#it was one of those really weird parent control services

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Adrien might not get your references, but he will periodically send you every clean vine compilation on the list that he has accumulated over the past 10 years

[evilminji]

Okay but? We of the DPxDC? Are COMPLETELY Sleeping on DPXBNHA?

And not even for the Main Plot Shenanigans!

Just?? It has ALL of DC's super powers? But MORE OF THEM. And like 80% of the population has um! Danny can?? Finally achieve his DREAM of being???

JUST SOME DUDE™!

Yeah, he's in Japan. That's a bit of a learning curve. And YEAH, there was a cataclysmic war like a few centuries back that sorta... fucked everybody up. No one wants to talk about it. There may be mass graves and Never Forget memorials. But?

On the SURFACE!

This place seems utopian!

No ghost hunters! Advanced technology! Robust social services*!

Wait... what was that asterisk? What do you mean "corrupt shadowy government organizations"? What do you MEAN "Immortal Supervillians"? NO SPACE PROGRAM!?!? AaaaaAAAAAAAAAAH?!?!? I'M IN HELL!!! This is ACTUALLY THE BAD PLACE, THIS IS HELL, OH GOD NOOOOOOO-!!!!!!

Cause see?

There are SO MANY REASONS he'd end up there?

Think about it! Wish that he lived somewhere his weird biology wouldn't exclude him from becoming an astronaut? In Quirks having Bnha Japan EVERYBODY has weird biology! Y'ain't special! You could TOTALLY be an astronaut!..... if we HAD those! We do not. Shut down that program during the Quirk Wars and never really started it again. (And somewhere, Desiree LAUGHS)

Or MAYBE? Things are getting a little hot on the ground? Bit TOO spicy. The Family Fenton and Friends have fallen back, behind the barely holding shields. Not even the Mansons considerable political maneuvering could stop the inevitably of human fear and blind unthinking hatred. Money can't buy everything, in the end. There is only ONE(1) way out.

Through the Zone.

Plan: Strangers In A Strange World is a go.

They're all Limnal enough to fake it. Sam with her plants. Tucker with his technology and persuasion. Jazz with her limited empathy. Their parents with their... well, weirdness. And with a touch of ghostly assisted meddling? Well, they've always BEEN there! Haven't they?

And that's not to MENTION the random 4 year olds with no control! JUST coming into their powers! With all those big emotions in tiny bodies? Startling events and tantrums? Villian attacks? What could THEY possibly hope to do to control or guide that fresh new power? It does what it does and the rest of us are just along for the ride!

If Danny happens to be minding his business and gets accidentally kidnapped by a VERY distraught 4 year old? Well, that's hardly the KIDS fault, now is it? They're FOUR! That is basically a toddler! Tiny child! They are upset, confused, and didn't mean to do ANYTHING. He's a hero. And Heros don't blame little kids from accidents, no matter HOW stressed it makes them.

No, the curse like a sailor INSIDE their head. Like an ADULT.

Just? Imagine~☆

The slow transition from *starry eyed shoujo sparkles* "This is SO COOL~!" to "huh, that's... kinda weird. And Sus. Weird Sus. Maybe nothing... oh! A distraction!" To "okay, this KEEPS happening, that was shady. You all saw that right? You realize that's not NORMAL, right? That that's fucked up? Not cool?" To "oh god, oh God, OH GOD! I'm in HELL! This is actually HELL! I'm trapped in HELL!!! WHAT THE FUC-"

Like? This kid LOVES space. LOVES the stars. And this is one of the few Superhero Cannon that SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS that IN CANNON? Thanks to Quirks? As in Superpowers? That VERY THING got fuckin SCRAPPED. Gutted. Consigned to be a relic of the past so they could all focus on punching each other Real Good.

He would weep BLOOD. Chew the WALLS. The LEVEL of unhinged this child would unleash? Not as Danny Phantom... but as DANNY J. FENTON? Beautiful. Vaguely psychotic. Definitely doing the Fenton Name proud. God, the NOISE HE WOULD MAKE would be inhuman and yet somehow? Come entirely from his human half.

They👏 Would👏 Hear👏 BOSS👏 MUSIC👏

I don't even know if he'd CARE about the main characters. They'd be tangential at best. The man would be in a one man war with I-Island over their lack of space program and hoarding of scientific progress. Probably living out of an abandoned building or forgotten subway station. Just? The MOST bedraggled, feral genius to ever haunt Japan.

As opposed to the REFINED feral genius. Who is Nedzu.

I bet Danny stands outside his school at one AM waving his scientific papers at a camera and YELLS. Like a deranged lunatic. Mismatched slippers and a "haven't slept in a week" crazed glint in his eyes.

He's Nedzu's new best friend. They GET each other.

And, yes, Nedzu COULD let him in... but it's faster to just let him yell and read the papers through the camera. Who CARES if they both seem insane! Let's shout about advanced physics and engineering at 1 am! Over the speakers!!! Oh? You need to physically SHOW me the notes? Well I COULD unlock the gates... OR just wait for you to finish scrambling up the walls like a feral Racoon, to then throw yourself OVER them.

Either, Or.

I'm just SAYING! We are SLEEPING on this! There is so, SO much fun to be had! Danny breaks rules and minds! His outrage over injustice and the complete lack of SPACE! His protection instincts going BUCK FUCKIN WILD. The INDESCRIBABLE hate boner he would have for Mr. "Lemme just rip parts of your soul out so I can collect your powers like pokemon cards" AfO.

There? Is SO MUCH, guys. SO MUCH!

@hdgnj @the-witchhunter @babbling-babull @hypewinter @nerdpoe @lolottes @dcxdpdabbles @mutable-manifestation

[candeathbereal]

Small Astro observations

-Sun conjunct ascendant in synastry is an odd moment for me. Mostly cause as a Leo rising I have met some Leo suns and I have no bad blood for them. It just feels weird because most times the Sun person will mimic the ascendant person in some way. From what I’ve noticed at least. Maybe my Uranus being in my seventh house has a mild affect because Aquarius is all about uniqueness or something along those lines. So naturally I can enjoy the idea of someone doing/acting similar to me but not enough to make a bond with a person. Idk it feels odd for me at least. Other people enjoy it though but maybe it’s just my ego talking idk.

