#the kids aren't all right

[queercontrarian]

the kids aren’t all right

pov you walked in on ivy and alex at any given moment

i’m afraid the quality is quite shit lol

but i am obsessed with the new generation @separatist-apologist​ created so i had to

adding this cause i thought it was funny

#everyone say thank you to our queen #ivy vanserra #alex whatever the fuck his last name is #this fanart is a mess and i'll try to get it on tumblr with better quality but i just saw we got an update so i have better things to do #the kids aren't all right #separatist apologist cinematic universe

[orangelemonart]

I was listening to one of my fave songs "The Phoenix" by Fall Out Boy and I remembered that the only reason it became a fave was that you used it in a lyricstuck and introduced me to it

Thanks! It and the entire "Save Rock and Roll" album would have been a tragedy to miss out on :>

haha lmao im glad you like it so much! I cringe a little looking back at it now, but it sure was fun making it <3

From Under The Cork Tree is their best album tho

#its changed a lot over the years but I've Got A Dark Alley might be my fav song by them #The Takes Over The Breaks Over is a fav too... #ok if i haaaad to pick one from each album: Honorable Mention from the first one #Calm Before The Storm (the take this to your grave version) #Dark Alley #TTOTBO #or maybe The After Life of the Party #coffees for closers ummmmm #Alone Together actually beats phoenix now because i cant disassociate my art lmao #The Kids Aren't All Right #and The Last of The Real Ones is the only one i know from the last album lmao #i havent kept up because my tastes changed and so did their style in opposite directions

[aro-culture-is]

aro culture is getting so fucking tired of people using the fact that there's a queer romance in something as a reason you should watch it. like haven't allos had enough of romance? queer or otherwise? I'm not saying queer representation is bad, of course, I'm just fed up with asking what a book is about and in response all I get is "oh it has queer people in it" cool! what is it about? having queer representation is not the be all end all of media can we please have ONE thing without romance in it. please.

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#electroniccollectiondonut #aro culture is #aro #aromantic #actually aro #actually aromantic #ask #mod phoenix #yeah... it's like. this is a bad metaphor but it's all i got right now: #i'm vegetarian. it's not uncommon that if an event is hosted 'with food' that every single main dish contains a fair amount of meat #and most of the side dishes too #maybe the salad has chicken. the soup is a meat broth soup. the main course is steak. i literally cannot tell you how often this happens. #and if you're lucky there's like... bread rolls and butter. sometimes there's the Cheap Salad that's just tossed lettuce #and i promise you from experience: if i ask beforehand i am always told there will be something for me to eat #but like. believe it or not 1) that's not filling 2) it's usually the two poorest quality items on the line 3) i prefer salads as SIDES #i see similar stuff on the occasion i'm told there's any sort of 'rep' for aro folks #it's like... okay but the vast majority of the media is still very romance focused and the elements that aren't are usually... hm #not comparably interesting in how they're executed? #or it's like. kids media. which can be good - but i'd like to be allowed to have content that can be both for an adult audience #and NOT romance

[ghost-proofbaby]

well i just had an older!eddie idea that is going to haunt me.

#eddie munson #stranger things #ghost talks too much #and thinks too much #just hear me out #older!eddie and older!reader #you dye your hair to cover your greys cause society fuckin whatever and yeah yeah he's against it yes he's adorable and sweet about it all #the greys are just proof y'all are growing old together #but then one day the younger kids (who aren't very young anymore) made a joke that got him thinkin #and so he asks you to dye and help him cover *his* grey hairs #and suddenly the roles are reversed #and there's something something about worshiping him and just reminding him how you love the streaks in his hair #you love the wrinkles that show when he smiles beside his mouth and eyes #you love those subtle symptoms of aging that you've witnessed come around #it means you've loved him for many years #you get to love him for many more #idkidkidkd #i will not write this but i'm thinking about it #i wanna grow old with him and shit that's sort of gross right #booooooo #alright im done back into the abyss of trying to write #just eddie getting self concious about growing old and you reminding him how fucking metal it is i guess ALRIGHT IM REALLY DONE

[sysig]

Let him dad her!! (Patreon)

