#“hey dont read this tags if you dont want to think about the election.”

[suitablysolemn]

im not going to be bitter on social media im not going to be bitter on social media im not going to be bitter on social media im not going to be bitter on social media im not

[the-francakes]

Welcome to tumblr now what...

Hi, I wrote this up for my cousin because she’s never used any platform, but since a lot of twitter users are coming to tumblr, I thought I would share as someone that has been here... way too long. This blog might only be a year old, but i lived through tumblarity. both times. ugh. 

cause i will use this interchangeably and forget to clarify, tumblr dash (short for dashboard) is more or less the same as twitter feed. 

likes - these are a thumbs up. A nice little ‘hey this post is cool!’ or ‘i agree with this post.’ users can elect in settings to have their likes visibly on their page, meaning when you go to their actual tumblr, theres a link to liked posts. however, i have always disabled this in the same vein that none of you will ever see my ao3 history. if you get a like, you’ll get notified, but that’s all it really does in the grand scheme of things. 

reblogs - if theres a post you want to share, reblog it.  reblogging it puts it on the dash (feed) of anyone that follows you. tumblr does have a setting to see popular posts, ‘in your orbit,’ or ‘for you’ as in things it thinks you may like.  it has a setting for recommended posts into your feed. i, and mostly everyone i know, disable these features and rely solely on their dash.  so assume if you’re reblogging this post, you’re sharing it to make sure the people that follow you also see it. if no one reblogs this post, then only the 150 people that follow me will see it and it will die. which is totally cool. im rambling all over this shit and forgot what capital letters are. its probably half wrong anyways. 

some people will say always reblog instead of like. i think its give or take. it depends on what you like, what you want to share, you’re weird taste in shit you want people to know about and not know. if you reblog, you will make sure more people see something wonderful and its a really lovely and free way to help writers, artists, etc. spread their art.

commenting on a reblog - its not necessary.  I probably do it once in a blue moon these days.  adding a comment in your reblog is like jumping into the conversation. usually i reserve this for things that are important and want others to build on as well. or continue the shitpost cause i like to think im funny sometimes. if its something like my bullshit commentary that really does not apply to anything in the post or i dont want spread on everyone’s dash as they go on to reblog it, i write it in the tags. for example, please reblog this and add anything i missed that helps you navigate tumblr. write in the tag if you think its bullshit and i should delete. 

replies - replies were made because when they didn’t exist, people would have ‘dash conversations’ by reblogging one post over and over and over and over again.  it would be a post of 50+ posts of two people having a conversation and about things like is it red or blood orange.  this was especially awful in rp when sometimes posts would only be a few sentences asking ‘hey whats up how are you.’ so use a reply if you want to tell the original poster something, but youre not adding onto the post.  a good reply to this post would be a ‘thanks for posting this’ but a good reblog with a comment would be ‘i agree, but also you forgot this important bit!’ 

something different than twitter (i think???) - your replies do not just show up on someone’s dash. they have to click the little word bubble on the post to read them. 

tagging - tagging someone with an @ will give them a notification that you mentioned them in your post.  you can also tag in replies.  you don’t need to tag the original poster in a reply because they will get a notif that says ‘___ replied to your post.’ my brain is fuzzy here, but i believe if you put a reply on a post that is a reblog, both the current poster/reblogger and the original poster will get notifs. i only say this cause some people get annoyed by too much tagging, but as someone that doesnt give a shit, just always tag me. tumblr eats shit or doesnt work sometimes, so just blow up my notifs. 

asks/submit - some people enable you to ask or submit posts.  when they answer the ask or approve the submission, it will end up as a post on their dash.  if the ask is not anon, they can also reply privately. a lot of people do not allow anons these days because while tumblr is one of the better social medias ive encountered, there are still some assholes that like to send hate anons. and i will say this for the people skimming this - ASKS GET EATEN. aka they disappear from asks boxes or don’t even show up. if someone says they didn’t get it, there’s probably like an 80% chance they are not lying. there’s a 20% chance they are and don’t want to answer it but like that’s their choice too. 

messaging - for the new kids, this is DMing. for the cool kids in back, this feature was enabled cause aol took aim away from us. this caused a huge panic of how do we privately talk to our friends since while replies are okay for convos, anyone can see them and tbh can get cumbersome for longer communication.  i use this feature a lot to send my friends posts that i need to make sure they see.  maybe its not my sort of content id reblog, but i know for a sure thing they will love it, so im passing it along for them to reblog, laugh at, tell me im an asshole cause its a meme making fun of them, etc. 

ask games - sometimes people reblog posts that say SEND ME A NUMBER and theres a list of numbered questions.  as i grew up here in roleplay, i was taught it was good tumblr etiquette to always send numbers to the person you reblogged from. I was also taught just to send numbers if you see them cause you’re cultivating friendships here and maybe you don’t know the person, but TRUST ME, they will love and appreciate you took the time to get to know them just a little. its not hard to send 1-5 and then fuck off but it will give them something fun to do and maybe make their entire day so.. send the numbers. 

