#b) she's World's Best Mom™

[rai-knightshade]

Get to know me tag game!

Exactly what it says on the tin, I was tagged by @samblerambles for this one!

Top 3 Ships: I hope this question means just, like, currently, cause no way could I choose a top 3 of all time 😭. Current Nuclear-Levels-of-Brainrot Blorbo ships are: 1) Jeca (Jesse x Beca, Pitch Perfect); 2) Zelink (Link x Zelda, primarily Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom); and 3) Zekkna (Jaina x Zekk, Star Wars Legends/Young Jedi Knights). Honorable mentions go to the polyam versions of these ships tho (JessexBecaxChloe and Jaina's Mini Harem aka JainaxZekkxJag(xmaybe Kyp but I'm not sold on him). And maybe also YonaxSidonxLinkxZelda, which I just think is neat and fun)

Favorite color: yellow! I love a good golden, sunny yellow I gotta say 😁

Last Song: unintentionally, Cake by Itzy (played on the radio at the boba place I went to today); intentionally, Mr. Perfectly Fine (Fearless Vault Track by Taylor Swift)

Last Book: you know what, it's been 7 months since I last read anything, I think that officially makes this answer None until I get around to reading another book 😅.... Or it's the Little Golden Books baby's first biography on Taylor Swift. Which might actually be cringier 😅 (cringe is dead and it's a cute book etc etc but goddamn does this still say something about my ability to read actual books nowadays rip)

Last Movie: The Eras Tour Movie, preceded by The Barbie Movie

Currently Watching: nothing intentionally. I like watching some of the MeTV block of classic 70's/80's/90's shows tho. I'm always down for classic Macgyver and Emergency!

Current obsession: while you might come to the conclusion, based on this post, that it's Taylor Swift, I'm actually still fairly normal about her I promise 😅 I maintain the distinction that I'm a swiftie, but I'm not a Swiftie™. There's a difference. No, the actual answer is only mentioned once so far: Pitch Perfect, more specifically Jeca (and also SwanSongs aka Jesse/Beca/Chloe), even more specifically the secret good sequel to the third movie where Jeca can still win (and everyone is truly, canonically queer in a myriad of ways) that lives rent-free in my head, multiple pages of my sketchbooks, and as the Big Damn Fic™ I've been posting very slowly to AO3 since last year. Don't believe me? I'm gonna add '#jeca' and '#not to Blorbo on main but' to the tags of this post, look through the reblogs and actual blogs I've tagged over the past couple years and you'll truly understand how deep it all goes.

Currently Working On: allegedly, it's chapter 2 of the Big Damn Fic™ I just mentioned, 'these hands had to let it go free and- (This Love came back to me)', for which i just posted the ending a couple weeks ago as its own fic in the series to show that I'm doing something with it.

Country You Want to Visit: Scotland, Norway, and New Zealand. And also maybe Iceland. Pretty much in that order. I'd take a tour of Europe too tbh but those are the Big 3 (4).

Tags for Funsies: @thesorrowoflizards @lord-owlsnake @qcboeifzzz @beautiful-flutey @avian-violet and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it! Go for it! (No pressure tho ofc)

#tag games #ask games #taylor swift #jeca #not to blorbo on main but #zelink #zekkna #zekk nolastname #zekk solo fel #oh man is the brainrot strong for these stories #got brainrot so bad i started mentally fleshing out jesse's mom and ended up drawing up an entire page of drawings for her #i think she's my second favorite pitch perfect oc now (second only to my beloved sunshine daughter Maria #naturally) #ill talk more about her when i post said drawings but just know that a) shes kind of a weirdo just like her son #b) she's World's Best Mom™ #c) she will see a feral stray standoffish cat in human form (aka Beca) and say 'is anyone else gonna adopt this poor girl'-- #--and not wait for an answer. sorry beca she's your mom now. yeah its permanent no backsies. yeah youre on the christmas card too. #(its ok tho in this verse beca's mom is basically nonexistent--much like the actual movies make her--so she's sorely in need of one) #anyways. brainrot. its real bro

[pancakesandpessimism]

Okay, so hear me out: I think Camila’s an official Crime Mom™ now. 

I mean, we see that Vee and Luz graduated together, and the assumption is that it was from a human school, right?

I don’t know about you guys, but my high school required some paperwork to enroll a student. Namely A. some form of ID for the student, like a birth certificate, and B. proof that the parent trying to enroll the kid has legal guardianship over said child. Probably more stuff that my parents didn’t bother telling me about. Not to mention we see Vee playing baseball in one of the Noceda house photos, and while I’m aware this one might just be a My School/District thing, for high school we had to provide proof of ID AND a full vaccination record in order to participate in sports (this was true for school and competitive leagues). 

