#our old friend death

[arsenicflame]

being Ed & Izzy's marriage counsellor is a full time job, but baby i am working overtime

[toxicoldmenyaoi]

yeah. yup. toxic old men this time. together. as couples. nominate your favorite messy old men.

Exactly what it says on the tin. Lets talk about some toxic ass old men.

da rules are written in the form but here they are to reiterate:

- ONE SHIP PER SUBMISSION!!! you may submit a form as many times as you please, but for my sanity, please one per form. It'll make counting them up a LOT easier.

- The top 32 nominations will be participating.

- Qualification of this bracket: Must be old. Gotta be messy (to a degree). gender isn't real but the vibes are exemplified by the peanut gallery above. Under 30yos are not going to count.

- No incest or pedophile ships.

- This is about fictional characters. Please no RPF

- Please be kind. To yourselves. To each other. And to me, just a regular guy.- The Final Tallies won't be posted, so the bracket itself can be a Surprise! Hopefully I will get this up in a week.

- Pretty please be kind. I'm just a little guy.

- Don't forget to be kind to each other too. This is for funsies

-INQUIRIES TO: https://toxicoldmanyaoi.tumblr.com/ask

This form will be open starting September 30th, 2023 and will end in ONE MONTH on October 30th, 2023 at 11:59 EST !!!

good luck everyone!!!

[headfullof-ideas]

What’s this? Two doodles in one day? Absurd. And even more absurd, it’s a doodle I’ve been meaning to do for a while now! Just like the one i posted earlier!

Ant’s opinion and situation regarding his family structure changes greatly over the years, as he goes from having practically no family, with his relationship with Gobber and Gothi strained and complicated and filled with self-doubts, to collecting family members like Pokémon.

[bl-bracket]

Best QL Marriage Proposal

Round 1

Phupha & Tian (Our Skyy 2 x A Tale of Thousand Stars) vs Kurosawa & Adachi (Cherry Magic: The Movie)

King & Uea (Bed Friend) vs Togawa & Nozue (Old Fashion Cupcake)

Karan & Adachi (Cherry Magic TH) vs Lian & Kuea (Cutie Pie)

Charn & Tinn (Laws of Attraction) vs Oyei & Cher (Wandee Goodday)

Tan & Bun (Manner of Death) vs Zheyu & Bingwei (We Best Love: Fighting for Mr. 2nd)

Sam & Mon (GAP: The Series) vs Zerui & Zhongyi (Kiseki: Dear to Me)

Payu & Rain (Wedding Plan) vs Bo Xiang & Zhi Gang (HIStory 3: Make Our Days Count)

Puen & Talay (Vice Versa) vs Jin Xuan & Bai Lang (My Tooth Your Love)

[cator99]

I always get detained at da border because PROFUNC never ended but basically I'm like if a targeted individual didn't even care

[shhh-secret-time]

To be honest, stardew valley has me in such a chokehold. It always has, even before the 1.6.

In such a way that my brain wants to smash my hyperfixation into it. So late at night I'll be awake thinking of this stardew/south park mashup.

Call that bad boy Star Park AU.

But no brain! Bad! We already have too much going on! You have a Secret Soulmate AU. Fantasy AU, A Cowboy AU story staring Kenny that's still in the outline phase, and these one shots!

(Look at the tags to watch me descent into madness)

[turrondeluxe]

One question I would like to ask: [How do the turtle tots see their papa? (Part 1, because I can't put everything in here)] Do they idolize him as their hero, or as just their jolly turtle dad? You said the kids do end up learning ninjutsu. Dis they discover this by chance and wanted to learn, or did Mikey realized by himself it was a good idea to teach them? Did their perception of their father change because of it? And do they think Mikey it's a good sensei?

They adore their dad and love him very much!

They do idolize him, but just as a loving parent figure. After all, they can't truly envision the silly turtle that sings while cooking their meals in the hero light and they get truly flabbergasted each time Mikey tells them stories of his brothers and their adventures because they always forget their dad also lived them (Will get back to this in a bit, following the order of your ask ;] ).

The kids do know ninjutsu! They are all in completely different levels of it though.

Mikey wanted them to be able to defend themselves in case they ever got themselves in dangerous situations but he never does force them to practice into it more if they don't wish to. Uno and Moja are the ones who get into more advanced training from Mikey when older and they spar with each other and with Mikey constantly (Uno is the one who thought it would be cool of him to get better at ninjutsu, to be like his uncles, and Moja decided to get more training as well only because she didn't want Uno to get a big head about it, she always humbles him if needed be). Yi knows the basic of self defense and only uses her training from time to time just to burn off energy, Odyn trains with her on these occasions. Odyn does Not enjoy training much but he does know the basics of self defense and likes spending time with his siblings to goof around in training.

They do start training ninjutsu because of Mikey talking more about his brothers, Uno was the one who brought the idea of them learning in the first place. When teaching them Mikey always explains that what he's teaching them can harm others and for them to be responsible with it, he just wants them to be safe and to take care of each other. That last thought is something that stays with the kids forever. The kids are brought up in a loving and safe space so Mikey never truly has doubts if teaching them was a bad idea because the kids actually see training as a sort of way where they can burn off excessive energy to have fun and not as something they need to Not Die. The only problem Mikey sometimes has is when they get hurt during training (sprained limbs, moja hitting Uno a bit too hard without meaning to).