#Doodles #Adventure Time #Fionna and Cake #Fionna Campbell #Simon Petrikov #I cannot BeLieve that they didn't hug at any point - illegal. One million years dungeon #She slapped him (deservedly) but they didn't hug by the end??? I had to fix it #Jerry is my favourite episode so that at least was an easy choice lol #If anywhere would be a good place to cross that line it would be to comfort her! I can't imagine he'd initiate tho haha #She's just seeking comfort so badly <3 I know she's at least legally considered an adult but she's still a kid! #And Simon just keeps adopting kids lol #He's a good dad :) Not a perfect one but y'know? He helps where he can #Sometimes all we need is a parent figure giving you a hug and saying ''You know what? You're right - this sucks. But I see you'' #Fionna's quite interesting 'cause like - she's meant to be a Finn but there are a lot of differences between her and quite a few Finns! #A lot of that is Because she lived in Simon's head for so long but I wonder - most Finns have decent support systems and she seems a little #Well not lacking Exactly but her fallbacks aren't as numerous - and she's not able to fulfill her life's purpose so she's just kinda wayward #Seeing that kind of Finn finally able to spread their wings but still have a lot of Finn trappings like naivety and impulsivity ♪ #She's interesting! I quite like her :D Plus it's cool to see her natural EQ when she calls out Simon later in this episode unknowingly haha #I stopped at episode eight for a while but year her line about ''Then you got on the bus right? :D'' and him refuting it #Hmmm ♪ It was certainly interesting - I'm glad they addressed it :) #Plus she's fun to draw haha ♫ Her bunny ears! And the jacket she took from Martin </3 She has a fun design #And as always Simon is fun to draw :) Especially piecemeal here haha - just his mouth or just his eyes ♪ Cute :)

[shorlinesorrows]

qpr jean and neil. that's all i'm gonna say.

do you see my vision?

#i might add onto this later but right now I'm too busy crying #“misplaced forever partner” ARE YOU KIDDING ME THAT DESTROYED ME #neil ordering a hit to keep jean safe changed my brain chemistry #i need them to be friends #i need them to call each other and gossip and send each other stupid memes that only they understand #i need them to slowly grow closer as they heal until one day they can finish each other's sentences #and they ocassionally make super dark jokes about their trauma out of the blue (they bet on how people will react competitively) #i need them to call each other derogatory names but get Super Upset whenever anyone else talks shit about the other and offer to kill them #and i would love them to reclaim the spots next to each other that riko set #and make them their own #they're not partners on the court but they sure as hell are partners in life #the mcs ever #at one point andrew and jeremy are just looking at each other across a table at a restaurant as these two bicker #and realize they have somehow both become the Third Wheel despite the fact that 1) there's four of them and 2) jean and neil aren't dating #the amount of queer platonic pining i could fit in these traumatized people #the: “i'm lowkey obsessed with you but I Really don't like you romantically and I don't know what to do with it” #and the: “oh thank hell me too i thought i was even weirder than i already am. wanna go harass the fbi with me?" #jeremy and andrew watch this trainwreck both exasperatedly and proudly you can't convince me otherwise #cannot convince me that these four won't somehow end up living in each others pockets even if they live 1000 miles away #kevin pops in frequently as his usual wonderful diva self #anyway i'm going insane how yall doing #neil josten #jean moreau #all for the game #the sunshine court

[fraudulentfancammerchant]

fc barcelona 23-24 season: the kids are (not) all right

(unmute!)

#or maybe don't unmute. fallout boy jumpscare lol #i had a couple other ideas for songs to recap the season with but they were um. too depressing. idk if you remember but this season was sad #this is the most positive spin i've got in me. the kids aren't all right. but maybe someday they will be #fc barcelona #barca #lamine yamal #fermin lopez #pau cubarsi #marc guiu #fancam

[hajihiko]

I've seen a few people talk about how much smoother things would have gone for the cast if they had A Mature Conversation about things, but like. they're teenagers. Not only that, they're all gifted kid teenagers who also have Issues (except Hajime who only has the Issues). How capable do you think they are of going 'alright now boys we need to talk about your misogyny' or somesuch

#I think a part of what COULD be the tragedy of it all is on fact that they're teenagers with even less #-of a standard for what's normal than regular teenagers. #16 year old kids seeing another 16 year old kid who clearly has a history of abuse but they're like #Damn that sucks... Uh... Should I tell a teacher or #Oh right wait killing game island. Welp. #Them as adults post game looking back like god DAMN if I could go back in time and respond better #But yknow no time like the present #The fact that people like heard a single word out of Mikans mouth and did not think to intervene says sth- #-about the school they went to methinks. #Anyway. This has been a Me Talking #Ps not saying teenagers aren't capable of being good people #But being in that situation on top of all their backstory baggage I can't blame them for putting certain things on the backburner #WAIT ALSO ALSO. Have YOU ever tried to talk to a mean teenager. Jesus christ #They do not take reason trying to argue just makes them stronger.

