#Nobody is genuine with kindness

[snonkerdoodlefizzy221b]

everything's a courtesy call nowadays and nobody's genuine

#And it's frustrating #We're all so insipid it's crazy #Nobody is genuine with kindness #It's just a power play #It's just a courtesy call #sixx am #Spotify

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.

#writeblr #i was doing a lot with high school students. over and over again #other teachers kept asking me what i was doing differently - why the kids listened to me. i am not particularly foreboding #and i have a pretty firm personal policy of never reacting in anger #godhelpme. #i was always kind of taken aback #because in general the kids were pretty easy. i explained i needed to keep everything “PG-13” because this was my workplace #and it was kind of their workplace #too. besides #i love swearing #and since i couldn't swear #neither could they - so if they were going to say “fuck” or become violent #they needed to choose a really specific time #because we only get “the one”.. sure enough - nobody wanted to waste the one very specific “fuck” utterance. kids listened. #i think just because - that rule makes sense. the kids understand that i don't want to be unfair to them #that censorship is stupid #but that i'm under these rules too so like let's ride it out together #also i look young and tbh between me and u nobody wants to make the nice english teacher cry #the way these kids defended me to their friends was really genuinely so heartwarming bc the Grouchy Frat Boy #would be like MISS RAQUEL DOESN'T DESERVE THAT KIND OF AN ATTITUDE BRO DON'T TALK BACK TO HER

[bettsfic]

this movie broke me. i have a headache from crying. i've been dissociating for 2 hours. i got fried chicken on my way home and i don't remember it. 5 stars.

#no really i have a story hangover right now #the feeling you get when you see one of your favorite things of all time for the first time #nobody has made a movie like this in forever #this mid-tier domestic release modest budget cult hit #the kind of movie you watch every year alongside a christmas story and the grinch and whatever else #iconic #truly and genuinely iconic #the holdovers

[blackkatdraws2]

I have a lot of leftover drawings in my gallery. [Blank Scripts AU]

[Content Warning: Images below contain Gore, Death, and Disturbing/Uncomfortable Imagery]

I find it a bit cute knowing they start out as crazy and then slowly settle into something calmer and relatively healthier after learning to adapt to each other's lust-turned-love. [Stanley did it first but hey :3]

#tsp blank scripts au #they love each other [genuinely] theyd rather die if theyre to go without each other by this point #hhmmm I hope the last few images arent too damning #These two go through a lot during the progression of their relationship #and I wanted to showcase that yknow? #theyre demented but theyre just perfect for each other kind of way #lovingly tearing each other apart and rebuilding each other to do it over and over again #repeating this dull process of endings over and over and finding ways to keep themselves entertained #this place was never even meant to be fun #but now that theyve gotten entangled with each other #they cant help but want to play around #even if its just for a little bit? #work can continue later right? #they love each other a little bit too much they actually need to be put in a separate cage #like a spider and a praying mantis #is it painful? yes. is it fun? also yes. do they like doing it only to each other and nobody else? YES. #their psych is genuinely so fun to explore and dissect #I had a lot of fun making these despite how deranged they look #something about them.... it drives both to do things they would never even consider doing to anybody else... but towards each other #you know what i mean? or am i just yapping nonsense again. #horror #the stanley parable #the stanley parable ultra deluxe #tsp #tspud #tsp au #tsp narrator #narrator tsp #stanley tsp #tsp stanley

[justanotherprofessionalfangirl]

22 years without the brilliant mind, sharp wit and gentle wisdom of george harrison.

i miss him so bad folks

#george harrison #anniversary #what if i'm bawling my eyes out #i genuinely have no words to describe the kind of love i have for this man #there's nobody like him

[princsstwilightsparkl]

saying "if aroace people can date, then can lesbians date men?" is absolutely aphobic narrative btw!