Now, while I’m positive Camila would make sure her babies are fully vaccinated (not just Luz and Vee, you know the whole Hexsquad got hit with a strom of shots the moment she realized these kids were trapped in a world their immune systems weren’t built to survive in), seeing a record that has ALL the vaccinations starting only a few months ago despite most getting them as infants-children miiiiiight raise some eyebrows. Especially when the student is supposedly the sister of another student whose records DO start at infancy. Not that it’s impossible for this to happen, but combining that with the fact that Vee has no birth certificate or official record of her existence to speak of, which also probably means Camila has no proof of guardianship because how do you adopt a kid who legally doesn’t exist, people would notice something’s up. 

Which then begs the question: How did Vee graduate, or get enrolled at all?

I present to you: Camila the Crime Mom™. Specifically, Camila the Identity Forger™. 

I’d like to think that’s actually what Eda and Camila were talking about in that photo where they’re sharing apple blood. Eda was trying to give Camila some tips on how to make the documents look official (she probably has plenty of practice between her history scamming people and her general knowledge of crime. Not to mention she could hook Camila up with an expert or two if necessary, she’s got Connections) and a warm welcome to the Crime Parent Squad, while Camila comes to the realization that Luz did not embellish any of her stories about Eda’s criminal acts in any way. As a matter of fact, she was probably sugarcoating a lot of stuff. 

And yes, there’s a possibility that she simply asked Gus to help them out with some illusions, but I raise you: Camila would want to do it herself because that’s her baby and she will ensure that Vee gets the education she wants without having to forfeit her new form, or any other part of herself.

Idk, it just makes me really happy to think that both of Luz’s moms not only would, but HAVE, broken the law for their kids. That is a family you Do Not want to mess with. Not to mention the idea that Camila went from letting societal pressures and her own painful experiences influence how she handled Luz’s education to committing a full on felony because fuck it, if her snake-daughter wants to go to school then she’s going to school brings a smile to my face. 

Tldr Camila Noceda remains one of the best mothers in animated history and I love her. 

#toh #the owl house #toh finale #Watching and Dreaming #toh spoilers #camila noceda #I don't talk enough about how much I adore Camila #Mother of the Year

[apertvres]

an introduction.

i present: lee saeron, police academy dropout turned mall security, american when it suits her, connoisseur of funky food combinations and generally, an Absolute Menace(™).

her profile is here, but i’ll drop some bullets below the cut! like this post if you'd like me turn up in your inbox to plot <3 (please)

background:

born in new york, 2001. mom’s a journalist and dad’s a pilot - both jobs which have them flitting from one side of the globe to the other most of the time.

dad misses the birth, the way he did with saeron’s older brother four years before. when he finally makes it into the hospital room, thoroughly disheveled from a ten-hour flight, he cries and tells his wife he’ll spend the rest of her life making it up to her. he never knew how short that time would be.

saeron’s a pretty happy kid, climbing trees and running after her older brother - generally trying to out-do him in everything the way younger siblings do. she’s said to be a “gifted” child and accelerated two years at school, but to her parents, she’s just their little girl who needs to stop trying to jump down too many steps at a time.

her mom dies in a car accident one rainy day - the explanation given is that the car skidded out of control due to the slick roads, but it’s hard to accept. especially when the notes found in her mom’s safe at home show that she was investigating something big.

their lives become a wild chase, chasing the traces of her; dad jets around the world with back to back shifts as if he can find her in the sky somewhere, brother becomes a journalist to continue their mom’s work.

saeron decides to become a cop to fully investigate her mother’s death; gets her bachelors, trains every single day for the entrance exams to get into the police academy… before realizing this isn’t what she wants. nothing she or anyone else can do will bring her mom back. learning how to chase down college kids dealing drugs loses its appeal.

she moves to daegu where her maternal grandparents live; they returned to their home country after their daughter died. she’s still trying to figure things out, and gets a job at sunset galleria as their security officer after successfully apprehending a thief (by pure luck, but nobody needs to know that??).

funnily enough, there’s a strange sense of purpose she feels working at the mall. with every passing day, she finds herself wondering if it’d be so bad to just settle - if she needs to continue chasing something bigger than this.

personality:

heavily inspired by jake peralta from b99! fun, irresponsible, but surprisingly competent.

doesn’t really take anything seriously, which is both a flaw and admirable quality. can make light of any situation, and brushes negative emotions off pretty quickly.

it’s reflected in her relationships and interactions with people; fun banter at best, witty cynicism at worst. she hands out her friendship with all the ease of distributing religious flyers, but it doesn’t mean much at the end of the day. the kind that has too many friends and yet none at all.

