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officialgleamstar · 9 months

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MNMOMS??? 👀👀👀👀👀

hmmmm I’d like to know more about the relationship between the moms and their kids maybe? if you havent answered that already?

oh or anything about the relationship between any of the moms

really just anything about mnmoms, im obsessed GSHSHSHGSHEH

HIII LEX!! oogh. relationships between the moms and their kids... i think ive mostly only talked about morgan and nick/nicholas, on tumblr at least, so i can definitely get more into that :D

morgan and nick... well-trod ground. morgan is severely paranoid and over-protective of nick, while nick is severely clingy but also has to pick a fight with everything she say, etc etc. i havent spoken as much about morgan's relationship with nicholas i dont think beyond establishing that she loves him and that hes a total mama's boy gbhjfdhjbj so i can talk about that!! though shes more well-managed by the time he is present, morgan is still very protective of nicholas, helped by the fact that he is the most high-strung kid on the planet. hes very jumpy whenever jodie isnt around, seeing him as his main source of safety, and hes also like... pretty aware of morgan's conflicted feelings on him? nicholas is exactly what morgan always wanted nick to be, well-behaved and careful, and it just makes her so much more aware of everything she lost. nicholas knows he is loved, and morgan does love nicholas, but hes also very aware of... well, his mom is different to him now, too. he can understand that he is just as foreign to her, hes a smart kid. they love each other very much, and honestly, morgan's relationship with nicholas is a lot healthier than it was with nick, but theyre both overly aware of the elephant in the room.

carol and grant probably have the most consistently positive mother/son relationship throughout the entirety of mnmoms, besides mercedes and lark at least! however, this... isnt for good reasons LMAO. pre-forgotten realms, carol generally wasnt home much, preferring to work herself to death at her office job. so grant literally prefers her to darryl just because she was never the one around to get mad at, she was never trying to talk to him, he didnt have to worry about helping her with chores because she didnt do housework, etc. they love each other very much, but once they get to the forgotten realms, carol becomes very aware that she cannot remember the last time she had a proper conversation with her son. just, no comprehension of whats going on in his life at the moment. its BAD, yall, but the two never really question their love for each other, which cant be said for all the kids. ive talked about this before, but they do have a plot of bonding over their sexuality journeys, carol works really harden to soften her sharp edges for her son and to be more present in his life, and they come out of the forgotten realms in a much better place than they went in! (though, take this with a grain of salt, because its definitely the same way that darryl and grant came out better in canon. this does not mean that they werent both traumatized LOL)

samantha and terry junior... start off the worst, for sure :') i have talked about their relationship before but it was part of a longer ramble about sammy, so i will reiterate it here! samantha has a bad habit of going therapy mode on terry junior and he is very aware of it. she is of the opinion that she should not put her emotions on her son at all, because she is his mother and thats not his responsibility (which actually stems a lot from samantha's relationship with her own mom but i think im gonna get into that more for isadora's ask--). however, terry takes her facade of calm as her being utterly in denial about terry senior dying at all, and he cant understand why she wont even show that shes upset. this already puts their relationship in a tenuous space over a few years, and when samantha starts dating and then marries ron, terry's trust in her is. utterly obliterated. at the end of their time in the forgotten realms, like with ron, they arguably have the best relationship though! samantha learns how to show her emotions without having terry junior feel obligated to help her and does her best to be more vulnerable with him in general, and terry junior learns how to accept that his mom is allowed to have a life beyond his biological dad. they make me so fjhbghjbghj <3333

and okay. right. finally. haunted expression. mercedes and the twins.

firstly, mercedes and lark. consistently a good relationship! they have the typical oak-garcia issue of lark running all over her, not really treating her as an authority figure, but its obvious that he absolutely adores her and that she adores him in turn. this is helped by the fact that mercedes is definitely the "fun" parent - glenn parallels, lol - so she has even less control over the twins than henry did, mostly because she never thinks to exert any. still, even though lark and sparrow are absolute agents of chaos, they love their mom and lark never stops loving their mom. by the end of their journey, he's a little more distant from mercedes out of guilt, mostly. lark is still the one to stab henry in this au without any of the deep rooted rogue card anger to validate it for himself, and he has a very hard time looking either of his parents in the eye afterwards. however, he also considers them both his main source of comfort, and tends to trail them quietly around the house when hes upset.

mercedes and sparrow. haunted expression intensifies. "Is there anything as undoing as a daughter?" sorry for quoting arcane but LITERALLY MERCEDES QUOTE OF ALL TIME. it starts... the same as mercedes and lark: no sense of authority, but very positive emotions! sparrow is not out as transfem at the beginning of their journey, its still something she is working out throughout their time in the forgotten realms (she very much has a moment of like... "i'm in a new place where nobody knows me, so i'm going to pretend to be a girl and see how many people are fooled! that's a very normal thing for boys to do!" and lark plays along lol), and a lot of their time pre-rogue card is dedicated to that! mercedes and sparrow bond a lot as sparrow warms up to the idea of coming out as trans, and mercedes. well. mercedes already knew before going into the realms and has been reading a million different pamphlets and consulting advice columns and talking to morgan on how to perfectly handle this situation LOL. so their relationship is kind of perfect, actually, and they are doing really really well until the deck of many things comes into play :')

post deck of many things, sparrow is... very openly Not A Fan Of Mercedes. she is still the upbeat positive lovewolf twin in this (though i think she more wants to generally be a witch than a lovewolf, since her mama's a bard and not a druid!), so it is even more obvious when sparrow suddenly is not giving mercedes the time of day. sparrow is utterly convinced that she is destined for greater things in a very negative way, and blames her discovery of this on mercedes getting them stuck in the forgotten realms. she also, similar to lark in canon, blames the moms as a whole for the fact that walter was hurt and sees them widely as useless. mercedes, for her part, does everything she can to redeem herself to sparrow, and is endlessly frustrated by the fact that nothing she does works. post-forgotten realms, they argue pretty relentlessly, sparrow locks herself in her room and screams herself hoarse, mercedes storms out into the back garden and cries until she gets a migraine, and henry takes lark out for ice cream-- despite this, sparrow does still seek out a lot of comfort from mercedes, and she has a habit of casually finding herself, at night, in wolf form and curled up at the foot of her parents' bed. strange and so weird how she ends up specifically sprawled out across her mom's feet at least once a week, if not fully laying between her parents. crazy. what a coincidence. shes a fully independent child with no need for comfort for sure though

#every time i talk about mercedes and sparrow i feel like my mommy issues are showing LMAO #SUCH A FUN QUESTION THANK U LEX #mnmoms au #ask #lex the lesbiann #dndads

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anewnewcrest · 7 months

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From Chelsea Graham's Diary

I've been so busy with college! I won't lie, things were tough for a while, the classes are SO HARD and I've been studying like I've never studied before in my entire life, but I love every second of it. It feels so good to have my hard work matter for a change, that I'm not running away from something but towards something, that I can finally see my future take form in front of me! My grades might not be straight A's, but they're all mine, I've worked hard for them, and I've already been doing internships, and I think I can land a nice job when I finally graduate, even though it might not be in the area (and let's be honest here, that's kind of a plus).

I honestly never expected my dad to get married again! He'd been alone for so long, that I just thought he'd stay single forever, but even though I think it's weird and kinda tacky that he got married again to someone so much younger and they might have a baby that's younger than Baker's, I'm glad that Sharon now has someone as a role model, someone who'll take care of her. I love my baby sister, and I think she could do worse than doing like me and going to college, but kids are SO ANNOYING and they deserve better than to have those close to them think about them like that. It's nice to have Sharon living closer now, and taking her out for ice cream and a movie or something, but that's not what a mom is for!

Some of my feelings about her might not be about her, but about me having to do all the work. I get that dad had a hard time after mom died, but I basically raised that kid, and I only realized it properly after I went to college! I'm living in the dorms, and even with all my classes and late-night cramming sessions, only taking care of myself and my room and my clothes... it's so much less work than living at home! I was doing housework for five! And even though my dad has apologized for that, and he's paying for me going to college... honestly, I still haven't forgiven him for that. And maybe I never will. And that's OK.

Finding my place here in Foxbury was hard. As a kid, I went to that weird religious private school in Newcrest, and then in high school in Strangerville, I was so busy with taking care of chores and Sharon that I missed out on a lot of normal teenage stuff, so when I came here, I was super awkward, and fitting in with the other students was a struggle. But I've made some friends now - went to bars - even gone on a few dates - even kissed a few guys even though I feel guilty about that, because they pushed the "don't throw pieces of your heart away" crap so hard when I was in Newcrest. Not that it matters, I don't want to get married anyway. And I'm so glad that that will be an option for me, with my job and my degree, unlike all the other girls who go to church with dad and Kathryn. I really don't know why they're still hanging out with all those creeps, and I'm always "busy" when they ask me to come to church with them on Sundays. I'm sure the Watcher will understand.

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nightlovers-stuff · 2 years

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Hey, if the ask box is open, can I have Ruki's ideal type?

Of course, sweetheart!♡

As a ruki simp, I'm pretty excited for this one!!!!

Thanks for your request!

And sorry for taking too long to answer!

Ruki's Ideal Type

Loyal

I always point out loyalty because it's essential in a relationship with anyone, also bc all the diaboys are possessive and have some trust issues

Ruki is no different. If anything, he's even worse. He has several trust issues due to his mother's abandonment, and he doesn't trust any woman. To win his heart, she must be devoted and loyal to him.

Honest

Ruki can read people like a book most of the time, so trying to deceive or hide anything from him would be pointless and could also end up in punishment.

One of the reasons he likes honesty is because it makes it easier for him to pamper his lover. On Ruki's Eternal Blood CD, he tells Yui:

“If you won’t be honest with me about what you want, I won’t be able to give you anything.” (cr: @dialovers-translations )

Submissive

We all know that Ruki calls Yui livestock and refers to himself and her master.

He'd never be in a relationship with someone who wants to be In control. He enjoys when his lover shows their vulnerable side to him.

Obedient

Ruki prefers when his prey is obedient and meek, but that doesn't mean that he'd like them agreeing with every little thing he says.

He's also a brat tamer, he'll make sure they submit themself in the most painful ways. Being a brat with Ruki wouldn't end up well...

Masochist

He's pretty sadistic and on his more blood route, it gets pretty clear. Ruki uses the carrot-stick method when disciplining his prey, which basically means that he'll punish or reward them based on their obedience and behavior.

