#these kids go through so much

[amour393]

yall ever think about how tragic ninjago is

like the story is literally a group of kids who are just constantly traumatized

and this is WITHOUT THE "and s/he had to watch a loved one ___" excluding deaths (become possessed, become a ghost, etc)

We got Jay, who:

Watched his gf and the love of his life turned evil by an unknown matter and then had to fight her before being corrupted himself

Had to watch zane die

Was forced to partake in a tournament where his best friend willingly lost so that he could remain (and ended up losing his powers anyway, which has to feel like having a part of your soul ripped out

Found out he was adopted

Was kidnapped by a psychotic, powerful being from another realm who straight up TORTURED HIM (THIS KID IS LIKE SIXTEEN. S I X T E E N!!!)

Watched his friends/FAMILY be picked off one by one, blaming himself the whole time

Held the love of his life as she died in his arms

Was sent to another realm where he was essentially treated as a slave ans used as bait

Thought cole died

Thought zane died, only to find out he had actually been banished to the most dangerous realm of all

Was trapped inside a videogame

HAD TO WATCH HIS FRIENDS BE PICKED OFF ONE BY ONE AGAIN

HAD TO WATCH NYA BASICALLY DIE. AGAIN

is used as a human sacrifice

ALMOST DIED. LEGIT WAS FULLY PREPARED TO DIE TO SAVE HIS TEAMMATES/YANG

ALMOST DROWNED AND CAME WITHIN TWO INCHES OF HIS LIFE

lost nya without even getting the chance to say goodbye, forced to see her reduced to a shadow of her former self with barely the memory or the care he fell in love with

AND THATS JUST JAY!!!!!

Kai:

Was abandoned by his parents at the ripe old age of five and was forced to grow up too fast, literally having to learn to raise his sister as a child

Almost exploded in a volcano

Watched Zane die

Fell in love and was stabbed in the back basically immediately (even if she came around eventually)

Watched his little brother who he swore to protected be taken and possessed

Almost killed his own father

See above for "lost in another realm on two separate occasions, thought cole died, thought zane died"

Had his powers stolen AGAIN

Was killed in a videogame

See above for "my sister turned into the sea"

Cole:

Mother died when he was a child and had such a strained relationship with his father he literally ran away

Watched Zane die

TURNED INTO A GHOST

see above for "lost in realm twice"

Fell so far he almost died and was almost turned into a stone husk

See above for "thought cole died, thought Zane died"

See above for "died in a videogame"

Fell almost to his death. Again

See above for "nya turned into the sea" thing

Zane:

BESTIE LITERALLY FOUND OUT HE WAS A ROBOT

died

see above for "lost in a realm"

Thought cole died

basically died. again

was corrupted, lost his memory, and was manipulated for FORTY YEARS

almost died AGAIN to bring an evil being into the realm

see above for "nya sea" thing

Nya:

See above for "abandoned parents" and all that

Turned evil by the OL

Almost dies on a rollercoaster

Watches Zane die

A) had to witness all of Jay's trauma with nadakhan and b) LITERALLY DIED. D-E-A-D DEAD.

Thought her brother and bf and besties DIED (shortly after watching lloyd almost die)

thought cole died, thought Zane died, never-realm, etc etc...you know the drill by now

Died in a videogame

Sacrificed herself to save her yin, losing her memories, her humanity, her identity

AND THE ANGSTY TRAUMA BOY HIMSELF, LLOYD:

Was abandoned by his mother and hardly ever saw his father

Was bullied and tormented

Lived on the streets

Captured by the serpentine like four times

almost died several times to retrieve the fangblades

Almost blew up in a volcano

learned he was destined to defeat (-kill) the person he loves most

is almost kidnapped again

Loses his childhood once for all the responsibilities put on him as a kid then twice bc of magical tea

watches his father corrupted by the OL

is captured again by the digital OL and has his powers drained

WATCHES ZANE FRICKIN DIE

see above for "forced to partake in tournament and loses powers anyway"

Has to sacrifice his dad to the Cursed realm to save the world

IS. POSSESSED. AND ALMOST DIES BECAUSE OF IT

Has to sacrifice his dad to save the world (again)

