#they are his children change my mind

[smugsomeone]

he ducklings

[rocketbirdie]

i don't want to lose you. i don't want to lose this

[ambigrueity]

Incredibly long post about Trey and Riddle's Relationship that I vaguely said I'd do in the tags of my posts somewhere

Disclaimer: this is not intended to be shipping in any way I very much view them as family, even more so after these updates. To start with I'm going to separate their relationship into 3 distinct stages and focus on their perceptions of each other at each stage. I think their relationship is wonderfully written As usual, I ramble so sorry in advance, but I really want to analyze how complex they are.

Stage one: Childhood: ||Riddle|| A friend: Trey and Chenya were Riddle's first friends. Riddle had spent his whole life knowing the four walls of his home and his mother and both Trey and Chenya were his gateway to experiencing the world outside his windows. As such, they're immensely valuable to him. Under his mother he had no other way to grow socially, so when provided with a logical reason for going out and playing (Chenya stated his grandpa believed play is a form of study) he jumped at it because he wanted that connection. Trey specifically was his ideal. I think he looked up to him a lot. Normal home life. His mother didn't confine or trap him in any way. And he could eat whatever he liked. That's why when Trey said that one or two slices of tart wouldn't hurt, it was good enough to sway Riddle. All his life he'd grown up hearing about sweets being poison. But Trey seems happy and fulfilled so surely it's not as bad. However, breaking his mother's rule made him lose everything. The momentary friendship he'd built and any chance of freedom. It impressed upon him the importance of following the rules because breaking them lead to loss. And on top of that, it left him with guilt. I talk a lot about Trey's guilt in this situation (and I will talk more) but Riddle has his own guilt too that just manifested in a different way. More on that later.

||Trey|| A brother: While Riddle might have viewed Trey as a friend (no doubt because he was an isolated only child with a different perception and a lot of baggage tied to the world family), Trey saw him as a brother. He expressly states in his dream that Riddle was smart enough to identify plants and flowers and had enough magic control to get their soccer ball out of the trees, and he felt proud to have a smart little brother. And this sort of label is easier for him because he comes from a rather healthy family with siblings and has a blood brother around Riddle's age. Instinctively, Riddle became someone he wanted to care for, spoil, and cherish. That's why after knowing Riddle wanted to try a tart he wanted to let him. Later on, he tries to dismiss or come to terms with his actions in various ways, stating that it was not his place and of course anyone would get upset if their house rules and dietary restrictions weren't being respected. He tries to make it out into a joke, saying it's become a family incident of sorts that they just laugh about. "Who gets that mad at children playing." But underneath all those attempts to bury his own trauma, lies guilt. Because he feels, deep down, that as a brother he should have protected Riddle better. And instead, after just 2 months, he had to see everything that made Riddle happy stripped away again. More on this later. Stage 2: Riddle's First Year

||Riddle|| A stranger. Riddle's changed. He's developed some of his mother's anger. He's been confined for years. And because of that one incident with the tart, he firmly believes that growth and by extension fulfillment can only happen under the rules. Moreover, since Trey represents that period of his life where he learned that lesson rather harshly, he ices Trey out, pretending he barely knows him. After all, they might as well be strangers after all these years. Especially since Trey is banned from his house. This is a result of the guilt I mentioned earlier. He failed to follow his mother's rules and the punishment put Trey and his peaceful family that he looked up to in the crossfire. I think a part of him doesn't know how to face Trey after all that, worried that he might hate him. However, he cannot fully erase his own memories. So it is Trey he consults when he asks how to challenge a dorm leader for the seat. Even if he's distancing himself by calling him "Clover-senpai" Trey still remains someone he trusts to a degree. After Riddle takes the throne he makes a decision I find interesting. He doesn't select a vice, instead he leaves it to the popular vote. This could be read two ways IMO. Either, he didn't feel the need to have a vice because he was so confident in his own skills, but was aware that it was customary to have one so it didn't matter to him who it was. Or, deep down, he was afraid that no one would be willing to work with him. After seeing his dream, I do think it might be the latter. All of the darkness versions of his card soldiers showed some form of disloyalty. Willing to go along with the idea that they might jump ship, or that Riddle could be overpowered. It's this insecurity born from his own fear of his mother. He knows he's become a reflection of her, and he's worried how other people might react to it. In the end, he's still chasing those relationships from childhood, but is stuck believing that rules are the only way to keep what little happiness he has which alienates him from Trey to a degree. ||Trey|| A brother still: Despite the years, Trey's feelings about Riddle hadn't changed much other than being swamped with underlying guilt. Upon realizing that Riddle was going to attend NRC, his first instinct was to create a space for him. Trey generally, is introverted but excited to see his childhood friend again, he ends up talking to the people around him saying that Riddle was a quiet but studious boy and he hopes that people will welcome him. That was at least, before he saw what Riddle had become (he ended up fighting Floyd at the entrance ceremony) leaving Trey with the realization that this was not the boy he knew anymore. And worse, he was pretending not to know him. I'm sure it hurt, but even so, when RIddle asked about dueling the housewarden, he did try to accommodate him (after getting over his initial shock). The thing that gets me the most, however, is that Trey still saw the good in him. Trey in the rose maze part of Riddle's dream tells Ortho that the first thing Riddle did when he became housewarden was tend to the roses. To him that was a sign that Riddle was still somewhere in there and he was willing to support that. He would have been resigned to accepting that he was a stranger to Riddle if he hadn't been elected vice, but regardless of how Riddle felt, Trey still felt responsible for him. Both out of guilt and because he was still family.