WHAT YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO: who interacts with your posts a lot. do you see the same username liking your things? does the person reply a lot. FOLLOW THEM! reply to their posts! fangirl from afar and send a shy ask saying hi i love you. propose on the dash.  answer their questions. become FRIENDS. we’re all the weird kids here so don’t worry, we love you already. 

WHAT NOT TO DO: NEVER STEAL POSTS OR CONTENT. this means, you see a pretty piece of art- reblog it. do not right click, copy link to image, and make your own post.  love a passage someone wrote? see a HILARIOUS joke? do not copy and paste it into your own post.  If you feel in someway you NEED to do this, contact the original poster, ask permission and how they want to be credited.  you might have to link to their tumblr, you might have to link to their tumblr, ig, ao3, website, mom’s best friends snapchat, whatever... you listen to how they want to be credited and respect it. and if they say no? go reblog it and sit down. this is the same how you would never copy and paste someone’s tweet and say it as your own. or would you???? is that a thing??? maybe i shouldn’t be helping you come here... 

ALSO, JUST LIKE AO3, NOTES MEAN NOTHING. a lot of notes does not mean its a great post. Something can have 500 notes and its two friends shitposting ‘hi’ back and forth in the replies 250 times each.  and yes, this has happened before and will happen again because this is a hellscape. 

crabs/april fools/tumblarity/fonts and colors/xkit - you know how in YOU they have those like seven totems of living in LA? same concept except when you understand it all, you’re cursed to live here forever. you’re welcome. 

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please expand, add to this, tell me im wrong, tell me to get off tiktok cause i need to stop yelling at children to let me love my favorite ships idc what canon says.  

the good news is, if you think you’re doing it wrong, then youre using tumblr right.  people might say don’t use it like a diary, but you bet ill write a long ass post venting about my depression and/or that my sock has a hole in the toe.  people say posts have to have content and length... brevity is the soul of wit or whatever and i love a good shitpost and i will reblog a post that is legit ‘wish i could pet a dog today.’ 

[harley-style]

mcyt brain rot for you all

this is both anysis and headcanon and au scenario, all blended together. you're welcome :D

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i have this headcanon,,,, cobbled together by some tumblr posts i read,,,, but some of them point out that wilbur is like, good at manipulating people as well to a point, right?

so i was thinking. what if his reach extended far beyond what anyone thought of? *what if wilbur's influence spread to dream?*

i know we've discussed this before (or sparrow analyzed it idk) but like. hear me out. this headcanon has to do with how wilbur wants to create a narrative. pit it against dream and his presumed original desires to create a safe happy place for his friends. wilbur's insistence that dream is the "tyrant". what if wilbur saw how dream was pointedly staying out of conflict, decided, "i dont like that," and began twisting the storyline and pulled dream's strings (pointedly off camera bc headcanons, babyyyy) so that dream would eventually fall into ruin, as the disgraced tyrant?

and dream...he KNOWS what wilbur's doing. to him specifically. and he's struggling so hard at the beginning, judging by his soft, passive demeanor when wilbur asks about the tnt.

i think, that somewhere along the line, dream lost sight of where his boundaries lied, and falls right into wilbur's plot pit and became The Villain. and he's like, fuck. I went and done it, oh no.

and....it worsens.

i had this whole scenario in my head that dream fully embraces the villain role, plays wilbur's game and completes the "narrative"...but is so fed up with wilbur and his stupid fucking ploys that he...bends the rules a little. changes shit up.

something...oh, a little like "lets speedrun my fall into villainy" bc it wouldn't be dream without the speedrun.

fast forward to prison. maybe if dream finally gets to resurrect wilbur. and wilbur is Not Pleased with how dream has decided to handle his narrative.

but its like. dream doesn't give two shits about wilbur's goddamn narrative anymore. he **played wilbur's game**. he's done with his role. he's given them peace, given them a happy end.

sure, he's given the rest plenty of trauma, but hey, it all turned out okay in the end, right? theyve got their happy ending. theyve BEATEN the big bad nightmare. his role is OVER.

but wilbur doesnt like it. doesnt like the lengths dream went to. it wasn't supposed to be like this. dream wasn't supposed to turn out this much of a *monster.*

and dream laughs. "will, wilby, wilbur," he croons madly, in his pretty little cell, preening like a cat. "i dont care," he hisses. "you fucking wanted this. you WANTED me to be this way. right? mr. revolutionary man? come on now, dont tell me you never expected this."

and wilbur tries to protest, but dream cuts him off.

"no. NO. dont' play your stupid littke games on me wilbur. you udnerstand? im DONE. im so sick of your bullshit, your countries your wars and your stupid fucking "story". I WANTED PEACE AND SAFETY. ALL i asked was "hey, don't be jerks, we're all one big community," and you didn't even have the DECENCY to just adhere to those rules, not even a little bit! you -- i let you in here because of TOMMY, you know that? the reason you even got to BE in this world was because tommy "vouched" for you. said you would be a great addition. and tommy-- i loved that kid back then, you know? he was bright and annoying and he made the server FUN. you took that brilliance, took that kid, and turned him against me, against ALL of us -- for what? independence? I HANDED YOU INDEPENDENCE AND YOU SPAT IT IN MY FACE LIKE IT WAS THE MOST VILE THING YOUVE EVER RECEIVED. i didnt even ENFORCE my rules, they were so loose literally EVERYONE broke them at some point.

