#tell your friends you appreciate them

[hailsatanacab]

A Persuasive Argument - dpxdc

"Great!" Danny says, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. The dinner table falls silent as everyone looks towards him. It's a full house today and, honestly, Danny's a little nervous. "I'm sure you're all wondering why I gathered you here today."

"It's dinnertime. In our house." Duke mutters, while doing a very bad job of concealing his yawn. He holds his fork poised over the braised beef, but, just like everyone else, still looks towards Danny before tucking in. It's intriguing enough to wait.

"Yeah, no one misses Alfie's dinner." Dick says, with a brilliant smile that Danny can't help but return.

"Precisely! What better time to talk to you all than when you're all actually here!"

"Wait, I thought you came round to work on our English essays?" Tim asks, blinking owlishly.

"I'm afraid I've lured you here under false pretences, Tim."

"This is where I live."

"I would still really appreciate help on that essay though, I mean, what the hell is Hamlet even about? I just don't get that old time-y language, like 'Hark! A ghost hath killed me!' - absolute rubbish, what does that even mean?"

"The ghost never kills anyone in Hamlet, he's there to tell Hamlet that he was murdered. Have you actually read it?"

"No, but it sounds like you have. Tim, I want this guy to help me with my essay instead. I know for a fact that you haven't read Hamlet, either."

"So? We don't need Jason, I've read the Sparknotes."

"Hi Jason, I'm Danny, pleasure to meet you, summarise Hamlet in three sentences or less."

"Am I auditioning to help you write your essays? I can't believe you’ve gone through your whole school life without reading it, it’s good!"

"Hamlet, along with a number of other classics, was banned in our house because it portrayed ghosts as intelligent and sympathetic beings rather than evil, animalistic beasts. I didn’t even get to see The Muppet's Christmas Carol until last year with Tim! It was surprisingly good, and I hate Christmas because everyone always argued and it sucked. But we're getting off topic. I—"

"No, no, please go back to that, because what the fu—"

"Boys, please." Bruce interrupts, looking to the world as if he wants to hang his head in his hands. "Danny, you were about to say something?"

"Oh, yeah, Mr. Wayne! Thanks!"

"Please, call me Bruce."

"Well, that very succinctly brings me to my point, because I'd actually really like to call you dad."

Nobody says a word. Nobody even blinks, all as shocked as the other, watching open-mouthed as Danny pulls his laptop out from beside his chair. Bruce can definitely feel a headache coming on.

"Before you say anything, I've prepared a 69 slide PowerPoint presentation on why you, Bruce Wayne, should adopt me, Danny Last-Name-Pending. Please save your questions, comments, and verdict until the end, thank you."

#dpxdc #batpham #i forget - can we tag the parent fandoms? w/e #immediately alfred's like: while i do appreciate your initiative may i suggest it wait until after dinner? #and danny - who has barely eaten proper homecooked food ever - takes one bite and then absolutely wolfs down the whole lot #after he's finished he's like 'bear with - I've got to add that to the 'Reasons I Would Like to Live Here' section' #danny's powerpoint has tailored sections for each batfam member with lists of reasons why they'd get along #my au thoughts on this is that the fentons disowned danny when he told them he was phantom #and that this is after the ultimate enemy - wherein which he allied himself with the JL to fight against dan #(which didnt really work at all - BUT he knows some of their identities now INCLUDING batman's) #so one of the main reasons why he'd be a great fit is that he knows their vigilante status anyway so they don’t need to worry about secrets #dick just turns to tim like 'he’s your friend. he learnt this from you.' #tim: 'i didn't tell him our identities!! i would never!!' #dick: 'no i know that. it's the stalker tendancies. it's baby tim all over again' #tim: scandalised gasp #they all eat dinner in silence just super subdued and in shock and sending glances to bruce and danny #duke like: 'so i know I'm the last one in the family but like... this isn't how it normally happens right? did any of you make powerpoints? #tim gets all shifty because he absolutely did make a powerpoint he just never actually showed it to anyone #everyone stares at tim because they all know. it was in one of bab's blackmail files she has on him #damian's slide has danny offering to throw down at any time. 'tim says you like to prove yourself with your skills? #how about a real challenge? if i beat you then you have to vote yes to adopting me!' #damian is in two minds about accepting because... 1) look at him damian could take danny in his sleep! but #2) on the off chance that he does win... damian does not want any more brothers #(he takes the bet and its a suprisingly fun fight - and while he'll never say this... he would vote yes even without the wager) #on one of danny's slides there's a picture of ellie: you'll also get my clone sister! two children for the price of one!! #uhhh.... thats it now - I've been having fun with this haha #spent all day with the 'ive lured you here under false pretences' 'danny i live here' line in my head haha #anyway enjoy!!!!!! this was fun #i wanna make these slides so bad

