#;;I COULD GO ON & ON ABOUT THAT FACT ALONE

[vagueconfusion]

Feeling real ridiculous for not having realized that Baron's "stark father" was the Nightmare King until now

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy spoilers #also #love cassandra's gender situation going on here tbh #hell of an episode. i am totally normal about it (they are in fact. not normal about it at all.) #am willing to explain my thought process here if need be #there is a slight temptation to write something about the possible relation between cassandra and baron now though #did cassandra know that was where baron was like she could always summon kalina? #the creator and creation (the thing you made at your worst) #father and son (you can barely sustain yourself. let alone others) #you were once a god and then you weren't and you made this being and now you are a god again and it still exists #hmmmm #hm! #things to think. thoughts to ponder. #sorry i keep adding tags. i keep having Thoughts

[thelilylav]

We only see each other at funerals

(On Jason, Thalia, Nico, Bianca, and their parallels/connections)

The Titan's Curse (Rick Riordan), @/anxiousmaya_, Right Now (Gracie Abrams), The Battle of the Labyrinth (Rick Riordan), Joan of Arc (Mary Gordon), The Lost Hero (Rick Riordan), Episodes Toward and Elegy for Halley's Comet (Lindsey Drager), Jason Grace (Riordan Wiki), The Gods Show Up (Michael Kinnucan), The House of Hades (Rick Riordan), What the Living Do (Marie Howe), The House of Hades (Rick Riordan), Planet of Love (Richard Siken), The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), Tangerine (Nolune), The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), The Blood of Olympus (Rick Riordan), I Bet On Losing Dogs (Mitski), The Burning Maze (Rick Riordan), @/abhorarchive (Twitter), The Burning Maze (Rick Riordan), Seventeen (MARINA), The Burning Maze (Rick Riordan), @/rollercoasterwords, The Tyrant's Tomb (Rick Riordan), @/the-overanalyst, Where Things Come Back (John Corey Whaley), Grit (Silas Denver Martin), Softcore (The Neighbourhood), The Tower of Nero (Rick Riordan), Frost (Mitski), @/moonbends, I'm Your Man (Mitski), Sun Bleached Flies (Ethel Cain), The Tower of Nero (Rick Riordan), Three (Sleeping At Last), My Art

#nono you don't understand it's about the siblings #it's about how thalia lost jason once only to get him back and lose him again #it's how jason and bianca both walked into their deaths with their eyes wide open #it's about zeus trying to kill nico and bianca and him doing nothing to stop jason from dying #it's about thalia being in the hunters and nico hating her but he knows how to grieve with that kind of loss #so he'll help her. for jason. for bianca. because no one deserves to mourn a sibling alone #like these four barely interact but they're soooo connected i could go on forever #i'm so sad thalia and nico never actually got a scene together after the burning maze #and ALSO #it's about the fact that reyna is one of the most (if not the most) important people left in their lives #LIKE #do you think thalia found out how close nico and reyna were and started watching her more closely #because every person the two of them have shared has ended up six feet under #so reyna gets annoyed with how protective thalia is but she doesn't stop her bc part of her can tell thalia needs it #and nico constantly checks to make sure reyna's life force is still strong #bc he never wants to be caught off guard by a death again #ok im done now i promise #the trials of apollo #trials of apollo #nico di angelo #reyna ramirez arellano #reyna avila ramirez arellano #web weaving #fanart #my art tag #thalia grace #jason grace #percy jackson #percy jackson fanart #bianca di angelo

[paellegere]

it's so significant to me that do you believe in miracles paralleled all hell breaks loose specifically. because ahbl is the first time dean violates sam's autonomy to bring him back to life. it shows the extreme lengths that dean will go to protect sam, and despite all the other times dean has ignored sam's personhood in his pursuit to keep him alive, this is the moment in the show that fully exemplifies just how codependent these two really are, because there's an entire season dedicated to the consequences of that codependency.

so for dybim to take that imagery and scenario and reverse the roles means that this is supposed to be just as indicative of their codependence. it's a threshold that will have major consequences because sam crossed over the point of no return. there's no going back from choosing unhealthy codependency with your brother, the show is signaling. dean is sam's ultimate decision—he doesn't choose himself, he doesn't choose independence, he chooses dean, and all that that entails. he probably only realizes that all of his posturing about autonomy was a lie at the very moment he says it out loud, but once he's finally honest with himself it's a done deal. just like dean can never go back from his deal for sam's life, sam can never return to any point before this moment. he's in this relationship for good, and he wants to be codependent with dean; that's his decision.

