#if any of this makes no sense it is because I am So tired :“”))

[thezombieprostitute]

Tech Tuesday: Jake Jensen

Summary: The Twins turn 4 years old!

Warnings: None. Please let me know if I missed any!

A/N: Reader is female. No other physical descriptors used.

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The twins are four years old today and it's a bittersweet realization for you and Jake. Your babies are growing up. Soon they'll be in school. They're such good kids and you know they'll do well, but it's still sad that they'll never be so small again. They're getting more independent, able to walk up and down stairs on their own, having entire adventures without you on the playground.

One of their friends had gotten them into Bluey and their first time watching it had a tea party. Between that and your reading of Alice in Wonderland, and other books with tea, the Twins had begged for a tea party themed birthday. You read up on all of the things you would need, asked the Twins about their requirements (fancy dress? Yes. Actual tea? No.) They even asked about sending out paper invitations "because it's pwoper" and were only too happy to sign their names on each one.

In preparation, you had the twins taste test various tea and tea alternatives. Iced tea was an immediate "no" and had the twins second guessing the tea party idea. Thankfully there were some juices that looked like tea that would work. So long as it was poured from a teapot into a teacup, that's what really mattered to them.

The party was bigger than previous ones. Your little family had grown as the twins had adopted the D&D Group as honorary uncles. Thankfully everyone was more than happy to dress up for the event. Jake's sister and niece were only too happy for an excuse to wear a new dress. Your own parents made sure to run a few clothing ideas by you for approval before buying something for the occasion. Unca Gera promised to wear a suit jacket he'd made himself while Unca Gee went for his good leather jacket and Unca 'ansom said he was planning on wearing good clothes he kept from his old life.

You'd been worried about not having anything nice enough for the party. Sure, the Twins would be happy with whatever you and Jake wore, but you still worried about letting them down. Jake must have sensed something because, the weekend before the party, he asked about taking you and the Twins to the mall so they could pick out your outfits for themselves. Naturally the Twins were ecstatic about getting so much control and it really would help settle some of your fears, so you agreed.

The mall wasn't too crowded, thankfully, making it easy to keep an eye on the toddlers. They were at the age where they insisted on walking everywhere with no thought of how tired out they would be. Leia had pointedly told Jake to not bring the stroller in with them, but Jake insisted he needed to bring it "just in case".

"It's good to be prepared, Leia," you add. "What if we end up buying so many clothes we can't carry the bags? The stroller will help out."

"Twue," she nods. "Okay, you can bwing it, Dada."

"Thank you," he nods with a small bow and a smile.

"We'll start with getting something for Dada," you think out loud. "Men's departments tend to have fewer options, so it should be kinda easy for you two to decide." Luke holds your hand and nods, his face serious and focused on the mission. "Then we'll go shopping for me. Sound good?"

"Yup!" Leia agrees, bouncing as she holds Jake's hand.

Once inside the store, Jake feels Leia trying to break free of his grasp. "You doing okay there?"

"Just wanna go find da clothes," she attests. "But I can't see where dey are. Can you carry me? So I can see?"

"I don't know that I'm strong enough," he playfully protests. "You're getting so big!"

"I am a big girl, but you're a stwong Dada," she counters. "Stwongest Dada!"

"Well, okay." Jake kneels down and you stand nearby to help as he positions Leia on his shoulders. As soon as he stands up you grab the stroller. Thankfully for your back Luke seems content to stay on the ground, preferring to walk for himself.

Leia surveys the store layout. While she can't read, she does recognize the pictures. She points to a section in the far back corner. "We gots to go there for Dada's suit."

"Oh, I'm getting a suit am I?"

"Uh huh," Luke confirms. "Gotta wook nice. Is tea party!"

As you predicted, the search for a good suit for Jake is quick. The twins aren't happy with the limited options but they ultimately choose a blue "jacket" and shirt to go with a pair of his nice work slacks. You and Jake make sure to praise the toddlers so they're less upset about having to settle.

Taking them to the women's section of the store, where there are too many options, doesn't seem to help things much. Leia was off of Jake's shoulders and walking around, wide eyed, seemingly unsure. Luke held her hand and started pointing at different options while you and Jake followed. Leia would look at Luke's options and scrunch her face in concentration before shaking her head no.

"Needs to be pwetty. The pwettiest," she explains as Luke nods, understanding.

You and Jake are all smiles with how seriously the Twins are taking this. Watching them while holding hands brings with it a kind of contentment. You lean in closer to Jake, just happy to be doing this with him.

A small gasp from the Twins gets your attention. They both go running towards an off-the-shoulder dress covered in brightly colored flowers.

The first thing you check is the price tag and you do your best to school your features so as to not scare the kids. It's definitely your size, and they're excited about it, but that price tag has you nervous.

"How about you try it on?" Jake encourages. "The changing rooms are over there. I'll watch the Twins."

