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"I love you to the point of creation" but it's just me learning the warp tool for my ocs
#I can't wait to get to show this to my dnd party#In like 2.5 years. If we're lucky#Also in a gross amalgamation of source material and incompetence this is coming out genuinely grotesque#Which obviously I'm proud of
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Let the poor man rest.
#also no he doesn't want to experience life as a normal person. no he wouldn't sacrifice his powers to live again.#he LOVED being powerful. he was very proud of his powers. he was at the top of the world. what he disliked was being so lonely at the top.#which having reunited with Geto now he is not.#and he wanted to keep the next generation safe due to his past regrets and teach a generation of kids to be at the top together.#and he wanted to get rid of the corrupt higher-ups and reform the Jujutsu society.#and he did all of that. Yuta and Yuuji are both alive and safe and the kids are all reunited with each other stronger than ever#and the higher-ups are d**d.#Gojo obviously wouldn't hate to keep living. he clearly didn't expect to lose and die. but as he himself confirmed#he died doing what he loved. he went out the way he wanted. he went out with a bang. he had the best fight of his life and gave it his all.#as he said 'he had fun'. he said it would have been embarrassing if he died of old age or sickness.#and now that he's gone he's happy with his friends and especially Geto. he found peace.#He said it himself 'Now i'm wishing that it's not just a dream'.#also for those of you who say that Geto & Gojo wouldn't be together because one would go to hell and one to heaven... no. just no.#first of all. Gojo did a mass m*r*** before his death#second of all. they're Buddhists. they don't have heaven and hell. don't bring Abrahamic religions into everything.#and you'd be surprised by the excuses the Abrahamic religions find to not let people in heaven.#probably Gojo wouldn't go to heaven even if he didn't kill the higher-ups due to...idk... occasionaly doing pranks or sth.#but Gege apparently created a whole other afterlife of his own. and Toji Geto Gojo Nanami and everyone were all gathered there together.#you SAW that. so stop.#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#gojo satoru#satoru gojo#jjk gojo#gege akutami#my two cents#satosugu
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forgot i had some old backlog or whatever..
#witch hat tag#orufrey#the coco is me trying to draw after a week+ of gaming..genuinely my hand was shaky and i have no idea what im doing#i want to go back to copious witch hat very soon but i'm trying - desperately - to channel my post-veilguard malaise into scribbles#that will comfort me...the emotional crash is affecting me... i think i forgot how poorly i understand and can cope in this shitty world#while playing that game...let me go back..to..MY LIGHTHOUSE!!!!!! and do i even want to make fanart? what i want is to go BACK....#The complicated world of the maladaptive cai. im not meant to be here yet😭😭😭#i was going to draw more halloween orufrey i think. “Grr get back you evil VAMPIRE you just want to take my BLOOD..GRR!!! Hehe#“Ohhh i wouldn't do that! That would be mean. I'm sure they sell it at the grocery shop in Karoon. :)#“Oh... ok. But what if you couldn't make it there?” * the girls show up * “HUH?! b-baby vampires and wolves...??#(they decided secretly to dress up as kid versions of orufrey's outfits - obviously riche wanted to be a wolf to be like euini)#(agott's really really proud to be carrying her goblet of blood because it looks like ALCOHOL which is GROWNED UP (actually cranberry juice
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AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D SEASON 1 -> SEASON 3
#melinda may#leo fitz#phil coulson#grant ward#daisy johnson#jemma simmons#aosblog#marveledit#rainbowgifs#userjsmn#jemmablossom#userars#useranne#as usual i didn't know who to tag for this but i'm desperately hoping someone sees it because god this took me like four weeks#and in all honesty#some of these gifs are....not the best#but i blame it on photopea (obviously) and the fact that aos is a PAIN to color#and ik that i could've just picked different scenes/episodes but i really wanted to try to get the 1x01 vs 3x01 comparison#but obviously jemma and ward aren't in 3x01....so their gifs are from 3x10 which is the only other s3 episode i have downloaded#but anyway i'm sure no one really cares that much please just enjoy the rainbow colors so fun and be proud of me for actually giffing <3#oh and also take the time to appreciate the daisy fitz and jemma development because i am lookingggg and so are you probably#oh oh oh and i didn't go all the way from s1-7 because i wanted to get the og six and obviously ward gets his ribs crushed in during s3#(everybody cheered) so he wouldn't be able to be there#i did think about just making a meme in the place of s7 ward or just leaving it blank but i couldn't think of something funny enough and#i instead braved coloring his skin tone back to normal on maveth#kat.gif#aos
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H y p e r ☆⌒(*
Terios is co-beloved by my friend @emdotcom !
