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leagueofuselessness · 9 months ago

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We are SOOOO fucking back right now

#me #personal #ive never been more excited to read in my entire fucking life #get a library card at your local library and browse the kids section sometime #youll thank me later #at least if you read as a kid

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twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat · 5 months ago

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thinking about an estranged childhood friends to lovers story with gojo……

you’re a rowdy kid. during one of your adventures, you end up at the gojo estate; sneaking your way into a vast, beautiful garden, pretty pink roses as far as the eye can see. little gojo is crouched down, watching tiny sprouts grow, and you’re too captivated to look away. bright snowy hair, striking blue eyes, all dolled up in a fancy yukata. he turns to meet your gaze — and all you give him is a sheepish laugh, before strolling over to introduce yourself. he doesn’t seem to mind the company, so you keep coming over to play with him. you bring cool rocks, pretty cicadas you caught, a dusty gameboy. he listens to you speak. he watches the way you move, wave your hands when you’re excited. he grows so, so fond of you.

one day, you stop coming by to see him — and he doesn’t need confirmation to know that one of the maids must have chased you off.

twenty years later, you meet him again, in a crowded little café. he calls out for you by name and you have no idea who you’re looking at. a tall, handsome, cheery man… wearing a blindfold? and shooting you a charming grin. you have no idea who he is, but he remembers you. he remembers you a lot more than he should. he chides you for forgetting your very best friend, but there’s nothing but humour in his voice. you watch as he speaks, as he moves, as he taps his feet under the table after insisting you order something — his treat. you still don’t remember him.

but you’re captivated, all the same.

(from underneath his blindfold, gojo watches you smile. he thinks to himself that some things must truly never change; because he still feels that familiar swarm of butterflies, with every move you make.)

#anyway read hit visual novel clannad . specifically kotomi’s route #i love himmmmm #shoutout to childhood friends anon for making me think of this i feel fully insane #gojo doesn’t mind that you forgot him btw #he’s almost kinda happy #that he really wasn’t anyone special to you. that at least to you and no one else — he was an entirely ordinary kid .#he gets all giddy introducing you as his childhood friend also 😭😭#he’s so cuteee #i really do think gojo would get so . happy. at the prospect of having someone like that #childhood friends to lovers my favorite of all time … i will never let u go #ari noises ✩#gojo x reader #gojo satoru x reader #gojo x you #gojo fluff

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isatartdump · 5 months ago

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Would do the entire dialogue but drawing Bonnie crying is the bane of my existence! HA

Anyway my reaction to when this entire dialogue was over was just. Hihi.

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fanaticalthings · 6 months ago

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Broke: "Dick Grayson was upset at a new kid taking over his mantle because he doesn't think Jason will be good enough as Robin"

Woke: "Dick is upset at Jason, not because he's suddenly taking over the mantle he created, but because Jason isn't nearly feral enough of a child to drive Bruce insane in Dick's place"

Dick: You wanna be my successor? Go swing from that chandelier right now.

Jason:

Dick: As a matter of fact, I need to see you crawling all over the walls. Make a ruckus, break some furniture

Jason: But Bruce-

Dick: SCREW Bruce. Your job as my new brother is to make his life HELL. Why are you so polite? Why are you so calm? Where's your DRIVE, your PASSION, huh? You may be worthy of the title of Robin, but are you WORTHY of being my disaster brother?

Jason, a little scared: I dont-

Dick, scoffing: The youth these days just don't rebel like they used to.

#Bruce watching Dick take Jason out on a lil hangout day: Im sure everything will be fine :)#Alfred: You have no idea what youve done.#Dick: do you at least have any hobbies #Jason: i read #Dick: (in tears) i got such a BORING brother #[jason coming back as gotham's new uprising crime lord]#dick: see THATS what im talking about FINALLY a worthy successor #dick: remember littlewing when u turn 16 u gotta up the angsty teen performance tenfold just to REALLY make B's life difficult #jason a few years later: *dies in the most horrifying way possible leaving Bruce an anguished depressed mess*#dick: Wow ok I did NOT think he'd outdo me like this #this is how they bonded as brothers :)#this is kinda a continuation on a prev post abt Robin Jason being the polite kid lol #jason todd #dick grayson #nightwing #robin!jason #red hood #bruce wayne #batman #batfamily #batfam #batdad #batkids #batbros #dc #crack #incorrect quotes #fanatical posting

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elodieunderglass · 1 year ago

