#and also the kind of parenting I never got as a kid

[silentgravesdontexist]

9. What are your favorite pair of shoes?

• Combat boots! Though they broke and I no longer have them but those kinds of shoes are my absolute favorite. I wanted them since I was like 12 but my parents won't let me buy a pair bc they said I'd look weird. They expected me to give up but I never did. Got my first pair when I was 16 and I still love combat boots to this day!

21. What keeps you going during the day?

• The idea of plopping down on my bed afterward. I'm partially kidding lol. Mnhhhh, it would probably my desire to want a comfortable life for myself? I'm innately lazy and laid back but I find it's easier to live comfortably if I work hard for a bit then get to relax afterwards.

• Ohhhh, ironically— I actually also made a promise to myself that I'd become an elder sister that my 'lil sis can be proud of (we aren't blood related but I love her like she's my own blood). In my defense, this happened before I knew abt Ace. So, yeah ehe

24. What's your favorite piece of jewelry you own?

• I do admit that I don't really wear a lot of jewelry. But I do have one singular thing that I wear every single day. It's a simple chain necklace with a rose quartz as a pendant. It has a lot of sentimental value to me. That's why I only ever take it off when I'm taking a bath.

• (Small note but I actually have other necklaces that I received as a gift. Obviously, I wanna wear them too...so that ends in an akward match-up with the necklace that I already have bc I refuse to take it off no matter what but I also wanna wear the gifted necklace to show my appreciation)

25. Favorite niche topic?

• Anything related to psychology. My best friend went into the topic of the human consciousness (which was a topic for a report I had at the time as well) and it ended with me yapping for over an hour long abt it. I dunno, I've just always love psychology since I was a kid and love learning anything abt the subject (except psychological statistics— that one's a nightmare pls)

You know me too well. Even when I'm in the middle of a now becoming obsession with Hoshina— that man is still lingering in my mind every now and then. The hold he has on me is too strong, I fear😭🫶

I enjoyed answering these questions! Thank you sm @that-student-that-has-homework !

Deep/Fun Questions to Ask!

Do you like watching sunsets?

Have you ever started a rumor?

What makes you laugh hard?

What's the last concert you went to?

If you believed in it, what would you be reincarnated to?

What's your current vocal stim?

What shirt are you wearing?

Who or what is on your mind?

What are your favorite pair of shoes?

What would easily win you over if someone gave you it?

What three words describe you?

What's a funny memory you have?

Do you have any drunk stories?

What's one thing you own that you're sure no one else has?

Do you have any superstitions?

What is your guilty pleasure?

What weird thing do you do when you're alone?

What is the worst food you've ever had?

What fictional character would you bring to life if you could?

If you could join a career immediately, what would it be?

What keeps you going during the day?

Current song on repeat?

Funniest inside joke?

What's your favorite piece of jewelry you own?

Favorite niche topic?

What fandom are you currently in?

Most controversial take?

Favorite ship and why?

Do you have any piercings or tattoos, and what are they?

What is your worst & best quality?

[gothamite-rambler]

Scarecrow's new rule

Scarecrow (British accent): You're a child.

Robin (Damian): What?

Scarecrow: You are a short, kind of adorable child... Oh bleeding hell not this again. I thought he stopped using little children. Red Robin was in his teens when we last met... Right?

Batman: Yeah, he's better mentally.

Scarecrow: That bleeding great, but this young child... Nope. Batman, if it's all right with you can the kid sit this one out?

Batman (interrupting his angry son): Yep, that's fine! Robin, go to the car!

Robin: I am not an innocent child! Fight me!

Scarecrow: I can't, nope, nope. The other Robins or Batman, I'd be ready to hit you with the toxin. Not kids, go off.

Robin felt the man wearing a burlap sack to cover his head, place his hand on head and forcibly turned the child around and pushed away.

Scarecrow: Shoo, shoo.

Robin (begging): Come on, you can fight me a little.

Scarecrow: When you're older, kid.

Robin (embarrassed): Batman, make him fight me or hit me with the toxin.

Batman (exhausted parent voice): Robin, go to the car.

Robin (stamps his foot and stomps off): I'm not a baby!

Batman (to scarecrow): What changed?

Scarecrow: Eh, they're little innocent people. At this age, it feels wrong giving them intense nightmares. Until like 14 then they turn into assholes. These adventures you take them on also builds up any trauma I can use at that time.

