Just a little dramatic

and now, lemme bring this hug to all my mooties and friends <3

And here comes a big virtual hug for all my amazing mutuals! Makes me always happy to see your post on my dash <3

@leysendris, @djfatchip, @erubadhriell, @mogruith, @alowkey, @trajektoria, @twilight-sanctuary, @kahlan-shepard, @dracoangel, @aristenfromwarsaw, @xoshepard

aaand a lot of more of course and I wish the tumblr notifications would work correctly then I wouldn't miss so many post from you. 🏵️

I'd like extend hugs to @caffeinatedrogue, @djfatchip, @aur-eliaa, @needlesslycryptic, @zombiefishgirl, @inner-muse, @raviollies, @cute-ellyna, @sunshinemage, @badwolf626

and so many more!

Soooo my hugs go to @scandistar @wakacreations @faerunsbest @kimberbohwrites @necroticyuzu (you are amazing amazing amazing amazing) @mynameisalanwake @themumblingmouse @tsabhira05 @vo09 @ladyofcrowsandcoffee @lemonsrosesandlavender @graysparrowao3 @crowwolf @rinwellisathing @blackmosscupcakes @barbwillbrb @forget-me-maybe @ninjadp @lynx-1512 @orangekittyenergy @reverieblondie @seabirdsong @dutifullylazybread @sunflowerrolanadorer @dark-and-kawaii @foreignobjecticus @orehuna @rolira @drizztdohurtin @fic--writer @sorceresssundries

¡Abrazos! ¡Abrazos! ¡Albricias! 🥰

A full hug goes out to all my mutuals and I'm ever so sorry if I've missed any of you!

@scandistar @junocornkiwi @yeetmeoutthewindowdaddy @darcydekarios @kimberbohwrites @auroraesmeraldarose @vera-king-hrfl @serenaoffaerun @optimisticgrey @forget-me-maybe @tealfling @itsnightpond @citruskushh @bhaalette

I feel a got a bit late to this, but I’ll jump on in as well and tag as many as I can ❤️

@astarionsknife @agent-oo-z @ashprince-of-bel-air @cymbelines-flame @clericblood @crowwolf @citruskushh @dearest-and-nearest @dots-in-my-head @fic--writer @falcatas @forget-me-maybe @garlicbreadbatstarion @gale-gaze @hhh-hemogoblin @i-have-dots-in-my-brain @kimberbohwrites @lemonsrosesandlavender @ladyofcrowsandcoffee @nerdranttheories @owlgirl18 @princess-leaorgana @purpleasters-inseptember @reverieblondie @rinwellisathing @sasssha199 @sunflowerrolanadorer @sleketon-or-slekky @suffering-is-fun @synne-littlebhaalbabe @shewolfofvilnius @toads-treasures @tealfling @vera-king-hrfl @wakacreations @yeetmeoutthewindowdaddy <3 <3

@ana-the-light-fury @varunchii @blueorchid1707 @neurodivergent-willow

@vulpixfairy1985 @mysticsparks @ana-the-light-fury

…and I suppose @bberetd if she is up for that I mean you did create the stellar drawing that I wanted and I’m still gushing over it 🥹

Despite other factors…..

Squeezes the people I talk to the most (I really don't talk to many people T-T I need to find more)

So im gonna do this and turn it into a tag game! ✨🤩😁😈

Love life- Charybdis — Jorge Rivera-Herrans

fight song- Rasputin (7” Version) — Boney M.

personality- rises the moon — Liana Flores

theme song- golden hour — JVKE

wedding song- Star — Mitski

funeral song- Don’t you dare (make me fall in love with you) — Kaden Mackay

. . .

I don’t know how to feel about this 🥲

All In My Head - Ebony Loren

Love On - Selena Gomez

24 - sundial

Sleep Well - d4vd

Die WIth a Smile - Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars

I AM FUCKING SOBBING BRO WTFFF 😭😭😭

Love Song: Leave Me Alone by Michael Jackson (oh man...)

Fight Song: Filter by Jimin

Personality: I <3 LATINAS by Odetari

Theme Song: Tell Me by The Wondergirls

Wedding Song: Put Your Head on My Shoulder by Paul Anka

Funeral Song: Devils Advocate by The Neighbourhood

FIGHT SONG: So Much Love by The Rocket Summer

PERSONALITY: Already Over by Red

THEME SONG: Neverender by The Fold

WEDDING SONG: Stars by Switchfoot

FUNERAL SONG: Infinite from Sonic Forces

Okay, okay lolll this is too much. My fight song is about how there’s “so much love”—AND MY FREAKING FUNERAL SONG IS THE ONE TITLED “INFINITE”??! I love that lolll this was great.

Fight songs: I can’t choose just one so yall getting three:

Giorno’s theme (Jojo)

It’s going down now (Persona 3)

At the speed of light (Dimrain47)

Personality Songs: Can’t hold us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton……..and sometimes Hope by NF 😭

Theme Song: Easy Super smash bros brawl theme and Born for this and Unstoppable by the Score

Wedding Song: A Thousand years by Christina Perri

Funeral Song: …

HERE ME OUT!!!