[doodle17]

Guys guys GUYS

Modern Zelda AU where they're all in high-school, the hero and princess has pretty much become a legend in these modern times, yeah yeah, basic modern au stuff

But then! Suddenly! All hell breaks loose and these literal teenagers are thrown into a "destiny" that they believed was just a bedtime story for their whole lives, and suddenly the fate of their town, the WHOLE WORLD, all depends on them. And through this, they find out about their ancestors, and how THEY are going to be the ones that the next Era of Hyrule depends on.

They see their school, bits of their town and home absolutely destroyed and in complete ruin. Zelda is a stressed out girl who can't even get through a test without breaking down, and now she has to awaken an ancestral power to save her family? And Link, who used to be just a regular kid, has to take a legendary sword that's been locked in a museum for the past hundred years, and go fight an actual demon to protect his friends?

Would that be fucked up or what

#It's 1am I need to go to bed #But I'm still right about this #I wanna see a gritty and almost apocalyptic modern au #These kids can barely handle it in zelda canon #Imagine if they lived in a time where their history was almost forgotten #And they aren't prepared for anythin #Like #AT ALL #I think the situations and angst would be plentiful #doodles rants #tloz #legend of zelda #tloz au #zelda au #loz au

[volleypearlfan]

there's a right-wing knockoff of Bluey called Chip Chilla. nothing is sacred in this world. Conservatives always complain about cartoons "not being for kids" (read: having LGBTQ+ representation), but Chip Chilla isn't for kids either - it's only for pearl-clutching moral guardians who want to feel good about the shows their children watch.

It's like how that doll line, Lammily, wasn't actually targeted towards kids or doll collectors -- it was only for parents and Buzzfeed bloggers who wanted a "wholesome" alternative to Barbie. Lammily faded into obscurity while Barbie is still going strong, so I don't think we have to worry about Chip Chilla replacing Bluey. Also, Rob Schneider is in it...gross

#bluey #chip chilla #I swear right wing kids shows and books and stuff are ALWAYS cursed as shit without exception #the Tuttle Twins is dollar store Gravity Falls #the BRAVE books series uses otherwise decent artwork and cute animal characters to push political messages that kids aren't interested in #Leo and Layla has GoAnimate-tier animation #and the worst of all: Johnny the Walrus #an absolutely vile excuse for a children's book that is explicitly transphobic #the woman behind libs of tiktok also made a transphobic “kids” book about...teachers giving out candy to kids??? #anyways Peppa Pig and Bluey need to team up to defeat Chip Chilla

[poisonousquinzel]

sorry but if you actually think Cancel Culture ™ is a thing then you're kinda a dumb fuck. Cancel culture isn't real, holding people accountable for their actions is a thing, but this whole narrative around Canceling that's evolved over the past few years isn't real. It's never been an actual thing. Its just a fear mongering tactic to further vilify the groups who were being harmed in the first place and victimize the person who did something wrong.

Your fav being called out for playing an antisemitic video game that directly gives profits to a hugely influential TERF, who's said openly she sees getting profits / royalty cheques from her franchise as endorsements for her bigotry, is not "cancel culture". It's called the consequences for your actions.

You have every right to do and play whatever the fuck you want, but that goes both ways. If you go out of your way to build up and financially support these people who're openly advocating to take away trans people's rights, then you get to deal with people not trusting you because of it. You get to deal with trans and Jewish folks not feeling safe around you, not wanting to be around you or not wanting to talk to you. Because you have shown that you care more about nostalgia and temporary personal emotional gratification over the wellbeing and safety of those communities in the real world.

People have explained why supporting HL is wrong, people have explained why it's harmful, people have explained in detail the issues with this situation. You. Just. Don't. Care. You don't listen, or read, because in the end, you can't be bothered enough to put in the effort of having 1 moment of critical thinking.

It's not that folks don't have arguments or evidence, it's that it clearly does not matter to you. It's that the value of an antisemitic game full of one horrific thing after another is worth more to you than the real, living breathing people who are going to be, and have been, affected by this.

You come across as a bad person. Not because some person on Twitter determined you must be, but because your actions speak far louder. And they're screaming red flags.

I'm not going to argue with you over your own bad decisions and life choices. You've made your bed and are mad that people are telling you to lie in it.