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#swan comics #a swan in a santa hat #🦢#I thought about posting this in response to someone #but that would be a bit too much I think #no harm done #least said soonest mended #but this is a conversation I have in my home as well so #perhaps we need a visual shorthand #where the FUCK is my CUP #this is the response to a) kids not putting their socks on but coming downstairs dressed as crocodiles #b) spouse mishearing something but gallantly giving an opinion on it that was so in depth I didn’t have the heart to interrupt #and c) someone explaining to me about the discworld reading order #on a post about the saddening lack of risk-taking and support for creators in the content-gatekeeping industry #none of those are crimes not even the socks #I can strongly understand the Considerations that beset and bedazzle you when you go to put socks on and how the best response is to put on #a fuzzy crocodile onesie #but it’s not what I asked.#like this is a good response to a different thing #please recall the input here - the assignment if you will - was about socks. I love what you’ve done here though #good contribution. you know what we’re keeping it. love it.#just don’t present it as if the original incident report can be marked closed now okay?#do not close the support ticket #the support ticket remains unanswered.#no I completely agree. the outfit DOES need green face paint too. a topic we can add to the queue when oddly enough you have socks on

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krysmcscience · 5 months ago

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The Lamb is malicious in a funny way and the Goat is funny in a malicious way. No, I will not elaborate.

Anyway, everyone give thanks to the Lamb for interrupting what was sure to be a very boring and patronizing PSA from their grouchy cat hubby. Truly, they are doing God's work. Granted, the Lamb canonically is God now, so, uh. Mostly they're just doing their own work.

Speaking of their grouchy cat hubby, yes this is absolutely still Narilamb, Narinder is 100% into his goofy-ass spouse always no matter what and we all know it, he just wasn't expecting his brand new adopted kid to share the same single goofy-ass brain cell as the Lamb. :)

#fanart #comics #cult of the lamb #cotl #narilamb the goat AU lmao #cotl narinder #cotl lamb #cotl goat #did i look up a photo of billy the kid to base the goat's outfit off of?#i plead the fifth your honor #for real tho guys #rams and lambs are for sheep #for goats you want bucks and billies #or if you're afabing your goat - does and nannies #(tho to be fair ram IS sometimes accepted for male goats also? instructions unclear on that front tbh)#also don't worry - i am never gonna be all YOU GOTTA USE THESE TERMS OR YOU'RE DUMB AND BAD #it just kinda makes me giggle when i see mixed up animal deets #don't even get me STARTED on cat deets tho lmao #if i had a nickel for every time i saw a fanfic writer give narinder a knot #i would have two nickels #which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice #at least the one where he was a wolf instead of a cat because the author didn't KNOW he was a cat made sense LOL #yeah i'm over here outing all the lemon fics i read idgaf #if you know which fics i'm talking about you can't even judge me anyway cuz we both been at the same devil's sacrament #i should go to bed

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mackthecheesy · 1 month ago

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heres my take on "what if danny phantom met bruce wayne"

#danny: I ALREADY HAVE ONE BILLIONAIRE WITH A VAMPIRE THEMED SECRET IDENTITY TRYING TO ADOPT ME I DONT NEED ANOTHER #bruce: ...its a bat not a vampire #danny: YOU REALIZE THE THEMING IS NOT THE MAIN ISSUE RIGHT #this is also for day seven of #cringetober #cringetober 2024 #danny phantom #danny fenton #vlad masters #batman #bruce wayne #dc #dpxdc #dc x dp #im sure this has to have been pointed out before but i only watched danny phantom like a couple weeks ago #mack.png #also my personal takes aside from 'danny desperately tries to not get adopted by the man who already has at least 6 kids'#-bruce doesnt even want to adopt him he just sees danny as a potential threat and is trying to get a read on his whole deal #-danny would be a better fit for a superman sidekick rather than a batman one #-my brother pointed this out but danny meeting conner and just being like 'hey can you help my clone out she's having Problems'#-also danny hearing about tim trying to clone conner and just going 'WHY DO BILLIONAIRES KEEP TRYING TO DO THIS'

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chessb0r3d · 11 months ago

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i cracked the code.

#believing dirk is the worst guy because its what dirk thinks of himself #ignoring daves bisexuality and think hes a gay man in denial even when he explained hes bisexual #believing john 'im not a homosexual' egbert is explicitly straight while he makes out with his mcconahey and cameron posters more #than he kissed women(literally only once)#believing that rose is an edgy psyhcotic little bitch when she was neglected. she speaks elegantly to cover that shes silly and a total ner #and how did people forget that rose also writes gay wizard fanfiction. reads Wikipedia. and her beautiful artstyle as a result of neglect #(and by neglect meaning having SO MUCH TIME to draw)#jake wasnt into dirk. he also told di that he didnt like how brobot getting touchy with him during strifes #but as part of the repression 4(prospit kids). he refused on changing the bot settings #what jane said about roxy being better when she was drunk. it was fucking sarcasm. its the least insane shit you could say to a best friend #all the kids have issues and of course people get mad over a girl being sarcastic.#when KARKAT said THE SAME THING to rose when she was drunk on the meteor nobody bats an eye #trolls are just grey humans that are bugs. he doesnt get an excuse for being an alien. humans were made from KARKATS BLOOD #jade isnt all silly girl and is so FULL OF HATE towards the trolls. she called karkat a fuckass (VERY FUNNY) to do her a favor #“jade would rather have punched karkat in the fact then had a pleasent conversation with him.”#“she viewed the trolls as rude mean and cruel. and even thought that nepeta was just making fun of her.#despite it being that nepeta just wanted to roleplay and have fun."#dred.loki #I HAVE YET TO ADD MORE. THESE ARE JUST NOTES #homestuck #chss

