#grandma’s late kids

[ribbittrobbit]

also, the science fiction vibe that burrow's end is building up to is extremely cool and i love it so much

#my favorite kind of scifi lately is where its almost magical bec of a lack of understanding of the mysterious forces #and the slow revelation and understanding of the systems that govern the world #are fantasy and scifi truly that different or is it just a matter of aesthetics #but regardless #this is some cool shit and i fucking love it #and the characters moving in a way that is not just naive happy family??? i live for that shit #like its wild to think that tula might be the most naive adult #when she appears to be the most grounded #viola being calculating with her pregnancy?? some dune bene gesserit shit if ive ever seen it #the cult??? we dont even know that much about what they actually did??? what developments have they made??? #grandma is genrational trauma but also WHAT HAS SHE SEEN #the kids are super cute tho and that tracks as a pair of young protagonists who will eventually be the key to /shifting the paradigm/ #and THE FUCKING BUNKER FILLED WITH STOATS WHO HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT #d20 spoilers #burrow's end spoilers #damn thats a lot of tags #thoughts various

[smolsaltypan]

More steddie brainrot; Eddie is on stage, possibly during a reunion tour with his band. Steve is backstage initially, chilling enjoying his partner's joy at getting to do what he loves. Fucking about on his phone, stumbles across an article about gay marriage finally being legal. Rushes onstage as soon as the song ends, informs Eddie. One kneels down to propose with a ring they've been carrying for years. The other cackles, kneeling to also propose with a ring they've been carrying for years. Giggling giddy kisses. Eddie finishes the set bouncy like he was when he was younger.

#theyre in their late 40s here i think. according to the wiki birthdays and lazy math #stranger things #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #i think theyve practically been married since their 20s. the nugget's kids call them granpa (dustin's might call steve grandma because #im convinced theyre annoying brothers) #eddie gifts steve his necklace on their first year anniversary and he never takes it off 🥺 people joke its their engagement necklace #at least one of the gremlins complain eddie didnt go all out and propose with a sword #another jokes it should be another bat instead #lmao what if whenever someone blanks on what to buy steve for gifts they get him dumb bat shit (not the animal) like stuffies and keychains

[rain-is-cool]

Memories aren’t for keeping.

They’re for sharing, for connecting with the people around you.

The good memories, the bad, the painful, all of them.

Good memories can help you share that joy with someone else, help you let them experience what you experienced, show them the joy that you once- and hopefully will again, experience.

Bad memories can let you help others understand and what you feel, what you’ve been through, they can help spread awareness and they can help you connect and help others.

You see these memories in the form of stories, memories shared from one person to another or memories shared from generations of people. Stories can also carry your memory as they are apart of you, we see this in history and we see this through random people all over the world, they carry stories of people they never even knew, or of people that maybe they did know but have long past, and they will keep those stories with them and maybe one day they will share them, and they will stay alive through those stories forever. Even after you pass one thing that can keep your memory alive is the stories you shared, maybe some so influential to others that they will share them over and over forever.

But at the end of the day memories aren’t for keeping, they’re for sharing, the good and the bad.

#this is what happens when i’m alone with my thoughts #i didn’t know if i should post this or not but fuck it why not #rain’s doing something idk #rain rambles #rain rants #one of my favorite memories is of when i was a kid my grandma lived with me and when it was late and i couldn’t sleep i would go upstairs #<——— and i’d just sit there with her and usually she’d have this show going and i couldn’t understand a word of it because it was in spanish #<——— but i loved that show so much #…i can’t remember what the show is called now because i was to young but i’m so glad i have that memory #i could share endless other ones but i fear that the tags of a tumblr post wouldn’t be the best place so i’ll leave it there i suppose #tell me what your favorite memories are id love to know :]

[stevenose]

loving cowboys is generational in my family. finally ready to embrace it in this one extremely specific circumstance

#this is gonna sound fucked up considering what i’m writing here but hear me out! #my grandma (her death anniversary was 3 days ago) LOVED cowboys. used to share cowboy stories w me when i was a kid #which led to me writing and telling my own little cowboy stories when i was younger #now yes my attraction for this random character has brought me back to cowboys but i’ve been rly getting back into + #the … aesthetic of it? been reading cowboy poems and stories lately and idk SO WEIRD considering this context but it’s made me feel close+ #to her. SPECIFICALLY in regards to my rediscovered love of cowboys and their lore #not. the p*rn. lmao #stevenose posts #also my mom wanted to fuck john wayne. so

[friendly-jester]

It still surprises me how weird grief is. I just made myself a snack of ritz crackers with peanut butter, ate one, and almost burst into tears because that was the snack my papa would always make for us whenever I went to visit him and grandma. It's such a simple snack and I've eaten it many times but today it's hitting hard that I won't be able to ever eat it with him again. I miss you so much papa.

