#But this kid needs advice

[writingislife20]

I want a book about post-apocalyptic world, it starts out with these four survivors, who are all in their early to mid twenties, with the oldest being 25. They are trying to find other survivors/find out what started the apocalypse. I want them to be traveling, getting close to where they think the apocalypse started and surrounded by a group of creatures (I’m thinking zombies, but if you can be more original, let me know.)

Just when they are starting to despair, a car horn sounds. A minivan careens into the circle, killing several of the horde of creatures. A door is thrown open, and a preteen girl pitches her head out and screams at the top of her lungs “ GET IN!!!”

They start scrambling into the minivan, while the monster shuffle at them. When the last person gets in, the girl throws the door closed and yells, ” Step on it, Rosie, and don’t hit another building!”

They turned to see a nine-year-old girl in the driver seat, with a 13-year-old boy looking like he was about to hurl. They drive so fast that one of the passengers definitely gets close to sickness. The nine-year-old keeps giggling, and whoever’s point of view it is is death scared of this little girl.

They get driven to this camp area that has obviously been turned into a hideout, with a gate enclosing it. There, they are greeted with a gaggle of kids, ranging from 7 to 16, with two elderly women, and a girl who stands out as being the oldest and probably the leader. She seems to be a lot older, and is very confident, giving directions to everyone. She takes the four of them to a side room, and shuts the door. All four of them are preparing for some sort of shovel talk. None of them are expecting to see this girl to sigh, lean against the wall and ask “Are any of you homophobic? because I am not willing to deal with that during this whole thing.”

Turns out, this place used to be a conversion camp that flew under the radar, and this girl had been breaking her little sister out of it when this whole thing started. Most of the kids have been fine, as they’ve been on lockdown due to her entering, almost all the faculty was dead or had abandoned the kids when everything started. The only adults who were left were the lunch ladies and the grandmother of one of the kids, who had been there visiting her grandson.

This 19-year-old had been put in charge of a gaggle of kids, and three older women who did not know how to take care of that many children. She asked the team for help dealing with the kids, crying that she needed an adult.

The group of four look at each other. Only one of them has experienced with children, and that is with a few kids from daycare, who are arguably younger than these ones. All of them are grad students, who barely survived the apocalypse due to sheer dumb luck, antisocial behavior, and their ability to dodge people attempting to bite them (grad students get crazy and cranky when you tried to wake them up or take them away from their work). All four of them are human disasters, then they look at this kid, who didn’t even get the chance to go to college, who is begging for help, and looks like she’ll cry if they refused to help.

They all collectively decide that They will be the responsible one. all of their other friends are human disasters, so they have to clean up their behavior and take care of this girl and the many children she has under her care. They know they’re going to need to help.

The problem is, they are all human disasters, who barely know how to cook. They are trying to be responsible, but they only have one brain cell, and it passes between them with no warning.

The rest of the story should be a mixture of comedy(these 20 year old trying to take care of a bunch of kids) and apocalyptic drama (these old ladies, trying to figure out why the apocalypse started, with a few appearances from Timmy, the grandson, who is seven years old and was sent there without the grandmother’s knowledge.)

Just, let the responsible grandparents figure out how the apocalypse started and why, while the grad students try to be responsible for 20 to 30 kids.

[littlefankingdom]

It's funny how in fanfics, people write Clark giving parenting advices to Bruce, when in the comics (see: World's Finest: Batman and Superman) and other media (see: Young Justice), Bruce is the one giving parenting advices to Clark, and he is always very serious about it.

After all, Bruce has been a father figure and mentor for longer and more kids than Clark. Of course he doesn't need to call Clark for help to learn how to take care of his kids, Clark is the one calling Bruce for help when he has an issue and Ma Kent is busy.

[tending-the-hearth]

thinking about how canonically the pevensie siblings are 13, 12, 10, and 8 in "the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe"

thinking about how lucy needed a stool to be able to get up onto her throne, how peter's sword is a little too large for him, how susan's bow is a little too difficult for her to pull back, how edmund's shield nearly covers his entire body.

thinking about the pevensie siblings and their first few months in narnia, getting to know their new people, and half the narnians sitting there horrified because WHAT have these literal babies been through to give them such traumatized, old eyes, and the other half of the narnians are preparing to adopt them, no it doesn't matter that they're the rules, they're children who are being put in charge of too many things, and if peter looks at the old man council long enough he's going to cry, so someone needs to give him paternal support while aslan is off doing Lion Jesus Stuff™️ and whoops oreius is being nice and encouraging and now he's adopted his kings and queens they're his kids now he doesn't make the rules.