#sorry just have to say this lol #so tired of people generalizing all aroace people as romance averse #its absolutely erasure of the rest of the spectrum #the top tweet isnt so bad depending on who theyre talking about #if a character ACTUALLY is canonically romance/sex aversed then yea its weird to erase that #but if they're canonically AROACE and you go 'erm that character cannot date or have sex🤓☝️' ur being aphobic as fuck #the 'shown no attraction to anyone' part kind of throws me off there #i hate when people say 'well this character didnt have feelings for anyone in the one year time span of the show so theyre romance aversed- #and nobody can ship them or else i'll harass u and subtweet u!1!!' #like. a characters life may not involve sex or romance at all fucking times. that does not make them aroace. #ur headcanon- even if you think its based on a logical conclusion- is not reality #sometimes yall just be making shit tf up #complaining about 'fanon' as if ur not the one pretending ur hc is real and treating everyone else like theyre the bad ones #but if that tweet is just saying that IN ADDITION to theyre canon identity then yea. thats valid. #their* </3 #obviously the reply is fucking disgusting #i couldnt reply directly cuz my twitter is priv #people will say this kind of shit to ME- AN AROACE PERSON #u preach about aro/ace erasure but when an actual aroace walks in you tell them their way of being aroace is wrong #not everyone is the fucking same. #non-partnering aroaces deserve more rep but telling partnering aroaces that their way of being aroace is wrong is genuinely horrific #like actually fuck u #aromantic #asexual #aroace #arospec #meowing (yapping)

[shakingparadigm]

this is random but one of my favorite ALNST joke OCs is a girl who had a massive crush on Ivan and was able to date him for a little while because he felt bored enough to accept her. what follows is the most excruciating insanity inducing half-relationship in existence (they lasted 3 weeks before she gave up trying to understand him)

#her name is saya!! saya ng #she had the biggest crush on ivan and when she asked him out he said yes in the most casual way ever that she thought he was joking #the whole time they're “together” she's nervously looking away and blushing while ivan's eyes are trained on that gray haired boyfail there #whenever she'd ask to do couple things with him like hold hands or eat together he'd comply for a little while #but then he'd say something important came up and that he had to leave #she understood because of course! he's a top student surely hes busy no worries #he always seemed to have a wall up. smile never faltering but never fully genuine either #he always looked at her like he was seeing past her and not like he was looking at her person #he was a good and charming conversationalist but even though she got to spend more time with him #it never really felt like a “relationship”. more like two people roleplaying the actions of a relationship #because ivan was so closed off #she started noticing till more all because ivan kept noticing him #and she noticed how he seemed to change when he noticed till. like tills presence was enough to rewire his brain #she quickly realized she was nobody next to him and broke it off #anyways she got sent home because she wasn't good enough to graduate (she wasn't particularly good at anything) #she watched all her friends (dotori/acorn #round 3 and 4 kids) #die on screen #and when she's sent to a different singing competition she loses and dies #her name saya ng combines to make the word sayang #which in my language means: a waste #okay. this was supposed to be funny but now that im saying it #it low-key sounds kind of diabolical #by the way this idea is inspired by the Patreon info about ivan #(he CANONICALLY would accept anyones confession if he was bored enough. V and Q said that theyd tire of ivan being so closed and mysterious) #imagine being in the “recovering from dating ivan” club #alnst #random

[rainymoodlet]

Kiss Me in Komorebi+ 🌸

[Episode Five] One Last Push!

This series of images was titled “damage control one thru eight”, but I think we can all take a moment and appreciate just how sweet and sociable these sims are! 🥹

Alright, Daniel: time for some damage control!

