you ever just sit and realise u can’t remember 80% of your childhood? like … what happened? who am i ..?
Many people in the comments are saying “trauma”, but this is actually a very normal occurrence. It’s called Childhood Amnesia, and it’s a process which, as the brain reorganizes itself for cognitive thought that is developed in late childhood, it changes the Accessibility of those memories during recall. Many childhood memories are available to the person, but they will not be remembered during regular recall activity, you have to “trick” your brain into remembering with different tactics.
This is because there are two parts to memories – their encoding and their recall. The encoding determines their availability, their recall determines their accessibility. The reason why trauma memory and childhood amnesia are different is in this distinction. Trauma memory is often encoded differently, bypassing to the limbic system where it is stored as intrinsic memory. It can’t be recalled because it was never encoded. Childhood amnesia, however, seems to indicate that the memories are encoded, but we lose access to them as we age. This is most likely due to the development of brain structures that fundamentally change our encoding and recall of memory as we get older.
This is an important distinction, because trauma memory is “stored in the body”, i.e. you get triggers that send your body into a cascade of uncontrollable feelings, sensations and reactions. Whereas childhood memories won’t generally do that, they are just recalled at odd times with odd associations.
reblogging this because I’ve legit seen people freaking out when they realised they can’t remember some of their childhood, thinking they might have some repressed trauma.
I had a very interesting match yesterday. I feel like what I saw doesn’t just reflect on TF2, but somewhat on gaming as whole.
I’ll keep it short to get to my point without too much preamble – basically someone took it upon himself to be as unpleasant as possible to me, calling me every slur he could think of and consistently claiming that he sincerely hated my guts. I’m fairly used to this, so luckily I wasn’t too bothered.
He used the mic for an entire round, and was then autobalanced so he started typing it out instead. (He was almost bottom scoring because he spent so much of his time typing.) He had a couple of friends that joined in with him, and although two people told him to calm down a bit, no-one really said anything.
I said nothing to him throughout all of this, apart from a couple of jokes – when he was autobalanced I said ‘I’ll miss you’, but nothing too sarcastic. I still gave call outs and thanked my medics.
After about 15 minutes, he left the server, calling me a few more names just for good measure.
Instantly, about five people on my team started telling me that I was ‘such a nice player’, ‘I wish there were people like you in Dota’, ‘You’re the best’, someone went medic just to heal me, and someone just straight up said they loved me. The change was.. Astounding.
For the next two matches there was a massive atmosphere of positivity. “I genuinely love this team”, “I wish I could friend all of you!” We all started properly working as a team, and I think we did much better because of it. Just from one person being positive, as soon as these players feel like they don’t have to be unpleasant, they stop.
TL;DR especially in a game like TF2, people are scared to say what they really think. At heart most of us are good people, and that’s equally true in-game. I love this community, it’s brought me so much joy, and I’d happily sit through any amount of bs for it.
Apologies for how cheesy this is but I’m still slightly feels-y, it was just so sweet
A fun reminder that Aang was a terrifyingly powerful Avatar.
Most Avatars are informed of their newfound destinies at the age of 16 to begin their training. Because of the approaching war Aang was told of his status at the age of 12. He had already mastered airbending, and in the span of a year he mastered the other three elements, the avatar state, and energybending. He also learned lightning redirection and seismic sense (a technique no previous Avatar had even encountered). In the span of a year.
prince zuko got you all out here thinking every dark haired antagonist boy is gonna do right in the end when zuzu was the exception not the rule
I really wish it weren’t though? I think it’s really telling that a lot of people like redemption arcs because we want to see people be good despite their pasts. The fact that there are so little redemption arcs in media is very upsetting because it just sends the message that people can’t change which we know is not true. I absolutely don’t mean this for characters like Kylo Ren though lol
Redemption arcs are hard and Zuko’s was successful for a couple of reasons:
1) Zuko wasn’t the worst character in the Fire Nation. From really early on it was shown that, compared to Zhao, Azula, and other Fire Nation leaders, Zuko was consistently more noble. He tried to be a good person and do the right thing, even when doing so led to him suffering for his actions.
