#maybe even middle school

[justicecaballer]

merry inktober! day 2 prompt was discovery so here are these two discovering something idk

bonus image for scale under the cut bc i did this absurdly small for some reason

[pastelchad]

Not sure why but I feel like fem!Ritsu was a cheerleader in high school and college

[front-facing-pokemon]

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

Some days I feel like “I am Martin Blackwood and I am not lonely anymore‼️”should be my daily affirmation or something

[p5-apotelesma]

im pretty sure some orphanages in japan will Pay for a child’s school tuition* up until highschool. and goro signed a contract with shido at 15? right when he was meant to enter highschool? (and would also likely be aged out of the foster system. yes some have done this to kids as young as 15)

the whole thing this just screams. goro about to be homeless (or is already) and having nothing but his dreams of revenge as a goal or window into a future that from his perspective he. didnt have. at all. (only justifiable through being a vessel for his mothers vengeance, mostly) he would otherwise live on the streets in poverty.

goro is not of age of majority, so shido owns his condo. shido got him his internship with the SIU. his media connections. and the financial means to continue his education. (and he can take it all away.)

okay so. you know how maruki Actualizes sumire because it was what she wanted. because she was suicidal and this was her minds first line of defense? and even though it was Wrong and Very Fucked Up she acknowledges that it Got her through it?

i see yaldy giving goro his gift. of access to the cognitive world. of his awakening. the same fucking way. as a neat little parallel. motivations aside, a case of those in positions of power experimenting on suffering children who are desperate enough to seek an end to their pain that they would throw their lives away. it was very fucked up but. it got him through it. this was the only path he could see.

of course goro would be given this power when he needed it most. during a massive and stressful change in his life. yet another major trauma in a series piled on top. (just like when ren got his.)

[whollyjoly]

i just have a feeling / you're better off than you think you are

(song insp.)

[cozylittleartblog]

chat imma be honest that project diva PC release has had lasting consequences ,

[gooselymoral]

I'm 40 pages into rereading a Titan's Curse after many many years and man does age change things.

I remember being 11 going "how could Bianca just give up on Nico to become a hunter" but she was a terrified 12 year old girl who's had to raise her little brother alone, and in the first hour of her discovering that she's a half-blood- after nearly being killed by either a monster or a gunwielding helicopter- she's approached by a pack of amazing girls and a Goddess who saves her life, tells her she can have 1. A family Forever (which she's Never really had), 2. her brother taken care of by people she Assumes are responsible and skilled, And 3. immortality- which to a 12 year old doesn't sound terrible even though it very much so is.

They got her in the First. 36. Pages.

[koszmarnybudyn]

The line between yeah that an antromophorbic tiger, and holy shit what in the cgi cats movie human man abomination is this, when drawing Frost is pretty narrow and unfortunetly i still suck at not crossing it.

[tommyssupercoolblog]

Anyone else constantly leaving a space open in your heart for the friends who left or got tired of you or grew apart from you because the thought of "what if they come back" keeps you up at night when you try to fully get over it so instead you let that rotting decayed corpse of your friendship grow mushrooms and moss that take root inside your heart and live there even after years have gone by. And you could uproot it, but the chance of them coming back is only almost zero. Not zero. So you let it live there and it festers and sometimes you cough up spores and pollen from the decay that's still living inside you.

You're always waiting subconsciously, like the dog who died at the train station waiting for it's owner to come back. You don't declutter, you save space for them. You wait. And you wait.

And you make new friends. But you're still waiting.

????

[peitalo]

these are from 2013-2015 ..? i don’t know i’ve been here for my entire life

[staticmothed]

Velvette makes a post absolutely dragging Charlie about her lack of style (“why is the princess of hell always dressed like if a waiter fucked a clown”)

Like all things Velvette posts, it trends- people getting in on the “joke”, posting candid pics they have of Charlie, generally being very mean about her appearance with the barest amount of plausible deniability that it’s all in good fun. It also generates an insane amount of discourse- it’s not cool to make fun of peoples appearances, this is clearly because Charlie prefers masculine clothing, etc. The more people get angry and engage in the conversation, the more the trend of roasting Charlie is boosted.

Things spiral- there’s a backlash to the backlash, people doubling down, arguing that it’s fine, actually, because Charlie is a privileged hellborn monarch, she can handle some jokes at her expense, that she’s not even butch, and like, did you SEE her interview with killjoy, she’s clearly faced worse-

Velvette knows Charlie isn’t really online, that by the time she hears about it, the cycle might even be over, but that’s not the point. Charlie isn’t popular, not beloved- she needs to be reminded that the sinners she’s trying to save can be turned against her like that.

[reco-obsessed]

we know that Reko's father forced her into the industry at an early age, but it's not entirely clear what genre. The idea of it being an 'industry' definitely implies she was more of a pop idol since there isn't really a 'classical' industry in the same vein, though there is still definitely heavy competition and a lot of notoriety to be gained through being very skilled at classical music, especially at an early age, so I wouldn't be so quick to write that off, either. Even so, the plot line of her being 'forced to make music she didn't want to make' and her father being blinded by money definitely feels like it makes more sense in the context of a popstar. In my personal opinion, I like the pop idol route because it really emphasizes the distinction between her current views and aesthetic and the one her father would've been trying to get her to be. A sudden stark rebellion by going super edgy and emo in middleschool contrasts with her needing to be seen as nice, innocent, happy all the time (and probably a fair bit more feminine than she actually felt, too, since alt styles are heavily associated with androgyny). Its also worth noting that she mentioned crushing multiple huge industry offers throughout her later years, which further implies she had a strong reputation already. However logic is pulling on my sleeve and it's telling me that it honestly feels weirder for a 10-13 (this age range being chosen with the logic that it would've had to been *before* or she entered middle school, as per her personal account) year old kid to be a super successful pop idol than a highly successful classical music prodigy. Though, I guess there's the possibility her father actively lied about her age to get her in the idol industry.

[carcinized]

Genuinely infuriating that American youth begged for gun safety and climate action and the Trump administration is going "Oh your teachers are turning you transgender? Don't worry we got you." Don't talk about protecting the youth if you are not going to listen to the very vocal youth.

[folkloregirlfriend]

today i realised i have a body and a name and people can see me

[lanternlightss]

as of late i have been haunted by the thoughts of venti + vennessa + nameless bard polycule . they are . in mybrain