Though he's always searching for mistakes in order to punish them, he also knows how to reward his lover. Whether is spending time with them, being more affective, cooking a delightful meal and even praise them.

he'll make sure to spoil his s/o once in a while (I personally think that he does that more frequently on some drama CDS or heavens)

Humble

He hates aristocrats and arrogant people (even though he's himself sometimes...)

Yui is pretty humble, so this is one of the traits that makes her so special to the boys. Being arrogant about any of them, especially with Ruki, would end up bad.

Smart

Ruki would like to have a smart partner. Not the arrogant type, though. He likes the idea of being able to have deep conversations with his lover, much better if they are philosophical debates.

He'd also like a bookworm type. We all know how Ruki's always reading, so he'd be the type of boyfriend that reminds all of his lover's preferences, so he would recommend them authors and books that he thinks that would suit their likings.

Neat/clean

Like Reiji, he likes his house clean and organized and enjoys doing housework; he finds their activities enjoyable. I'm pretty sure he spends his days doing housework and reading.

He'll appreciate if they help him with the house chores

Well mannered

Ruki used to be an aristocrat. He had the best education and learned etiquette really early. Even after losing his good life, he kept all his good manners, and taught his brothers them and he's pretty strict with them about it.

If his lover doesn't have good manners, hell teach them like a little kid (he's not a soft teacher though LOL). Just like Reiji, he'll be pretty strict with them, have in mind that Ruki doesn't tolerate sloppiness.

Caring

Now, this is a kind of contradictory.

Ruki would like a caring lover, but not a mother figure. His mother abandoned him, so having a motherly type of partner wouldn't please him at all

In more blood, when Yui starts to worry about Ruki, he gets pretty mad, because he thinks that she pitying him. But as their relationship develops, he finally understands that's just her caring nature.

He wants a relationship where they can rely on each other

Looks

Ruki stated himself that he doesn't care about looks and prefers their personality and what's on the inside

proeminent collarbones

I think he'd like an inverted triangle type of body, mainly because he likes shoulders (it's his favorite place to bite)

He doesn't care about the size of boobs or rear, as long as they look proportionate with your body

Smaller than him

Long slender legs

Medium hair

likes dark eyes and dark hair

likes natural makeup, but appreciate a darker color of lipstick

Likes modest clothes, but wouldn't mind if his lover wore something more revealing for him

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dnallohleoj · 3 months

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You ever think about how some chores you had as a kid were just... made up? If they had a practical purpose, the way you were expected to do them ruined that purpose entirely?

Like. My mom & I used to constantly argue about Making the Bed. I still have a terrible relationship with the process of Making the Bed because the way my mom expected me to do it was incompatible with how I sleep. This argument lasted well into adulthood and didn't stop until I held my first college degree and job at the same time. To her, Making the Bed means tucking the sheets under the mattress. Yes, even the top one. Whenever she forced me to do it this way, she was always confused how it was possible that, in one night, I managed to knock all my sheets, including the fitted sheet, loose. And the answer is that in order to actually get under them, I had to untuck one corner, and to actually get comfortable, I had to untuck the rest so I could tuck them under my feet. If I do not do this, my feet get cold, even in socks, and I'm too uncomfortable to fall asleep.

Or The Shelf.

Behind my mom's home office desk, there is a series of glass shelves upon which she put a bunch of glass objects for display. This display gets incredibly dusty, but to clean it is an all-day process, because we need to move the desk out of the way, get out a ladder, and carefully move things off the display to clean it. Then we need to individually hand-wash all the objects on display, but not with soap & water because that might damage the paint. It's an incredibly old, incredibly heavy desk, by the way. The suggestion that perhaps the whole setup was ill-advised is never taken with any grace at all.

There was an argument about how I never changed the batteries in a clock that didn't belong to me, annoyed me when it was ticking, and was hard to reach because of its placement, but no I wasn't allowed to take it DOWN because then there'd be this UGLY HOOK visible from a space that literally only I use and I could not have possibly cared less. Also I couldn't take the hook out? we'd have to fill the hole and paint over it, and since it was difficult to reach, that'd be too much work!

Not to mention all the unused table surfaces we couldn't leave things on because it looked bad, the towels we had to save for hypothetical guests that nobody ever invited over, all these things that weren't allowed to serve a practical purpose and yet required So Much Maintenance.

This kinda turned into a vent post but like. Idk, there's a lot of guilt and hangups around housework and I'd bet if you stepped back and thought about it for a few minutes, you'd recognize the obvious: Things haven't fallen apart just because I put this off. What does that mean? Is it necessary? If yes, does the "Run the Dishwasher Twice" method of doing chores apply here? Can you cut out unnecessary steps? Does it HAVE to be done in the way that you can't bring yourself to do, or is there an easier, less pretty way that nonetheless works? If it's not necessary, then fuck it. Take down that clock and leave the ugly hook. Or do what I did and find a cheap Darth Vader canvas in a clearance aisle somewhere, if there's someone to complain about The Hook. Don't tuck in your sheets if it'll make more work for you tomorrow morning. Tear down That Fucking Shelf and put those display pieces somewhere you can reach them without losing your whole afternoon. Or move your desk, whatever makes The Chore doable. And for fuck's sake, throw shit on the flat surfaces made for the express purpose of throwing shit on. Don't deny your furniture and towels their purpose.

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justyouraverageonlinedegenerate · 1 year

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Accidentally on Purpose

Harvestella Fan Fiction - Brakka x Ein/OC

Description: After getting badly hurt on a job out with Ella, Brakka is forced to stay at her house on Bird's Eye Brae to recover. That was his story, and he was sticking to it. And no matter how many times Shrika would tease him about it, no--it was not all part of some elaborate plan just to move in with Ella.

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Chapter Two

It had been a few days since Brakka came to stay with Ella, and life was certainly... interesting. First off, having four different annoying fairies flying around helping with the housework and farm chores was new to Brakka. Juno was especially... annoying. She almost nagged him to rest and stop trying to do things himself more than Ella did. Brakka was stubborn, and he wasn't about to let his shoulder slow him down--unless those scary, piercing, lavender eyes belonging to Ella looked at him a certain way. He felt like a kid again, having someone taking care of him. It wasn't a bad thing, just... weird.

Something he didn't expect to like was all of the home cooked meals. Ella was always active in the kitchen, cooking and baking while singing and dancing away... it was kind of cute. And, on the upside, Brakka had never been more well-fed in his life. He didn't miss his usual biscuits he'd eat for a snack all the time; the ones Aria had accursed so much...

He was able to get up and walk around, but he needed help doing just about anything else with the state of his shoulder. He felt embarrassed that Ella had to help him get in and out of his shirts each day. Something as simple as that he should be able to do himself.

Ella would come and go throughout the day, back and forth between farmwork and visits to town. She'd make the trip and back to the clinic daily for Brakka's pain medicine, which he appreciated. Ella did her best to keep him from feeling lonely, being all by himself in the house for hours at a time. Sometimes, Brakka would just come sit outside and watch Ella do her farmwork. She didn't mind, and she'd chat with him as she worked.

Brakka just couldn't shake this perpetual feeling of... well, awkwardness.

Why did he feel awkward? Well...

He was an independent man and a mercenary. He never had to rely on anyone's help before, so he really didn't know how to accept it. Before he met Ella and Aria that fateful day almost a year ago, he was very much a solitary guy. He'd have brief conversations with his clients that were work-related, and the occasional interaction with an informant, but that was it. Perhaps you could argue that his social skills were underdeveloped because of it. Then, once Ella and Aria came bursting into his life, things changed quick. He went from a solo lifestyle to being part of a huge team, and it was kind of... fun. Not that he'd ever admit it to anyone, especially Ella. She'd never let him live it down for admitting he actually liked her and her friends. Brakka was always standoffish and indifferent outwardly, but everyone understood how he really felt underneath all of that. He was a trusted friend and ally to them, and they knew it. Ella especially understood how to read Brakka. He was a hard man to understand at times, always saying one thing but meaning the other.

"Don't follow me," really meant, "I don't care if you come along."

"Stay out of my personal business," would actually mean, "you can help if you want, I guess."

"DON'T talk to me while I'm in town," actually translated to, "I don't mind if you come say hello if you see me."

He was a hard man to follow, but Ella seemed to do it with ease. She found his dual personality to be amusing. It was kind of adorable to her that he'd outwardly be standoffish, but on the inside actually be pretty lonely and want to be around his friends.

Brakka was not the most verbally communicative guy, but Ella understood him and his awkward ways of expressing himself just fine. Even a subtle look on his face would tell her all she needed to know. It kind of creeped him out at first how easily she could read him, but then he grew accustomed to not having to think too hard about what to say to her. Over time he grew to like that about her.

Over time he grew to like a lot of things about her.

No matter how much he would push her away, she'd stay. Regardless of how harsh his words could be, she saw right through him. She always gave him her hand anytime he needed it. Even without asking her for help, she always gave it. She was a fearless leader with wily charms he didn't quite understand. He didn't understand how someone could be so likeable until he met Ella.

Brakka watched Ella plow her field and plant seeds as his mind wandered. In a way, he thought of Ella like a sticky trap. The harder you struggled, the more stuck you got. The harder he tried to push her away, the harder she fought to stay. He didn't notice when it happened, but she quickly became a very important person in his life. He couldn't imagine his life without her. She just sort of... grew on him.

Not that he'd ever tell her.

Brakka wasn't really one for talking about... feelings. He spent years denying them, and now that the floodgates had opened and he was experiencing everything for the first time in years, he struggled to parse through it all. He went through a lot once his quest for revenge was over. He felt lost and alone, but Ella was always there to remind him that wasn't true. She was always there. He went from having a life without purpose to now having multiple motivations driving him. Maybe Ella's altruistic nature rubbed off on him, but Brakka enjoyed his mercenary work more now that he focused on helping people. He quickly became the Order's right-hand man, and he felt bad that he was leaving them to fend for themselves for so long.

Although he did appreciate having a break from Skrika's incessant teasing.

Oh, did she get a kick out of his letter explaining his current situation. Shrika quickly wrote back with well-wishes, as well as a congratulations to graduating to domestic life. Hilarious. Brakka dreaded how much she was inevitably going to tease him about staying with Ella once he got back to work.

Shrika was scary perceptive, and she could see through Brakka in ways Ella was oblivious to. Such as, well, I don't know... that Brakka had hopelessly fallen in love with Ella months ago and had kept quiet about it all this time.

