#falling life expectancy

[uncanny-tranny]

Amatonormativity has destroyed so many people's understanding and acceptance of themselves, and it's heartbreaking.

Yes, it is normal to be in your 20s, 30s, or older and not have lost your virginity, had a first kiss, or a partner. It is normal to say that you aren't ready for those things, too! It is normal if your life doesn't follow the "college graduate -> engagement -> buying a home -> 2.5 kids and a dog" trajectory that so many people have idealized.

So many people associate maturity with losing your virginity, or having a first kiss, or a serious relationship, and I think that's a dangerous association. Maturity isn't gained through those things, and you don't have to have those experiences to be considered "mature" or "grown." It is not a bad thing to go at your pace. Nobody else can live your life but you. If you end up having those experiences, that's great! But it should be done because you want to experience them, not because you feel "broken" and "immature" without them.

[y-elleven]

i dont think sae would ever fall out of love with you once he gets serious. neither time nor routine could ever dull his affections, because loving you meant clawing his own chest open to get to the battered and vulnerable heart he'd kept hidden behind walls of sea-rotted boards for years. he fought for that softness, for the ease and surety of having a love that's returned, brittle edges and all. there's no way in hell his heart would ever stop bleeding with want and pure affection for you. that's just not how he's built

to begin, being in a relationship with him isn't easy. he knows this. he's made you cry enough times in the beginning to carve a resolve to never make you cry ever again for the rest of your lives together now. sae will always be grateful for your patience and persistence, for not giving up on the two of you (on him) when he already had so many times. for all his effortless cool and nonchalance, he's a messy adult with even messier feelings and a tongue sharp enough to keep almost everyone right where he wants them: at arm's length. his words cut like burred steel and the hurt that comes with them always fade into scars people resent him for, but the fact that you still persevered and met him where he stood, even when he refused to meet you halfway, means so much to him. he'd never be able to put into words even if he tried, so he shows it by doing his best to be a better man for you every day instead

he loves your routine. loves the life the two of you have begun building together. loves the simple reassurance of being able to kiss you goodbye in the morning and kiss you hello in the evening. loves the press of your body against when he goes to sleep and the warmth of breath against his collarbone when he wakes up. loves brushing his teeth next to you and running his fingers through your bedhead to try and tame it. loves having you sit with him in the kitchen while he fixes a quick snack for both of you. loves when you're chatty. loves when you're quiet. loves you when you're sweet on him. loves you when you're pissed to hell. loves when you're all cleaned up and gorgeous, dressed like you're his to show off and adore. loves when you've got sauce stains on your shirt and dressed for a night-in of crappy reality tv and gossip where you talk and he just listens

he loves that simple life. even when you stress him out with your antics sometimes and your own messy feelings make you listen to your insecurities instead of him, he wouldn't trade it for the world. not when you've looked at him and all his mess and decided he was still worth the effort. you've met him where he refused to budge so many times, so he has no problem pushing against his own anxieties and fears to find you when you get too lost in your own head

he's come so far from who he was in the beginning of your relationship and he's proud of that. sae's still a little difficult sometimes, especially when it comes to your health and comfort (two things he refuses to compromise on; he wants a future with you and won't let anything, not even your self-destructive habits, get in the way of that), but he doesn't hide from you anymore. when you've seen the worst of him and still offered the best you could in return, how can he ever do anything but love you forever?

[horrorosier]

give me arrogant, selfish, egotistical james potter ! i want him to think the entire world revolves around him and that everyone owes him something ! i want to see his carefully put together image of superiority begin to crack and crumble when things don’t go his way ! i want james who has never heard the word ‘no’ in his life ! i want to see james potter walk all over people because his success is more important to him than others ! i want to see james get put in his place so hard by the one man that it ultimately changes the course of james’ life and james finally gets a fucking grip on reality and sees the world doesn’t revolve around him ! and that is because the entire world takes form in the body of regulus black !

[ctwinsduo]

you may be wondering "when did romeo ctwinsduo start drawing cwilbur as a catgirl?" or better yet "what character is this?" well if you ask me about my au- *gets pelted with 1 million tomatoes*

[lightgamble]

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN | 1.09

You asked me for a favor. I did it.

[hansoeii]

I'm very much not normal about loki and mobius right now

[gatekeeper-of-witchcraft]

correct me if I’m out of line bc I’m not a detransitioner, but I hate hate hate how common arguments against transition/“in defense of” detransitioners is “they can’t have kids!” or “they can’t breastfeed!”

why should mitigating harm always come down to what a woman can do for a potential child (or a man’s ability to father children)? why isn’t it enough to keep HER from harm? it’s just prioritizing women as broodmares all over again. why isn’t it enough to keep HER from chronic pain, heart and blood pressure issues, incontinence, necrosis, limited mobility and death?