logical reasoning > feelings. she’s not so great at empathizing, but will listen attentively and reason through things together. great at making people laugh through their tears with unsolicited jokes and commentary.

likes social settings, but needs time to herself. very independent, and hates being coddled. being babied?? cue uncomfortable shuffle towards the exit.

has the self-assurance of someone who’s never really failed at anything but has willingly given everything up. can therefore come across as narcissistic and arrogant at times, and it’s made worse because she always does deliver exactly what she promises!

connection ideas:

someone who works at the lotteria / candy nook and a) feeds her free samples whenever she works her rounds in the area b) lets her experiment with whatever’s left over at the end of the day to come up with new “recipes” (read: trash) simply because it’s hilarious and yet… gross…

coworkers! would love a ride or die work bestie with all the dramaticized “i would take a bullet for you” kind of loving except the biggest threat they usually face at the mall is being wacked in the ankle with a walking stick… but also a rival that distinctly reminds saeron of her older brother and the way they’d compete for literally every single damn thing!

so sometimes on her night shifts, she makes her way down to the arcade and someone’s always! topped! her high score on the tekken machine! she’s made it her mission to go back whenever she can to put herself back on top, but after several weeks of futile resistance, she decides to lie in wait to see just exactly who she’s up against…

light-hearted flirty banter on the regular, she always lingers a little too long in his store just to make him laugh and bask in attention… except she ends up avoiding him like the goddamn plague after an accidental one night stand at some party because she’s unsure of what it now means!!!

someone who brings out the best and worst in her. he knows exactly what to say to get under her skin, but then she always wants… him… to get under her skin… in every single way possible. there’s something very destructive and unhealthy about the way he makes her feel but being able to feel angry (just being able to feel, generally) feels addictive. think: cruel kindness!

meet cutes where they’re always bumping into each other at the inopportune moments? she’s sprinting across the mall (to the rescue or to get a freebie before they run out? nobody knows!) when she bumps into them, knocking them off their feet in a generally unsafe… way… and the next succession of “bump-ins” continue much in the same way. she wheels their cart into a shelf of groceries, spills coffee on their white cashmere sweater, etc. not really meet cutes so much as meet horrors.

#sunsetintro #; - out of character

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[kendra--brooks]

Welcome to Aurora Bay, [KENDRA BROOKS]! I couldn’t help but notice you look an awful lot like [SOPHIA BUSH]. You must be the [37] year old [OWNER OF PIT STOP GARAGE]. Word is you’re [CLEVER] but can also be a bit [STUBBORN] and your favorite song is [SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLE BY MUSE]. I also heard you’ll be staying in [SEABROOK QUARTER]. I’m sure you’ll love it! 

&& B A S I C S && .

full name: Kendra Rose Brooks

 sexuality: Pansexual

 zodiac: Taurus Sun, Aries Moon, Capricorn Rising 

 height/weight: 5’5 160 Pounds

 basic style: tank tops, ripped jeans, leather jackets, baseball caps, sports jersey, combat boots, greased stained overalls, 

 Traits: protective, witty, stubborn, blunt, handy, outspoken, prickly, loyal, honest, stoic, 

 aesthetic: greased hands, working long hours, an ice cold beer at the end of the day, 

&& H I S T O R Y && 

Kendra was born to Paul and Wendy Brooks 

They were a middle class family who lived in Aurorabay 

Paul was the owner and mechanic of pit stop garage and Wendy was an elementary teacher 

It wasn’t the best marriage, and it fell apart quickly her parents were divorced by the time she was 4 years old 

Her mom left shortly after that never to been seen again 

Depsite her mom leaving she had what she considers a great childhood

She was the biggest Daddys girl ™  her days were filled learning about cars in the garage and then playing catch in the front yard 

Kendra was always a tom boy, and was never into princesses or dress rather be tinkering around with the cars in her dad's garage or playing sports of some sort 

One thing her dad taught her was to not take shit and don't sit silently when kids were picking on other kids  

So she was always the loud kid calling out the mean girls around her and calling out teachers on their unfair treatment of certain kids 

So that made her unpopular against her peers and others 

That was okay with her, her mom leaving had left more of an impact than she would like to admit and she only trusted a handful of people anyways 

After graduating high school she immediately went to work in her dads garage, and got her own place in town. 

