self. ya it will hurt. but you shouldn't put such an unhealthy sort of dependence on someone 58: Are you the “dominant” or the “submissive” part in a relationship? typically, dominant 59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner’s birthday or your anniversary? noo way 60: What’s your opinion on open relationships? it's not for me, but to each their own 61: Who’s more important: Your partner or your family? : yikes thats a hard question. because at somepoint, they become like your family. and sometimes..they're there for you more than your family 62: How do you define “cheating”? doing something behind that persons back that they wouldn't approve of 63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate? ya that's fine by me lol as long as it's fine with them 64: Do you think Valentine’s Day is overrated? ya it's not really my thing. like i'd spoil my girl but like i said earlier, i just prefer making random days special 65: Would you consider yourself a “cuddler”? helllll yesssss

#relationships #relationship questions #relationship surveys #relationship survey #long surveys

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Passion is overrated 7 habits that you need instead

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Its common wisdom. Near gospel really, and not just among young people and founders. Across generational lines, sentiments like those from Steve Jobs 2005 commencement at Stanford have been engraved into our collective consciousness:

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

In other words, follow your passion. Theres just one problem: Follow your passion is dangerous advice.

Thats a troubling claim, but it comes straight from Cal Newports investigation into the details of how passionate people like Steve Jobs really got started as well as what scientists say predicts happiness and fuels great accomplishment.

Newports not alone. In recent years, a host of leaders, academics, and entrepreneurs have all come to the same startling conclusion: nearly everything youve been told about following your passion is wrong.

Here are seven habits you need instead.

1. Not passion, purpose

Ryan Holiday, author of Ego Is the Enemy:

Your passion may be the very thing holding you back from power or influence or accomplishment. Because just as often, we fail with no, because of passion. [P]urpose deemphasizes the I. Purpose is about pursuing something outside yourself as opposed to pleasuring yourself.

Until about a century ago, passion was a dirty word. Classical philosopher like Socrates and Marcus Aurelius saw passion as a liability not an asset: an insatiable and destructive force. Why?

Chiefly because passion is dangerously self-centered. In fact, our own modern descriptions of passion betray this inward bend: I want to [blank]. I need to [blank]. I have to [blank]. In most cases, whatever word finishes those sentences regardless of how well meaning it might be is overshadowed by the first.

Purpose, on the other hand, is about them, not me. It reorients our focus onto the people and causes were trying to reach, serve, help, and love. In The Happiness Hypothesis, psychologist Jonathan Haidt describes this pursuit as a striving to get the right relationships between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself. If you get these relationships right, a sense of purpose and meaning will emerge.

Passion makes us bigger. Purpose connects us to something bigger and in doing so makes us right sized.

2. Not passion, picking

Shaa Wasmund, author of Stop Talking, Start Doing:

No is a far more powerful word than Yes. Every Yes said out of obligation or fear takes time away from the things and people we love. When an opportunity appears connected with your passion, its even trickier. Instead of snatching up everything that might get your closer to the life you want, give yourself the space to pick carefully.

Good is the enemy of great. Thats how Jim Collins put it anyway. Learning to say No is easily one of the most vital skills we can cultivate. And yet, even if youve mastered No to the obvious stuff, passion rears its head.

The blinding effect of passion leads us unthinkingly into projects and meetings that, in truth, are dead ends. Worse, they sap time and energy that would otherwise move us forward. When Tim Ferriss asked journalist Kara Swisher what message shed put on a billboard for millions to see, her answer was a single word, Stop.

And thats what picking is all about: slow down, pause, evaluate, weigh, and only then make a clear-headed choice. Picking involves, first, putting a time buffer on our decisions, particularly decisions that appear connected with your passion. Second, running our choices by an objective third party: a friend or colleague who can call out our blind spots.

Sleep on it. Reach out. The sun will rise tomorrow. And be ruthless with your Nos.

3. Not passion, practice

Angela Duckworth, author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance:

After youve discovered and developed interest in a particular area, you must devote yourself to the sort of focused, full-hearted, challenge-exceeding-skill practice that leads to mastery. You must zero in on your weaknesses, and you must do so over and over again, for hours a day, week after month after year.

We all love shortcuts. The allure of getting more by doing less is seductive. But are there times when doing more equals more? Absolutely.

The classic illustration comes from David Bayles and Ted Orlands Art and Fear where a ceramics teacher divided his class into two groups. The first was told theyd be graded on quality. The other, quantity. To get an A, the quantity group was required to produce fifty pounds of clay pots. Not exactly an artistically inspired assignment. And yet, when grading time came, a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity.

What accounted for this reversal of expectations?

Easy: while the quality group held back laboring under perfectionism the quantity group got busy. They practiced. And thats good news. If greatness came down to passion or worse, talent then itd be reserved for only a select few. Practice means greatness is doable one tiny step after another.