Falls in love and is BRUTALLY, VISIOUSLY betrayed

Sees his father revived in a soulless evil husk

Said soulless evil husk almost kills him

Thinks his four best friends (BROTHERS-) are dead

Watches his city be razed and destroyed

Sees Harumi die

Fights his father AGAIN

See above for the "watched cole die, watched Zane almost die, never realm hopping, watching Zane corrupted, etc, etc"

(Side note for little lloyd wanting nothing more than to be like his father and now its his biggest fear )

see above for "died in a videogame"

See above for "nya turns into the sea" thing which causes my homie to become EVEN MORE DEPRESSED

In summary,

GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK

#i love this show with all my heart but it truly is such a tragedy #these kids go through so much #ninjago

[castielsprostate]

hey americans, please fucking vote this year! thanks!

signed,

the rest of the world

#if you do not fucking vote we will ALL FUCKING DIE #like i am NOT kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we will fucking die #i don't care if you don't agree with biden shut the fuck up and keep that orange clown piece of shit out of office #ukraine will fall. isreal will be funded to continue the genocide. #like are you fucking serious? genocide joe against trump's rain of terror? if you do not vote blue you will not have fucking rights lmao #he will try to change the constitution “oh it won't actually go through”. are you fucking insane???? ARE YOU ACTUALLY INSANE????? #unfortunately your stupid fucking president has the power to destroy everything. we ALL don't want that but! unfortunately! it's true! #so shut the fuck up and fucking vote blue or choose to fucking die #this goes so much further than the vapid americans think. this impacts literally all of us. ALL. OF. US. #*reign #like y'all actually think not voting will help.. anything? except give power to the already alt right govts? #this is literally what they want

[topnotchquark]

Nico saying that Lewis gives his daughters boxes of presents every Christmas just got caught in my mind.

Imagine you were a mixed race boy born in Hertfordshire, different from everyone else around you. Bullied in school, being raised by your father to compete in a sport where money is very much of essence and you and your family do not have a lot of it. And then you meet this other boy who comes from the kind of life you dream to live one day. You're friends and fierce competitors. You find solace in each other. You visit Monaco for the first time with your friend, dreaming up the life you will have when you make it, when you beat out of the mould that the world thought it could capture you in.

And then you two grow through the ranks and you're at the pinnacle of your sport and you have what it takes to win and the world recognises that you can win. And you win. You win with your friend and fiercest competitor by your side fighting with you for those wins, and this fighting ruins something something that was valuable to both of you when you were still innocent and unsullied by life.

But despite everything that went into the doing and undoing of this relationship, you still realise that this person you once called a friend has a life and family beyond your bitter dynamic. He has children, and children need love and affection and good memories. And you're a better man now so you understand that. So you make sure the kids get gifts on Christmas. And you make sure of it every year. Afterall, if you met someone you loved deeply when you were both kids, wouldn't you feel a pang of nostalgia when they had kids. Wouldn't you try to extend the warmth that you couldn't find for your friend to his children. Afterall, whatever happens during childhood basically remains with you forever.

#and nico's perspective of the same is just #being bullied as a child and being profoundly lonely till you find this friend who is in many ways the yardstick for performance #and even when you go through all this rancidity and the love has almost evaporated down to bare bones politeness #you know there is something that remains deep down #and so he gets your kids Christmas gifts each year #both their childhoods were sites of pain and both of them found something with each other #and lewis honours that by being a positive presence in nico's childrens' lives #albeit from a distance #and of course we're no strangers to how much Nico loves his kids #you can bet if Lewis had kids Nico would do that same #sorry this caught in my heart a little #I knew he had been giving presents for a while and I always thought of that as very beautiful but seeing it on the tl made me remember #man #love haunts you in such peculiar ways forever #brocedes #lewis hamiton #nico rosberg #f1 #formula 1

[ningadudexx]

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I got my @nanolitore plushies yesterday ahd i was super happy i brought them to my school and work today ( *u* ) thank you so much nanolitore and everyone for the amazing plushies and art!!!!! these mean the world to me i am going to take them everywhere

