#I am tired of fireworks
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America doesn't like Fireworks
Here's a headcanon/projection I have for America. I also thought I already posted this but I actually dreamt that…totally not a sign of #mentalillness
content warning: mentions of multiple real life deaths, great war and world war two are mentioned, mentions of ptsd/shell shock.
i'm not fully sure those need a warning but just in case I wanted to provide them.
At first America loved fireworks to celebrate the fourth of july. He had loved the display of colors and patronism his citizens showed! He was a freshly indepent nation when the fireworks began in 1777. He thought they were beautiful, amazing, spectacular, and a wonderful sign of what the future would hold.
He also greatly prefered fireworks to the guns and canons set off during the 4th and was happy that after 1812 that phased out.
When Independence Day became an offical holiday in 1870 he cried with joy. That year he watched the firework display with an intense feeling of pride in his heart.
But then it began to change for him. In the years between 1903 and 1909 there were 44 deaths due to fireworks and even more injuries. He began to feel a bit of unease over the citizen's love for fireworks.
Then the Great War happened...So many young men came back from the war shell shocked. Hell, America even had some shell shock for a while. That first year after the war and the fireworks going off, he felt all those men's fears and his own fear.
That was a major turning point for him.
It didn't help that between 1928 and 1942 there were another 56 deaths in factories and stores due to fireworks. And then after World War Two, the sound of fireworks began to make America's heart race.
After a few years America decided he would leave his big house in Washington DC and go to another one of his houses. This house was further away from any firework show the city was doing. He wouldn't feel anxious and would be able to celebrate his independence/birthday in peace and quiet. But by that time it was the 1980s and more people were doing fireworks in the comfort of their backyards. The noise and smoke that filled the street of America's suburban house terrified him. Were they under attack? He had rushed to investigate only to find people with fireworks and firecrackers.
America gave up, it was probably just him upset by this whole mess. Those who had shell shock probably got used to it by now, correct?
But then in the 2000s he began to hear more talk, more talk of veterans struggling with the fireworks. Dogs struggling with the fireworks. Pets, kids, many more people then he assumed were scared of the loud fireworks. And in a way it explained to him why at the turn on the 1900s he began to have a change of heart about fireworks, a feeling of unease and uncomfort. Because despite how much he partied or celebrated on July 4th he still just didn't feel right, that something was wrong.
Then more and more states began to ban the setting off of fireworks for personal use but that wouldn't stop the citizens despite the growing number of people who found discomfort with them. America wouldn't go anywhere in the South around the 4th of July mostly staying in States that had the strictest bans on fireworks. By this time his fear of fireworks had greatly decreased especially since he realized the cause, it wasn't all his feelings but Americans feelings as well.
He even began to host some birthday parties where you could see the city sanctioned firework show. Firework shows were different to him then just the random ones in someone's back yard, those were expected, well controlled, a professional was doing it.
America hopes that one day he'll be able to like fireworks again but that probably wouldn't be until people stopped doing it on their own or when people and animals stopped being upset by it. Both those cases seem unlikely, so America will just grit his teeth and accept the firework tradition.
I even used some sources for this *insert surprise pikachu* History of Fireworks Firework Accidents and Deaths I couldn't find out when it became the norm to do your own fireworks but I assumed at least by the 80s. I also believe states began putting in place bans/laws about personal fireworks in the early 2000s but don't quote me.
#Hetalia Headcanon#hetalia headcanons#Hws America#Aph America#America Headcanon#Hws America headcanon#Fireworks#Alfred Jones#4th of july#I am tired of fireworks#fireworks suck#Fireworks cause so many accidents- so much stress for people and pets - so much unease#Also so fucking loud!#Hate being in the South#💔💔💔#They've been doing fireworks since SUNDAY#My dog is scared of them because one time she was burned by a NEIGHBOR'S firework (we weren't doing them!) that had fallen into the yard#Anyway America dislikes Fireworks in support of veterans; pets; kids; and those with sensory/audio issues; and anyone else#Idc what anyone has to say this is my headcanon#And idc I hate fireworks they scare my dogs and sound like gunshots.#Hate the question of did my neighbors set off a firecracker a week early or was that a gunshot?#CW death#Cw PTSD#cw war mention#cw multiple deaths#Vent#Rant#Rant in tags#My headcanon#I don't know how to move tags sorry the CW's are further down I had planned to move them but can't on mobile
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🍎Apol Thieves🍎
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⬇️Background + various close-ups⬇️
#ah the fruits of my labor ^3^#this took so damn long#mainly the background#i was initially going to do a simple sketch-y type background#and then it turned into a fully colored/kinda shaded thing •_•#oh well#i think it looks pretty nice#im just really tired now and am not looking forward to hearing fireworks#welcome home#welcome home clown illustrations#welcome home puppet show#welcome home character#welcome home oc#welcome home wally#welcome home houi#welcome home howdy#wally darling#houi d tribbles#howdy pillar#<i forgot his name tag smh#artists on tumblr#oc artwork#oc art#background#digital art#digital illustration
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Finished the Penacony story and my heart fr stopped at THIS MOMENT
THAT??? That’s love.