just the narnians and the pevensies being thrown into it together, and just as the pevensies will do anything to protect their new kingdom, the narnians will do anything to protect their rules, because let's be honest, these children have no sense of self-preservation, and are far too overprotective of each other and their people to take into account their own safety, so a lot of battles it's just one of the pevensie siblings running headfirst into danger with oreius running after them because his kids are feral and don't know proper royalty manners and won't threatening old kings from different countries because they're being assholes and the last time one of them tried undermining the queens susan called him a self-righteous asshole and lucy tried to stab him SOMEONE help him corral his children please

[nelkcats]

Baby Bird Advices

When a person is facing a difficult moment, or having to make a though decision. The voice of their soulmate will manifest in their head. It's not their actual voice though, it's the voice of the child they were once, which can be confusing because people change over time.

Sometimes all someone needs is a kid scolding them or telling them to take a break; After all, they don't lie to make you feel better but try their best to support you.

However, Jason's soulmate wants a refund, little Robin is definitely not trying his best. He suggested steal the tires of a car once!

Danny didn't know his soulmate's name, one day the boy proudly declared his name was "Robin" which couldn't be a real name, but he assumed it worked. Little Robin gave worrisome advice.

Honestly, Little Robin remained silent for most of his life, sometimes he complained about his parents or his living conditions, but he didn't go further than that.

When he was a child it was a surprise to discover Little Robin, at that time the voice had no name but at the age of 5 he advised him to run, and well, it worked. Robin had a lot of advices on running away, or how to survive on little food, which was extremely helpful considering his... living conditions.

Although the halfa was very worried about the future of the child, he knew the voice of his soulmate would still be there even if they died, Little Robin was still alive? Would he be okay? How did he know so many worrying things? And why did he consider it was a good idea to tell him what to do?

On the other hand, Jason has tried to shut the little Dick in his head from making jokes during his most tense moments. Although he is stupidly helpful, and his knowledge of chemistry helped him on more than one occasion (how did a kid know about chemistry and mechanics, what the fuck?)

[blondeaxolotl-twstocs]

fated question

what do murray and sirena think of squishy tasty looking tako chan

Hehe, again, Sirena finds him sweet, adorable even. After a good while Sirena tells Azul he can count on her, Murray and the tweels as a second family. Letting him know he can ask them for help with anything or even stay over whenever he wants. Honestly, just making sure Azul knows that she's a safe person he can count on just like his parents, hehe.

Murray though

It's- it's the thought that counts ig. Azul's step-dad isn't really fond of her because she says stuff like this a lot

[ravenssworld66]

scene kids!!

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[kravchikfreak]

my man's dying at the hands of the one he just called "problems" not so long ago and the only thing that concerns him in that moment is "well gotta make sure to let her know i love her and she's perfect"

like not a bit of remorse, it's whatever she unloaded machine gun into him. no dying wish or final will, he doesn't need her to continue his work or legacy. she can if she wants, sure, but she doesn't have to

that's just it, he loves her and she's perfect, and she can do whatever the fuck she wants. as long as she remembers that he loves her and she's perfect

[yenforfairytales]

NEED Terry and Daniel to go on a double date with Axel and Sam. Terry giving pointers on how to properly court a spicy LaRusso, Axel all serious and taking meticulous notes, and Sam and Daniel rolling their eyes and enjoying their food.

HAHAHA. I love this so much 🥹

Terry treating this like he's coaching a karate match. Axel taking it even more seriously, like his life depends on it.

Daniel and Sam chilling at the table kind of bored in the restaurant Terry conveniently owns.

Axel is so sweet and quiet he doesn't know what to say. Sam smiles encouragingly but screams with her eyes at her dad for help.

Daniel's too busy trading thinly veiled, backhanded insults with Terry.

They quickly switch to speaking in Japanese when things get too spicy.

Terry knows Daniel is pissed when he switches to Italian.

Sam knows things are not going well when Terry and Daniel begin to swirl their wine glasses aggressively as they talk.

Axel tries to cross his legs under the table but his knee hits the underside and rattles everything on top.

Terry glares at him because he needs someone to blame for angy Danny.

Sam brings up the tournament and the history of karate to which Daniel and Terry immediately nerd out and discuss at length.

Sam has regrets when they begin to give each other smouldering and coy looks, flirting in front of her salad.

She gives Axel a sweet smile and suggests they go for a walk.

Axel feels relieved and tries to hold her hand under the table but gets them tangled in the tablecloth instead.

It's a good night all things considered.