The kids perception of Mikey never truly changes from their loving papa, even after learning everything he went through, because they understand where he is coming from (a literal war, being a child soldier, losing his entire family). They love him the same.

The fact that they feel somewhat disconnected from the Mikey of their dad's stories and anecdotes is somewhat of a factor as well. They can't help to just feel like those are completely different lives of someone they know and love because, even after so much tragedy, they look at Mikey and he seems in so much peace now. They are happy for him And are there for him.

Mikey is the best sensei! He makes the trainings fun and actually enjoyable! They love their papa sensei.

The photo April found of Mikey and his brothers has been on their shrine at their home ever since the kids can remember. Since that (April sending Mikey the photo) happened when the kids were fairly small they can't truly remember when it happened BUT babies do sense and react to their parents emotional cues so the kids definitely started crying alongside Mikey as soon as they saw him crying (Mikey had the first ever turtle pile with the babies that day, it was nice). After this Mikey started to cry easily again as he did when younger so the kids are actually used to their dad being an emotional crier (any strong emotion) and hugger/smoocher in general since they grew up with him :'], Odyn is an emotional crier too! just like their dad!

The kids did not know of the way Mikey's brothers died until they were much older and emotionally stable. They grew up with stories of their uncles (visiting Donatello's grave specifically, playing heroes and using their family as characters) and they knew that they had passed on but they only learnt of how they died and the whole backstory (being raised as child soldiers, THE WAR, the way they got murdered, Mikey's solitude time just going around killing bad guys) until they were much older. As one would learn the whole family lore when adult.

Mikey was open about their family story because the kids are family too after all.

When learning all of it the kids were definitely shocked but, again, the view of their loving father didn't actually change in their perception. Yi and Odyn were just So Sad about how tragic the story of their family is. Not surprisingly, Moja and Uno were the ones truly angry at an outside force (the whole foot thing) completely destroying their family in a generational war but there's nothing they can do except be angry for a bit, after all by this time Casey Marie and April have won back New York alongside the revolution, Hiroto is long dead and the generational war is no more. They all cry together and have a turtle pile again that day :']

The kids know there's no more revenge to be had, and that every second they are alive living a happy life with their family is like saying "fuck you. I Win" to the generational war thing and that their uncles would be so happy to know that they grew up safe and in a loving manner.

[laceratedlamiaceae]

same energy

[izzyssarcasticparrot]

If Sam Bellamy doesn't show up in season 2 as a rich single DILF then what's the fucking point

[silverspadesss]

i have not seen rahul kohli in anything but i do now think he’d be perfect as sam bellamy in ofmd. i also wholeheartedly support jermaine clement as charles vane and i could see colin morgan as paulsgrave williams simply because he fits my interpretation of him and if we have sam we have to have paulsgrave. they could be a healthy foil of platonic ed and izzy.

[bijoumikhawal]

"Biden is the best choice and he's actually really empathetic and reasonable but also you can't wait for a candidate that won't do genocide and war crimes because to become a presidential candidate you have to be willing to do that" see what you fundamentally don't understand is I'm not waiting for a candidate that won't do war crimes, because I know that. I cannot morally stomach this system, it's a joke to claim its democratic, and AMERICA DELENDA EST. this country is a plague on this Earth

[cringeisdeadandsoami]

did any other women enjoyers see the season 2 first look pics, see this:

and go directly into gay panic before making it their phone background or just me?

[howlsmovingmind]

Cancer is a weird thing.

That sounds crazy when you don’t have cancer because duh, cancer is a weird thing

But having cancer (especially when it’s likely going to kill you sooner rather than later) makes you feel a little bit like you’re just biding your time until you eventually fall asleep and go to bed. That heavy eyed sleep, where you feel like it’s the most natural thing in the world.

I talk about dying and how I would want my body to be taken care of, and people outside of my family get freaked out. They talk like there’s no chance I don’t pull through and that it’s my destiny to live. And the crazy thing about this is that there is a small chance that I don’t die.

But I have a feeling that’s not my story.

You ever just get a feeling about how something will go? It’s that.

I read “The Fault in Our Stars” the first time I was diagnosed. I could relate to Hazel, the way people stare at you, and the weird incomplete acceptance of death. I was always curious if my story would mirror that of Augustus.

“Do I die at the end?”

I never realized how uncommon that line of thought was until I told a friend of mine that I kept wondering if I die at the end.

“I can’t imagine what goes through your head most days”

He believes that I survive long enough to die of old age or a freak accident. Most do.

But my Mother looks at me and I know that she sees what I see: a sick kid. Maybe one that doesn’t recover. And I know it in the way she kisses my forehead and the way she holds my hand.

I know death like an old friend. Familiar and comfortable. I know I’ll sleep well in their hands. The same way I sleep when my mother holds me.

To better skin,

Howl

[nebulouscoffee]

... well it's that time of the year already. If anyone's got a Star Trek ask I'd love a distraction <3

[youmagnificentbeast]

I'm sure the gravy basket is gonna look different for everyone, but there were seagulls in ed's

I'd love for buttons to be able to travel between the real world and the gravy basket

[theclaravoyant]

Do you think Ed knows Izzy whittles and makes up little stories to deal with trauma

Do you think he knows he sings