#and now SHE babysits the thing

[thebahwrites]

No one asked me and that’s fine because that’s entirely my brand in here, but I saw a colleague’s tweet and just couldn’t stop thinking about it.

An IceMav dads + Rooster headcanon: With TGMs weird befuddled timeline and Bradley’s age being an ambiguous mess, all I  want everyone to consider is:

Bradley had a Tamagotchi. Tamagotchi’s were all the rage in ‘97/’98, so a teen-ish Bradley BEGGING to get one because every kid does and of course he gets one. But it’s a Tamagotchi and those of you who are too young to even remember the rage of it, those little shits were WORK. And it was a point of PRIDE TO KEEP THEM ALIVE for as long as possible. But to keep them alive you had to give them CONSTANT attention and I mean CONSTANT.

But also he was a teen in the Icemav household and you know Iceman was the kind of loving but stern parent that required Bradley to show grades and work. So the only condition for Bradley to get it? “You can’t take it to school most days so it won’t distract you.” (He could take it Fridays and maybe the week post-tests if results were good.) But also Ice would feel bad if Bradley’s tamagotchi died because Bradley really treated it like a pet. They didn’t have pets because everyone worked so much at all times, the feral cat that decided to inhabit Mav’s workshop did not count. Solution? Ice kept the tamagotchi while Bradley was at school. They did try to leave it with Mav but Mav’s ADHD nuked it on the first week, he could NOT keep it alive more than a few hours. 

So Iceman, in the late 90s and for a good portion of his YEAR, babysat a tamagotchi. He took pride in the fact him and Bradley managed to have SEVERAL 12-day (the oldest a Tama can be before dying of old age) pets.

Many of Ice’s underlings were in awe of it. Slider also helped keep the thing alive. In fact, it was a whole village effort before he handed it back to Bradley during weekdays and when not in assignments and whatnot. 

#bah rambles #top gun headcanons #icemav #bradley rooster bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky #top gun maverick #top gun posting #LISTEN #I KNOW IT'S SILLY #BUT I'M A LATE 90S KID #and my friend said her daughter made her buy a tamagotchi and she said #'okay but you can't take it to school for distraction' #and now SHE babysits the thing #...and she's the teacher #and the idea of Ice doing that just... #also Iceman is a softie inside you can't convince me otherwise #y'all sleeping on 90's/early 00's Rooster #where's the tamagotchis furbys backstreet boys craze

[ink--theory]

coming back home after going through unimaginable hell the squeakuel

#shion got stuck w/ babysitting duty for the night so pearl and marina could have their oh so promised “us time” with one another lmao #anita is understandingly *very* concerned abt the whole thing and her gf but is just glad she's back home in one piece #splatoon #splatoon 3 #side order #side order spoilers #slight ones but still there #agent 8 #agent 4 #smollusk #oc: anita #oc: shion #my art shit #couldn't sleep so i drew this silly thing #it's almost 5am so im gonna go back to bed and try to catch some zzz's now

[netflixnormalthings]

yes but have we considered nancy being resentful of stobin in the beginning of s4 because nancy has lost some of her only friends and even johnathan is pulling away but here are steve and robin. the trauma and the monsters didnt split them apart, it drew them together as friends.

it isn't like pool parties or impromptu investigations. they are still there, still laughing. but steve didn't get it when nancy lost barb, and even now he still doesnt get it. he has someone who means the world when nancy's already had her's hollowed out

#sorry its just how steve didnt get how nancy was so broken up over barb in s2 and even now with someone to lose #he doesnt understand why shes so deadset on things like him babysitting so nobody else has to be in danger etc #because he has love and no loss! garhhhhh #(like yes ik trauma blah blah blah s5 you could say eddie ig but not anyone as close as nancy + barb or stobin rn) #in which i talk abt things #stranger things #nancy wheeler

[ramblebrambleamble]

Who/what was Furina/Focalors before she became an Archon?

Venti was a wind sprite who got the job because no one else wanted it once Decarabian was dead. He might have been an important wind sprite, given some of the lore, but he wasn't a god.

Zhongli was already a god and got the job by virtue of being the last man standing once the Liyue part of the Archon War was over.

Ei is currently possessing her own puppet, but has been there in some form basically since the beginning and most people in Inazuma aren't aware that there was ever an Archon before her.