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Daniel gets railed within an inch of his life later when Terry chuckles over Axel's shy awkwardness and Daniel replies:

"It's like looking in a mirror, isn't it"

[mavigator]

aughhh i love my job but it is also so harrowing seeing all these adults failing the middle schoolers i work with. and seeing how mean kids are to each other. and i only see them a few hours a week max so i can only do so much but i really do try. like im sorry your dad is homophobic come make bracelets with me. i’m sorry you’re getting bullied for wearing a tail come show me your OCs. i’m sorry your mom apologizes to strangers for your autism please tell me all about your favorite creepypastas. i’m sorry your mom yelled at you over the phone would you like to play uno with me. i’m sorry your family misgenders you let me tell you how long ive been on T and how i picked out my name. i’m sorry you don’t have any food to eat i’m giving you some oranges and applesauce. thank you for making me a bracelet i keep it on my coat hanger. thank you for giving me a valentine i keep it on my nightstand. thank you for giving me your poem i hung it up on my fridge. please stop trying to grow up so fast. okay? you’re so awesome

[rosegoldorigins]

Forget the two paths in front of you. What is your path?

My path?

[orcboxer]

I was so proud of myself as a child for my ability to "do without." Adults complimented me on how I didn't need things.

Turns out I did need things after all, and now I'm conditioned to not take care of myself.

[itsaspectrumcomic]

hi, i'm 14 years old and autistic. my mother has me playing sports outside of school. i play basketball and i like it. i play softball and i don't like it. my softball coach often gets frustrated with me because my eyes wander when he's talking to me or the team. the same thing happens with my math teacher. he sometimes calls me out in front of the whole class for not making eye contact with him when he's speaking. i don't know how to tell them that it's hard for me. do you have any suggestions? thank you.

Firstly I want to say that any teachers calling you out in front of everyone for not making eye contact are being assholes and abusing their authority. If they have a problem they should address it with you privately. It's not like you're being disruptive.

Do they know you're autistic? In an ideal world, making them aware of that would be enough to get them to understand, but obviously that's not the case in a lot of places. Letting them know before or after a session or through an email (so you don't have to say it in front of everyone) might help, especially if your mother can be there to back you up/sign the email. If it doesn't, you might be able to take it higher up to their managers or the school, because at that point they're being discriminatory against someone with a disability. If you're not comfortable sharing that you're autistic, just saying you have trouble making eye contact but you are still listening might be enough.

Also, if you don't like playing softball it's OK to quit. I know parents don't always give us much choice, but you shouldn't have to continue if you don't like it. You already have basketball so it's not like you'd be quitting all sports/extracurriculars. If your mum needs convincing it might help to tell her you need more time to spend on your homework, or you'd like to try out a different activity. (You don't actually have to spend that time doing homework. It's OK to just relax sometimes.)

I hope this helps and you start having a better time soon!

[toupee-or-nottoupee]

my new rot is making sharp & ronen take in sebastian at the end

[theosconfessions]

if youd like to read the stephens from the beginning you can over here:)

if youd like to read the stephens continued you can over here:)

@ohsosims

theo- yeah ..you arent sick..

river-clearly not.

theo- then whats up kid. why the early pick up and why couldnt your dad come get you.

river- you are my dad.

theo- right. but you know that i mean.the nicer one.

river- dads not the nicer one.

theo- okay flattery..that works.everytime. what do you need ? money or something?

river- no i dont need money. i just want to talk.thats all.

theo- oh shit! i cannot wait to tell your dad about this. my son wants to talk to me and not him. oh wait. is this a scarlett thing or?

river- dad no. just.you know isla and i broke up ?

theo- yeah. sorry. she was cool. distance can get you

river- yeah it can..well..that night ..blake and i were talking and things just got kind of...i wasnt thinking.. and we ended up hooking up.

theo-oh!

river- yeah it was kind of..my first time..doing anything like that and i think i just took advtage of the fact that i know that he likes me.

theo- and you like him?

river- yeah.always kind of have. but i was IN LOVE with isla. i am.

theo-and blakes different?

river-he feels different.

theo- riv, maybe im overstepping here but doesnt blake kinda you know..see a fuck ton of people..like a lot.

river-howd you know that?

theo- hi i own a bar and he tries to give me a fake id like i dont know him.

river-oh..i thought that maybe..

theo- WHAT ?! WHOA NO. i know i dont have the best reputation with you guys but hell no. no i just see him in there with a bunch of different people..and here lies my concern. you just gave your virginity to a theo jr who probably already has five kids you dont know about. he got you so in your feelings right now that you called me to get you from school.

river-blakes not like you were.

theo- and now you sound like your dad. riv you obviously like him

river-and he likes me

theo- yes but as your father and someone whos headboard has similar notches like blakes..this guys not an easy stop on that shit.