"Are...are you sure?"

"Yes! Wanna see how pwetty you are Mama!" Leia urges, Luke nodding along with her.

"Okay, I'll go try it on, make sure it fits," you nod, as you head to the changing area.

Once you're behind the door, your phone beeps with a text. You take a look and it's from Jake.

Don't sweat the price tag, Sunshine. We've got it covered. 😘😘😘😘😘😘

You let out a sigh of relief that's almost a sob. You're not sure you'll ever get used to being able to afford things but you're so happy Jake picked up on your distress.

Checking yourself out in the mirror, your eyes go to your stomach, as they often do. Carrying twins for nine months did a number on you. But Jake never stopped calling you beautiful. Never looked at you with anything less than love. Never hesitated to touch you when you needed him to. To him, your body would always be amazing because it's you. And he definitely loves you.

The dress fits you quite well and, you have to admit, the Twins have good taste. You'll make sure to tell Jake they got that from you.

You step out of the changing room and your smile widens when you hear the quiet "wow!" from Leia, see Luke's eyes widen and Jake's smile.

"I think we've got a winner!" you beam.

The day of the party is a flurry of activity. The Twins are excited for the fun and asking a million questions about what you're doing and why. Every decision is approved by them, of course, but they need an outlet for their excitement.

Jake is his naturally helpful self for the whole thing. You needed him to pick up last minute ingredients? Done. You need him to assemble the table for the party? Done. You need him to hug you and reassure you that everything's looking amazing? Definitely done. He's even doing his best to distract the Twins so you can work in peace but they love having the final say in things and getting to taste test everything.

Thankfully, when the guests start arriving, you're pretty well ready and the Twins insist on greeting everyone because "it's pwoper." You and Jake get a minute alone in the kitchen and he wraps his arms around you and kisses you. He looks into your eyes and says with all sincerity, "thank you for all of this." You happily return the kiss before it's time to get back to the chaos of the party.

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That night it doesn't take long to get the Twins to sleep. Luke is still wearing the toy stethoscope he got as part of his stuffed animal veterinarian set while Leia, even in sleep, has a death grip on her new wooden dagger that the G's had gotten her. You're still glad Jake managed to talk them down from the dulled Narsil replica.

It's a bittersweet moment when you put the Twins to bed. They've graduated from cribs and are now sleeping in actual beds. They're growing up so quickly.

Jake catches the tears at the corner of your eyes and gently wipes them away, his eyes full of concern.

"I'll be okay," you reassure. "They're just...soon they won't be babies."

Jake nods, understanding. "They're even getting too big to carry."

"And they're going to start preschool this fall."

Jake sighs, "and I'm pretty sure I just got another grey hair with that reminder." You chuckle at his melodrama. "But they're good kids, who've got nothing but love. What more could we ask for?"

You gently squeeze his hand. "Thank you, Jake. Between you, the Twins, the biological family and all the adopted uncles, I couldn't ask for a happier family."

"It couldn't happen without you, Sunshine," Jake attests. "Thank you for making me the happiest man in the world."

"And thank you for taking care of us, making me feel so loved every day."

"What do you say to a full night of cuddles?"

"I say that sounds lovely."

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Tagging: @alicedopey; @delicatebarness; @ellethespaceunicorn; @icefrozendeadlyqueen; @jaqui-has-a-conspiracy-theory; @late-to-the-party-81; @lokislady82; @ronearoundblindly; @thiquefunlover63

[simplydnp]

whenever i watch phil’s daring advice videos i realize he is really against overtly jealous boyfriends, do you think dan is better with jealousy these past few years? do you think he used to be bad with it?

dan has, in the past, referred to himself as jealous. in my opinion, he's also very bad at hiding it.

i'd have to go back to specific segments, but the advice phil generally gives is more about excessive/controlling jealousy. the type where red flags are popping up continually. for the people receiving advice, it might just be a conversation they have to have, or they might have to call it.

i think it's up to dnp with how they deal with it. clearly, it isn't the same as situations presented by viewers, otherwise his advice would be different. i think there's a few points of interest around this all.

if we're looking back to the beginning: dan is 18. he's young, his brain isn't fully developed, he had a difficult childhood. stability is not something he knew. so to meet phil, with all his awkward emo rizz and close relationship with his family--it's natural to want to hold onto it. i can completely understand any jealousy from that point in time, because it comes from fear. it's rooted in insecurity and instability. all he wants is this one thing, why does everyone else have to want it too? but he knows exactly why people want phil--it's why he does! he does seem aware of it, as the quote i mentioned earlier does come from the early years. but it doesn't mean he could stop it from coming out. and i don't really think he wanted to, at that point. (this did change)

there's a secondary participant in this though too. someone who saw all his flaws and loved him anyway, loved him despite them, and loved him because of them. if there's one thing you know about phil lester, it's that he loves dan. and has for a very, very long time. from what we've seen, in the early days, phil liked a jealous dan. there clearly wasn't a discussion about stopping it. it's nice to be wanted. to be seen. instead of just tolerated by your peers. one of the things he'd do would be invite dan in when he felt jealous, or when he could feel jealous later. dan should be a youtuber too. then they can do this together. and it's not to say any or all of their career decisions were based on jealousy. but i do think it played a role. because they know each other too well to simply ignore it. (but i also think it'd unconscious for phil, sometimes).