[hazmatazz]

you never realize how Poorly people treat boys until you get an amab friend that cries when you tell him how you appreciate him and denies when you tell him that he's a kind, thoughtful, good person and gets confused when you get concerned for how much responsibility he's pushing on his shoulders. i don't even think it's how he was raised by his family that caused this, like god. do any of his other friends ever compliment him? why on earth does he think he doesn't deserve hugs? what did you, the world, do to him

#is every guy like this? jesus fucking christ. #tell your friends (not just amab btw) that you fucking appreciate them. god. hug them some if they don't mind #babble

[johnconstantinesdick]

I’m thinking about my Big Three kid swap au (Nico is the prophecy child, Percy is a willow tree, and Thalia is caught in the Lotus Casino) again and specifically Percy is so funny to me. Turns into a tree when he has a found family daughter and almost-boyfriend and wakes up as a a single mother divorcee.

Percy is consistently bringing unhinged domestic spat energy to every confrontation. It’s a full on soap opera. The gods love it. Luke’s troops keep losing respect for him.

Percy kept aging while he was a tree (since we can’t have him join the Hunt) and everyone agrees he’s not the Prophecy Child because he’s fully twenty-something already. So he has no other obligations except conspiring with Annabeth to drag Luke kicking and screaming back home.

Percy keeps referring obliquely to “the divorce” which is very funny but confuses everyone around him. Multiple times he distracts monsters or Titan army demigods by complaining about his “failing marriage” and how “taking care of a kid alone is so hard, you know? I’m not even getting child support!”. Everyone comes out of the conversation sympathetic to the poor guy. Every once in a while Percy adds new lore to see the way Luke’s eye twitches. Luke is not coping well with the judgmental looks, side-eyes, and earnest advice about how to save a marriage. Annabeth keeps getting kidnapped by Luke’s cronies because they very earnestly believe she should get to spend some more time with her other dad.

Every Saturday there’s a truce where all three of them tensely eat cookies in Sally Jackson’s living room. No one has the guts to tell her they’re on opposite sides of a war. Luke tries to turn the tables one (1) time and ask her how she would feel about Percy getting married. Sally’s answer is so heartfelt and genuinely happy that Luke cries alone in his golden sarcophagus later and he never brings it up again. Percy’s smug look goes entirely unnoticed except by Annabeth.

#Percy just likes to eat hot (blue) chip and lie. like any good bisexual. #he’s running the camps propaganda effort all on his own. no one else appreciates it. it’s all ‘why are you fraternizing with the enemy’ and #‘stop telling people you’re married’ and ‘are you trying to babytrap a guy in his twenties with your thirteen year old friend as the baby’ #this man’s fatal flaw is loyalty. as long as there’s a slight chance that Luke might come home Percy is going to keep fighting like hell. #combined with Annabeth’s fatal flaw being pride? the two of them are absolutely assured of their plans. nothing can go wrong. #in the end. well. Nico has ghost powers. banishing a titan from someone’s body is basically an exorcism. #also Percy has successfully gaslit Hermes into thinking he gave his blessing for the marriage so when he drags Luke back to camp after the #war that’s BASICALLY a bridal kidnapping. he’s just connecting with his Greek roots! #pjo #riordanverse #eli writes #eli rambles

[caffeinatedopossum]

I just had a friend thank me for letting him talk 😭 like sir that is just what a conversation is

#its distressing to me how little most people have had. socially speaking #like its come up a lot recently so im just thinking about it a lot but damn #so many people have just... never had friends? #never had anyone appreciate them or be affectionate towards them or care about them 😭 #its so depressing #like everyone deserves that #i had one person even tell me that i was THE FIRST PERSON to ever ask them how their day was?? wtf #they were COLLEGE AGED. what the fuck #thats messed up ;w; #anyways this is why i try my best to be nice to everyone even when i have anxiety about it because damn #the world really really needs it #this is your reminder to ask how your friends are doing and remind them you care and appreciate them

[octoooo]

Makomo’s album part 9 (Masterlist)

(Sabito: “is this what heartbreak feels like?”)