but you? you had the audacity to call me a tyrant. to call me selfish, greedy, controlling. and then you declared war. the pet wars, the first disc wars weren't even close to the intensity you brewed during the revolution.

you had this little ideal in your head. and ill have to hand it to you, it was certainly impressive. but you didnt need to press it, to pressure it on the people of my server. you did anyway. you created this plot, this scheme to paint me as the villain, as the final boss. and you know what? FINE! if this is what it takes for them to be safe and happy, i'll be the villain.

but don't come in here expecting me to play that role again. i DID my part. i united them. my work is over.

but you, wilbur? heh. you get to deal with ALL the consequences of your war games. you'll be the one dealing with tommy's nightmares, tubbo's anger, everyone's hatred, fuck, you even get to deal with the egg!! isnt that nice? i was willing to deal with the egg, you know, it appeared before the whole election thing. but since you're here, you may as well take over. because you're SO great at directing them, you know? better than i ever could.

point is, wilbur, you don't get to use me as the tyrant, the final boss, the bad guy, and the villain anymore. when i said i would be putting the most powerful person in here, I wasn't fucking lying!"

"but tommy said you were going to put him in there!"

"you know, with the amount of times ive practically lied to that kid, im surprised he still believed me. i was never planning to put him in here. no one else would be put in here. hell, even techno and phil would just have gotten stuck here for about a week. i had guidelines, you know. i put them in a book somehwere, in one of my bases. no one was supposed to get unfair treatment. unfortunately i seemed to have pulled the short end of thr stick. that seems to be all that im doing these days."

"dream—"

"no. don't do that. don't pull me into another one of your plots wilbur. i don't want to hear it. you got your villain. your villain is gone, wilbur.

it's time to be the hero. :)"

basically my points here are like.

-wilbur made a narrative that dream didnt agree with

-this narrative painted dream in a negative villian light so dream basically said "yeah fuck that" and spedran his role

-headcanons galore i really do like the idea of dream creating that prison for himself to be locked in

-once wilbur is back he visits dream and explains his displeasure that dream went and did the things he did bc 1) hurt a lot of people personally and 2) did not adhere to the villain role wilbur specifically assigned to dream

-additional mentions: both wanted peace but in different forms. dream wanted peace for peace's sake but wilbur wanted peace after struggles. dream genuinely loved everyone on the server, but had to shed those attachments because to him, PERSONALLY, it would be a weakness towards his "villainous" role. his threatening of tubbo in front of tommy so tommy can "be the hero like spiderman and batman" shows that he knows exactly how empowering attachments are. lastly, dream only began manipulating people after the pogtopia arc. he mostly stayed the neutral party during it, and was just reacting with plans among plans during the lmanburg revolution.

-additionally, wilbur really wanted to stay dead, but dream said "haha no" and alived him again bc if he has to be the one to inflict trauma onto people then wilbur has to suffer leading the efforts to recovery.

hi @dreamsclock u keep giving me brainrot so im tossing this at u thank u goodbye i hope u dont mind the tag

[the-shadow-of-atlantis]

Losing A Friend

Summary: Part of the Throughout the Years series. Annabella experiences loss and Burce is unsure how to handle it.

Tagging: @lizartgurl (Still going to tag you while you’re gone) @thespacebuns @melyaliz @coffee-randomness @speedypan @gobydana

A/N So I know for a fact I posted this not too long ago because @thespacebuns reblogged with her amazing tag comments but as I’m working on updating my master list I cant find this one so I dont know if i accidentally elected it or if tumblr did

Warnings: Pet death(Honestly it was so hard to write this)

Read Earlier Parts Here

Ever since that old black cat had come into Annabella’s life Bruce knew there was something special about it. Annabella couldn’t go anywhere without the cat following her. The cat had been dubbed Mr. Kitty and he was her protector. Sure lots of people tended to give Annabella and Mr. Kitty a side eye but Bruce didn’t really mind he knew the cat made her happy and that’s what mattered the most, though he could never help but wonder where did he come from.

“Are you sure you didn’t send him?” Bruce asked as he watched Annabella play in the garden with Mr. Kitty.

“Should I be offended that you think I’d spy on my granddaughter with a cat?” Teresa said over the phone.

“So your not spying on her?” Bruce asked.

“Not with a cat.”

Bruce sighed as he watched Annabella collect some flowers. “Do you think the god has anything to do with this?”

“To be honest I am not sure. It could be. Though she’s too young to be tested already.”

Bruce simply hummed a response.

“Speaking of being watched over… have you found anything recent?”

“No, and I’ve given the case over to someone else. Someone who can be a bit more thorough than me. But for someone who doesn’t have magic anymore she’s good at keeping hidden.”

“You sure know how to pick them Mr. Wayne.”

“If I recall she’s the one who came after me.” Bruce mumbled.

“Well looks like everything will be on schedule then. I can’t wait to see her. The pictures you’ve sent are adorable but still I want to hold my granddaughter.”

“You will, just one more year.” Bruce said then noticed Annabella was walking back. “I have to go We’ll talk later.”