river-well we arent dating.he doesnt have to be

theo-but youd give a shit if i told you tomorrow i seen him out with some girl,right?

river- [looks away]

theo- what makes you want to even get into this with him already? you just ended shit with isla

[batsplat]

also I’ve seen some (well a lot) photos of dani & sete together and like were/are they friends? obviously I know about the honda connection + them both being spanish but not much more then that. kinda hilarious that dani was/is friendly with both of them……

time to bring back the world's funniest photo

this is a genuine work of art. quite possibly one of the greatest photos of all time. I'm in love

yeah dani hired sete in 2017!! that's what gives us that great moment where valentino forgets about jerez 2005 with sete in the room - like that's why sete is even attending pressers in the first place. this is what sete had to say about it start of 2017:

honestly this is one of my fave sete interviews, I've had it in my drafts for a while to discuss but I might as well throw it in here. so yeah, him and dani have known each other since dani was a kid!! which will have been partly due to the honda link - they were also both gresini riders in 2004-05, if in different classes

plus they had the spanish link, back when that was like. something a little more noteworthy. they've regularly trained together for years!! dani had already asked sete to be his coach for two years!! they have a "great relationship"!!

but yeah obviously we do have to address the valentino of it all. "in recent years [dani's] dropped a little, as a result of bad luck. when you try many times and don't succeed, your enthusiasm and motivation are less" uh huh...? like, say, when someone puts a curse on you and however much you try and try and try again, you can no longer win another race? it would be horrible if that curse gave you all manner of ill fortune, yeah? that sure would sap your enthusiasm and motivation, wouldn't it?

note too that the phrasing for what sete's attempting to give back to dani echoes what he says valentino still has: enthusiasm and motivation. the joy and the will. sete believes nobody should attempt to become the 'anti-marquez' - the very phrase implies a single chosen challenger to finally take down the sport's current king. focusing too much on that person can only come to your own detriment. you'll eventually become your own main rival... eventually, you'll defeat yourself, and your enemy won't even have to raise a hand. dani/sete parallels isn't the sort of thing you'd necessarily arrive at yourself, so it's always kind of the involved parties to do your work for you. what valentino and marc never lost was their 'inner spark' - and the two of them can cause the kind of misfortune for others that gradually eats away at their 'enthusiasm and motivation'. if you've been marked out to defeat one of them... well, beware

and. of course. "we've always had a great relationship, given that we've shared so many great moments together" buddy WHAT are you talking about. ALWAYS??? sete has a funny habit of acting as if he's like, worked very hard to repress everything that happened to him between 2003 and 2005 as some kind of weird ass curse-induced trauma response. but it's actually the "I've never done any interviews in which I've talked badly about valentino" that's the most revealing - which is a) kinda debatable, but at the same time b) ... well, yeah, sete has been awfully restrained in what he's said post-2005! which has always been super annoying to me, as someone on a fact-finding mission about that era, but it's also... it makes perfect sense, doesn't it? of course, sete was still committed to managing the image of that rivalry. so determined to be respectful that he's avoided giving his side of the story. and sure, you can take him at his word that he's let bygones be bygones, that he really only remembers the positives of that time, but... it's complete and utter bullshit! he's finally started talking about THIS decade (transcribed for the sete post):

if there's one good thing that came from him going on that bloody three hour australian podcast, it's in him opening up about how obviously extremely not Over It he is:

if you think that valentino has had a lasting negative impact on the sport, that he made it more dangerous, that this is something that can directly be traced back to what he did to YOU... then why are you NOT 'talking badly' about valentino? why didn't you complain about the overtake at the time, publicly rather than feeling frustrated with race direction in private? but that's sete all over, isn't it... casey, for all his sins, has not exactly been quiet about valentino post-retirement - and while I'm also not going to ascribe any especially altruistic motives to that, while he does also obviously sell a very particular version of their story, you at least don't get this kind of blatant disparity between his stated principles and his public output. it's like when commentators were talking during assen 2004 about that magazine cartoon, the one with the gag that valentino just had to put a mirror on the back of his bike to defeat sete. (which is obviously very mean-spirited, yeah, and there's plenty to critique in how sete was portrayed as this vain foppish pretty boy.) sete has always, always cared too much about appearances and it was always going to be what killed him in that rivalry. he truly is the perfect foil: valentino manipulates image to his own ends, while sete is a slave to it. and that's how we've somehow ended in this situation where both parties have been perfectly willing to let the facts of that rivalry dissipate into obscurity over time. valentino erases sete from the narrative of his career as an act of punishment, whereas sete lets himself be erased because he does not wish to be associated with something so very ugly. and thus the story sinks over time towards oblivion

anyway. sorry. uh, back to dani. reportedly that was quite a close partnership he had going with sete:

a rich kid with a fancy bike collection to the last. here's a joan instagram post about said training:

and here's another interview sete gave about dani - unsurprisingly he's once again very complimentary:

"we have noticed that the machine is developing in a certain direction" uh huh? something about riding for honda, who you believe are geared only towards making one of your rivals succeed? must be tough, eh

probably a complete coincidence, but as it happens 2017 was the closest dani and valentino ever really got to a public spat - over valentino's sturdy defending in aragon. "if he's not happy, he has to race alone" indeed. obviously, dani did not end up winning a title - though 2017 is still the closest he'd gotten since 2013. he was very much in that title fight, pretty much until the wet race at misano, even if as the fifth of five contenders... so 13 of 18 rounds in, not bad. (incidentally, that's also the race that ended valentino's title aspirations by dint of missing it entirely.) and when dani was pushed out of honda and decided to call it a day in 2018, here's what sete had to say:

more recently, dani's spoken about the advice sete gave him late in his career:

"in my last years" does make it sound like he's being put down, eh. so yeah, a rider coach, but probably more importantly a friend. wonder if they're still close

[nonokoko-draws]

Starting the year with Riddle hcs 🌹

I feel so proud that the semi realistic headshots still look good if you flip the canvas... 😤✨ More hcs ↓

Similarly to Epel he has insecurities regarding his body. Unlike him he doesn't go nuts when the spotlight goes to his feminine features, only when his age or mental maturity is questioned due his looks Floyd is an exception because anything he says makes Riddle explode.

He used to take great pride in his idea that he is mentally more prepared for adulthood than most boys his age, that he knew better than his childish classmates, before he was humbled in book 1. Post OB he still thinks he is book smart and mature but does he know how much he has yet to learn, though he still finds rather insulting to underestimate him for age or looks. Summary: call him a child and the effect would be the same as calling him short

Whilst Epel is focused on the conservative sense of masculinity, Riddle aspires to be a gentleman. To be exact, he has taken a liking to victorian etiquette on how to be proper during courtship rituals.

I think he would find tips such as "don't flirt with every lady you meet and don't assume every (young) woman is eager to fall in love with you; maintain a dignified reserve"; "be ready to act the knight if a lady in your company is attacked"; "don't get a innocent woman her hopes up" or "neither party should make the other jealous" quite tasteful. Of course, he's sensible enough to know which habits of 200 years ago he should cross out

Mr Roseheart is probably the one Riddle got his Japanese inheritance from, as it is weird to believe Mrs Rosehearts would chance her last name if she is a big name in the magical medicine industry. Unless his husband was the most prominent figure and she got more prestige with this marriage, unlikely in my opinion as controlling people like her usually take a dominant role in the relationship. So I suppose it's either a case in which each pattner keeps its surname or Mr Roseheart was who changed his

Riddle is autistic but his mother didn't make him go to any tests because she wants to believe his son is "normal". I'm under the impression she could be the type to be ableist just because (sadly many doctors are this insensitive and out of touch despite the irony of their fields) OR she doesn't discriminate neurodivergent people but doesn't want hers to be because she firmly believed if little Riddle knew he was autistic he would use his diagnosis to avoid facing the things he could struggle with or excuse "lazy" behaviour with it or she knows how ableist others can be and wanted to disguise him by making him a functional, well-adjusted neurodivergent individual.

Her reasoning? If he is capable of adjusting and is unaware of his autism he won't try to use "the easy way out of" when confronted about his struggles and he won't be bullied by his peers; don't mistake this as a kind gesture from a mother with good intentions but terrible execution. She believes if he was bullied during his studies he could drop out off medicine and she hasn't been preparing him to be a doctor like her for all his childhood to get her plans frustrated by an external factor such as how his classmates perceive him.

Therefore making him believe he is like the rest + homeschooling would "prevent" this outcome because neither he would interact with possible bullies nor he would know what's "normal" for kids his age so he wouldn't feel different because he didn't have a chance to interact with other children.

Plus interacting with adults and certain kids deemed intellectual enough would enhance his possibilities of "growing out of any annoying habits inherently from young kids" (emotional outburst and "childish stuff" she doesn't like). Which I think is way worse than if she was simply an ignorant ableist doctor, but also makes her a more manipulative and calculating character than what we know of her so far.

It could also make sense as for why she was so mad his son made friends she didn't approve of beforehand, because the only way he could have had external interactions would be handpicked by her.

Anyway that's all for today rambles, follow me if you wish to know more about my downfall in the spiral that is being a twst fan to not lose track of my delusions 🫡