Yes, the big bad mercenary guy who always preferred to be alone had fallen in love with a bubbly altruist with a pension for getting herself wrapped up in solving everyone's problems.

Ella had quickly snuck her way into his heart without him even realizing it. He wasn't sure when his feelings changed, but he noticed how much more he worried about her when they were out fighting the war against Quietus. Sometimes he'd be so distracted looking out for her that he'd miss his shot. He'd find his mind wandering to her more often, taking place of his usual thoughts about work. Soon enough, just like how revenge had once consumed him, Ella had magically taken its place in Brakka's mind.

As perceptive as she was, Ella was completely clueless about how Brakka felt about her. And he intended to keep it that way.

He... didn't deserve her.

He was not a good person. He was a wanted man for the longest time who had to live in the shadows, and he did many horrible things throughout his life... he was once a man consumed by the desire for revenge and nothing else. He was a brute, and she was a ray of sunshine.

She was ridiculously bright and shining all of the time--a beacon of hope for the people around her, just like Shatolla's lighthouse. Someone so bright had no place being with someone stuck in the dark.

So, he kept his feelings from her. He wouldn't tell her.

"Hey, space cadet. What are you thinking about?"

"Huh?" Brakka shook his head, snapping out of his thoughts as he realized he was face to face with Ella.

"I've been talking to you for a few minutes now, and you've just been out of it." Ella chuckled as she rested her hands on her hips. "What were you thinking about?"

"Nothin'." Brakka smiled wryly as he looked down at the ground. "Don't worry about it."

"Okay, if you say so." She shrugged with a cute grin.

"Stop that." Brakka dismissively waved at her teasingly.

"Stop what?" Ella laughed incredulously.

"You're doing it again... using your wily charms on me." He smiled and looked away from her.

"Nuh uh!" Ella giggled. "All I did was smile!"

"Bingo." Brakka snapped his fingers.

Ella scoffed in disbelief. "What, I can't smile now?"

"No..." Brakka trailed off. "It's just... you're so bright at times. It's almost too much."

Ella playfully frowned. "Sorry."

"Gah, don't do that to me." Brakka sighed heavily. "Never change despite what I say, El."

Her smile quickly returned to her face as she beamed at him. "Okay!"

Her adorably infectious grin sent shivers down his spine. It was too bright to look at, but at the same time, he couldn't look away. Ella was just too damn charming for her own good, and he worried that might get her into trouble someday. If a guy like him fell hard for her, others surely would too. He'd certainly caught Heine looking at Ella a certain way before, which made Brakka suddenly feel like breaking something in half.

Brakka suddenly winced as a sharp pain ran up his shoulder, which put Ella on high alert.

"Oh, I suppose it's time for your medicine." She pressed a finger to her lips thoughtfully. "Come on, let's go inside and I'll make lunch."

"Alright..." Brakka carefully stood up and followed the petite girl back into the house.

It had only been a few days, but Brakka was starting to get used to this routine. He'd wake up, and Ella would have already been up for a few hours and made breakfast for him. She'd go out and work on the farm, and he'd either putter around the house, or go sit outside with her. She'd take a break and make lunch, and they would sit and eat together. Even though she was teasing when she said it, Shrika was right--this was very much domestic life.

What scared Brakka was how much he didn't mind it.

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It was getting harder and harder to ignore his feelings for Ella as the days passed. He had grown accustomed to living with someone and sharing everyday life with them. He quickly had forgotten what it was like to be alone. He got used to sleeping in an actual bed, and he wondered how he always slept on the floor before with no trouble. Having three home-cooked meals a day suddenly became the norm, and he couldn't imagine going back to how he used to live anymore.

At first, he couldn't wait to heal up and get right back to work. Now that it had been two weeks, he was dreading leaving.

"How's the shoulder?" Ella turned the corner and leaned down to inspect his wound.

Brakka pulled his face away from hers in surprise, not expecting her to get so close all of a sudden. He fought back the blush that threatened to climb onto his cheeks. "Better. I can move it a little, though it still hurts."

"Are you still bruised?" Ella leaned in closer to take a look at his shoulder carefully.

Brakka held his breath as he stared at the oblivious girl wide-eyed. "No, the bruises have cleared up."

"Good!" Ella backed away and clapped her hands together excitedly.

Brakka let out the breath he was holding and shook his head at her. "It must be nice being so clueless..."

Ella tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Hm? What do you mean?"

Brakka just sighed. "Exactly."

A sudden knock at the door caught the two off guard, and Cres called out to them. "Ella, I'm coming in."

Ella straightened up and looked at the doctor who just walked in. "Hey, Cres! Come to take a look at our patient?"

Brakka stared down at the floor to hide his embarrassment at the statement "our" patient.

"That's right." Cres smiled, then turned to look at Brakka. "Okay, mister. Time for your medical exam."

While Cres set Brakka back up in the bedroom for a medical exam, Ella mindlessly started cleaning the house. Brakka's eyes were trained on her as she danced around with a broom sweeping, which didn't go unnoticed by Cres.

Cres smirked all-knowingly. "Shoulder's looking good. You should be fine to go home in a few days..." She lowered her voice so only Brakka could hear. "...if you want to, that is."

Startled, Brakka blinked at the doctor strangely. "Wha... of course I want to go home. And as soon as possible." He answered hurriedly.

Ella stopped sweeping for a brief moment as she heard that, then slumped her shoulders and quietly sighed in disappointment. Was it wrong of her to not want him to leave? She had really grown to enjoy living with someone again, especially since it was Brakka. Ever since Aria moved out, it had gotten pretty lonely for Ella. She had many close friends, sure, but... Brakka was different. If you asked her who her best friend was, Aria would come to mind first. But if you asked her who she truly cared about most... Brakka would be her first thought.

And she knew why. She just didn't know how to tell him... or if she even wanted to.

What if he didn't feel the same way? She didn't want to ruin their friendship and make things awkward, but on the other hand, things were already a bit awkward between them because of how she felt about him. Ella tried not to be too obvious about it, but it was hard to hide how much she cared about Brakka. Watching him jump in front of an axe for her gave her the scare she needed to realize what her feelings really were. He was more than just a friend. More than just a trusted partner that she could fight beside. He was...

"Hey, El. Could you lend me a hand with this?"

The sound of Brakka's gentle, rugged voice pulled Ella out of her train of thought, and she turned to walk over to him. "Coming!"

#harvestella #harvestella brakka #harvestella fanfiction #brakka #I wrote this for 6hrs straight kill me

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Part 34

Surprisingly, nothing really changed after Snow's transformation. The kids continued to take up all her time, and she loved being around them.

The main thing was she could only do chores at night. On very very rare occasions, since she barely used her powers and Christopher knew all the steps of vampire care, she had to step away from the kids for some mediation.

Of course, taking her eyes off of the twins for a minute meant chaos...

Her evenings with Chris were a little different too; he'd get a "home from work" kiss, share his latest vampire readings (which Snow was still super into), and then give Snow a quick snack to feed her for the day and help Chris get to sleep.

Since she was eating for two, some days drained Christopher more than others. But nothing made him happier than taking care of his family.

As far as the kids were concerned, mom taking a daily bite out of dad was as routine as their dinners.

The biggest change was income; Chris was too tired for odd jobs, and Snow couldn't leave during the day anymore, so she picked up a few more hobbies to make ends meet. Though it took a while to figure out what she was doing.

At first, her hobbies took up more money than she earned, and that lead to a devastating fear.

But Chris was always there to cheer her on and re-inspire her.

She eventually got good enough to bring in at least a little something!

Throughout all this, Snow White only had a singular breakdown. Stomping her feet and shouting at the sky while everyone was asleep, she finally vented her frustrations.

The fact she had a breakdown wasn't surprising; she was incredibly ill, couldn't afford meds, couldn't afford replacements for all the broken appliances Chris couldn't fix, the laundry was eternal, she couldn't enjoy sunlight, was suffering pregnancy symptoms to the extreme for a third time, and y'know. Had been forcibly turned into a vampire by her abuser.

No, the surprising thing was once she was all stomped-out, she went to hug her freshly awake kid and was immediately fine. Power of love really worked for her!

Strawberry still hadn't forgiven the family dragon for his mom's pain. If the benevolent god lost sight of him, he was probably insulting the dragon again.

Apple spent a lot of time apologizing to the dragon and trying to cheer him up after Strawberry's visits.

While Apple still loved spending his free time fishing, Strawberry had rejected the outdoors. His new passion, when he wasn't tormenting the dragon, was playing a medieval fighting game.

Since Mama didn't sleep anymore, all he had to do was wait for Dad to fall asleep and sneak in to game.

Apple's hobby was significantly more helpful, since Chris could turn the fish he caught into plasma packs for Snow.

And Snow could really use the help...

Apple took on most of the housework help, and Strawberry gave his mama most of her social need. Which was odd, because Strawberry had the most opposite personality from Snow...

The first twins started to fight more and more, but for some reason it only increased their relationship level! Maybe it's a twin thing.

Maybe they just wanted a little extra attention before the next big event...

#sleepysims #Snow White #Sims 4

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Hi everyone! My name is Shanly Rose Tiro Casuna; call me "Shan" for short. I am 18 years old. I live in Purok Beauty in the Sky, Timpolok Babag 2, and Lapu-Lapu City. Do you want to know what my life is like? (Chismosa! Char!))

So here's the story of my life! Throwback: When I was 6 months old, my papa died because he had leukemia stage 4. He never told anyone that he was sick, not until he always felt that his head was always aching and that all of his body had a lot of black dots, and that was the symptom of his illness. All of my uncle's brothers rushed him to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor checked him and found out that my father has leukemia cancer stage 4, and it is too late to make him heal because it is already stage 4 cancer. All of my uncle's and mama's children cried because of my father's situation. After a week, my father decides to go home because he doesn't want to die at the hospital because there's no chance to live long, he said.

My grandma didn't agree with my father's decisions, but that's what he wanted. My grandma told the doctor that they wanted to go home, and when they got home, my mama always cried because she didn't want to see that my father was suffering. My father loses hope because he says that he will no longer live. My father's situations became more difficult, and he said he wanted to rest because he was tired, but before he died, he told my mom and my uncle's to take care of me, never let anyone hurt me, and love me like their own daughter. After my father said that, he had already closed his eyes. Everyone is crying except me because I don't even know what's happening because I'm just a 6-month-old baby.