-Pisces suns from what I have seen have either sleepy eyes or something distinct about their teeth. Some people have said that Pisces have fish teeth but that isn't all they can have. Idk I've noticed that most Pisces I have met can have fish like teeth but overall their teeth just has something distinct about them. For instance, my dad has almost no teeth but still chooses to eat steak and all that even though it doesn't seem that easy for him to do. I also think it's the Taurus moon and mars that adds to his stubbornness. You could read this observation for either tropical or sidereal since I've seen the same with some Aries suns (tropical). I myself am an Aries sun but Pisces sun in sidereal and I have a lazy eye and some interesting teeth imo. Mostly cause I have two sharp teeth kinda where you would see vampire fangs but I have a similar moment with two bottom teeth like directly below my other two teeth. There is just a odd sharpness to them that my other teeth don't have. Plus I have always had problems with my teeth to the point that apparently at the age of 12 I had to get most of my back teeth removed (they were baby teeth so they grew back).

-3rd house synastry creates more of a sibling like bond with a person or that person could remind you of one of your siblings (depends on you I guess idk how many siblings people have so yeah). Whereas 4th house synastry has more of a likelihood to remind you of a general family member as opposed to one of your siblings or just a sibling in general. I've noticed that 4th house synastry causes an emotional comfort where you can talk about your trauma or just childhood in general with someone one, but 3rd house synastry is more like a weird assumption that you don't really have to talk about that because somehow it is just accepted that you know it. Again kinda like a sibling moment cause most times you don't have to have deep talks about your childhood with your siblings (at least for me most times). Funnily enough I have fourth house synastry with both my sister and one of my brothers (I have my moon in my sister's fourth house whereas my brother has his moon in my fourth house), so we do have those talks about our trauma and such. Honestly I have always felt more close (emotionally) with them than my own parents. It's an interesting bond for sure for me. I feel very lucky that I have that bond with my siblings.

-6th house synastry is a moment to live through because it can manifest differently based on the planet. I think moon in sixth house causes the most mixed reactions to each other, because the sixth house is all about routine and service. So the moon being there causes a emotional bond for each other through service towards each other. Although it does depend on other aspects of the synastry most times it's a mutual I help you you help me kinda vibe to it. I think it can work out but both parties would have to have some level of emotional maturity or even just a lack of Pluto influence. It's not like it can't work out with Pluto influence but it just would take a lot more work since Pluto is a little cunt who likes messing around with shit so the emotions get fucked around with the most. I can't blame Pluto too much for it since it is a planet all about transformation and obsession and people can control their own actions. Take what you can from what I said.

Anyways I haven't posted in a while so I figured I'd do that real quick cause it would feel wrong not to. I would love to hear you guy's thoughts on this or even anything at all. Feel free to message me for any questions you might have. I can't guarantee anything great or even smart. A veces no tengo sentido. Todavia estoy aprendiendo espanol asi que pido disculpas por mi mal espanol

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

ATLA

Divergence of Destiny by Fernandidilly_yo

This is his life now, here on this ship, serving tea with Uncle and the crew. Traveling the world and staying far, far away from the ongoing war.

The Jasmine Dragon is Zuko's home.

Meeting the Avatar does not change that.

It changes absolutely nothing.

(Until, inevitably, it does.)

Tea and Cakes by ghosteyes

Zuko is having trouble pretending he doesn't has a problem with food and through a series of field trips with friends, the gaang starts to pick up on that as well.

Wishful Thinking by mindbending

Right after Boiling Rock, Zuko found Sokka sprawled in his tent with a bouquet of red roses, and a ring of romantic candles, and one final rose set between his teeth. With the littlest twinge of envy, Zuko realized the entire display was for Suki.

The point is Sokka's flirting is about as subtle as a buffalo yak. To miss it, you’d have to be a complete and utter airhead.

Stranger Things

Down in a Dead Man's Town by holyfudgemonkeys (erraticallyinspired)

When Steve nearly runs over Will Byers on that fateful night in 1983, he doesn’t expect offering him a ride home would result in both of them being hunted into another dimension. Surviving there is hard. Adapting to normal life again is even harder. His old self settles like an ill-fitting suit, and there’s no room for nightmares and fear and his new bond with Will in it. As he struggles to find a new normal he can live with, Steve finds himself befriending a bunch of kids and maybe (definitely) falling in love with a local weed dealer.

BNHA

Overcome by redrobin1989

When Izuku accepted All Might's quirk, he never expected to feel this helpless again. Sitting in on the interrogation of a serial killer, he realizes that the past can't always be left behind. Sometimes it comes back and brings with it a body count.

One can either overcome the problem or yourself be overcome.

DC (Batfamily)

Conference Room 2B by motleyfam

And okay, fine, Tim can admit it: his parents paying off a school official to circumvent social services just to see him was sketchy at best—probably illegal at worst. They really shouldn’t have done it. Bruce and Alfred would be furious to find out that they had. Not to mention Jason, who would go absolutely apeshit.

But–

But it was also just really fucking sweet of them.

Tim hasn’t felt this loved, this cherished, this fought for and desired by his parents in years.

Doesn’t he at least owe it to them to hear them out?

(Three months into Tim’s foster placement with the Waynes, Jack and Janet Drake decide they want back into their son’s life.)

Another Mirror by byrambles

It’s over remarkably quickly. The winning Batman leaves the losing Batman on the floor, still and broken, and Superman moves quickly to tie that one up as Winning Batman turns away. Turns toward Damian.

His shoulders slump, and Damian feels numb. This is not his Batman.

Anton Syndrome by Anonymous

Tim's parents have been away for six months and counting—the longest he's ever been left alone at one time—and it's starting to have some unpleasant side effects. Luckily, he has a solution.

OR, the one where Tim attempts prostitution to cure his touch starvation. His plan goes wrong pretty much from step one, but it all works out for the better.

DC/Danny Phantom

I Just Wanna Talk by foldingfacets

John Constantine beat the system of life and death until it fully refused to touch him anymore, and when it did, it never went well. It was a fact that the League had come to terms with, or those that knew, anyways. None of Constantine’s past could explain the kid in fuzzy pajamas that was curled up on a chair in the Justice League’s control room asking for the elusive brit.

