#why why why why why why why why why why

[its-wabby-stuff]

Me believing that toddler to child Leo was the kind of kid to always ask “why?” In an annoying way. Which would sometimes escalated to “what ifs..” like “what if the ceiling collapsed on us?” Or “what if humans find us?” Or “what if a giant alien with tentacles came from the sky and attacked New York?”

And how I think these tiny things were usually chalked up to a wild imagination. And how I think he was actually very worried about them. And how I think that made him look for every angle. How I think every time Splinter left, he would say luv you, just in case. How I think he would worry when Splinter did not come home when he said he would.

How he looks up to Raph who said he wouldn’t let bad things happen. How he turns to heros like Jupiter Jim and Lou Jitsu. How he pretends he is strong and cool just like them.

How I think he didn’t trust April at first. But she won him over pretty fast. How he’s afraid to get hurt. And afraid that those he loves will get hurt. So he tries his best to keep them safe.

In how Raph guides his decisions. In how he knows his family so well. In how he knows how to push their buttons. In how he knows they are strong. Even without him. In how he feels he needs them more than they need him. In how he tests that they care. In how Leo doesn’t trust his place in the family that he has to say “I love you..” before giving any kind of potentially painful criticism.

Why he doubts himself. Why he curls into himself when he’s stressed or scared or nervous or petty. Why he doubts strangers “good intentions.” Why he runs away before he gets caught. Why he knows he has to go back. Why he faces his fears.

Why, despite everything he’s shown, and every action he’s taken to assure his own safety, he stood up to face the bad guy and leap into the unknown to protect his family from the giant alien with tentacles who attacked New York City.

[systemtermz]

By the way I’m doing a bunch of identities that have aspec in their descriptions in the wikis because I want to. Not all of them are aspec but hhhhhhhhhhh

-Baron

[hauntingrabbits]

comic

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Love it when Rolling Stone puts out an article about the 25 most influential internet creators and I've only heard of 7 of them

[twinliches]

shoutout to the guy who after unsuccessfully hitting on my sister and being politely declined asked her "is it okay if i ask your brother instead" and when she said yes gave me a long and searching look before sighing and going "no. i am not drunk enough to go for a dude. but you look like an angel" happy bisexual pride to this man and this man only. hope you figure it out soon king

[gabrielora]

When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.

[nick-nellson]

The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

[valtsv]

stuck between "psychological horror statement" and "objectively the funniest thing you could say to your real flesh and blood dad" in the father's day card aisle

[tributary]

[quicktimeeventfull]

it is genuinely bewildering to me that adult human beings do not know this but if you are mean to people they will not like you. like tbh they are probably also not going to like you if you are mean to other people but they are definitely not going to like you if you are mean to them. it doesn’t matter if you are funny or if you can use r/aita rules to prove that you are in the right. people simply do not enjoy being treated like shit.

[girldraki]

[fangs-4-fags]

remembering the time i drunkenly told a stranger i was a trans man and he started going off about alpha sigma and beta males and how each one was equally important no matter what anyone says and that i shouldn't feel pressured to be a strong alpha male because emotionally intelligent beta males were just as important

[beaft]

do genuinely find it fascinating how indeed.com is like the biggest job-hunting website out there and yet manages to be profoundly useless in every possible way

[captainjonnitkessler]

>Join a union

>Hear people constantly complaining that the current union leadership is super corrupt, it's all just the same ten guys making all the decisions in secret and nobody else in the union ever gets to know what's going on

>Go to the monthly union meetings that are completely open to all 1200 union members

>The only attendees are the same ten guys every month, giving detailed reports about everything that's going on

[singinginthecar]

south africa was banned in the olympics in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988 & 1992. a total of 8 times. for 28 years they didn't set foot in the olympics. you know why? apartheid. apparently the olympics disagreed with the apartheid regime in south africa. russia & belarus aren't allowed to take part in the olympics this year. you know why? because of their involvement in the war in ukraine. several countries throughout history haven't been allowed to participate in the olympics because of various reason from their involvement in war to human rights abuses. now if the olympics aren't blind to all that... why in the world are they blind to what israel has been doing to gaza for the past 10 months? why is a genocidal apartheid nation allowed to participate in the olympics when any other country in its place would've been banned?