[ Part 6/?? ] 🌹

#ts4 #ts4 screenshots #ts4 gameplay #ts4 challenge #ts4 bachelor challenge #;kmik #sim: daniel #|| #the only post for today!! #this kind of serves as a divider from the beginning of the night with daithi’s apology #and the rest of the night with the individual moments 💛 #with dai down thats only… twenty to go 🤪 #but they are gon get their moments!! #which will be at random (thank u random.org) so nobody knows the order mwehehe #i also just wanna say that this is the SWEETEST GROUP OF SIMS #other than lil arguments that happened when i wasnt looking bc some of them dont like each other dhdhd #everyone is so nice 🥹 #ezra was genuinely worried about dai when he disappeared #francis and josiah are SUPER friends omf they get locked in deep convos all the time #maxwell dodo and jasper were checkin in on julien 🥹 #and zay insists!!! that he must know antony’s hair routine bc the man’s boutta convince him to take out ALLLL of those twists fhshhd #and julian and jiro keep playing w a soccer ball that’s in jiro’s inventory #they are all SO CUTE #we see suraj and abhi bonding over their green eyed monsters 👀 and adrian teasing them appropriately #everyone who got jealous is chillin don’t you worry!! #suraj and abhi both got tense and shouted forbidden words right next to each other #so we let them have a lil moment of grumpy 😌 #i hope nobody’s out of character hfbfbffgg 🥺 #feel free to smack me if they are dhdhhd #🌹🌹🌹

[magentagalaxies]

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#i should've just gatekept scott thompson from my college bc the way my college is treating me right now is bullshit #like i don't even want to do the scott event anymore bc of how they're treating me but i kind of have to #and i know i should be grateful they're even letting me be one of the interviewers but i hate being a student so much #i hate how nobody respects my opinion or input or experience even tho i'm literally the reason scott's even doing this event #(and ESPECIALLY the reason he's willing to do it for free!!) #and it especially stings bc scott has never made me feel like my insights were worth less because i'm a student #like he's always been one of the few people who consistently treat me like we're equals even tho he doesn't have to #and the way my college is treating me. it's like they don't trust me to not be an annoying little kid #like they're just assuming scott doesn't respect me so they don't have to respect me either #i mean on the plus side i'm supposed to have another phone call with scott either today or tomorrow so i can probably explain the situation #like i don't want to make him feel negatively about my college i want him to have a good time #but this treatment is genuinely fucking with my self confidence #and also maybe i can harness scott's power to hear ''don't talk about this thing'' and immediately make the interview all about this thing #(except in this case it would be him treating me like an equal instead of a random student) #and there's a bunch of bullshit currently going on with the class i have right after the event #so even tho originally i was like ''awesome i have the perfect schedule to bring scott to all of my classes!!'' #i might just ask scott if he wants to skip class together and hang out. like i never promised that class anything #the only thing i *have* to do is the interview. the class we'd be skipping is already being like #''oh are you sure scott wants to visit the class i don't want to take him away from a better use of his time'' #and scott was genuinely excited to see what my classes were like!! even if y'all didn't treat him like a big celebrity!! #but y'know what i'm sure scott does have a better use of his time. and i do too. #i'm gonna do the interview event bc i have to (we're in too deep at this point) #and i might ask scott if he wants to talk to that freshman film class about the buddy cole doc #bc 1. they offered to pay scott for that (they can't legally pay me but that's why i made the joke about money laundering) #2. since it's about the doc it's the one class where i get to be treated like an actual person #but other than that. damn it i was excited to share this part of my life with scott but fuck that this part of my life sucks #i'm gonna have a good time with scott in boston and my college is only going to be as much a part of is as they have to be #because we ARE friends (scott said so!) and i AM a brilliant filmmaker (bruce said so!) and i DO have potential (bellini said so!) #even tho it is hard to internalize those things after how much yesterday fucked me up. but that's ok scott will call again soon

[spaceratprodigy]

they are chilling & enjoying their coffees after having a nice warm delicious soup. :3

@hibernationsuit !!!!!!! 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕

I AM WEEPING LOOK AT HOW CUTE THEY ARE IMMMMM!!!!!! AAAAA!!!!! THEY DESERVE THE COZY WARM COMFORT FOODS!! FAITH/TOBY FRIENDSHIP HAS STOLEN MY ENTIRE HEART!! 💕💖🥺💖💕