#been missing all four grandparents a lot lately :/ #and my cousins #just like... missing what it was like being a kid at my grandparents house #having a huge sleepover with all my cousins #and waking up to grandma making us breakfast #going fishing with papa and collecting horseshoes on the way to the pond #he'd polish them up for me to take home #shouting into the void*

[cinna-bunnie]

i had a fun day 2 day ૮˶• ﻌ •˶ა everyone has been so nicey 2 me all day from the minute i left my house earlier ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა ♡⁠

i went to a Retreat for the first time for work earlier 0: and I did SO good for being up since 2am it didn't even feel like it 💀

it was so chill i drove like an hour away but Away from the city so there wasn't rly traffic and the mountains r so pretty 2 drive thru (❁´◡`❁) got some rain n v low clouds and since it's autumn there's all these pretty colors. i took an edible on the way n was just jammin out n enjoying the scenery among the many safe opportunities 2 look

and then at the thing we got 2 do different ice breakers n go on decently long breaks; i got 2 hang in different groups n actually Talk w a bunch of ppl which i never have time for omg. it's nice working at a legal nonprofit, i would NOT want to do this with corporate mfs !! 😹

went around n said hii to the enbies and i ran up a hill that looked a lot smaller than it was, i made it like 80% of the way before my legs were immediately like no girl we're done !! but my brain was like but it's Right There, and i struggled 2 finish the climb but I Did !! ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა and i was so so tired i do not remember ever being that winded before 💀 getting down was so much slower n worse bc my legs were Done and when i finally made it to the bottom i laid flat on my back for like 15m, and when when i made it back to sit n chill i still need like 10 more minutes akskska. i do not b exercising !! i just wanted 2 play it looked fun and i got excited (⁠｡⁠ﾉ⁠ω⁠＼⁠｡⁠)

in between things i was working on my sister's choker n kept winding up w a group of ppl around me 2 talk to about it and just talk 2 in general n the company was rly nice (❁´◡`❁) ♡ had a lot of different kinda talks 2day!! everyone is a sweetie!! some ppl r so funny n chill and i rly hope 2 get 2 talk more casually w people perhaps As Friends when i go in 👉👈

there's one girl in particular who is rly cute n sweet and i want 2 see her again ૮˶• ﻌ •˶ა when I got home finally i had 2 hop on my work laptop real quick 2 look up her name again 2 make sure i didn't forget ☝️😌 we do not work at the same office but hii i am visiting next week 🐇

yippee!!!! ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა !!!

#i think i have become an introverted extrovert at some point 0: #which is rly nice bc my social anxiety was SO bad at the beginning of the year like i didn't even know where to start skskdksk #but i kinda figured it out? but it's also just being me? idk.. much 2 think. but i made good progress #i am getting a good grade in being funny and nice and talking to people !! #i want 2 kiss someone on the forehead #omg but if there's ANYONE who deserves a kiss it's this old lady who lives a few buildings down on the way to my car #where EVERY time i see her she always has something so so sweet to tell me about how i look #today she said I'm always looking fancy (⁠｡⁠ﾉ⁠ω⁠＼⁠｡⁠) ♡⁠ and more but that's the main thing i remember besides the small talk #and the first time we met she asked me if i was a model fr and she's told me I'm cute and I'm just like PLEASE SKDKDKS #i can't fully tell if you're just really sweet or kinda 👀 at me but girl u r so sweet like hello do u Want a hug or a kiss ?? i love u !! #old ladies have a warmth they fill u with that just take the weight of Everything off ur shoulders n leave u feeling full n happy!! #bless old ladies fr!! literally my favorite people to interact with always i love u abuelas everywhere u r everything to me and i would do #anything for u !!!! i miss getting to help friends grandmas w stuff as a kid 🥺 it was just always great 2 talk 2 them and be close n on #good terms n stuff :3 i was the same way with their moms hehe. hi hello i want 2 help !! (⁠✿ ‚‚⌒‿⌒‚‚) #my friend is being lame and acting embarrassed but i love you please talk to me i am so so interested and think you're really #cool and funny and sweet and wise actually ૮ ᴖﻌᴖა ♡⁠ i wanna be around u if u wanna hang out #even if it's as simple as getting 2 help in the kitchen n always helping w dishes n stuff ૮˶• ﻌ •˶ა aaa ♡⁠ #omg i was late 2 the thing too and missed the breakfast and there's this sweet energetic old lady who's always like #omg u didn't get to eat? do u want this? can i get you some coffee or tea? and I'm always just like no no it's okay I'm gonna get it but #appreciate the offer and just ૮ – ﻌ–ა she is always looking out 4 me !! but she's just a sweetie like that !! #i think sharing food is a universally good way 2 make friends and it always warms my heart 2 meet ppl who r the same (❁´◡`❁) #they r always so so sweet 😭🥰 for my astrology girlies i correctly guessed that she's a taurus hehe 😼 #there's another old lady who's an office manager for one of the offices n she is so soft spoken n sweet and i wish i got 2 hug her n talk #to her more 🥺 she's so far though omg i don't get to see her in person much #n e ways i work w some really warm bubbly ppl ૮˶• ﻌ •˶ა i am a happy girlie 2day!! then im going Serious Mode again tmrw 🫡 #oo i get to setup like an Actual server for a rack w linux and it's being delivered 2 my place tomorrow 0: I'm excited abt it as a project #AND my new jewelry came in today along w some cute underwear we r starting this wk off strong !!! #there was so so much more frm 2day i am just rly stoned n thinking abt it all (⁠〒⁠﹏⁠〒⁠) #if u actually read all of my ramble ily ty for letting me Talk ૮˶• ﻌ •˶ა ♡⁠