She found her groove and a  friend group to tolerate her, through her twenties and early thirties  nothing noteworthy really happened 

When she was 34 that all changed, her dad won the lottery and wanted to retire so on her 35th Birthday she was given ownership of the Pit Stop Garage 

Shortly after gaining ownership life handed her another curveball - pregnant with twins 

She gave birth to Dylan and Delaney nine months later 

Kendra loves her kids more than anything in the world and would literally murder anyone who hurts them 

Now shes trying to juggle single parenthood with 2 2 years old and running the shop, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.

&& P E R S O N A L I T Y && 

Kendra is a tough nut to crack 

She doesn’t trust easily and would rather keep her friends list short 

Honestly if your not on the friends list she can be a bit short, and not the nicest 

She also has a no bullshit tolerance and will call out anyone if she senses it 

But if you are close to her, you’ll have a friend for life and a protector for life 

She will go to the ends of earth to protect her loved ones 

Kendra is a simple girl, as long as she has her friends a game to watch and a beer shes a happy gal 

Romance wise, shes a bit of mess she good with flings and one night stands but still at 37 cannot figure out what to do when she wants more 

Takes no ones shit, and will fight you if necessary 

&& W A N T E D &&

Friend group 

Baby Daddy 

Ex-flings/one night stands

Someone shes taken under her wing so to speak 

Opposite attract friend 

People she knew from high school 

Enemies

@aurorabayaesthetic​

#aurorabay.intro

[thestarryskiesofpalaven]

so finished code vein aka anime dark souls and some thoughts (a bit spoilery):

- the music SLAPS its so good!!

- character creation is amazing

- tiddy(tm) is v present unfortunately

- REALLY fun gameplay except when the lost invasions happen then it’s stunlock hell

- loved most of the levels except anor londo 2.0 aka horrible maze hell

- exploration was fuckin good

- enemy tracking gets a tad ridiculous at times

- i love the revenant squad so fuckin much

- everyone’s backstories and memories basically made me go

- i honestly thought louis was a persona character stuck in the wrong game and that was Before i found out his last name is amamiya kfhkjahgkjawfh i love him

- yakumo is BEST bro, also he’s in love w louis but louis is oblivious as usual

- davis is the cool bro who’s a giant nerd i love him

- coco’s the best and also the mom friend of the squad; her trying her damndest to avoid admitting she’s a loving, kind, extremely nice person was So Much

- coco: “best buy from the best bi ;)”

- i love my gay enginerd daughter rin murasame

- i also love my gay shooty daughter mia karnstein and my hat knight son nicola karnstein

- murasame and mia are in love!!!

- aurora and karen are ALSO in love like bro... “what if... i became a successor to not only guard a relic but also guard over ur semi-comatose body while u were sacrificing urself to make blood beads sprout everywhere... and all i talked abt was caring for u and admiring u to anyone who talks to me... haha just kidding... unless?”

- “if it means helping her... i must"; "i will be at your side for now, and always"; "i can’t die here like this! i can’t leave karen all alone!"; "oh, karen... are you safe? i don’t know what i’d do if i thought you were suffering..."; "i can feel my sense of self degrading little by little... like my humanity is breaking apart and just... drifting away. i can’t even remember my own name anymore. but there’s... still one thing... I refuse to forget!” like................ g o d

- eva’s VAs in both the jp and en versions... their singing is outta this world holy shit!!! absolutely amazing

- jack: ‘tch’; me: ‘😳😳😳😳’

- io’s journey to achieving a sense of self and carving her own fate... making her own choices... i cried. also io and the protag are in love too like b r o that true ending stuff... some of the most heartbreaking and tender shit i’ve ever seen

- overall v fun game!!! would recommend it

#code vein #long post

[bby-soleil]

Tag yourself as me and my friends

Angel: Mom friend™. Scratches head in confusion. Can’t hide her facial expressions. Loves her bf with her heart. Gets those good grades.

Ava: Stressed and a mess. Doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life. Has 8 different projects and none are finished. Straight B student. Very colourful fashion.

Hope: Quarter-life crisis. Photography skills on point. Doesn’t like affection. Always broke. Getting by one day at a time. Somehow holding her life together.

Madelyn: Ready to fight. Soccer fanatic. Really like politics. Got into every school she applied to. Couldn’t survive in the adult world. Has a coffee addiction 

Chan: Disrespectful. Doesn’t care about school. Actually has his life in order and has a very structured plan. Acts tough is a softie. Reads???

Marcello: A whole disaster. Super stressed about his future. Doesn’t know what's going on. Funny. Social but lowkey an introvert. Roasts and gets roasted.

Jewel: Does 10 extracurriculars, has a job and still gets A’s. Quiet. good at everything. Lowkey a musical prodigy. Does way too much. Does not quit.

Jace: A whore in the best way possible. Falls in love way too easily. Model status. Has 4 facial expressions. A people person and really enjoys talking.

