#~{SHE'S GROWING UP TOO FAST}~

[proxycrit]

(I point. Gently, in the voice of somebody who’s mind touched by the outer gods, i whisper truth in your ears:

Your honor the horses are now lesbians

(Anyways here’s the designs)

[galaxyspark-6e16]

My Viva gijinka design ✨🌟🌠 isn't she fantamazing!

[stagefoureddiediaz]

The Helena diaz of it all has me fascinated. I’ve said for a long while that Eddie’s real issues are his mommy issues and this episode just cemented for me that we’re gonna explore that and deal with it.

Because it’s Helena who forced Eddie to grow up to fast - because her husband wasn’t around much - so she pushed Eddie into de facto parent and husband role ls - selfishly filling her needs and ignoring the damage it was doing to her son (it is a form of abuse in my book).

Eddie then had the audacity to fall in love with and marry Shannon and get her pregnant. It’s why Helena was always so off with Shannon - she was punishing her. She is also punishing Eddie for all of this and his refusal to return to El Paso only cemented further her bitterness and resentment.

Now she does have Ramon back she doesn’t need Eddie any longer to fill that role so she is still punishing him and part of that is tied into her glee over now getting to parent Christopher - something she has always been intent on doing the doppelgänger just gave her the opportunity- as well as allowing her to further punish her son and his love of Shannon.

Her barbed comments about building a pool were all about showing what she can provide Christopher - how she is parenting him better than Eddie - it’s part of her mind games - making Eddie feel like more of a failure as a parent to his son.

The reality of course is that the reverse is true - Helena’s parenting is all superficial, flash and showy - it isn’t the hard day to day parenting when things get tough and you have to be the bad guy. While Eddie has made mistakes, there is nothing superficial, flash, or showy about his parenting. It’s why bucks comments about Eddie being a great dad are so important.

Eddie feel like a failure right now and that he is entirely to blame for everything. But in reality, while he does bear a bit of the responsibility, the truth of the matter is that he needs to learn and deal with the fact that all of it actually stems from Helena and her abuse of her young son - Shannon never stood a chance just like Eddie never has.

[lumaxramblings]

pinterest was sick in the head for putting these two next to each other

[alexissimsblog]

First Day Jitters

Baby Bella had her first day of preschool! She cried right after these pictures and was subsequently late because V wouldn't stop snuggling her ♡︎︎

clearing out my drafts <3

[thoughtfulchaos773]

Since upbringing shapes romantic relationships and influences how someone expresses and receives love. Sydney telling carmy she needs his focus is also the love language she's always known from her father. Undivided attention and before Carmy and Emmanuel meet...Carmy has to live up to the challenge of being the next person to give Sydney that kind of love.

Carmy has shown that he is capable of giving love, attention, and devotion to Sydney, but he needs to rebuild her trust. Because that's the one thing her father is unsure of when it comes to Carmy and Sydney's relationship. Can he trust carmy enough to be the man she relies on since she's entering a new phase in her life? Can she depend on him for emotional support?

This is why all this talk between Sydney and Emmanuel sounds like a concerned father-in-law wary of his daughter's chosen love.

[astrolionking]

Shoutout to Grandma Rosiepuff for gambling while her eldest grandson’s mental health was slowly declining bc he suddenly had to raise four little brothers on his own and that affected his brothers’ mental health.

[silentgrim]

˚★⋆｡˚ ⋆ ★⋆ ◦ ♫

[dateamonster]

doomed romance but its not romantic its doomed found family. this is how i feel when mahiru and amane talk about each other in milgram.

[tea-time-terrier]

This creature has been smooched on her face and stuffed full of snacks <3

We qualified each rally obedience run (despite large areas requiring handler improvement <3) and finished the weekend with a 97, 84, and 97. This baby dog now has her Rally Advanced title!

(All rosettes were default as we were the only ones in our class.)

[hibernating-stag]

I know I'm like, one game away from meeting him for real and I probably shouldn't be speculating on a character I don't know yet.