4. Not passion, planning

Liran Kotzer, CEO of Woo.io:

Passion is indeed very important, but what most people don’t know is whats needed to achieve their true potential. Whether its to acquire new skills, get a promotion, or achieve what they want, it all starts with having a plan based on real data and real-world options.

The only word less sexy than practice is planning. And yet planning is a golden thread woven through the lives of artists, leaders, and entrepreneurs alike. The trick here is that plans need not be grandiose. Rather, they shouldnt be.

Optimism is wonderful when it comes to our dreams. However, when it comes to whats next the nitty-gritty actions thatll get us there optimism kills. Infected with passion, our plans lose touch with reality. We overestimate strengths and underestimate challenges. Beyond the real data and real-world options, we build castles in the sky. Thats one of the reasons platform like Woo, which lets you get feedback from companies and headhunters anonymously, are so valuable.

Where passion disconnects us from reality, planning especially planning of the SMART goal and number-crunching variety drives home the true state of affairs.

That true state rescues us from false expectations, show stoppers, and resentment. As a good friend of mine likes to say, The question when youre trying to bring a dream into reality shouldnt be, What going to go right? It should be, Whats going to go wrong?

5. Not passion, positioning

Jason Stone, founder of Millionaire Mentor Inc.:

Passion can only take you so far. After that, if you don’t have the skills, the tools, the resources, the knowledge, and the track-record to move forward, take risks, and expand. Otherwise, you wont be able to position yourself as an authority. Positioning is key to make sure you are ready when opportunity strikes!

Humans are associative creatures. We think and act not in isolation but by comparing and contrasting.

The basic approach of positioning, wrote Al Ries and Jack Trout in Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, is not to create something new and different, but to manipulate whats already up there in the mind, to retie the connections that already exist. This is especially true when it comes to how other people see us.

Passionate people often come off as self-inflated. Theyre legends in their own minds. Positioning means leveraging who you are and what youve done as a springboard to whats next. It embraces the associate nature of other people and while it still leaves room for confidence acknowledges that how others perceive us is more real, at least to them, than how we see ourselves.

6. Not passion, peripheral

Troy Osinoff, author of My Bad Parent: Do As I Say, Not as I Did:

People that think they completely understand their world are the most susceptible to overlook new opportunities. Peripheral is about establishing an unwavering curiosity to use your existing knowledge in uncovering new patterns and trends both for the sake of your personal development as well as the success of your business or career.

Passion makes us myopic. We become so focused on the desire inside us, we lose sight of whats around us. Objectivity the ability to see the world as it truly is atrophies in the blinding light of passion.

Adopting a peripheral perspective forces us to examine the margins. It widens our view. Rather than rush headlong into disaster, were able to spot not just the pitfalls but the opportunities we would have otherwise missed.

How? By cultivating curiosity. Questions like, What am I missing? What am I ignoring? Who could give me a fresh take? are vital in every area of life. Likewise, so is putting ourselves in new situations, reading books outside our passions, and intentionally pursuing people who have nothing to do with what it is we think we want.

7. Not passion, perseverance

Brian D. Evans, founder of Influencive and Inc. 500 Entrepreneur:

The person who calls themselves a student is more a master than those who try to wear the title. Get up when you get knocked down. Come back stronger, faster, and (above all) smarter. The constant desire to learn and overcome has helped me achieve everything. You must persevere.

Although it might sound odd, perseverance is as much about putting in effort as it is battling ego. Drunk on passion, masters are doomed to repeat failures in the name of pushing through. In contrast, students do more than hone their craft; they learn from their mistakes.

Asked if the Patriots historic comeback in Super Bowl LI was his greatest game ever, Tom Brady replied: [W]hen I think of an interception return for a touchdown, some other missed opportunities in the first 37, 38 minutes of the game, I dont really consider playing a good quarter-and-a-half, plus overtime as one of the best games ever but it was certainly one of the most thrilling.

Certainly Brandy persevered, and itd be nice if that guaranteed success. But sometimes you wont come back to win it. At least, not in the moment. Jobs will be lost. Pitches turned down. Relationships ended. And reviews harsh.

Failure, however, isnt just an inevitable stepping stone toward success. Rejection is part of success itself. As Louis CK put it to a budding comedian, The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time and, if you dont give up, you will get better.

Is passion a bad thing?

Understood rightly, no. But as the be-all-and-end-all? Yes.

Cal Newports prescription was skill: passion is the result of excellence, not its source.

Far from a magic bullet, passion can mislead us, blind us, and even turn us in on ourselves. Newport was right: Follow your passion might just be terrible advice. Thankfully, these seven habits put passion in its place so that the fire Jobs spoke of doesnt burn out but endures.

Aaron Orendorff is the founder of iconiContent and a regular contributor at Entrepreneur, Lifehacker, Fast Company, Business Insider and more. Connect with him about content marketing (and bunnies) on Facebook or Twitter.