Batman (tapping his chin): Okay, um, he's 8. 8 years old, it's going to take some time before he is 14 so don't hurt him. Okay?

Robin (overhearing the conversation): I am not 8!

Batman: Robin, get in the car or I will take your nintendo switch from you!

Robin: What- I- That's mine!

Scarecrow: I've always admired you for taking your kids out on adventures like this, don't worry I won't mess with the little tyke... For now.

Robin (begrudgingly accepting this): This is so unfair!

Robin got into the car, slammed the door shut, and sat there with his arms crossed, pouting in frustration.

Batman: I've dealt with tantrums like that with my first Robin, yet they never get easier to deal with.

Scarecrow shrugged.

Scarecrow: Kids, they're a gift and a headache.

Batman sighed, regretting that he was agreeing with freaking Scarecrow.

[citrusandrottefruit]

Modern!Steddie (This is based on something I read a while back on Tumblr about Eddie becoming famous, Steve getting doxxed, and years later singing Hozier's Francesca to Eddie. I'll look for the fic, and if I find it, I'll put the link here.)

Steve has always been one of the popular kids, but not the kind of childish villains you see in movies. No, he was popular because he was handsome, had rich parents, was charismatic, and was good at sports. He didn't bully other kids, but he wasn't interested in them either.

He never felt the need to seek out new connections at school, because he'd had Tommy and Carol for years, and anyone new who wanted to talk to him would come to him. He didn't have to work hard to make new friends.

His time was spent on sports and the friends he already had. The occasional girlfriend, too, because he'd always been a romantic at heart and a lonely kid. Being best friends with a couple would also make him feel like a third wheel a lot, so having a girlfriend and double dates seemed cool.

Then he got into a fight with Tommy and Carol after that graffiti episode in the movies and they drifted apart. Tommy wasn't mean about it, but he was resentful and hostile, because they were best friends and it always sucks to lose a friend to a boyfriend/girlfriend who you think cheated on them.

After a year, when he and Nancy broke up, he, Tommy and Carol didn't get back together, but they weren't hostile, you could tell they felt bad for him. Steve wanted to be friends with them again, he just didn't feel right crawling back with his tail between his legs and he also felt guilty that they never reconnected before. He didn't want it to seem like he only got back together because he was single.

He's still popular, but now his best friends aren't around anymore and he got cheated on by his girlfriend, but he feels like he deserved it (let's just say the story they made up about Barbara dying was real and the trauma grew into a monster and consumed their entire relationship). So he feels alone.

He has the kids. But Dustin thinks he's awesome and he doesn't want to be anything less, Lucas also sees him as a hero, willing to take a beating for him, Max looks up to him as a big brother. Will is Jonathan's brother and has traumas, so Steve would never dump his problems on the kid. Mike is Nancy's brother.

All of his real friends are kids.

So, Eddie. Steve isn't lonely around school, he still interacts with other students, he's friendly with the popular crowd, a lot of people like him. He just has these moments where he seems sad and then suddenly he seems super chill again.

Anyone who looks closely can tell he's got a problem and pretends not to, but it's not obvious. Eddie doesn't think much of it at first. He actually finds it amusing, because he has a lot of shallow and superficial ideas about popular kids who conform to the norm and who are well-off.

Eddie comes over when he sees Steve reading a DnD rulebook. He mocks it a bit, but explains a few things and Steve, who has always been a social butterfly and never cared much about sitting at the same table as some group in the cafeteria, sits down with Hellfire.

Not with the intention of being their friend, just because he wanted to ask them questions, take notes and move on with his life. A brief connection, a friendly interaction. No different from his relationship with most people who are part of his social circle.

But Eddie keeps pulling him closer, invites him to join the Hellfire Club. Steve declines, because he likes the stories and wanted to learn about DnD because of the kids, but he feels insecure about being a player, about roleplaying, he's afraid of making the wrong decisions and ruining something that seems to be so important to their friends (both the kids and Eddie).

Eventually, they fall in love.

Steve graduates without much distinction and Eddie barely makes it, but they are free from high school. While Eddie continues to play concerts at the Hideout with the CC boys, Steve works at Scoops Ahoy and makes friends with Robin.