Fast forward: after 3 years, my mother found another guy, who is my mother's husband right now. When my mama and her husband lived together in the same house, my life became miserable. My mother's attention was always on her husband. Her husband doesn't want my mother to take care of me; he always says that my tita will take care of me because he wants my mother's attention.

When my mama's husband went abroad, I was very happy because my mama's attention was all mine, but I was wrong. Every time they always do "facetime," my mother's attention is always on her laptop, and mine? I'm just nothing. I always cry when mama and his husband are on "facetime." Every time my mama picks me up, his husband always says, "Put her down." My tita is always there for me, and she is very angry at my mother's new husband. Even though I'm just 3 years old, I already understand the situation.

When I was 6 years old, her husband got home from abroad on vacation for one month. My mama got pregnant for their first son, who is 15 years old now. When I was in 5th grade, I felt something wrong about my mother's husband—the way he stared at me—something was wrong, but I didn't mind it. Until I was in 6th grade, he harassed me. I've had trauma until now; anxiety has always attacked me. I don't want to communicate with others because I'm scared. I'm no longer going to explain this more because it's too complicated.

My childhood is not good; I don't have a lot of good memories of my childhood because I'm always at home, always do the housework, and at a very young age, a 5-year-old Shanly always does the dishes and cleans the house. They don't let me play outside if I can't finish the chores. I always think that it is unfair for me because other kids are playing outside while I'm just at the house. I don't have a lot of toys because they don't want to buy them for me, even Barbie. I always wanted to have a Barbie, but they always say that it's just a waste of money. They can afford to buy some remote controls and robots for my brother, but when it comes to me, it's just a waste of money.

Every time I see a kid like me who has a Barbie doll, I become jealous. How can they have a Barbie doll while I can't? How unfair is that? They have a lot of toys and can play outside, but I can't. But I always tell myself that it's okay; I can play with myself and make my own toys.

Now, I have two brothers, one 15 years old and one 7 years old. I am very grateful that I have them. And I am thankful that they never experienced what I did when I was a kid. Well, we all know that life is hard and challenging. Just always put your trust in Jesus Christ; everything will be alright, and everything will be fine in His name. He will always guide us.

Thank you for reading...

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Devoir de Synthèse 2 Anglais 1ère AS

Echebbi Secondary School, Teacher : Hatem Ben Salah END OF TERM TEST N° 2 Date: March 8th, 2019 Time allotted: 2 hour Name: ………………………. Class: Second Year Arts Mark............... / 40 THE TEXT - During my 2-year stay at home with my kids, I felt my husband was the superior parent. He had more patience with Sam, my 5-year-old Whereas I was the bad parent, the one who did the lion’s share in taking care of Sam and my infant son, Alan, while my superhero husband, after work, provided our children with just one hour of quality time but got all their love. - I felt so guilty that I was failing at something normal like motherhood. Yet I accepted it. I was an exhausted mother juggling two children, housework and work duties at the same time. "I wish I could stay at home with them and do what you do," Rob would often say, when he gets home at 6 pm. “I would never yell at them like you do. I would appreciate the hours spent with ” - Then, just a few weeks ago, his wish came true; my husband’s pharmaceutical company had a huge deficit in the economic crisis. And he has become one of the 8% unemployed. That was really sad. But I was so relieved: It is his turn now to take care of them while I can finally pursue my writing career in peace –though from my - Yet from the first day, my husband is ready to quit. “Where are her clothes? Why aren’t they clean?” he asks me. I respond in a vindictive way “Did you do the laundry*?” Then Sam throws a fit* and Alan starts to cry and I could see him running like mad between Sam and Alan. Exhausted, he would go to me and say “How did you manage all this? It’s crazy to handle those two I need your help!” - And somehow amidst this terrifying economic crisis we have been given a gift we never would have received otherwise: true Babble.com (adapted and abridged) throws a fit*= becomes extremely angry. do the laundry*= wash the clothes. - READING COMPREHENSION (15 marks) - Complete the summary with words from paragraphs 1 , 2 and ( 3 marks) Because she had to stay at home, Sasha Brown was complaining that she grew extremely…………………….. 1 and resentful as she had to cope with her...................................... 2 career, household chores and her........................... 3 kids at the same time. - Choose a suitable adjective for each situation and write it ( 5 marks) (revengeful – jealous – happy – reproachful – guilty – sad) Situations Feelings Sasha felt she wasn’t successful at motherhood. Sasha was…………………………………… Rob wished he was in Sasha’s place. Rob was……………………………………. 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Children who are obliged (work) ……………………… to support their families often don't have time to go to school, or simply enjoy their (child) ………………………… - Fill in the blanks with words from the following list. (3.5 marks) human / illegal / human / labour / of / gender / remind / trade / slave / was The 2nd of December is International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. It was on this day in 1949 that the United Nations passed an anti-slavery resolution. This.............................................................. titled the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation …………………………Others. It was another half a century before the UN created an official day based on this. The day serves to …………………………people that slavery still exists in this world today. It highlights the fact that slavery is a terrible breach of.............................................................. rights. 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The ‘parentification’ of Jonathan Byers (psych analysis)

“Parentification is defined as the phenomenon where children take caregiving responsibilities (acting as a parent) for their parents, siblings or other family members, at the expense of their own developmental needs.”

When can parentification occur?

1) After a “Divorce”

“If there is more than one child in the family, usually the eldest, is “chosen” to be parentified .When a father-figure is missing, it may be the eldest son who is forced to take on his father's responsibilities.”

2) When there’s a “parent with a mental illness “

3)“Parental alcoholism or drug addiction.” (lonnie’s place covered in beer cans could allude to this).

4) “siblings with a mental illness’

5) “Death of a sibling or parent” ( This point is kind of cheating - but the fact Jon as a 15 y old had to plan a funeral, for his little brother instead of either one of his parents just illustrates how he always was forced to do adult duties much too young.)

6) “mothers of low socio-economic status, are frequently associated with parentification of their children. “

“given the fact that there are many single parent families, it falls upon children from some of these homes to carry adult responsibilities while their parent is out working. Often, in these situations, the parent is asking or expecting the child to take on adult responsibilities in their absence. They become the parent of the household in the interim between coming home from school and when the parent returns to the household.”

***TO MAKE THINGS VERY CLEAR: we are NOT hating on Joyce, here! “The harm of parentification is usually done not out of malicious intent. However, when a child who is supposed to go through their natural cycles of development and self- evolution, is forced to grow up too quickly, there is a cost.” But, Joyce did what she had to do being a poor single mother - she had to work! Even when Lonnie was around- he had debts. And Joyce apologized to Jon for not being around when they were growing up (working since he was 5)- and she even mentioned working Hollidays . But at the end of s1, we see her celebrating Christmas eve with them (showing she’s trying to have a better work life balance for her kids and prioritize them more). I think Will’s disappearance gave Joyce a wake-up call of sorts about what she values most-her kids.She loves her kids more than anything- and would never intentionally do any harm. She has to work for all of them to survive and stay together. But it did force Jon to be parent to Will in her absence (especially cause Lonnie even when around wasn’t much help).

And in s3 it’s hinted Joyce plans to be there for her kids on Thanksgiving and Christmas- so she is trying to rectify past behaviors. Ok with that out of the way, now we can continue...

Types of Parentification

“Parentification can either be emotional or instrumental, or both.”

“EMOTIONAL PARENTIFICATION : is when the child becomes a source of constant emotional support to their parent or sibling.Emotional parentification often involves a child or adolescent taking on the role and responsibilities of confidant, secret keeper, or emotional healer for family members.”

“ Parentification can also be the the process of role reversal where a child is obliged to act as parent to their own parent. Examples being: Listening to a parent talk about their problems.Serving as a confidante for their parent or providing emotional comfort and support to a parent.”

“In cases of INSTRUMENTAL PARENTIFICATION: children take on practical responsibilities such as:Taking care of siblings or other relatives because a parent is unable to. Assuming housekeeping duties, such as cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping. And Paying bills and attending to other household tasks .”

“ It’s good for kids to have responsibilities such as chores around the house or babysitting for a younger sibling. Responsibilities should increase when a child becomes a teenager to prepare them for being on their own eventually. However, when a young child is responsible for , paying the electricity bill, or raising a younger sibling, that is when problems arise.”

“Imagine a child who is bombarded every day with the responsibilities to tuck in sisters or brothers, or read them bedtime stories; organize drinks or food, wash up dishes, pay bills, or a myriad of housework. When burdened with that many responsibilities, self-care tends to go out the window. If the child continues to attend school, they may be withdrawn, unkempt, and visibly exhausted.”

“The effects are worsened and more destructive for the development of the child, the more the care-giving efforts of the child become a normalized expectation.“

We see this in Joyce berating Jon for not parenting Will, properly (although her being upset was somewhat reasonable). But ,we also see this in how Joyce says Jonathan has “always been good at taking care of himself.” Assuming Jon is ok, when he’s actually not. While Lonnie simply insults Will saying “he was never good at taking care of himself.” The difference being Joyce criticizes Jon for not relying on her more. While Lonnie critiques Will for simply acting like a child and not being self-reliant, like Jonathan. Pretty heavily hinting, Lonnie even when around did very little parenting and expected the kids to take care of themselves. And since Will didn’t ‘take care of himself’ - it probably put the load on Jonathan to parent Will (when Joyce wasn’t around, even when Lonnie was physically there).

Consequences of Parentification

“ It is expected that complicated relationship patterns will develop between siblings. The parentified sibling can often develop a symbiotic, codependent relationship with their siblings.”

“These people are very likely to find themselves in similar relational patterns in adulthood. They believe they must serve, help and rescue everyone in need. As adults, they may find that they have a confused sense of self-identity beyond the helper role. The only way they learned to relate, was through being of service and providing caregiving- so it is extremely possible that they have to be the primary caregivers for their own romantic partners . Since they never learned anything different. “

“ The ‘helper role’ might have dominated their entire being. Their sense of self did not get fully developed before they were needed to care for others, so as a result, they don’t know who they are except when they are doing things for others. “

“Parentified children can become very angry people. Sometimes this adult child may not know why they are angry . They can have explosive anger or passive anger, especially when someone triggers their parental wounds of emotional exploitation.”

“Parentified children inevitably develop a distorted image of what love is supposed to be like, thereby growing up to be quite distrustful of interpersonal relationships overall.Complicated attachment patterns emerge as a result. An avoidant attachment style is not unlikely. In the absence of a nurturing provider of safety and care, the parentified child may have learned to utterly depend on themselves alone- thereby avoiding close bonds and intimacy in adult life.intimacy is both craved for and avoided, both a longing and a great threat. Underneath this facade, they are quite lonely.”