2) Zuko suffered for his mistakes. He suffered when he turned away from Iroh, he suffered when he betrayed Iroh, and he suffered even after his face turn. There were consequences for his mistakes; he didn’t get off scot free because his childhood was hard. He was still held accountable by the narrative and made to take responsibility for the wrongs he did.
3) Zuko made tangible amends to the people he hurt. He rescued Hakoda, helped Katara get closure, and became Aang’s firebending master. He put in work to make up for the things he did and rebuild bridges with his new allies.
Most redemption narratives fail because the guilty party is guilty of much greater crimes than failing to capture the hero, never works to make amends, and never suffers for their mistakes. You wanted to see Zuko redeem himself because he had the capacity, wanted to do the work, and paid dearly for his mistakes.
Beautiful big almond eye, realistic and full of expression as she gazes gently at you. Elbowed antennae and delicately segmented legs and body. Gorgeous pearlescent sheen like she is glowing. This ant moisturizes. This ant is round and huggable. This ant is a star. 11/10.
Beautifully detailed, lifelike pose but with an unexpected neck and odd antennae, perhaps scared straight. Her eyes suggest she has seen things. Her expression confirms she has seen too much. She is haunted and I want to know more. 7/10.
Floppy antenna, pointy muppet face, oddly posed legs. What is she? She has no waist. May be she is some kind of bee in disguise? I find her unsettling. 3/10.
This ant has an unexplained, double-jointed thorax, and no evidence of a waist. Her four-footed pose suggests that she a centaur rather than an ant. Centaur ants would be cool. I’m not sure what was intended here. 2/10.
Good first impression, kind of bland in the details. This ant has no particular waist to speak of, floppy rather than elbowed antennae, and an inexpressive face. Her color scheme is soft and hazy. I like the sharp angles of her stylishly sophisticated legs. This ant may not know quite were she is going, but she knows how she is getting there. 6/10.
Were you even trying. 0/10
Gasp! This ant is elegant. This ant has a beautiful tapered thorax, a segmented abdomen, alert, elbowed antennae, and a light-footed pose. This ant’s face suggests curiosity and a desire to explore the world. This ant inspires me. I want to be like her. 10/10
3-legged, waistless centaur-ant with strange, limp antennae and a beak. I don’t know what this is? It kind of reminds me of a Hork-Bajir. 1/10, not an ant.
This ant… makes me sad. All of her legs are broken. The MS Paint art style and gradient abuse convey distress. She has a duck beak. Despite this, her expression suggests perseverance and determined cheerfulness. I want this ant to have a better life. I am rooting for her. 3/10
This ant is a bold and challenging mixture of photorealism and caricature. She is broad and low-built and seems very sturdy. She looks like she would help you move. This ant is a dependable friend. 9/10
A picture of an ant from a children’s book. She is wearing little boots. This ant is wrong in every way, and yet I can’t stay mad at her. 7/10
An interesting, top-down view of an ant; her legs are positioned with slightly jarring symmetry. Nevertheless, her overall impression is that of a graceful, stylized design, like a pictograph. She is suitable for adorning fine garments and jewelry or perhaps gracing the walls of a tiny ant church. I like this minimalist ant. 8/10.
An EXCELLENT animation joke here! Please note that all of this has been animated on 1’s(which is to say that each drawing is only being held for 1 frame), where most anime is animated on 3’s(each drawing held for 3 frames). This makes the animation look especially fluid, but is extremely time consuming to do – even classic Disney cartoons tended to animate on 2’s as much as possible!
Also worth noting is the beautiful flow of S to C curves in the long hair – this is another thin that is often heavily simplified in anime.
What’s more, the entire shot is complicating the animation – the low angle with multiple head turns, the way the hand interacts with the hair, and the extreme foreshortening of the hand as it moves towards the camera.