Don’t worry he got his grillt cheese

References:

Link to shlerp

#kny #demon slayer #tomioka giyuu #octo’s art #sabito #sabigiyuu #that’s actually my grilled cheese for dinner #they’re so silly goofy #love the sillies #sabibun wanted grill cheese but then he sees giyuu abt to eat one in front of him </3 #obviously they’re fictional so the grilled cheese won’t harm them don’t worry #I’m not gonna tell you not to give your animal friends grilled cheeses bc duh #don’t do that #you can give Sabibun a grill cheese though he’ll appreciate it #Catyuu sleeping under a pillow #so comfy & cozy only his lil toes stick out #TINY SABIBUN WANTING GRILL CHEESE <3 #he’s so small #could even be grilled cheese size #yall they’re so adorable & sweet #sometimes it doesn’t even feel like I made this au it’s like I’m making fan art for someone’s fic #that someone is me now #O SHIT A SABIBUN AU FIC?? #how have I not thought about that until now?? #no promises but I’ll Definitely fire up the ‘ol grill that is my brain & cook up some ideas #unless yall have any ideas 🐙? #sabibun is so soggy & sad when Catyuu has his own grill chz look :( #Makomo’s album

[juniepops]

Sincerely sometimes you have to just care about people as loudly as you can and it will be scary and it may feel wrong and there may be a little voice in the back of your head telling you you are being too much or annoying. And you have to do it anyway

#tell your friends how much you love them tell artists you follow what you like about their work #tell the people you live with thank you AND MEAN IT when they do chores and things. tell employees you appreciate their hard work #this is NOT about being nice to shitty people FWIW but when people are a positive influence on your life chances are you can be one on them #you have to do what you can to make SURE you are and if your anxiety tells you not to you have to do it anyway. the fear will pass

[spaciebabie]

Spacie I will be honest I knew we were mutuals for quite a while but I always thought it was more in a respective: hey there neighbor

Or a: your a mutual of a mutual so imma just hang or even just a: respectable nod between two strangers

because I didn't want to push anything

Until I saw the tags of something you reblogged from me and I literally was just like: YOU LIKE ME??? YOU SEE ME AS A FRIEND???? IMMA CRY RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW-

WAAA?? OF COURSE I DO BITTY XD YOU GOOBER

#nah brah cuz as soon as mutuals start dming me on a semi frequent basis or we start hanging out in the same spaces i consider you my friend #i have mutuals who i only consider mutuals and not friends for sure!! but like- #bitty you are definitely a friend of mine XD how silly #spacie splains #love you bitty!! #mutuals who want 2 b friends but dont wanna push things feel free 2 talk 2 me i prommy im not so scary :33 #neva eva feel insecure in your relationship w/me (@my friends)...and if you are talk 2 me about it!! #i will be happy 2 tell you how much i adore and appreciate you!!! #i mean if you're my friend ive probably already made it obvious but i am quite happy 2 love on you some more if ya need it!!! #in a lot of my friendships i mimic behavior once you have repeated something at me enough #its uhh something i calculate XD #“ohh if they do x behavior again then i will start reciprocating and mirroring said behavior at them...” #sometimes i test the waters and mimic the behavior but if they dont seem receptive i dont do it again until a later date #peek inta how my brain works (i have autism its quite obvious)

[physicsfox7]

Random appreciation post for @bunnakit. I fucking love her. She always cheers me up, even when she is so down. Words fail me when she comes to mind, other than to say I love you, and you know how important you are to me. Thank you for being my sister, my bestie. I genuinely feel like you and I are ride or die. It's going to be fucking messy, but you are the one who will be next to me in the jail cell saying "Fuck that was fun!"

#appreciation post #wholesome #friends #hugs and kisses #always forehead kisses! #tell your friends you love them

[neonrubberducky]

do y’all ever get like SUPER fixated on stuff???

well when i saved up and got my first musical instrument (a harp) in sky cotl i was DETERMINED to practice the Mipha theme from Zelda botw (because she is my absolute fav).

i did the entire quest for harmony hall and spent DAYS perfecting the melody and trying to match the tune to the theme as good as I was able to.

i finally got it how i wanted to so i could fit it in one of the music memories things and went to Valley to play it in the castle area thing with the manta spirit and the microwaves, and spent hours to get it just right.

so today i log on and as im trying to get my sister to play with me (by bribing her) one of my first ever sky kid friends who i haven’t talked to in a while cause of time zones comes up to me and tells me about how they saw my song and they LOVED IT!

when i tell you that it literally made my day im not exaggerating

it was also so nice to connect with them after not playing together for while, even if it was only for a few minutes.

lesson learned: don’t be afraid to tell people you like their art, writing, music, anything, because it makes people feel good about something that they spent a lot of time on, or maybe they didn’t like how it turned out. it makes people feel good about their work when you like it, so don’t be afraid to tell them!!

