#cmon be adults about this

[ladlefox]

The absolute insanity of people being upset that a codex said the first 10,000 "sons" is getting retconned is fucking baffling. If there are other things saying more please share but I have only seen that so far. But if not, please enlighten me how changing "sons" to "children" is ruining the hobby

[r0semultiverse]

shipping this shipping that blah blah blah

Hear me out!

💞 SURVIVORS POLYCULE 💞

[hazardpossum]

‘Hes so cute and innocent omg my baby boy’

THAT IS A GROWN ASS MAN WITH A HAIRY COCK AND BALLS

[m1smatched-starsigns]

I have FINALLY hit my stride writing the next chapter of flesh and bone, and as an apology for leaving you all on That cliffhanger for eight months, here’s an excerpt from the next chapter!

(Contains a spoiler, so read at your own risk!)

“Do you think they’ll be expecting us?” Volepaw asks, speeding to catch up with Stormfur, Smokepaw right behind him. Hawkfrost after trails the apprentices.

“They should be. When we passed through the Tribe on our quest, I explained to Brook that we were returning to the forest to bring our Clans to their new homes.”

“Who’s Brook?” Hawkfrost asks, beating the apprentices to the question. Stormfur watches Splashpaw balance on a particularly jagged rock.

“She’s one of the Tribe cats.”

“New friend of yours?” Hawkfrost asks, not bothering to hide his suspicion.

Stormfur remembers how Feathertail teased him for his infatuation with Brook; she said she would tell Hawkfrost all about it. Now it occurs to Stormfur that nobody would’ve told Hawkfrost anything about Brook.

“Something like that,” Stormfur finally says.

“Look!” Volepaw cries, pointing his muzzle to the cliffside. Stormfur follows his gaze until his eyes land on a brown tabby cat, and a dark gray cat. Talon and Crag. Stormfur’s stomach flips itself inside out.

Ahead of the pack, Brambleclaw calls over his shoulder, “We’re here!”

--

It’s quickly decided that a few cats will run ahead to greet the Tribecats and explain their situation. Stormfur volunteers to hang back with Tawnypelt. Crowstrike, Squirrelflight, and Brambleclaw run on.

His friends return with a familiar face in tow.

“Stormfur,” Brook greets, her voice bright. She leans forward to touch noses, and after a moment’s hesitation, Stormfur leans forward as well. “It is good to see you again!”

Stormfur musters a smile and says, “We’ve brought a few extra cats with us this time.”

Brook’s gaze sweeps across the Clans. “I see that. The caves will be tight, but we can fit you all.”

“You don’t think the Stoneteller will mind?”

Brook shoots him a sly smile. “I know the Stoneteller won’t mind.”

“Brook is the Stoneteller, now,” Talon says, joining them. “Our father stepped down after you all left.”

Stormfur looks back at Brook, shocked. “Really? That’s-- That’s great, Brook! I mean, Stoneteller.”

“You can still call me Brook,” she says, a playful sparkle in her amber eyes. “I’ll allow it.”

She holds his eye for several long moments; Stormfur can’t find it in himself to look away from her. Brook is still as captivating today as she was when he first laid eyes on her. A familiar knot begins to twist inside his chest.

Several fox-lengths away, Hawkfrost’s fur starts to bristle.

[floralovebot]

to me, the fab five are a found family in an intentionally forced way. and i don't mean forced by the writers, i mean the characters themselves forced that relationship dynamic upon the group.

at first, they really were just some kids hanging out and occasionally fighting criminals together. they didn't consider each other family or even best friends. and even as they got older, they continued to think of each other in a very Just Some Friends kind of way. sure they got closer, but they weren't family by any means.

however, this dynamic changed drastically when they became adults because they were all neck deep in mental illnesses, people around them dying, and desperately wanting to live normal lives. a lot of other titans groups become found families early on in their teen/kid era, and it's easy to assume that the same is true for the fab five considering they're quintessential kid hero trope, but that's not the case for them. they only started to consider each other Family as adults and that was specifically because everything else in their life was falling apart and they latched onto their only lasting consistent.