Lovely animation combined with a wonderful awareness of the skills and pitfalls of the industry!
(This clip is sourced from an anime called Joshiraku, and the rest of it appears to be animated in a more traditional anime style)
Audrey is so underrated. How can you not love her?
I have a love-hate relationship with this movie. On one hand it’s got awesome PoC characters who defy racial and gender stereotypes. It also discusses colonialism and how people tend to destroy indigenous cultures to obtain land and resources (which is why the crew ultimately decided a to pretend they never found Atlantis because they don’t want anyone else to try and destroy the culture). But on the other hand, the whole plot is that Atlantis needs a white, cishet man to save it from extinction and for some reason he understand their culture and language better than they do.
hEY FUCK YOU OKAY MILO WAS THE ANTITHESIS OF WHITE SAVIOR HE WAS A NERDY USELESS LITTLE SHIT WHO WAS COWARDLY UNTIL OTHERS FORCED HIM TO ACT HIS ONLY STRENGTHS WERE HIS MIND AND HIS ETHICS HE WAS THE PERFECT DUDE FOR THE JOB AND THE REASON HE KNEW BETTER WAS BECAUSE HE RIGOROUSLY STUDIED TEXTS THAT HAD BEEN LOST OR DESTROYED IN ATLANTIS BECAUSE KIDA’S FATHER INTENTIONALLY LET HIS KINGDOM LAPSE INTO DECAY AND OBSCURITY
DO NOT PULL THAT WHITE SAVIOUR BULLSHIT BECAUSE MILO WAS A DAMN GOOD DUDE
I’ve been trying to tell people this for years. Also, what differentiates Milo’s experience from the white savior complex is his expectation and his attitude. When looking for Atlantis, the last thing Milo expects to find are people. He says the most they thought that they would find are carvings and pottery. And he would have been happy with just that.
And even when he finds the Atlanteans, he treats the culture and people with the utmost respect (peek the scene where the crew has their audience with the king). He never tries to interfere in the people’s way of life nor change them. He’s merely an observer fascinated with the culture/people and just wants to know more about them.
In most movies, the white savior comes into the situation with an attitude of superiority and only through his interactions with the native people (and a lot of times a beautiful native woman) is he humbled and then eventually brought in as an honorary member of the people. Milo never asks for thanks or wants to make a name for himself. He does what he does because he loves it and it’s a way to keep his grandfather’s legacy alive.
Yeah. Milo was a damn good dude.
And another thing about Milo that’s made evidenced by this scene in particular? He’s got respect for women. He doesn’t ask why it’s a GIRL mechanic on the expedition, only why it’s a TEENAGER. Doesn’t question Kida’s leadership and knowledge when he meets her. (I can’t think of more examples off the top of my head but I’m sure they’re there).
Milo is a wonderful Disney protagonist, and this movie deserves the underground love it receives.
I was rewatching the first season of My Hero and… listen. There is no way Ochako didn’t bust up in that classroom laser fucking focused on becoming Izuku’s new best friend.
Like was it her main goal? No, of course not! Girl’s got priorities! But you can’t tell me that someone as friendly as Ochako fucking Uraraka didn’t want to make friends with that awkward kid who saved her during the entrance exams, at a new school no less, because!!! Wow he’s cool!!! And he saved her life!!!
So she was like, “yeh I like that guy” and??? Was so happy when she saw that he was in her class??? And attached herself to him!!! Like that meme that says introverts only make friends by being adopted by extroverts??
AND IT MAKES ME CRY BECAUSE IZUKU REALLY HAD PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO BE HIS FRIEND LIKE
LOOK AT THIS EVIDENCE
She fucking adopted this poor anxious child to be her bestie I love these two I can’t
In the beginning Donald Duck was part of a golden trio™ consisting of Scrooge, Della, and himself. They went on all sorts of adventures.