#sky children of the light #botw #sky cotl #that game sky #legend of zelda #mipha (the best champion) #sky friends #mipha botw #sky kid #i wish all my friends were like this #i smiled so big my whole face lit up #the little things matter #comment on your favorite fanfic! #tell that artist that you love their art! #repost a post you like! #trust me they love it when you tell them how much you appreciate their work!!!

[elegyofthemoon]

wait actually this one post makes a good point i wish there was actually tags to separate between hsr and hi3 bronseele and on that note actually any of the overlapping characters alskdjfha but the search engine sucks ass on this website so you'll always have overlap either way i think :I

#LIKE !!!!! OK!!!!!! I DO REALLY LIKE BRONSEELE!!!!! BUT ALSO!!!!!! I LIKE HI3 BRONSEELE AND WISH TO LOOK AT STUFF FOR THEM NOT HSR!!!!!!!!! #whhhh i was running into the same problem with cocolia before too T _ T #and its fINE because i saw some servalia while doing so but whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh T _ T come onnnnnnnnnn i just wanna look at hi3 stuuuuuuffff #ok maybe this is also like. the worlds sign for me to STOP JUMPING INTO THE TAGS INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE GAME AND STOP SPOILING YOURSELF #but T _ T #i could also just go bother my friends as well about hi3 but i also dont wanna be a bother #... so i decide to. bother? everyone???? by posting???? #illogical. #IT IS DISTRIBUTED ANNOYANCE #anyways point is: i like bronseele's dynamic a lot in hi3 #it actually made me appreciate the bronseele dynamic more in hsr bc i can see where it takes inspiration from #though i feel that the dynamic got switched around for hsr bronseele #but ill spare talking about that LAKSJDFALKSH #snow plays hi3 #i /guess/ im starting a tag on that its fine lmao #anyways if anyones interested i have plans to finish ch 11 and 11 ex tonight. #'but snow thats like 3 hours long and its near bed time' listen i am on a mission. the only thing stopping me right now is the fact that #i told myself i should finish reviewing (but am Very distracted) #and the fact that the game Also is like 'girl you need to STOP YOURE OUT OF STAMINA' #watch me down all these energy drinks (idk what they are) THEN TELL ME I NEED TO STOP #besides i had a pretty good day re: studying today and ive been doing good with my questions ^u^ #so im bout to beat the holy shit out of this exam. whether the exam likes it or not i Will Eviscerate You. #that and i need to recuperate because I was burned out pretty bad today but when i came back from getting lost (wandering around) for like #hours i did fine so weehee #break day and then we'll be in the long haul till tuesday myeheh

[ghostdrinkssoup]

one of my favourite things about my best friend is that her self-designated ‘toxic trait’ is chronically inviting people to things. if she’s going to an event she’ll bring whatever friend she’s with along if she can. if a group she’s with is about to go get coffee or something and she sees that someone is being left out she’ll ask if they can come too. when I was at her house the other day we decided we were gonna watch a movie and her first thought was to ask her younger siblings if they wanted to watch too. that same night when we realised her younger brother wasn’t going to be home until after dinner we waited until after he got back to watch hannibal so he didn’t miss out. and while we were watching hannibal she asked her dad if he also wanted to hang out with us. she doesn’t even realise she’s doing it half the time but honestly it’s nice to see someone so openly care about other people. to want to spend time with them. and it’s good to remember that showing sensitivity and tenderness is a beautiful thing

#the little things your friends teach you #it’s so important I think #remember to tell your friends that you love and appreciate them <3 #ghost speaks

[scarletwitch1918]

Today was the second birthday this year of a friend that I thought I was really close with that i didn’t get invited to

#birthday #fake friends #friend group #I’ve literally counseled this girl through half her shit this year and then she doesn’t even invite me to her birthday that she invited #people she barely talks to too and then after that she turns around and hangs out with my fucking brother of all people #I can’t wait for a new school next year so I can finally get away from the people who stopped appreciating me a long time ago #I know it sounds kinda selfish but I truly have not done anything (in the last 4 years) to ever hurt or fully disregard them and I really #don’t know what happened #one week we were waking to and from school together everyday and now I feel like I’ve been rejected from our walking group and I’m literally #uncomfortable walking with them in the mornings because they just fully ignore me the entire time #this isn’t even about just the one friend anymore #this is also happening with someone else who was supposed to be my best friend and now she barely talks to me anymore #and like I can accept that we’re not bffs anymore cause it happened a year or two ago so I’ve moved passed it #but she just pretends I don’t exist anymore #we have like three classes together and on snap she got an send it that’s said like tag your fav people on each class #and when I tell you i was in the room with her when she posted I and she didn’t even mention me #istfg #im gonna stop now because this is getting extremely ranty but I can’t really talk to anyone about this irl so this is just my vent space now

[sleepingsun501]

For anyone who doesn’t enjoy Valentines Day, have a big hug from me 💖🫂

Valentines Day is hyped up to be all about romance, but your familial and platonic relationships matter just as much. Your romantic relationships don’t define you, but it’s ok to not be ok today.