and this is why soul survivor hurts so bad. because dean, like sam in season 9, declares that they're not family, not brothers. the role reversal continues, and sam is now suffering all of the pains he unwittingly put dean through by trying to maintain boundaries between them. now that he's realized he can't handle having those boundaries, any distance between him and dean is too much. here sam is, violating dean's autonomy and saving him against his will, just like dean has done to him so many times before. here he is, listening to dean reject him over and over again, like a parody of all sam's attempts to extricate himself from dean. he's on the other side now, staring down his brother and seeing his past self within him.

9.23 to 10.03 is just a speedrun of the previous 8 seasons but in reverse, with sam enduring the suffering of being in dean's position. and how tragic is it for sam to finally commit to his codependent relationship with dean, only for dean to leave him the moment it happens? how must that feel, for him to finally return his brother's feelings in all their toxic and fucked up glory, only to lose him in the worst way? to have all of his own words shouted back at him with the cruel intent to hurt—jesus christ. how am i supposed to cope with this in any normal way?

#supernatural #wincest #this isn't even beginning to touch on the actual content of the 10.03 exchange. i could write another essay on the mention of john alone #seriously this role reversal shit has poisoned my brain. i'm NOT okay about this #if i could get a phd in the emotional plot of supernatural seasons 8-10 i would actually #this show IS so good at the big picture. it fucks up the small stuff so bad but the overarching meaning and plot is genuinely good #the parallels and reversals and mirroring in s8-10 are seriously evocative and poignant. and for what #it's 6am. my dogs woke me up at 4:30 to pee and i've been thinking about this nonstop ever since #how could they do this to me #the significance of dean being the one to throw away the family just when sam finally embraces it. jesus christ #and the fact that he has to be a demon to do that too #i'm so sick. nauseous over this. fuck #i'm going back to bed. good night #.txt #the winchester gospel #spn posting

[allhappyandgay]

What did you think, really? that we were never gonna get girlfriends? that we were just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?

#i’ve always felt like this is what was going thru his head here #everyone left him alone #specifically to dance with girls #and then el showed up and into s3 he feels the need to grow up and overcompensate for not only his lack of experience with girls #but also his lack of the desire or pursuit for it—and what that could mean about him #and then later projects it onto other ppl #and I know his character is insecure abt never having a girlfriend and everything. but it doesn’t change the fact that he is FOCUSED until #s3 lol u what on #(willeth) #and also just. non girl things? #meanwhile lucas and dustin have always expressed their general attraction to girls since s1 #the snowball was the catalyst for his s3 behavior and specifically his projection onto will in the rain fight #and this is the harsh reality that hit him that guides his s3 behavior—which he literally shows us by projecting it onto will #almsot like we’re confused by him until the rain fight when he says this and it’s like… ohhhhhhhh #like when u can’t tell why somebody’s upset or acting a certain way until they lash out and yell it and everything goes quiet in realization #byler #gay mike wheeler #mike wheeler

[potterandpromises]

Season 2 episode 7 ‘Flipping the Pieces’ is so funny to me. Like, Theo sees his childhood-acquaintance/woman-who-got-him-arrested stab someone on the subway then run away in shock, probably unable to recognize him, and he’s like, welp, I don’t want her to get hit by a bus so I guess I’ll take her home?

Mabel wakes up in his apartment, hits him with a lamp, and upon being informed she stabbed someone last night is like, on second thought I’ll stay for coffee.

#like it’s such a weird situation but also so domestic #and the way theo’s like maybe dON’T impulsively go after this guy alone??? #considering everything that led up to this moment??. #then there’s the fact that he presumably woke up and was like #you know i could really go for some bagels right about now #hence the lamp hitting #only murders in the building #theobel #omitb #theo dimas #mabel mora

[marlenacantswim]

just finished matt smith's run as the doctor, still hot off the tails, and as is to be expected, everything that happened to him keeps making me think of nine and ten. i hadn't stopped to consider just how fresh the whole "committing genocide against my own people" thing was for nine. like the amount of High Grade Denial And Suppression he had to have been doing to be as barely functional as he was must have been publishable.