[melondareaper]

Double posting because I can

Man children

[kucho04]

My gift for @takao-in-sekai <3 Kuroko and Takao spending time together, featuring some fun wings ✨

I love both characters dearly and the prompts were very interesting! I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed working on it. Thank you @knbexchange for hosting this event :)

[imagine-to-be-a-pike]

Me when he has an abusive parent,Whom he wants to impress,good at fighting ,went from a soft child to an asshole golden child but he's still like a child in the fog sometimes, probably neurodivergent,had a sister,likes men and his name starts with A

[aprito]

sos month day 16: like fire / like water wanted to redraw something from 2015 and remembered how badly i wanted to replay the game this is based on. tldr battle ninja island everyone is alive and cant die for some reason. platonic extremely jaded old man sewercidal sasori x zero nerve no respect for male authority figures teenage brat sakura is too good to pass up. dial that shit up to 200%. basically the worst month ever for the both of them

[centuryberry]

Sometimes, I wonder how I got so fixated with Lego Monkie Kid. I adore it to bits and rewatch it constantly.

Then, I remember that I grew up with Inuyasha and Dragon Ball as my cornerstone anime, which are pretty much different sides of the same coin that is JTTW. I was drawn to JTTW-inspired content all along. Me obsessing over LMK was inevitable.

[ananke-xiii]

Okay, I think I can finally share this now.

In my version of "Moriah" Chuck orders Jack to kill Castiel with the promise of bringing things back to how they were before all the mess they're in now, Mary included. Jack starts panicking and crying and is clearly being played but he's in no state to rationalize things so he starts blurting out all kinds of stuff and eventually resolves to actually do it. Sam and Dean are forced to watch by Chuck and are totally incapacitated just like us, hypothetical viewers, are made to watch Jack's tragedy as it unfolds.

But Castiel is okay with that and actually plans to do the deed himself in order to avoid at least this one pain in Jack's life so he comes close to Jack and holds his face in one hand while the other is ready for the blade. He needs to tell him one last thing before the end. They're both crying but somehow Cas find the courage to recite a different type of blessing over the children, one that of course doesn't involve God and it goes something like this:

Jack, don't cry. It's okay, it's okay.

I need to tell you something, Jack and I need you to listen carefully, okay? Okay, good.

Being elected as your father has been the greatest joy and honor of my life. Hey, it's okay, shhh, it's okay, listen to me.

It was a joy so great that I got scared, Jack. I'm sorry Jack but I got so scared. I didn't know it then but it was this gnawing fear of losing it all, of losing you, that made me make... many mistakes. It was this fear that prevented me from understanding who you really are, from seeing the truth. So here it is.

Jack, you were, are and always will be such a luminous, beautiful and important presence in this world. Ah, as a matter of fact, in any world. Because you're... you. And you are... amazing.

No, no, no listen to me now, please, shhh, it's okay: You have to know that whatever happens in your life, I will be there for you. No matter what, I will be by your side. If things will go wrong, I'll be there to give you my energy. If things will go right, I'll also be there to give you even more energy.

You must never forget that you're loved, Jack. Oh, look at you: my son...my son... I love you. So much.

Cas, in an instant, is ready with his angel blade but it's in this moment that the Shadow erupts into the world to take Castiel away: no reasoning, no strategic plan, nothing. The moment of happiness is the moment of unconditional love.

Chuck's frantic because this "unconditional love" thing wasn't in his script and yells that it was not supposed to happen this way, that he gave them the possibility to access everything they ever wanted, the price was just one self-loathing, doomed-anyway angel but it still wasn't enough for them, was it?

It's also the moment where Sam, briefly freed from Chuck's powers, gets his lucidity back and decides to pull the trigger on Chuck (and himself). In the background, Jack's screaming and crying so much that the mere force of his screams is enough to resurrect the whole cemetery but Cas is not coming back to him.