This is similar to Jonathan not having friends, ‘not liking most people’, having ‘trust issues’ caused by Lonnie (that caused distrust of Bob, a father-figure) and simply being afraid to talk to people in general. Or joyce calling out Jonathan saying “you act like you’re all alone in this world. But your not.”

‘They also tend to blame themselves for everything that goes wrong, and constantly try to fix things that cannot be fixed.’

“The child may appear highly capable to tend for themselves and others, very mature for their age, resilient and even wise beyond their years- but they lack the safe haven of a secure attachment figure that is vital for the development of emotional regulation.”

A parentified teenager or younger child may exhibit the following symptoms:

-”Anxiety”

Like... this hurt my soul! His face dropped the second Nancy left the room.He probably has anxiety but looks up to Joyce for trying to still be a good mom and keep it together. Why he said “WE’LL be okay” cause his mom is “tough”. He tries to lead by her example. But unlike Joyce, Jon probably always had to keep it together- even if struggling with similar anxiety issues as Joyce. Because he knew they both couldn’t act that way and “shut down” (for Will’s sake). He always had to put on a fake ‘grown-up’ front and keep the family together and help support Joyce and Will emotionally and finacially . And someone (unintentionally) saying the reason he’s like his mom is not because of her positive traits but because of her mental illness- must have HURT! Especially cause he’s probably already struggling with anxiety- and maybe even fears acknowledging it. Because he’s supposed to have it ‘all together.’ “The identity of parentified children actually depends on their ability to suppress their needs. Since it is likely that their family already had too many problems to cope with, and so they learned to be quiet, voiceless and without demands. In order to be a ‘proper helper’ .“

And it probably doesn’t help he’s afraid it could escalate into something worse. Because in s1 they mentioned Joyce’s aunt having hallucinations. And jonathan even says to hopper “she used to have anxiety problems. I’m worried it could be ... I don’t know.” So yeah , Nancy saying him and Joyce have the same anxiety problems probably terrified him.

-”Depression”

-”Inability to trust others (we covered that) and or social isolation.”

-”Compulsively overworking in order to fulfill responsibilities at school and at home.”

-”Feelings of guilt and shame.”

“Fortunately, there are many healing processes and routes to wholeness and recovery for a young adult or adult who has been parentified as a child.Acknowledgment of your past is the first step to healing and recovery (via therapy or other means). You have to accept the truth of your story. Because, if you continue to live in denial, your mental energy will be spent in suppressing the pain that was there, rather than healing what needs to be healed. Being highly self-reliant was your only option in your household , but it may be a strategy that no longer works for you. It keeps you in isolation and unable to connect with others. Therefore, challenging yourself to connect with others authentically would also be considered one of the most potent ways to heal. The thoughts, feelings, impressions, and emotions buried within are waiting to be heard, once and for all. “

Alright, thanks for listening I hope you enjoyed. I really wanted to do a psych analysis strictly based on what the show presents. Rather than inclusion of the s4 movies. I did mention how those movies did allude to Jonathan’s parentification, here (if interested though). I also didn’t go into the hints in the narrative of Lonnie possibly being s****lly abusive to Jonathan cause it’s a bit more speculative ( I did talk about it in my DID psych analyses pt 1 & pt 2 though). Only mentioning it here, at the end, since one of the causes of parentification is also a parent s****lly ab*sing their kids (quite literally stripping their kids of their entire childhood in every way imaginable- and frankly the worst way possible). Regardless,I think most people neglect Jonathan as a character- and the s4 movies hint we’ll finally get more focus on him in the upcoming seasons. So I wanted to dedicate a post to some of Jonathan’s issues that may get more attention in later seasons.

#jonathan byers #will byers #joyce byers #stranger things

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the term malewife isn’t a very nice term to use...

A man who acts as a wife and is inferior to his #girlboss girlfriend.

Person A: I just got myself a malewife. He's gonna clean my kitchen and watch me download custom content for the sims.

Person B: Sweet! You must be such a girlboss

^^urban dictionary. It’s just confirming to the sexist stereotypes that perceive and expectation of what a wife should act like. It’s quite harmful

It's a parallel to girlboss which is conformity to the sexism within corporate America:

"it becomes inescapably clear that when women center their worldview around their own office hustle, it just re-creates the power structures built by men, but with women conveniently on top. In the void left after the end of the corporate feminist vision of the future, this reckoning opens space to imagine success that doesn’t involve acing performance reviews or getting the most out of your interns." (here)

The word girlboss comes from a book quite literally called #girlboss, in parallel to the negative aspects of this book people eventually rebranded the term "malewife" to parallel it (malewife was originally an nsfw type thing)

In the malewife/girlboss "system" it's essentially the swapping of the problematic aspects, expectations, and socialization of men and women within a relationship

"Girlboss, gaslight, gatekeep" was a meme started to pick on the idea that women should become men and enforce the sexism within corporate society, and I'm sure it was a jab at the book the word came from as well.... "Manipulate, mansplain, malewife" was created to parallel the original meme

So yeah, the whole concept is mocking sexism within corporations and and modern relationships and showing how ridiculous it is. Girlboss mocks the idea of 2014 (largely) white feminism within America.

In example the original meme (created on Twitter) is intended to make mockery of Karen-types:

On January 12th, 2021, Tumblr user missnumber1111 posted, "today’s agenda: gaslight gatekeep and most importantly girlboss," garnering over 43,500 notes in a month (shown below). On that day, Twitter user @CUPlDL0VE posted, "my agenda is gaslight gatekeep and #girlboss," the first instance of the phrase on Twitter.

And a day later on January 13, 2021 Tumblr user a-m-e-t-h-y-s-t-r-o-s-e reblogged the post along with a photoshopped image of "Live, Laugh, Love" wall art instead reading, "Gaslight every moment, Gatekeep every day, Girlboss beyond words" (shown below). On January 18th, the image was reposted to Twitter for the first time.

Malewife doesn't hold those same implications however... The term malewife which is now being used to parallel girlboss achieves it's origins from p*rn, now I'm not an nsfw blog or someone who blatantly discusses nsfw concepts on my blog so I'm not getting super into it but there's a few places it comes from: femdom, bdsm, and feminization kinks... All of which have a connection to queerness in their own right but I don't feel comfortable going into the complexities of that with so many younger people following me.

On February 15th, Tumblr user @relelvance posted, "Manipulate, mansplain, malewife" as a male-themed opposite to "gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss," garnering over 27,000 notes in four days. The post was screenshotted and reuploaded by Twitter user @nortoncampbell on the same day, garnering over 14,200 likes and 2,800 retweets in the same span of time (shown below).

Urban dictionary's explaination of "malewife" is not only harsher than what malewife was intended to mean, but also removes the context of origin from the word- making it something new, different, and erasing the history of who originally used this word.

Because of Malewifes origins vs Girlboss origins, malewife is a less problematic term than girlboss and is more "affectionate" because the term malewife and it's use (up until recently) involved the man acknowledging that he wanted to be the "wife" in his relationship. There's a variety of reasons someone might do this, but it can generally be summed up as a mixture of personality and also personal wants.

I do think it's important to also note that although these words are being "glamorized slightly" they're still intended and being used in a memeing manner, but they're also used to quickly denote arbitrary traits in an individual and categorize those traits...

Although there's lots of conversations to be had for a variety of reasons about the origin and use of the word "girlboss" in relation to sexism, up until recently the world "malewife" was something claimed by men, something men wanted to be called, and something that men who used the term wanted to reference them.

Malewife is about "stepping-up" to "take on" "female" social roles, and it's something that at least some women would be happy to see in society:

"...We have been told that we can have it all, but so far we have noticed that it is extremely hard work having it all, because you still have to do everything that your mother did but now you have to do everything your father did as well. Except that your father had your mother waiting at home with a gin and tonic and his slippers when he came home from work, and you have the washing up and the shopping and a few screaming brats as well as a bloke with his feet up on the sofa watching the football... " (via. Victoria Mary Clarke)

And I don't think that she's wrong at all. Women are still expected to do so much more than men in society without equal reward.

Malewife exists as a a sort of fantasy removed from the truth of society. It's an idea that a husband can be waiting at home to care for his wife, and in this instance it benefits the woman- unlike Clarke's situation above, the woman comes home from a long day and is able to relax without the pressures of society and her life.

Where housewife is a word that holds its origins in forced subservience, malewife is a term that is showcasing men "picking up the torch" in regards to housework- where housewife is socially forced, and girlboss is reversed social compliance, malewife is the rejection of social expectations.

Malewife is about men finding a place in their life's and relationships to make themselves more than a paycheck. To say "I can be emotionally there for my spouse, I can clean a toilet, and drive kids to school, and I don't treat my spouses wants as something expendable". In a society in which men are often demeaned, mocked, and scorned for picking up socially female roles (say hello to misogyny and gendered contamination!)

The Urban dictionary definition, is not only too harsh- but not the way in which the word is intending to be used, because that's ignoring the origins of this word, and the fact that men had a choice in becoming malewifes where women didn't have that choice. It should read more like:

Person A: Ah yeah, I have a malewife waiting for me, he's going to clean my kitchen because I've had a hard day at work and need a break, and then he's going to watch me download custom content for the Sims because I enjoy the game so much and it helps me take a break from life!

Women's wants were often ignored in favor of men's wants, so by the malewife saying he's going to watch his spouse play the Sims, he's really saying "I care about her interests" and by him picking up the kitchen cleaning after she's had a stressful day he's saying "I have a lower stress job so I can handle that for her and make her life a little easier" (because malewife doesn't mean he doesn't have a job).

In a society in which a man's worth is tied to his ability to bring home money and be emotionally distant, malewife is the rejection of this norm. Malewifes are going to be there for their spouse, they're going to step up and take on traditionally women's roles and they're doing it because they want to, because they like it, and because dividing chores into pink vs blue is wrong.