#this isn't even me getting into the whole thing about ten/length of life lived/dying alone/violent regeneration thing that i could go on ab #but can i just say even though i loved day of the doctor (while moffat's writing pitfalls as showrunner were still there #they were more like shallow valleys than trenches in dotd) #i'm kinda dissapointed that the doctor ended up Not Doing A Genocide #i liked the fact that he had made a real fucked up choice in a no win scenario that weighed on him so heavily #i LOVED that our being of pure good did somethong so drastic in the name of it #and though the lost memories means 89& 10 are still fully under the impression they did a genocide #from a dramatic irony perspective as an audience member it does retroactively lessen the impact #and i worry it'll take away a huuuge layer of complexity from the doctors henceforth who KNOW their slates are clean #anyways matt smith doctor should have gotten so old he turned into a little imp like tennant's did that one time #running my mouth #doctor who #nuwho #9th doctor #10th doctor #11th doctor

[blujaydoodles]

thinkin about pre-campaign Elyss and the early days with the Darkwind Regiment 😌

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #character art #illustration #genasi #water genasi #half elf #sorcerer #bard #paladin #I dunno how quickly khemed and taldian adjusted to elyss #but since they were the first members of the party and jermaine was the last I figured I could have him the only one Nervous regardless lol #elyss is weird and offputting NOW that she's comfortable with these people and has literally any social skills at all #she joined the regiment out of necessity FRESH off a twelve year run of living completely alone in the woods #so you can imagine #very few people in our home continent have ever even heard of genasi so there's also [gestures at all of her] you know #anyway this whole thing filled me with joy and love for my girl and her friends #(including those not pictured cause I ended up going back through aaaall my art for this campaign) #I know for a fact Jermaine was intimidated by her at first cause Justin and I have talked about it and now that's her best friend 🥺💕 #I love them.... #jermaine #khemed #taldian #my OCs #elyss #darkwind regiment #dungeons and doodles

[morporkian-cryptid]

I'm getting overwhelmed again with wanting to rewrite the entirety of Lupin III - Goodbye Partner as a fic my own way, because I am still salty about how Jigen's betrayal was handled and I am pretty sure I could do a better job than TMS did (hell, they handled that same premise better in Seven Days Rhapsody, and it was a B plot!!)

Except I can't do that because 1) I have to finish writing Hanafuda and 2) I have like. zero plot for it right now (but I know if I put my mind to it I could)

In the meantime please have this song that makes me think about what that movie could have been, while I daydream about magic tricks and lighters and proceed to chew at my walls 👍

#i was already going insane about the use of the lighter in Goodbye Partner #but in retrospect with the added symbolism from ZERO i am losing my entire SHIT #and i'm sure there's something that could be done with the magic trick other than a cute throaway reference to cagliostro #because. cagliostro. the opening credits. the road trip. fire treasure. #cagliostro being canon as backstory for goodbye partner deepens the hurt of the betrayal SO MUCH because HOLY SHIT- #(yes I am still going insane about fire treasure/the opening credits of cagliostro. it's been three years. leave me alone.) #i did like the fact that the kid's relationship to jigen was never explicited though. i'd keep that i think. #mostly i just want to rewrite the way lupin and goemon took jigen's betrayal because it was just NOT handled realistically in that movie #give me some ANGST! give me some TURMOIL! #anyway. that's probably gonna be my next big project after hanafuda IF i can actually figure out a plot #but for now i'm gonna concentrate on my silly little au and its silly little romance 🥰 #lupin iii #daisuke jigen #lupin iii : goodbye partner #the hobbit writes

[becca-e-barnes]

MA’AM. please please please write more about subby dbf!bucky with a pain kink 😭😭😭 this literally killed me, I need to read more on how our man likes to get off on pain 😵‍💫 — 💫 anon

Oh God, okay, I'm going for it because I literally just fucking have to.

Having this submissive older man kneeling in front of you while you run your fingers through his hair and ask him what he needs just sounds so hot to me?

I love the thought of the hardwood floor making his knees ache, the position sapping his legs of their strength. The discomfort keeps him focused but it's not like his mind could wander anywhere more interesting than the sight of you in front of him anyway. He keeps his back straight, his hands clasped behind him and his head tilted upwards.

He needs this. He needs his focus to be on sensations that are anywhere other than his cock because he can feel it throbbing uncomfortably and his first instinct is to take care of it himself. He can't even begin to imagine what you'd do to him if he touched himself and a little spark in his brain tells him to find out. He manages to squash that thought though. It's probably for the best.