Diane: Art hoe. Lovely and amazing. Always treats her friend to food. Gives great advice. Kpop stan. Anime lover. Needs a nap. Really driven.

Romeo: Really bad at pickup lines. The sweetest ever. Awkward but in a charming way. Everybody knows him. His mom is his best friend.

Darius: Film Buff. Makes really good short films. Knows exactly what he’s doing. all limbs. Easy to talk to. Can’t dance. Takes math for fun.

#I changed their names #when i told them about this they were cool tho #tag urself #tag yourself #tag #friends #appreciation #niche meme #tag yourself friends #tag urself friends

[nako-doodles]

Tagged by my sweeties @ggukmul & @seokjinsbebe​ thanku 💖💕💖💕💖

a/age: unfortunately, 22

b/birthplace: sf,ca,us

c/current time: 1:39 pm

d/drink you had last: a cup of yuzu honey tea bc my throat is disagreeing w me today

e/easiest person to talk to:  my best friend, my moots, my mom

f/favourite songs: according to my iTunes plays: here comes the regrets by epik high feat lee hi, sea by bts, i need someone by day6, el dorado by exo, tonight by spica, burning by phantom, free somebody by luna, breathe by lee hi, love me do by vixx, yanghwa BRDG by zion.t, sunday by groovyroom, calling in love by suran feat. beenzino

g/grossest memory: since I don't want to scar my moots (again rip) so I guess my second grossest memory is living with my college freshman roommate *shivers* I swear I have never met a more disgusting person than her, idk what part of ‘I prefer my roommate to be clean and tidy’ part of the roommate questionnaire failed me, but I somehow got a weird drama student who was most likely a sugar baby (which, valid, uni is already expensive and we’re right in one of the most expensive cities in the world) but I cant imagine a rich dude would like someone WHO LITERALLY BELIEVES THAT BASIC HYGIENE IS A HOAX but we’ll get to that in a bit.

ok sit down folks I need to Rant(tm): so at my uni, all college freshman are thrown into a randomizer ‘based on your answers to the roommate questionnaire’ LIES AND SLANDER, and for my first year, I was put into a dorm literally 5 minutes out from campus. the rooms were basically hotel style (since the building was a renovated old 20s glitzy hotel that was a refurbished pre-war factory). there was a room w 2 sets of basic furniture on each side, a small walk-in closet, and a tiny bathroom -- basically it was Very Close Quarters. now my roommate arrived at the dorms earlier than I did since I had to fly across the country and she lived in the city, and already settled in...as in she literally exploded her 2 suitcases of designer clothing all over across her half of the room...like I could very clear see a single red lacy thong dangling off the corner of her study lamp. thankfully, I was alone since both my parents couldn't make the long trip back stateside, or my poor hypochondriac mother would have Perished On the Spot. the pig sty situation(tm) somehow only got worse as the year went on since she, quite literally, never did laundry. her new white sheets were stained BROWN when we moved out at the end of the year. dont even get me started on the Smell(tm) and how the city has a law prohibiting windows to be open for more than a tiny crack.

now lets talk about this bitch alright? she personally believes that shampoo and other soaps are bad for the environment (which fair, is true, but there are many soap alternatives? or just plain water??) and a hoax from capitalist society to enslave mankind (which fine, in the broadest sense of both concepts, yes is true), so she just doesn't shower. or bathe. or wash her greasy birds nest head of hair. im pretty sure the only liquids her skin touches are the 3 gallons of Chanel no. 5 she douses herself in every morning and the occasional rainstorms that come out of now where. instead, she goes through, and I kid you not, 5 cans of aerosol dry shampoo a week because apparently aerosol cans are better for the environment than, idk just using good old h2o to wash out your grime? and apparently rebels against capitalism?? (isn't buying crates of dry shampoo from Costco and using brand items the Definition of Capitalism? also; who's supposed to be the communist one? im the one w a Chinese parent???) she also owns entire drawerfuls of brand makeup that she just never takes off? and she also doesnt clean the fallout from the powders? so her makeshift vanity aka the study desk has a solid 3cm thick layer of just makeup powders?

have I mentioned she keeps almost all her (newly bought or dirty) clothes on the floor of a 100+ year old hotel room floor that has some truly suspicious stains, and that she doesn't vacuum? so on top of the stains and grime and dust and hair and grime and makeup fallout are more dust and clothes and her grime? have I also mentioned she's just never around? so I have the suffer through Her Mess(tm) and The Smell(tm) whenever im in the room??