I also want to say, you can't flip a word around and say it does "this" because that's not how it works... Men and women are forcibly socialized in very different ways, the two binaries have very different treatment, and expectations within societies social constructs. If you could flip the forms of oppression that men vs women face (because yes, the patriarchy oppresses men) then you could also flip the forms of violence faced by trans masculine people vs trans feminine people- but that doesn't work either, because women will always be oppressed in the most public way to "make an example of them" while the patriarchy expects anyone who is male to "keep his mouth shut and fall in line". (I know that's worded poorly, but I've just written at least a couple hundred words and my brain is a bit fried already from various other things today- basically anyone perceived female or male will be treated in a certain way as a result of others perception of them)

Anyhow, all this isn't to say that the term "malewife" is inherently free of any form of flaw ever... Malewife is a newly mainstream word, it wasn't popularized until February 15 of 2021... So?? 5 days ago?? The origins of malewife and the social implications of malewife combined with the history of the word, don't make the word bad or impressive and it's not "upholding the ideals of a housewife" but instead a word which provides men freedom from male social expectations.

Can the word malewife come to be a word which enforces expected female social behavior? Yeah it absolutely can become a word to mean that, erase the history from the word, and give it to someone who doesn't know the history of the word, and someone who doesn't have an intimate understanding of gender theory, and you've got a recipe for hundreds more asks like the one you've sent me...

I can't find a single positive reason to use the word girlboss in an empowering way, but I can find more reasons to use the word malewife in an empowering way than not to do so.

So at the very least if all you come away from this with is that I don't personally use the word malewife to uphold female social expectations in a relationship but instead I use this word to provide space for guys to be allowed to be feminine, soft, caring, emotionally present, and worth more than their monetary value, then I guess that's okay.

#long post #asks #Anon #malewife #sorry for clogging your feed #i don't have a desktop rn

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random ask, but what your thoughts on spongebob's family members? (that we've seen of course)

Hmm well Sponge's dad used to creep me out as a kid. He's just glasses, a nose, and a mustache! Idk why it looked creepy. Like those stop motion characters that are designed that way. It creeps me out.

Also he doesn't seem to show much emotion in most of his appearances (which happen to be from the middle era) he seems kinda cold? Like that episode blackjack where spongebob thought his parents were kidnapped and he imagined a scenario of it and he imagined them both sitting together watching tv and his mom all bubbly and happy to spend time with him while his dad seems entirely uninterested and only let out a sigh.

Or A Squarepants Family Vacation episode where he seemed like he wad just barely tolerating spongebob and the end of the episode where he's like "he's your son".

He wasn't like this pre movie and his character in the modern seasons now are closer to his pre movie counterpart which is more friendly, he's always been more quiet but never like that. But for the most part you'd usually see Harold in those middle seasons episodes where he behaved like that. You never see Sponge's parents so it kinda sticks out. Idk why to me. It really stood out. What's going on with this dude??

Oh there is an exception like that time sponge moved into the krusty krab and his parents came over to visit and sponge turned Mr. Krab's office into a bathroom and his mom was showering in there. Mr. Krabs didn't know and just assumed they were curtains and tried to tear it down. And Harold was ready to square up with Mr. Krabs. Tiny man ready to fight to protecc his wife is the only thing I care about.

Now as for his mom. Amazing, fantastic, stupendous. Nothing will ever compare. I like her. She's so sweet and adorable. Though there isn't much to her aside from that. Tbh I kinda do wish sponge's parents showed up more so we could know more about her. Sponge definitely got most of her features and personality.

His grandma - I like to imagine she's the reason why Spongebob is so interested in squidward because of that one particular Spongebob comic where it turns out his Grandma and Squidward share a lot of interests and hobbies. That aside she's the usual sweet grandma character you see in cartoons. She has set my expectations too high. I remember when I was a kid and I met my grandma for the first time. Language barrier™™ I'm getting off topic but I wish Grandma squarepants would show up again in a modern episode. Pleaseeeeee.

Stanley - adorable and deserved so much better. I really wish Stanley could reappear in the modern seasons. I miss this little funky weirdo. I get some people found him annoying since everything he touched gets destroyed but I always liked his character. Tbh if I could rewrite this episode, I would fix that since everything getting destroyed is an annoying trope/gag I've seen a million times in other cartoons. They could have done more. Also give him brown eyes like his father. That aside he's still too cute!!!!

Spongebuck - he's sponge's ancestor. He's pretty much made to be spongebob but if he existed in the wild west. He's a little too similar. Kinda wish they did more to differentiate him and SB. Even in small ways like little quirks and hobbies. I def liked Pests of the Wests but there isn't much to say about him since he's basically Spongebob.

Uncle Sherm - we've only seen a picture of him with a watermelon up his nose. I've always had questions about him. He's Stanley's father. He couldn't deal with Stanley anymore so he shipped him off to spongebob. He doesn't sound like a very good father,,,, he does have black eyebrows which explains Stanley's black hair.

I'm really curious how he's like. I wish he'd show up in the show just once. With Stanley! I also have questions as to why Stanley looks so humanoid. I headcanon that Sherm married a fish since fishfolk are very humanoid like that.

Captain Blue - don't like him all that much. He's got one appearance and that was in the BlackJack episode. Spongebob comes to him in a panic and he actively misunderstands him and assumes sponge came to do chores. I feel like he did it on purpose. Sponge is worried his parents could be in potential harm and this dude makes him do all the housework. I know for sURE he's doing this purposely like sponge being entirely worried and panicked is so easy to ignore? They could fix him up a bit if he reappears in a new episode. For some reason I imagine him and Patrick's grandpa being like frenemies 🤔

BlackJack - as a kid I thought he was Jack Black like from kungfu panda and School of Rock because of the name and if you remember the ads for Kungfu Panda, you'd hear the name Jack Black all the time. I'm actually surprised he didn't voice him. It would have been a funny little thing. Anyways I'm actually curious what exactly BlackJack did to have Sponge absolutely loathe and fear him. What did y'all do?? Also the end of the episode where its revealed that he's so tinyyyyyy. I still have so many questions. To me watching the episode as a kid and now, I thought of it as like being the younger cousin, you'd get picked on and you take really seriously the way how the older cousins tease you so you don't like them. Then you grow up and see that they're a bunch of dorks like you and there's nothing to fear or be upset about. Plus from a child's POV some things feel like a big deal and some things feel really scary so that's probably why Sponge was so scared. He was remembering how he felt about it.

Ehh still doesn't answer why he's SO TINYYYYY. you can hold him in the palm of your hand! Prison was tough on this dude😔

Grandpa Squarepants - we only got a handful of moments where we got to see grandpa Squarepants. Mostly from spongebob remembering and misunderstanding the advice he gave him. I wonder why this stopped in the post movie era. Kinda miss that. There could have been a whole episode about grandpa Squarepants when he was young. Oh well.

There's other family like Todd Squarepants but he was in a book that I haven't seen so I can't say anything. Or spongetrons. Spongebob's future grandson whos too busy playing his gameboy that showed up in that one episode, or primitive sponge or spongegar. I haven't much to say since they've only been in one episode or a short appearance. They aren't directly related to Squarepants and I just don't feel like mentioning them.

Now for any potential family to show up. I really wish someone on his mother's side would show up. Mostly because they don't have the name Squarepants and character designs would be forced not to look so much like Spongebob himself. We could get some interesting looking characters.

#Ask #spongebob #spongebob squarepants #sb #spongebon squarepants #the spongebob connoisseur #spongebob meme

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ladykissingfish · 3 years

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Chores with the Akatsuki

Tobi Oh, Jashin ... nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants ANY kind of “help” from Tobi regarding chores. The guy is as goofy and as clumsy as they come, and will generally end up creating more of a mess than anything he tries to clean. The rest of the group will play rock-paper-scissors to see who gets blessed with the Tobi-“helper” for the day ((and, sadly for Deidara, the rest-rest of the group arranges it beforehand so that the blonde will almost always lose)). Whoever Tobi ends up with, they will be sure to keep him doing the simplest tasks possible — and something that requires he stay in one spot, so that he can easily be kept an eye on. But still — once, Deidara had him sit at the kitchen table and polish silverware. He came back five minutes later to find that Tobi had somehow mistaken a container of Sasori’s hydrochloric acid for polish, and had managed to decimate the entire spoon population. And the table. And nearly his own fingers, before Deidara stopped him. And the saddest thing of all? Obito — is not that much better. Deidara Deidara is somebody who gets easily bored if he’s made to stay in one place too long, so he needs chores that keep him moving. His task of preference? Vacuuming. Watching him push the machine around is like watching a dancer glide around a stage; he’s swift, he’s graceful ... and surprisingly musical. He takes advantage of the vacuum’s roar to sing at the top of his lungs, without being criticized or told to shut up. One time Hidan pulled the plug while Deidara was singing, then proceeded to laugh himself sick the rest of the day over what he called Deidara’s “horny cat noises”. If vacuuming isn’t available he’ll also take mopping, although he doesn’t find this to be nearly as fun. Will sometimes put down wax on the floor and ask Hidan to come into room, so he can watch him slide across the floor and crash into something heavy. Konan and Kakuzu They both have the task of doing laundry, but different aspects of it. Throughout the week, every single member’s clothes become ripped, stained, burnt, bloody, and just plain messed up. Kakuzu is a masterful sewer, and he spends hours patching pants, mending shirts, and stitching up robes. When he’s done with his tasks, he’ll pass the clothes off to Konan, who will hand-wash everything. She’s the only one trusted to do this because she’s the most delicate ((and the clothes NEED the gentle handling; even with Kakuzu’s handiwork most things are ready to fall apart, but because Kakuzu is in charge of the budget, it’s always been the policy to fix rather than buy new)). For both of them, Hidan’s clothes are the hardest to deal with, as they’re always a gory, horrible horror-show. Konan also isn’t a fan of washing the others’ underwear, and these are the only items of clothing she’ll skip the soft touch treatment on and get through as quickly as possible. Zetsu Indoor work really isn’t his thing, so if it’s warmer weather, he’ll be sent to take care of the garden ((another of Kakuzu’s money-saving ideas; why buy food when you can just grow it at home?)). He weeds, he waters, he nurtures and nourishes ... but there is one danger in this: Zetsu has the tendency to get WAY too attached to the things he grows. Someone always has to trick him away from the house anytime something as simple as a few tomatoes or a bunch of potatoes are needed for a meal. Pein Come on, now: Pein is clearly the Supervisor of everyone’s tasks. Gods don’t do housework, after all. Kisame Kisame is a bathroom guy. He’ll get on his hands and knees and scrub until you could eat ice-cream out of the toilet. Everyone is always very impressed with the work he does; just looking at him, one would not expect him to be so neat and meticulous. He’s also the only member of the group who doesn’t mind when he gets saddled with Tobi, as he shows a surprising proficiency at being patient and giving Tobi things to do that the guy can actually handle. Kisame has a very strong sense of smell, and will complete his tasks by lighting scented candles or incense; which Hidan makes fun of

but the rest of the group appreciates.