Chuck is wounded by Sam (who's also hurting in return) and is forced to flee. Dean is also wounded beyond repair and is like turned to stone and almost can't breathe because he's living, again, one of the worst moments of his life as we go back to a distorted, more messed-up version of s12 finale and to the beginning of Jack's tragic story.

Jack is spiralling and he's out of control and out of himself as he starts opening woundsrifts after rifts through dimensions and worlds looking for Chuck, looking for the Empty, looking for whatever comes first at this point because he's moved by the dangerous, unpredictable and explosive bomb that is revenge spurred by love. Until Billie finds him.

[honeybun-was-h3r3]

Part 2 of this post

Ford, genuinely, has no clue what is wrong with these children. He tried ignoring it, in an attempt to keep them safe from everything that still follows his family (cough cough bill) but he just. couldn't. they have glowing eyes, sharp teeth, half of them seem to blend into the shadows- It's only until they try to leave and run straight into the weirdness barrier that he realizes they must not be human- he was trying to ignore that instinct, but if they can't leave then...

Danny is freaking out, just a little. they can't leave this stupid town they got sent on for a field trip anymore, and he doesn't know whats happening over in amity anymore- are his parents safe? are the ghosts staying in the ghost zone like he asked until this all blows over? and then there's the weird man and his nephew that have been eyeing him and his classmates and watching them like a hawk the entire time they've been stuck- he thought it was just them being wary of new people at first, but considering they're barely watching the less liminal of them? danny is pretty sure he stumbled upon ghost hunters. again.

[k-chips]

Me @ Baizhu and Changsheng before doing his story quest: Awwww she's his baby!

Me @ Baizhu and Changsheng after his story quest: AWWWW HE'S HER BABY.

[bookshelf-in-progress]

It's a good sign I'm recovering from my creative slump that I was able to brainstorm a story that makes me laugh.

[wriokitty]

im asking this just to know so dont need to answer as its related to your unpopular opinion! make a post confirming if you need but i just wanted to take a guess :3

is your unpopular wriothesley headcanon something related to him being a family man? cause i know it's a very popular headcanon and might upset people //gen

again, no need to answer and have a good day <3

Ur good JSHDH no my unpopular opinion was leaning more towards a sexual preference but I don’t wanna mention it bc I think far too many ppl enjoy this hc for me to say it without offending ppl/making them annoyed at me bc they think I’m wrong LOL

But I do think he can be a family man tbh. I don’t disagree with that hc exactly, I think he really has GREAT potential to be a family man, and I don’t really think he would dislike the idea of fatherhood but I do think he’d consider whether or not he’s an ideal candidate to raise a child bc I mean, raising a child under water with no sunlight in a prison is not the best place you know? I don’t think he would willingly raise a child in those circumstances—as in, I don’t think he’d have a planned pregnancy with his partner. BUT if the situation arises (like an unplanned pregnancy) where he does have to raise a child, I think he’d happily step up to the role. But I also think he sort of defaults to a lot of worst case scenarios of what could happen to him + his partner and how that might potentially lead to his child in the system and he absolutely refuses to let his child go into the system like himself. Realistically, I don’t think he ever really sits and thinks, one day, I’m gonna be a father. I think he more so just thinks, damn one day it’d be nice to be a dad but sort of accepts that it’s probably not in the books for him.

All that aside—I see a lot of ppl write wrio to spend the daytime in the fortress doing his duties, and coming up at night to the surface with reader in a shared home in fics, and I think that’s honestly a rather realistic possibility for him if he were to ever get into a serious relationship, so in that case he could probably consider a family with children in the picture. But I’m very convinced that if he was with a partner where they both were in the fortress 24/7 he would not consider children at all. Not willingly planned, at least

[red-lights-of-doooooom]

going back to my childhood and wondering why the absolute fuck i loved those Big Nate books so much. nate is a fucking douche. he's a bitch to his friends, a total creep, hits on nearly everything his age with a vagina (except drama kids iirc), is obsessed with violence "because he's too young to be obsessed with sex" (his words, not mine), does poorly in school, and is stupid. and then I realize

he's the fucking poster child for ADHD in all of child literature.

maturity is realizing that nate is ADHD and it's likely the biggest reason he fails so hard at life. where do i even start? poor grades in school? inability to listen in class and study effectively? poor incentive for doing well? teachers treat him terribly even when he genuinely does well? sucks at every subject except art, which he's passionate about? likes to draw? dislike of authority? poor hygiene? poor memory? high energy? HYPER AS HELL?!

and now i know why the hell i loved those books so much, despite the fact that they were objectively terrible. i was nate. many of us were nate.

[cuteniaarts]

Wine stains on porcelain

(Alternatively: @katkastrofa and I have created 5 OCs in 3 days and I suffer from chronic “I wanna draw the little guysssssss” disease)

[welcometoteyvat]

society moved on too quickly from furina's demo