#he’s a good kid

[fisherrprince]

its cute how erich’s magic-tempered desire mindset was “do job save friends do job save friends” at first

[delicatefury]

We have a kid (early 20s) in our parish that everyone knows is going to become a priest. Like, it’s not even a question. He teaches all the altar servers, he takes Eucharist on the tongue and kneeling, he is involved in every parish event, he’s probably single-handedly responsible for our priest using incense at every mass.

He works for my dad (part time road work) and dad has reported that when he’s driving around from job to job, he’s listening to the rosary. Like this kid has the strongest faith I’ve ever seen.

But he’s putting off joining the seminary until he’s 30. I know he wants to make sure he’s making the right choice, but it’s getting a little ridiculous when Father keeps asking us to pray for young men of our parish to join the priesthood and you can feel our whole congregation trying not to look directly at the guy standing right behind him.

So pray for L, that he can find the guidance to know for sure if he wants to become a priest, because we all know that if it’s his calling, he’d be a great one.

And our diocese desperately needs priests.

[thedevilsfamiliar]

My little brother was proudly telling me the story of his friend seeing me for the first time and immediately asking if I was queer 😭 because of my haircut

The way I was flustered and trying not to laugh because I got fucking gay radar’d by an 11 year old 😭

“She’s a lesbian so she had an inkling about you” bro Please 😭

[chambergambit]

My 4 year old nephew has declared that is favorite song is Bon Jovi’s Dead or Alive.

[stardustizuku]

I feel like people misinterpret my dislike for Wilfred.

I don’t like him BCS he represent both the nepotism and the sexism that has put him in power. His inability to grasp what’s happening to him is infuriating when his SISTER, a woman younger than him, was forced to understand her position and relinquish her dreams.

And when every other kid around him has been forced to swallow down the unfairness of the world - he has the gall to turn his nose at Rozemyne

The only reason why he has been given the position of future Aub

He’s quite literally staring at his privilege on the face and claiming that the woman he’s set to marry - the only reason he’s able to win against his better prepared sister - is not GOOD ENOUGH

It’s not that he’s too childish. If he were just a kid, fine let him be a kid.

But he’s privilege incarnated. And despite it all, he lashes out against others, while his sister is forced to keep it all inside. Charlotte breaks when she sees her sister being put through the same bleak and hellish treatment she’s being put. And desperately wants to prevent her from doing more emotional labour

Wilfred breaks when he sees Rozemyne is far more competent than he is.

This is not abt “being too harsh on him” this about the emotional labour he’s putting EVERYONE through because of his own male fragility despite the fact he’s a privileged boy who benefitted from the nepotism of BOTH Veronica and Sylvester

[cryptid-pet]

Okay but what makes Azusa so baby girl?

😃anon😃

Hmmmmmm

I think under the layers of his masochism, he doesn’t know much >>> Which can make him naive and stuff (not that he sorta isn’t already?)

Ngl, for me, it’s his slow talking that makes me put him in the “I’m baby girl” chair 😭

[owoiwonderwhatsthis]

Not my bitchass at 9pm thinking about the familiarities of Pinocchio and Serial Designation N,

[wooawi]

Are there Adrien Salt takes that you disagree with?

yeah. the ones that state that he’s a sociopath who doesn’t care for anyone but himself and would let paris burn if it meant getting what he wants.

[glitter-stained]

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

***

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

***

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

***

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

[kavaleyre]

• The Hanged Man •

“Compared to what Falin went through? This is nothing.”

[lesbian-disaster-academic]

i used to be so good at writing strong, thoroughly-researched, thoroughly-edited essays.

as a kid in hs, my teacher literally came up to me, holding my 40 page essay on the intersection of the European witch hunts and capitalism/exploitation/gender roles (it was supposed to be 7 pages...whoops) and went like "this is literally a master's-degree level thesis. what are you doing?? you could literally use this as your final dissertation in a master's program, what the fuck."

NOW??? NOW?? you'd think I'd be oh so skilled. but alas. i can barely piece together two ideas. adhd skill-regression is so so real. im SOBBING

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

oh wow I heard the boy talk more than a few words in a row

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[larissa-the-scribe]

guys I had this realization the other day that Redwall works really well for reading aloud, and kinda half-remembered something about the author reading to kids? So I looked it up to see if I had made a connection.

And it turns out, yes, actually, because he read aloud to kids at a school for the blind. But all the books they gave him to read were depressing. So he wrote Redwall, a story about heroism and courage and making it through struggles, and filled it with so many sensory, visual details so he could give them something better and I just-- that's so wholesome-- help

[tiger-grace]

Superman: I haven’t seen you at the watchtower for a while. Where have you been the last few weeks, Batman?

Bruce: Rehab.

Superman, worriedly: Oh, I’m so sorry- I never knew you struggled with that. If you don’t mind me asking, what for?

Bruce, grimacing as he watches public footage of Signal and Red Hood starting a dumpster fire out of Pro-Joker merch: ..adoption.

[gothamite-rambler]

Jason (crossing his arms with attitude): What are you going to do? I refuse to apologize.

Bruce stared at Jason in shock, and in his anger, he made a decision that every parent dreads.

Bruce (stern tone): You are grounded!

Jason (this is a whole adult, defiant): You can't ground me!

Bruce (firmly): Grounded!

Jason (shouting, confused): But I don't even live here!

Bruce turned Jason around and pointed to the stairs leading to his old room. Jason was too stunned to respond.

Bruce (stern, but calm): Tonight. Your room. Grounded!

Jason (stammering): I- I- Wait- This isn't fair!

Bruce (scolding parent voice): I'm very disappointed in you. Now go to your room. I'm only doing this because I care for you. Grounded.

Jason (face turning red with anger and sadness): This is some bullshit!

Jason stomped upstairs and slammed the door to his old room. The sound of random items being tossed around echoed through the house.

Bruce (indifferent): He'll work it out of his system. I'm going to bed.

Dick (looking at Tim, then Bruce as he heads upstairs): Did you just ground a 23-year-old?

Tim (surprised): And did it work?

Bruce: You forget I'm Batman.