Totally legit! Tbh I'd love if their powers affected each other and still tend to think they does, but canon immunity on Val adds a tasty imbalance that I really dig

I’d be sad to see you go, but honestly: you post rarely and mostly personal things, which are harder to engage with. Bsky has no algorithm, so you only see recent posts. Your art always gets nice feedback. If you’re used to bigger numbers I get the underwhelm, but what were you expecting?

True and super interesting (and I’d love to talk more about it) but isn’t it basically canon that Val’s powers don’t work on him, just like his hypnosis doesn’t work on Val? That’s how I read his Love Potion poster, anyway

I think so? I've seen that some post have significantly less views if they contain "rude" language or something against the terms of use, don't know if tagged or not makes a difference

(But as you can see give me a finger and I’ll still happily yap about myself, lol)

I’m currently writing a long thread about Vox and NPD, it’s taking me a while because I’m not used to writing in an academic framework anymore (and perfectionism), but it will come

- successfully be *not a jerk* 24/7 (gold star for me)
Basically, I’ve developed my core personality enough, addressed (or at least become aware of) my trauma, and learned how to compensate for my lack of natural empathy with intellectual one.

Beside the point, but still part of the ongoing luck) and I know how to regulate myself. I can recognize when I get stuck in narcissistic thought loops and recalibrate.
It’s still a daily struggle, I have to keep myself in check constantly, but I understand my own mental processes well enough to -

-and who specialized specifically in NPD and BPD.

I’m 38 now, and I finished therapy exactly one year ago. I’m medicated (probably also ADHD. not diagnosed, but the medication I take for dopamine imbalance is often used for that, and when I found this combo I finally started living semi normally.

Technically I went into therapy for panic attacks, agoraphobia and severe social anxiety. I had zero intention of fixing something I still considered an advantage (and honestly, sometimes I still do). But I found (by total chance) a doctor whose medical history eerily resembled mine, --

I’d always been a top student, now I couldn’t keep up with university, I’d pushed away most of my friends, couldn’t leave the house, I was miserable. (Funny enough, the straw that broke the camel’s back was a scene not too different from that finale. Minus the genocidal laser and keeping my head)

well, that sounded like their problem. (From what I’ve learned since, that’s fairly common, especially if the delusion is strong enough that you don’t perceive any of the struggles as such.)
I was lucky enough to have enough comorbidity that by around 22 treatment became impossible to avoid.

I studied personality disorders in high school, recognized the traits in myself, and was preeetty amused by it. I didn’t see it as a problem, I was special, always knew that. If others thought being self-focused and not caring about their stupid emotions was negative,

I'm happy to! I know how rare it is for someone with NPD to seek treatment, and with the (in my opinion, a bit exaggerated) stigma that comes with it, a little internal perspective is much needed.

Personally, I self-diagnosed around age 15 (stay with me, I'm also diagnosed by a doctor):