#lego #monkie kid #lego monkie kid #lmk #sun wukong #monkey king #six eared macaque #liu er mihou #lmk sun wukong #lmk monkey king #lmk macaque #i love monkesy #iwas freaking out so much #i still am i love them so much #ive been goign through hard times but these made me very happy #i cant wait to bring them everywhere!! #im going to try and find them more outfits too #i have a little hat for them right now

[grinchwrapsupreme]

Roman grabbing Kendall by the collar to hold him back so Shiv could go and make the vote that he never could

Shiv voting to free them even though she already knew she couldn't leave

The two of them witnessing each other all their lives, Shiv's mind being changed by Ken's treatment of Roman, Roman's "she's fucking pregnant you piece of shit", Shiv genuinely wanting them to give Rome some space when she sees the state he's in, Roman standing up to Kendall and not backing down to help Shiv argue her point to the point of physical assault, Shiv putting her hand on his shoulder while they watch the video together, the two of them on the beach together talking it through where Logan and Kendall can't touch them

#they are THE siblings to me #have been since day one since they fought in that hospital lecture hall like kids #succession spoilers #succession #roman roy #shiv roy #i was gonna rewatch from the beginning but idk man idk if i can #this was so much #idk if i can watch kendall go through the transformation again

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

I used to despise Eridan and think he was the absolute worst character (barring Cronus ig) but you have shown me the light and completely turned my opinion around and now I think he is such an endearing little freak <3 I read your whole blog already but if you've got any more thoughts on eri or anyone else then I hope you post them bc I'd love to hear more abt it!

i have sooo many controversial opinions about the dancestors you have noooooo idea

#always glad to have another person go 'oh eridan's not that bad huh' #like he IS a freak and there is SO MUCH thats wrong with him #but he's supposed to be an antagonist AND sympathetic AND funny AND pathetic AND tragic #like all these things can be true hes just a complex character #same w a lot of them #vriska equius and gamzee all kind of fall into this boat #yes there is a lot thats wrong with them but they are also 13 #let he who was not a shithead at 13 cast the first stone #anyway ive been hesitant about talking about the dancestors because if my eridan opinions are controversial... #but the tl;dr is that almost all of them suck horribly #like collectively they are the worst characters in homestuck and thats on purpose #bc their role in the story is villainous like theyre the reason lord english even exists #if the alternian trolls as a rule are meant to be sympathetic even if they have a lot of problems #then the beforus trolls are like a worst case scenario of 'what if they never address their problems and grow up that way' #theyre the counterpoint to the comics themes of being a kid and growing up #learning to care about each other and become responsible #the beforus trolls are children who never grew up #going through the exact same problems and drama as when they were children #because they never took responsibility for their own actions or their treatment of each other #And That's Terrible

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

So in love with the "Canival Town Vaggie" AU, but that lead to a thought. In Alastor's first song he puts Vaggie in a certain outfit that people have noticed shows up later. This time, Vaggie would recognize "You dressed me up as Susan!?"

what with Alastor kinda being Vaggie's live-in Susan, she might take it as a compli-

WAIT

WHAT IF SUSAN WAS LIKE VAGGIE'S GRUMPY BITCH CANIBAL GRANDMA?? WHAT IF THE ONLY PERSON SUSAN DIDN'T HECKLE WAS VAGGIE????

like- like vaggie, in the hotel in canon SHE'S the one getting pissed and frustrated and and and the one being realistic (pessimistic???) about stuff, STRICT, judgmental (to anyone not charlie) like imagine her meeting Susan like "Wow. mean granny says it like it is" and Susan latching onto her "I'VE ONLY HAD THIS SNARKY JADED GRANDDAUGHTER FOR /FIVE MINUTES/, AND IF ANYONE LOOKS AT HER WEIRD, IM EATING THEM AND THEN EVRYONE ELSE IN CANNIBAL TOWN"

can you imagine mom/aunt Rosie struggling valiantly to be supportive and have Vaggie's evil granny over for tea steeped in the skull of earl Grey, CAN YOU IMAGINE CHARLIE TRYING SO HARD TO BE NICE TO HER GIRLFRIEND'S GRANGRAN BUT ONLY EARNING SUSAN'S RESPECT WHEN SHE CRACKS AND CALLS HER A BITCH