“Goodbye Mr. Wayne and give my granddaughter a kiss for me.”

“Will do.” Bruce replies and hung up tucking the phone away in my back pant pocket.

Annabella came walking up to him a small bunch of flowers in her hands, Mr.Kitty trotted next to her holding a rather large bug in its mouth.

“Hi papa.” Annabella smiled holding the flowers up to him. “For you.”

Bruce smiled as he leaned down taking the flowers. Mr. Kitty dropped the bug by Bruce’s feet and meowed happily. Bruce was used to these cat gifts, he use to get dead rats and one squirrel but after Annabella got upset at seeing them the began hunting the bugs instead. Though Bruce still found a dead rat in his study from time to time.

“Thank you sunshine, and thank you Mr. Kitty.” Bruce kissed Annabella’s head then scratched the cats head.

“Mr. Kitty wants a nap.” Annabella said rubbing her own eyes.

“Then let’s set you both down for a nap.” Bruce said picking Annabella up and taking her to her room.

Annabella took Mr. Kittys health very seriously so Bruce did too. So when Annabella came to him one morning worried about him Bruce knew it was important.

“Papa.” Annabella whispered carefully shaking Bruces arm. “Papa.”

“Hmm what? What’s wrong? Are you hurt?” Bruce mumbled getting up quickly and inspected her.

“No.” Annabella said. “Somethings wrong with Mr. Kitty.”

“Oh? What is it?” Bruce asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

“He’s not eating his breakfast and he looks sad.” Annabella explained.

“Okay let me see.” Bruce said picking up Annabella and getting out off bed.

Sure enough when they got to where Mr. Kitty likes to lay down he was curled up and staring at the floor as if he was too sad to move.

“Hey buddy whats wrong?” Bruce asked a scratching the cat on the head.

Mr. Kitty lifted his head and meowed softly before tucking his head into his paws. Bruce frowned and checked him for any injuries. Annabella tried to give him some food but he wouldn’t budge.

“Let’s take him to Virginia.” Bruce decided when he couldn’t spot anything wrong with him.

“Okay.” Annabella mumbled petting the cat softly.

Bruce knew it was bad when Virginia came back from checking on Mr. Kitty.

“Bruce can I speak to you.” Virginia said quietly glancing carefully at Annabella who was being distracted by Olivia.

“What is it?” Bruce asked when they stepped into her office.

Virginia sighed as she rubbed her eyes, she looked at Bruce with sympathy.

“Bruce I’m sorry, I don’t know how I didn’t catch it sooner but it appears Mr. Kitty has bone cancer.” Virginia said.

“Is it treatable?” Bruce asked, Virginia shook her head softly.

“I’m sorry but we don’t really know how old he is and how long he can fight this. I can have him start treatment. At the most I give him a year… your going to need to prepare Annabella for when the time comes.”

Bruce sighed and rubbed his face. He wasn’t sure how to break this news to her. He had hoped he wouldn’t have to tell her about things like this till she was older.

“Yeah I know. I’ll tell her.” Bruce sighed.

The months that followed were hard. Annabella was a bit confused as to why Mr. Kitty wasn’t getting better with the medicine, and Bruce had a hard time explaining what was happening. Still she seemed to take Mr. Kitties health even more seriously, making sure to give him his medicine on time and that he would eat properly.

“It’s medicine time Mr. Kitty.” Bruce heard Annabella say as he walked into her play room.

Mr. Kitty meowed in displeasure and Annabella petted his head.

“I know but it’s good for you.” Annabella reasoned Bruce kneeled down next her holding the medicine.

Annabella carefully held him as Bruce administered the medicine. Bruce gave the cat a small pat as he finished.

“How about we eat outside let Mr. Kitty get some fresh air.” Bruce suggested hoping to cheer her up.

“Okay.” Annabella nodded setting the cat down.

Bruce could tell the cat was trying to perk up for her.

When the day finally came Bruce felt as if his heart was going to break. He held Annabella as she cried her little heart out. Even Alfred was trying to hold back tears as he collected cat to safely put away. Bruce had decided to stay as Batman to protect her but how could he protect her against a broken heart?

“I don’t know what to do.” Bruce whispered as he rubbed his head, Selina set down a cup of coffee in front of him. “I thought maybe bringing her here might cheer her up a bit.”

The two adults looked into selinas living room where Annabella was checking the heartbeat of Selinas cat Isis. The other cats who were use to the little girl simply laid down around her waiting their turn to be “checked”.

“She’s been latching onto her kitty doctor dream a lot more.” Bruce said sadly smiling at the scene before him.

“She’s coping.” Selina said

“I know.” Bruce sighed. “I’m debating if I should get her another pet.”

“No, not now. It’s too soon. Wait for her to tell you. Right now just keep doing what your doing. Bring her here whenever you want so she can do checkups. Take her to her vet friend whenever you can. Keep encouraging her dream and she’ll get through this.” Selina said giving Bruce a small kiss on his cheek.

Bruce smiled softly and turned to face her. “Thank you, and on a different note I’ve been invited to a wedding and I need a plus one.”

“I thought you normally turn down these things.”

“Apparently my presence is being demanded and yes they’re even letting Annabella attend so no I can’t use her as an excuse.” Bruce said reading Selinas expression.