Nahida was created by her predecessor directly out of a twig and people are no longer aware that she is not the original Archon.

Now we have Furina. Fontaine is the first region where everyone knows that their Archon got replaced. Replaced how? It's heavily implied that every other god aside from the original Archons was killed in the Archon War and everything we've seen so far seems to bear this out. So where did Furina (and the next two Archons) come from?

#genshin impact #zhongli #venti #ei #nahida #furina #personal theory right now based on that baby oceanid world quest is that she budded off the original however that works #neuvillette was asked to babysit her as a last request #and so we come to the present day #seriously though what is keeping him there #why is he the way he is and does the things he does? #is he naturally inclined to do this stuff and furina is just extra #or does he have to do because magic or whatever? celestia bound him or something?

[isfjmel-phleg]

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#random personal stuff #I get it everyone in church wants to fuss over the babies #who are very cute and I'm glad that they're loved! they should be! #but I'd like to put in a good word *also* for a group who tend to get overlooked and undervalued #and that's older kids #once you get past baby age in the church circles I'm familiar with #you are no longer an object of adoration and are now a nuisance a burden and a problem that needs to be suppressed and contained #parents will openly complain about them and heaven forbid anyone reach adolescence because then they're regarded as next-door to a monster #and not many people are really listening to older kids or thinking about what they might need as human beings #which is connection and knowing that people give a darn about them personally #and don't just see them as something to be 'kept busy' or as free labor/babysitting for younger nuisances #I have the most interesting conversations with these kids #they're bright and hilarious and passionate about all kinds of things #and they're dealing with more than most adults seem to realize or take seriously #I remember being that age very vividly and the adult whom I wanted to be around the most was my aunt whenever she visited #because she actually took the time to listen to me and put up my jawing about [current obsession] #probably took a lot of patience on her part but I appreciated it so much #it made me feel like I mattered #sometimes the kids at church will talk to me and I want to be for them the kind of adult my aunt was for me #they ARE worth listening to! #everybody at every stage of life is worth caring about

[seekingthestars]

sometimes i get the General Melancholies and i hate it a lot

#personal #i stayed up until almost 2am last night reading fic (not melancholy-related) #so i am tired #and i was fully planning on going to bed at a reasonable hr tonight #but then i was minding my own business when the General Melancholy slunk in and now it's almost 1am #and i desperately need to go to sleep and i'm tired and i want to #but i also don't want to go to bed bc i don't want to wake up and be tired again and have to deal with the day #and i have long in-person meetings and my brother and sister-in-law are coming and the dog is gonna be here #and they're going on a 10 day vacation and we just get to babysit the dog the whole time #which is going to drive my cats insane #one of them will probably scratch herself to bleeding at some point bc she gets so stressed when doggo is here that long #that's not FAIR it's HER house it's supposed to be her SAFE SPACE #idk #a lot of things going on in my brain about relationships and shit #hate it #giving me the Melancholies #i know i'll snap out of it but rn it sucks a little

[tj-crochets]

It's weird question time again! More detail below a read more, but short version: Do any of y'all with POTS/dysautonomia have any advice for how to do headstands and/or handstands safely? Besides "don't"? I know handstands are probably a no-go, but with a headstand I figure I'm already on the ground, I can't fall down