#THEY ARE CHILLING!! NOBODY IS BOTHERING THEM THEY👏 ARE👏 RELAXING👏 #oooo ooouuuoughoughhhgggggoougggh #friend friend I am literally so in love with this I wish you could see the excitement on my face and my hand movements #my 5 year plan is literally to stare at this so lovingly and kick my feet back and forth #I genuinely need to print out every art piece of faith with everyones captains and hang them on my wall I'm so serious #ALSO I LOVE HOW YOU DRAW HER SHE LOOKS SO GOOD IN YOUR STYLE #if you need me I am going to be rolling around on the floor oh my GOODNESS I love them so much 💖🥺💖 #BLESS YOUR HEART THIS IS SO DANG CUTE I LOVE YOUR ART SM #beaming a million heart and sparkle emojis directly into your mind #okay I must stop screaming because I WILL just keeping talking in circles abt how much I love this to bits #the outer worlds #captain of the unreliable #friend art #friend oc #this has genuinely made my day so much brighter and I can't thank you enough for being so kind #so so much love to you today and always

[the-cosmos-withinus]

Shadow Puppets AU

Hey~o, I’m Dollie, my twin sister and I just finished watching the Owl House a week ago and started an AU rp on our private discord, but I made this blog to share little crumbs here and there, some writing, some art, if people are interested I might post big lore dumps but here are some basics

The Collector’s tablet has been hidden in the Human Realm, and was initially found by priest from Gravesfield who buried the tablet believing that a being of great Evil was inside it, 

It was later uncovered by young Philip Wittebane, who is at first wary of the legends about the Devil in the Woods, but after hearing the Collector speak of living in the stars with his siblings, Philip comes to believe that what he’s found is actually an Angel

They quickly become friends, and play together a lot, their first real bonding experience being to make shadow puppets on the wall (hence Shadow Puppets AU)

Since the only people who can hear or see the Collector are people who have touched the Tablet, their antics are usually chalked up as Philip’s imagination as a lonely kid

However the Collector can also momentarily manifest and affect things in the physical plain, such as catching Philip when he falls out of a tree, or scaring away wolves, which has led to divisive whispers that he either has a Guardian Angel or has summoned a demon

Years later when Caleb leaves for the Demon Realm with Evelyn he takes the Collector’s Tablet with him, having been warned that there is a dangerous entity from the Demon Realm trapped inside

there’s more to this AU that extends into Philip’s adult life, and the Belos Era and more stuff about his childhood friendship with the Collector (who Philip names in this AU, it’s so cute) but I only promised the basics, I’ll elaborate later if there’s interest

#The Owl House #Shadow Puppets AU #Philip Wittebane #Emperor Belos #TOH Collector #You know those aus that are safe and wholesome where nobody gets hurt and everyone's happy? #this isn't one of those #Despite the cute premise of Philip and the Collector having a Genuine friendship (and later Belos actually loving Hunter) #that kind of makes the situation worse for everyone #They're evil besties

[goldensunset]

sometimes i think about how some poor unsuspecting soul asked me what my favorite kikuo songs were and instead of being normal i unleashed a fully thought-out ranked tier list of like 20 different songs half of which probably have never been heard by more than two people worldwide

#you have triggered an unskippable cutscene sorry. you hit the Big Opinions™️ Topic jackpot #peach rambles #not even like i’m a ‘not like other fans’ kind of person my top fav is literally the most popular one #but like i assure you nobody knows more than like maybe one or two of the kikuohana album #oh man you know what i sound like? #‘even when they’re trying to compensate for it scientists wildly overestimate how much the average person knows about their field’ #nobody knows any kikuohanas probably 😔 #i understand. even for me most of them are kind of just like audial stim background noise #sometimes i just wanna listen to hana tan’s voice and whatever haunted sound effects kikuo felt like playing with that day #but there are some genuine bangers too!!!!!!!