“Well in that case sure, whose wedding is it?” Selina asked and Bruce’s lips set into a fine lin.

“It’s for Falcone’s nephew.” He mumbled.

“I see.” Selina said smoothly her eyes fixed on Annabella again. “Tell me when and I'll meet you there.”

Bruce smiled at her and gave her a kiss.

“Have you buried him yet?” Selina suddenly asked.

“No poor thing is just frozen haven’t had the heart to bury him yet.”

“You should do something special, something to help her say goodbye properly.” Selina said.

Bruce nodded as he watched Annabella snuggle into a pile of cats.

“Okay let's dig just a little more.” Bruce urged, Annabella nodded as she dug some more dirt out of the hole with her little shovel.

“Like that?” Annabella asked when she finished.

“Perfect.” Bruce said as he grabbed the small box.

It was a simple wooden box he had made and let Annabella decorate with little drawings. Carefully he placed it in the hole and covered part of it up with dirt.

“Now we put the plant in.” Bruce said helping Annabella put the plant in place.

“Okay.” Annabella said and carefully began patting more dirt in place.

“Good. Now some water.” Bruce encouraged, Annabella grabbed her little pale and drizzled some water over the plant.

Annabella let out a small huff when she finished and wiped her face.

“We met Mr. Kitty like this.” She suddenly spoke.

“Yeah we did.” Bruce said carefully.

“He loved the garden.”

“Yeah he did.”

“I miss him.” Annabella mumbled.

“I know you do sunshine. I miss him too.” Bruce said wrapping an arm around his daughter.

“I love you papa.” Annabella said burying her face against him.

“I love you too sunshine.”

Annabella looked back at the plant. “Goodnight Mr. Kitty”

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[avengersnumberonetrash]

Avenger Liberty Kids

Hear me out...

The liberty kids as the Avenger’s kids. 

Sarah is Tony and Natasha’s daughter 

James is Steve and Sharon’s son 

and lastly, Henri is Bucky and Clint’s son

SO my headcannon goes as follows: James, Sarah and Henri have a history project due so they go to Stephen Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum for research purposes. However, Henri finds a book with a spell that will send the kids back in time and he thinks this is a great idea. 

“Henri, no.” that would be Sarah because her dad may be reckless but her mom taught her to have common sense.

“Henri, yes.” being the son of Bucky Barnes and Clint Barton doesn’t really leave room for boring and reasonable. 

James doesn’t get a say before Henri launches into the incantation, effectively sending their asses back to 1773. 

Stephen walks into the room where the kids are supposed to be and sees the book open on the floor. “Oh fuck.” He watches history begin to rewrite itself adding the children into fold. Wong just sighs and thinks ‘who let this man be in charge of kids?’ 

Meanwhile in 1773, the kids are approached by someone and James stutters out their names and Henri grins and says “hello” in a very heavy French accent because he’s a little shit and Sarah follows suit with a British accent because, hey, when in Rome you know? She also makes up some bullshit backstories for all of them On The Spot™ because her mother is a former spy and her father is a surprisingly good liar. James takes charge by saying Sarah and himself are reporters and Henri tags along for the fun of it. He also claims to know Benjamin Franklin and the person is like “Oh you  do, do you?” and brings them to Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Franklin is confused but goes along with the children’s story because, hey, he likes the help people. So he elects Moses to watch over them and they all have adventures.

Stephen Strange has to contact the Avengers. 

It goes as well as one think it would. 

When everyone finds out their kids have been yeeted into the past Bucky and Clint high five because maybe their son will finally enjoy learning and dont forget "hell yeah our son did magic!!" 

Steve and sharon are very vocally worried about their spitfire, good intentions, doesnt know when to be quiet son. 

Tony is freaking out because that's his baby girl Strange!! Natasha is Not Amused™ and Peter is salty he didnt get to go with.

Tony calls Bruce saying he might need the squishy science expert while also arguing with an upset moody Peter cause he wants to meet Benjamin Franklin while Natasha takes the phone and explains what happened and hes like "thats... that's really not my area of expertise. Do you need Thor to contact Loki or does Strange got this?"

While Strange tries to reverse the spell, the parents are reading the history book write itself with their children's antics

Henri swears a lot.

Sarah is actually having fun.

James hasn’t said something that would get him killed.

It’s going pretty well for them.

Until the parent’s realize the book is switching years and bringing their kids with. 

It takes about a week for Strange to reverse the spell and get the kids back, but it’s been years for them. 16 to be exact. 

When they come back they just start sobbing into their parents arms and Henri slips into French sometimes and can’t shake the accent and Sarah has a faint British accent for a few years and James understands his dad a little better because he was close to the front lines without actually fighting for years.

They all need therapy.

Their history project gets an A.

The end, 

[ao3feed-lokiangst]

One mess, two mess, three mess, four

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2UY9vq0

by LunaLovegood2417

Loki and Sylvie have no idea how to effectively parent, Heimdall is content to let them muddle it out, Mobius has popcorn and a jetski and Thor somehow got his hands on a vintage camcorder.