#eyestrain#sonic oc#Terios the Hedgehog#sonic fanart#sth#Hyper Terios#art from the den#artists on tumblr#I'm super proud of this ! I played around with layer modes which is obviously one of my favorite things to do :)
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i do like valeria as a name, but i also *really* like the idea of ms. mercar being named some variation of her father's name, Charon Mercar 👀
#oc: calypso mercar#obviously not set in stone yet but i really like the idea that she has very loving supportive parents#who are very proud of her work as a shadow dragon even if they can't be seen supporting her publicly for her safety#ughhh i'm in the same “roman girl names” google trenches i was in searching for lydia's name#i've seen and rejected like half of these names already 😭#and the closest think i can find to a female variant of charon is “charisma” which. no.#also. i forgor i have a kilowattrel in pokemon violet named valeria so now it feels Weird#marie speaks#marie's naming woes
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It's a good thing I've decided never to email professors out of office hours, because otherwise I'd totally be emailing advisor at 3.a.m. stuff like "at first one desires to receive wisdom from one's mentors, then approbation, and in the end one is begging for compassion. Sincerely, Jeremiah 20:14"
#it's good policy lads believe me#the bottoms of shame despair and frustration I have reached with thesis this week you cannot imagine#and yeah 18 year old me was like “I want to learn EVERYTHING from these mentors”#and 22 year old me was like “I wanna make them proud of me”#and 30 year old me is like “please do not despise me I was bullied throughout my school years#and so my sense of self worth is deeply tied to academic performance and in its absence#all that there's left to hang onto life as project is having your compassion rather than your contempt“#on another note I'm experiencing so much grief these days about all the things I didn't achieve in my 20s#which is weird because this kinda should mean I've reached a place where I feel safe-er?#doesn't feel like under the light of day#but it sure does attack me at night when I'm trying to sleep#grief is manageable#despair though that's the very tough one obviously
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thinking about the person i could have been if i tried a little harder to find my own way
#probably the thing i am resenting my parents for right now is how good they were at convincing me#not to pursue any career paths other than the ones they laid out#every time i was like hey this seems interesting should i check it out? they would be so quick with the#do you care enough about it to stake your livelihood on it? to do it for your whole working life?#and obviously 8 yo 12 yo 14 yo 17 yo 18 yo me would get terrified and go no sorry and just not look into anything further#supposedly this is the safe option but everything i do feels meaningless#all of the jobs in this field seem meaningless#the job market in this field right now is dog shit and I'm fighting like hell for positions that just make me sad to think about#but every time i think hey what if i tried another thing#now my brain shuts me down with the do you care enough about it to stake your livelihood on it#your whole life on it#and the answer is no and it's gonna be no for a long time i bet#don't know if I'll ever find my way out of it#told my roommate's boyfriend about my general dispassion for pretty much everything in life#he asked me if I'm even a person#which feels very true#i feel like this path I've followed if i keep following it#I'm not going to be a person i can be proud of#i know it's really early in my life to say but#idk if it's nature or nurture or my own damn fault but all the ambition has been weaned out of me and I've been getting just surviving#i just wish i got told more you can be whatever you want to be :)#instead of whatever you'll do you'll be good at so do what makes money and push your hobbies to the side you can do them after you retire#your mom likes this and you're good at it so you'll like it too it'll make you money this is the best thing#the other thing is harder and doesn't make as much money don't do that you won't like it that much i bet#when i was younger#maybe I'd be struggling more but I'd be really happy and fulfilled#or maybe this is genuinely the best timeline and eggs who tried to pursue art hates it now#maybe I'd be really stupid at all the other things i gave a passing glance at#eggsistential speaks#tag rant
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The thing is I am definitely not happy or chill in the Immediate Sense lately but I am, big picture, so fucking happy with the person I am.
