#and the answer is almost definitely no

[morganbritton132]

Tommy has three brothers.

You may think that this would have taught him how to share, but it didn’t. It taught him that if he wanted something to grab it quick and hold it tight.

Which is to say that he does not like Carol.

He is not thrilled when Steve asks their teacher if Carol can sit with them during snack time because Steve is his best friend. He found him first and he’s not letting go of him.

Especially not to some dumb girl that plays with dolls.

“Mr. Whiskers isn’t a doll. He’s a cat.”

“Mr. Whiskers is a dumb toy,” Tommy grouses, pulling on Steve’s backpack strap so he follows him. Steve says he likes toys and Tommy concedes because he likes toys too just - “Not dumb toys. I have cool toys. I can show you.”

And Tommy does. He drags Steve onto the bus with him. None of his brothers mention it when Steve gets off at their stop.

In fact, no one mentions it at all. Especially not to their mother so it’s something of a surprise when she turns around to find a boy in her kitchen. Not one of her boys but - “Hello?”

The little boy looks away from the pot boiling on the stove and asks, “How come you don’t have a microwave?”

“Mama says that I can’t use the stove ‘cause I’m not big enough,” He continues while Maria stares dumbfounded at him. “Tommy’s not big either and you don’t got a microwave. Does he just eat cereal?”

The boy blinks at her, “I’m Steve, by the way.”

“Steve,” She says slowly, connecting the name to Tommy’s friend from school. “Does anyone know you’re here?”

“I know I’m here.”

“Anyone else?”

“Tommy knows,” He says. “He’s in his room. We’re playing nascar.”

“That sounds fun,” She says, slipping into mom mode. She crouches down so they’re eye-level and smiles, “Why don’t I call your mom and let her know that you’re having fun?”

She can see the clogs turning in his head before Sleve slumps his shoulders. His bottom lip juts out and his eyes get shiny. She’s about to ask him what’s wrong when Tommy slides into the room on his socks and Steve tells him in a sad little voice, “Your mama wants me to go home now.”

Tommy promptly bursts into tears.

He doesn’t want Steve to leave. He’ll miss him and he hasn’t even showed him his GI Joe yet.

It takes a lot of soothing words, many reassurances that she’s not kicking Steve out, and the recruitment of her husband before the situation was calmed down. It’s only then that Steve - dry-eyed now - suggests, “I can call my mama.”

This is what Maria was trying to accomplish in the first place.

She takes Steve into the living room where their landline was. He dials his phone number carefully as her, her husband David, and Tommy watch. He gives her a reassuring smile, holding the phone to his ear.

“Hi, Mama! It’s Steve,” He says into the receiver. “I’m at Tommy’s. He’s my best friend and his mama said I can stay the night. Love you. Bye. Love you.”

He hangs up the phone before Maria could ask for it and informs her, “Mama is a super busy lady. She’s goin’ to the - to the store. She says she loves you.”

The boys run off to continue playing while Maria processes what the hell just happened. She’s still processing when David picks up the phone and presses the same buttons Steve had.

He holds the phone to his ear and gets the answering machine for, “The fucking Harringtons?”

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

The toddler skinned her thumb enough it was freely bleeding, the second biggest injury she has sustained in her entire life.

I wanted to distract her with a joke but was careful not to make it worse because she's really not used to getting grazes cleaned and plasters cut and applied

Me: can I play a trick on you it'll be really funny and then you say "NOO MUUUMMY"

Toddler: yeah!!

Me: alright (pantomime baddy voice, snipping scissors in the air) that thumb is so broken I'm gonna CUT IT OFF!!

Toddler: (delighted pantomime crowd response) NOOO MUUUMMY!!

Me: oh well, I'll just have to use these to cut up your plaster to make it all better

Me, internally: I'm getting such a grade in making things less scary

Granny: oh no! What happened to your poor thumb?

Toddler: (shrugs) mummy just played a trick on me and tried to scissors it off

[arkhammaid]

lestappen.

that way - tate mcrae

[bigidiotenergytm]

so does lmtd! odysseus have any divine weapons?

like did hephaestus or someone else hook him up with either a new sword or an upgrade to his sword, or did he not vibe with that?

yknow. i feel like he'd either have a fuck ton of divine items that he treats like how the tva treated the infinity stones. not even just weapons just random items that held huge significance that now he just kinda tosses that shit over his shoulder nonchalantly. dunno if he actually does but it'd be kinda funny

i do think at the most he would be given arrows that can also be recalled back to him just like his sword can. or arrows that have different effects. he doesn't use his sword much anymore (for you'd have to even survive long enough to get close enough for him to) and has mostly switched to knives for carrying convenience. maybe also has some made than can recall too.

[neeeooon]

is nagi a streamer in ur next au because he got locked off LMAOOO

maybeeeeeeeee (🥹)

[s0fter-sin]

how canon do we think warzone is? characterisation things like the takedowns and voice lines?

obviously the takedowns are flashy as hell, that's the point, but things like ghost's "cheers ya slag" and "done and dusted" paint him as so much more arrogant than the campaign suggests

but he is arrogant ("i've seen better" "who?" "me") and we never see him work solo except for the opening scene in mw2 where he chooses to remain danger close to a missile (either just bc or bc he wanted to ensure the kill) so who's to say he doesn't act like that on his own? you even see a hint of it in the camera mission when he shows off to soap and jumps off the building to land on the shadow; what is that if not an arrogant, flashy takedown?

if he's happy to do that in the middle of a stealth mission what else would he do just bc he can?