#not dc #i need to not focus on this but it makes me so annoyed #and like the constant 'well hp has been a comfort thing of mine since childhood!' like bitch do you think Harry Potter was a niche little #thing???? #a fucking lot of us had Harry Potter as something important to us growing up #i remember getting all the legos sets for Christmas in 2011. getting the lego video games and i loved them! #but. that. doesn't. matter. #we're not children anymore and she's not on our side. #JKR made it clear that a large portion of her previous fan base are not welcome around her and that frankly #that she would rather them be dead. #she's a horrendous human being who is causing so much pain and anguish for communities that're just trying to exist #and its built upon the empire she crafted. the one full of stereotypes and offensive imagery and tone-deaf themes. #we aren't kids anymore and it's shameful to gloss over what she is actively doing Right Now because You have fond memories of her world. #a lot of people don't get the luxury of pretending like she's not an awful person because they're the ones she's harming #they're the ones she's spreading hateful rhetoric and stereotypes about. the ones that she's pushing to get their rights taken away. #just put down her shitty fuckhng series and read another book. #i promise you there's hundreds upon hundreds of better ones out there with better plots and better world building. #anti harry potter #anti jkr #anti hogwarts legacy #tw transphobia mention #tw antisemitism mention #figure I'll tw tag just in case ya got it filtered 💖

[bonebabbles]

poor thunder, man

Time to form all the groups suddenly, btw, because the writers are incapable of finding a way for this to happen organically.

Clear Sky continues to be a controlling bastard who never self-reflects ever. He keeps suddenly insisting that everyone needs to join him because he's conveniently misinterpreted the words of Fluttering Bird in a way that would end with him getting more power.

Shattered Ice: "This is a pattern of behavior we've seen play out in four separate books, why should we believe that this isn't yet another grab at power?"

Clear Sky:

It IS a grab at power, btw. everything he does is a grab at power. He's huffing and moaning and whining that people aren't immediately kissing his feet when he makes a suggestion completely against what StarClan said.

I don't know how this book expects me to be SO charitable that I'll believe that this known liar genuinely ACCIDENTALLY came up with a specific interpretation that would make him the only leader in the forest... especially after his little "reverse leper colony" suggestion in the last book.

Where the fuck is that "Redemption Arc" again???

But now we're getting to the real meat of this book... Thunder being guilted into obedience by his shitty dad, again.

"Worse than that, he'd seen the blusterous bastard doubt himself for a fraction of a second and it scared him. He'd watched him try out a brand new manipulation tactic that he wasn't yet familiar with, but was about to be. Deep in his belly, he sensed a 'weakness'-- and failed to recognize it as desperation."

This is incredibly familiar as someone who had toxic family just like this, and still deals with the consequences of it. The way that they never change, but make YOU the villain if you don't trust them anymore. How they're both proud and ashamed all the time, emphasizing whatever side is more useful in the moment. He's ALWAYS been like this, a controlling, emotional tar pit, and the biggest difference is that he doesn't slaughter random women anymore.

And I keep looping back around to how Clear Sky's "redemption arc" is the CORE of the problem in these books.

They have not shown this character fundamentally changing, and even used that as a plot point in the last book to emphasize how he is innately good and deserves power as opposed to One Eye.

And they CAN'T, because Clear Sky is a FANTASTIC villain. They don't HAVE another driver of conflict who can match him. He's selfish, fragile, and violent and nothing can compare.

So they just end up with this extremely uncomfortable situation that smells like abuse apologia, unable to commit to having his family reject him like they would a villain, but unable to really change him as a person.

Or give him the consequences he deserves.

#halo you're so right about the introspection thing #He doesn't introspect AT ALL. He's just stomping his feet that people aren't handling him with kid gloves #''OUUGH cant you see ive changed?! you think i would want power when im asking for it?! MEAN TO MEE''

[5mcsinatrenchcoat]

Karlach and Sera are the "they put us in different universes because they knew we would be unstoppable as best friends" kinda characters, methinks

