#class adult

[inkskinned]

having good & true friends will literally save and protect you in a million unfathomable ways. like okay we have written so many times about lovers. but the way a platonic friend laughs and cries with you. the way they hold your hand at 14 years old and at 34. the way they keep a little silver tie to you, touching base over and over and over. how you can go years without talking, only to re-meet and discover: oh shit! you're still cool!

there are people who have been in my life for more than half of it, and i have loved every version of them. do you know how fucking beautiful that is. yeah love will save the world. but the way friends love you is gonna save the you.

[maddie-grove]

As someone who’s living with a middle school social studies teacher, all the posts along the lines of “why did we never learn about this historical event in school” just make me go “because your teacher was supposed to cover all of US history in one year, and they didn’t get to the Revolutionary War until Halloween because they were urged to slow down the progression of the lessons because a more senior teacher was running behind, and they didn’t get to the Civil War until Valentine’s Day because the school kept scheduling every special event during social studies because there’s no end-of-grade testing for that subject, and they didn’t get to WWI until May because they were sick for a few days and the substitute couldn’t do much more than babysit, and now they’re having to do the entire Cold War in two days, so that’s why you didn’t hear about the lesbian inventor of the circus peanut. They would have loved to tell you about the lesbian inventor of the circus peanut!”

[foldingfittedsheets]

When I was getting my associates degree I took a course on human sexuality. It was really fascinating and wonderful. One of our assignments was to write about the first time we ever masturbated which was very uncomfortable and silly at the same time.

Mine was extremely boring because there’s nothing exciting about a five year old realizing that climbing the fire pole feels really good.

I told a coworker at the time about the assignment and she laughed and told me about her daughter. They had these really old dining room chairs with carved legs. The chairs had smooth wood bulbs going up them that the kid loved to rub on.

Her mom didn’t want to dissuade her or make her ashamed but she also needed to establish that masturbation should always be private. So she talked to her daughter and explained that she could do that but must do it in her room alone.

The result of which was that everyone was aware the girl was going to masturbate when she dragged the chair into her room to be alone with it.

My friends was my favorite though, because his discovery was in stages. He liked it when his penis would get hard as a kid because it meant he could grab it and pretend to be flying a helicopter. His aha moment was when this happened once in the shower and the grabbing plus soap made him realize something else might be going on.

That was funny on its own, but nothing could match when in the most betrayed tone he said, “It was so much more fun then, before stuff came out at the end.”

[kedreeva]

I don't know if they'll be good or not, BUT, Michigan State University is offering a free "course" online over Zoom, "Adulting 101," where they present about various adult-life topics; finances, banking, relationships, cover letter and resume writing, traveling, cooking, jam making (??), voting, that kind of stuff. Might be worth sitting in on and seeing what they have to say.

Here's a link if you're interested in checking it out, the next class session is on Feb 12th.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

*tries to organize my thoughts*

*remembers i'm not in school and therefore beholden to neither heaven nor hell nor any man's grading system*

*joyously shredding & tossing all my carefully arranged 3x5 mental notecards into the air like so much beige confetti. raising my arms in victory, cheering raucously until i accidentally inhale bits of homemade confetti*

(*coughing up itty bits of paper like a cat evicting a hairball with a firm understanding of tenants' rights*) wait wat happens next

[kateksmallcuteowl]

Evil team bonding

Based on this tweet:

[varpusvaras]

I'm sorry, but Jason being friends with Dick's friends entirely on his own accord is absolutely golden comedy material. It's not like they'd hang out in one big group all the time, no. A new person means new dynamics. Their friend group overlaps but it's not the same. Maybe Jason is doing something with Donna and Kory while Dick is hanging out with Wally and Roy doing something entirely else and neither of them is aware of it because why would they discuss it in a group chat with all the others. Garth is teaching Jason to surf while Roy is taking pictures and hollering at them under the sunshade because he isn't going to burn, no thank you, meanwhile Dick is having lunch with Babs.

It goes like this for a while until Dick asks Kory if she wants to hang out with him and Wally, and Kory is like sure! We're having a Musical Movie night! You can come down as well!

