#home has a heartbeat

[divno]

Run past the rivers, run past all the light

Feel it crashing and burning, till it all collides

Strike a match, lit the fire, shining up the sky

As it all comes down again to the sound

The souund of the wind is whispering in your head

Can you feel it coming back?

Through the warmth, through the cold, keep running till we're there

We're coming home now

- Home by Dotan

[bluerosefox]

Supersons vs Ghost Gal (It started with Grandma's Kent Cookies)

Jon huffs as he tosses himself on his bed.

He didn't do it! He really didn't! At least not this time and yet he's in trouble for 'lying'!!!

Sure he liked to sneak pieces of whatever his grandmother would bake for dessert for the night, heck sometimes she sneakily let him, but he swears this time he didn't do it! And if he did he wouldn't had taken so many cookies! He may not be the sharpest but even he knew better than to take so many from the tray!

And yet no one believed him! His mom was so disappointed he wasn't 'owning up' to it that she banned dessert for him for like three days! He's totally innocent!

He frowned and began to wonder if it was Conner but remembered he was off world doing a reunion of YJ in space for the last few days.

But still someone had taken those cookies. And it wasn't him! Or grandpa, or his dad, he knew it wasn't his mom and his grandma loved feeding people over eating it for herself, it was her love language! And-

Jon's eyes widened and shot up when he realized something

Someone stole his grandma's cookies... without alerting him, the one with super-hearing!

And...

And no one believed he dint steal them or realized this either.

Oh... he... he needed help. And he knew just who might be able to help him.

-×-×-

FarmBoi2.0: Damian! I need your help!!!!!!ndjekeormekzndiekdkdprjwnaofnfl

TheHeir is typing....

-×-×-

Meanwhile, hidden not to far from the Kent's farm, hiding in a old tree house that had been built for a young Clark Kent, a girl roughly around Jon's age with white hair and glowing green eyes happily munched away on the cookies she had managed to snag for the night.

'I'll write a sorry note tomorrow. They smelt so freaking good and I haven't had chocolate chip cookies in ages' she thought as she stuffed another in her mouth.

[gemharvest]

projecting my ADHD experiences onto this idiot part 1 of a potential one million

[toastedfries]

Merry Christmas :DD

Merry Christmas friends! Sorry (again) for the impromptu hiatus. I've been busy with so many big assignments and exams.

Not a lot of progress has been made since I last updated (I'm a little mad at myself for this). I was able to write and sketch some of the interactions but it's still not much for two months. I'm getting back on the grind and hopefully I'll be able to finish the CGs and GUI off so I can focus on sprites and writing. I'm not sure when all this would be finished, at the rate my school is pumping out events and assignments January might even be a stretch. I'll try my best to manage all this and keep you updated.

I can't stress how grateful I am that some of you are sticking around despite the constant disappearances. I really do hope that Heartbeats will be worth all the wait and support :>

[catlover4536]

Eddie Dear is the Drag icon we all needed and I ADORE it!

[littlemymyohmy]

Idk if you do suggestions or not but how do you think Home manages a very sick reader. Like we can barely move for weeks and of course home gets unkept, but its not like we dont care! We'd likely cry from guilt about it :(

Note: Assuming we are taking the place of Wally

Well, for starters, Home wouldn't know the slightest idea on what to do. What is happening to you? Are you hurt? Now, I think Home would understand the concept of being hurt as the same thing to being broken. He'll think that you're somehow broken and need to be fixed, but he also knows food and water rejuvenates and 'fixes' you so he'll try to feed you by opening the pantry and fridge hoping it'll entice you.

When it doesn't he's at a loss for words on what to do. He'll worry greatly when he sees you visibly getting worse by the minute. Remember this house has a heartbeat so you'll hear it pick up pace in his panic. Some reassuring words and a quick explanation on what colds are and it'll calm slightly.

He'll want you to sleep where he can see you at all times for his own good conscious. The poor house wouldn't get any sleep with your coughing and sneezing keeping him up. He's not complaining, he's just worried.

He wouldn't be much of physical comfort for he cannot hug you or tell you that everything is going to be okay, but you can feel that he loves you and that is what matters.