(and Vaggie grinning and CHEERING HER for it???)AND THEN SUSAN IS GIRNNING TOO, LEANING OVER TO HER GRANDAUGHTER AND GROWLING

"oh i see why you like her now~" - "that's not why, granny chops, but yeah. she's great"

WHILE CHARLIE SITs THERE, TRYING NOT TO REACH OVER AND THROTTLE THIS OLD LADY THAT HER GF CLEARLY LOVES

even in hell no one can figure out how this (healthy?) (happily fucked up??) granddaughter / grandmother relationship works!!!! they just know they'll find Vaggie and Susan standing in a corner of the party, smirking / grinning with too many teeth together as they trade sick burns about everyone else there! (especially Alastor) (and excepting Charlie once Susan decides she might almost be worthy of dating her sad emotionally burnt dropout angel vegetation grandchild)

the non-cannibal vegetation diet thing is ONLY part of Vaggie that Susan ever picks on, and it's only because she's WORRIED Vaggie will fall off the flesh is she doesn't eat human three times daily in the special way Granny kills it~

original au credit to @sunsetcougar

#hazbin hotel #vaggie #susan hazbin hotel #chaggie #alastor the radio demon #charlie morningstar #vaggie's vegan cannibal adoption au spinoff #rosie is going through so much for her new kid she is having tea with SUSAN she will make this family WORK #alastor and the realization how serious this all is #because of the above #vaggie and susan cackling and heckling ppl in a corner #it lives in my head rent free now #charlie's first brush at having a grandparent is with susan and she might never recover #susan tho #susan is having fun collecting grandkids #and not even for lunch but like #as family XD

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Aw! XL cooking reminded me of when I was working with children and they'd get nightmares/scared of monsters, so was go to the garden and make Monster Soup! Anything that looked good would go into the nearest source of water (often a bird bath) so that the monsters would know we are kind people and stay outside and not come inside. Also the monsters would think of us as friends and protect us instead of scaring us. Now I'm hoping that I have turned any of these kids into bad cooks bc I was like that flower looks good! Toss it in! 😅😄😄😄

Thank you for reminding me of this memory!

I'm-In-Love-With-The-Monster Soup.

#tgcf #xie lian #hua cheng #ask #This story was extremely sweet thank you so much for sharing B'*) #I also used to work with kids and I really miss it!! This brought back lovely memories for me as well. #I am sure you helped a lot of kids through rough feelings by taking them seriously and letting them grow by confronting their fears. #Monster soup is something I am going to be thinking about for a long time.... #If anything; experimenting in the kitchen and feeling the permission of freedom to cook helps encourage kids to learn! #even if its a pretend kitchen. A birdbath is just as valid as a soup pot! #Comic-commentary time: I am so sorry to people who didn't know or forgot that this is how I draw the TGCF pair. #Xie Lian actually tried to make a sandwich but it got to wet so he had to put it in a bowl. #no one knows where the green colour came from. #One more comic on this coming tomorrow (what have WWX and HC been up to?)

[tmntkiseki]

[LOUD NOISE WARNING]

Have a poorly edited video of which the final version will probably never see the light of day on Youtube (because I got bored and lost interest in the project file.)

#teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2k3 #tmnt 2003 spoilers #tmnt leonardo #tmnt raphael #tmnt donatello #tmnt michelangelo #tmnt splinter #tmnt april #video #I love these dorks so much #It kills me inside knowing they go through so much shit and they're only 15 - 17 #Just let them be kids

[hypewinter]

Dan woke in Danny's body with a note from Clockwork telling him to take care of it while Danny's core recovered. Ok? Whatever that means. Well then, since his human half is very much hungry annnnddddd he currently has no money, he simply has no choice but to steal. Oh the humanity, truly a shame.

