#Hole Digger

[fiddleyoumust]

Ming is about to fight his whole rich ass family for Joe, and I'm here for it. I'd say he deserves to see Ming get disowned for him as a treat, but I want Ming to stay rich so he can spoil Joe because Joe deserves that and more.

[conflee]

ALERT YOGNAU(GH)TS

Jaffa Factory 2 is now CANON

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

THERE IS NO DRILL

ONLY DONUT HOLES

The satellite that crashed next to the Jaffa Factory 2 build site contained an error log, which references DwarfStar with scrambled text, saying an unknown object was thrown into the reactor.

This is a reference to how DwarfStar exploded in the end of Hole Diggers.

WE HAVE CANON YOGSCAST TIMELINE CONTENT

[shower-phantom-ideas]

Bruh Danny no matter the universe will just say some fucked up shit.

He will just announce such crazy stuff about the afterlife or the feeling of dying. Something crazy he has no business knowing and then just walks off. People instantly assume hes joshin but like it doesn’t leave them. People will spend days thinking about it

People then proceeded to try and hunt down this random kid they saw once on the bus or in a coffee shop. He has online forums dedicated to him. People on the hunt for this random weird kid who just makes too much sense. We are talking reddit levels of shit here ok.

Breaks over so now the post is too

[possumcollege]

Post-holer Witch

She smells like dirt, gas, smoke, and heavy- duty sunscreen.

[xskyll]

I was just walking my dog and saw a little girl down the road, on the sidewalk (maybe around six years old?). She was wearing white stockings, mary janes, and a nice, "special occassion" sort of pink dress. She was doing some little kid ballerina moves, then she stopped, grabbed a big plastic shovel (it was about 3/4 of her height), and started digging a hole. In the 30 or so seconds it took for me to walk down the road to where she was, her tights got dirt stains on them.

I can't even express how happy seeing this made me. What a treasure. I hope her parents didn't yell at her.

[oops-ibrokereality]

Day 5: laser

Hole Diggers Appreciation

[im-goin-mad]

anyone remember paris dylan?? geez per sure has a type

[bythelightswitch]

i make so many shitty doodles that i never post and then immediately forget about, lost within the depths of a .mdp file. here you can look at them now

[hootsiegrimgrin]

Hoot Hoot hoothoohoot hoot hoot hoo hoothoothoot hoot hoot hoothoot hoo Hoot hoot. Hoot Hoot hoo Hoot hoothoot hoot hoo hoothoot hoo Hoot.

-Hootsie♡

[sluggoonthestreet]

Lucius has come to the realization that he might be a hole-digging overachiever.

[slimlone]

dumb thing I made

[nulfaga]

went back and read the script in english. fucking love beckett (in spite of myself)

[compo67]

I'm not the original Post Hole Diggers anon but I wanted to say I love that story so much and definitely consider it a favorite, but I don't reread it as often as I would like to because so much about Jared's living situation just makes me so angry and upset. I thought it was interesting how you said Jared's mom in PHD resents him. I don't understand why at all. Could you talk about that a little more perhaps?

Hi there, anon!

I'm happy to talk more about PHD. :) Long post ahead!

Think of this from Kate's perspective. Her husband walks out on her and her kid. But she's supported by her in-laws (Grams and Gramps) and raises Jared without too much of an issue (money has always been tight). Then Gramps dies and Grams decides to move into assisted living (for her own reasons). Suddenly, Kate is left on her own with Jared in a house her in-laws have given her but she can't keep up with the mortgage payments on her own. Jared is about 13 at this point and his odd jobs around the neighborhood and in town keep him fed, while Kate works two or three jobs to keep up with the house.

Kate meets Luke and doesn't necessarily fall in love with him, but she tells Jared she does. Kate and Luke have similar problems: how to support their families. And then Kate gets pregnant, which adds another kid to an already crowded mix. Luke has 3 boys, all of whom command Kate and Luke's attention more than Jared does. Jared has learned how to be self-sufficient--as much as a teenager can be.

Kate starts to resent Jared by the time he's fifteen/sixteen years old. She was a mother at that point, working three jobs. If she did it, she doesn't understand why Jared won't/can't. She's pulled in so many directions--work, Baby Rose, the boys, Luke--and Jared only has to care for himself. She has no time to spare for him and his moods or complaints.