[willekieker]

don't enable him please

bonus

don't worry about stanley he's fine

[mylastmoleculeofserotonin]

I’m convinced that people who hate Mabel have a) never watched the show and/or b) don’t have siblings. Because until they encountered Bill Cipher for the first time, there was nothing to suggest Dipper’s obsession with the journals was more important or valid than Mabel just wanted to have a normal summer with a whirlwind romance. And even after incident with the portal Dipper and Ford actively keep everything secret from Mabel and Stan so she has no idea of the stakes or what Bill is capable of. Add to that that her dreams of the future were all suddenly crumbling around her all at once, and it is perfectly reasonable if not expected that she would fall for an immortal chaos demon’s tricks.

Also, most of the stuff involving the journal that goes wrong is Dipper’s fault but he still pretends like he and Mabel are in it together. And those of you who are siblings know that Mabel takes it extremely well. Like if I had accidentally sold my body as a puppet to a demon and the only way I could ask my sibling for help was through a sock puppet, I would expect them to help, but only after they spent a good half hour laughing and making fun of me with the additional consequence would be that any time I ask them for a small favor in the future, they would remind me that they were the one to save me from my stupid mistake, so no, they won’t pass me the salt.

(Also, can we just take a moment to see the giant double standards when it comes to the romances that Dipper and Mabel’s have. When Mabel pursues a romantic people treat it as irrelevant and getting in the way of the plot even when it doesn’t. But when Dipper tries to win Wendy’s affection, people expect Mabel to drop everything, sacrifice her pet, mess with time travel to help set up a scenario which Dipper can win a carnival game as a flex.)

[dark-lord-of-awesomeness]

Hey a previous ask was talking about Perma eaten Stan and the younger twins and I had a question

would that finally be enough to heal the rest of him?

Like yes, his brother rescued him - but he still left him for 10 years over an accident and every single thing since those 10 years sucked. Everything related to Ford both before and after got eaten. He can’t feel anything with Ford anymore

(also just Stan confirming it was an accident since now he has no motivation to lie and no motive and no emotion and just calmly stating the facts and just ooooogh poor ford)

but then the twins come

dipper is awkward, nerdy and dorky - but so curious and excited to learn about the world around him

Mabel is full of life and love and copious amounts of glitter - you BET she’d try her best to “bedazzle” this old curmudgeon

and slowly things begin to melt

Stan doesn’t feel emotions- doesn’t get excited- but he’s waking up earlier than he needs to to make the kids a “good breakfast”

Stan doesn’t feel emotions but he’s staying up late because the kids want to watch a mystery duck

Stan doesn’t love anymore but he runs for mayor because he sees the fear when Bud tries to get elected

Stan doesn’t care but when dipper has forks all over his arms he wraps them up when dipper could easily do it himself

Stan doesn’t get scared but he’s opening the attic door just a creak to watch their tiny chests rise and fall for longer than necessary every night

Stan doesn’t laugh but when he sees dipper running around the woods with fake tattoos and a loincloth his breath stutters a little bit and weird sounds come out of his chest

Stan doesn’t get mad but when a white haired pig boy starts to make his little niece get quieter he goes over to have a nice little chat with him

Stan doesn’t get scared

he doesn’t

he can’t

but those darn kids make him…….

sometimes he swears his chest doesn’t feel so tight, like something is pushed down, it aches and it’s uncomfy and it’s weird and it’s new but it’s not and it’s familiar but strange all at once

Man you all love making my angst even angstier huh? I love it.

Stan's feelings arent coming back because they were all tied up with Ford and his brother is important and they're brother but-

but all the feelings he had were about his brother, they're not coming back when he's the reason they got eaten in the first place. Its not a conscious decision, more like Ford being around made him have those feelings, those feelings got chomped out, and even if Stan doesn't have any memories of the time between the calls it left an impression on his soul. It doesn't want to get chomped again, its not responding to Ford.

And then the twins come. Stan didn't have enough motivation to reach out to the rest of his family, but the twins are here and staying with them, and it doesn't impede his ability to do things around the house and even if it did its Fords house not his. He just lives there because Ford swore he'd never kick him out, and its easier to live there then find his own place. Stan has a job in town doing something that doesn't involve talking to a lot of people because its very easy to take advantage of a person who does not care if they get robbed or can be easily convinced to do things with little regard to how it will affect them long term. Its the most boring job imaginable and it kills Ford because Stan as he was would have died before doing a regular 9 to 5 but he does need money and this is an easy way to get money to get food and to pay rent. Does not understand that Ford does not want rent, because internal logic states that people only want Stan for his money, ergo here is money so that Ford continues to not kick him out. Thank you.