"What do you need, Bucky?" Your voice is soft and nurturing and it almost makes him feel uncomfortable supplying you with an answer that has any measure of truth behind it.

He doesn't need soft or nurturing. He needs your fingers that are so gently carding through his hair to clench into a fist. He needs you to let him give up control entirely, just for a few hours.

"I need you to take your frustration out on me." You knew that would be his request, it's the gentlest way he can think of to ask you to hurt him.

"I know, baby. I know that's what you need." You hum, letting your tone stay as light and delicate as your touch. Your hand runs over his flesh shoulder with a flat palm, making your way towards his neck. Around the half way point, you begin to dig your fingernails in. Hard.

His groan is pathetic and you can't help but fall in love with the way the muscles tense under your touch, an involuntary protection he knows he doesn't need. He's safe with you. This was all born from that sense of security after all.

"I-I need to you to take it all out on me. Pretend I'm every man who didn't deserve you. Tell me everything you've ever wanted to say to them." He gasps a little mid-sentence as your fingernails trail gently over his Adam's apple, digging in again when you reach his collarbone.

"You are worthless." You begin, stalking around him to stand at his back. "You never deserved me." You pull his hair back, hard, forcing him to look up at you. This is what does it for him. He's surrendered. He's yours. He loves it. He gets off on this.

"You were a waste of my fucking time. I should never have lowered myself to your level." Your other hand collides with his cheek, the sting of the slap only makes him sob out the most breathtaking groan. This is everything he was dreaming of and so much more.

"You never fucked me right. You were never enough for me." Your hand on his throat makes his eyes flutter shut. If he looks at you, he knows he'll lose all control. He'll cum untouched and how fucking embarrassing would that be?

The second he lets his head wander there though, it's all over. As soon as he lets himself imagine how humiliating it'd be if he came all over himself, just from being degraded and pushed around, it's all he can do. Shame burns so hot in his cheeks while his dick twitches and throbs, shooting streams of pearly cum over the wooden floor beneath him.

"Stupid little slut." You whisper, giving him another slap to the cheek and enjoying how his release seems to never stop. "Once you're done, you're cleaning up your own mess and then you're going to fuck it into me with your tongue. You'll be lucky if I ever let you inside me again."

#asks answered <3 #💫 anon #becca writes spice #sub!dbf!bucky #sub!bucky #if anyone needs me I'll be sitting in my corner screaming about this again #also HOW DID AUGUST CREEP UP ON ME?? #It's almost my birthday and I didn't realise #I wish I could go back to like 2 minutes ago #when life was better #and turning 23 wasn't imminent #Oh I don't like it #I'd take the day off and do a fun themed day but I know I'll just want to mope about the fact I'm ageing #OR #do I go get a couple of new ear piercings #that would be nice #I want my forward helix done again on my right ear #and maybe something new #that would be a fun birthday #but my bestie isn't free and I don't want to go alone ☹️

[hillerska-official]

I'm about to have a birthday as an adult you know what that means!

#its not that i dont wanna get old or anything like that #its just that i spent today alone in bed playing video games and doing homework #and tomorrow ill go to class like normal and i wont get to see any of my friends #and i think about the fact that there was a time when birthdays were so special #when i was little and theyd wish you a happy birthday on the morning announcements #and you could bring in cake or pizza and have a 30 minutr party with your whole class #or when i was a bit older and youd show up to school on your birthday and get fuckin mauled #and you just spend all these years with birthdays meaning something until it just stops #and you're turning 24 and finals season is about to start and you dont even have the time to bake cupcakes to share with friends #and you're the only one who cares #not yr #vent #personal

[gracefullou]

I sleep fine. you keep yourself up at night being mad about how Harry Styles said he knew one day he'd want to sing the full vocal of personal songs that he wrote himself (wouldn't any artist?) I know you must understand what he said because you're not stupid. You choose to be mad. It's so funny.

