#grandpa is rocking it

[rubyroses222]

suited up for Wembley

#aporla15

Credits to themadridviews and realmadrid on IG

[askfordoodles]

Mages when they run out of mana 🤣

[itsxroxannex]

Grandpa

Grandpa belongs to Jokublog

[yuwuta]

olympics coming up…… athlete aus on the mind….. satoru as a swimmer….. unreasonably large wingspan…. huge hands..... thinks “official” competitions and tournaments are boring because he can’t use the goofy purple googly eyes goggles he likes to practice in…… practices at ungodly hours solely because he likes when the pool is empty because that means you’ll dip your feet in at the edge and be there to greet him with a kiss when he’s finished his laps….. they bring up the stats board and it’s just his name ten times before the next fastest person and he could still lap them, and even tho he’ll always put so much pressure on himself to be the best, it’s worth it to have you hold his face and tell him you’re proud of him... he’s gotten so much merch from events and sponsorships and he used to think they just created clutter but that all changes when you start to wear his clothes (esp the ones with his name on it… he’s not proud to admit that does Something to him)…. always looks up to the stands when he finishes a race and if he knows you’re not there, he looks right at the camera, draws an infinity sign with his fingers, and blows a kiss (which, some commentators routinely call “unsportsmanlike conduct” but he doesn’t care, and always, publicly says he’ll pay the fees if it means blowing a kiss to his girl at home)

[sunclown]

Hah?

[unexpectederawhilesubmitting]

[endcraft]

i like etho as a mcyt figure because he is like if a computer engineer could be a caveman. like imagine if the guy who invented the watch and the guy who invented the wheel were the same guy. imagine if you were talking to him and he was like oh yeah i also invented the hand axe. and google

[ladykissingfish]

Lee: Sensei, how do I win over my crush?

Gai: That’s easy, Lee. Buy the most beautiful flowers and the most decadent candy. Go for a moonlight stroll around a sparkling lake. Make plenty of eye contact, use every other sentence to give a compliment. Then at the end of the night, gently take her into your arms, and —

Lee: Her? Gai-sensei, I’m talking about Gaara-kun!

Gai: G-Gaara? The Kazekage Gaara??

Lee: Yeah. But … maybe I shouldn’t even try it? I mean it’s probably weird because we’re both guys and —

Gai: This changes everything! First and foremost, you need to travel to the Sand, go to his office, kick down the door, get in his face, and declare him to be your eternal rival! Then you need to relentlessly challenge him to a competition every chance you get! And then, just when he’s angry and annoyed enough to punch you, catch his fist mid-air, and pull him into a kiss. I guarantee he’ll be head over heels for you after that!

Lee: Thank you, Gai-sensei! I’ll prepare to go to him at once! *leaves*

Kakashi, having walked up: That was the absolute worst romantic advice I’ve ever heard anyone give anyone else in my entire life. You should be ashamed of yourself, feeding him such nonsense.

Gai: *puts his arms around Kakashi* Oh? Funny you say that when all of that same stuff worked on you, Eternal Rival. *kisses his cheek*

Kakashi, blushing: Yeah, but, clearly I’m a weirdo in that regard. I guarantee Gaara will have more sense than I did, to fall for such tactics.

*two years later*

Gai, playing piggy-back with Shinki: Say, Kakashi … what was that you were saying to me before, about Gaara being too smart to fall for my tactics? Mm?

Kakashi, looking lovingly down at Metal as he feeds him a bottle: Shut up.

[basilsimp43]

Whenever I'm sad I think about Kakashi and Gai basically co-parenting Lee ☝(I wish we could've saw them with baby Metal :( )

[konschmidt]

With grandpa and his record player 🎶

[fivemetersofawesome]

Hopped on the cultural Miku trend. Woe, Cajun Miku be upon ye!

[stinkyfartgirl]

old man with his banjolele 🤎

[wormy-mcsquirmyy]

Fly high king 🙏🕊️

[skyward-floored]

wait WAIT I'VE GOT IT

THEY SHOULD DO THE ZELDA MOVIE LIKE THE PRINCESS BRIDE WHERE IT'S A GRANDPA TELLING THE STORY TO HIS GRANDKID

[elkian]

Also one reason Bauhauzzo really speaks to me is how he takes in the beauty of the world. Of being alive. Not just natural beauty like sunsets and sunrises, but the beauty of human effort and interaction.

I get choked up all the time thinking of ancient manuscripts with cat pawprints on them, graves someone 400 years ago made for their faithful dog, stick figures with far too many fingers made by bored kids centuries past.

Humans have always been and will always be humans, and there are dark sides to that, but it's not all doom and heartache. Bauhauzzo talks about authoritarian-worshipping goosesteppers, but he also talks about the joys of innovation. He fondly remembers Cobigail's acts of fun and kindness alongside her pranks. He waxes poetic about how someone went to all the effort of breeding a blue rose, a thing that does not exist in nature. He remembers the light of the flames of war on the water in the same paragraph as he remembers the scent of a loved one's home-cooked meal.

I've said it before but what makes him such an excellent God of Memory and History is that he understands the past, he remembers it, but he doesn't live in it.

I haven't gotten all his anecdotes yet, but I did get the one about the Spire, and I think it's really characteristic of him. He remembers its lifetime fondly - he asks you to kiss the doorway. But he doesn't say, "everything is ruined forever until it is restored to its former glory". I don't think he'd be opposed to its restoration, necessarily (depending on the why of it, given how BuzzHuzz goes), but he acknowledges the movement of time and accepts the present, while still maintaining a fondness for the past. The Spire conversation opens with him talking about loving one's home, and I think the reference to Marie Kondo's system of Sparking Joy is deliberate. Keep what brings you joy, but you don't have to hold on to things just because they were once important to you.

Bauhauzzo loves and acknowledges and embodies the past, but never truly lets it hold him back. He understands that the present, and the future, are as important to History as the past. He doesn't want the world to stop, even if he feels a bit of nostalgia from time to time. He knows that's a natural feeling, and he might be a bit culpable for the BH situation, but it was never his intention. He was deliberately taken advantage of by the very people who claimed to be there to help him, and the very first thing he asks of you is to help him right this wrong.

Bauhauzzo is great.

[a-hams-art]

most people unlock Dad Lore, the twins unlock Uncle Sokka Lore

--- @starry-nights12 and i share custody of the steambabies