He wouldn't care when the trash can gets full and starts swarming with fruitflies or when the sink piles with dirty dishes or dust starts to cake on his floorboards, he knows it's not your fault. All he wants is for you to be safe and well.

Everytime you have the strength to eat something Home will applaud you by slightly opening and closing his side windows (as to not accidentally let a draft in). I promise he's so proud of you! When you feel better and immediately start to clean up (with guilt heavy on your heart) Home doesn't know what to think.

First he thinks you should rest some more before all of that! Secondly he thinks he's such a lucky house to have someone that cares so immensely for him as he does you. You're gonna make him cry!

Now don't you ever go and scare him like that again!

[purplesaline]

Morning cuddles with the boys.

Also just a reminder that Parker is an exceptional service dog candidate who doesn't have his forever home yet. Since we hadn't found him a placement at 8 weeks my plan was to raise him until he was one year and do some foundation training on him. For the right person he can go home any time between 6 months and a year.

We also ship anywhere in the world.

His cost will be

the initial purchase price ($1900 CAD) which was cost recovery only and includes his first set of shots.

Vet fees for his second and third round of shots ($365 CAD)

Food ($50-$100/mth. He gets the good stuff and he deserves it, so between $500-$1000 CAD by April)

Training: I'm not charging anything at all for my time but we do have a trainer helping us out because of my physical limitations. She charges $80/hr for 1-2 hours a week. By April we'd likely be looking at $2000 CAD

Any incidental costs that pop up between now and then, fingers crossed we won't see any

This would put the total for a 1 year old service dog candidate, specifically bred for service work (5th generation), with foundation training at approximately $5000 CAD, not including shipping. Which is so ridiculously cheap it should raise red flags as to whether you would actually be getting what you're being promised. You would be and I can prove it. The price is that low because everyone involved is more concerned with helping disabled folks get access to service dog candidates that are set up for success than we are with making money.

In fact we're so concerned that the right person gets Parker and Parker gets the right person that cost doesn't even need to be paid all at once! We know that it can be harder for disabled folks to save but it can be a lot easier to manage a monthly payment, so payment plans are an option we can talk about. And if that's still out of the budget the trainer is willing to negotiate on her pricing as well, despite also being disabled and on a limited budget.

Basically we'd be giving this pups away if we could afford to.

Parker's brother, Bentley, was also a service dog candidate from this litter and is living in North Carolina with his handler learning to be a cardiac alert and mobility dog. He's doing SUCH a good job and is already consistently alerting to two different types of scent during training sessions.

Parker has the potential to be an amazing servuce dog doing mobility, psych/PTSD, diabetes alert, allergy alert, or cardiac/POTS alert. If it's not on the list here he'd probably still be good at it, I'm just less familiar with the training that goes into the other types.

He is a soft, sensitive little lad who likes to test boundaries to see just how much he's allowed to get away with so he'll need someone who is a soft handler but consistent with enforcing the rules because this boy will find every single loophole that exists and exploit it fully otherwise.

He's gonna be a BIG boy. 65-75lbs at least. Genetically one of the healthiest dogs you'll ever see, his mom is completely clear for all genetic issues common to collies and his dad has also been DNA tested for health. Parker was DNA tested as well, though not as completely as his mom or dad as he won't be breeding. You can see Merry's (mom) test at LestWeForget Collies and Levi's (dad) test at High Country Collies

And if Parker isn't right for you but you're still interested in a service dog candidate puppy from us don't worry! We'll be having more litters and even plan to do a repeat of this last litter with Merry and Levi. I can't guarantee we'll have any older pups available but if you can't start with a puppy but are able to cover the costs of raising we can definitely work something out.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

[lunaetis]

@apocryphis replied to your post :

al-haitham, looking in silence, and taking off his shirt while maintaining eye contact. now nobody has a shirt. is this solidarity. challenge. appreciation. who knows. now what.

​─「エデン」─  one would think the trailblazer would be familiar with him, body and soul, by now, to not be too affected by the sight of him baring himself like that. truth is, however, the way the space raccoon literally FROZE in place, pupils wide at the majestic sight before her spoke otherwise. eden wasn't sure what sort of message he was sending.

                but she ain't complaining.

                and without a word, she just took a step closer. one. two. before literally plopping her chin onto his exposed chest, arms looping around his middle to prevent him from pulling away just yet.