(By the time the twins get around they have a weird monthly ritual where Ford loudly thanks Stan for rent, then pays him for doing chores around the house. Its the only way to get the money to Stan without his brother packing up his things because Stan is working with the assumption that no money= no house. Ford hates doing it but if this is how he has to keep Stan around then so be it)

And the twins are here! Fords super cool and they go on cool adventures and its super fun! And Grunkle Stan the guy who was born an old man who never smiles and has a negative presence is also here! Sure he's weird and old and incredibly boring but they have a whole summer to bond and melt his boring heart! Find him a different hobby besides cloud watching and sitting there!

So the twins drag him into all kinds of low stake adventures so as to not overwhelm his old man heart. Do silly games and stuff. Mabel goes on a quest to get a real laugh out of him and Dipper really wants to find a single hobby Stan will say he enjoys.

And Fords not gonna stop them, he knows they aren't ever going to get those things but its nice to find someone else that tries to include Stan in things. And Stan... won't mention if it bothers him because nothing does but he looks like he's... happy. As happy as Stan can get these days.

Then one day Ford realizes Stan woke up early to make pancakes. No one asked him to do this, there was no reason to get up early to make the extra effort, to go buy rainbow sprinkles in the shape of stars or whipped cream and fresh cherries. Doing this goes against Stan's internal logic of more sleep = more productive day. Stan has never woken up early unless something outside got him up or he needed to do a task early.

Stan chose to do this. He doesn't know why, its been so long since he's felt anything he doesn't even realize he cares about seeing Mabels surprised face at the sprinkles, or Dippers cheer at whipped cream and sugary pancakes. Doesn't even know why he's smiling at them, or why seeing Fords shocked expression makes his chest feel funny.

Then Ford scrambles to get the Mood Stone where he shoved it away and never looked at again when it became clear Stan wouldn't ever recover. Slams it into Stan's hands and its-its not as bright as it should be, colors dull and flickering, but its there. Its there, and it stays there. Stan cares about the kids, he gets scared for them, starts getting flickers of angry when they pull him away from things he's doing, starts getting bored at work, gets annoyed by Fords hovering, finds the jokes funny.

Then Ford has to explain to the kids that they're literally fixing Stan's broken heart here.

Then more fun as Stan has to relearn what emotions feel like what and why he's suddenly doing things he hasn't in years. Has a panic attack and thinks he's dying, gets nervous and thinks he's sick, Laughs too long and it hurts his mouth and oh no its going to fall of. Feels excited to do something and freaks himself out. Gets happy and huh looking at everyones smiling faces has given him heart burn.

[chalkscrub]

the Official and Fully Articulated Chalk Sheet - already want to completely revamp it which is a hallmark of any ref sheet i deign to make

[fjordfolk]

puppy fever, might be terminal

[eatsbooks]

I do like to imagine Eris ending up with a partner who’s actually super Normal and Healthy. I think it would be good for him eventually but in the beginning he would not know how tf to deal with them. Like he says something nasty because he’s in a bad mood and they gently correct him and talk him through it. A “it’s not me vs you it’s us vs the problem” type partner

me too!!! he would spook like a horse initially, but that sort of warmth and compassion would be so novel to him, i don’t think he’d have any sort of defenses against it once he let it in? he wouldn’t trust it at all, would suspect ulterior motive, would try to scare it away, but then when there’s nothing but kindness and kindness and kindness, he finds it has found its way into him without him even realizing. he needs it so bad. he has craved it for the whole of his life but didn’t know it could exist for him. (that’s also why he’s so susceptible to emotional manipulation and abuse — even a scrap of softness feels like everything to him. he would endure anything, do anything to keep it, to get it back when it is withheld.) but yeah eris learning how to equalize his emotions by doing it with someone rather than against them? good shit

[fujii-draws]

I think there’s something extremely entertaining abt two kids who aren’t child prodigies, but infact;

-Constantly cheating death over and over again, even when they should’ve absolutely perished ages ago.

-Continue their streak through gaining the Grim Reaper as their father, who keeps cheating them out of death even more as atonement for trying to kill/harm them once himself.

<<< Simultaneously the luckiest and unluckiest god damn teens/young adults

[lynzishell]

What would be the opening intro song if your story/current legacy gen was ever made into a TV show? 🤍

omg this is such a fun Ask, thank you!!!! ✨💖✨

when i first read this, i thought it was going to be so hard to find a song, but i started scrolling through my playlists and this one stood out immediately:

Chocolate (Revised) by Snow Patrol

and then, of course, i had to go overboard and do this in case you want to listen and follow along...

enjoy? maybe? 😅

[evilfarmin]

Perhaps we are all baalers in the court of god.

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