So, when Eddie decides to leave, Steve asks them to wait a little, to save up more money, to get better organized. If they stayed for a whole year, Robin could even leave with them. When Eddie doesn't agree, he says they can continue their relationship long-distance. After all, it's 2010 and there's technology for that.

Eddie leaves anyway, believing that Steve will regret it and look for him, understand that leaving is the right choice and blah blah blah. Steve can't leave yet, because if he moves out, if he doesn't follow the path his parents have laid out, he'll give up any illusion of family he might have had. His car is in his father's name, he doesn't have much savings, he's still not open about being bisexual and he's terrified of leaving his entire life behind. It's hard in Hawkins, but facing the whole world, the uncertainty, not having a home to go back to… It scares him. Eddie doesn't understand, because if nothing else worked out for him, he could go back to Wayne and be welcomed with open arms.

One of Eddie's first hit songs is about a preppy, popular, charismatic kid who's the captain of the swim team and lives in Loch Nora who starts dating him in his senior year and gets stuck in a shitty job at the mall. It's easy to figure out who Steve is. People at school find out quickly.

I like to think Carol is the one who alerts him, goes to his job to tell him the rumors. Tommy goes with her. Although Carol is kinder and more open and Tommy keeps his distance, as if he might be infected, he also tells Steve to be careful, for old times' sake.

Either way, he becomes a target. The students tell their parents that they believe the hit song is about Steve. This story even gets around the church that his parents donate to and "attend" when they're around. His parents' friends find out. His business partners find out. His parents, too.

His parents suddenly move back home. It was a huge fight, with his mother accusing him of being possessed, suggesting a treatment to "cure" him. Mr. Harrington said it was due to a lack of beatings. Either way, it ended with him bleeding alone in the street.

A few days later, he and Robin managed to return to "steal" some of his belongings back, including documents. Other than that, he lost everything.

Mr. Wheeler didn't even want him to get close to Mike anymore.

For a while, he spends his days between the Hendersons' couch and Robin's bedroom floor, feeling like shit and listening to the music Eddie wrote over and over again.

After that, he sells his cell phone, his laptop, whatever he managed to keep. Robin also sells some of her things and the kids help with this small fundraising, selling cakes and sweets. Even Tommy and Carol seek them out, providing almost 50% of the money. That way, Steve is able to leave with a few months' rent saved.

Wayne also helped, because he knew that Eddie's music was responsible for this. Steve told him never to talk about everything that happened with Eddie, so Wayne kept it a secret.

I think Tommy, Carol and Steve could get back to being friends. Not the same as before, but they have lunch together every few months and they were the ones who helped Steve get a job in a new city.

A few months later, Corroded Coffin is well established, about to release its first album. Robin goes to college and Steve and she move in together.

That's when other people start to find out who Steve is too. It starts with a post on Reddit, people speculating about him, which is the central theme of several songs, although none are as explicit about his identity as the first. His parents receive some hate mail, they make a point of sending it to the Buckleys and Steve finds out. What hurts the most is knowing that his parents never gave him any of his belongings, but they found a way to let him know that people he didn't even know hated him.

He gets some hate messages too, because, although he deleted his old accounts, the new ones are easy to find through the profiles of people who knew him before all this. So, they're probably students from school, people know what Robin's social networks are, finding him.

There isn't much hate coming his way because he's careful to keep to the shadows, and thankfully the speculation about Steve Harrington being responsible for breaking Eddie Munson's heart doesn't go that far, after all, there's nothing to keep fueling those theories.

One of the things that connected Eddie to Steve was music. I like to think of Steve as a musician, like Joe Keery is. If Eddie can pour out his anger through music, he can also pour his heart into it. He writes Unknown/Nth and posts it to an anonymous YouTube account. He sings with an acoustic guitar, without showing his face.

For a while, this feels like closure.

Steve still gets hate mail sometimes, even though he deletes the old accounts and creates new ones. Everyone in Hawkins seems to know about him and Eddie. The kids, who hated Eddie for a while, have reluctantly started to admire him again. Steve reassured them about this, but they all remained bitter about everything that happened.

Steve, for his part, has vacillated between hating Eddie and hating himself. Most of the time, he still feels like he maybe loves Eddie a little bit, as if he’s stuck on that last day they saw each other. Sometimes he blames himself for making the wrong decision. Other times he thinks that if he hadn't stayed in Hawkins, Eddie might never have made it big.