It isn't until he's actively breaking a window that he hears Danny's voice in his head, screaming at him to stop.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #hyper prompts #danny needs to retreat into his core to heal #unfortunately his human half can't go with him #so to prevent his body from wasting away #clockwork puts dan's core in #so he can take care of the body #until danny can come out of his core and take over again #danny's core is still there #and while he's healing he's still very much aware of everything that's going on #including what dan's doing with his body #does this stop dan from commiting crimes? #no no it does not #meanwhile red hood sees a kid punch through a window #and step inside the store without a care in the world

[dragzo]

oh Red Son no-

#i like to headcanon that for years after dbk’s imprisonment #red son didn’t do anything but work on his engineering skills #or just wallowed within his home #pif didnt give a rats butt about what he was doing because she was already miserable dealing with other people #so red son didnt go out much to socialise or learn from the world #meaning there was a lot of things he didnt know about life and himself until after his father was freed #red son has never had any experiece with having feelings #romantic or platonic or anything. he only recognises familial love thats pretty much it #not because he doesnt feel them (duh) but because hes had no one to feel that way about #so becoming friends with goldendragon was pretty hard for him. but he still pulled through #but recognising his feelings for mk being more than that? that was the hardest yet (for everybody) #of course mei figured it out first. and eventually mk did too. but even red son had no clue until they both had to intervene #so red son realising he is no longer as straight as he once thought because of mk is a very real possibility LMAO #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk fanart #mk lmk #lmk qi xiaotian #qi xiaotian #lmk red son #lmk spicynoodles #spicynoodleshipping #monkie kid spicynoodles

[sysig]

Ellen McLain’s commentary from my trivia playthrough

#She's so cute <3 #WPP #Portal #Ellen McLain #If you haven't played through the audio commentary I would Absolutely recommend it it is So fun #I clicked out of curiosity - kind of just expecting like a movie's audio commentary y'know? Like a video that highlighted specific scenes #No it's just the whole game again but with trivia pop-ups! I love that!! #It reminded me so much of like trivia track or the pop up fun facts from special editions of movies I would watch as a kid #But you can play through them!! You have to click on them and they spin! I love that!!! #I always love hearing the design and development process - fascinating how the playtesters reacted to this new game! #We take it for granted now but yeah I imagine it would've been very confusing at the time #And I was like ''Well it was such a small team and Ms. McLain was such a large part of it - surely she'll have a few bubbles?'' #She does lol - as soon as I got to her first one (it was a slow burn! They buried the lead with her lol I'm already invested!) I had to go #I saved-quit the game out of sheer excitement and giddiness lol I had to sleep on it before I was ready to come back #It is so cool to hear her natural voice ah <3 And the kinds of direction she was given! Other bubbles also talk about her vocal direction :) #Very cool! I wonder what TTS they used for reference :0 #But to hear her real laugh without the audio processing over and and she still sounds like GLaDOS! I mean of course she does but just jfdksl #That's /her/ laugh! They share a laugh! It's a very similar laugh!! #Not to mention her talking about wanting to play and just fdskalfd they clearly did such a good job with her performance and ahhh #It's too cute it's all too cute sharing a room with GLaDOS while her voice actor talks about making a cake to share with her friends stopppp #I am so enamoured <3 #I also took a bunch of screenshots of GLaDOS still shit-talking while she was being destroyed lol #Actually beat the ending in one try this time :P I ran out of time the last time pfft #But now I've beaten it twice in as many days :D Although I did start it the first time several days ago - but I beat it again quickly! #Has me all the more itching to replay 2 ♪ #WPVG

[shima-draws]

My brain: Haha yeah I dunno if I’ll ever get into One Piece I mean it’s so long and such a huge dedication timewise—

Me, already 13 episodes in: Um. Well,

#JFNSNFJSJD HELP!!! #Shima speaks #Okay I HIGHLY doubt I’m going to slog through over 1000 episodes. BUT. #I will watch a chunk of it #Anyway. I LOVE Luffy. And I LOVE Zoro. #They really made Zoro out to be this supreme badass who’s super edgy and cool #He is all those things. BUT. He is also soooo dumb. And I love him #His reactions are just so over the top #And I love his quarrels with Naomi #*Nami. Spellcheck PLEASE. #And the fact that he trusts Luffy so MUCH already #And that he has absolute faith in Luffy so even when Luffy is hurt! He’s like ‘Oh yeah he’ll be fine dw’ #Makes me soft. #AND AGAIN. HE IS DUMB (affectionate) #Love me a goofy gang of pirates #Also REALLY loving Usopp too #Gathers them all up #My kids now. #One Piece

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Thought you may be interested in this-

hmmm you know it could be a blend of "Remember" and "rem" as in "REM sleep", i would put stock in That more than it being just a straight play on remember

WHICH. HM. okay bc as soon as i saw it i thought "oh! like the REM stage of sleep!" but REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement - the stage characterized by high brain activity (vivid dreaming).

so either it being specifically REMderem has meaning, or it's just the best play on words (maybe in relation to "remember" as you've pointed out!)