Danny had barely made it to high school graduation only to be thrust into dealing with the millennia of bullshit waiting ever so patiently for the King of the Infinite Realms to look at. The fact that there was a weird amount of paperwork filed regarding some dude named John Constantine that looked like the weirdest form of tax fraud he’d ever seen was puzzling, and his parents committed that regularly. He has no idea what the hell he’s looking at.

Alternately: Danny is the inter-dimensional personification of the IRS for Death and the Unliving, and he just has a couple questions.

[creaturefeaster]

Now I’m curious of some of the other characters upbringing, if you could give a short summary (or long, I love reading your rambles!!) of each of the Fated 15’s upbringing, what would they be like?

I'll go down the list ^^.

Tim's upbringing was just fine. A bit of an overprotective mother, but a loving and caring one. She really drilled home the morals of hard work & hospitality into him growing up. He and his mom are very close, especially because they're all they have at home.

Hannah couldn't complain about her childhood either. It was a very chill upbringing. She takes heavily after her dad-- he's a cool and relaxed kind of dude, handy. Their whole family (Mother, Father, Hannah, Step-brother) are big on helping out others and spend a lot of their free time in community service, and that's had a big effect on how she interacts with others, especially post-Fault.

Brook, as I'm sure most of you know already, grew up with a very very traditional, anti-tech family. Not a lot of exposure to the outside world, her and her siblings were schooled on their property and were taught a lot of untrue things about the world beyond their small town. But, her childhood was not bad. Her family is very loving-- conditionally so, but she's never had an issue falling under those conditions-- and perhaps a little overbearing at times. Her and her older siblings have all learned to hide certain aspects of their lives, thoughts, and desires from their parents as a result of their aggressively traditional ways of thinking. Brook's thing was sneaking out at night, a habit her parents believe she's grown out of (she hasn't).

Gary's upbringing was both lavish yet harsh. He's a prince after all, taught many skills and hyper-specific manners, had high expectations, all of which he failed to excell enough at for his dad to ever be proud of him. His dad and step dad always seemed like they were watching and judging everything he did. He was prone to lashing out, running away for short periods, or intentionally causing issues just so he could be grounded and be alone for a while. It's left him with a lot of bad habits and poor emotional regulation. Never taught or praised for doing the right thing, only punished for doing the wrong thing.

Lauren's homelife was nearly picturesque. Loving parents, bratty older sister but never anything more than a bit annoying at time, an incredibly large and decked out home in a gated community with friendly neighbors and seriously, nothing to complain about. She simply had interests that never aligned with her family's, and even though they supported her she convinced herself that they either didn't understand, or that they were overbearing and controlling. They weren't. She just functions on a different wavelength and made it their problem, lmao.

Elliot's upbringing was a little rough, his dad was rarely there and a bit of a deadbeat, and his mother was a hard worker trying to make enough to support their family. Elliot had to raise his younger brother which matured him quickly, but he missed out on a lot of his later childhood as a result. He often found himself in a lot of risky situations with nobody around to provide some foresight, so he's lost and learned a lot throughout his life

Tanner's upbringing was kind of boring. His family was never super close, it just wasn't really in their nature. Often they would be off doing their own things rather than participate in family gatherings. Even meals were typically enjoyed alone or distracted by things like television. There wasn't always much to do at home, and he grew to be very tolerant of inactivity. He spent a lot of his time in his room listening to music, or getting up to weird or questionable things late at night with April.

April has always been a contrarian, and even in instances where she wasn't, her parents grew to expect it from her and acted accordingly anyways. There's always been a lot of arguing in her family, and as a result she has a hard time not defaulting to arguing or just straight up opposing a statement, even in the event that she does agree with it. Her brothers were often cruel towards her and never got in trouble for it, and she never really felt like she belonged at home growing up.

Leon's life was pretty free. He grew up in the very small nowhere town of Lystrike with parents who had him later in life than most, so he was raised by not just them, but as they got older and couldn't always keep up, the greater community as well. You'd hear no complaints from him about his childhood, he felt safe in his town and stuck hard to the good morals it taught him.

Rachel's upbringing was pleasant, her family was close-knit and sociable. Despite magic being quite the uncommon thing to learn as a talpian (and even questionable depending on where you live in the underworld), her family was always supportive of her. They raised her well and she felt more than confident in moving out when she was old enough, and always kept in close contact with them after she left.

Bonnie's upbringing was hard. Her mother was frequently ill, and her father worked long days at sea. She took care of her mother from a young age, and when she wasnt, hung around the docks either with or waiting for her father. She had to be the one to acquire the family's goods and necessities more often than not, and her home town was not a particularly safe one, especially for a young girl to be walking around in all alone. She never complained though, not once. She was lucky to have a home whereas many others in her town did not.

Michael's childhood was loving. He's always been a bit babied by his mothers, though they've laid off it a little in more recent years, and so he tended to be a little more ignorant and immature growing up. He went through an oppositional phase in his teens that made his home life a little more tense, but that's kind of on him-- his mothers have always been supportive and given him everything they could for him to live a comfortable life.

Samantha's, as stated a few asks ago, was lonely. Life lessons were missed or taught begrudgingly through house workers, or rarely learned the hard way. She has grown cautious of the unknown and gets a bit uncomfortable stepping out of her comfort zone, because nobody at home has ever taken the time to teach her some confidence. Yuan helps her through this, by virtue of being a huge fucking dragon.

Debbie's upbringing wasn't awful, but not very fun either. Raised soley by her dad who was a militant control freak, she could hardly be herself at home. She learned to become proficient at sneaking out at night, and gets away with all of her rambunctiousness when her father is away with work. A lot of her life has involved being yelled at or around, or walking on eggshells to avoid upsetting her dad-- especially in her earlier years. If there is one thing she got from her dad, it'd be her volume control.

Vilmr was raised as best as he could by Maja, a lady who has never had any children of her own. She's given him a roof, enough food, plenty of wisdom, and some harsh love here and there. He's always been a hard child to keep tame, but respect and discipline have been constant lessons throughout his upbringing and he's always worked hard to make her proud, even if he finds himself being problematic from time to time.

[teamhawkeye]

if u wanna— all of the symbols for miss andy 🫶🏻

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

As a musician, she lives music - eats, sleeps, and breathes it. She's always listening to it, practicing her "guitar" (it actually is one but as an OoP it seems weird to call it that lol), trying to compose her own songs. She's a big fan of hard rock, soft rock, classic rock, grunge, alternative, metal, punk, psychedelic, glam rock, electronic...there's not much she doesn't like

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

Andy is ambidextrous. There's not too many instances where this comes up for her to show off, but she is equally capable with either hand.