His feelings for Eddie are complicated.

So, about 5 years after the breakup, there's a documentary about the beginning of Corroded Coffin. Something not produced by them. Maybe by a fan? Who goes to Hawkins, talks to people, tells them about Steve, exposes Steve and it goes viral on social media.

His life goes to shit very quickly. Eddie doesn't even notice at first, because CC is on a world tour and they never have free time. Meanwhile, Steve becomes well-known on social media and gets some hate mail.

Things change a bit when someone, seeing old photos of Steve, posts on Reddit that they have a crazy theory: there's a song they've been listening to for years, that's a lost gem in the depths of YouTube and they swear that's Steve Harrington, because the moles match and you can see a Hawkins High jacket in the background. It's a pretty crazy theory, so it doesn't get much attention, but the song gains momentum.

Eddie finds out because, once he learned everything that happened, he started researching everything about Steve, trying to measure how much he ruined his life.

Assuming people find out that the song is really about Eddie, I think he could become the target of hate, almost as much as Steve did, because Unknown/Nth is a powerful song.

That's what I've thought, for now. They get back together in the end because Eddie's actions had terrible consequences, but he never meant to hurt Steve like that and the biggest culprits for everything that happened are his parents. The hate from the fans wasn't that intense until the documentary, so it was hard to notice.

Anyway, they have a long way to go. A talk to clear up their last fight, a lengthy apology from Eddie, reconnecting with the kids, getting back to being friends.

It would be terribly sad and difficult. It definitely wouldn't be a fairy tale, but they could learn to trust each other. Eddie could earn Steve's trust, affection, and friendship, and one day they could be a couple again.

[lythiannatheultimate]

So, I have this idea...

Basically, I have made up children for every Punch-out ship I have liked, so here is my character idea's.

🇩🇪Alexandra🇫🇷

•She is very shy, but very kind when she opens up

•Had to get surgery to remove her breasts because of breast cancer(poor girl)

•Has a crush on a girl named Alice

•13 years old

•The WVBA is very kind to her, especially Disco kid(aw😊)

🇲🇽Henry🇬🇧

•Very kind and adorable

•Literally just a baby

•Narcis had Aran babysit Henry (Did not go well)

•Narcis spoils him

• His dad (masked muscle) literally has never shown his face to his own child😕

🇨🇦Sakurai🇯🇵

•Extremely shy

•gets SPOILED

•Talk bad about his parents and he will KILL you

•9 years old

• Hondo buys him literally some of the cutest stuff

🇹🇷Ivan🇷🇺

•Has a HEAVY Russian accent

•Very kind

•Soda spoils him rotten

•16 years old

•Walked in on his parents making out one time(ew)

🇺🇸 Francis 🇮🇪

•also spoiled

•Definitely gets his personality from his dad (Disco Kid)

•LOVES his Irish dad ( Aran Ryan)

•4 years old

•Adorable

?Luther (Indian)

•has a dad from an weird country

•8 years old

•Has ABSOLUTELY no clue on where his dad (Rick bruiser) is from

•Great Tiger gives him a massive hug when he gets home( so sweet☺️)

•Rick bruiser gets very busy and can not see his son a lot (sad😔)

🇺🇸 Alex

• 10 months old (he's a little boy👶)

•was born on accident but his parents ( or parent) still loves him very much

•SO ADORABLE

•his parent gave birth to him after he got abused (I'm so sorry)

•Doc Louis LOVES him so much

Yeah, that's basically it...

[lususnatura]

he squinted his eyes in thought before tilting his head at the other's words, ❝ okay. i'm lost now, if i'm being honest. so this king liked his uncle but he also had sex with someone right after talking about his death. ❞ blamore looked about as confused as he sounded at that moment, which was completely. it still managed to hum in affirmation after that though, ❝ eh, well, sometimes people abuse the power religion gives them over others. and the only choice at that point is to rebel. ❞

whether or not it was a positive thing, blamore had indeed heard about bits and pieces of harley's past. particularly with one of gotham's most notorious criminal masterminds. but if there was one thing that people should know about him, its that the creature never liked to indulge in gossip. it did typically fall under the umbrella of being rude which was exactly the kind of behavior blamore disliked with a passion. so it chose to not make any preconceived notions about harley and see what she was like for itself; a decision that it had ultimately ended up not regretting, because it had led them to now.

blamore's lip tugged upwards a bit in an amused smile, finding her compliment towards it flattering. nevertheless, this also was the first time someone said it to him, so it wasn't sure how to react to that immediately. ❝ well, thank you for always liking my... scent. its likely from a mix of all the chemicals that my plants produce and my body wash. ❞ blamore very lightly hit her on the shoulder as if to say 'and don't you forget it' playfully, only to let out a slightly weak snort.

