#in loco parentis

[latin-phrases-showdown]

Round 1 Poll 6

Que sera sera

Means "what will be, will be"

There's an old-timey song my grandma likes with this phrase in it, and I've generally heard it said around. It's probably not the best single overriding philosophical take, like if you based your life solely on it it'd make you awfully passive, but it's reassuring at times when things are happening beyond your control. And oh boy do things ever Happen.

In loco parentis

Means "in the place of a parent," acting as a parent but not a parent

It's a common legal phrase, often applied to schools. Shows up in Hamilton's "My Shot"

Que sera sera isn't an actual Latin phrase, hence it's disqualification

#latin phrases showdown #latin phrases #round 1 #que sera sera #in loco parentis

[hauntingsoundtracks]

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), directed by Brad Silberling

In Loco Parentis, original soundtrack by Thomas Newman

#a series of unfortunate quotes #lemony snicket's a series of unfortunate events #asoue #Brad Silberling #Thomas Newman #ost #soundtrack #In Loco Parentis #Youtube

[trans-cuchulainn]

would you consider publishing the tain AU you wrote? like as a book

nah, i'm happy with the existence it lives on ao3! i wrote it to scratch a very specific itch in my own brain and bring some particularly niche joy to my friends. it wouldn't thrive in the world of traditional publishing (even if anywhere would take it, which i can assure you they wouldn't, a lot of what i love about it would be stripped back to make it vibe as a novel because fanfic priorities are different), and i haven't really got the patience or the inclination for self-publishing

tbh, i don't think i'd gain anything from trying to monetise it because everybody who would read this has already read it. but also i work in/adjacent to publishing and the book industry, and i am happy for fic to stay fic and not become work. i wrote it for fun and for others to read for fun; if i tried to polish and edit it, i'd take half of that joy out of it tbh

i think a lot about the difference between retellings and fanfic (i do think there's a difference) and about why i choose to write fic of stuff that i could market as "original" if i wanted to because the source material is old enough, and tbh, i think 90% of the difference is in the intention of the piece. but also a retelling is in dialogue with the original but it's a piece of work that stands distinct from the thing that inspired it, while fanfic is an active conversation between canon and headcanon. and to publish a piece of fic like this would be to take it out of that conversation and try to make it something of its own, and it was never really intended to be something of its own

but mostly it's what i said above. i wrote it for fun not work and publishing it would be too close to what i do in my day jobs for it to stay fun! fic is freedom to experiment and do weird shit and wait 7 months between chapters and not worry about continuity and just vibe. maybe i'll publish something under this name one day; maybe it'll even be medieval-related, and i'll tell youse about it and you can all be like "omg that fic author i like wrote a book". but for now i'm happy to keep those things separate

#it's a shitty college au of the tain and i love it #in loco parentis #answered #anonymous

[saintkevorkian]

Some things he knew thoroughly, namely, the slovenly habits of farming, and the awkwardness of weather, stock and crops, at Freeman’s End—so called apparently by way of sarcasm, to imply that a man was free to quit it if he chose, but that there was no earthly “beyond” open to him.

Middlemarch, George Eliot [1871-2]

#middlemarch #in loco parentis

[viridescentthang]

thoughts that are not about my father

#incomplete thoughts #in loco parentis

[sneverussape]

“all right, take your time, miss thorne. whenever you’re ready.”

—

happy father’s day to dads and those who stood in for them!

#my art #snape #hp #in loco parentis snape is the best snape #i feel like he took his job as head of house v v seriously

[apollos-boyfriend]

i’m kind of a stickler for keeping the characters at their original ages but. i’m breaking it for jack. that kid is like 16 max, but because he’s so unnaturally tall and suffers from a Heavy case of eldest daughter syndrome everyone assumes he’s at least 19. he doesn’t remember anything from before the ritual so he can’t even correct them due to not knowing himself

#icarus speaks #creepyposting #all my jack characterization is inspired by in loco parentis by nymm_at_night on ao3 #that fic actively rewires my brain chemistry every time it updates its so so good #his tallness isn’t from the ritual or anything btw i just think that kid is Fucking Lanky by nature

[theladyofbloodshed]

I am going to Wales tomorrow for 5 days with 60 children, wish me luck! (It’s also my last week at work in the uk before the big move!)