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horsechestnut · 7 months ago

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AU to add to the list of AUs I'll never write: All of the Robins are de-aged to the age they were when they became Robin. Their memories are also reset to that point, and somehow they're in their Robin suits.

So you have a 16 year old Steph, desperately trying to wrangle 4 feral children who look nearly identical and won't tell her their names because "you do know what a secret identity is, don't you Stephanie?"

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skymagpieart · 6 months ago

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Making super niche content catering only to me, but I decided to draw the Old Hillsbrad Foothills - Renault Mograine and Sally Whitemane interaction - however put them closer to the ages they have during the same event in "Ashbringer" where I assume Renault is ~15 and so is she. Also baby Darion who is a kid and he was present for the creation of The Ashbringer.

Yes, my math is probably off, I just assume Renault would be a teen here and if not, yeah this is just super self indulgent stuff. I wanted to draw 15-16 year old Renault and Sally and also a baby Darion.

#please read the tags if you know more lore before you blast me #renault mograine #sally whitemane #darion mograine #world of warcraft #anyway I kinda went from Darion is 19 in 25 ADP #which means he would be 14 during the 3rd war in 20 ADP #which is in line with his whole I am a man I wanna fight shit #but Renault feels like he is older than Darion so I assume he is like 3-4 years older at least #so there is no way he is 15 there while Darion is 14 #so I just went with him being 19 during that and give them a 5 year gap #and that cute scene with Sally and Renault playing as kids #I wanted it in the comic timeline so they are teens who are also hanging out together #but theres a bit of a different nature to their stuff #however even if I am wrong it doesn't matter #I enjoyed drawing this and I like how it turned out #also those are their outfits from Ashbringer and from Heartstone or smth for young Sally #and they are babies #I am obsessed with the Mograines on like a monthly bases

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starsnumber1charliefan · 7 months ago

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they keep showingup and its scaring me

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lunarharp · 3 months ago

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post that reads like a mood swing

#witch hat tag #orufrey #i'm actually a depressed lab rat experiment and witch hat kitchen is the drug they feed me to measure the responses #this is volume 4 of kitchen themed. “i always make time for the kids!” “oh olly!” sounds like a black and white old sitcom #where there'd be an 'awwwwww' audience sound reaction. Like uhhhh. None of this is NORMAL!!!!!!#at first today i was thinking how olly has the kind of childhood trauma that gradually gets better with age though it leaves scars #but qifrey has the kind of trauma that gets worse as time goes by. It hurts! Let's get drunk tho on our fruity vintages in the cellar #and chat all night long about how cool our kids are? And- oh youve fallen asleep. *puts a blanket over you* I wanted to talk more #but there'll always be more. at least - that is my wish.#i'm trying to savour kitchen and just read a bit every day so i dont OVERDOSE and DIE.#i literally dont even drink or care for alcohol. like love it is a concept to me

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draculeo · 1 month ago

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told you guys it was weird

#can you still enjoy kids books as an adult? yes of course #should you have naturally progressed into reading more age appropriate books or at the very least slightly more advanced kids books? uhh ye #like a switch flipped in my brain and I wonder where that switch is for some ppl #anyway this isn’t shaming bc i don’t care enough to shame its as simple as saying that’s weird ❤️

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euruskorvin · 2 months ago

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Betelgeuse: Honey! It’s boy’s night tonight! I’m heading off with Wolf and the shrinkers!

Lydia: Oh, is it tonight? Okay, have fun!

Betelgeuse: *clears throat* uhh… I have something to give ye first. *hands Lydia a thick rectangular box*

Lydia: *confused face* [shakes the box] What is it?

Betelgeuse: hey, hey! Don’t shake it too much you’ll damage it, and both of us will not be happy about it! Open it, love!

Lydia: [opens the box] *WTF face*

Betelgeuse: Sooo.. uh I was listening in on a forum yesterday, someone mentioned that if they could just detach it and give it to their spouse for safe keeping… infidelity will be significantly less.

Lydia: So you detached your hard dick, put it in a jewelry box and gave it to me for… safe keeping?!