Honey, if you don't find anything in that quote at least a little offensive towards his ex-bandmates ( like come on he refers to them as other people 💀 not even my bandmates at the time 😬) and selfishly insensitive, idk what to tell you. Also, nice to see this man's fans proud of the back stabber that he is 😊. There's nothing wrong about wanting to go solo and singing his garbage songs, if only he had the courage to say this in 2016/ 2017

#i don't like Zayn #but one thing i respect about him #he wanted out of that band #he said it and let and took the burn #that coward could never #played all sides until it was safe to say i always wanted to sing my songs all by myself 🥺 #it was heartbreaking to leave those 20 seconds for “other people” to sing #and dw about me anon i sleep just fine #in fact i don't even think of Louis before i go to bed (i have a life you know) let alone that ugly man 😭 #* left and took the burn

[derpinette]

i miss going to school because i always knew everybody's business but nobody knew mine due to being a huge loser. & it ruled

#now i am still a loser ( well actually this cool bubbly normie girl likes to pull me along with her but it makes me feel bad ) #( also i hate going outside & barely do now because i am having an androphobia flare RN which is to say agoraphobia like i vomit... gay AF #but anyway i also went to small private schools with declining enrollment numbers all my life Well only two one for 13 years #& then i switched to a cheaper one on my senior year. i would lurk & people would be like No worries you can say it it's only nyumie here #or they would tell me directly when nobody would want to talk to them due to drama & then leave & forget me as soon as they could #nobody would ever ask about my business it was so effingg awesome. altho there were rumors i was gay ( completely true ) #the fact that both schools were small made it so that it was easier to know what was happening in most grades #but now IDK ANYTHING EVER even if i were to eavesdrop my faculty is just way too big & i barely even attend anyway +i hate that dump ETC ET #this is so detrimental to my QOL & need to Observe &Lurk my life is so EMPTY & boring i want to know somebody's petty drama #& i KNOW it happens you just have to be in a circle & attend everyday which I CBAAAA. when people pull me aside to hang out i know then #but i want NO INVOLVEMENT !!!! i just want to be in the background leave me alone i already have a girl i can relate & be loyal to #& she dropped out i never thought i actually would but here we are. i just want to acquire information from a distance on a regular basis-_ #the reason why i never hated going to school despite bullying up until like my last year is because well i grew up in my original school #so i was familiar with everyone & everyday there would be something new & funny to discuss with my bestie who lives far away now -_- #i meanwe only really saw eachother at school anyway Man i wish i could GO BACK but not really vut yes but no...

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

in my head I'm just screaming at my sister STOP GETTING ON MY CASE ABOUT THE THEATRE BOY all the time

#I was laughing about different categorizations of pretty bc I was like ''yeah I'm cute not hot'' #and she was like ''the THEATRE BOY thought you were!'' and I was like SHUT THE FRICK UP YOU LITTLE BRAT #and then I had to mildly explain that that whole thing actually happened because I got pressured into acting on a Certified Theater Crush #which is to say + #which is to say: NOT a real crush. I realize this now. it was the fact that he was the most calm of the entire cast and crew #and I (introverted and out of place) was drawn to that. I don't think I ever actually wanted to date him. #and I feel like because now I DO have a real crush (the sound guy) I have to defend myself about this #and I want to cry every time she brings it up #because now there's a guy who I DO genuinely like as a person and DO want to date #and I'm not willing to act on it bc 1) the only reason I did with the Theatre Boy was peer pressure and 2) I'm sick of forcing my way #into every friendship LET ALONE relationship I could ever have #AND I'm happy just being friends!!!! I'm not going to push it #but I can't TELL anyone this!!!! I want to SCREAM

[kaeyapilled]

what do you think about the kaeya = caribert theory? i saw some people use it as an 'explanation why his skin is dark' like. oh he used to be a Monster and the skin is a remnant of it :) and it pissed me off so bad. i need to know what other people think about it

its honestly not a theory im super fond of i think its a little stupid no offense. i dont think it makes a lot of sense? to go super in depth i'd have to take another look at the caribert quest (and maybe read up on the khaenri'ah lore we have so far again) but i kinda feel like it establishes pretty firmly that kaeya couldnt be caribert. descended from that branch of the family maybe (though im more fond of the theory that kaeya is descended from the branch of alberichs that were actually being regents, something that chlothar wasnt involved in because he distanced himself from the rest of the family to look after his son) (makes sense that kaeya would know more about the alberichs being the regents in khaenri'ah than he knows about an alberich being the founder of the abyss order) (theres a post about it i reblogged it some time ago and it hasn't left my mind since) but like.. him actively being caribert? sounds.. honestly really dumb to me.. don't ask me how kaeya isnt (or at least doesn't seem to be) affected by any curse, be it monsterification or immortality, but i just feel like that isnt the explanation. the actual explanation could be related to the events in caribert though.. cant wait for them to tell us what it actually is lol. on the off chance that this fucking theory is true then ill just bite my tongue i guess but i know im right. ok now moving on to the elephant in the room. what kind of take even is thatttttt "thats why his skin is dark"what is bro talking about🔥🔥‼️ if i read that with my own two eyes id block a person SO fast. why would you say that and treat it as serious evidence and backing for your theory. thats just. racism basically. what. anyways kaeya whos half from sumeru supremacy