It's like. My brain was made by and for consistent trauma and since that trauma stopped about 5-7 years ago, it is incredible what the amount of resilience and cleverness and flexibility and thoughtfulness I developed to survive can do when it's not being all spent on surviving. like I had a hundred ton weight on me so I had to get REALLY STRONG to stay in the same place and not get 100% crushed, and when that weight came off I found I can use the strength it used to take to stand up and I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
I was talking to my mum the other day and she said, "you've got the 'fuck it' energy at 30 that most women don't find until their fifties at least" and I'm like yeah man. Imagine how unstoppable I'll be in 20 years.
#red said#i don't know that i can express this clearly but it's the most encouraging thing in my life#my mum's always been proud of me but just lately she seems to actually really admire me#like she's genuinely impressed. she thinks I've surpassed her. i don't necessarily agree but it's a really nice quiet joy.#anyway like this sounds super up myself and it kind of is.#but also it's part of realising just how heavy the weight I've been carrying around with me for 25 years was#like not to be ridiculous but i have realised again this week. that it isn't that everyone's been raped that much and doesn't talk about it#i just have been raped an Unusually Consistent Amount. i have spoken to a lot of people who have had much more horrifying things happen.#I'm not sure I've talked to more than a couple of people who've had a similar level of total consistency of abuse from all angles#and the one is not heavier or harder to bear that the other. but. i think i spent most of my life listening to people's awful experiences#and going ok well nothing i went through looked that bad so it's microtrauma#obviously microtraumas build up but still.#then the older i get and the more i have these conversations the more I notice that stuff which to me is a microtrauma#is a lot of people's defining trauma. and they're reacting appropriately which means i am SO SEVERELY UNDERREACTING#told my friend the other day about a time someone who i still like and respect was having sex with me when i paralocated my hip#and then just kept getting really annoyed with me for not being ready to have sex again while i was literally crying with pain#until i caved and just tried to find the last painful position#and my friend was like pal what the fuck that's horrific#and i was like i mean no that's normal I've had sex with like maybe 3 or 4 people in my life who i haven't had similar stuff with#like i am genuinely thrown when i am allowed to say no to sex and have it be the end of the conversation. and not end up having sex#out of guilt or out of physical coercion or through physical rape. and i have had sex with probably like 40 people at this stage?#and I'm not sure it's as many as 4 i haven't had that experience with tbh#so like. I'm slowly coming to terms with the idea#that i may have actually been doing a hell of a lot of heavy lifting.#like i developed a sense of self that can survive being constantly crushed and at this stage is fucking diamond.
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WIPWIPWIP
#making music video#death comes for me#anyway I took the audio out because I haven't released the song yet (obviously) lmao#I'm really proud of myself for doing even this much hehe#this'll be the third MV I've made and I think it's gonna be the best! Which is good since it's the accumulation of my skills#which if u have been here you KNOW I've been practicing my little BUTT off#WIP#animatic#video#jellybun radiosirens yk we're collecting ship names at this point#so excited to release this BANGER#her lyricism.. bro.
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Look.
I have made you a chart. A very simple chart.
People say "You have to draw the line somewhere, and Biden has crossed it-" and my response is "Trump has crossed way more lines than Biden".
These categories are based off of actual policy enacted by both of these men while they were in office.
If the ONLY LINE YOU CARE ABOUT is line 12, you have an incredible amount of privilege, AND YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT PALESTINIANS. You obviously have nothing to fear from a Trump presidency, and you do not give a fuck if a ceasefire actually occurs. You are obviously fine if your queer, disabled, and marginalized loved ones are hurt. You clearly don't care about the status of American democracy, which Trump has openly stated he plans to destroy on day 1 he is in office.
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Ok fine, I spent 3 hours compiling sources for all of these, you can find that below the cut.
I'll give at least one link per subject area. There are of course many more sources to be read on these subject areas and no post could possibly give someone a full education on these subjects.
Biden and trans rights: https://www.hrc.org/resources/president-bidens-pro-lgbtq-timeline
Trump and trans rights: https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/trump-on-lgbtq-rights-rolling-back-protections-and-criminalizing-gender-nonconformity
The two sources above show how Biden has done a lot of work to promote trans rights, and how Trump did a lot of work to hurt trans rights.
Biden on abortion access: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/what-is-in-biden-abortion-executive-order/index.html
Trump on abortion access: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-trump-republican-presidential-election-2024-585faf025a1416d13d2fbc23da8d8637
Biden openly supports access to abortion and has taken steps to protect those rights at a federal level even after Roe v Wade was overturned. Trump, on the other hand, was the man who appointed the judges who helped overturn Roe v Wade and he openly brags about how proud he is of that decision. He also states that he believes individual states should have the final say in whether or not abortion is legal, and that he trusts them to "do the right thing", meaning he supports stronger abortion bans.
