#youth & consequences

[anachronic-cobra]

How many death threats do you think I'd get if I wrote a queer book where the Devil falls in love with Adam from the Garden of Eden when something causes him to Fall from Heaven? And they both have to unlearn their religious trauma? And I retcon the existence of god because I think that's a more interesting take on the concepts of heaven and hell?

[forgetful-river]

Aradia August Day 19: Ashen

[despazito]

[booasaur]

April 6, 2023 - Representative Justin Pearson speaking before he and another Black Democrat are expelled from the Tennessee State House for joining a protest against gun violence, days after six people were killed at a Tennessee school

[uuuhshiny]

Vladimir Verevochkin in And the balloon will return

In delirium, he sees his long-departed wife

[masterfuldoodler]

girlbossed too hard.... unless...

[hexastitchimera]

How genuinely fucking sick in your rotten heart do you have to be to not only be intimidated by queer children, but to hurt and even kill them.

You're grown ass adults who are terrified of CHILDREN. That's the most fucking pathetic thing I have ever seen. Take your own advice and "grow the fuck up, snowflake."

[mackeralsauce]

who loves making weirdly specific fake documents relating to my headcanons about inkling medical science and pre-gtw society? meeeeee :3

[klapollo]

just saw a reposted tiktok of a conventionally attractive thin white woman doing some monologue about how you should do everything to be hot (thin and conventionally attractive) bc she lost weight and now she makes all her money off her appearance..........uh ohhhh who's gonna tell herrrrrr!!!!!

[llycaons]

the summary for this book calls it 'a meditation on love' and not to sound corny but love is NOT what's going on here

[townsenddecades]

1312 – Day 1

TOWNSEND FARM

Despite his best efforts, as the year 1312 begins, Benjamin finds he is not a particularly good cook. He supposes he will get better at it with practice, but he misses his sisters and mother all the same. Now that their stores are running low – it is the end of winter, after all – they’ll have to contend with their burnt breakfast if they want to eat at all.

There is a ray of light in the form of Malika coming to visit. They have seen little of each other in the past few months – winter tends to make people seek their hearths, and the Townsends live too far outside the village for it to be an easy hike over the frozen roads – so he is overjoyed to get the opportunity to finally talk to her. Although talking is not what is on their mind in the first few moments of their reunion. He still doesn’t understand how the most beautiful girl in the village has come to be interested in him of all people, but he does not intend to complain.

In fact, asking her to make their ideas of marriage official is all that has been on his mind since he received her father’s blessing, so he officially asks her to be his betrothed. It is a mere formality at this point, but Malika enthusiastically assents.

They flee inside for warmth after that and find themselves alone in the cottage. Benedict and Benjamin’s younger siblings are all shut up in Benedict’s workshop. It’s possible they don’t even know Malika has come over to visit, unless one of them noticed her passing their window.

They use their privacy for some more of that delightful kissing, and as if to shut out the winter’s chill, things quickly heat up after that. They know it’s foolish, of course, but they are so happy about their future together and so driven by their hunger for each other that neither of them cares. Their feelings are far too new and exciting for that.

Other considerations are a problem for a later date.

CRAWLEY HOUSEHOLD

Despite the Townsends’ hesitance about travelling, the Crawley family journeys out of Praaven to attend a feast at the abbey, which Anna attends. Her husband has noticed that she has been unusually quiet of late, after she had just seemed to recover her spirits after the passing of their daughter. He worries, and those worries lead him to gently breach the topic while they are out on a walk over the snow-covered grounds.

Anna sighs. “I have been, haven’t I? I’m sorry. There’s something on my mind.”

“What is it, love? Is there something I can do to help?”

“I doubt that. But you should know, nevertheless. Because I…I’m with child again.”

That stops him dead in his tracks. It hasn’t even been half a year since their daughter’s death.  “Are you sure?”

“As sure as I can be.”

He reads his own conflicted emotions on her face. He’s happy. Of course he is. But his joy isn’t as innocent as it had been when she told him about her first pregnancy. But his wife she doesn’t need his fears or doubts.

“Anna, that’s fantastic!”

“I just worry. What if it ends…like last time?”

“It won’t”, he says firmly. “I promise you, it won’t.”

WATMORE HOUSEHOLD

The Crawleys and the Dudleys aren’t the only ones receiving signs of a coming addition to the family. In fact, it seems like there is a veritable army of children to be born. Edith, too, has been feeling rather ill of late. Another wave of nausea hits her while she is preparing supper for herself and William, which does not make handling food any easier.

Other than her illness, marriage has been treating her well. Their life is quiet – especially now that they don’t have fields to tend to – but she enjoys having her own house and keeping it for her husband.

When returns home, she tells him of her suspicions over supper, and although he cautions him that they’ll need to widen their income to be able to feed and clothe a baby, he is looking forward to it just as much as she is.

WATCHER'S NEWS:

Nigel de Bellefaye has celebrated his sixth birthday this quarter.

Prev: 1311, Day 4 <--> Next: 1312, Day 2

[themyscirah]

This is technically a Diana's age poll but I framed it partially around Julia's rescue because that's the event I need to contextualize and whether or not Diana is a thing yet is p important for my purposes. I would keep the Pérez run and postcrisis continuity in mind when answering this bc that's when this is relevant but I'd keep in mind that even though Diana is very young there (like early 20s) we don't know I don't think if she ages differently as a child (esp as a themysciran AND being made from clay) and in some versions she is older than she looks and was made earlier

Edit: I accidentally logic-ed this out in the tags lol 🤦‍♀️but feel free to still vote however you want. Going to publish this anyway bc I think I made some good points later in my tags

[iniziare]

Tag drop: Seele (Honkai: Star Rail). Listen, I used to write her and I miss her a bit, and also: there's Belobog people around. And also, well, she's much more interesting than people give her credit for. Also, prepare for some 'rewriting', because Belobog's pacing in specific ways kind of blew a little bit much.

[moonmoonthecrabking]

would it work to bribe the youth with fanfiction

[mapecl-stories]

[lydiacatfish]

there's a bit in the new camelot soundtrack (i'm not sure if it's in the original or not because i haven't seen it) where arthur realizes "i'm not a man... i'm a king" and it just breaks my heart!!