Andy had a pretty decent relationship with her parents. Jesse and Dylan were always welcome in their house and the siblings much more enjoyed spending time with Andy's parents than their own. She was devastated by their disappearance - along with every other adult in Ordinary during the AWE - but learned over the years not to look into what happened to them further, preferring to believe they died quickly than suffer what some of the children did at the hands of the different dimensions the slide projector opened portals to.

Should anything ever happen to Jesse, Andy is the only other person currently capable of taking on the Service Weapon and role of Director of the FBC. Truly ironic, since she wanted that job and wanted to fulfill that role as a child but became jaded to the concept of it before she finally left the Oldest House, and that she thought she deserved the title more than Jesse and was enraged that she was handed it so easily...but no longer wants to step into those shoes.

💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits?

Both, technically. First and foremost, she's a light sleeper: she's had to adapt to living life on the razor's edge, always worried that the Bureau would swoop in and lock her back up in the Oldest House if they ever caught up to her, so she's always on the lookout for danger and ready to run at the first whiff of trouble.

But if she feels comfortable and safe, she can sleep well and deeply, though those instances are few and far between. Ironically, it's only really been near Alan or Jesse (and briefly, Scratch) that that ever was possible. Possibly even with Casey and Saga...we'll see

🔱 TRIDENT EMBLEM — can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming?

She can swim! Growing up in Maine, there were plenty of summer breaks from school spent going to the shore - even though the water was freezing, it helped her learn how to swim in adverse conditions and she's still a fairly strong swimmer as a result years and years later

🔺 RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP — does your oc know how to use any weapons?

Andy knows how to fire a gun, but largely, she just uses her own powers in combat. Scratch taught her a thing or two about knives, so she's pretty handy with a blade too

🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise?

That's something she wouldn't have been taught as a child or at the Bureau while in the Prime Candidate program - and I don't see her having learned it at any point up until the events of Control. Afterwards, when she and Jesse reconcile and she works alongside her, that might be something she learns.

🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

Oh, Andy has tried about every single vice available to her once she escaped the Oldest House and tasted freedom for the first time as a teenager. She smokes, she drinks, she's known to engage in a little blow and reefer, she gambles, she fucks -

I think she grows out of some of that wilder behavior as the years pass and she meets Alan and reunites with Jesse. while she still indulges, she would not be going as buckwild as she did as a young adult on her own.

[familyvideostevie]

I dont know if you know about this new law that kight take effect its called the kosa act its a way to censor kids from ao3 wattpad and tumblr, they plan of banning and deleting these site forever, losing our fandom spaces and im trying to inform every fanfic writer i know bc your work is important and i dont want to let it go, we connect as a community with our obsessions no one else can understand im super sad and stressed out I just wanted you to know!

hi! i wasn't totally sure what you were talking about so i went a head and googled it and while i think you have good intentions, you are actually spreading misinformation! the bill (which stands for Kids Online Safety Act) was introduced in december 2022 and discussed and rewritten once thus far. it's only been introduced, which means there has been no legislative action on it. inside the senate there seems to be a lot of support for it as well as from multiple organizations that deal in mental health/eating disorders/protection for minors online.

so, i went ahead and read the bill, just to double check if there were stipulations for deleting online spaces and there were not! i think that we all know there are issues on here with minors and their access to things -- i don't want to claim that this bill is totally bad, since it's intent is to protect minors (defined in the bill as under 16s) from sexual exploitation and exposure to harm online. but at the same time, i personally think that it leans too much on the side of restriction and monitoring and thus encroaches on the information that teens have access to in general. it's sticky, it really is. the bill itself would require the following: for online spaces likely to be used by minors to set up a series of measures that would allow them to restrict content for minors, allow an adult in that minor's life to control those safeguards, and protect the minor's identifying info. the platform must also disclose how they use targeting and algorithms in relation to minors and allow minors/parents to report harm. it cannot advertise services that are illegal to sell to minors and annually report on potential risks.

so, yeah. that's the bill. you can read all about it online! i'm no tech expert but to me this sounds like age-verification (like when you try to visit a site for an alcohol brand), probably more serious tagging/filtering, and probably less guest/anonymous participation, which tumblr doesn't really allow much of anyway, beyond the anon feature.

i guess what i'm saying is: do your research before spreading info! i get that this is frightening but i do think overall protecting minors from literal sexual exploitation is a good thing, though this bill is, in my opinion, weird information control oversight nonsense, for the most part. i think we'll be okay. there are other things to worry about!

[cuntwrap--supreme]

Having (briefly) been a teacher, there are a multitude of reasons why teachers don't report several things to parents.

I had kids who were being sexually abused. Physically. Mentally. None of those figures are people who deserve to know shit about that kid. Some people weren't allowed to eat or bathe at home. Some were sent to school in ratty Goodwill clothes as punishment for who knows what, despite their parents both making lots of money. Some were ridiculed by their parents for disabilities or illnesses, both physical and mental. Per laws that make you tell parents if their kid is having gender or sexuality questions, you have to tell those highly abusive parents that their 'son' has been requesting to go by they/them and be called Tracy. Which, like, if a grade school aged kid (who are the most likely to be very secretive and embarrassed by literally everything) opens up to you, their teacher, about something very private and requests solidarity or help or whatever and asks you not to mention it to their parents, there's probably a damn good reason, even if you've never heard of abuse from their household before. Some peoples' parents aren't outright abusive, they just make comments that tell their kid they wouldn't be welcome if they were gay or trans or whatever.

Now, you are a mandatory reporter as a teacher. But this doesn't mean "tell parents their kid says she's a lesbian in class but they think she has a boyfriend." It means calling child protective services and shit when you hear a kid saying their dad hits them, or if they come to you asking what to do if a friend of their mom's touches them weird, or one of their friends says they've been cutting and it's only getting deeper and they're scared. You report to help the child, even though it won't seem like help to them in many circumstances. You do not report things to parents that could hurt the child. If a kid says to you, "Hey, I'm actually a boy and my name is Travis, you can ask my parents, they're totally chill," and next time you meet with the parents you call that child Travis, that's chill. But if Travis asks you to please, please don't tell his parents because his stepdad says he'd kick him out, you trust that kid and misgender them (for their safety) next time you meet with parents.