Betelgeuse: *looks at her sheepishly* Well, It’s not that I will be unfaithful to ye if I have it with me. Hell, even if I don’t have it, I won’t do anything of sorts! You’re it for me! I’m all yours babes!

Lydia: *still looking at the box, and to Betelgeuse*

Betelgeuse: *sighs* It’s more of, so ye can have a more tangible proof that I’ll never stray, and be reassured that I will not be using your favourite part of my body elsewhere. Plus! Ye can use it, anytime, anywhere while I’m not around, like a personal toy! [winks]

Lydia: *tearing up* Oh, Beej! [grabs his lapels and kisses him hard] You stupid! Thoughful, bastard!

Betelgeuse: Hey! [pulled again for a thorough kiss]

#beetlebabes #beetlejuice x lydia #beetlejuice beetlejuice #if you don’t like it don’t read it #block me if you want #this is why you have to sleep at least 8hrs kids!#My sleep deprived brain made me do it!#Yes Betelgeuse is listening in on couples forums 🤣#lydia deetz #beetlejuice #betelgeuse

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puppyeared · 5 months ago

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i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

#im reading that post that says artists are directors of audience reaction and not its dictator:#'you cannot guarantee that everyone viewing your work will react as you are trying t make them react. a good artist knows that this is what #allows work to breath. by definition you cannot have art where the viewer brings nothing to the table ... this is why you have to let go of #the urge to plainly state in text exactly how you think the work should be interpreted ... its better to be misinterpreted sometimes than #to talk down to your audience. you wont even gain any control that way; people will still develop their opinions no matter what you do #im thinking abt this again cuz i was thinking maybe the thing that lets adventure time work so well the way it does is cuz it doesnt #take itself too seriously that it gives the audience enough room to fuck with subtext and then fuck with them back yknow. i think it was #mentioned somewhere that they werent even planning to run with the postapocalyptic elements that are hinted in the show but changed their #mind after the one off with the frozen businessmen and dominoed into marcy and simons backstory. on the other side there are stories that #explain too much to let the story speak for itself and i think it ends up having to do more with the crew trying to lead ppl in a certain #direction than expand on what they have and i see a lot of this with miraculous. like when interviews and tweets are used as word of god in #arguments and it becomes a little stifling to play around with it knowing the creator can just interject. u can say its the crews effort to #engage with its audience but it feels more like micromanaging. and none of this is to say there ISNT room for stories that spell things out #theyre just suited for different things. if sesame street tried abstract approaches to themes and nuance itd be counterproductive #a lot of things fly over my head so i need help picking things apart to get it- but it doesnt have to be from the story itself. ive picked #picked up or built on my own interpretations listening to other ppl share their thoughts which creates conversation around the same thing #sometimes stories will spell things out for you without being so obvious abt it that it feels like its woven into the text. my fav example #for this might be ATLA using younger characters as its main cast but instead of feeling like its dumbed down for kids to understand why war #is bad its framed from a childs point of view so younger audiences can pick up on it by relating to the characters. maybe an 8 year old #wont get how geopolitics works but at least they get 'hey the world is a little more complicated than everyone vs. fire nation'. same for #steven universe bc its like theyre trying to describe and put feelings into words that kids might not have so they have smth to start with #especially with the metaphors around relationships bc even if it looks unfamiliar as a kid now maybe the hope is for it to be smth you can #look back to. thats why it feels like these shows grew up with me.. instead of saving difficult topics for 'when im ready for it'#as if its preparing me for high school it gave me smth to turn in my hands and revisit again and again as i grow. stories that never #treated u as dumb all along. just someone who could learn and come back to it as many times as u need to. i loved SU for the longest time #but i felt guilty for enjoying it hearing the way ppl bash it. bc i was a kid and thought other ppl understood it better than me and made #feel bad for leaning into the message of paying forward kindness and not questioning why steven didnt punish the diamonds or hold them #accountable. but im rewatching it now and going oh. i still love this show and what it was trying to teach me #yapping #diary

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you-see-something-strange-here · 4 months ago

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whether it was intentional or not, I will always think about bart allen being coded as a neurodivergent foster kid. he’s “different” and “weird” and can’t focus on school, he doesn’t get people or their rules, very clearly ADHD, is constantly shuttled from home to home because nobody in his family really wants him or knows how to deal with him, he’s too much -

#and yes I know he lived with max #and that - as far as I know - the garricks were happy to have him #but being a super living with supers doesn’t really equate to a stable home situation #especially everything with his mom - thinking he was gonna go and live with her and then coming back #the way I READ it at least is that he’s meant to be a neurodivergent foster kid #and you can disagree #But you can pry this interpretation from my cold dead hands #Someone write a fanfic of a no - powers AU where Bart is a foster kid #bart allen #dc impulse

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