And Dick and Wally turn up with more snacks and walk into the room and Roy waves at him to come sit next to him, and just as Dick is about to do so, his eyes meet up with the person sitting on the other side of Roy.

"Jason?"

"Hi Dick."

"What are you doing here??"

".....having a movie night, that's what everyone here is doing. Did you get a concussion from the whiplash of Wally running you up here?"

"No, I mean, why are you here?"

"Watching movies with my friends, are you okay??"

"No! Why are you invited to our movie night?!"

"Hey! I was here first, you are the one who wasn't originally invited!"

Dick is appalled.

"You can come sit with us, Jay", Kyle calls from the other couch and pats the space next to him and Connor. "Dick can have Roy for the night."

"What? No!"

"What do you mean 'What? No!' Are you saying you would rather sit with Jason than me?"

".....well-"

"What the fuck-!"

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 181

“Hey. Hey Tuck. Tucker. Tuck look. Look.” 

Tucker looked over the edge of the screen lazily, the half interested words on his tongue dying as he let out a wheeze of laughter. “Oh my Ancient Sands, dude, how did you manage that?” 

Danny had, for the last near year, been trying to mix shapeshifting, thank you Amorpho, with duplication. Something he’d apparently succeeded in today, if the massive fuck-you hydra standing before him was any indication. The very pleased looking, well did it count as a hydra if it had wings too? 

“You need to show Sam. Oh my Sands we need to show Val too. And Wes. You did it dude!” He floated up to look at Danny, who did a little twirl to show off. He shook his head, flecks of gold and sand falling from his hair as he laughed. 

“Do you think,” Danny lost it in laughter as several other heads echoed his words, from whichever the main him was. “Holy ancients that’s great- do, do you think we can make a dragon club? Hydras are totally dragons right? Do you think we could pull a Tiamat?” 

He landed on a head, taking a selfie to add to the groupchat labeled Preparations. “Dude, we should, but let me send this to the others first… But I am so down.” 

They can, in fact apparently, pull a Tiamat- with a little help from Princess Dora, practice in front of Frostbite in case something goes wrong, and some advice from Pandora on controlling extra limbs. Honestly, who is going to want to mess with Amity when there’s a giant dragon? And hey, maybe they can break the barrier now! 

The heads for those wondering who I was thinking of for each lol And perhaps what they might all get ((1) Kwan, Pressurized Water) ((2) Wes, Sonic Blast) ((3) Sam, Poison Gas) ((4) Star, Plasma) ((5) Danny, Ice Breath) ((6) Paulina, Acid) ((7) Tucker, Electricity) ((8) Valerie, Fire Breath) ((9) Dash, Pressurized Wind)

[zimtlees]

ORELIUS PUPPINGAY JERMA

My little Orel

[averageclawcodeenjoyer]

Doodle while I PROCRATINATE SO HARD

[alaincvre]

Meet da artist ^_^

[epickiya722]

You know what, maybe an unpopular opinion but I'm glad Izuku still has that baby face but still looks slightly older.

And I haven't seen it, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone actually had a problem with him looking like this.

One, he's only 24 - 25. Sorry but some people in their 20s look young... BECAUSE THEY ARE!!

Two, it's not impossible for someone to look younger than you thought they were.

Three, exactly how old should he look?! Hell, look at his mom! He's going to have that face! This is Inko at 29!!

Even at 41 she still has that face! He got his mom' genes, for real!!

[eyrieofsynapses]

hey, Leverage peeps, I've got a thought. I've seen a lot of posts and memes joking about Nate's inability to understand that his clients do not want money, they want revenge. I also find this funny. but I was thinking about it and I realized something: there's a personal reason behind it. there is a very, very good reason why Nate doesn't get that.

Nate's drive to lead Leverage, outside of the crew, originated from his son's death due to his insurance company's refusal to cover the bill for the required treatment. we all know this. if his company had paid for Sam's treatment, everything would've been fine.