Saying it should be illegal to not report a child's gender/sexuality to parents is literally just don't for parental control. It's done for people who see their child as an extension of their property and not as a whole ass human being. To people who push that narrative, their children are hardly different from their car or house. "But I want to keep kids safe from brainwashing!" they scream. Ok. Valid enough. Do you really think a kid socially transitioning literally just while in school fits that description? Hell, let's even give them the benefit of the doubt and say their kid did so after all their friends "became" trans. I still fail to see how this is a safety emergency. If you're right and it is just "social contagion," treat it like any passing fad and wait for them to ride it out. Tons of people change aspects of who they are when they're still working on sussing that out. If your kid ends up not being trans, no harm done. If they do, they have a better grasp on how to move forward and what all they need to do to achieve that goal because they were able to explore that aspect of their self earlier. In both scenarios, they know their parents do not love them unconditionally.

If you actually want a happy, well-rounded child, you support them and guide them through the rough parts of life. You do not let it be known that certain things, be it gender or religion or political stance, will make you care about them less, or resent them. If you cannot handle a gay kid. A trans kid. A kid who changes religion. A kid who marries someone of a different race. A kid who is disabled. A kid who is different from you in ways you don't anticipate. Do not have children. Get a goldfish or something that doesn't live very long and that you can't traumatize by telling it you don't care.

god all his financial decisions really do stem from his anger at his trans kid leaving him don't they

[autistic-raven-onnagen]

How weird is the name Autism?

It’s weird. Heroism is about heroes. Humanism is about humans. Egoism is about egos. But. Autism is not about auts. It's about autos. So why isn't it called 'Autoism'?

[Sigh! Not that sort of auto!]

Auto comes from the Greek for self, yeah?

Why don't we call Autism 'Selfism' then?

Lots of questions come in about the Autistic self.

How well do I know myself?

Is my self like your self?

Is my self really in charge?

How are selves made?

Why is the YT self so lonely? Why are selves in other cultures so linked and so loved?

When it's cold, why can’t I pull my self-hood up over my head?

What use are selves?

My friend Jess says we’d be lost without them. And he should know. He’s kinda lost without his body.

‘Be selfless,’ they say. ‘Don’t be selfish.’

Selfish? Jess asks if they are like silverfish, swordfish, puffer fish and fish fingers.

Here's another weird thing. Being selfless doesn't mean becoming a walking corpse. It means thinking about more selves! Other selves.

So. Is being selfless such a good thing? Don’t we all need self-care? Self-worth? Self-control? Without a self, how can I be my self? How can we love our selves? But then. Without a self, there would be no self to pity. No self to doubt. No annoying self service at supermarkets!

Also. Surgeons can replace my hip, my lip, my heart. But nothing can replace my self! Not even some young pumped up temping stuffed elf!

Is it selfless or selfish to help my self? And. Is it ok to have more than one self?

Selves give us the power to think — for our selves, yeah? Selves give us the power to feel — for other selves too. So. Why doesn't Autism mean that we Autistic people have awesome powers of the self?!

Why is Autism linked to ‘disease’, ‘defect’, ‘disorder’, ‘breakdown’, or ‘dangerous state’? (OED). If the self was the source of all that disability, shouldn’t it be called Dys Autism?

Diving Deeper: Before 'Autism' was coined, we had even weirder labels stuck to us! Like. Developmental retardation. Dementia praecox or infantile dementia. Aphasia voluntaria. Childhood schizophrenia — thought to be caused by cold hearted parents. Pervasive developmental disorder. Childhood disintegrative disorder.

What do those old labels have in common? Latin! And. It's a language no one speaks any more!

Here’s a thought. Why not replace that Latin lot with a term from some other tongue. And then at least someone else might understand Autism better than I do.

Why not call it 'Takiwātanga'? That lets people who understand Māori know — we need our own time and space for doing things.

Then again. What about using a well known Autistic person's name? I could go with Gadsbygamy. I could handle a Thunberger. I'm up for being Einsteinable. I could survive Darwinism. But Elonitis? No thank you!

What about using an aggro name? You know. The names in big bold letters! Like PDD (NOS). Or ASD. They make you aggro if you have to write the whole damn thing.

Chuckles. I bet I know why it's called Autism Spectrum Disorder. And not Autism Spectrum Syndrome.

So. 'Autism' may be a weird name. But may be it's the best of a big bad bunch.

Take Away: I'm having a hard time squeezing all my wriggly bits into Autism. It's like a shoe size 5! And. One size doesn’t fit all.

In my next post, I'll answer Agent 86's question: What's the best footwear for spies to wear? Did Jess just blurt out — Sneakers!?

Feel free to put your queries about Autism in the Speech Bubble below.

Written on Ngarrindjeri Lands & Waters.

[chargetheintruder]

You know, I was debating with myself on whether I should reblog this or not. Because I'm not sure people would understand or appreciate where I'm coming from on this. But I guess I can explain it. I don't watch television in my apartment. It's a habit of mine. I've cultivated it since childhood, when I had to stay the hell FOCUSED on getting through school, and AWAY from my abusive parents. Yeah, in spite of my low-key having hyperactive ADD and lots of other problems I didn't even have names for, back then. Point is, I find TV way too passive and spammy with commercials. You agree to give up way too much control with TV under good conditions. So that's the first of it. The second is that, as an adult . . . well, people know I have problems with depression, anxiety, and a few know I have some post-traumatic stress issues too. My point is, the state of Illinois, and the local city I live in, essentially considers me "damaged" and a "mope", which lumps me in with LOTS of people. Yes, for political and policy reasons people like me get lumped in with alcoholics and drug addicts, we get lumped in with ex-felons too in terms of some programs and services, and on a social level, yes, while this "lumping in" might make for cost-efficient policy, it also has its way of turning people into social outcasts. We have it about as bad as the homeless people do, but not quite as bad as people of color, in terms of having The Target On Our Backs.