but as the years go, they had to 'clean up' their image for radio. they put themselves into boxes and those boxes weren't supposed to have jealousy in them because it's too real. but of course it came anyway. and phil is not as innocent in this as you may think.

the second thing you know about phil lester is that he loves to rile dan up. he loves when dan gets snarky and wordy and dramatic. he loves the outbursts and the swearing and the enthusiasm in it all. he loves that dan feels things and acts on them. so he... pokes the bear sometimes. cause it's fun.

in the next years, there was both more and less jealously. less because of their Straight branding, and therefore pushing anything like that down. more because of 'phil trash #1' becoming part of their brand. and it's never really gone away--cause it's true. dan could suddenly be jealous or fond on main again and it could be played off. so it happened more. but also, they were successful now. secure, in so many ways.

if you see jealousy now it's very evident that dan's trying to hide it. it's just as bad as it used to be, if not worse. cause he's allowed to be jealous now, and is out of practice of hiding it. and i honestly don't think they care that much anymore. he fights it back cause he doesn't want to say it at times, but it's different now. and phil can still tell anyway, cause he loves pushing dan's buttons.

in terms of phil giving advice, i'd say it's more about finding someone who is compatible with you, and loves you for you: the things you do, the words you say, the person you are. dan and phil live in an existence of constantly affirming each other, and they probably don't think about it since it comes so naturally to them. they are on the same page. there's trust and love there. phil knows why dan gets jealous. but he isn't going anywhere. and he knows dan knows that too. so it's kind of fun to play into it all.

[non-un-topo]

More cishet observations from the past month at work:

- They really fucking buzz off of the TERF wizard book series

- Their favourite place on Earth is Florida (why???)

- If you tell them you're an artist, they will ask you if you've ever "tried out AI"

- They will joke about OCD a lot

- They absolutely hate their bodies and will take any opportunity to talk about food in a toxic way (bonus points if they compare their body/food to yours)

- They hate their spouses and think that this is funny

- They. Do not. Have interests. (Besides the TERF wizard book series)

- They don't watch movies or TV??

- If they have kids, the way they talk about them makes it sound like it was genuinely the worst decision they ever made

- If they don't have kids, they will still fucking talk about having them

- They don't like cats??

In other weird news, I'm gendered correctly at work and I pass to the point that cishets actually talk to me like I'm a cishet guy.

[emberunderscore]

Icarus gets the fuckig hug (so i can sleep peacefully)

"Do you want a hug?"

The question caught them off guard. They weren't expecting that. They weren't really expecting any of this conversation to go the way it has. They weren't expecting Rae to even be there today.

They knew the answer, of course. They couldn't remember the last time they'd been hugged. But the thoughts ate away at their mind, telling them that they didn't deserve a hug. Especially not from Rae, and yet here he was. Telling them he missed them, he loves them. Offering that hug. That human contact. Something so simple, so basic yet something they craved so deeply.

"y- yeah... please"

They took a hesitant step towards Rae and he closed the rest of the distance. He wrapped his arms around them and they melted into his embrace. They didn't know what to do with their hands, so they remained awkwardly standing there as their brother held them. He was crying. They were trying so hard not to.

They missed him, too.

[wildmrmix]

12:30 I’m here to spread some Curly Johnny Ponyboy friendship based on what I used to do with old friends.

They’re all pretty chill with affection, especially with those they’re comfortable with. So sometimes they’ll go down to the lot and Ponyboy will lean against Johnny, and Curly will just… stand there before eventually sitting on Pb’s other side and very slowly start to lean against him as well (he will deny purposefully initiating any kind of affection till his last breath). And then they all just talk absolute trash about people. 3 boys alone for hours what will they do: make fun of people. Sometimes it’s strangers, sometimes it’s people from their school, sometimes it’s other buddies; nobody’s safe.

Sometimes Curly’ll come by the lot just to see if Ponyboy’s there yet, though he doesn’t just ditch if it’s only Johnny. I mean, he did, but then it got kind of weird to interact with the guy you very obviously ignored a handful of times. Those two are awkward as hell without Ponyboy being their middle ground in conversations, but they become actually acquainted with the other through these accidental lot-meetups. At least, as much as you can with how quiet Johnny is

On weekends, sometimes they try to push the curfew and go out to places like the Dingo, or the park, or sometimes they simply walk around for a while after dark. They make fun of and poke at and tease each other, sometimes giving out stupid dares just for laughs. And sometimes they will all just sit and smoke, ranting about their problems not because they’re inherently overwhelming at the moment, but because the others will listen.