i'm not saying that the fab five were naive in thinking that the others would always be around, but i am saying that for a very long time, they were always around. they were absolutely scared that someone would die, but they also knew they could actually count on each other in a way that they often couldn't count on their actual families. this is taken to an extreme when dick cuts contact with bruce, when ollie dies, when arthur betrays garth, etcetc. everything was falling apart, so they latched onto the last bit of their childhood innocence and accidentally started seeing each other as family.

they don't know each other but they do understand each other more than anyone else in the world. they're mean and petty and they would die for each other. they're unsympathetic and they would fistfight the others' mentors in a parking lot. they aren't family and they're the only family they have left.

the fab five specifically became a found family in response to their own families being at best, very hard to deal with, and worst, absolute dogshit. they forced that dynamic because for a while, they couldn't rely on anyone else. dick couldn't rely on bruce after their falling out, but he could rely on donna and wally, even if they didn't completely understand what was going on. donna will always be able to call upon the fab five - they will never, ever leave her, even when they're going through whatever relationship drama dc wants to write about. roy knows that no matter what he does or what they say to him, they'll always be there in the end.

they forced the found family dynamic!!! that's why it feels different and more complicated than other titan groups!!!!! they didn't naturally become a family, they forced it on the group because their actual families were falling apart and dying!!!!!

[glitchfang]

rose being hyper paranoid and trying to prep several years in advance to keep his capitalist empire from eating itself alive is an interesting concept. its a shame that the way its handled is kinda lame

[subbykittyboythoughts]

sometimes i think the ppl i talk to are cool and then they gotta bust out the slurs like. cmon. am i ever going to find more than 1 group of people i know ill enjoy hanging with.

[cockringvarric]

listen jeff davis knows and morganreid isn’t cooking without gas. Now unfortunately after some research I’ve found fans are all so annoying & stupid god bless

[thatscrazyrandom]

Why do the commentators want Oscar & Lando to hate each other so bad?

[coiled-dragon]

I really wanna write Janitor!Benson fucking High Schooler!Randy

thats it thats the post I just wrote a bunch today and cant formulate more and also wanna skip right to the action but there needs to be build up

[cape-wearing-enigma]

heartbreaking: person dunking on popular thing you don’t like for petty personal reasons is doing it in a really annoying way

[queenofnots]

We should not be doing nostalgia nights for 12 years ago.

[glitchfang]

other pet peeve is when people think that the protagonist is someone we inherently have to side with even when the narrative is not doing that

[offthewall1979]

paul mccartney worrying about being upstaged by michael jackson.... well, man, you're the one who agreed to work with the hot new thing

[nico-the-overlord]

“You kids have it soooo easy nowa days! when I was a kid we-” ok but I thought that was goal? Raising future generations to not have to go through the shit of previous ones so they can be successful and thrive within their own lives? Why so bitter dude

[thislittlekumquat]

I like how millennials who see other millennials on the internet saying "no one under the age of 18 should be online" think that that's a serious proposal. I say that shit all the time and then proceeded to get into an argument with my mother last year over the fact that my uncle not allowing my 17 year old cousin to have his own email account or social media in 2023 was not going to help him avoid bullying, but rather the opposite, and that it was important to give kids access to something in mature and guided ways so they don't go crazy with it as young adults, the same with any other activity or consumable that adults tend to restrict minors' access to.

You all have GOT to learn how to acknowledge that teenagers are deeply annoying sometimes, because you are always going to find some people annoying, no matter what groups you're each part of, and you have to practice having empathy for them anyways. Saying teenagers are never annoying uwu is not accurate or helpful. Cracking extreme jokes about impossible scenarios and blowing off the steam of annoyance is fucking normal, you weirdos. Because at the end of the day, teenagers are just like the rest of us: annoying sometimes, but human and valid and doing nothing wrong just by existing.