So . . .yes, I've heard and had to put up with a lot of "crazy" in my life. People wanting to hang out with me and "be friends" because I keep it halfway together and stay rational while they're . . . spitting conspiracies and weirdness, and then looking at me funny when I mention real people's real kids being shot dead by cops. And yeah, I wasted some of my life, maybe 10 to 12 years ago, giving as good as I got, in terms of trolling and menacing those sorts online, on the internet. Digging into them for not having evidence, facts or figures. Exposing them for living in fairy-land and being delusional.

But here's the thing about that. This Union. America. The USA. It doesn't care if you're right or wrong. It only cares, under capitalism, if you're an obedient worker drone or not. If you work and make your own money, you're considered human. If you don't, you aren't. In the end, Thomas Piketty was right. We are largely a dictatorship by, of and for the money. And so I get lumped in with the worst of the worst, and most likely so do you, dear reader.

So I maybe set the bar a little bit low compared to most. I don't care if you call yourself a fascist or a Nazi. I don't care if you call yourself MAGA or QAnon. I don't care about the specifics of your brand of conspiracy or madness anymore. This is because my own society insists on dumping me in the same shit-pits you live in too.

But I do care when you guys kill people. And when you threaten to kill people. And when your pet Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene still gets to do her thing in Congress: being a threat to herself and others. I care when you want to militarize the police even MORE and make them even WORSE. I care when you want other people's children dead because I for one know what being OTHER means.

Seriously, do you guys really think a rich-bitch like a Trump, like ANY Trump ever, is going to have your back if they get to take over like Don-Jon threatens, still, from the courtroom? Are you even on this planet with us?

I'm sorry I went on so much. Point is, yeah, I'm in the semi-bad habit of asking, at least mentally, "Hold up, are you suicidal or homicidal?" first. Others have done it to me and mine for so long it's in my vocabulary now. So those are MY questions: Who are you here to kill, you, me, society? And where did you learn that ANY of this bullshit was acceptable?

[morrisxn02]

✍︎ @logiyande

He was halfway towards Linden house when he spotted her as she exited the Athletic Center – her signature vintage baggy sweaters were hard to miss for people who had a keen eye for fashion. Logan seemed like the type of person who would choose comfort over style any day, but whether her outfit choices were intentional or not, she had mastered the art of grandpa-core like no one else on campus.

“Psst, Logan.” He called in that funny way people sometimes do when they don’t want to actively yell, so they will do a weird whisper-yell type of thing. Edward never yelled. Even when it was categorically necessary, he never raised his voice. It was one of the mannerisms he still carried, learned from the strict regimen his mother used to indoctrinate him and his sisters. Some habits had stuck better than others – he still never raised his voice, he still never talked too much about his personal life, and he still waited for everyone to be seated before starting a meal. But others were just second nature he had repressed until he saw himself liberated from her firm grip, like slouching on chairs, sitting on top of tables, and sprinting instead of walking. There was only so much parents could control once their children left the nest, after all.

“Glad I found you here.” By then, he was already sprinting in her direction. “I was about to go to your dorm to drop something off. Saved me the trip.” Thank God, though. Those things were so damn heavy. His hand reached for the vintage Loewe messenger bag hanging from his shoulder, as he began to explain, “Listen, I know your birthday was last month and all, but the Swiss postal service really likes to take its time.” He pulls out the 14-inch box of Caran d’Ache Pablo colored pencils, tied with a red ribbon and a little handwritten note – another one of the mannerisms his mother had passed down to him – wishing her a Happy Belated Birthday. Love, Edward. Instead of her name, he had written her old Tumblr handle as a nod to their little inside joke. “Happy birthday again.”

[icharchivist]

I feel bad for what everyone else is cooking up for Lu Woh over there, but I think I understand

He's very bullyable, so everyone wants to bully him into submission and that includes sexually

Fediel meanwhile is very open and hot, so people want her to sit on their faces (It's me, I'm people)

Orologia is our parent so we're not dragging them into this mess, Ewiyar is a cat and Wamdus is a child, so at least we still have standards despite being horny.

Galleon, tbh, I don't know. She's great but not really my type. Her gimmick is funny and I appreciate the kissies, but while fanservice-y in design she's not as obviously sexual and doesn't trigger that primal instinct to bully

And Wilnas is almost too obvious. I'm not knocking him, I definitely wouldn't turn him down if he wanted to get nasty, he's very attractive and very nice. He's a himbo and an obvious service top, you ask him for something and he does his best to deliver, despite being very stupid. But he'd do his best, always, and you gotta love that for him. He's always giving it his 169%

Lu Woh is really Going Through over here in the Belial realm. in Icha's gardens we don't let it go this far but holy shit.

But yeah i definitely understand the appeals. he looks like a prideful person so it makes sense people are compelled to knock him down a peg (or peg him down idk man). And i think it's something also with Tsundere with the idea that, since they don't say what they mean, maybe if pushed to an extreme they will be forced to be honest eventually yaknow?

For Fediel yeah, exactly, i think she's too in control of her sexuality and more assertive so people just want to be her thing rather than wanting to humble her in some way

likewise though, i can't imagine Orologia in any sexy stuff, they're too parentshaped for that, and yeah, not dragging Ewiyar or Wamdus into any type of sexy conversations either. Standards, and also why would you. I'll add that even if Ewiyar wasn't a cat, Ewiyar is too in love with Ewiyar to even accept anyone else i believe. Just leave her be man.

Galleon is a weird one for me because i definitely think she's meant to be extremely sexy and all, she doesn't do it for me. There's a sort of mix with her of vulnerability and shyness, while also having open affections, so she can definitely hit some boxes here, but she's definitely not my type. I did see lots of porn of her though and i think people really are into the demure and shy look for a sexy body and the kissies and stuff. Idk personally she gives me big sister, or even motherly vibes at times, that i can't see it.

and for Wilnas he's the one that works his charms the most on me in the whole gang actually so, yeah. Gotta love a pure himbo. This is definitely a type of "you're so fucking stupid *removes clothes as we speak*". But yeah you're right, he'd genuinely be a service top and would just do anything he can to please you and he'd be so excited about it, and eventually would just go overboard because he's so determined to please. Those aren't bad things to have in a character.

He's def more made for this. I think him and Fediel are really the ones who are the most designed to make u go goo gaga. I'm not receptive to Fediel but i sure am to Wilnas, so what can i say. played like a cheap kazoo.

but yeah i mean. I've seen dragon porn but what i can really see from it is that Lu Woh is getting It with people intending to leave him Ruined by the experience. So it's. a sight! to behold!