Words: 1324, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Loki (Marvel), Sylvie (Loki TV), Hunter B-15 (Marvel), Mobius M. Mobius, Miss Minutes (Loki TV), Thor (Marvel), Jane Foster (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), Tommy (WandaVision), Billy (WandaVision), Freyja Lokisdottir (OC), Thor Lokison (OC), Hela Lokison (OC), Valkerie Thorsdottir (OC), Bruce Thorson (OC), Alligator Loki (Loki TV), Kid Loki (Loki TV), Heimdall (Marvel)

Relationships: Loki/Sylvie (Loki TV), Jane Foster/Thor, Wanda Maximoff/Vision

Additional Tags: I legit started shipping this ironically because I live for fandom chaos, i dont think this is a joke anymore, SYLKI TO THE MAX, SYLKI FIC, lovedagger, I WANT A HAPPY ENDING OK, i recognize canon but given it is inconvenient canon I've elected to ignore it, making the multiverse my sandbox, thor is honestly here for a good time, Stabbing, ofc theres gonna be stabbing its Loki's spawn we're talking about, Pregnancy, Twins, like chaos twins, they'r e in love your honour, god fucking dammit Dave, too cute i just cant, Thor tagged this i swear, For the glory of asgard!, and midgard, help now i'm knee deep in beer, help me, Thor get off my HEY, Pfft pathetic mortals, LOKI GIVE IT BACK RIGHT NOW, i am my own favorite character, cries in sylki, of course you are Loki, GIVE MY DAMN COMPUTER BACK

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2UY9vq0

[anonymoustalks]

I don't see why being sentimental needs to mean giving up property rights

(6-19-20) You both like politics.

Stranger: Hey

Stranger: How are you?

You: I'm fine you?

Stranger: I'm okay

Stranger: Changed my asset allocation a bit

You: ohh fancy

You: how so?

Stranger: Added international equities

You: mhm is there a reason why?

Stranger: Diversification

You: I see

Stranger: It's pretty cheap

Stranger: Fidelity's international index fund is like 0.035% a year

You: ohh

You: is it a lower rate than domestic ones?

Stranger: Yup, that's like $3.5 for every $10,000

Stranger: No

You: oh, it's higher?

You: or about the same?

Stranger: I mean, Fidelity even has a zero expense ratio index series now

Stranger: I don't personally use it but you can get that if you want

You: idk what that means ^^

Stranger: It's 0 for all

Stranger: No expense ratio

Stranger: 0 expense ratio

You: sorry I'm not super financially literate so idk what that means

You: like no fees or something?

Stranger: You don't pay an annual fee on the fund

You: ahh k

Stranger: How old are you?

You: 26

Stranger: Ok

You: you?

Stranger: I'm 24

You: mhm it's good that you're investing

Stranger: I've been investing for a few years now

Stranger: Mostly domestic equities

You: yeah do you just follow index funds?

Stranger: It's painful to change allocation

You: why?

Stranger: I just buy index funds, yes

Stranger: Because selling means taxes

You: mhm

Stranger: Unless you're in a 401k or IRA

You: right

Stranger: But the space there is limited

Stranger: And I invest a lot more than those limits

You: right

Stranger: Index funds are pretty cheap these days

You: mhm I heard they are good to buy

You: I was told that when you're young you should buy riskier though

Stranger: It's like buying a share the one company that you would get

Stranger: if all the companies merged together

You: right

Stranger: Riskier than equities?

You: stocks

Stranger: Like leveraged equities?

Stranger: Yeah?

Stranger: I mean, stock index funds buy stocks

Stranger: Underneath

You: mhm

You: what brings you to omegle?

Stranger: Just bored on a Friday evening

Stranger: Got done with work

Stranger: Reading news

You: ah okay

You: what tags do you normally do?

Stranger: Hm, computer science, investing, politics, san francisco

You: oh you're from SF?

Stranger: Bay Area, yeah

Stranger: Unfortunately

You: mhm expensive

Stranger: Eh

You: not really?

Stranger: I mean, the pay is a fair bit higher

Stranger: Expenses don't scale as much

Stranger: Like the rent here is 2.5K for a 1 bedroom apartment

You: ahh okay

Stranger: I pay 1.25K a month

Stranger: my girlfriend pays 1.25K

Stranger: But my pay would be like 5K a month less in say Tennessee

You: I see

Stranger: So money left after rent is definitely higher here

Stranger: Than wherever else

You: mhm

Stranger: Rent in Tennessee may be 1K a month but who cares really

You: does your workplace have offices in other states?

Stranger: Totally

Stranger: Like ten states

You: mhm

You: yeah I haven't thought very much about how differently the same company in different states

You: *pays

Stranger: Incredibly differently

Stranger: https://www.levels.fyi/locations/

You: I feel like the stereotype is that SF has a lot of fancy tech companies, therefore the salary is high because of the company

Stranger: The median pay in the Bay Area is 239K

Stranger: It's 115K in Dallas

You: mhm

You: (I was just thinking 239k is a lot haha)

Stranger: 136K in Chicago

Stranger: 239K is the median here, you can make more if you are more senior

Stranger: Or perform well above average

Stranger: This is tech

Stranger: Pay

Stranger: I mean

You: right

You: I'm not familiar with tech salaries

Stranger: That site has a good summary

Stranger: Anyway..