#using hoyoverse logic (desert=dark skin rainforest=white skin) he'd be half a desert dweller half khaenri'ahn #(which is silly stupid logic btw. i hate it) #its SUCH a concept though #still doesnt answer how he isnt. yknow. a hilichurl. caribert style #but we've already established that i dont have answers for you as to how kaeyas existence works. sooo yea #not to get ahead of myself though but the kaeya skin COULD be evidence of him having roots in sumeru too #even what he tells us about going to sumeru as a child too if you're willing to make a stretch #because i know that was about him wanting to go to/get as close as possible to khaenri'ah #(ough btw. i feel ill whenever i think about it for too long) #but you COULD argue that the fact hoyoverse has even brought it up recently could be hinting at something #giggles and kicks my feet. we'll see;3 #that was one hell of a tangent. sorry im a bit passionate about sumeru kaeya im realizing now #thank you for the ask!!! #about the other one you sent don't worry you didn't come off as rude! it's literally ok #you def arent alone in thinking that is fucking insane bc it is. hope that helps #the moment the caribert quest dropped and people were like genuinely linking caribert to kaeya i was so confused #i didnt interpret it that way at all #saying that his dark skin is because he was a monster though. like ok. do you guys ever think before you speak like ever #askpilled #kaeyaposting #kaeya alberich

[johnsspacesuittight]

I still think about the time when Strange Aeons made a video about tumblr sexy men and brought up the fact that people were/are into the Madagascar penguins which shot into me the memory that I indeed find Kowalski the Madagascar penguin sexy and I will never come back from that

#strange aeons #the Madagascar penguins #tumblr sexyman #depths of tumblr sexymen tbh #honestly some childhood memories are fun/fascinating to remember and some are horrifying #this was- sure an experience #and like I can’t deny the fact that when I think about him I’m still down #and I don’t really want to watch the movie/show again #bc although it could make me go back on that #it could also do the very dangerous opposite which is awaken it again #lolollll #that’s mostly a joke lmao #but like yeah I’m just trying to leave that whole thing alone

[eddis-not-eeddis]

Looking back on my childhood...some things become much funnier and also much sadder in hindsight.

#when i was in school for a brief window before my parents decided to homeschool us #there were two girls about two years older than me who i retrospectively realize were trying quite hard to bully me #(and did in fact bully many other girls...so badly in fact that there was a lawsuit and several children were pulled from the school) #the one girl was the ringleader and would rile up the other girls in her class and her special pet henchman would help her #they used to say really awful things about and to me #i have one very vivid memory of the three of us playing all alone at a park and we were fighting over what was essentially a kiddie-zipline #we were all three taking turns but the ringleader and her pet henchman wanted it to themselves #so they started telling me to go away and play by myself #i knew they weren't allowed to tell me to go away and i didn't want to go away #so i just kept taking my turn #when they tried to jostle me away i jostled back (and i was a very sturdy five year old) #when that didn't work they tried to tell me that they didn't like me #and i told them very frankly that that was okay because i didn't like them either #then they tried to tell me that NO ONE liked me #and i listed off three other girls who did like me #so they told me those other little girls had told them that they were just pretending to like me #and i told them that no i was pretty sure netty and angie and kayla wouldn't say that-- #(the most hilarious things was that these girls had never met kayla to begin with--a fact i was quick to point out) #--and that they were just saying that so they could hog the playground to themselves #it went on and on like that until all three of us had to go home #and i was completely unfazed by the whole thing #i only realized when i was MUCH MUCH older how vicious they were trying to be #but i was used to fighting with my siblings and that's how you warded off that kind of attack #you had to be matter-of-fact and a little brazen and never let anyone jostle you off the playground! #(not being afraid to tattle-tale was another asset XD)