❝ well, someone's already been there and done that, so i would know how to deal with the pain if that were to happen now at least. ❞ it was able to figure out most of what harley said next, but only a few words at the end were decipherable to it. 'nicer,' 'light a candle,' and 'light them all' were what blamore picked up. ❝ i see. so, they were torn between two choices for your schooling, and that wasn't easy because your parent's struggled... both amongst themselves and financially. i'm sorry about that. ❞ he pulled at his earlobe to see if that would help clear things up.

but the problem was more complex than just being external, unfortunately. ❝ i think i get what you're trying to say. you were frustrated because you wanted to experience it, right? i suppose i've got to make sure you're able to experience decorating the tree with me this year then. ❞ blamore let go of its ear before saying, ❝ i apologize, my left ear was acting up a bit... you're talking about lighting up the menorah as a kid? ❞

it reached down to pull out a pan and finished beating the eggs together, only to pour half of the mixture into the pan. blamore let out a soft chuckle which could be heard over the intro to the song 'unforgettable,' ❝ oh? you broke out of yoga retreats, plural? i had no idea. but thank you, i'm glad that you like jazz. ❞

She shook her head and thought of Hamlet. "Mmm not as though he killed his uncle... or at least I'm sure he didn't was huge part as ta' why he rebelled against tha' church. Then again in tha' end who doesn't?"

Since coming to Gotham Harley's reputation seemed fairly masked. Most newcomers knew her simply as the girl that dated the most unpredictable nutcase the city had ever seen. It didn't help her meet people thats for sure, but it really wasn't something she liked be known for, at least when she was Harleen she had a job and seemed to be a conversation piece... jokingly though that is what she begame a pawn that was moved about a board, and she was none the wiser. Had she not been so committed to her job, where would she have gone? It was silly to think those things, but it was a curiosity none the less.

Curling up to Balmore, it took her a moment to understand what the other meant before smirking. "You always smell nice? Also different texture... not in a bad way. You eva' lay against a man few days after he shaves? No prickles. I'm more afraid of rippin' or clawin' in," she confessed gauging if she should change the subject. She knew after what had happened, he wasn't entirely the best at having a body positive vibe, but to Harley she found him beautiful.

Looking up into his eyes she swayed, liking how his tail moved about her. " My family always fought on how I was ta' be raised. Jewish traditions mostly won out... so always felt odd compared ta' the others. Also tha' whole money thing for Hebrew school on top of normal school. Lots of bickerin'. Also poor... so anytime I got a gift or got told its just somethin' small always was like.. fuck they don't unda'stand. First thing I eva' wanted was a tree believe it or not. Thought it was nicer than waitin' all day to light a candle... I always wanted ta' light them all."

When her mind went back to the food they were making, she went to open drawers till she found a knife and a chopping board and began to cube the ham. It was only when Balmore came back that she smirked to the choice in music. "Smooth... wish I got to know you sooner, rather this than tha' time I thought of takin' one of those yoga retreats that broke out of."

[aardpuff]

Bluey scribble cause this show has been comfort background noise to my art sessions over the past couple weeks.

[aardvaark]

im so glad that we never get a clear picture of sophie’s background in leverage & i hope we never do. however i also really like making up various, often conflicting backstories for her in my head. perhaps they’re all backstories for an alias of hers, ones she laid to rest back in season two.