Lu Woh really unhinge people to a whole different level huh!

[mymbios]

Lincoln Parrish

Backwards hat wearing, baseball playing, Dylan O’Brien face ass named Lincoln. He’s the oldest child and only boy. Not super into baseball but plays it because his dad pushes it. He’s an engineering major and a frat boy. He makes up weird food dishes at three in the morning that are bomb af and can’t remember how to recreate them. He had a massive shoe collection and keeps them all lookin noice. He’d eat lasagna every day of the week if his grandma made it. He’s stops to pet every single dog on campus. He’s one of those annoying bros that carries around a whole ass gallon of water and drinks it throughout the day. He has a black jeep that his parents got him for graduation. He likes camping. He wishes every week was shark week. If he’s watching tv it’s either the history channel, food channel, or something sports related. He’s the only frat boy that reads the news and is up on current events. If he wasn’t an engineering major he’d have wanted to be a political science major. He wakes up at the ass crack of dawn to go jogging but comes back home and sleeps before his noon class. He’s been to counseling services on campus to help with some minor OCD. He is the king at beer pong. He had a rough second semester freshman year and was basically a functioning alcoholic, but now had things under control. He eats yogurt for meals most of the time. He makes jokes a lot in class but is a really good student. He accidentally flirts with everyone. He really likes getting involved on campus and takes the volunteering part of being in a frat v seriously. He’s a champ at fundraisers. He didn’t have to study much in high school but now has a very strict study routine that works for him. He had two dates to senior prom. He’d sleep 16 hours a day if he could. He’s the only frat bro that knows how to do laundry. His dad is an alcoholic but won’t admit it so that’s why they butt heads a lot. He hates coffee and tea, but will kill a smoothie in no time. He always has a fresh pair of socks and granola bars in his book bag. He likes playing golf, but sucks at it.

[mychemicalficrecs]

any priest!gerard fics besides unholyverse?

The thing is: this mod, as tumblr says, identifies religiously as 'I was raised Catholic' so going through these fics is always Interesting! But luckily, I think blasphemy and all that shit is hot. With that tmi out of the way: Here's a bunch of fic for you. I didn't try to make this Frank/Gerard, but it still happened.

Frank/Priest!Gerard

Even a Father Has Sins to Confess by MizErie, 9k, Explicit. Father Way knows it's a sin in more than one way, but he just can't help the feelings he has for the altar server in his parish. Young Frank even has aspirations of becoming a priest himself one day. And that has him spending more and more of his time with Father Way as he finishes his last year of high school and prepares to enter seminary. Will Father Way be able to resist his urges or will he succumb to the Devil's temptation?

Against the Works of the Flesh by happilyappled, 63k, Explicit. Frank Iero is the gay teenager who, after coming out to his Catholic family, faces trouble in finding himself and fitting in. He will find himself, though, through Father Way.

Guilt by silentdescant, 7k, Explicit. Frank has an obsession with Father Way.

Not A Saint by happilyappled, 6k, Explicit. Father Way is not just a priest and Frank is not just any other man.

Unholy by cupid_falls, 2k, Explicit. Frank has to stay after youth group

I'll never let them hurt you by KJBrainrot, 33k, Mature. Midnight Mass AU. What can be said about Belleville? Nothing, that's what. It's just one of those suburbs you either manage to escape from, or get stuck in forever. Mikey was of the latter school, he had never even tried to go away. He had to watch all his friends and his brother do. For a weird series of coincidences, though, they all end up back in town at the same time. It's like eighth grade all over again, except Ray's a cop, Frank's all messed up and Gerard...well, Gerard's a fucking priest.

Holy Palmers by nomdeplume (ibelieveinyou), 1k, Explicit. Unholyverse Extended Universe - Priest Gerard fucks Frank's stigmata. (Surprisingly tender)

On The Altar by SadGhostCult, 7k, Explicit. “On the altar, now, Frank,” the priest demanded again, his tone firm and strong, as if he genuinely enjoyed being the dominant one here with full control over Frank—and not only that, but the fact that although the church doors were locked, they really could be caught at any time. Plus, it was definitely a sin to fuck on the altar before Christ. --- Frank can’t remember the last time he went to church, and since he’s been kind of in a bad way recently—failing all his classes, getting into drugs, etc.—his mom forces him to not only attend this Sunday’s service, but to also go to confession with Father Way and admit his sins.

Someone Get Me to a Church by oompapa, Frank/Gerard, Bert/Gerard, Grant/Gerard, Frank/Grant/Gerard, 18k, Explicit. Can be read without watching the show. This is ‘Midnight Mass,’ streamlined with liberties taken to prioritize gay smut. Also, for the sake of forcing Grant’s sexy voice into this thing, this Angel is telepathic now. I am weak and I will see you all in hell.

The Devil's Got Your Number by frnkxo, 4k, Explicit. Frank was the leader of his church's youth group, so naturally, he wouldn't be the first and only teenager to sin and have a crisis of faith. He's a good boy. He loves his faith and his God. He cannot be swayed by the Devil. But of course, Gerard has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Twice a Week, Religiously by mashedpotatoqueen, 5k, Explicit. Frank temporarily moves back in with his parents and they tell him he is going to go to church with them. Whether he likes it or not.

The Sound as You Fall by ontheskyidance, 23k, Explicit. “Told you to be careful,” Frank whispered, sliding his palm to settle it on the edge of the handle. Gerard didn’t even breathe as he locked his fingers around it. One sharp push and the blade would be buried in his throat. “You’re Poison, then,” he guessed easily. Gerard’s lungs burned with the need to gulp air, blood deafening in his ears. “Pleasure to finally meet you, Father.”

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

I sometimes feel extremely odd when I see people's first reaction as to why the GOP allow for so many shootings, so many awful laws and everything else is "money".

Because on the one hand, they're not entirely wrong. But on the other hand, it feels like, and this is just my own feeling, like people are in complete denial. They can't fathom why anyone would want to allow this kind of horrible evil acts to occur except for greed and wealth.

It's like they can't bring themselves to face just how hateful, cruel, sadistic and power-hungry the enemy really is, how much their acts arguably make LESS money, but make plenty of sense if you look at it from a position of doing so for the cruelty and control.