#in loco parentis aka me feeling like count Olaf #I’m a mother of 60 now #I love putting all 60 to bed #you will sleep in the corridor if you carry on #or waking them up at 7am

[sneakystorms]

There's something fun about remembering distinctly that you first learned some word in a completely random piece of media... I just remembered that the ersatz elevator is where i first read the words martini and xenophobia

#s #a series of unfortunate events #and the phrase deux ex machina! and probably in loco parentis #i believe i binged the books while at my friend ningrids place... boy how weird it is to think of that now

[latin-phrases-showdown]

Round 2 Poll 3 - the real one

Ad nauseam

"To a sickening degree"

It refers to something that has been done or repeated so often that it has become annoying or tiresome.

In loco parentis

Means "in the place of a parent," acting as a parent but not a parent

It's a common legal phrase, often applied to schools.

Shows up in Hamilton's "My Shot" and used to qualify Count Olaf in A Series of Unfortunate events several times

Following a foul-up on my part, this is the new poll for Round 2 Part 3. Sorry for the inconvenience !

#latin phrases showdown #tournament polls #latin phrases #ad nauseam #in loco parentis #round 2

[villruu]

[briefly emerges from mc to check if weekly fic updated]

[goes back to mc]

#vrill talks #IN LOCO PARENTIS HASNT UPDATED YET.... MISERY AND DAMNATION UPON PLANET EARTH</3 #anyways found a rlly cool mc seed and ive been enjoying playing SO MUCH #on peaceful w keepinventory bc i am a simple being. i like the peacefulness #just nowgonna tsrat making house kekw <- [already defeated the dragon and has a elytra]

[trans-cuchulainn]

i think it's very funny that the main time i have done morris-adjacent dancing was when i was chorus in a production of crazy for you where for some reason they stuck this in the middle of i've got rhythm (i'm not sure it's usually there???) and also i nearly hit someone in the face with a stick so many times

#yes that IS where that detail in In Loco Parentis came from #laeg - like me - endured this same choreography #my past life as a theatre kid lol #i did 2 years in the chorus before i managed to sneak into the band and spend the next few years in the pit #before emerging as a dancer for a bit #personal

[saintkevorkian]

  The suggestion was floated so delicately, its tone so perfectly a copy of Shadwell’s Reasonable Man, that it took him a moment to comprehend the ambition of what it proposed.

Clive Barker, Weaveworld [1987]

#legi #in loco parentis #weaveworld

[rosewatergrapefruit]

I think it should be illegal for my campus to sell cold brew after like, 6pm, but also I would be so righteously pissed if I was denied buying cold brew. Gnashing. Snarling. Two wolves

#yes I did get one. in loco parentis is dead. long live in loco parentis

[mintcaramelhazel]

There is no vaccine for a fungus infection

You telling me three medic dropouts that haven’t done any proper medicine in 20 years can figure out a cure better than a scientist on the top of her field who suggested to bomb the cities w her in it because there is no cure for a fungus infección

A 14y/o traumatised can’t consent to give up their life for a chance to get a slight inside of how are inmune to the infection

A doc and two nurses w crappy medical equipment aren’t suitable to find any kind of cure, even if that cure were possible

How were supposed to develop, storage, distribute the vaccine. Which infrastructure were going to use???

I imagine that Fedra, raiders, rapists and other ppl in power w the current status quo wouldn’t be happy to find out their position of power was about to weaken

In the 0.000000000000001% chance they could get the cure I bet they’d use it as a political tool not in order to save humanity

Joel is acting as in loco parentis, so, he did the correct choice of saving Ellie

The fireflies took the choice from Ellie in the first place.

She knew was she was signing for is such a bullshit argument bc Ellie doesn’t have the capacity of truly understand what is going to happen (tiny chance to get the cure, they aren’t prepared to find it anyways so they would be just killing her for nothing, she’s traumatices, etc).

SHE NEVER ASKED TO BE IN THAT POSITION

THE FUCKING OPERATION ROOM WASNT EVEN PROPERLY SANITISED

Ellie is Joel babygirl and Joel is my baby girl. So if he wants to commit crimes to protect her, let him be

#the last of us spoilers #the last of us #tlou #tlou spoilers #Joel miller is right #i do not accept criticism

[hippielittlemetalhead]

So I've seen a lot of 'Hop actively dislikes and distrusts Steve', 'Hop tolerates Steve because he's useful during UD shenanigans but doesn't like him', and the big swing to 'Hop has adopted Steve as his own and treats him the same/almost the same as he does El'

BUT, I present:

Hop pseudo adopts Steve because when he and Owens were trying to get the Harringtons to make any decisions about their teenager who saw some sketchy shit and may need government testing they legally gave Hop the rights to act in loco parentis and he takes that seriously because he doesn't want another Will Byers and he's pretty sure the Harrington kid has a concussion.