[beneathsilverstars]

idk it sounds reasonable to me for a teenager to run away bc they didn't want to eat their veggies!

one hopes that by the later stages of childhood a parent will have figured out which veggies and preparation styles work for the kid, and the kid will have resigned themself to what they do and don't have to eat according to their parents, and it's all settled into an equilibrium instead of a daily fight. and hopefully as a teen your palette is expanding and you're even willing to eat more veggies then you did as a child.

however, if the kid is extra picky and stubborn, and the parent is extra determined to make sure they eat a good variety (or just eat whatever the parent prepared no matter what it is), it could absolutely continue to be a regularly-repeated fight. and if something is a continued point of contention throughout childhood then it absolutely makes sense for a teen to go FUCK this, i am nearly an ADULT i am done being told to eat my veggies i am gonna prove my independence and make them realize i don't have to just sit there and let them boss me around!!

like, the childishness of the fight is exactly why a teen would run away about it.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

“you finally got adopted” really got to me because how long do you think eugene and lance hoped and hoped and hoped that they would get adopted, but they never did. and then they gave up and ran away. but he finally got adopted 🥺

[clumsycapitolunicorn]

it's been nearly 6 months since the ted lasso finale and im still pretty much:

[thenamessparkplug]

shoutout to my old 4th grade teacher for being more supportive of me one time 6 months ago than my own mother's ever been< 3333

[sassmill]

Last night I watched 3 children while their parents went to a concert—2 five year olds and an eight year old—and they were calling each other nonsense mean names. I asked what one of the names meant and they told me “it means Donald Trump.” I laughed at that because. Kids are funny. And then the LOOK that came over them all as they squinted at me suspiciously and the eldest asked me quietly, “are you voting for him, or are you voting for her?”

And guys they literally started cheering and dancing when I said I was voting for Kamala Harris and it was just the funniest sweetest little moment ever

[wreckedhoney]

"WONDERFUL SHOW TONIGHT, FORREST."

a KILLER FREQUENCY Marie Campbell/Forrest Nash ship playlist on YT

"Good to talk to you again, Forrest. You know, I've really enjoyed our chats tonight." "I guess we've had some moments."

Tracklist under the cut

Is Everybody Going Crazy? - Nothing But Thieves / The Perfect Girl - Mareux / We Don't Have To Dance - Andy Black / Night Issues (Nightcall x Daddy Issues) Mashup/Remix - FuturePastPerson / "Bassically" - Tei Shi / Cold Summer - Mareux / Diet Mountain Dew - Lana Del Rey / Destruction Of Us - Mr.Kitty / Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer / HUSH - Ari Abdul / DTLA - Mareux / Make You Mine - Madison Beer / FEAR YOU - Kat Von D / Bad Romance - Lady Gaga / Dark All Day - GUNSHIP / Maniac (feat. Conor Mason of Nothing But Thieves) - AWOLNATION

[oozeandgoo-art]

everyone is sooo in love with vakori on account of le is so cool and smart and deeply pragmatic and is also completely batshit insane

[uselessnbee]

saw my favorite bylers talk about the relationship between Mike and Joyce again and now i just can't stop thinking about it

not just if she saw the airport fiasco but what if she saw the conflict between willelmike

or after they're all finally in hawkins again maybe she saw there's something going on and asked Jonathan and he told her some things he knew he could let her know

and then she comes to Mike and he expects it. he expects her to be angry to start criticising him cause he fucked up and hurts everyone and he knew this was coming but god does it hurt. this is the woman that feels like a second mother to him the woman that sometimes feels more like a mother to him then his actual mom and he knows being criticised by her is going to be the last straw and a part of him is dreading this but a part of him also thinks he deserves this. of course he does he fucked up he's the bad guy he hurt people he hurt her children she loves more than anything of course he deserves this

so he can take it. it will hurt. it will be like a punch in the face but he can take it it's what happens after that's the real question

but Joyce just smiles at him so gently and asks if he's doing okay. if everything is alright if something is going on. she tells him she cares about him and she knows he's been through a lot but if he needs her she's here for him. if he needs to talk she will listen if he just needs someone to be there for him she will be and she's just so caring and gentle and loving to Mike and Mike just. fucking. breaks.

he doesn't even remember when was the last time someone treated him this way like his feelings matter like he matters and he just can't help it. someone finally sees more than his snarkiness. someone finally sees more than him being a jerk. someone finally sees there's something more going on. someone finally sees the pain behind it and cares enough to actually ask him of he's okay and so he just lets himself cry in front of someone for the first time in years

[longagoitwastuesday]

Going through the Utahim.e tag had me checking several times if at some point I had clicked on the G.ojo/Utahim.e one instead