#learning from elders

[grazelandfarm]

Growing up my grandma always sent us outside during the day to play. This was in the growing age of video games and cell phones, neither of which I really never took an interest in. You would wake up in the early morning around 8 am and change into “play clothes” and head out into the backyard- shoes were typically optional.

Our backyard was like Neverland. Trees and bushes to hide in and around, mulberry and plum trees to pick snacks off of during the day. Drinking from the garden hose was just what ya did because you weren’t going to be running in and out of the front door while grandma was trying to clean or working on canning vegetables from her garden.

Grandma’s garden was beautiful. Nestled up against the back side of the house I can remember seeing tulips, pansies, and my absolute favorite, her moon flowers. Large white flowers that only stayed open for the first few minutes of my time outside in the morning, but were the size of my head at night when they bloomed. While I don’t have any photos of Grandma’s garden, it lives safely in my memories and I think about it often.

That was just the flowers however, Grandma had tons of vegetables growing too. Tomatoes, peppers, onions, squash- you name it she grew it. Something small that I also remember was that no matter how many times she washed her hands, grandma’s fingernails always had garden dirt under them- which should be gross, but it was only because she really did spend all her time tending to her garden and her plant babies.

-Batts

**Photos are AI-Generated since photos of my childhood home/ garden and grandmother don't exist.

[fastlane-freedom]

The Timeless Wisdom of Grandparents: Lessons In Digital Age

In the modern, fast-paced world, where technology evolves at an unprecedented speed and societal norms are constantly shifting, there is a source of wisdom that remains steadfast and enduring: the wisdom of grandparents. Grandparents are the unsung heroes of our families, the bearers of invaluable knowledge and experience that can guide us through life’s complexities. Their timeless wisdom…

[wise-blue-cookies]

Dick, training baby robin: If a guy in white looks like a wannabe Batman shows up, you start throwing things at him and spray water in Bruce's face and tell him " Doomed yaoi is not the way to go"

Robin!Jason: Why would I need to do that ??

Dick , w/ a thousand yard stare: You don't wanna know...

[oncillabrigade]

Someday, Damian is going to outpace Tim height-wise. He'll be at least a couple inches taller, because Damian's parents are both tall(ish) while Tim has done everything in his power short of getting an Ed Elric-style arm to stunt his own growth.

Once that happens, Damian will uncover his greatest power of all, a power he had only dreamt of before now, a power possessed by Superboy himself. Because once Dami is even a centimeter over Tim's head, this will occur:

Tim: Nice try, [insert rogue name], but you've officially been busted by Red Robin and the boy wonder himself.

Damian: Why does your name come first?

Tim: I'm older.

Damian:

Damian: *opens mouth*

Damian: *draws the biggest breath of his life*

Damian: I'M TALLER!!!!!

Unfortunately for Damian, he is not Jon, and Tim is not ten, and therefore, Tim has a comeback.

Tim: Name a single culture where height is a basis for authority and we'll talk.

Damian is devastated. He lashes out. They have their biggest argument in years. It gets physical. It gets vicious.

And yes, the rogue does get away while they fight.

[absolutechaosss]

Oh my god I saw someone saying that Somerton is a good reason to not always listen to elder queers a take that is so insufferable. One. "Elder" queers were some of the first people to see something was up with Somerton and encourage more critical thinking. Two. He's what we're counting as an elder queer?? Him?? The Mario franchise is older than him let's calm down

[vic-does-battlecats]

Tawnycrow

[mazken]

brush test slash rendering practice with ayem

[dirty-bosmer]

“You are a true daughter of Sithis. Everything you touch dies."

His Silencer just killed the entirety of the Black Hand and he doesn't know whether to be mad or 🥵 about it

[marimeeko]

Maybe a drabble where Katsuki (and the rest of 1-A) is invited to EraserMic's wedding after the war, because after everything that happened, they don't want to put it off any more.

And Katsuki is introspective about it, because there they are, two adult male heroes, getting married to each other. While the wedding is a private affair, and you know Aizawa hates the press and wouldn't let them anywhere near their big day, it IS public knowledge.

And Katsuki, long suffering a deep devotion to Izuku (and realizing what that actaully means, ie, he's in LOVE with the idiot) and several months into funding and designing that passion project of his, can't help but secretly be heartened by seeing a Queer romantic couple of widely known and loved Heroes be recognized and accepted in the Hero space.

Not that he'd ever be apologetic about his feelings for Izuku, or his own Queerness, but Katsuki finds comfort in seeing Eraser and Mic so happy, smiling at each other in that way, as if they can finally be open.

He looks at Izuku, finding the nerd beaming brightly at their teachers' happiness, and imagines one day, that he could be that happy with Izuku, and they could gather in front of all their loved ones. And the Hero World would welcome them too.

[sternenhimmel-mond]

Apparently, skulls and blood used to be believed to be a cure for diseases and epilepsy. Like. Consuming them and also using the blood topically. Maybe that's why everyone in tes has skulls in their homes.

[fangirlforeversthings]

He was the best guy around

What about the people he murdered?

What muuurder?

[jackdaw-and-hattrick]

Red Hood, as a general rule, doesn’t usually interfere with petty robberies as they don’t go against his rules. The only exception is if he has a strong feeling things are going to escalate (or if it’s a particularly slow night but what’s it to you?). Usually this’ll go one of two ways. Either

A) they run off (most common)

Or B) he drags the offending parties off by the scruff and shove some packets on them for places to go for help with money issues

However if they happen to be particularly rude (or he just happens to be in a particularly goofy mood) Hood has a very… interesting… way of dealing with things. Namely, the red chancla.

[the-silver-kingdoms-king]

Is it odd that I just can’t see you wearing fancy suits and ties, and only glittery gowns and ribbons? Like you just scream the type of guy who dresses femininely as much as possible, while still wholeheartedly using He/Him pronouns. Or is that just me?

"I can't say you're incorrect."

"I find suits to be rather restrictive, and I much favor mobility over appearance."

[iwatcheditbegin]

being a boomer swiftie and knowing what an actual Easter egg is really makes some of this constant clowning insufferable.

[mothymoon]

He's coming back he's coming back he's gonna be playable

I'm not sure if that means he's alive or if he's just playable despite being dead. I'm gonna pretend he's alive.

[bywandandsword]

The amount of nonbinary people I've encountered that in some way relate their gender to deer is not insignificant, and I wonder why that is. Everyone always talks about nonbinary people and frogs but i think there's something here with the deer