You: it's interesting, thanks for sharing it

Stranger: What do you do in life

You: research tech

Stranger: Okay

Stranger: It says you like politics

Stranger: What are your interests there

You: mhm, pretty general I guess

You: I'm mostly here to hear about other ppl's opinions

You: I'm interesting in the diversity of opinions across different areas I guess

You: *interested

Stranger: Are you a guy

You: yup

Stranger: Same

Stranger: Do you plan on getting married

You: mhm... idk

You: you?

Stranger: I'm not

You: that sounds very resolute even though you're cohabitating?

Stranger: Well, yeah, talked this through on the third date

Stranger: We've been together since sophomore year of college

You: right

You: and is there a reason why you dont want to get married?

Stranger: Don't see any reason to

Stranger: All you get is lose property rights

You: mhm in what way?

Stranger: As in you don't own anything

Stranger: The marriage does

Stranger: Which is why things get divvied up in divorce

You: oh, so you prefer to keep things totally separate?

Stranger: Most definitely

You: mhm you sound like a hyper-rational person

You: I feel like the popular norm is to get a prenup

Stranger: Eh

Stranger: I would definitely not call that a norm

Stranger: Almost nobody gets a prenup

You: hm, really?

Stranger: As a % of marriages

You: oh I just thought that the stereotype was that among highly educated people with a lot going into a marriage, they would

Stranger: https://www.oceansidedivorcelawfirm.com/prenup/prenuptial-agreement-statistics/

Stranger: "Despite half of all marriages ending in divorce, only 11% of couples state that there’s a chance their marriage could end in divorce and less than 5% have a prenup in place to protect their interests should they divorce"

You: like marriage laywers and things

You: but idk

You: I feel like not all americans have incomes on the level that you do

Stranger: And prenups get routinely thrown out

Stranger: I mean, that's just not true

Stranger: Jeff Bezos just divorced

Stranger: Richest man on earth

Stranger: Because his wife was extra awesome

Stranger: He only had to give 25% of his assets

Stranger: lol

Stranger: Otherwise it'd be at least 50%

Stranger: Now she's one of the richest people on earth

You: mhm

Stranger: What

You: hm?

Stranger: I mean

Stranger: Jeff Bezos was valedictorian at Princeton

Stranger: In Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Stranger: He started by working at an investment banking firm in NYC

Stranger: He was always elite...

Stranger: Didn't get a prenup

You: right

Stranger: And at any rate

Stranger: The courts just say

Stranger: The wife was under duress

Stranger: Or it has aged out

You: in either case I thought it was just a stereotype, I could just be totally wrong

Stranger: If the marriage is more than a couple years old

You: mhm

Stranger: I think it makes the relationship stronger for sure

Stranger: Given it's so easy to just walk out

You: what makes the relationship stronger?

Stranger: You've really got to be choosing to be with the other person everyday

You: ahh yeah

Stranger: I mean

Stranger: Married people

Stranger: A lot of them

You: I guess I haven't thought very much about the meaning of marriage

Stranger: Just put up with whatever

Stranger: Just to avoid the hassle

You: mhm

You: I guess for me I'm just irrationally sentimental haha

Stranger: Hm, okay

Stranger: I don't see why being sentimental needs to mean giving up property rights

You: I mean from my eyes, you seem to be a hyper-rational person

Stranger: That seems like unnecessary negative judgement on people that don't get married

You: hm? I don't mean it negatively

You: sorry if it came off that way

Stranger: Okay

Stranger: So you said you research tech?

You: you just seem like 500% more rational than everyone haha

Stranger: What do you mean by that exactly

You: research technician?

Stranger: Ah ok

You: like sort of do experiments

Stranger: I read it as

Stranger: I research "tech"

You: oh yeah, it's just the job title

Stranger: Makes sense

Stranger: So what are your political ideas generally

Stranger: Also what state are you in

You: mhm new england

You: I'm kind of moderate left

Stranger: Okay

You: I don't have extremely strong views

You: it's more so I'm very interested in understanding the views of others

You: and I guess the kind of lives that other ppl have

You: I think the coasts are kind of a bubble

You: it's easy to miss what a lot of the country goes through

Stranger: Well

Stranger: The coasts are kind of a bubble

Stranger: But they also do have most of the people

Stranger: So like, pretty representativwe

Stranger: representative*

You: mhm idk if that kind of reasoning works

You: like if you were to hypothetically imagine a world democracy

You: it's like saying asia is representative of the world

Stranger: Well, works if you weight it by people rather than by geographical area

Stranger: No, since Asia only makes up 40% of the world's population

Stranger: And there's little linking India and China

Stranger: Two vastly different cultures

Stranger: Other than white people saying

Stranger: "Ok, this is Europe, which is where I'm at - all this stuff east of me is asia"

You: hm? you've lost me a little

Stranger: I'm just saying Asia as a label doesn't make sense since there's little tying say China to India

Stranger: And moreover Asia is not representative of the world in general

You: oh, idk divisions are arbitrary

Stranger: Most of the GDP is not in Asia

You: or at least, my statement was intended as a counterargument

You: for the coasts being representative of the US based on the premise that most of the population is concentrated there