we know warzone is canon in some respects like the seasonal cutscenes (ala alex's resurrection and "i wasn't in that tank") so at least those are canon but what about everything in between? do specgru and kortac exist in canon? is the 141 part of some greater allied team? (which begs the question why do they never try to contact them when the world is literally on the brink but that’s a very meta, “why didn’t anyone call the avengers in their solo movie?” level of nitpick and we don’t do that here, serious nitpicks only)

do we consider them in character? or is it technically an au? is warzone even made by the same team? would characterisation mean anything to them beyond “does it make the character sound cool?”

even zombies, soap takes on a lot more of a leadership role than we see in the campaign, do we think that's how he acts when he's not with the 141? bc that's a significant shift to go from a leader to a clear subordinate without any chafing or annoyance at getting dropped down the pecking order

then you take skins into account; things like ghost's senpai skin is obviously an au but if he gets new takedowns with it (i haven't played and don't know how it works Imao) do we think main ghost still has that skill set? or is it possible for him to learn it? would he want to?

i think the campaigns are set in stone canon but even that characterisation can be touch and go considering how dirty they did price in mw3 and even how mellow he was in mw2 compared to mw19 and just... everything about the final mw3 mission (and mw3 in general, even shepherd being in the helo when they detain makarov in verdansk is ooc as hell and only exists to serve the narrative)

(characterisation in this aspect is difficult to pin down bc it's hard to tell how much is them writing the character of soap, the character of ghost, and how much is them just writing generic military man 1 and generic military man 2; there's some personality and growth but we have to admit it's thin and subtextual at best. how much of soap's behaviour is bc that's how they wanted soap specifically to react and how much is it bc that's how a military guy would react? (things like being angry about releasing hassan when graves reacts the same way))

so if canon isn't even consistent, can we even trust warzone's characterisation?

(but that's a whole seperate gripe let's stay on track Imao)

do we think it's canon? or is it just battleworld where they can act however the devs want so we spend money on it?

[askthehedgehogs]

Hi Sonic!! Big fan, love ur games ✨

Soo quick question.

What would you say for young kids with autism, who sometimes struggle with their symptoms? Like they say things like "I just wanna be normal" or "I feel broken" or "everyone knows"

(ctx: I'm autistic, and this question is based around my childhood when I played Sonic games, and there are times when I can't handle my control through public spaces or with people near me. So this should feel like a response for my 9-year old self and other kids. Also happy autism awareness month 🙂)

Hey, thanks! Always great to meet a fan.

Hey, kids shouldn’t be worrying about stuff like that. You know what? The two coolest people I know (besides me) happen to also be the two most autistic people I know. Plus Knux. Are Tails and Shadow normal? Hell no! But what does normal even mean?

You’re not broken. And I struggle in public spaces, too. Even this social media thing is… not easy.

Don’t hold back from whatever makes it easier for you to deal with life just because somebody says it’s not “normal”. Like how Shadow irons the sheets every night before we go to bed, because that way his sensory issues don’t bother him so much. People say it’s weird, but it’s his normal.

[blueskittlesart]

ok stopping for tonight. did the first dungeon, a few side quests, and got 4 heart pieces. my verdict so far is that it's good <3

[dryococelas01]

If eating entity avatar stuff gives you powers, does that include bodily fluids.

Asking for no reason

[bittsandpieces]

Hey! Just an anon admirer here, saw you were in SF and wanted to say I hope you enjoy your travels here!!!!!! You’re super cool, hope everything is wonderful!

thank you!!! i went to three (3) different beaches today with very different vibes and i very much enjoyed it

[satoblue]

speaking of time travel . . . how about a forbidden fruit au where your future child is transported to the past before you and satoru ever get together and you’re still madly crushing on him. . .

[mafaldinablabla]

Like not that this show was ever really *good* quality wise okay but at least it was fun as hell, campy and a wild ride, still kinda messy but in a good way. But man this finale sucked major ass and not only for the throuple not happening, although I'm disappointed I'm ngl, but cause in the last episodes the show got boring as fuck. There were basically only max and avery saying the same shit to each other over again, tristan disappeared into a sad spineless nothing, character and development completely casted aside and forgotten, rosie and the other gays disappeared full stop, it honestly just seemed like they didn't know how to handle it cause even the rest of the plot lines and a lot of the weekly medical shenanigans weren't entertaining as much. Personally I think they had to stop the ody3 in the hope of a second season, but still they fumbled it, like they intended on going in a way and had to come up with something fast and mismanage the recovery. I'm curious to see if they will get a second season or not.

[irlnorthshaw]

which super league player collects birkins... this is actually a very important question that we all need to start discussing

[spaciebabie]

AUTISM POG

[kristiliqua]

ive been tweeting abt this but i was honest to god laughing my absolute ass off in disbelief when phil answered “fomo” . FUCKING FOMO ?????? PHIL . PHIL I CAN GUARANTEE YOU ETOILES WOULD BE DYING RN IN ABSOLUTE AGONY . FUCKING FOMO ????? ARE YOU SERIOUS ??????? YOU THOUGHT FOMO WOULD BE AN ANSWER BUT NOT THE DARK ????????? OH I LOST IT

i laughed even harder when i , while i was replying to my friend talking abt phil’s fomo answer and not paying attention to the last two rounds (except for jaiden’s “cars” LMFAOOOO) , heard “TEAM ENGLISH HAS OFFICIALLY WON” because . FYM THEY WON 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 ?????????? AFTER THE ABSOLUTE FUMBLE THAT WAS “FOMO” AND “CARS” ??????????? LMFAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WAS DYING BRO I ACTUALLY COULDNT BELIEVE IT 😭😭😭😭😭 LIKE WHAT EVEN HAPPENED IJBOLLLLLLL CONGRATS TEAM ENGLISH I GUESS WTF LMAOOAOOOOOAOOO

[warning-heckboop]

"Why did you make Peri mad at Dev instead of wanting to forgive him?" dunno. Vibes I guess