Sasori

Sasori hates menial tasks and unnecessary labor, so he utilizes his puppets to take care of anything that he’s assigned. Washing windows seems to be what Sasori enjoys making his minions do the most; he likes to test how many puppets he can control at one time, inside and outside of the house. If in a rare (or bored) mood, he will take on the task of dusting. He always has to get up on a chair or a box to reach the tops of things, but nobody dares to laugh: Hidan made this mistake once, and ended up with Sasori’s purple poison shooting down his throat before he could finish his “Awww, look at the tiny little fuck-face standing on the —“. Also likes to mess with Deidara when he’s vacuuming by crumbling up some bread, sprinkling it on the carpet and then informing his partner that he “missed a spot, brat.” Multiple times.

Itachi

Itachi likes to wash the dishes. Seeing the dirt and grime being scrubbed out of plates and cups and pots and pans, and then washed away by the cleansing hot water, is extremely satisfying to him. The only thing he finds unpleasant about this task is that all that time spent in running water really chips the nail polish on his hands, so nearly every night he’ll have to apply a fresh coat. Like Deidara, Itachi also enjoys singing while he works; although his comes in the form of soft humming or murmuring. If asked what he’s crooning, he’ll answer that it was something his mother used to sing when she did chores when he was a kid, which always ends the line of questioning. Is mostly mild-mannered but is also the type to get extremely irritated over having done the dishes, then coming back later to find a single cup in the sink.

Hidan

Hidan is almost regarded as being at the same level of (in)competency as Tobi. Not because he’s foolish or clumsy, but because he’s careless and always in such a hurry to be done that his work is sloppy and half-assed. More often than not Kakuzu will have to nag him or follow behind him to ensure that he does everything properly. If Pein is particularly mad at him for something, he’ll assign the immortal to extremely finicky, time-consuming tasks, like pressing, ironing and folding the laundry after Konan washes it, or cleaning the pantry, or neatly arranging dishes and glassware in the cupboards after Itachi finishes washing them. When done with his own work, he likes to run around causing problems for the others; usually calms down after Kakuzu knocks his head off (literally).

#the akatsuki #chores #pein #konan #deidara #sasori #hidan #kakuzu #itachi uchiha #kisame #zetsu #tobi #obito uchiha

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samatedeansbroccoli · 3 years

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1, 8, and 15 for Adler's Little Fish please? <3

Wait you read that fic????That's so awesome!!!

Alright, this got really, really long. And so I've put it all under the break.

Wanna ask me a question? Check out the post here!

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?

Honestly, it was really to headcanon dump on Adler, and tell a story from the view of a 7 year old, while also exploring Soviet Culture of the 70s and early 80s, and highlighting an 80s outlook on disorders and medications. Additionally, there's the part about child soldiers, and while Bell has a few fictional tools to help her, the core principles of being a child bred into death are somewhat intact. And all under the name of comedy. The reason for that is because Bell is too young to understand most all that happens to her, so her only goal is to play with Adler and have a good time because he's taking care of her well enough she doesn't need to worry about herself.

8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it?

TLDR: Three inspirations: Loung Ung, unnamed children of Vietnam, and RowdyRogan.

Loung Ung is the author of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (it was turned into a movie recently but I didn't watch it). In that book, Loung was born into a large privileged family and lived a good life up until the Khmer Rouge army stormed the city and drove her family out with no preparation ahead of time. They were sent to the rice fields where 5-year-old Loung watched her family get picked off by soldiers one by one. Because of her feisty personality and notable strength, now 8-year-old Loung was recruited by the Khmer Rouge to become a child soldiers, in which she learned how to fight with other children who were 10-12. When the genocide ended, Loung and a sibling was brought to the U.S. to start a proper education and grow up there. She returned later to Cambodia where she met another sibling who survived and was able to help Loung with the details of the genocide to write her book.

Vietnamese children were quite common among American camps during the Vietnam War. Many times, it was because Vietnamese women were hired to do soldier's laundry, provide medical assistance, and basically do a lot of housework chores. And the children would follow their mothers. The soldiers, meanwhile, loved playing with the children. While this would sometimes lead to children planting bombs in the camps, many times it was pretty peaceful overall. American Soldiers always knew when something was about to go down because the children would disappear. Whether something happened today, tomorrow, or next week, who knows, but that's how they could tell.

In October 2020, FaZe clan announced a competition called the FaZe 5. The competition allowed YouTubers and content creators to compete for five sponsored spots in which they would be paid by FaZe for their content, and helping broadcast FaZe's name across gaming communities in hopes of creating teams in more games (for reference, FaZe clan just got a Rocket League team this year, 2021. Rocket League was released in 2015). One of those competitors was 5-year-old streamer RowdyRogan, who is best known for his insane Warzone gameplay. Though RowdyRogan is just one, there are thousands of kids under 10 who play Call of Duty, and so it's highly likely that a 7-year-old played the campaign as Bell.

15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

That Warfarin came from a lab accident.

jkjk (but not really) I think the biggest thing I've learned from writing the fic is how to write long chapters. My previous fic before that one was 1.6K. The first chapter of ALF was 2.3K. The second 4.9K. And now I'm typing about 9K words each chapter. It's helped build my confidence in making a longer story and holding the reader's attention for that long, and encouraged me to pursue long one-shots, something that I've always wanted to do but didn't have the confidence nor will to try.

#thebroccoliresponds #thanks quizzy!

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doctors-star · 3 years

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32 and/or 35 ?

32. not really paying attention, both doing something else, but still holding hands

35. grabbing the other's hand to pull them back to them

“What on earth are you doing?”

Will sits up a little too quickly and Noel has visions of him going headfirst over the side of the bank; she makes an abortive step forwards as though to attempt catching him, though she imagines it would not have been successful. “Mornin’ Ms - ah, Noel,” he says with his usual slight nervousness, and shuffles back to sit on his heels and generally try to look as though he hadn’t been lying in the dust on his belly, dangling his arms and head over the side of the bank to examine - something. There’s mud embedded into his good blue waistcoat, and in the points of his white shirt collar. “I’m looking at a kingfisher nest - would you like to have a look?”

“Thank you, no,” Noel says, smoothing the line of her skirt absently as she casts her gaze over the dirty ground under the trees. Of course Will has contrived to find the most awkward part of the creek and its little forest to spend his time in: the deepest density of trees, the highest rise of the bank, the shallowest pool beneath the waterfall. There’s a very pleasant pool a ways further downstream, deep enough to swim in with nice sloping sides where a man is not only unlikely to fall in, but certain not to break his neck if he should do so. Here, of course, Will would land in less than three feet of water and do himself a rather terrible mischief.

Noel lets a little of this disapproval settle in a pinched corner of her mouth. “And you can’t look in some way that ain’t goin’ to break your neck if you fall?”

Will has the grace to look embarrassed. He also shifts one hand to hide behind his back. Noel narrows her eyes. “The residents are...unfriendly,” he tries.

Noel nods like she understands perfectly and allows her gaze to rest gently upon the waters falling behind him. The cascade is nothing colossal, but it is a pleasant feature of the woods; the sound fills the space like music does a room and renders all calming and constant. It certainly seems to calm Will: his wrist relaxes under her inattention, and it is quite simple to snap her hand out like a snake, fix around his shirt cuff and haul the hidden hand out into the light.

He yelps and she tuts, running her finger over the red lines branded around Will’s right index finger. Something has clamped around the digit painfully tight and he holds it a little awkwardly - not so much that she is concerned for his ability to write or ride or work, but enough that she...feels badly for him. She has the strange temptation to fuss and scold her disapproval and concern, like how she remembers an extremely old and grumpy nun once doing when she had been ever so young and crying over a grazed knee. Noel hasn’t much tenderness to fall back on, in times like these.

“There’s a very grumpy snapping turtle in the pool,” Will explains without prompting, sounding put-upon as though she had scolded him indeed. She offers him a dry raised eyebrow - bitten by a snapping turtle? Will Williams, you astonish me - and he huffs and shifts like a sulky child, but allows her to keep hold of his hand. “I’ve named her after you,” he adds, a little prickly.

Noel bites her lip against laughter. Her name isn’t real - and it is, because all names are equally unreal, and she’s been answering to Noel more than almost anything else, at this point. But something about giving it to a turtle seems curiously to make it more her own than it had been before, magnified in the sharing. “Oh, you honour me,” she says, and doesn’t entirely not mean it. “Well, I’m glad to hear you’re just looking at birds - Ainsel reckons you might be tryin’ to duck out of teaching a class, like they keep askin’ you to.” Ainsel is on a real extracurricular kick lately, though as Noel sees it they’re just trying to outsource as much responsibility as possible so’s they can retire, and she doesn’t blame them.

Will freezes, then smiles carefully. “No, I - I’m not doing that. I’d never, uh, never do that.”

Noel nods her agreement. “Me neither. There’s kingfishers in the bank, then?”

Will grins in delight - at the shared joke, and the opportunity to talk about animals both. “Yes - they live in burrows, like rabbits. Look-” He tugs on their joined hands until they’re both crouched carefully at the bank edge and peering over. Sure enough, there are small tunnels drilling into the earth. No birds obligingly emerge for her to look at, so she doesn’t immediately see the appeal - but then, Will has always been the most patient of them. “Both parents dig the nest and care for the chicks,” he explains, gesturing with the hand not wrapped around hers.

“Are they pretty birds?” she asks, for want of anything better. Will only needs a little encouragement to talk about his animals, and this is just as well; he is holding her hand like he’s forgotten he ever was, like it is perfectly natural, and it is curious, but-

When she and her brother were kids, they used to go everywhere together. They used to hold hands while doing anything, everything, as though they might lose one another if they didn’t. It had been a comfort to her to have him ever near by, unable to slip through her fingers, but it had been edged always with a peculiar desperation. A dependency; she hadn’t then known who she was without the defining shadow of her brother at her side.

Will doesn’t hold her hand like that. She could pull away and he would let her go with as much thought as he is presently dedicating to holding on. The contact isn’t needed like it used to be. It’s just - quite nice.

That’s all.