Hop who stays involved just enough in Steve's life season 1-3 that we the audience see Steve is getting attached. But Hop just sees an annoying kid who won't leave him alone when he's trying to deal with a rebellious psychic and her insane little friends and keeps asking stupid questions about highschool romance and teenage rivalry drama. Knows Joyce Byers doesn't like the kid but won't give a lot of reason why but he's mostly learned to trust that woman's judgement about people. Still gets him the job at Scoops when the kid's dad makes a stink about college and tells him if he survives a few months there he'll consider bringing him on the force, makes sense to keep him close and in a position to help should shit hit the fan again.

Hop who doesn't get it when Steve is one of the most relieved when he 'comes back to life' after Joyce and Murray bring him back from Russia. When Steve introduces him as "My Hop," (something he'd taken to calling him just before season 2 shenanigans) to his sarcastic, fidgety little friend like it means something. The girl, Robin, looks between the two of them and gets this sad look on her face for a second before smiling and shaking his hand and saying something about "Dingus has told me all about you".

Hop who complains to Murray one of the times The Party and assorted teens and adults are over at his renovated and expanded cabin (courtesy of Owens and shady government organizations recognizing these people are worth investing in, heavily if omens are to be believed) when the bald annoyance asks about what's up on there. Complains about having annoying teenagers who have nothing better to do but pester him legally put under his supervision cause their parents can't be assed to care and are spoiled little shits who are slightly more bearable versions of said parents cause he can stand toe to toe with one of those monsters they faced and the kids kind of listen to him. Complains about barely being able to breathe cause of regular visits and check-ins like Hop was still responsible for him. Says at least the extra hands are useful around the cabin what with the still healing up and El pacing herself after the showdown with Creel and still trying to find Max and the Byers not quite moved back to Hawkins yet.

Hop who doesn't realize that Steve hears every word cause he had gone looking for the older man when he disappeared for more than a few minutes, when he couldn't see him to make sure he was here and safe and alive. Steve who thought Hop actually had come to care for him in his own gruff way and had confessed to Robin that in a lot of ways the way Hop has taken care of him makes him the closest thing to the father figure he's always wanted but never thought he'd get to have. Steve who hears Murray hum and recollect a visit from Nancy and Jonathan where their romance officially started (he vaguely knows about the visit, didn't realize that's what happened, didn't realize she couldn't be bothered to even do the decent/considerate thing before moving on to something better) because it seemed it was a pattern he was seeing 'people liked Steve, but people didn't love Steve'.

Hop who hears a choked sound like someone taking a claw to the gut and turns to see Harrington. Steve Harrington his bandages just peeking out from the collar of his shirt and the opening of his sleeves. (He never did get the stories behind those, too busy being fussed over and being told about the kids and how they were doing as Harrington played babysitter) Steve Harrington a kid who went through hell and still managed to smile and laugh and stand tall and unyielding looking at him with a blank face his eyes misty and his shoulders starting to curl in on himself before he clears his throat, chokes out that he just wanted to make sure Hop was alright but looks like Murray had everything under control. He'd go now, get out of his hair, let him rest, let him breathe. Steve Harrington who walks away with purpose like a man on a mission and doesn't acknowledge the kids calling out asking if he's alright, make sure he has his walkie talkie on him.

Hop, who realizes maybe he left behind two kids who missed (needed) him. Who wonders who took care of Harrington's paperwork when he was concussed and sedated because he was bleeding out and feverish from infection and Hop was busy at the cabin reveling in the comfort and warmth of his daughter and the woman he loved and her two sons who were fast becoming like his own. Hop, who realizes too late that maybe if he'd given the kid half a chance he could have had 3 sons to sit with him and his daughter and the woman he loved as they basked in surviving another end-of-the-world. Hop who has spent years barely giving a damn about Steve Harrington and realizes that he's no better than the kid's own parents.

Part 2

Part 3

#nttttf verse #Never Took The Time (To Forget) #yeah the ramblings of a madperson #honestly made myself choke up with this one #some projection about father figures and unrequited familial affection #we in our feels today #morbid and melancholy unlovable bastards are we #got the morbs #hopper adopts steve #but make it sad #steve harrington whump #Hopper POV #mostly #come yell about the sad with me #rambler writes