                " five minutes. " muffled. best boyfriend. 100/10 will do it again.

[thisisadonaldduckblognow]

i also think the take that leo’s post-movie character shift long term is to distance himself and ~hold himself separate~ from his brothers and treat them a little differently and train all the time etc simply Doesn’t Track btw

doing it as a major initial overcorrection bc of guilt and having to be like intervened with, i can see happening, and overall getting better at buckling down/communicating w his team for sure yeah

but like the idea that that is a change he makes to himself forever going forward (especially if it means his brothers/april not clocking it and calling him out on that nonsense, especially especially if it involves splinter noticing it and ENCOURAGING HIM to keep holding himself apart like that’s so not rise splinter at all) just does not feel right

for me it undermines the core statements that the series and movie are going for: you are not alone, we do it together, he hasn’t seen what we can do when we work together, this isn’t about you (i think this one in particular bc what is withdrawing from your loved ones and holding yourself in a different category bc Must Be Leaderly if not making things about yourself just in a different way to how you were doing it before?)

[essektheylyss]

touching grass is not enough I need to become a fungus

[reineydraws]

op. op pls i devoured your fic rec list. do you have. perchance. more to share. pls. (if you want ofc) jason requires All the hugs. esp when he gets to be Safe in bruce or dick's arms again like they're protecting him even though hes all grown up now and doesn't need protecting but that's his Family and they Love Him op im having emotions (tone lighthearted i just think you have good taste in fics and am wondering if you would want to rec some more? no pressure LOL)

anon, this has to be one of the best compliments ive ever received in my life lmao thank u for saying i have good taste in fics 😂

ive got 10 more recs for ya! i tried to centre it on jason with bruce and/or dick but there are a couple that have an even focus on other siblings too. those will still have the good jason stuff in it tho. 😌😌

also this time not all of them are h/c lol soz some of them are just fluff 🙏 but they do all have good family feels!!! and im pretty sure jason gets hugs in most of them too haha.

anyways, onto some (more) good jason todd family feels gen fic! once again: word count rounded to the nearest thousand, and listed in no particular order.

The Cave by lurkinglurkerwholurks | 4k

jason and dick get stranded on an island and dick is injured so jay goes to explore the island on his own and finds a sketchy cave he goes to explore. shit happens. as a younger sibling myself, i found it pretty accurately captures the complexity and the depth of sibling feelings and relationships (esp dick's older brother-ness) in a situation thats been dialed to 11.

through the valley of the shadow by Goldmonger | 10k

jason gets captured and tortured and inadvisably makes his way out of the building even though he's exacerbating his wounds bc he doesnt want to risk waiting for a father bat that will never come. bruce does get there in time and jay recovers at the manor, to his great annoyance and reluctant warmth.

Ornaments by haunt_the_stars | 2k

it's the holidays & bruce is counting kids (checking in on them) when he finds jason crying by the christmas tree bc bruce buys them all a new ornament every year and jason doesnt have any after his death and it's not fair he missed out on so much of his youth. i cried reading this but it was also cute. (tbf, literally any time jason contemplates the teenage years he missed out on due to his death etc., i cry lol.)

and if only i could make a deal with god by foreverstudent | 21k

one of the ones with a more even focus on everyone. id actually say it's about bruce. feels are good tho, and jason does get a hug. the bat boys get sent back in time and find a bruce that just started being batman standing in front of his parents' graves and wondering if he should stop being batman to find happiness in marriage. the boys unanimously decide to convince bruce to give up the bat so he can be happy, even though it majorly risks their own futures (and in dami's case, his actual life).

Tap Out by coyote_nebula | 8k

jay's at a gala and gets poisoned and as he struggles to breathe (and his family panics), he contemplates all the other times he felt like he was gonna die. focuses heavily on the concept of tapping out as a way to practice boundaries, esp in his relationship w bruce.