that's bad enough right? but you know what's worse? she steals MY clean underwear and MY clean socks right from my drawer and this bitch has the AUDACITY to just leave them dirty out in the open on her side of the room???? BI TC H?????? I had the bag the things you touched as BIO HAZARDOUS WASTE bc I dont even know what rare microcosm of bacteria and viruses are present in your side of the room. a new strain of the bubonic plague? the organisms responsible for London’s Great Stink of 1858?? SARS?????? who the fuck knows???????? if I didn't know better you could maybe generously call your side of the room a fascinating study on medical and human waste at best, and a bio hazard that needs to be quarantined at worst.

you know whats the cherry on top of the cake????? the ONE TIME I found her in my room was when I changed all my sheets and washed all my laundry in preparation for winter break, and was about 6 hours from flying out to visit my parents when I came back a day after finals week ended to pack my last bit of clothes. and saw my roommate having sex marathon on, get this, my newly changed sheets. on my bed. on my side of the room. the non-infected side of the room.

excuse me bitch who told you to rub the disease-ridden dirtbag trash receptacle you call your body all over my Freshly-Washed lavender-scented sheets?? and had the audacity to get a stranger to cum and piss all over them??? BTICH??????? I changed those sheets for future jetlagged Shirley to sleep in, NOT FOR YOU TO FUCK YOURSELF ON THEM. IF YOU WANT CLEAN SHEETS THEN, I DONT KNOW, DO YOUR OWN GOD DAMNED LAUNDRY OR BUY NEW ONES SINCE YOUR CURRENT SHEETS CAN’T BE SAVED. I dont hate many people, but dear college freshman roommate, you are one of them. I would hope you rot in hell but I dont want Satan to suffer through your Stink and Grime.

tldr; I shared close quarters with an alien who time traveled from the Dark Ages and is either allergic to water or is one of those idiots who believe good humors can be washed off and let in miasma or s/thing equally obsolete and ridiculous

h/horror yes or horror no: if its an atmospheric creepy video game, sure. otherwise? nope

i/in love: *whips out her ppt about ‘why everyone should love bangtan and You Should Too’* does this count?

j/jealous of people: nope. you do you girl.

k/kids of your own someday: I view children the same way I view ted cruz -- strange, distrustful, and mildly befuddling.

l/love at first sight or should i walk by again: maybe walk by and sit down for some coffee? love is a very strong word for initial attraction

m/middle name: none

n/number of siblings: none

o/one wish: get over this cold

p/person you last called: my cousin to pick me up

q/question you’re always asked: ‘...so where are you from from? no no no, I mean....really....where are you from?’

r/random fact about you: i conducted our small school orchestra through rehearsals once because our teacher was running late

s/song you last sang: IM THE ONE I SHOULD LOOOOOOOOOOVE IN THIIIIIIIS WOOORLDDDDD🎶🎶

t/time you woke up: 8:30am to @seokjinsult​ telling me to wake up

u/underwear colour: 👀👀👀

v/vacation destination: take a trip around the world to eat good food and visit my friends

w/worst habit: not being able to speak in one language when im not being careful so when im tired my friends are always like ????huh?

x/x-rays: yep for my knees

y/your favourite food: pretty much most east/south east Asian food

z/zodiac sign: scorpio

I tag: @seokjinsult​ | @t0d-oder-freiheit​ | @glowsj​ | @taetaesday​ | @bangpdgf​ | @kimseok-jinsus​ | @seokjiniesgf​ | @kimseokjinniestan 💕

#wow that was a really long rant rip sorry #I just really have a lot of beef w my old college roommate #muwutuals #hash tag games

[chandi800]

post/167757941123/ the questions underneath the primary colors

REDCrimson: What was an event that’s shaped you to be who you are today?-I mean, probably being saved haha. Kinda turned my life around, finding Jesus and all. ALSO I gotta give my high school drill team a little recognition just because that’s where I found all my closest friends and I honestly really loved drill team. It helped me shape who I am, as I was Becoming An Adult™.

Light Pink: Do you have stuffed animals?-Back at home, yep! I have some miscellaneous stuff from trips, a monkey I got while I was a smol child back in Germany, a Sonic the Hedgehog plush thing, a little Darth Vader, and probably just some various little things.

Blush: Are you single?-Boy howdy, I am.

Amaranth: What’s your favorite emotion?-Serenity

Cherry Blossom: How are you feeling right now?-Pretty okay. Very tired. I should probably go to bed soon but I r e f u s e.

Hollywood Cerise: What are your ambitions?-Not sure? Probably to just, be good at being an independent adult haha.

Razzmatazz: Favorite TV show?-I haven’t been into TV shows in a while. I really liked Doctor Who. I wanna get back into it. Netflix-wise, Black Mirror is good.