And then she LITERALLY died for us.
#stellefly#honkai star rail#hsr#penacony spoilers#penacony#ofc she didn't JUST die for us#also she didn't... actually die...#but the romance of her being the one to save us from the dream is MUAH MUAH#stelle's like “my knight in shining armor 🥰”#firefly she's so amazing she deserves her own post and I'm giving it to her btw#SHE IS SUCH A COMPELLING CHARACTER OUTSIDE OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRAILBLAZER AND I'M TIRED OF PPL PRETENDING SHE ISN'T#I knew about the princess carry but them flying through the air with fireworks I didn't know that was real OMOAAMFLMSD#THEY'RE SOULMATES#stelfly#steltaru#fireblazer#sparkle ships them so hard. also acheron.#PENACONY FINALE WAS SO FIRE????????#I LOVE Acheron taking on the role of Charon like OMG her story is so sad and she's genuinely so sweet I WILL DIEEEEEE#AND THE OAK SIBLINGS????? I'M DISTRAUGHT#I MISS MISHA SO BAD. HIM LEAVING CLOCKIE WAAAAAAAA. I'M SO MISERABLE HE CAN'T VISIT THE EXPRESS ANYMORE I AM DAMAGED#my son he don't even exist!!#chriterary classics
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Why doesn’t the world make itty bitty teeny lil kitty sized noise canceling headphones😭😭
#this is awful#she’s so upset im so upset#i hate itttttttt#my heartrate rn📈📈📈📈#and my heart issues ALREADY keep my resting rate high😪#i was so tired before they started up#lights off blankets in perfect position cat is HERE#and now i am stuck flinching every 15 seconds😭#hope yall are doing well! and have a firework buddy if you need one#if not i’ll be your distant firework buddy😤#me you and our family cat can all suffer together <3
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tfw I'm listening to an artist's solo album for the first time and I think to myself, "hm. lyrics are a bit more... mawkish than I expected" and then I have to cast about in my knowledge bank of recent nü-metal history to finally remember that this is the guy who left the band to become a Christian
#dammit. got drawn in by the ONE song on the album that was about drugs (which incidentally is the only banger on it. hmmmm)#sorry brian but i only have room for one excessively sentimental quasi christian-rock band in my life and that spot is taken#unrelated: fucking hell why do i have to live at some kind of fireworks ground zero. i am going to kill myself#i can't be up until 01:00 again i am So Tired
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4th of July more like "fuck you, you can't sleep"
Worst day to try to go to bed early
#speculation nation#and i mean im going to bed at midnight. which is early for me#but still not late enough for them to be done with the fireworks! blegh#my legs r so achy and i am so tired and i have to do all my homework tomorrow b4 i leave for the yartzeit#thankfully it's only 2 assignments instead of the normal 3. so hopefully i'll b able to finish it fine.#just. blegh. the push to finish that chapter really took a lot out of me.#and now i really need to sleep.#gazes grumpily out at the people setting off fucking explosions outside.
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me: i will do artfight this year the smoke from the wildfires outside: haha, idiot my lungs: *screaming even though i'm not going outside*
#void keith talks#i am struggling. to breath#perhaps i have asthma afyer all. or maybe the weather is just that bad#dw im still doing artfight. but i am so tired. and my throat hurts. and my lungs are yelling at me#wonder if the fireworks in my area are gonna be banned this year. i hope they are. the wildfires are so fucking bad rn#im not even joking at all this shit SUCKS. it feels like a fucking cold or some shit even though its not. its jusr the smoke particles#i'm safe though! i'm okay! the wildfires are NOT near me. the weather is just. sucky#anyways. blegh. i feel like shit#ventpost#vent post
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((bleh. feelin kinda yucky. probably the migraine.
hopefully will feel better tomorrow but rn i dont have it in me to do asks :(
#ooc#((am kinda sad idk why#((maybe im just tired or smth#((gonna rb oooone thing and then log off probably#((plus im just kinda trying to block out the noise of the fireworks. its not even the fourth yet but i have obnoxious neighbors.#((even on the 4th it bothers me when its the neighbors lighting em. i dont mind the professional shows as much... still dislike em tho
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Man I need to go to bed or something bc my brain ain't working tonight
Took me like 5 tries to read the word "accurately" right. Kept seeing it like "arcutely? Accurlatey? Arculately??" For some reason
And I just saw a link that "conservationists cheer axolotl reproduction" and thought it was CONSERVATIVES and was like "why do THEY care?? And why should I care that they care???" Then it clicked.