It's weird to me because it's something I understand almost near instantly, because I've seen and heard fantasies built on cruelty, on revenge and causing pain and malice for the sake of indulging that sick kind of bloodlust, even if it was ultimately just a fantasy that would never be acted on.

Money was rarely, if ever, a factor, or was usually a side benefit at most.

So why does the rest of society struggle to see this sadism and cruelty for what it is?

Does that make any sense?

It's not sadism, not exactly. It's a moralistic fantasy where they are the good guys punishing the bad guys and therefore anything goes in service of those fantasies. Shootings are okay because otherwise they'll take away my gun (they will, they 100 percent will, how dare you disagree with me!) and that interferes with my personal power fantasy of getting to mow down a home invader. I should be allowed to abuse my child because it's my moral right as a parent to establish the correct order with me on top. Hate speech should be allowed because it doesn't personally affect me, but I should also be allowed to ban queer books because I don't like them and my judgment is clearly the only one that matters. I'll call you all whores for getting an abortion even if I'm getting my own at the moment. And so on, and so far.

It's all me, me, me, me. I'm the good guy, I'm the smart one, I'm always right, and therefore I should get to make all the decisions and democracy is a mistake made by the weak because it allows those people to have a voice.

[gallifrey1sburning]

Muggle Technology Through the Ages:

A vague and incomplete timeline of what people were using when for writers who want to avoid anachronistic technology use in their canon timeline-compliant Harry Potter fic.

Keeping track of the evolution of technology is hard! Here's a cheat sheet for those of you who either a) like me, have trouble keeping track in your head even though you lived through it, or b) are young enough that you didn't live through a lot of it at all.

Phones:

Land lines were the norm well into the 90s. Not only that, but CORDLESS landlines didn’t even become prevalent until the mid 90s; they still cost hundreds of dollars in 1994, and the frequencies on them were weird, so you would sometimes hear your neighbors’ phone calls by accident. Ours used to turn on my little sister’s remote control Barbie car. We thought it was haunted.

Although cell phones have been around since the 80s, they were uncommon until the 90s, and then they were nothing near as ubiquitous as they are now. In 2000, when I was in high school, I had ONE friend with a cell. I got my first one in 2002, and it was only for emergencies while driving, because when I’d get lost I would have to pull over and use a pay phone otherwise.

Unlimited calling wasn’t a thing until 2002; until then, all plans were pay per minute. A lot of plans stayed that way for many years after. “Roaming” cost more. (Roaming was when you were outside of your own area code, basically.) When you moved, you got a new number.

Texting was expensive and difficult for ages. You used your normal phone numeral keys and a system called T9 tried to figure out what you meant, because every number stood for 3-4 letters. It was a giant pain in the ass.

The first full QWERTY keyboard phones came out in 1997, and most people didn’t have them until the early 2000s. I got my first one in 2007, and no one thought anything of it.

There was NO internet capability of any sort on mass market cell phones until 2000/2001. After that, it was still pretty limited until the iPhone came out.

Texting didn’t really become a big part of how we communicate until 2002/2003 for most people. And, like calls, they charged per text, so you were VERY careful and would get super mad at your friends who pushed you over your limit, because that shit was expensive. I can’t find info on when unlimited texting started being offered, but I didn’t get it until 2007/2008.

The first iPhone also came out in 2007. It was the first phone with full internet access. It was also the second full touchscreen phone ever, and the first one (the LG Prada) was only announced a month before.

Camera phones have existed since 2000ish, but weren’t the main method people used for pictures until much later, mostly because they were super shitty. I still had a separate, physical digital camera in 2008/2009.

Internet:

Consumer access to the internet was virtually nonexistent until 1995. My family got it circa 1997. It was all dial up.

Dial up was slow, sometimes you couldn’t connect, and it USED YOUR PHONE LINE. Remember, from above, the fact that landlines were the predominant phones until the early 2000s? Yeah. If you didn’t have multiple lines, you weren’t likely to be online for very long at a go. My parents limited us to 20 minutes. Also, sometimes, if a call came in while you were online, you’d get kicked off.

Broadband came out in the late 90s, and people were still commonly using dial up until the mid 2000s

WIFI wasn’t common for consumer use until the mid 2000s, either.

We may not have been texting, but we were all VERY into instant messaging. Pretty much everyone had AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) or ICQ starting in the late 90s as well. I did a lot of late night chatting when my family was asleep and I wouldn’t be tying up the phone line.

Social media & popular websites:

Here are some key dates for when various things that seem like they’ve been around forever actually started!

Google: 1998

Livejournal: 1999

MySpace (it was huge before Facebook and not mostly for musicians!): 2003

Facebook: 2004, and you had to have an email address from a college or university that had been formally included until 2006.

YouTube: 2005

Twitter: 2006

Spotify: 2006

Tumblr: 2007

Instagram: 2010

Tinder: 2012 (before that, the biggest online dating services were Match.com (1995), eHarmony (2000) and OkCupid (2004).)

Bonus: Netflix came out in the late 90s, but it was a physical DVD mail order subscription service. They didn’t introduce streaming until 2007!

Music:

CDs came out in the early 90s, but a lot of people kept using cassettes for a long time afterwards. I got my first CD player in the late 90s; portable CD players weren’t popular before that because the CDs would skip if you jostled the player. My first car (a 1991 model I bought in 2001) only had a cassette player, so I had this weird converter thing to hook it up to my CD player. Mostly I just listened to the radio, though.

Digital music wasn’t super big before the late 90s/early 2000s, and even then, we were mostly downloading (read: stealing) it and burning it to CDs. Napster was the main service we used for piracy at first; it came out in 1999. That’s around when mix CDs started overtaking mix tapes for wooing people with pointed song lyrics.

The first MP3 player came out in 1997. iPods (which were JUST for music) were introduced in 2001, and CDs only started to lose popularity around 2003. I got my first iPod in college (an iPod mini) and it was SO COOL. It came in 4 or 6 GB versions.

Some of this info is from research, some from personal (and American) experience, but hopefully it’s helpful! I didn’t bother to go into computers or TV here, but they’ve changed a hell of a lot, too, and I’m happy to do a run down some other time. Suffice to say that the TV I took to college with me in 2003 was a 12” screen tube TV with a built in DVD player, and that before leaving for college, I didn’t have my own computer—I shared it with my entire family. There were six of us. Yeah.