Rose: Where do you feel most comfortable?-Probably when I’m with my mom or @k1bitz, honestly.

French Rose: What is your favorite flavor?-I like a lot of salty things. Salt and vinegar chips are great.

Cameo Pink: Favorite movie?-Prrrrrobably Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

YELLOWFlax: Do you like going to the beach?-I don’t go a lot but it’s normally fun when I do!

Wheat: Who can you trust the most?-I feel like I answer with her a lot but probably @k1bitz, honestly. She’s a very dear friend of mine.

Laser Lemon: What kind of phone do you have?-iPhone 6s Plus

Gold: Are you high maintenance?-You know, prrrrrrrrobably a bit. I really try not to be though.

Mellow Yellow: How calm are you?-I’d say I’m a pretty chill person.

Unmellow Yellow: How high energy are you?-When I’m with someone I haven’t seen in a long time, I think I have a lot more energy because I’m excited and there’s just so much I want to talk about.

Papaya Whip: How honest are you?-I do my best. I’m honest most of the time. I only ever lie or give a little lie if I’m like super nervous or anything about someone or the situation, idk.

Transparent Yellow: Would you consider yourself to be special?-Not…really? I’ve been told that a lot growing up just because you know that’s how family is and what not. But honestly like…not really I guess haha.

Canary: Favorite song?-At the moment, it’s Smile by The Royal Concept.

Reed Yellow: Do you play an instrument?-I have a guitar! I know some stuff, kinda! I really want to get better at it.

BLUESky Blue: Would you ever want to fly?-I’ll assume we’re talking about regular flying and not the super ability or whatever haha. I’m not the biggest fan of flying. I’ll do it if I have to or if I’m really motivated to get to that destination. I’d probably stay up all night the night before so that I can easily sleep during the flight because hoo boy nothing really says ANXIETY like being 6 miles in the air and having your motion sickness messed with for a couple hours.

Periwinkle: Would you want to breathe underwater?-Oh I guess we were talking about super powers. Uh. Well, I’ll just leave the flight thing. You can probably assume I probably wouldn’t want to fly lmao. Anyways- probably not. I love swimming but eeehhhh, no thanks.

Powder Blue: Or control the weather?-Hm, no thanks.

Liberty: Become the president/prime minister?-Heck no.

Space Cadet: Become an astronaut?-Sounds like a dream, honestly. That would be really cool but again, flying isn’t my thing and I bet being in space would freak me out more lmao. Also their training doesn’t look…fun lmao. Props to the actual astronauts tho.

Celeste: Have perfect pitch?-I guess? That would be cool? Well- then I could sing in church without worrying about what I sound like lmao. I can’t sing.

Eton Blue: Become invisible?-Nah.

Indigo: Become immortal?-I would absolutely hate it, honestly. I get anxiety already sometimes when I think about how like- after I die and stuff like- it never ends? I’m just chilling up in heaven forever or like? Heck, idk tho, that used to be some weird fear(?) of mine and I’d just freak out over it which like- I need to chill lmao. I’ll pass on immortality.

Iris: Grow plants at will?-Sure, why not.

Whispering Blue: Or teleport?-Heck yeah.

Thanks for the asks, my good dude.“Color Asks”

#k1bitz #R #answer

[autism-asks]

Long question time! My partner, who’s an adult, is considering pursuing a professional diagnosis in order to have An Actual Doctor back them up on why they have such a difficult time with things. However, my partner and myself are living under their parents’ roof at the moment, and my partner has been getting flack for not pursuing employment and having trouble helping out around the house (there are physical issues involved here, as well). I am fine with how we’ve worked things out between us, because I do have the ability to fill in where my partner can’t, but I’ve been accused before of “enabling” my partner’s disabilities, and we get a similar sense from their parents. The major issue is that my partner has a very strong suspicion that even with a professional diagnosis, their parents are going to be dismissive of what this actually means, as they’ve spent most of their life trying to hide any and all autistic traits and pushing themself to be as neurotypical-acting as possible. I’m pretty sure they’ve burnt out and haven’t been able to recover their skills, but because they used to be able to do something, they know their parents are going to assume that those things are still doable. The parents are also both very Mind Over Matter people (the dad’s a Buddhist and the step-mom is a mindfulness teacher) and I’ve already pushed the step-mom’s world askew by doing well on ADHD meds. Every time I try to talk to her about the neurology behind psychological conditions, I get the sense that she believes that all of these labels are just a way of pathologizing neurodiversity and that psych medication is unnecessary, and my partner is fully expecting to get this same condescending spiel if they try to bring any of this up.