The older Kate gets, the less she likes her life. Sure, Luke is nice to her and he's actually, surprisingly, a decent guy. But he's also a fairly absent parent to the boys, which puts more on Kate, which puts more on Jared. Jared could sleep with Baby Rose, but he can't stand her crying in the middle of the night--and he knows that if he starts paying more attention to Rose, he will be the one taking care of her the most often. Kate resents that.

Kate is upset that Jared isn't helping around the house as much as she wants him to. She's upset that she let herself get pregnant when they had enough going on with 4 kids. Jared is upset that he doesn't have his mother 1:1 anymore. He's upset that Grams went to live in the assisted living place instead of staying with them. Everyone is upset about their situation.

In Kate's mind, Jared should put school on hold so he can help contribute to the family. They need the extra income, he knows how to care for a baby, and he's the oldest teen. School will be there for him to go back to if he wants... later.

She sees Jared as having very little responsibilities and obligations. When he complains or speaks up about something he doesn't like, she has no patience or bandwidth left to A) do something about it and B) care. He knows there's no way to get a room of his own right now, and still, he keeps asking for one.

Jared has what she wants--the freedom to come and go as he pleases. He doesn't seem to appreciate that.

Then, enter Jensen. A handsome, amiable, wealthy alpha who used to be in a relationship with Luke. Instead of treating Jensen with civility, she chooses hostility. What's Jensen doing around here? Does it have something to do with Luke? Luke denies this, saying that what they had is in the past, but can Kate really trust that? Is Luke really at construction sites all day or is he hanging out with Jensen? It's probably way more fun to hang around Jensen--he's got a big house, a large plot of land, no kids, and spending money. (Whenever Jensen overpays Luke, Luke skims some off the top to put away for the kids. He doesn't show Kate 100% of his earnings.)

Kate doesn't want Jensen around anyone in her family, but Luke insists that the money Jensen gives him and Jared is worth more than her pride (or whatever she wants to call it). Kate and Luke begin to disagree more and more on things, especially Jared. Money is tight, the baby needs so much attention, and everything is falling apart. Nothing seems like it's going to get any better for Kate.

It's tough to picture a mom resenting their only son, but Kate is just that kind of person. She's not a good mom. She used to be, but right now she's just going through the motions and barely getting by.

Then she's got her mother-in-law calling and asking questions. This makes her feel threatened and small, even if Grams has nothing but good intentions. So she lashes out at Jared. She knows that as soon as he can, he's going to leave--just like his father. But she can't leave. She doesn't have what Jared has: independence.

And in the end, she's proven right. Jared does leave. And he doesn't even bother to say goodbye to her. Just like his father.

Kate is an emotionally immature parent. She's not like Sheri in Photo Op or Jared in Punzel. She doesn't hate Jared. She's just too caught up in resentment to understand him. And she's too caught up working two or three jobs that she has no time to work through her emotions.

Resentment is unresolved anger. She's angry about how her life turned out. This isn't what she pictured or wanted.

TLDR; Kate is an emotionally immature parent and barely hanging on by a thread in regard to her own physical/emotional capabilities. She resents Jared for the independence he has and his repeated refusal to help out more around the house.

If this family had just $100 more every month (that's like $1000 in modern money), they'd be more financially secure and things could potentially calm down. But they're losing money. Everything is tenuous. Happiness isn't forever or for everyone in Kate's perspective.

I hope this helps, anon. I think Kate might be the most flawed character I've written. I think readers want her to be a good mom because I've usually written good moms. That's just not what we get here. Jared will benefit from reading the book "Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" later in life.

Omg this post got away from me. Sorry! Bless you if you've read this far. <3

[robthepensioner]

Digging a large hole in the beach at Cleveleys, presumably not for recreation, but for the foundations of a boulder groyne. And a traffic cone.

[journal-three]

man idec Yogscast stuff has aged SO well.

I'm rewatching Hole Diggers- a 9 year old series- and it feels like it could've been recorded today. it still makes me full on chortle and chuckle.

[mostdefinitelyahumanperson]

i drew a tarot. that's pretty cool of me