#MORTIFIED

[thatbadadvice]

Help! Am I responsible for teaching my children how to act in public??????

Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 April 2024:

Dear Carolyn: On a recent vacation, our family (including two teenagers) was at a restaurant for lunch. We had not had any food yet when I noticed dried food on my water glass. After the server brought our ordered drinks, I calmly noted the food on my glass and asked for a clean one. No drama, and the server was a pro — no hesitation, brought a new glass and comped us a bottle of water. The hiccup? My teenagers were appalled and embarrassed, basically implying I’m a Karen for first failing to just live with the dirty glass and second not apologizing profusely before asking for a clean one. I tried to explain that part of being served includes clean everything, but they were unpersuaded. Did I miss something? Is this a generational thing? Literally made no fuss at all and did not suggest anything be comped. But I’m feeling defensive. How to communicate that it’s okay to politely ask for corrections when things are amiss? — Anonymous

Dear Anonymous —

This is a generational thing and there's nothing you as a parent can do to improve your children's behavior now, nor was there anything you ever could have done to shape the way they act in the world, their understanding of social norms, their expectations, or how they treat other people.

Kids turn out the way they are because of the generation they were born into, which doesn't have anything to do with the people who raised them or who created the society they live in.

Take heart: you're one of many millions of parents of Gen Z-ers whose offspring are just really into drinking out of dirty glasses. We'll never know why. It's one of the great mysteries of our time, but the good news is that this isn't your problem. There's absolutely no way to teach this particular generation of young people how to order food at restaurants, and even if there were, it wouldn't be on you as their parent to do it. Kids these days just love filthy dishware.

[five-rivers]

Hi, everyone! If you only follow me here, you might have wondered where I was during Ectoberhaunt. Well, I was here, it's just that there were some life things going on that made it hard for me to find the time (and willpower) to post on multiple sites. So, I'm putting together a list now! Here are the fics I wrote or updated during October!

Blue Butterfly (2 chapters, day 1 and 11)

Robot Dinosaur (1 chapter, day 2)

Pilgrimage aka Mortified-verse (added chapter 3, day 3)

Flipside (added chapter 2, day 4)

Cult Division (added chapter 5 and 6, day 7 and 14)

But... spaceship (1 chapter, day 8)

Take Me Higher (1 chapter, day 9)

Sea Silk, Siren Song, and Pearls (1 chapter, day 10)

Claws (1 chapter, day 12)

Winter in Wizard World collab with @jackdaw-sprite (1 chapter, day 13)

Projection (1 chapter, day 15)

For the Sake of a Single Bloom (1 chapter, day 16)

Hall of Mirrors (3 chapter, days 18, 21, and 28)

The Caterpillar Does Not Know (1 chapter, day 22)

Heat Death (1 chapter, day 23)

Time Loop (1 chapter, day 24)

Spelling (1 chapter, day 25)

Ancestral (added 4 chapters, days 26, 27, 29, and 31)

A Little Tarot (1 chapter, day 30)

Thank you for your patience! Happy reading!

[briarmae]

My mom, trying to be supportive of my asexuality and trying to explain what it means, "She's not interested in sex at all. She doesn't even like to mastubate."

Me, in my head: 😱😨🤯 "Oh god. OMG. Oh My Fucking God. Why would you tell someone that??? Why would you say that IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESTAURANT???

Ok. Breathe. It's ok. You have nothing to be ashamed of. And you trust this person not to be a biggot. They're one of "your people." They probably won't understand, but they'll accept you."

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Danny had actually been looking forward to Casper High's ghost safety assembly, but, between a ghost attack and his parents' newest weapon, things go wrong very quickly. Now Danny will have to fight not only ghosts and hunters but his own instincts to get everyone back home safely. If at all.

Author: @five-rivers

Note from submitter: Absolutely God Tier World Building

[z0mbiefrank]

mcr have got to come back my mum asked me whats been going on with mcr and i said id been thinking about what toast topping they would be and she said "no i meant like is there a new album"

[glassroo]

pov you wrote a fucked up dp fanfic and i (mentally unwell) have found it

shoutouts to Ghosting, Echoes, Mortified, Phantom of Truth, and once again Something's Wrong With Danny Fenton for all being incredibly well written fanfics that have also irreparably damaged me

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[tinkerbitch69]

Oh my god having Channing Tatum gambit as my new blorbo is mortifying. Jesus H. Christ just kill me now.

[d4282]

What is he looking at? Another panel redraw, took 6 hours rather than 12, shirt shading is bleh for me.

[rosetyler42]

Some fun with Mavis + the twins - or as I like to joke, "The Flynn Kids from Phineas and Ferb - Goth edition!" XD

I feel like aside from the knowledge of her father and Ericka doing...THAT and Lucy's penchant for trouble, Mavis would love having baby dhampir siblings around to mother. She and Johnny would probably not only be the twins' guide to humanity since their parents know little about normal humans, but they're also probably the twins' godparents should something happen to Drericka. I liked the idea of her singing and dancing with them like her dad did with her.

For the 2nd I stole from Onward's "Dance Fight" sequence. Part of the fun of this is to these kids, the Prince of Darkness and Monster huntress are merely their goofy dorky embarrassing parents. And Mavis FINALLY isn't the only one mortified by seeing her father flirting...even if Simon's more embarrassed by how BAD it is than disgusted like his sisters.

To make that last part even funnier: Mavis' mortification with her father flirting is even better when you realize Mavis is actually BETTER at flirting and being romantically assertive than her father despite having had ZERO experience prior to Johnny while Drac fell to pieces and could hardly speak to BOTH his zings despite seemingly being quite good with the monster ladies. (Greyrose rizz, perhaps?) This dynamic is a big reason I've been considering Bi!Simon and Aroace!Lucy.

Bonus: Yes, Lucy's extra speech is definitely inspired by Drac's burning eyes in Transformania.

@lovelylivelyv @hotelt-resurrection @twinklecupcake @black-ak9 @drericka @elenadracula @drericka-prompts @drericka-is-lyfe-blog @drerickastan @erickadracula @erickaanddraculasblog @ericka4ever @erickaanddracula @ssleeping-in-a-coffin @neo-storm @ebevkisk @serial-serializednovelreader @wingingfromthezing

[thewhumpcaretaker]

Whump Word of the Week: Mortified

"Mort" - this is a word related to death. Embarrassed to death. It's going to be the death of them. My god, what happened that was THIS humiliating? That must be pretty bad.

I'd also like to note this second definition:

subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline. "they wish to return to heaven by mortifying the flesh"

Which implies a double meaning in which whumpee is trying to get their mortification (or something else) under control. To hide it through a vicious inner battle. And isn't all shame a form of self-denial? A denial of pride if nothing else?

[libraryofolive]

went into my kitchen with my make up done (currently dressed as eddie from rocky horror for a rocky horror screening) and my flatmate was not only in the kitchen but also ON FACETIME

[five-rivers]

Hi! Are you the dp author who coined the term fraid for a ghost's chosen family?

I might be? I remember looking up terms for a group of ghosts when I was first writing Mortified, but it's honestly the kind of thing that multiple people might have come up with independently. It's not a super hard leap from group of ghosts to family of ghosts. However, given how popular Mortified got, I wouldn't be at all surprised if I popularized the term.

[flower1622]

Things I didn't know that exist or didn't remember

[rat-at-heart]

Was originally supposed to be named Leo, but his mom settled for Leppy (he's mortified)

[ghoul--doodle]

I WENT TO WORK IN MY SONIC THE HEDGEHOG SLIPPERS HELP