During lunch periods, if Curly’s set on the idea enough, he’ll get Ponyboy and Johnny to ditch for a bit and they go off behind the school building to waste the period away. One time they walked off and found a storage/ water tank some ways away and they climbed onto it. Curly lost a ring on it and they ended up spending the rest of their time there trying and failing to find and grab it.

[two-entire-bits]

everyone needs to become aroace for a week and interact with fandom and maybe it will fix some of y'all

[turnedpalefromlackofsun]

i wrote a fanfic

[lesbiansanemi]

Currently trying not to vomit over the fact that I essentially just lost almost a thousand dollars brb

[icewindandboringhorror]

... why he sit like this

[liuisi]

Is ir okay to not feel it as a christian if youre still doing it? If i read the word and do what it says, but i never feel. the feelings. Is it normal? I feel so lost. Ive prayed so much.

hi!! i'm going to assume this question is coming from this post of mine. if its not sorry but i hope my answer still stands!

my point in that post is that it's not all about feeling the feelings. honestly, i would say that usually, Feeling Strong Emotion/being overtaken by emotion over it is something that is not necessarily common. of course, it depends on the person. some people are just Strong Feelers but that's not everyone! (i am not one of these people, for example).

if you don't Always Feel The Supernatural Presence Of God and you don't feel emotional every time you think about the Lord, or whatever standard you want to set, that's not an indicator of your faith. (or if you're truly saved.)

what's important is knowing. and believing. do you truly Know And Believe that the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross for your sins? do you Know and Believe that the God of the Bible is real? that He created the world and everything in it? that He sent His only begotten Son to die out of love for us?

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

that's what's important!!!! not if you cry during worship or if a sermon touches you. not Feeling A Supernatural Presence. if you know God is with you always, then you don't need to feel it for proof. you know it. you have faith.

modern-day christian culture has turned christianity into solely something you Feel. big displays of emotions during worship, people talking about visions and speaking in tongues and being filled by the Holy Spirit, etc. (this attitude has also led to the culture of "if i don't feel that the Lord is telling me that this is wrong, or if i feel that the Lord is telling me that this is okay, then it is.) but you can't rely on your feelings.

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9

you want to hear God speak? you open your Bible. it's Literally God's word. everything you need to Know about God and how you should live your life is in there.

basically: anon, lack of Strong Emotion over living the faith does not mean that you're doing something wrong. however! i want to cover all my bases, just to be sure. you mention "reading the word and doing what it says". you might already know this, but being a christian isn't just about acts or works. the entire point of the gospel is that we cannot be saved through what we do, only through faith. it goes back to what i was saying about faith earlier on. if you find yourself treating this life like a checklist, like a "i'll do this, and this, and this, and then God will help me/love me", then that might be something to meditate about.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9

[flaming-toads]

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[possibly-eli]

once again posting a reminder (very gently, when you consider how fucking frustrated i am) that i am anti-kff! there are otherkin terms that people can use and, instead of educating themselves on this, they actively CHOOSE to belittle and bully otherkin folks, all while being a teensy tiny little bit ableist in how they go about it. its not a "erm these people are just minding their business and they're ALSO kin anyway" NO they are NOT. they are, by very fucking definition, either 'hearted or 'link (IF their connection is genuine ANYWAYS). that is NOT. KIN. and its kinda fucking telling if you think a community whose entire existence hinges on deliberate ignorance and harassment of a group is equal to the group theyre harassing and bastardising the terms and experiences of

[vaguehotels]

had the most braindead repetitive conversation/argument with my parents. buzz cuts are too masculine but if you dye a design on it it become effeminate which is bad because then you look weak and if youre weak then society falls apart (all societies ever that have fallen apart for any reason are actually because of feminine men) and we start sacrificing babies. and also all mental illness is invented because only 4 people had anxiety in the 90s and covid was made up so that we would all become gay and trans and then the government can control us better and be joe biden's little sex slaves. and also i need to keep my hair long because my father finds it attractive. what

[passthroughtime]

i hope you don’t mind me not participating in sunday six for so long and not updating my fic... i’m having a bit rough time handling my life irl right now

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

I gravitate towards jobs and such in which I make decisions, and prefer to live alone which comes with many decisions, and then do creative hobbies that require me to make so many decisions, and I thought "Huh, decisions are hard, what would a nice day without decisions look like?" And then I realized I just meticulously planned out a whole day of no decisions by just making the decisions beforehand.

[yusuke-of-valla]

Some days I wish more people actually played Pokemon for the plot so there's incentive to improve on the plot's weak points