So the other day I did a few headstands and it genuinely felt like it helped a bit with my blood pressure issues. I mean, it's kind of impossible to tell yet if it actually helped or if I was just so excited to be able to do something like handstands again that I just felt better, but it was nice! I want to do more headstands but my dad is concerned I will end up falling and hurting myself. Some (mostly relevant) backstory: I got POTS when I was a teenager because I got sick and had what I think is called post viral syndrome. It's been more than a decade. I still have POTS. The first year or so was bad, then I had like a year, year and a half "intermission" where I was doing extremely high intensity exercise several days a week* and mostly doing okay POTS-wise. Then I moved, got metaphorically hit over the head with severe allergies, and got abruptly way sicker. Right before I moved and started getting sicker, I started learning how to do handstands. I got to the point where I was somewhat decent, and then had to stop, because I was dizzy enough sitting still that trying to be upside down was a bad idea. Now, I am extremely excited that I might get to start getting back to that again. It's like when I started being able to hit a punching bag again; like, sure it's five minutes like twice a month instead of like two hours two or three times a week, but still!! It's a hobby I thought I'd never get to do again!!!! Sure, it's not handstands and I can't progress from headstands to walking on my hands, which was my original goal, but it's a step in the right direction! My dad is really worried I'm going to fall over, though. I do have a uh...very extensive training, both accidental and on purpose, in How Not To Fall and also How to Fall Without Getting Hurt, from a combination of childhood clumsiness, musical theater, martial arts, and my mom having taught both kickboxing and self-defense throughout a large chunk of my childhood, so I'm not concerned about falling, but I tend to respect his opinion on things like this (he's a former EMT). Do you have any advice on how to practice headstands safely, especially for people with POTS? *first dance rehearsals for a musical like 3-4 hours a day 6 days a week for a few weeks, then a form of martial arts my dad saw one sparring day and called "brutal but very effective" lol

#the person behind the yarn #long post #behind a read more but still #I don't think there's anything I need to tag for warning-wise here? #I am really really excited to be able to do things again #I mean I'm keeping my rollator for my bad days but I have good days sometimes now too! #I rode a bike for the first time in like 5+ years last weekend!! #(not counting riding like five feet on a small child's bicycle to amuse a small child while babysitting) #I did a headstand for the first time in...hell it's probably been like eight years #oh wait context for the wanting to walk on my hands thing: #my sister is a literal clown. like went to clown college clown #she's done trapeze learned contortion and hand balancing all kinds of stuff #and seeing her walk around on her hands I was like...wait that's an option?? I want to do that!

[quietwingsinthesky]

i have many many thoughts about rose & tentoo and how their relationship would evolve in this verse. about how you can't just take the love you have for one person and put it on someone else. not even a clone, a regeneration, a metacrisis. about how that doesn't mean you can't love them, or that you can't fall in love with them the same way, but that love has to be for them.

#it is relevant it just isn't relevant. right now. #but i do think about them a lot. #i think about them still living their lives after even leaves. think about rose and donna bonding. think about rose working for torchwood #and seeing a new side to jack and new sides to herself as well because she has to be there for the whole CoE thing. #think about tentoo transitioning because she is trans have i mentioned she's trans yet. she is. even doesn't know that yet because they #weren't there but they will someday. #i think about them all being at donna's wedding. and about a rose noble who grows up knowing the woman she took her name from. #they're a fambly.......... #i think about rose actually not keeping the whole doctor/aliens/mind wipe for your own protection/etc thing from tentoo for very long #about how working through both that being kept from her but also how it was killing rose to do that. how rose had to tell her. #is a fundamental part of what they build everything on now. they grow together. #i think about donna missing someone who isn't there and how sometimes with tentoo she feels a little better but it isn't exactly right #and how as time goes on. that feeling goes away more and more. her grief over losing the doctor *increases* as tentoo grows into a differen #person. she is still. fundamentally. the doctor. but she is also johanna tyler. and donna loves her. and still misses the doctor. #and i think. a lot. about that empty space that even leaves behind. about how they aren't there for donna's wedding. #about how they aren't there when rose noble is growing up. about how they disappear one day and no one ever tells rose or donna #or johanna or *any of them* what happened. i think about how they put up missing posters. i think about how rose holds her breath #for a whole year because hell the doctor got it wrong once with her. maybe they're just late. maybe they'll be back in time for christmas. #but even doesn't come back. they keep a picture of even on the mantel. and they do set an extra plate at christmas. just in case. #a lot of times it stays empty but they sometimes have other impromptu guests. martha and mickey and jack. jack comes by a lot. #couldn't keep him away if they tried really. sarah jane comes sometimes too. (sky babysitting rose noble. ough.) #something about. the doctor does have a family out there. if he'd only come home to them. #so does even. they're both going to have to go back sometime. face the music. sit down for dinner. #there's still time. there's still time. #dw oc