Stranger: Well, not really as a % of the population

Stranger: If 75% of people were in Asia

Stranger: And all incomes were same across earth

Stranger: Then yes, Asia would pretty much be world

You: mhm I just think that there's a function and purpose to having a government that takes into consideration geography

You: for instance, I don't believe in presidential elections based entirely on popular vote

You: even though I am a democrat

Stranger: Hm, ok

Stranger: Well, there's some chance the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will go through

You: the design of the senate is to ensure that each state (which is a geographical designation) has a voice in government

You: otherwise states like idk idaho would have no voice at all

Stranger: Sure

You: I think electoral reform is good though

You: in either case I do think a rural-urban divide should be considered

You: and I think protections should exist for rural interests

Stranger: I see

Stranger: So you're voting Joe Biden?

You: yup

Stranger: What policies of his do you like?

You: mhm it's more of a "I definitely won't vote trump"

Stranger: Right

You: what are your thoughts?

Stranger: On his policies?

You: sure, or in general

Stranger: Hm

Stranger: I suppose I'm pretty neutral

Stranger: I think they have similar policies

You: who did you support in the primary?

Stranger: Although I suppose I do prefer Trump's policies more in general although not a fan of him as a person

You: which of his policies did you like?

Stranger: Did not vote in the primaries

Stranger: Cutting corporate tax rates for one

Stranger: That's one I think is definitely important

Stranger: Reducing trade imbalances

Stranger: Especially with China I think is very critical

Stranger: He's got great policy on that

You: are those the tariffs or are you talking about something else?

Stranger: Individual income tax cuts I'm not a fan of

Stranger: He blew a massive hole in the budget

Stranger: I mean the negotiations in general

Stranger: The tariffs are a means to an end

You: ahh I see

You: I haven't seen a lot of data on outcomes of trade

Stranger: Joe Biden has great policy regarding SS

Stranger: He wants to impose the SS taxes after 400,000

Stranger: I think the cap should be removed entirely

Stranger: It's a nonsensical system

You: ah yeah

Stranger: I also like his carbon tax a lot, even though climate change is not really a concern of mine

Stranger: Since it is very much like a VAT or sales tax

Stranger: Which I'm a big fan of by Democrats say they hate...

Stranger: but*

You: mhm

You: it sounds like economics are you main concern

Stranger: Joe Biden also has great immigration policu

Stranger: He has called for a moratorium on deportations

Stranger: Trump is doing buffoonish stuff there

Stranger: Although Biden wants to deport criminals which makes no sense

Stranger: Given the high recidivism levels

Stranger: They just reenter the border illegally and commit more crimes

You: mhm interesting

Stranger: They need to be imprisoned not deported

Stranger: Well

Stranger: Housing policy is my primary concern, over economics

You: oh, how so?

Stranger: But I see that more as a state-level issue and not a federal one

Stranger: Well

Stranger: In the San Francisco Bay Area for instance

Stranger: Over 90% of the land zoned for residential use is zoned single-family

Stranger: i.e. it is illegal to build anything but a single-family house

You: huh

Stranger: Causing massive housing shortages

Stranger: The housing prices are through the roof

Stranger: And especially low earners are very house poor

You: is this a controversial issue at all?

You: I don't understand why your city would keep those zoning regulations

Stranger: Because the homeowners like it

You: mhm

Stranger: The current governor Gavin Newsom ran saying he'll fight for reform

Stranger: But he got nothing done

Stranger: Nothing at all

You: right...

Stranger: The median home price in the Bay Area is like a million dollars

You: are zoning regulations city ordinances?

You: so it would be city council elections?

Stranger: City or county depending on context

Stranger: Yeah, in a lot of cases

You: ahh kay

You: I actually don't know what the housing secretary of various departments do

Stranger: Housing secretary of various departments?

Stranger: What do you mean by that

Stranger: Like the HUD secretary?

You: yup

You: I think there are some state counterparts too

Stranger: The HUD mostly manages so called section 8 housing

Stranger: across the various states

You: subsidizing housing?

Stranger: Yeah

You: ahh okay

You: yeah I know very little about this

You: thanks for explaining it to me

Stranger: Really the important part is increasing supply

Stranger: Subsidizing it is not a cure at all

Stranger: Since you still can't physically put more people in no matter what

Stranger: Unless there are more actual housing units

You: is it the developer who decides whether to make something section 8 versus something normal?

Stranger: Well, depends on the ordinance really

Stranger: Usually they require a certain %

Stranger: Like if you build 100 units, at least 30 have to be rent stabilized

Stranger: Or whatever

You: oh

Stranger: Sometimes they can even contribute to a fund instead of actually building the subsidized housing

You: right

Stranger: No developer in their right mind would do that by their own will

Stranger: I mean

Stranger: It's all silly

Stranger: We have that here

You: mhm

Stranger: But it's just very upsetting seeing so many people so house poor

You: yea

You: thanks for explaining all these things to me

Stranger: Anyway

Stranger: I should have dinner now

Stranger: Nice chat

Stranger: Goodbye

You: alright good night!

Stranger has disconnected.