[wehavecometoanend--maybe]

I just got id'd buying alcohol because the cashier didn't believe me when I said I'm 25

#her: ur max 16 girl #me: 🧓 kids on tiktok would think im a grandma miss. pls add 10 years to that age #it was so funny. i never got id'd when i was 16 ahdjdklal but late 20s be like this (thinks of the librarian who thought i was 16 too) #p #(and yes. i was buying luft (lust edition))

[girlwithfish]

haul 👍

#not a huge fan of this lunch bag i got at homegoods i shld have waited til i got to target smh #the kids school section had more options too nd there was a cute one w stars on it 😭 #Idk if thjs lunchbag is giving grandma or tacky but its also kinda cute idk. maybe im not a huge fan of the navy .. #my bf said its cute tho nd seems like me... i keep switching my opinion on it #its too late tho i already got it 👍 #nd i just got the cheapest containers i cld find lol

[coconut530]

THE THREE G’S

#The Magnus Protocol #6 #sorry we do be late #but that’s fine Thursday ATTACKED ME LIKE MALEVOLENT TMP NEVERMORE HOZIER PERSONALLY CAME FOR ME #but this was an interesting ep #Liked the essay format of the statement and the architecture was cool #Cannibalism was not #But interesting #Hearing Alice so not animated this episode was so sad #There has been so many changes and it’s only been like 7 weeks since we started #TMA it was just Jon reading statements until like Jane became a real threat #But GERRY GERTRUDE GEORGIE OMGGGGGGGG #SO SO HAPPY GERRY’S BACK HE WAS ONE OF MY TMA FAVES #I REALLY WANNA ANIMATE THE LAST 11 MINUTES OF THIM IN MAG 111 HE’S SO FUN #I’M SO HAPPY HE’S LIVING HIS BEST LIFE BAKING AND DRAWING AND LIVING WITH HIS GRANDMA #WHAT THE HECK MAGNUS INSTITUTE GIFTED KID PROGRAM WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR THAT #GEORGIE MENTION GIRL WHERE ARE YOU #HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR GF MELANIE #CELIA AND SAM BONDING SO CUTE #WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE IDKKKKKKK #malevolent doodles tomorrow #OH YEAH EP RANKING 4 1 6 8 5 2 7 3

[violasmirabiles]

in other news my parents have unwittingly chosen our backyard flowers in nb flag colors,,

#this is a coincidence. they dont know im nb they arent familiar with the flag #pansies are a deliberate choice however because heh it me #& also bc they were what my late grandma always had in her garden #which was. also bc heh it me. #you give youe kid a fun middle name that means things and suddenly its almost more Acknowledged™ than ur first name #Which Is Just As Well this ones the only name of the original three that ill keep whenever i change my name legally

[blue-kyber]

Cartoons from the 80's had a lot of anti-drug/anti-drinking messages, with plots surrounding the consequences. I saw these when I was really, really little, so some of the lessons probably stuck.

Even though I've been drunk, I've never driven. I knew not to way back when I was a kid, because media pounded into our heads not to do that, and I have real life and family examples of what happens if you do.