Biden on environmental reform: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-restores-protections-for-three-national-monuments-and-renews-american-leadership-to-steward-lands-waters-and-cultural-resources/
Trump on environmental reform: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html
Biden has made major steps forward for environmental reform. He has restored protections that Trump rolled back. He has enacted many executive orders and more to promote environmental protections, including rejoining the Paris Accords, which Trump withdrew the USA from. Trump is also well known for spreading conspiracy theories and lies about global climate change, calling it a "Chinese hoax".
Biden on healthcare and prescription reform: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/06/09/biden-administration-announces-savings-43-prescription-drugs-part-cost-saving-measures-president-bidens-inflation-reduction-act.html
Trump on healthcare reform: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/07/politics/obamacare-health-insurance-ending-trump/index.html
I'm rolling healthcare and prescriptions and vaccines and public health all into one category here since they are related. Biden has lowered drug costs, expanded access to medicaid, and ACA enrollment has risen during his presidency. He has also made it so medical debt no longer applies to a person's credit score. He signed many executive orders during his first few weeks in office in order to get a handle on Trump's grievous mishandling of the COVID pandemic. Trump also wants to end the ACA. Trump is well known for refusing to wear a mask during the pandemic, encouraging the use of hydroxylchloroquine to "treat" COVID, and being openly anti-vaxx.
Biden on student loan forgiveness: https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-announces-additional-77-billion-approved-student-debt-relief-160000-borrowers
Trump on student loan forgiveness: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2024/06/20/trump-knocks-bidens-vile-student-loan-forgiveness-plans-suggests-reversal/
Trump wants to reverse the student loan forgiveness plans Biden has enacted. Biden has already forgiven billions of dollars in loans and continues to work towards forgiving more.
Infrastructure funding:
I'm putting these links next together because they are all about infrastructure.
In general, Trump's "achievements" for infrastructure were to destroy environmental protections to speed up projects. Many of his plans were ineffective due to the fact that he did not clearly outline where the money was going to come from, and he was unwilling to raise taxes to pay for the projects. He was unable (and unwilling) to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill during his 4 years in office. He did sign a few disaster relief bills. He did not enthusiastically promote renewable energy infrastructure. He created "Infrastructure Weeks" that the federal government then failed to fund. Trump did not do nothing for infrastructure, but his no-tax stance and his dislike for renewable energy means the contributions he made to American infrastructure were not as much as he claimed they were, nor as much as they could have been. Basically, he made a lot of promises, and delivered on very few of them. He is not "against" infrastructure, but he's certainly against funding it.
Biden was able to pass that bipartisan bill after taking office. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan that Trump tried to prevent from passing during Biden's term contains concrete funding sources and step by step plans to rebuild America's infrastructure. If you want to read the plan, you can find it here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/build/guidebook/. Biden has done far more for American infrastructure than Trump did, most notably by actually getting the bipartisan bill through congress.
Biden on Racial Equity: https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/26/960725707/biden-aims-to-advance-racial-equity-with-executive-actions
Trump on Racial Equity: https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-reverse-racism-civil-rights https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-37230916
Trump's racist policies are loud and clear for everyone to hear. We all heard him call Mexicans "Drug dealers, criminals, rapists". We all watched as he enacted travel bans on people from majority-Muslim nations. Biden, on the other hand, has done quite a lot during his term to attempt to reconcile racism in this country, including reversing Trump's "Muslim ban" the first day he was in office.
Biden on DEI: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/
Trump on DEI: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-tried-to-crush-the-dei-revolution-heres-how-he-might-finish-the-job/ar-BB1jg3gz
Biden supports DEI and has signed executive orders and passed laws that support DEI on the federal level. Trump absolutely hates DEI and wants to eradicate it.
