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I was thinking about how Alucard reacts to sunlight and it triggered my neurodivergent Alucard headcanon where it's not harmful to him but it's like when autistic people touch a texture that gives them full-body shivers
edwin and charles are literally unreal unearth by hozier, that album was written for by and about them
Being Big Red
Rise Ramblings #312
In “What Was Meant To Be” and “What They Became,” I discuss how the turtles were created by Draxum to be weapons and then how the boys were embraced by Splinter to be a part of the Hamato clan.
I also discussed how Splinter viewed television as a window into his former life. He used television as a means to drown himself in a never-ending cycle of reminiscing the past and mourning his former self.
Splinter’s crushing depression, though never voiced, impacted the turtles’ emotional growth and development. As a result, all four brothers had to cope with their father’s lack of attention and his expectations for their lives in their own way…
However, I believe that no one had more pressure placed on them than Raphael Hamato.
Raphael is naturally easy-going, sweet, fun-loving, and supportive. But, as the oldest/biggest turtle, he became the impromptu leader of their little team by default. Consequently, he takes on several different roles for the sake and well-being of his family.
Their day-to-day training regimen is directed completely by him.
He is the boys' moral compass and who they go to for guidance.
He's the team’s backbone, support, and backup, which often cumulates in him acting as a physical shield when things get rough.
And, most significantly, Raph is the leader even when he himself wants nothing more than to crumble to pieces.
Raph is so physically imposing, strong-willed, and devastatingly kind-hearted that it’s easy to expect these roles from him.
But, Raph is also just a child.
In reality, these roles should never have been Raph’s to bear…
Parentification is a process in which a child or adolescent is forced to act as a parent to their siblings (or to their actual parent) through providing emotional support (Emotional Parentification) or physical support (Instrumental Parentification) in order to maintain the household.
I believe that Raphael was subjected to both, but was especially subjected to the former.
All of the roles described above are the roles of a supportive parent to their children (or Sensei to their students.) To verify this claim, you needn’t look further than the roles that Splinter encompassed in any other iteration.
With Raph, none of this responsibility comes naturally. He has to work hard to live up to the pressures and expectations placed onto him, resulting in a dissonance between his responsibilities and his true nature.
I believe that you can see the evidence of this dissonance in his chosen form of dress.
Have you noticed that when Raph casually dresses himself, he mostly wears white?
Even Donnie picked up on this trend when he chose outfits for his brother in "The Clothes Don't Make The Turtle." (See "The Fashionista" for a full breakdown on Donnie's impeccable fashion sense.✨)
Yet, when Raphael is filling a role, or dressing to impress others, Red is his automatic go-to.
It’s almost as if the title of “The Red One” was not one that he chose, but one that was merely placed onto him.
But I digress...
Raph is able to be a pseudo-parent to his brothers and serves to fill in the gaps that their actual father could not fill. However, with no outlet for his own insecurities, all of that pressure had no relief.
And, if you understand chemistry, pressure, with no release, creates an explosion.
“Acting out” is an unhealthy defense mechanism in which one expresses their unacceptable feelings through physical actions.
In this case, the "unacceptable feeling" is disappointment, not at his brothers, or with his father, or with any external force, but with himself. And with no outlet and with no one to turn to for support, that disappointment turns into red hot anger.
He’s so disappointed with himself, in fact, that he reaches his breaking point.
Then finally, finally, he opens up.
And at long last, he gets the support he so desperately needed.
Thus, he is able to ultimately let it all go...
It's so lovely to see that his family does not disappoint.
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Gotta love them. 🤣
No really, I've always loved these tiny bits before Central Park, don't know why but here we are. In case anyone wants to see the whole thing, here it is. Artie was in great shape that night, uh?
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No you're right he legit is a puppy- biggest motivation is food, hyperactive, looks adorable, bouncy and loud, will follow you around like a shadow...
I accept that Can is afraid of Thunder
The only reason this isn’t canon is because they never showed any thunderstorms in LBC, tbh
one of my favorite details in asoiaf is how fucking mean gendry is. like this piss poor fucking peasant doesn’t give a shit who you are or how high born you are.
when ned goes to see him in AGOT and all gendry is worried about is if ned will try and take his helmet and tells him he can’t have it. this is literally the kings hand does gendry care … NOPE!
edric in ASOS literally barely speaking to him and gendry already doesn’t like him (bro was jealous for no reason arya could careless about him and edric wasn’t interested).
when brienne in AFFC goes to give gendry food and hasn’t done anything to make gendry not like her and he calls her ugly and tells her to fuck off. bonus when he just talks shit about robert calling him a fat drunk king.
then whenever it’s aryas chapters he’s still moody but so much nicer to her.
god i love this silly little angry guy.
Your work has been a gift to mankind. You shaped the century. And I need you to do it one more time. Society’s at a tipping point between order and chaos. And tomorrow morning, we’re going to give it a push. But, if you don’t do your part, I can’t do mine. And HYDRA can’t give the world the freedom it deserves. THE WINTER SOLDIER • Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014—)
RB this if you're a blog that loves Eddie Diaz BUT doesn't post hate about Tommy Kinard, or you know blogs that are like this. Eddie girlies (gn) who also ship Bucktommy/ like Tommy Kinard are going Through It™️ right now. It just feels like there's not many Eddie friendly blogs that don't also post rancid takes about Tommy.
Bible in Be On Cloud Voyage | EP1 Singapore : Universal Studio
no WAY they have matching pfps now
u know uve reached peak blorbo understanding when you sound like a hater to the stans and like a stan to the haters
I rambled so much in the tags but also oh my god LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS ART IS!!!!!! LOOK!!!!!
We all were so scared of vassago but then the "better than blitz" guy showed up
i'm sorry if i ever did or said anything that implied that you're welcome to talk badly about stanford pines in my posts. my blog is his monarchy, and he reigns supreme