I've also never smoked anything, or done any drugs because I never really wanted to. Truth be told, the lessons were probably in my subconscious (along with real life examples of what happens) helping me make the right judgement calls.

It obviously didn't work with every Millennial, but it got through to a few of us.

This cartoon even tackled prescription drug abuse, and how it negatively affects people and those around them. It also hit on issues of elderly loneliness, how little lies can lead to big problems, owning up to your responsibilities (wherein Henry Bigg -yeah, the human - leaves a baby he volunteered to babysit with the Littles so he could play touch football with his friends across the street and fire breaks out because of the actions of an unsupervised baby. And also Plot.).

80's cartoons went hard with these messages.

This cartoon from my childhood I'm binge watching, The Little's, had a good idea at the end of one of the episodes that showed the dangers of being drunk, how it effects people and themselves, and drunk driving with an incident that almost killed one of the Littles:

A contract between kids and their parents.

Both parties write up a contract that states that kids will call their parents to come pick them up rather than driving, or getting a ride with someone who could be drunk, or otherwise compromised.

Parents agree to go pick them up; no questions asked. Period.

Not a bad idea, honestly.

If I had kids, I'd probably do this. It gives the kids freedom to go out and have fun with friends, while also giving both a sense of trust that the other will abide by the contract.

Trust from both sides is insanely important.

#a helpful tip for parents and kids #what cartoons can teach us #80's cartoons #I was born in '81 so I barely remember them. And yes I am a Millennial. I'm at the beginning of that generation. Mentally I'm in the middle #but it was an era huge with the 'Just say no' messages #probably holdovers from the bullshit people got into in the 70's #Personal bit #Drugs ruined my older sister's life #and drinking and smoking killed my grandpa when I was 7 years old. 1985 or 86. #He was in his late 50's. #I never got to know him. My memories of him are vague #but I remember his funeral #I remember seeing his body in the casket during the viewing #and I remember my mother breaking down in tears and hugging me and my siblings #First my sister cried then my brother then I did because everyone else was crying and I felt that. #I remember my mom saying 'he looks like he's sleeping.' #I never got to know my grandpa on my dad's side either because of the same reason. #The grandparents I remember are technically step since my grandma on my mom's side remarried #I never got to know my biological grandparents aside from my mom's mom. Not even my grandmother on my dad's side #whom I was told I met once when I was 4 before she died. #I was too young to understand death #and that my grandpa wasn't coming back. #I'm an empath. I feel things at a higher level. I cried because everyone around me was grieving. #I didn't know why but I knew they were all in pain.

[problematicfanfics]

rant/vent but

since i’m on vacation with my family i’m actually at my wit’s end. i have no privacy. i have been sleeping in the same room as both my parents, my sister and my grandma for the past two weeks. i’m genuinely crying dude. like i can’t be happy around them. they decimate everything i find joy in and everything about myself i like. i’m so over this. sleeping in close quarters is just making me feel like shit again and reminds me of all those fucking years i spent as a kid fucking battling poverty and couch surfing with my family. like i hate it. it’s so traumatizing. my sister has like no memory of it because she was like 3 so for her this is all cutesy poor core aesthetic. i’m ripping my fucking hair out. before we left my mom was hounding me, asking me if i wanted a hair appt, a nail appt, to go buy clothes. i said no. i said the only thing i wanted was a wax because shaving is a pain in the ass. she forgot. but u wanna know what she didn’t forget? my sister’s wax appt. my sister’s chemical hair straightening treatment. all the stores my sister wanted to go to. my sister’s $160 nail appointment. like are u fucking kidding me? then the day before i asked my mom “when is my wax appointment?” and she BLEW UP at me saying i should’ve made it, it’s my job to make it. last month i made a dentist appt for my tooth whitening like she told me to and she got mad because I MADE THE APPOINTMENT. i can’t fucking win. then on top of it all for the first time in like months i wanted to get my nails done bc they’re hella cheap and really high quality in greece and once again, my mom forgot. she said “if you wanted it you should’ve gone.” i said mom, i can’t speak greek like that. i don’t want them to scam me. i don’t know what nails are supposed to cost. i’ve gotten my nails done professionally two times in my seventeen years of existence. idk shit about them. but no, i’m the issue. i’m the fucking issue. every time i open my mouth they say i’m giving them attitude when i’m literally just speaking or asking a question. they say i’m too quiet then yell at me for being too loud. they say everything i enjoy is stupid or childish. they won’t give me ANY personal space. they keep ganging up on me with my sister. my sister has been the biggest thorn in my side though. she’s such a pos. like idk how to explain this to y’all. she’s a fucking brat. we couldn’t be further from different. i’m scared to buy myself food with my parents’ money. my sister spends upwards of $100 a week on food, clothing, makeup, etc. with no regard for my parents’ time or finances. she steamrolls over everyone’s emotions to make room for hers, which are usually disgust and anger, and constantly puts everyone in a bad mood. my dad is ALWAYS out to get me despite the fact i try my fuckin hardest to keep the peace between us. my mom is so fucking bipolar i never know what i’m getting. my dad and mom are at each other’s throats. my yiayia lectures me on shit when i’m mad that isn’t even remotely related to the reason i’m mad ever and it pisses me off even more and i desperately try to give her the benefit of the doubt bc english isn’t her first language but she does the SAME DAMN THING IN GREEK LIKE BRO. i met ONE GIRL in this STUPID fucking horio BUT I LEAVE IN TWO DAYS. AND TOMORROW IM NOT EVEN IN THIS HORIO IM OFF TO THE MAIN AREA. like fuck off bro. and the girl mainly speaks greek which is fine but it gets hard bc i’m not the absolute best in it (i’m sm better in other languages bro no one bothered teaching me greek and you’d THINK my GREEK FAMILY would teach me greek and wouldn’t be mad over the fact i don’t know greek bc yk THEYRE MY FAMILY AND THEYRE SUPPOSED TO TEACH ME but no everything is my fault). and she’s sweet but this is her summer vacation spot so she has hella friends here already and i can tell i’m just “the girl next door she has to hang out with”. i feel bad i don’t want to drag her from her friends or insert myself in her plans but for the first time in god knows how long i felt normal today just because i finally had someone close in age.

