#adult driving school

[shitty-check-please-aus]

What we need to do is convince all the disney adults in america that high speed rail would be a preferable way of getting to disneyworld compared to driving or flying. We could maybe harness their fondness for the monorail or something, but this is a group of people that has time, income, and passion that we could leverage. If we could direct 5% of the enthusiasm they have for limited edition popcorn buckets into calling their representatives and demanding high-speed interstate rail, we could get it by 2030

[kelocitta]

Anthro Au Survivor drafts feat. too much worldbuilding because I cant just put pants on a slugcat like a normal person & my godawful handwriting

The Survivor (Their full, scavenger-given name includes the 'The') was separated from their family while traveling between colonies and stranded in the dangerous unpopulated wilds. Against all odds they managed to survive (and wander) far longer than they should have been able, but rather than reconnecting with their (or another) slugcat family, they instead made contact with one of the many wandering scavenger troops- But unfortunately not one that had ever met a slugcat nor had any idea what to make of a stranded one. Regardless the group gave it their best, ended up committing to the role of slugparents, and The Survivor and their troop still consider themselves close family long after Survivor finally reconnected with their sibling. (They're a bit of a mess though, understandably)

[kacievvbbbb]

What is fun about the last time Shanks saw Mihawk he was probably 29 on the cusp of 30 and then they fall out and they don’t really reconnect until Mihawk is middle age and Shanks on his way there.

That’s alot of time to miss someone you used to know intimately. A whole life has been lived there. And think how much Mihawk must have changed how much shanks himself has changed. All this to say that I really think Shanks loves watching this version of Mihawk being domestic and having his little old lady hobbies.

He loves watching him cook and bake and talk about recipes and how to make sure the little gremlins under his care are getting the proper nutrients. He loves watching him tend to his garden with his ridiculously domestic sun hat, he loves watching him pick strawberries and put them into a little quicker basket and plant and harvest cocoa trees for Perona, and teach Zoro how to chop vegetables really fast and embroider his little flower patterns and read erotica and newspapers Like the same thing and take naps in the sun spot like a cat and interact with the kids and just he likes seeing Mihawk live his life because I will never come down from the hill that Shanks really kind of subconsciously worries about him and his loneliness and kind of the empty way he was living his life.

Cause like I think for shanks it’s such a jarring juxtaposition with the Mihawk that’s still freshest in his memories 10 years ago. 20 something young dangerous and wanted. Mihawk back then was probably the definition of vagabond literally bound to nothing and no one except occasionally shanks. Sailing around in a tiny as boat with only wine and his sword a one man calamity.The Mihawk he remembers was always itching for a fight and would gladly start one. And because I headcannon Mihawk probably didn’t get his title till after his big blowout with shanks this is still a Mihawk with a lot to fucking prove and he’ll prove it every chance he gets. This is a Mihawk who still regularly accepts challengers and is so actively challenging people. This is a Mihawk that is hunting marines for sport (or revenge Or both) His life revolves around wine, sword-fighting, violence and blood shed and in the way only a man that doesn’t even realize how lonely he is it revolved around shanks.

I just think 20 something Mihawk had 1 friend and 1 hobby and hewas a lonely fuck who was so intensely single-mindedly putting all his energy into both he ends up kind of losing both (shanks crumples under the weights of his expectations and he literally positions himself so far above the crowd in swordsmanship and the one fight he actually does want to have is ruined for him that for a long period of time he doesn’t even experience the same joy that he used to while fighting it’s just another thing he can no longer fully indulge in) 20 something year old Mihawk was a discontent mess rapidly spiraling into depression and nihilistic boredorm and like Shanks can’t do anything about it because Mihawk won’t do anything about it he won’t even properly acknowledge it’s happening. And suddenly they aren’t friends anymore the love of his life literally walks out of it.