#hm... if it's REM for a reason... #its interesting that wally (doesnt sleep) would be the main target for an ad about sleeping #for a Pill named after the dreaming stage of sleep... #wally. sleeping. dreaming. hm! #Much To Think About! #im not going to get too crazy with theories yet #because there is a LOT of new info to sort through and take into consideration! #i need time so apologies! #i want to provide theories of Substance! with ample backing and thought! #no longer are the days where i just spew out whatever random shit #and then backtrack on it a month later with Oopsies That Was So Wrong! #(who am i kidding i Will continue to do that <3) #but i'll take more care with it i prommy #rambles from the bog #homebogging #wh speculation #welcome home speculation

[bakersdaughter21]

one thing that i’m always just begging for is one of the OG Dads (granddads) to look at one of the grandkids and just go “Oh you must be Henry’s/Darryl’s/Ron’s/Glenn’s grandkid” OR JUST AS IMPORTANTLY “oh you must be Sparrow/Lark’s/Terry’s/Grant’s/Nick’s kid”. I want the dads to recognize their friends in their descendants. I want them to recognize their friends KIDS in their descendants. I want them to see them still creeping through the next generation. I want them to say it like it’s so obvious, like it’s so easy to recognize parts of their longtime friends in their family

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #this may be because I feel Normal is so much like Henry #always trying to make it okay always trying to fix arguments/issues #the way he rambles when he’s nervous or excited #the way he’s so fiercely loyal the way he loves so much #and taylor is so obvious #one look at him and you think ‘this boy has the genes of glenn close’ #Scary might be more hard to place but I think you could figure it out through process of elimination #or just her angsty mood would make a granddad think #‘oh yeah that’s terry’ #probably in the early days of S2 Linc was a curveball #but now it’s more like ‘this kid is going through something… Grant’

[llumimoon]

Introducing the Erased AU!!! or as I like to call it: The Mysterious Disappearance of Normally Oak

Hehehehe I actually came up w/ this back in May (with the help of @kaseyskat <3) but it's been modified to be more canon compliant since some recent things got the brain gears turning :]c

The premise is essentially Norm and Dood do some. very silly goofs. aka w/out telling anyone Normal decides to go back to the Doodler's home dimension w/ Dood to keep them company and through some magic shenanigans everyone now has no recollection of Normal or the Doodler apocalypse- everything is a picturesque happy ending... or is it?

Sparrow is the first to realize something's up due to her new art studio being where Normal's bedroom used to be, but the others aren't very far behind. They all have to put the clues they discover together in order to figure out what happened and bring Normal back. Speaking of, I dunno how long a human can last in an eldritch dimension after all...

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#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads s2 #dungeons and daddies season 2 #normal oak #sparrow oak #the doodler #cal draws #erased au #teheheheheehehe #i actually love this au so so much #essentially it was born out of me going #i love the norm and doodler dynamic but i think if left to their own devices they would make some reckless and impulsive decisions #this au is so angsty but also. lowkey kinda funny to me #the timeline didnt change btw. memories were just altered #so as far as everyone THINKS the s1 epilogue never happened #people have weird gaps if they think too hard and lots of weird stuff seeps through sometimes #bc this magic job was done by. two kids AKWBGEIAHDHF #how did they pull this off? its a secret. (that is to say sparrow and the others will figure it out) #LMAO if u have any questions 🥺 i would love to answer them as best i can #ive got more comic ideas planned hence the TBC so hopefully those will come out soonish #also yegah. sparrows gender is transed. JABSGAIAHD AFTER the memory alteration too #so norm and dood essentially transed her gender before dipping it's incredibly funny to me