“Very pretty,” Will is telling her. “And the females are much prettier than the males. But they both have-” he spreads his fingers and places his palm against the back of his head to form a line of spikes “-a big crest, and blue-grey feathers.”

Noel nods, glancing at his notebook. “What are you writing about them?”

He makes a face. “I’m not, really - I’m no good at writing and leaning and looking all at the same time,” Will says ruefully.

And Noel could - “I could write for you,” she says, a little awkwardly, as though there should be some strange intimacy in offering which she cannot now take back.

But Will ignores all this to press the journal and pencil into her spare hand, grin in a flash, and then launch himself towards the edge of the bank. Noel is glad she still has his hand safely gripped in her own; it is only this that saves him in his earnest enthusiasm from tumbling into the water. She ends up kneeling, arm braced to hold him up by the hand, and Will is holding the edge of the bank in his other hand with his feet wedged in tiny crevices in the sandy side, and Noel is the only thing preventing his ignoble tumble to the water, and he is grinning like anything. “Oops,” he says, shifting his feet slightly.

“Will,” Noel manages, equal parts residual nerves and resigned annoyance. She tugs slightly. “Are you coming back up, then?”

He hums absently, already peering into the kingfisher burrow as though quite ready to stay where he is for the foreseeable future. “It seems to go back quite a way,” Will muses. “Maybe more than a foot-” he tips his head up and casts about, apparently looking for his notes, and Noel sighs.

She tugs the notebook closer to her, wielding the pencil in her wrong hand, and raises her eyebrow at him in invitation. “In your own time,” she says dryly. In truth, Will is not very heavy, and a daily regime of chores, housework and bread kneading has built up her strength to an acceptable level, but still.

Will beams, brighter than sunshine, and goes back to peering at the burrow. “Looks like a foot and a half, maybe, and sloping slightly upwards,” he reports, touching the edges with exceptional care and gentleness so as not to disturb the slightest grain of sandy dirt. Noel scrawls awkwardly, his hand warm in hers, and despairs of her penmanship. “What’s, uh, what’s Ainsel got you teaching, then?”

Noel makes a face at the page. “Needlepoint and French,” she says, with disdain. It isn’t that she doesn’t like either, only that she does not have the patience to bestow that knowledge on one child, let alone a dozen. Few things have less appeal.

“Ah, n’avoir pas les shakes, c’est pas si tante pire,” Will says absently, squinting at the burrow entrance and carefully fetching something out.

Noel stares at him. “Les shakes is not French,” she tells him sternly. “And your accent is abysmal.”

Will sniffs defiantly. “It’s Canadian,” he corrects, and she snorts dismissively. “Anyway, you - you needn’t worry, the kids are alright.”

“I ain’t worried,” Noel snaps, tightening her grip on Will’s hand slightly. Will glances at her under his brows, but diplomatically says nothing. “I shall drop you in the damn creek.”

Will smiles slightly and swallows it, looking up at her. “Even - even if I give you a feather?” he says, proffering up a tiny scrap of fluff. She takes it carefully in the tips of her fingers and spins it gently, watching the way the colours blur from slate-grey to white to rusty red down its spine. “And I’m sorry for naming the turtle after you. You can change it, if, if you like.” And it’s not quite picking names with her brother for the next town, next con, next identity. But it will do, she thinks as she hauls on Will’s hand to help him scramble up and back to safety. It isn’t nothing.

“Mordred,” she decides, rolling her shoulder as Will shakes his hand out. “S’il te mordre.”

Will huffs a laugh and rolls his eyes. “Oh, très bien,” he murmurs, looking down into the water for a glimpse of Mordred the biting turtle. But Noel is looking at the little feather, with its shifting colours, and tucking it into the hinge of the brooch on her shirt, and trying to resist the urge to wrap her hand back into Will’s - just to see if he’d mind it.

#more animal shenanigans with will!#just a shortish one and only slightly french #can u believe i've nearly got up to date with my prompts at last. wild.#a town called danser #this is your captain speaking

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magicstar16 · 3 years

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Invader zim Sitcom au (Part 2)

Okay so this is gonna go over all the other famlies. For characters who’s last names I don’t know I just gave them random last names.

The membranes: AKA The next door neighbors who get a spinoff later or something

Professor Membrane: Doesn’t change much besides from being actually supportive this time. He’s like how he was in ETF. He’s still a successful scientist, but the “Smartest man in the world” thing is only just a title now. He let’s Gaz and Dib help him during some of his experiments as a fun, family bonding activity. (This does not mean they’re all safe, they can still be pretty chaotic, such as that one time where the house got overrun by gerbils). He still has robotic limbs from the shark incident, the incident actually left him deathly afraid of sharks (Yaaaaayyy PTSD)

Dib Membrane: Still a feral little paranormal investigator, he Zim go on crazy paranormal-hunting adventures together (YAAAYY Zadf), which Gaz joins sometimes. Sometimes it just ends up like a scooby-doo mystery where it turns out nothing supernatural was actually going on, sometimes they actually find some sort of paranormal thing. A lot of they’re hangouts are paranormal investigations. Dib’s still feral but he’s still calmer and more rational than Zim, while ZIm is much more rash and impulsive. Though Dib’s still more of a logical thinker, while Zim is a much more outside-the-box thinker, so they work well together. Sometimes they’ll butt heads and their competitiveness flares up again, but it’s more of a friendly, chaotic rivalry.

Gazlene “Gaz” Membrane: Gaz is a lot like how she was in the comics, still a jerk, but she still cares about her brother. Her care commonly shows in anger born of worry, she’s pretty much 80% of his impulse control.

Clembrane and Foodio 3000: Clembrane was a clone made by membrane so that membrane could get more stuff done, but the cloning didn’t go so well, which is why Clembrane is the way he is. Clembrane just ends up doing housework, and has an odd fixation on pudding. (Professor doesn’t know why, he thinks it might be because that was one of the first thing they taught him to cook that came out edible). Foodio’s pretty much the same, but was instead created as a robo-butler to clean the house and do chores when membrane was to busy.

Skoodge Brians: Zim’s best friend besides Dib, he’s gullible, but he’s got a good heart and he means well. He’s also a strong boy, physically and emotionally. He, Zim, Dib, and Gaz make up a ragtag bunch of misfits and stand up for eachother togther, and go on their own misadventures. Skoodge takes the bullying he receives in stride because he tells himself (Or at least tries to) that they’re just empty insults. He’s usually the shoulder to cry on for the group. He’s the type of friend to just let himself into the house if he’s close enough with whoever lives there (I.e, The Membrane sibs and Zim).

Tak Vessel: (I wanted her surname to be a reference to her ship in the show. Vessel is an actual surname, albeit rare, and is a synonym for ship). Tak is a transfer student from the UK (Hence her accent) causing occasional culture shock for her (”IT’S NOT CALELD SOCCER! IT’S CALLED FUTBOL!!!” “Tak please it’s just a game). She’s kind of a bully who usually targets Zim, but mostly because he keeps ticking her off. She does have her soft spots for the Membrane siblings and her little sister Mimi. She holds some begrudging respect for Skoodge for putting up with everyone’s BS, her included, she can’t even imagine having that kind of patience. She mellows down if you get on her good side and can be a good friend when she wants to, She’s not much of a bully as she is just able to go from 0 to 100 real easily.

Minerva “Mimi” Vessel: Tak’s “creepy” little sister around Gir’s age. Tak is really close to her, which comes as a surprise to most people since Tak is seen as the kind of person who’d bully their little sibling. Mimi is a creepy little Satan child, at least at surface level. She checks all the boxes on the creepy little kid list. She doesn’t talk, she has big ole eyes that stares into your soul, she usually plays or sits alone, and is into some dark things, like she’s the kid who’d read the original tale after watching a disney movie, and would prefer the original. But deep down she’s just shy. She opens up to Gir later in the series, and usually lets him talk for her (Either by whispering in his ear and having him repeat what she just said, or communicating in sign language and having him translate, Gir’s translations are the same quality as google translate, not entirely accurate but you can get what she’s trying to say if you connect the dots). Mimi only speaks when she deems it necessary, since she has a stutter and a bit of a lisp when she speaks, which she’s really insecure about.

Tennessee “Tenn” Michaels: (I know literally nothing about Tenn please forgive me) A lively girl who’s kind of a ditz, but always tries her best and is quick to know when she’s made a mistake. She’s a friend of Skoodge’s so she knows the main squad just by proximity. She’s much more of a girly girl then Tak and Gaz, but they humor her because it makes her happy. Her parents run a daycare which she helps with sometimes, although “Help” usually means “Be offered as a sacrifice to a bunch of insane toddlers” in her eyes (Kinda like being sent tons of defective sir units in the show, except she’s only stuck with them until they’re parents pick them up). Sometimes she joins the main squad with they’re paranormal investigations or general shenanigans, but usually she can’t because she’s busy helping her parents at the daycare. She’s pretty much the only main character who’s not unpopular and has more then 4 or 5 friends.

Floog Gregor: Floog is a shy boy who’s also friends with Skoodge. He’s timid but he tries to be a good leader, and he’s even vice president of the student council at Skool. He looks up to his Dad, Theen, who’s a commander serving in the navy seals. Floog doesn’t get to see his dad very often, at least not in person (They do things like phone calls and video chat, but it’s not the same) Floog knows that his dad’s very busy, and that he has to sacrifice family time for his job. But since Theen’s a navy seal (I’ll keep it vague where Theen is serving specifically because I don’t want to offend anyone) Floog feels selfish for wanting his dad to come home, because of this, Floog has a tendacy to put others before himself. Like Tenn, Floog sometimes joins the main gang in their misadventures, but he’s usually too scared. When he does join them, he’s the most hesitant to do anything, and pretty much takes orders from the others. He’s pretty much the Shaggy of the group.

Minimoose: The Invaedirs pet cat. (I made him a cat because cats go “Nyah!” like Minimoose) He’s a chubby lil good boi who waddles and causes trouble and cutes his way out of it. Zim found him in a dumpster and named him “Minimoose” because according to Zim, he looks like a miniature moose. Red and purple thought the name was stupid, Gir liked it, Miyuki thought it was hillarious, Spork didn’t really care, so Minimoose got his name via majority vote. Zim’s the closest with him, and Zim even talks to Minimoose sometimes. (”MINIMOOSE! Red pushed me again, how can I get him to stop pushing me?! “Nyah” “Good Idea Minimoose! Putting Red down means I WOULD get pushed less!” “Nyah” “Yes Minimoose, I love you too.”)

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