So, my issue comes down to this: I’m trying my best to create a powerpoint I can use to not only explain what autism is (which is honestly the easy part) but convince them that yes, their kid is autistic and here’s how, in a way that jives with their philosophies and conviction that Their Kid is Normal™. I’m not even sure this is doable because despite my Psych BA and my first- and second-hand experience with psychological conditions, I’m like 30+ years younger than them, so obviously They Know More Than I Do. I would absolutely love to be able to just throw videos and articles at them until they got it, but they’re both keen to latch onto things that weren’t the point if it allows them to make counterarguments (especially things that would allow them to claim that Their Child Is Not Autistic), so I’d rather create the content myself with my partner’s input and editing to directly tailor it to them, and present it in a way that we could explain things if they’re confused or have questions.

I’ve been going through your resources (which are absolutely wonderful, by the way) trying to compile these things, but I’m finding that a lot of the information just doesn’t quite mesh enough for what I’m trying to do. Like, I understand it and could probably explain it piece by piece, but trying to gather it all into something presentable to stubborn NTs (and these NTs in particular) is proving challenging. With all of this background (and I honestly apologize for being so long-winded), my question is this: do you or your followers have a) any links/resources to concrete neurological studies of autistic brains, and/or b) any advice at all on how to approach this with these kinds of people?

I’d suggest google scholar to find the studies that you are looking for.

As for advice on how to approach this.I personally think you’re tackling this from the wrong direction.

Being autistic is not a bad thing. It is something that many of us are proud of and would not want to change if given the chance. It is who we are. Being autistic is a neurotype that we have from birth. Being autistic is Normal. Yes, we’re autistic an different from allistics, but that is not a bad thing.

Given the way you described the parents, addressing the ableism that’s present rather than trying to just convince them that your partner is autistic and feeding into the ableism by pathologizing it.

Ther are a lot of good links about autism acceptance and autistic pride in our resources page that I think would be more helpful for you than looking for neurological studies.

- Os

#long post #ableism tw #parents tw #submission

[dek0pon]

for the gay ask game do multiples of 7 B)

thanks dean my dude B) 7. are you a morning time gay or night time gay?night time gay absolutely , but sometimes rlly early in the morning is good 14. what is a piece of advice you would give to your younger self?depends on the younger self i guess?-moving won't suck as much as u think it will, where u end up it's gna b rlly fucking shitty for a while but not because u moved, ur also gna end up living yr best life for the first time in like five years-the scene kid haircut is not a good look , get a fucking haircut for fuck's sake-you probably will be better off if you let them institutionalize you, even if it sucks ass21. favourite gay youtuberi don't watch youtube as often anymore,, but probably macdoesit (he's rlly entertaining and i've been subscribed since he had like 2k) or ash hardell? 28. are you out? if so how did you come out?i'm out to all my friends, my immediate family, and two of my teachers lmao (as trans) and it's a lil complicated yikes lol(for the most part i haven't really Come Out™ for my sexuality, since i've realized it it's just how it is especially now)i came out to a few friends as bi/pan initially in person super casually (like,, maybe 2.5-3 years ago or so??) and then i started realizing i was trans pretty soon after (i told some people over email and text and then spread the word if needed) i thought i was genderfluid and then a trans boy and now we're here but i initially came out to those few people as genderfluid/genderqueer and i don't rlly remember how but they knew when my identity shifted and all the ppl in my friend group at the time knew which was like 10 ppl maxi came out to my immediate family (as trans) last year (parents n siblings, abt a year n 4months) , i wrote my parents a letter and left it where they'd find it right before i left for school and was having a shitfit the entire day because neither of them texted me while i was at school and i was at school until like 8pm that night and nothing. the whole day. which was cool u know, they told my brothers that weekend but my older brother is the Only person in my family who uses my pronouns #yeet, my mom asked me a whole bunch of questions like later that night in person including my sexuality and i said "i like boys" which is true but i'm also still bi/pan w a preference and to this day they still don't know haha !! B) i don't care lol so if i end up dating somebody femme aligned/a girl that's just how it's gna bei also came out to the rest of my friends that day (i had a new friend group n a lot of new friends) by giving them these little notes with coming out/trans puns and so now usually if i get new friends they know the same ppl so word gets around that i use they/them, i'm out to my art teacher, we get a "get 2 kno u" survey at the beginning of the semester and it asks yr pronouns, i'm also out to my ap world teacher bc i trust her with my life and would also take a bullet for her and decided a week before the ap exam that it would be a good time to send her an email to tell her (i guess technically she's not my teacher anymore but whatever)so ya sry this is so long but u did ask