Take the time to do something nice for yourself—buy that thing you wanted, order yourself a pizza, take that bubble bath, go out with your friends, watch your favorite movie or tv show, and tell your friends and family how much you love and appreciate them.

#Valentine’s Day is overrated #practice self care #tell your friends and family how much you love them #you are loved #you are appreciated #love yourself #❤️❤️❤️

[kasugas]

The fugue haze that normally clouds my brain lifted for just a second today and it's all so fucking horribly painfully real

#hug your friends. tell people you appreciate them #its hell out there #wormbles

[happy10thousandyears]

Con thoughts

#honestly I really appreciate the creator of my ex fandom trying to give me job opportunities but I think if I have to work in my ex fandom #the creator is really chill and awesome but #as an official artist I’ll try to overdose to die everyday #or at least if I don’t normalize before then #I need to normalize #I mean it’s not even like im currently being traumatized I just spiral #everything I interact with anything outside of my immediate interest circle #because everyone are like so lobotomized in there like I feel im a person among zombies #like how can you just be on a comedy show and have people laugh by just referencing stuff #I don’t get their humor their lack of appreciation for creative effort and their general mental attitude #they are so averse to engaging with anything that aren’t in your face with garish gaudy colors #it’s an ugly franchise and an artless thoughtless fandom #I feel like the opening scene of shizuku where im just siting among people who im utterly alienated to #thinking about the end of the world #I know I sound really whiny to my friends bc I was telling them about stuff but #also it's not like it's hard on me or anything I spiral kinda daily unprompted already it's just . wow it's not in my head only anymore #the insanity is irl.. it's just more surreal to have the zombies I would despise irl around me #it’s kinda despairing that what I like and who I am are utterly incompatible with the #hundreds of people surrounding me during the 3 days of this con #it's like the online fandom but real and more massive #I do kinda sound ungrateful that I'm going to a con and meeting the creator of my fave series is like . rare but also #MAN kinda a bummer I wish my fave character's VA is there so I can gouge his eyes out (joke) AHEM have a Polite conversation with him #because he played the character in the way I loathed (hammy) like I would ASK him to read the books the character is in .or I start gouging #but I am also having fun??? #a white man mansplained my fave to me (who was wearing whole ass ita bag of my fave) bc he though he know more about him than me bc he read #the character's wiki entry . I love it it's surreal I feel like an older god . I can smite this man yet he yaps on unknowingly #I've drawn 2k+ fanart of this obscure deeplore character you've read on the wiki mr tenth doctor cosplayer white man #I can cast u into hellfire .. ? Mr white American man ..

[neonacidtrip]

we haven't spoken in a very long time, but i dreamt of you last night, so I couldn't help but think of you. I'm not sure you remember me, but i hope life is treating you well these days. take care.

I'm not sure what to say, but I can promise you I have not forgotten you. My time on Tumblr has been a mess full of hiatuses, I admit, but it will always be a place where I met some very wonderful friends, including you. With 100% honesty, I can say the friends I made here are some of the best friends I have ever had, even though most of us don't talk anymore.

It doesn't matter how often I speak with people, or if we never speak again. I'll always remember you, and I'll always think fondly of you and hope that life is treating you gently and kindly.

I hope you had a nice (or at the very least an okay) dream, and I'm glad to know you still remember me, too, regardless of all else.

Take care, love <3

#it will always amaze me #how the little details in a message can speak such volumes #you dont think of it at the time but the way someone speaks and their writing style really is so unique #im sorry if the message got a little bit general in the middle but i really do mean it #i remember every friend i ever made here. i still check up on a lot of them when i can #its not about talking so much as it is knowing you are all alive and well #and it makes me really sad whenever i stumble across a deactivated account #i miss you though and i hope you are in a better place now #i hope i wasnt annoying in your dream #and i appreciate the bravery it took for you to reach out and check up on me #also i just want to throw out there that i dont find the dream thing weird or anything #some people get creeped out by that but ive actually had three or four people mention i was in their dreams #so its just something im vaguely used to that does not bother me or anything #a guy told me he dreamed we were in a haunted house and i just kept telling him 'its fine dont worry' #and honestly thats pretty accurate. cant complain #anyway~ i hope you are well #i hope you are happy and if you are not happy today i hope you will be happy soon #and however that dream may have gone i hope you have better dreams going forward #beautiful anon #neo answers #ask neo