And then 10 years go by and zap suddenly here’s this 41 one year old man mostly unchanged but definetly more mature on the cusp of something truly life changing and then there’s this 43 year old with an island and a home and these 2 kids that he can’t even properly contextualize how they fit into his life and that must be so jarring one moment shanks remember A 29 year old nihilist that is literally breaking his heart and now here’s a “mellowed” out little old grandma hobby having middle aged man doing needle point on a Sunday evening come to take his place. A whole life lived in 12 years and Shanks didn’t get to see a lot of it but he’s so glad to see this now, that he gets to have this now.

[robbyykeene]

Man I remember watching that fight between Robby and Johnny at the end of season 3 and thinking what a great parallel it was to the school fight. Like, Robby starting the fight. Johnny finishing it, hurting Robby even if accidentally. Thinking that would translate to the next season, force Johnny to reckon with what happened between Miguel and Robby at the school. Force Robby to reckon with it too. How you can seriously hurt someone and not mean to. How it doesn’t absolve you of responsibility but it does not make you irredeemably evil, either. Thinking that Johnny would ultimately work up the courage to apologize to Robby. That Robby would brush it off, saying he started it anyway. That Johnny would insist it didn’t matter, hurting Robby was still wrong, he should have had more control, and he’s sorry. And Robby would be forced to realize that he, too, needed to take accountability for what he did to Miguel and apologize. That he can do this while still forgiving himself for what happened. And that this wouldn’t fix everything. Johnny and Robby’s relationship would still be complicated. Miguel and Robby’s relationship would still be complicated. Miguel wouldn’t have to forgive Robby, and Robby wouldn’t have to forgive Johnny. But it was a starting point, at least. Crazy to think how in the end this parallel went nowhere at all

[3lliesan]

Back to ramble again! :DD

I'm pretty sure you've all seen a few mafia twst aus already (most of you if this popped up on your recommendations or searches).

So, as someone who loves my kids the firsties, well- maybe not mafia au, but its legality is questionable.

Let's set a scenario. It doesn't have to be too detailed, we're just laying out ideas here.

Pacing nervously in his office, Dire Crowley discovered that an rare (and expensive) artifact that he had gotten a few years ago, had just been stolen from the school a few days ago! (tbh, the only security aside from a locked door was 'Reverse Psychology'.)

After some investigation among some of the staff, (and Yuu pulling an all-nighter), discovered that the artifact was brought to a newly established museum- that hadn't been opened yet. The owner of the museum was apparently a renowned artist who had rapidly risen in popularity with his controversial yet captivating works within the recent year and put a lot of money into making the place look all fancy and keeping security tight.

To complicate matters even more, the museum’s policies stated that it wasn’t accessible to mages. In most cases, whenever policies like these were put up, egoistical mages would try to make the person who enforced those rules look bad.

And with the plagiarist "artist's" character, any move Crowley could make would just be met with either having the situation backfire on him, or cops escorting him away.

The staff couldn't do anything, especially with their busy schedules for a huge upcoming event that still needed that relic to continue! The school’s reputation was on the line here for goodness’ sake!!

So what does the ‘great’ headmage do?

Give his students more headaches, of course!

To heighten the chaos, the housewardens, and their respective vices were already stretched thin with their own responsibilities. If they got sidetracked by the museum debacle—or, heaven forbid, arrested—the entire school would descend into disarray.

And of course, he had to send the person with the most experience with dealing with Overblots, leading people & keeping their emotional state in check, and incredibly challenging tasks errands to get the relic back and- I quote, “deliver justice to the school!”

What's more, his little first-year friends who also worked in a team with him before in said Overblots and got along with him best could join and reap all the rewards! How great is that?!

...

Wait, what.

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Yuu was going to ask the damn crow for a vacation as the reward. And if that didn't work, perhaps blackmail would be an attractive alternative as well.

"Yuu-san, my scan indicates that your blood pressure is escalating rapidly! Additionally, you currently display murderous intent!"

'Why am I leading a group of teens in an undercover operation to ruin some guy's reputation because of an irresponsible old man's pettiness? This isn't a fucking spy movie!'

“Justice, my ass!”