[bookishjules]

i showed the girls i babysit the trailer and my 12yo was honestly.. really hesitant to watch it at first. she's started to become a bit apprehensive about how faithful the adaptation will be and the way percy and annabeth don't look like how they do in her head, and she wasn't really taking to the idea of just treating this as a different universe. but her younger sister was very excited to watch it (like had been asking all the way home from after school excited), and so we watched it. and then we watched it again. and then my 12yo lost her shit. she would just keep randomly saying my name in the most ahfljdas voice because she just didn't know what to say but ahh!!! heheh she's still worried but she just can't help the excitement which like girl i get it !!!!!! it's too exciting not to feel!!!

like an hour of freaking out later, my 10yo asked me, referring to her sister, "if this is what watching the trailer does... what will happen when she watches the show?" i just shook my head... it's gonna kill us methinks

#also my 12yo told me that i was the reason she loves percy jackson sm because i made her realize it was okay to reread books #and by me reading them to my 10yo she was kinda also rereading and realizing things and the characters just came so much more alive #and she would have likely moved on from loving the books but now they're her top series and i-- #i could cry #babysitting woes #pjo #pjo tv

[alliswyattonthewesternfront]

since i started working a corp job full-time again i don't take many childcare gigs, but my knowledge of children's media mostly comes from whatever the kids i babysit watch. and let me tell you, the children can run intellectual circles around the adults on here who are incapable of logging off and instead dedicate entire fan blogs to cartoons for kindergarteners.

when i ~critically consume~ children's media i judge it on 1.) how seriously it takes its intended target audience, and 2.) how grating it will be to adults in the vicinity. not a lot these days is passing that test, believe you me! most of the kids i am around seem to recognize this on some level (it varies from child to child), they just don't have a whole lot of options. there's some pretty depressing shit happening re: always having the tv on, but the children that this programming is ostensibly aimed at are just playing pretend with their other toys while shit plays in the background. meanwhile you've got 35yr olds creating entire accounts just to RP the dad from Bluey and write essays about how deep it is, or whatever the fuck. the children disagree with you, Brenda!!

in conclusion: if you're providing childcare and the children in your charge have the tv on the whole time but aren't actually watching it, try gently breaking them of that habit! otherwise, invest in a used Magic School Bus boxset, you'll be their favorite babysitter of all time

#i could go on and on about the youtube kids content farm shit but ill just bum myself out #kids know when they are being talked down to and they hate that shit #but there's now a whole generation who have been handed an ipad to shut them up since they could toddle #anyway the only thing i can recall in recent memory that wasnt talking down to its target audience was she-ra #which i refuse to put in the body of the post because i dont need the adult teen babies feeling vindicated #just because it has respect for its target audience of 7-12 doesn't mean you can act up!!! #blog #babysitting #also i just picked bluey as an example bc it is the one people are really weird about right now #idk anything about it don't come for me

[demoness-one]

I need to work on my house more soon or i am literally going to lose my fucking mind. I cant live here forever

#my mother is unstable and childish. and we get along fine 80% of the time bc i know how to not trigger a hissy fit #but when i do watch the fuck out. decided to go car camping last night on a whim and now that im back shes in a royal fucking tear #just a control freak. hates when i go off and do things on my own #meanwhile i am literally just doing everything i possibly can to keep my own mental health stable. a losing battle lately #the loneliness is familiar but its like a permanent black hole in the center of me sucking my sanity into it #i use work + my coworkers as a fix through the week but then i emotionally crash hard on the weekends when im alone #i know how to manage myself by now so i dont spiral like i used to but i cant do that and babysit my fucking parents as well #if i mention finding land to put my house on it sets her off as well. ill be 23 this year id like to get a life at some point before i die #anyways blah blah another vent post. ill normal up on tuesday when i go back to work i prommy

[perilegs]

i think i'm the perfect family gathering babysitter bc i LOVE hearing people just go off about whatever topic and children LOVE doing that

#i saw my 6 year old cousin today for the first time in like 4 years #so this is the first time shes seen me and has a brain that can remember people. and im already probably her favourite cousin #she had SO much to say and she kept explaining and showing me so many things and we were having the time of our lives #she kept following me around and my dad had to move seats bc she wanted to sit next to me when we had cake :') #also im not opposed to the idea of having children one day (its just most probably not possible for me bc id rather die than get pregnant #and im not going to support adoption industry) #but every time i babysit any of my young relatives im like 'hm. do i want kids' #but anyways no one is entitled to having kids so. i am more than happy to just babysit and be the fun older cousin #aaagh im in such a good mood :') #leevi talks #i was at a cousin's graduation party and i cannot believe i was allowed to be there like. as myself #i wore a suit and got called by my real name and saw my great grandma and everything #there was a lot of family drama about me being trans but its all bc of my mom and im not going to get into it but its just. #all these years i never thought i could experience this #i thought literally no one but my dad would support me #but turns out that literally everyone but my mom and her dad love me #agh ok now im actually crying from feeling so loved #happy pride it gets better

