Mello’s character intrigues me a lot, and so does his motivation, his strengths and weaknesses. I believe his personality to be affected by his mental illness, which I personally see being Narcissitic Personality Disorder. In this post I’d like to go over the latest revision of DSM-5 for the section for NPD to see how many of the official diagnostic criteria apply to Mello’s actions in the manga.
I myself have NPD, so I naturally recognize a lot of patterns within his behaviors and behind his motivation. However, I have to make this disclaimer: This is about a fictional character’s motivations. Do not actually use lists you find online, no matter how official, for diagnosing. Only longterm evaluation of patterns in one’s behavior done by a medical professional can serve as a basis for diagnosing someone with NPD. It’s a serious disorder that heavily affects our life and relationships, don’t treat it easily.
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I didn’t know I wanted this...but now I want it
Okay, but can we make goth water parks a thing? I'm tired of having to find water parks that stay open late, are nearby and ain't too expensive then finally getting there to have everyone judge me for my black swimsuit, black swim gear, black beach towel, and my fancy-ass black umbrella then still get weird guys hitting on me cause "lol big tiddy goth girl all alone"
I demand a goth water park cause it be cool but I can also be among my people without shitty judgy Karens. And then I can find ME a big tiddy goth girl
When their daughter was born, Tak and Gaz were the happiest they could be.
Then others decided they could take her away.
Isn’t this basically how all fanfiction plotting turns out? XD
14 chapters (???) of chaotic worldbuilding/plotting later, and my brain has decided I want to fit intergalactic space travel into this damn kinda-a-prison-au fic. Where? I'm not sure. Will I fit it in? Damn right I will, as a treat.
“Why do people like a character who’s committed war crimes but hate this other character just because they’re annoying” because it’s fiction Susan, and being annoying in fiction is a greater sin than being a supervillain, because it won’t make me want to read about them. It isn’t difficult to understand
Shifty was faced with his worst nightmare; he was back in the hands of scientists. He turned into his mind for solace; remembering a past that had changed his life for the better.
i miss my wife tails
i have this disease called i will open your message and get distracted and forget to reply and then the notification will be gone so i will not have replied for ages and you will think i am ignoring you but. i am not. it’s incurable
how aboutttt sayu and near, and the prompt is mourning? (:
Sometimes, they like to pretend that their respective family members are alive and well. Sometimes, one whispers instructions to cuddle in different ways than usual- what angles that the other should mimic with their arms, what positions to fall into- and closes their eyes, using their partner to recreate the touches they're starting to forget. It's a pure kind of love, however sad around the edges; it's also a poor substitute.