elevator music and the smiths have carried the brunt of my emotions these past two weeks i can’t lie.

#yiayia means grandma sorry #and the next island i’m going to is going to be hell also #i always go into a deep manic episode bc i just party and drink all day and night and go feral around town #and i do a lot of shit im not proud of during that time #and also all the kids i usually see every year won’t be there bc we’re going too late this year #and im getting back to NY so fucking late all my grad friends will have left for college already so i didn’t even get to say bye properly #like i wanna cry guys i can’t do it anymore #problematicfanfics #ver's serious discussions

[aylaaescar]

no thoughts head empty just Kismet and Blackwall going to Clan Lavellan after Corypheus bites the dust, and Blackwall meeting Niara, Nelana, and Venavir for the first time. I crave a happy and healthy step-family situation with sad guy who wants to do better and a hot reaver milf who's gone through enough tyvm

also, and I cannot stress this enough: the idea of Blackwall carving toys for the future grandkids is what made me decide Kis/Blackwall would be canon

#DA tag #somebody yell at me to fix up my mods again I wanna replay Kis #OTP: Kismet x Blackwall #OC: Kismet Lavellan #she's not a grandma YET but I figure one of the twins will have a kid by the time Dreadwolf rolls around? #they're both mid 20s in DAI so timeline should work out fine there. I feel like one is even engaged already but idk yet #also: making a late 40s mom inquisitor was such a fun idea

[bucephaly]

I was curious, would Kiro ever let the children of their group paint patterns and designs on their face once the clay dried?

Yea!! Kiro’s very much an aunt to all the kids in the group and they really enjoy chilling with them. The girl here is one of the triplets who has shown a lot of interest in art, kiro loves encouraging her haha

#I wanna draw moreee art has been really hard lately but I like this kiro (: #kiro has really started favoring horses vs the bovines they used to. horse is fun to draw #kiro #doodles #asks #the triplets are the only kids in their band for a while. their band only has like 10 or so adults on average #it’s mostly yara’s family. her parents and siblings and then their partners and children #so the triplets are their niece and nephews. yara’s sisters children #and yara’s aunts and uncles and grandma are there too #so maybe around 10 active adults with some elders and children ofc #I’ll have to make a list at some point #I still have an ask that’s asking who all is in their band #but I was too ambitious when trying to draw a response and I never finished it #plus I’m still not confident in drawing humans #they live around western France close to Iberia though. yes they live in the dordogne I like the dordogne I know that’s like the Main Area #and shit I just like it #but it’s still mainly Neandertals in that region. kiro is from farther north while yara and her family are more neandertal #ofc everyone at this point is fairly mixed but kiro comes from people that are more Amy #AMH*. and yara’s family are more neadertal relatively #Kiro’s world #still really need a name for this world building project hhhhngnngnh