[vampirebiter]

it's always driven me insane when people will force you into a parental role for a child and then when you act the way they've forced you to act while they're around they get mad at you and say you're undermining them or whatever. like you're the one who made me parent your kid for you becuse you're not doing it. not my fault it becomes habit with how often im forced to do it.

#it happened with me and my brother when we were kids becuse since i was the oldest and our parents worked a lot i had to be the adult for h #him by the time i was like 8 or 9 #and its happened with my cousins and my aunt becuse ive had to long term 24/7 babysit for her twice now and both times she gets mad at me f #for like. not letting her kids act like assholes or do dangerous thinfs #things* #ghost.txt

[graunblida]

guardians 3 got me thinking of lexa’s og marvel verse and if things would have gone even slightly differently if she were hanging out with them during the whole ordeal ehuehu

#iii. brb. ascending » ooc. #guardians of the galaxy spoilers #gotg 3 spoilers #she could have helped keep damage to a minimum when attack on adam happened #lexa vc: i am fighting a literal child right now #adam: i can't believe this! when i get home i shall tell mother and take a nap! #jfc they'd have to babysit her AND drax pfffff #rocket: hey you uh kinda stole my aesthetic there [gestures to eyes] #lexa: how dare you you rejected red panda #need space moron things <3

[twpsyn-who]

Ok but the idea of Steve and Chrissy dating since season 1 is so agdudbd. Like, what if Patrick dies during that party (you know, instead of Barb) and is literally the same drama all over again, because Patrick was a very close friend of hers.

And in that context there's no damn need to let Nancy in the known, right? Is not! But she stills helps Jonathan after Steve breaks his camera and she somehow gets involved because yk journalist instincts and all that. AND JASON gets involved too, because Patrick was his best friend bitch and he heard around that Jonathan have shit about that on his camera and wants to learn the truth and somehow these three become a trio and investigate idk I haven't watched Stranger Things the idea is that a lot of people somehow get involved only because Steve is dating another girl in season 1. (And thank God Jason went straight to Jonathan before he started a manhunt on Harrington for killing his bestie agehjdjs)

Anyway, I want to believe half of the basketball team finds out about the Upside Down by the time season 4 comes; Lucas being on the team doesn't help AT ALL, he and Jason are shit at keeping a secret Andy called bullshit on them so many times.

And yk we can either have Robin who still told Steve she's a lesbian and they are besties now OR HAVE ROBIN GOING TO EDDIE TO BUY DRUGS AND GETS KILLED BY VECNA- actually no fuck off she still gets involved in season 3 and is Steve's bestie but yk putting the idea out there.

Is there going to be nearly no damn plot in season 4 because 1) Jason knows about the Upside Down, 2) Eddie doesn't get involved because Chrissy does have a good boyfriend and doesn't feel like drugs is the only way and 3) There's a big ass group ready to kick Vecna's ass? Yeah man, probably, but Chrissy is alive and Eddie's alive and everybody is alive!

Except Barb cuz someone needs to die in Patrick's place we can't save everyone now sorry no sorry.

#saw some cheetscoops posts and now I'm interested #cheerscoops #lowkey I'm afraid to look up their ages during season 1 so I won't (: #anyway I love the idea of the basketball team being in the known. Let em bring hell on Vecna man #stranger things #idk man just babbling #is actually funny because this means Steve gets involved only once he starts babysitting cuz Dustin is shit at keeping a secret and yk why #shouldn't he get to know too? yk #Chrissy also gets involved later cuz yk she deserves to find the truth about Patrick too and Jason is not gonna let her stay in the dark #is all a mess #also mungrove & cheerscoops double date where Steve is regretting his life choices while he watches Billy and Eddie introduce Chrissy #to metal 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