Biden on criminal justice reform: https://time.com/6155084/biden-criminal-justice-reform/
Trump on criminal justice reform: https://www.vox.com/2020-presidential-election/21418911/donald-trump-crime-criminal-justice-policy-record https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/05/trumps-extreme-plans-crime/678502/
From pardons for non-violent marijuana convictions to reducing the federal government's reliance on private prisons, Biden has done a lot in four years to reform our criminal justice system on the federal level. Meanwhile, Trump has described himself as "tough on crime". He advocates for more policing, including "stop and frisk" activities. Ironically it's actually quite difficult to find sources about what Trump thinks about crime, because almost all of the search results are about his own crimes.
Biden on military support for Israel: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-obama-divide-closely-support-israel-rcna127107
Trump on military support for Israel: https://www.vox.com/politics/353037/trump-gaza-israel-protests-biden-election-2024
Biden supports Israel financially and militarily and promotes holding Israel close. So did Trump. Trump was also very pro-Israel during his time in office and even moved the embassy to Jerusalem and declared Jerusalem the capitol of Israel, a move that inflamed attitudes in the region.
Biden on a ceasefire: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/05/gaza-israel-hamas-cease-fire-plan-biden/73967659007/
Trump on a ceasefire: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905
Trump has tried to be quiet on the issue but recently said he wants Israel to "finish the problem". He of course claims he could have prevented the whole problem. Trump also openly stated after Oct 7th that he would bar immigrants who support Hamas from the country and send in officers to American protests to arrest anyone supporting Hamas.
Biden meanwhile has been quietly urging Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal for months, including the most recent announcement earlier in June, though it seems as though that deal has finally fallen through as well.
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Finding old bits and pieces I wrote years ago and realising they were not bad at all. Damn. What was in my hands that made me write so well ? And why do I feel like I couldn't write as good today ?
#writing#writer#writeblr#especially the ones in french#which obviously is my native language#but I'm so used to reading in english now that I'm surprised to see I'm good at writing in french#i read it and it doesn't feel off like the other things I have read in french#it feels great and funny and well put together#wow I'm really proud of past me
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#ran out of tags on last post but still want to rant without filling anyone's inbox or dash#sorry but here's the continuation#anyway so also we went to my grandma's house and I saw my dogs which breaks my heart every damn time#I miss them so much and it kills me. it causes me physical pain to not have them with me#I'm still mad at my mom to this day for being so horrible to them and giving them away. so it pissed me off to see her cuddling them#everyone disagrees with me but I don't think she has any right to act like she cares about them after she discarded them so easily#I will never stop being upset with her for it and even though everyone thinks I'm a b**** for it I refuse to release the grudge#anyway I'm tired and as nice as parts of my day were I feel like the lows were just really low#this morning we took some lovely graduation photos at my campus (which I visited for the last time) and I'm excited to post a few tomorrow#I'm truly proud of myself and grateful my college experience is over#I just foolishly allowed myself to have a vision of how today would go and parts of it really brought me down#I don't want to complain (which is probably a lie since this is the 3rd post I'm making to rant) but I wasn't expecting to breakdown today#I spent time with people I love and I got cool photos and a really soft sweater with my school's logo on it and I shouldn't be sad right now#plus we're having people over tomorrow for a party to celebrate me#I'm just really reliving the day and a lot of it was negative at my expense and I really hoped everyone would work to make it nice#some of it was obviously out of my family's hands but I feel like they handled that stuff in a way that guilted me and it sucked#I'm just a mess of emotions and I'm lowkey icing everyone out because I don't want to end my night crying again#welcome to real life I guess?#I really shouldn't complain#ashley rants#sorry if anyone read this
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Also if putting things where you'll see them doesn't help, try putting them where you can't do things while ignoring them For example, tape your pill bottle to your computer monitor, so that you literally can't check tumblr without it being in the way, or if you always leave the house for work/school/whatever stick them to the door handle so that it's hard to open the door without moving them first.