[loveletterworm]

(homestuck specifically does not count here because its too popular and would break the intent of this question. I dont care if you read homestuck. Pretend it doesn't exist for the purposes of this question)

#God I genuinely hope nobody adds a longwinded list of recommendations to this post. I'm just trying to check if I'm insane #mypost #The intent of this question being trying to see if my thought that nobody reads these is justified at all. #Not meant disparagingly to the medium really. Its just that it kind of seems like everyone keeps trying to make one but nobody reads them. #Or maybe that's just my own personal problem and very limited amount of people i know. #Ive had like at least 2-3 major ''tried to make comic and failed'' incidents in the past (when i was like 15 you don't remember them.) #without having actually particularly read or cared about anyone else's. i feel like this may be strange to have done several times. #it is only a very recent development that i am even keeping up with a comic at all and its still just one... #and that was kind of because it was started by a person i was already following beforehand #so it kind of would have showed up in front of me either way.

[parasitoidism]

Ur making me want to get into devilman...the art is so intoxicating to me

it is very good but I feel like I gotta state for the record it’s not something you should read if you want to like. Have fun. It’s just very grim and violent especially toward the end

#it’s short though so like I do recommend checking it out #it’s also very naked sometimes. don’t read it in public #i think if it was made at a different time(not the middle of the fucking Cold War) or by a different person (like a guy who doesn’t think #the ending of the story turned out the way it did because of his past life as a 13th century Austrian priest) it would read as just being #edgy but it avoids that because of aforementioned reasons #anyways. this is my introduction to his work but go nagai seems like a very strange man . as my friend said nobody of sound mind and #good morals would have made cutie honey #anyways you know. my point is I feel like some of the violence later in the manga veers towards shock value but there is some genuine #kind of feeling it’s getting at. like. it’s an anti war thing. there is a point here #well whatever judge for yourself as they say with art

[eclaire-went-bam]

hey, what happened to the left believing in second chances? what happened to the belief that if somebody's tangibly doing better, they deserve that chance? you guys realise how common problematic beliefs were when the internet was younger? like, when gamergate was a thing? not that long ago? you guys realise most people on the internet are not from the same moral background as you? you guys realise keeping people out who have changed their beliefs, is only going to discourage more people from doing better? are you guys crazy? why are y'all bringing moral purity into this? it's a powerful thing to recognise things you've been taught were wrong & to then move away from it, especially when you're in a community around it either irl or online. being in a community is such a powerful force in most people's lives. not everyone had the perfect background & not everyone had access to being as educated on social issues as you did. it's fine to personally not forgive someone's problematic history & not interact with them, but to actively exclude them from the cause? get off your high horse, you're harming the movement by gatekeeping it to those with a perfect moral background.

#this is in response to a post i saw on here a while ago #“how do u even fall into those beliefs to begin with!!!” some people are raised by very shitty people next #yknow grifters who spread misinfo arent just talking into the void. they target a demographic that is ill-informed #idk i grew up in a household that never quite grew out of the cold war & when i was introduced to the internet when i was little #i was groomed by someone on the right & though i didn't hold any explicitly racist or homophobic beliefs or anything (mixed family household #& queer myself) #i was still problematic & stupid! #i know my Capitalist Era™ ended when i was 13-14 & that's Young but idk a lotta people believe the wrong things bcs they're stupid #or never questioned influences growing up before it spirals out of control #if someone shows genuine change they deserve a chance. the very system we live in is one that tries to convince ppl it works & to keep ppl #from knowing its crimes. so yea if it's working as intended a lotta people aren't gonna have Flawless beliefs i'm sorry #i feel like a lotta people who'll just exclude anyone from the left if they have a problematic history they've grown from are younger & need #to work thru their own special kind of puritanism #you don't have to like someone but you're helping Nobody by excluding those who've changed & tryna rile up ppl against them

[afterthedreamer]

The Crane Wives were incredible I’m going to collapse on the ground now

#crane wives #The Crane Wives #and everyone was so sweet?? #the crowd was genuinely so kind #I had two people come up to me and tell me I was gorgeous #and crane wives played Nobody???? #which I wasn’t expecting #Overall 10/10 Night