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#and people are blasting those really big scary fireworks and did i mention theres a heatwave and the lawns are all drying to a crisp?#like i dont wanna ruin anyone's fun bc it IS a holiday today and just bc its not ab me doesnt mean no one gets to be happy#AND bc its a holiday they legally can shoot em off...#but it's really fucking loud and theyre spaced out so far that it's hard to tell if theyre done or not and then BOOM#so like i dont wanna be like grumpy ass old white lady ab it but i also have work tomorrow and am tired :/#anyway AUGGHHH my head hurts#marquilla
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uhh I'm trying to gain more energy to draw again but for PM/Limbus people since I also am so much more active in here and talk a relative amount would it be a better idea if I post it here or in my alt if do eventually (@yetanothershore)
#personal#i guess?#mostly thinking about how to organize myself#my art blog is still so empty I need to repost more drawings there I think#probably a lot of Sangbaek & those two in general + Sang Yi and the rest of the League of Nine#And Ishmael & Heathcliff and probs Queequeg too#Mainly cuz they're my big faves so I have the most ideas for them but I like everyone and lots of thoughts on them#I'll figure it out I guess?#Unrelated but why does Tumblr does not allow the feather emoji. Mean#Same for flower/fireworks emoji#I wanna draw almost everyone I have a lot of thoughts#but I might just not do anything at all I am indecisive and tired all the time
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Me: I'm gonna fire up one of these games I got on the huge steam summer sale wooooo buddy first day off in a long time!!!!!!!
Life: coming in hot with a folding chair
#she did not in fact get to play her video game#I am. so tired. so. tired. I passed out last night and was dead to the world for TEN HOURS STRAIGHT OK. JUST. OUT. COMPLETELY.#I am 🥴 abt everything rn and all the fireworks and the extreme heatwave are NOT helping#I gotta make dinner now ughhhh fuckin. tired.#erin explains it all
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my brain is so empty after work days that i just sit here trying my best not to post a post thats just "you guys dont get ittt!!!!!"
#theres nothing to get i just. you just dont get it#you dont get it u dont understand the intensity of emotions i have for these stupid little assholes (and cassie)#(shes stupid not an asshole tho) (well actually#anyway fireworks are goijg off loud again and they r still sounding very scary to me so i am. 🧍♂️#it is 8pm. the sun is still in the process of setting it is light outside u dont need 2 do this#regular viewers will note that 8pm is my bed time. it is. i am tired. unfortunately tho there r loud bangs every 5 seconds#doomed to go absolutely insane#want u all to know i originally typed insane w an 8 instead of the i and it autocorrected to 80s anesthesia#for what reason???? i do not know#my phone does wild autocorrects i constantly have 2 fix them
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I know I'm late but
Please stop the fireworks youre scaring my dog
#fourth of july#usa#independence day#sorry if this has already been done#i made this in 3 seconds while i was spending hours with scratches comforting my dog between fireworks that wouldnt stop#theyre even illegal where i am and that didnt stop people i am so tired and so sick
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store manager just called me asking me if i could do a shift today from 8am to 4pm
she called at 7:45am
the morning after 4th of july
#i called back and let her know i was unavailable#cause yknow. just woke up. but also bc yesterday was 4th of july i stayed up bc fireworks were still going off#so didnt try sleeping until they were done and wouldnt wake me up#so despite getting 6-7 hours of sleep i am still. very tired 😅#i feel slightly bad but also uh im doing an 8 hour shift tomorrow thatll bring my total hours this week up to 35#so#im not feeling too bad when she was asking me to do another 8 hour shift 😅#she was like 'im do sorry i was going through the schedule for who had hours and i saw grace had some!' (bc my reasoning was just#'im unavailable') so i guess my manager didnt write down yet that i was doing a shift tomorrow maybe? idk#but anywho#yeah no if you call me this early and 15 minutes til you want me to come in the answer is unfortunately likely gonna be no lmao#it takes me like 20-30 minutes just to get down there w uber. if i just woke up add another hour so i can actually wake up and get ready#amber's shit you can ignore
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That feel when a crisis center decides your crisis seems a little too big and also what do you need a crisis intervention for anyway when your therapy starts in some 30 days?
Like ok slay I guess I'll have to haul my ass to the other crisis center, where I didn't want to go because they tend to dismiss people's problems as too small, first thing in the morning and if they tell me to get the fuck out I'm just killing myself for real and nobody will be able to say I didn't try.
#like if i come there and tell them that I'm really on the fucking brink I'm holding it together with nothing but duct tape#and if i don't talk to someone right fucking now i might just kill myself#and they tell me to come back when I'm in the middle of dying#im really actually just gonna jump under a train and i am not kidding#like that's not a joke that's an actual plan. my plan of action for the past week has been: 1. try crisis center 1. 2. try crisis center too#3. if neither do anything just kill myself by jumping off a bridge or my faculty or under a train#that's literally my plan like i am tired im miserable im exhausted i feel powerless and incompetent and im bottling#everything up like a fine bottle of champagne and i swear to all that is holy if nobody gives me a chance to unload#all of it right fucking now I'm gonna blow like fireworks and die
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haven't been this kind of exhausted since college
#2 3-am trips to the emergency room for the roomie + a pulled muscle in my shoulder +#neighbours shooting off fireworks all hours of the night and day = a very very very tired & grumpy ace#i have barely slept in the last three days and what little sleep i have gotten is in 20-minute intervals that only leave me more tired#thank god i still have tonight to TRY to get a decent amount of sleep to go back to work tomorrow#shut up ace#vent post? kinda?
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