…or, if Nate had been a little wealthier, had a little more change to spend… maybe he could've paid for it. maybe Blackpool never would've had a say in any of it. maybe Nate would've had everything under control from the start.

we've discussed at length in the fandom how money equals safety for some of the others in the crew (Parker and Hardison grew up with little to none and know its importance to survival, Eliot needs it to stay ahead of his old enemies, etc.), but I don't know that I've seen any discussion on how it's relevant to Nate. for him, however, money equals security in healthcare and in housing (he lost the house, remember?). Nate's older than the others. he remained in the same place for much longer, and he had a stable life for a while. the others haven't been in that position before. many of their clients, however, are at that place in life.

yes, for the others, money keeps them ahead of the game and it keeps them secure. but none of them ever lost a kid because they couldn't pay for healthcare. none of them risk losing the life of someone who is completely dependent on them when they don't have enough.

(Hardison, perhaps, has the closest understanding, considering he hacked a bank to pay for his Nana's healthcare. but he never lost her.)

Nate thinks ahead, you know? he has a long-term view of things. I imagine that for him, when clients refuse the money, they're not just refusing a month's worth of groceries, or a place to stay the night, or the ability to keep running. for him, they're refusing control over their hard-earned, stable, long-term living situation. they're refusing the potential to save a family member's life.

I dunno, guys. I think that's a pretty good reason to not understand why people don't want the money.

[poppylovestowrite]

The Morning After With Karma

Paring: Adult!Karma x AdultReader 

Warnings: No warnings, just mainly fluff. I didn't write anything explicit, dw. 

You would find him awake before you. 

Strange since he is such a lazy ass, you would expect him to be fast asleep this early in the morning. 

 But, when you found out why he was awake, you no longer found it strange.

The little shit was taking pictures of you in your sleep.

You would glare at him but use the pillow to shield your face with a groan.

It's too early for this. 

He would laugh and joke about you being shy. 

Yeah, he really isn't the type in those romance movies when he holds his partner tightly first thing in the mornings.

At least not until later.

He needed a new wallpaper first.

Then cuddles. 

He is honestly very sweet overall tho.

When he's done with his teasing, he will hold you in his arms, playfully giving you kisses on your cheek, neck and shoulder.

He would ask if you're comfortable, or if you're hurting anywhere.

You're not, because he was surprisingly gentle with you last night.

This is the same man you saw headlock some pervert harassing you all while enjoying the pain he was giving him. 

And yeah, he wasn't entirely rough on you, but that still didn't mean he wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to leave hickeys all over your body. 

Don't bother trying to leave the bed btw.

The redhead has you trapped with him by keeping his arms around you when you even try. 

Having you pressed up against him made him want to stay in bed with you all day.

Karma would let you use his arm as a pillow, while his fingertips gently trace down your bare back.

The two of you would talk, share a laugh and some kisses.

It's peaceful.

Eventually, the two of you would leave the bed after lying down for an hour. 

He would ask...

well... more tell you to have breakfast with him.

It's been such a lovely morning, and he doesn't want it to end. 

Would he say that?

No.

He would say this tho:

"I keep hearing your belly rumble, and I don't want you to keep embarrassing yourself. So let me make you breakfast."

You're still wondering how he can say the sweetest things to you, and say dumb shit that makes you want to throw something at him.

Nevertheless, you still find yourself staying for breakfast.

He would let you wear his shirt as the two of you ate and secretly admired how good it looked on you. 

When you did have to go, Karma made sure you gave him a kiss goodbye first. 

Otherwise, you're never leaving >:)

Later, he would call you and ask if you wanted to spend the night with him again. 

[odetojupiter]

u ever think about how andrew has never been alone? going from group homes, to foster families, to juvie. to tilda and aaron, to nicky and aaron, to palmetto with kevin and neil. his deal with kevin means he, too, essentially has the raven partner system introduced to him up until kevin enrolls in the university and starts classes. and then neil too - jean says in tsc they’re never out of each others orbits for long. he’s never been alone, even when he has been; there’s always been people there talking to each other, filling the air, to the point where he has to break on to the roof for a few minutes piece and quiet. and even then, when neil joins palmetto, he starts joining andrew on the roof (even if they sit in silence he’s still not alone). makes me wonder how he’d react to graduating and having a place to himself for the first time. would it be a relief or would the silence set him on edge?