[freakoutgirl]

My mom is always like "you were suchhh an easy kid compared to your brothers, you didn't even cry the first night home from the hospital it was so weird. I never had to worry about you since I knew you could handle yourself" meanwhile I as a kid always felt like

[cinemaocd]

I just want to watch Jane Fonda movies and smoke weed but noooooooooooooo I have to go to work and have responsibilities...

[necromanceable]

Hm. Late to the party But. Florence Welch talented and good music.

[thefandomlesbian]

I was supposed to be finishing the next chapter of Joy tonight but instead I got drunk and went down a rabbit hole building a Hilson high school AU.

[eschynite]

Interesting that the # of licensed drivers in the US is decreasing

[galacticlamps]

very minor thing I still definitely deserve a medal for:

being raised catholic, and now as an adult repeatedly falling in love with characters that fandoms like to declare catholic, but still managing to reject those headcanons because at heart I'm too much of a stickler for accurate analysis to get behind them when i know the person in question is really meant to be anglican/episcopalian/whatever other flavor of christian

i am being, as the poets say, so brave about it

[thedevotionaltour]

even for period typical ableism it still drives me nuts for karen to go oh poor matt how can he deal and get around as if he hasn't been blind most of his life at this point and living on his own by himself as an adult for his entire adult life after college and has also lived in the city his whole life like girl use your damn brain he can get around by himself just fine. good god. like take five seconds to use your brain. literally adult man who lives by himself if nothing else that should tell you he is fine and when he needs assistance has the knowledge and ability to go get it you act as if he can't even walk on the sidewalk by himself. he literally shows up to work by himself. it drives me up the wall sometimes how she sees proof of him functioning fine independently literally witnesses it on the daily and still thinks these things. like again foggy isn't great either bc again the period typical ableism (and just general ableism in the world outside of this period as this is a common attitude of viewing disabled people as helpless and unable to function even if they are people who do live independently (and im not touching on people who do need extra support and caretaking in this context. as this post is about these characters in the context of a story. so im talking about what we see there instead of any truly meaningful nuanced way) but the writing here is like. Particularly this way due to the time) he has a modicum more of understanding that matt is literally a capable grown adult man. literally told karen matt is a big boy who can handle himself and then karen went b-b-but you forget he's blind as if foggy hasn't known him for years of his life and is his best friend like PLEASE SEE HIM AS AN ADULT. I AM GOING TO GO INSANE. PLEASE RESPECT HIM IF YOU LOVE HIM SO DEARLY. AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T. JUST RESPECT HIM AS A PERSON!!!!!!

[princess-of-the-corner]

Opinion on the idea of role-swap AU where everyone only swaps one random trait per pair? (like say, Audrey is the one who stayed in Paris while Andre dipped but its still very much regular Audrey. Or Shoto going to Aldera instead of Katsuki)

Honestly we have plenty of AU ideas that stem from 'character A does something different/Character A and B swap roles'.

[smilesrobotlover]

I got nothing to say, I just got a mouse for my laptop and I love it sm

[solradguy]

adopted a guy at my school cuz he plays sin, apparently, and I play ky. But then his friends are like "You're my dad, too!" and so I have 3 kids now

There comes a point eventually, as you get older, where it sort of flips and now you ARE the oldest one and all these young people jokingly call you dad/mom/parent and it's super funny but also kinda like "damn, I'm old" rofl

Anyway. Congrats on the adopted children, Ky

[danggirlronpa]

Chisa's actually much younger than you think, she was in the 74th class which only separates her by 3 years from the DR2s. (But then there's power imbalance issues which is why any ship between her and a DR2 is a no). I always headcanoned Miaya to be from the 76th to give her a year where she and Chihiro could both be attending the school at once. This has been my random splurge about ages

Don't worry, I know! I've complained several times about Chisa being only 3 years older than her students. Weirdest decision in all of DR3. Why did they do that. How long did the writers think it takes to become a teacher. This is my white whale. Obviously it's complicated to ship her with the students, but she's like, 20 years younger than the hot moms. Miaya and the pregame V3 kids are such a rare boon for shipping Chisa potentially within her age group!