But I have been thinking about *Sin* recently... in terms of like, this kid has to be in near constant pain, right? It might be a little mitigated by him being part gear, but I can't imagine growing so fast wouldn't be excruciating... Especially since he'd be more human than gear (if that train of thought applies here-)

This kid is going through body horrors not previously conceived by my mind I'm gonna. Throw up on the carpet.

[windywriter]

Headcanon's abt Karen Kuroawa bc they could never make me hate her.

TLDR: I think Karen's story should have mirrored Emma's since at the beginning Emma's arc was hinted to be that she wanted be "grown up" to match the people around her but Wakui just fucking gave up.

I think Karen's father was stationed at a military base while her mother was a citizen. She dropped out of highschool to be with her boyfriend (Mr.Kurokawa) and the two of them ran away from home. Things were fine the first few years. There were tough times sure, but that's nothing a night on the town couldn't fix. It was just the two of them against the world.

Eventually Mr.Kurokawa got a job where he would frequently travel. Particularly to the Philippines. That was a lie. And one day he came back from a trip, not just holding a briefcase, but an infant Izana. Maybe he just dropped Izana on Karen and left. Maybe he pressured her into taking care of the child. She's a woman after all, isn't it only natural that she take care of children? Or maybe he begged her to take Izana in. Saying that he may have messed up but the boy didn't deserve to suffer. But despite the sudden and drastic change, I think Karen learned to genuinely love Izana as her own.

I think she was used to being looked down upon for being "different" or "foreign". So, I think she tried to make it so Izana never felt like that.

Then she heard her husband died. And while she may have thought "Good riddance" the tears that poured down her cheeks said otherwise.

And after a night of drinking, she met Makoto Sano. Emma being the result of that meeting. And I think Karen tried her best. She had already raised Izana, so this should be fine. Right?

Two weeks passed after Emma was born and Karen Kurokawa was the talk of the town. "If they're really her children, why do they look so different?" "Where's her husband?" "Can she really take care of them?"

It also didn't help that Makoto had died and, in his grief and rage, Mansaku Sano had basically cut all contact with Karen leaving her with almost nothing. I like to think she didn't even know he was dead until she saw it in the newspaper.

I think eventually things just hit a breaking point where Karen just could not keep up with things. The whispers, the stares, it all hit a breaking point where she just couldn't take it anymore.

I think she gave up Izana first, due to a mixture of societal pressure and as a sort of "test" for herself. Could she really go through with it. And, I guess she could. And you could argue that after giving up Izana, Karen soon left Emma at the Sano household. But I think she tried to be with Emma for at least a year or two. They were blood related after all. So, that should be "normal" right?

But as time passed, I think Karen began to see pieces of her younger self in her daughter. Her innocence and naivete, all things Karen lost long ago. It didn't help that Emma was her spitting image either.

I think the reason Emma's abandonment was colder compared to Izana was because Karen was just kind of on autopilot. She was a failure and this was the last straw. She probably cut a deal with Mansaku where in exchange for leaving Emma with the Sano family she'd never try to make contact with them or her daughter ever again. Mansaku also probably gave her some money as further incentive.

And while in her final appearance she may have been all dolled up, wearing fancy clothes and floral perfume, does this really look like the face of a mother who's "happy" to abandon her daughter? And I genuinely don't trust the wiki.

Once Emma was given away, I think Karen simply returned to her old habits. After all, "there's nothing a night on the town couldn't fix." And maybe, as time passed, Karken Kurokawa simply became bitter. The "sweet" memories she had of the past clarifying and condensing until she was forced to realize how absurd and meaningless they were. After all, she was a girl who tried to grow up too fast and became nothing more than a rotten adult.

[strawwberryymillk]

first day of day care

first day of high school :,)

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Eddie diaz dealing with his mommy issues arc in season 8 is feeling realer to me than ever right now

[aldoodles]

Y’all ever wonder who Luxa was before her parents died?

[tootsquatch]

you will never guess who is already sleeping thru the night, scootin' about, and eating food in their high chair!!!