#listening to Sam talking about Karlach being the working class kid unlike some tories #just brings up some thoughts #listen - helping little people? check #class solidarity - check #would Karlach like pranks and chaos - I bet she would #definitely would agree that people need to lighten the fuck up #Sera can also be on fire via the tempest potions so that battlefield would be crazy #tieflings are not qunari but a big buff woman with horns is a big buff woman with horns you dig #(so they might also kiss about it if both aren't taken) #also they would have damn competitions over who swears more #(we all know Sera would say 'fuck' much more often if DAI allowed her to) #they would 100% come up with the same 'what if I throw you' - 'NO how about I sit on your shoulders instead' strategy #like Sera and Bull do #also Sera hears about Gortash ONE time and that man turns into a fucking hedgehog with arrows for needles #consequently anyone who's nasty towards her gets yeeted into the sun #there's probably something to be said for tieflings also being a looked-down-upon race but I don't think they're #comparable to DA elves in any way enough to draw any parallels there #I'm definitely not qualified either way #ah right they're both kinda convinced they're broken and unloveable so that's. a fun common ground we (they) do not talk about #also tbh I think they could both stand each other's tempers pretty well #anyway idk that's my vision

[moki-dokie]

how to make 19 year old boy who came of age during the pandemic and never had a real real job before now realize he needs to Chill The Fuck Out and be Less eagar about working for free holy shit he is impossible to wrangle

#moki talks #hi i got dumped with a shitload of new responsibilities at work #one of which includes trying to teach a Virgin Employee how work life.. works #today i got asked a mindfuckery question that made me go #oh oh no he doesn't even know basic labor laws must get him sat down with hr like yesterday #do you wanna know what the question was #'so if you work more than 8 hours are you like required to take a lunch??' #CHILD PLEASE #i have told him no less than SIX times now to STOP. WORKING. OFF. THE. CLOCK. jesus christ #it is a CHALLENGE when this is all in a remote environment #sigh. i am not cut out for teaching kids #lawd i am trying tho #i guess in his defense there aren't labor law posters plastered everywhere to read during breaks/downtime #as there are in the typical workplace environment #idk man he's a good kid very smart tons of initiative but i have a feeling this aint the job for him #which really sucks cause its basically his dream job but #bruh i need you to get like 3-6 months minimum of real people customer service job skills #smh i am flabbergasted he asked me about the break policy he has 0 concept of the severity of labor laws #like no wonder states are pushing for child labor again NO ONE IS EDUCATING THESE KIDS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS. FUCK.

[add1ctedt0you]

Me every time I read a bland mdzs's take about 'morality' and 'what x character deserves' and 'only the mains are good' and 'this is the right way to cope'

#the shittiest takes are still: 'everyone sucks expect the mains.' while everyone sucks. the mains suck too sweetie #'this is the right way to process trauma' #all the takes about how consensual the golden core's transfer is #'demonic cultivators are all sweet boys. we close our eyes reading the yi arc' #'why the kid from the abusive family didn't make the other kids -from the same abusive family- lives better standing up for them?' #'shit this characher sucks' and then the problem with this character is that they are not mind-reader/omniscient narrator #Like. Everyone dislikes characters. You don't need to go in the character tag and be an asshole. The character is fictional #People are real #Another take 'lying about important informations is good if you do it for the person own good' or what you think is the person own good #Are you kidding me right? #?!?!?!?!?!?!?! #mar!nonsense #Or when I see a post from that blog whose takes aren't wrong. They are just... boring. how can I say it

[femboykaz]

Anti-medicine tr@dwife moms on social media will be like "I quit giving my kids medication when they're sick because Big Pharma is poisoning everyone and I know this is true because I used to give my kid tylenol and it made them hyperactive just LOOK at this video they were laying down sick with a fever half an hour before this, this is what it did to them" and then it's a video of a two year old playing with their toys and maybe dancing around a little bit like wooooowwwww you gave your young child something to relieve the symptoms of their illness that were making them exhausted and in pain and now they're PLAYING and acting like a relatively healthy kid instead of acting too tired and uncomfortable to do anything?????? Yes clearly that's a sign that they're being poisoned and not at all that the medication maybe helped them feel better

#(feel ridiculous ''censoring'' on here but i don't want this popping up on their feeds because i didn't) #and the videos won't even show hyperactivity (or whatever other 'behaviors' they claim) #it's just typical toddler behavior like y'all? #y'all realize safe and happy and healthy kids aren't supposed to be statues right??? #they do in fact move around and make noise #i quit being active on social media for a few days and suddenly all my recommended posts are fucked #what about my disappearance told instagram i wanted to see a bunch of tr@dwife and transphobic content?? #also stuff from ''alpha males'' but those have been relatively few and far between so far #and tumblr has been giving me a bunch of random shipping discourse posts which is baffling and annoying #but it's starting to heal already unlike instagram