✨ ᗰᑌᖴᖴIᑎ 丅Iᗰᗴ ✨

If you see the vision I respect you

This was a fun yet so unnecessarily hard challenge for me because I am SUPER indecisive but eh C’est la vie! Anyways this was really cool thank you girl 🥰

Fight Song: RISE by League of Legends <- Well that's an awesome fight song Personality: In my blood by The Score <- Still accurate Theme Song: Counting Stars by OneRepublic <- Alright not bad Wedding Song: Not OK by Robert Grace <- This is hilarious XD Funeral Song: House of Memories by Panic! at the Disco <- Fitting ngl

Is this the end? Trapped in Skk forever, loving the ship and feeling pain every time someone hates on it? I'm in love with an anime ship in a mentally unstable fandom

✨Dramione edition✨

Manacled by senlinyu

Rights and Wrongs by LovesBitca8

Isolation by bexchan

The Fallout by everythursday

Breath Mints / Battle Scars by Onyx_and_Elm

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare

Wait and Hope by mightbewriting

Meet Your Match by morriganmercy

Measure of a Man by inadaze22

Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse by rizzlewrites

Secrets and Masks by EmeraldSlytherin

Remain Nameless by HeyJude19

Bring Him To His Knees by musyc

The Eagle's Nest by HeartOfAspen

Dragon's Heartstrings by pinkinku

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare {https://archiveofourown.org/works/34500952/chapters/85870804}

Isolation by bexchan {https://archiveofourown.org/works/23461513?view_full_work=true}

Rights and Wrongs series by LovesBitca8 {https://archiveofourown.org/series/1007625}

Remain Nameless by HeyJude19 {https://archiveofourown.org/works/23875939/chapters/57393508}

Breath Mints / Battle Scars by Onyx_and_Elm {https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/35668776?show_comments=true}

Wait and Hope by mightbewriting {https://archiveofourown.org/works/22818646/chapters/54531817}

Bring Him to His Knees by Musyc {https://archiveofourown.org/works/24481312/chapters/59089624}

Dragon’s Heartstrings by pinkinku {https://archiveofourown.org/works/46585585/chapters/117313114}

Cherry Mint by dirtymudblood {https://archiveofourown.org/works/21053894/chapters/50081633}

Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse by rizzlewrites {https://archiveofourown.org/works/28137807/chapters/68944698}

All You Want by senlinyu {https://archiveofourown.org/works/15153092/chapters/35140268}

Apple Pies and Other Amends by ToEatAPeach {https://archiveofourown.org/works/8156101/chapters/18691246}

The Gloriana Set by ThebeMoon {https://archiveofourown.org/works/16821571/chapters/39485710}

Love and Other Misfortunes by senlinyu {https://archiveofourown.org/works/14380728/chapters/33204618}

This World or Any Other series by olivieblake {https://archiveofourown.org/series/502333}

Rise Ramblings #313

Leonardo Hamato is…an interesting individual.

As a middle child, he doesn’t have to shoulder the responsibilities of the oldest, nor is he fawned upon or babied over like the youngest. Therefore, he ends up having more of a lackadaisical approach to life.

In his free time, instead of training like Raph, Leo can normally be found reading comic books.

And for good reason! Someone has to be up on the latest issues of Jupiter Jim and his space odysseys.

But, other than being a Jupiter Jim superfan, who is Leonardo Hamato?

If you ask Leo, he's...*takes out a list*: “Primetime,” “First,” “The Best,” “Number One,” “The Champion,” or some other iteration of all of the above.

...Huh. Anyways...

Of course, the first thing Leo would tell you is that he's the team's "Face Man."

As the "Face Man," he’s the one that turns up the charm when they need to schmooze their way out of, or into, something.

He's the face of the group! It's a very important title, right?

Well, in this scene with Hueso, we learn what Leo really feels about his place on the team.

"There's no team with just a face man." "I'm nothing without them."

Hmm. If he thinks that he is nothing without his brothers, then what's the deal with all of this "Number One" and "Champion" talk?

I believe that Leo is exhibiting a form of Reaction Formation.

Reaction Formation is a primitive defense mechanism that involves transforming one's unacceptable feelings or emotions into the opposite.

"Solicitude may be a reaction-formation against cruelty...romantic notions of chastity and purity may mask crude sexual desires, altruism may hide selfishness, and piety may conceal sinfulness."

Leo has been creating these grandiose titles and this larger-than-life persona for himself as a means to cope with his feelings of insecurity, his anxieties, and combat his self-deprecation.

Gee, forming a larger-than-life persona to counteract their suppressed feelings also reminds me of someone else we know…

But, I digress...

Behind the fabrications, his insecurities, who he pretends to be, and who he wants to be, the real Leo is still on display, starting as early as the first episode.

He's attentive, he understands the team's strengths and weaknesses, he assesses situations, he comes up with great plans on the fly, and he is a voice of reason.

These are all the characteristics of a great leader.

However, something happens when he’s actually appointed as such.

There he goes again. He's cocky, arrogant, and act's as if he's unphased even by the prospect of loosing his brothers. If this is Reaction Formation, then what is he trying to mask with these behaviors?

Previously, he was masking his insecurities, his anxieties, and his self-deprecation, but with the faces he pulls when he thinks no one can see them, I want to say the newest emotion is fear.

He is terrified of being the leader and floundering under his new responsibilities. He's scared of the consequences of his actions, and what those consequences may mean for his brothers. However, instead of voicing his insecurities, or communicating with his team, he doubles down and falls back into old habits.

The "Face Man" persona is turned up to an 11, and things get worse and worse until...

His greatest fears have been realized.

He has failed as a leader. He has failed his brothers. He has failed to stop the invasion, and they are all going to die because of his failures.

Now he's faced with the harsh reality of his own mistakes, thus he finally faces himself.

"It's scary to be responsible for the lives you protect, your team...your family. But we do it anyway because that's what it means to be a hero."

He may be speaking to Raph, but he's talking about himself.

His words are his true feelings, the same feelings that have been holding him back this entire time. By opening up, he's able to surrender to himself and let it all go.

And it's the breakthrough we all have been waiting for.

What Leo doesn't know is that through letting go, he's able to become the true face of the group he is destined to be.

He's the face of hope.

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