You, Me, and the Humanity in Between by JUBE514 | 66k

this is kind of fantasy realism? and this is another fic that focuses more evenly on everyone. bruce keeps finding these kids that arent really human, adopting them and giving them a childhood (and family!) anyways. it's sweet and my favourite thing about it is that the boys all pass around bruce's gotham knights sweater for comfort clothing. also there's a part where john constantine is like "h o w do you keep finding them?!?!" it's good lol. ah and i just love when stories explore what it means to be human.

The 70 Days After Groundhog Day by Ptelea | 44k

this is a dick pov fic that goes through the aftermath of a time loop only jason remembers. it's not often you get to read about the after effects instead of the time loop itself, which i thought was cool, and it goes into the way jason and his relationship to the family has changed bc of this thing only he remembers. focuses most heavily on dick & jay.

Commencement by ivy_and_ivory | 3k

jason invites bruce to his uni graduation :') what i like the most is that jason's not just thinking of how he feels now, he's thinking about how he'll feel in the future. he might still feel weird about bruce now but in the future he thinks he'll have wanted b to be there. it makes me so soft to read about this jason that's looking toward the future again, instead of focusing on his death and his past.

The Bedtime Chronicles by SillySunshine | 5k (series)

the rule is, as long as bruce can pick you up, he can still ground you. 😤 the first fic is robin jason and it's all v fluffy and adorable. the second fic is red hood jason so it's angsty and then hilarious (obvs b can still pick him up) and then fluffy. we love sappy father & son fic in this house!

pantry by envysparkler | 4k

one by one, jason's siblings congregate in his apartment to get away from bruce/seek refuge after a hard day/generally annoy him. jay-centric, tho all the siblings + bruce star pretty equally. fluff & humour! spoiler alert: eventually he escapes to the manor lmao.

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

GUYS

I READ A WHOLE BOOK IN ONE DAY GUYS

I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS FOR YEARS

Now, the book in question wasn’t long (less than 300 pages) but still, I started and finished it in one day and I’m proud of myself for it. I have had a lot of trouble reading in the past 3 or so years and an even harder time FINISHING a story. But I got through this one!!

The book in question is the first book in the Skyborn series, “Sparrow Rising” which I got on my last bookstore haul trip. And yes I did literally get it because it was about kids with wings and I was quietly hoping that my obsession with Artham in the Wingfeather Saga, my favorite winged human, would carry over into this. Apparently it worked!

Quick little review/synopsis if you’re interested: So at first this appears to be a typical coming-of-age story with the protagonist, Ellie, trying to win a flying race to prove herself worthy of being a defender of the kingdom, a “Goldwing”. She forfeits the race when she finds an injured boy in the field they’re flying over and ends up traveling with him and his thieving misfit friends to the capital to try and enter the kingdom-wide race to join the Goldwings. Amidst the typical coming of age storyline, however, you have magical evil gargoyles that descend out of clouds to straight up murder anyone they encounter outside of a shelter. There is no known explanation for them except myths and legends. There’s also a magical stone that has HEALING POWERS, a floating castle, all the kids have tragic backstories/special powers/abilities/secrets, corrupt rulers, and a surprisingly good lesson about idealism and black-and-white thinking. It’s got some pretty good worldbuilding and plenty of mystery going on that kept me intrigued. Also, unimportant detail but one of the kiddos has a horned marten and I’m cracking up because I’ve never heard of them being used in a story besides the Inkheart books so I’m over here like, “did the author read those and just really like gwin?” because that’s the vibe I get and I love it.

All in all I’d give it probably 4 stars, it was a good little read and helped me stave off a migraine and distracted me from the power being out today.

[bistaxx]

I find it really funny when people draw or make posts about c!Q and k!Q where c!Q is the 'evil, sneaky, scary and cruel' one to k!Q's 'innocent, doe-eyed, kind, and good" self, because like I feel rather confident in saying that k!Q is the worse one of the two LOL

/pos

[northsballadmoved]

me physically gagging when i'm forced to see any of sansa's characterization from s8

[skrunksthatwunk]

found out that rascal's owner took him again while i was out, and he's probably not gonna be back since the semester's almost over. i don't even know if his owner's coming back next semester, if i'll ever see him again. if he'll ever see me again. why do they wait until im not around to do this? why do they never let me say goodbye to him?