But there came a time when Della had just had the triplets, she wanted to give the boys the ⭐stars⭐. This was a plan they’ve been working on for quite sometime, and she wasn’t just going to give it up just because she had kids. This was a huge dream of hers and mama gotta catch those stars, know what I’m saying;)
But Donald already being the over protective uncle he is, had other ideas. He insisted she couldn’t go because it was far too dangerous and risky. She has the triplets now, she can’t just go running off wherever she pleases. She has a family to look after.
But Della being the stubborn duck she is, goes against his wishes and confides in Scrooge. He also agreed with Donald but instead of forbidding her he made sure everything was in proper working order, and safety precautions were taken.
Which I understand his side of the story. He loved Della and he wanted to see her accomplish her dreams. But before he had the chance to test it out himself, y’know to make sure it was a safe thing to do. Della the adrinaline junkie™ stole it and went up into space. She’s like a kid during Christmas. Trying to sneakily unwrap her presents before Christmas day just because they said she can’t. She wanted to prove she could do this.
Despite Scrooge’s best effort, he lost her.
Now Donald was obviously crushed by this, his sister was lost in space, and it was all Scrooge’s fault.
“Your uncle Donald and I never spoke again.”
Donald Duck hung up his adventure coat and raised his sister’s kids all by himself.
Donald sought to himself to raise the boys himself. Sure he could have put them in an orphanage, or foster family, ect. But he didn’t. These eggs are his nephews and he took it upon himself to raise them. He gave up the life he had in order to make sure the triplets had a good one, becoming the legal guardian of the children.
He was there for their first steps
He was always supportive of them no matter how big or little their role in the activity was LIKE THE GODDAMN BEST UNCLE EVER LOOK AT HIS PROUD FACE^^
For the past eleven years, he’s watched these boys go from little hatchlings to amazing boys that he’s so proud of.
He’s always put in the category as “boring” or “lame” by the triplets. They didn’t even want to believe that he once went on adventures with Scrooge claiming, “Uncle Donald has never done anything cool.”
Webby goes on to full fan-girl mode and says, “Donald Duck is one of the most daring adventurer’s of all time!” which is fucking true btw. Goes to show how badass he was. ‘nuff said.
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WHICH IS SO FUCKING ICONIC AND I’LL TELL YOU WHY.
You’ve got to think. They weren’t his eggs, yet he took full responsibility for them once Della disappeared. He gave up the chance to have his own kids with Daisy or whoever the fuck he was fucking at the time was, (maybe he had a side hoe I dunno his life)so he could take care of his sister’s. Sure he didn’t have to, but he wanted to.
This goes to show how much he changed his entire life for these boys. He gave up his life had, could’ve had, for them.
Hell the only reason he even started to speak to Scrooge was for his nephew’s sake. He needed a new job to provide for his family and those lil shits cause too much trouble to be left alone.
The point is he’s amazing and honestly doesn’t get enough recognition for it in my opinion ^^“
Look, a romantic wishlist is a nice thought, but it’s also creepy and unfair. It’s setting up an impossible monstrosity of expectations and you’ll be disappointed for no other reason than you played yourself.
I don’t mean lowering your standards. I mean setting real ones, for actual people who exist. For people who are just people and not a customized Frankenstein creature.
The person you’ll end up with is going to be their own person with their own hopes, dreams, goals, anxieties, and weird little habits. They’re not a checklist trophy that will meet your every size or quota.
They’re going to be way different and in fact way more interesting than the stitched up hologram made from half-baked movie cliches and choir-preaching memes.
Relationships are about compromise. Not compromising yourself, no. But about two weird people making it work. It’s a wild mix of chemistry, compatibility, non-negotiables, history and trauma, highs and lows, disagreements and pushback and feedback, augmenting goals, and lifelong change.
“Get you a guy/girl who” only works if you see yourself as a main character-savior-hero and you see others as a secondary prop to fulfill your romantic comedy narrative. In that case, you have other issues and you can wait.
And waiting in the meantime is a really good time for growth, for self-discovery, and for becoming the kind of person you never knew you were looking for. Singleness, really, isn’t waiting. It’s being.
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