extremely fucked up that one of the symptoms of adhd is forgetfulness and difficulty sticking to habits and schedules and one of the best ways to alleviate those symptoms is by remembering to take a pill every morning at the same time
#an important skill for anyone with any sort of chronic illness or disability#is to learn how to accept that doing things that work is a good idea even if they feel silly#I often think about that one post#about the person with obsessive anxiety about whether they'd left their iron plugged in#even if they hadn't used it all and there was no reason for it to be plugged in in the first place they'd have debilitating anxiety#of the 'but what if somehow it happened and I forgot?' variety#and their therapist suggested a really easy solution#which was 'take the iron with you'#and that helped tremendously because now they could worry about the iron being on#but would then just glance at the passenger seat of the car and see that it was there and thus obviously not at home and plugged in#and like therapy and meds and whatnot can also help with that sort of thing#but both of those are easier to get and easier to make work if you can make your life more functional in other ways too#it's sometimes hard because we worry about looking silly#'what will my friends think if they come over and see a pill bottle taped to my computer?'#but if it works and makes your life better then either they'll be proud of you for figuring out how to make your life better#or they're assholes and don't deserve to have their opinions of you respected#anyway that's my 2¢#I have trouble believing the above even though I know on an intellectual level that it's true#so I'm also saying in part to help myself remember it#solutions that make your life better are worthwhile even if they feel silly or ridiculous#take the iron to work
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My mom saying that the Animals could've done a better cover of "Money (That's What I Want)" than the Beatles was so brave of her that I gasped. I also agree. 😔🙏
#mickie most was allergic to motown which is why they never did 😔😔😔 /hj /lh#but seriously eric could've done it sOOOO WELL. SO WELL. THOSE SHOUTING SCREAMING PARTS. AGGHGH#and that driving melody could've been done by alan on the keyboard.... THE POSSIBILITIES#it was on my mom's mind because alan did “money” at his concert and she legitimately thought it was good#so with eric on lead vocals instead or in addition to alan's..... wow#lowkey turned my mom into a truther i'm proud of myself#on the other hand though eric has a love-hate relationship with motown which is probably why they didn't cover a lot of their songs 😔#at least chas liked that style of music (chas liked everything and more power to him)#btw this isn't a dig at the bugs obviously their cover is really good as well#sometimes you find songs that make you think 'WOW ERIC COULD DO THIS SOOOO WELL'#the animals#eric burdon#alan price#things i said today#british invasion#60s rock
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we got bullied by trackie-wearing 13 year olds at the beach, as you will do if you go around having fun in public
but they kept like. taking photos of us and being like EURGH GONNA POST THIS ON SNAPCHAT SO EVERYONE CAN CRINGE AT YOU and it's like ok a. why the fuck are you using Snapchat is it 2012? and also b. I don't go to your school? why the fuck would we care if the other 13 year olds think we're cringe? we are adults in our 30s with jobs and lives, it literally does not matter even one tiny bit what a teenager we don't know thinks of us???
but also it's so weird the power that the wee bams have which is entirely predicated on You Finding Them Annoying. like there is a thing that boys aged 10-14 are absolutely goddamn amazing at which is just being SO AGGRAVATING in a way that makes it difficult to remember that you don't actually have to care what they think like. at all.
they don't actually have power. if you move as if you might respond aggressively they almost always scatter and start harassing you from a distance because they are actually literally just children. they do not want to start a fight they know they'd both lose and be in trouble about. and legitimately if you are able to ignore them they will eventually get bored and wander off because they start to look stupid yelling into the void, and if there's one thing they can't cope with it's looking stupid.
(having said which, while they did eventually fuck off, the little shits stole my sock. initially they stole my boot then threw it at us but decided to keep the sock as a trophy. which like. ok man cool you got a sweaty sock from a mid-30s stranger? good for you I guess???)
but yeah it's frustrating how, despite the fact they're basically impotent embarrassing and desperate, the wee bams can fuck up your whole day just a bit. they also use the exact same tactics as police to do this.
#red said#i may have thrown an empty beer can at one of them which I'm not proud of#but he basically shat himself and started backing away fast when i walked towards him#they obviously stuck around for ages after that but they largely stayed up on the prom behind the railing#which is way easier to ignore than when they were right up with us threatening to kick over our sandcastle like 1950s muscle comic villains#and shout out to the random strangers on the beach who came over like HEY WE'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU BUILD THIS FOR HOURS IT'S SO COOL#and basically fully deescalated shit just by giving us more room to ignore the Horrible Children until they went away#I'm annoyed about the sock though. i don't have a huge number of socks without holes and those were fairly new#would have been more annoyed if they took my boot as they probably initially intended though. love my boots.#plus it would have made walking home a pain#as it was i just got to find out that if you walk in sandy boots without socks you can feel the gentle flow of sand rivulets#but yeah I'm so constantly annoyed that while there are tactics to deescalate the Horrible Little Shits#it's hard for it not to put a damper on your day. like they are very GOOD at making you feel beseiged.
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