#what are boomers gonna do with the vaccine

[spitxlfields]

I am going to blame how I’m feeling on the fact that I got my first dose of the smallpox/monkeypox vaccine yesterday and then slept for 13 hours.

Regardless, I’ll be around since I need to get some computer stuff done anyway.

#That's No Moon! (ooc) #Mun: Graves (singular) #all i'm saying is that if/when monkeypox does become a big thing because *gestures broadly* #it's gonna be the gays and the boomers absolutely thriving and i think that's poetic or something #(i don't remember what year the cutoff is but people born before then in the US defacto got the smallpox vaccine #as part of the childhood series. i know my parents were like 2 when the polio vaccine was FDA okayed and I'm pretty sure they had #the smallpox vac. and like people in other countries depending on if the disease stayed endemic #like i have a friend from Libya who is around my age who got the jab. which reminds me of a funny story. anyway) #i'm very very very very lucky to live in a major city where both of our local queer clinics have been hardcore pushing testing and the vax #by the by i actually don't feel as bad as i thought i would. the water blister absorbed super quick #and all it looks like is like i have a big bug bite #i just took too many edibles last night whoops #and it was a really long week in the morgue ive needed a rest. a break. as a treat. #but i am medicated hydrated fed and changed clothes so i'm doing pretty solid regardless

[santaverse]

Meet the New Santas for 2022!

[ Hello again, everyone! Thank you for all the support towards Part 1 of the fic I posted this morning! I’ll be posting the parts throughout the Holiday Season, so I hope y’all will look forward to North, Nicholas, and Sleepy Santa’s adventure! ]

[ Now onto the exciting part! Here are the Santa Clauses I’ve added this year! ]

( feel free to go to the muse page to get... more or less, more cohesive blurbs about the characters! )

1. Apalpador

The Galician Santa Claus is here! This year, thanks to a movie called Pixi Post and the Gift Bringers (or Pixi Saves Christmas), I’ve added different Santa Claus depictions from around the world! It was a huge learning experience, but a very intriguing one! I hope you all enjoy Apalpador and the other genies from this series!

2. Bolly Santa

This Santa Claus is from an animated music video where he dances in celebration of the ick-vaccine. If that premise alone didn’t hook you on the idea of a Bollywood dancing Santa, then I don’t know what else will!

3. Boomer Santa

Did you know there was a 2006 retelling of the holiday classic; A Year Without a Santa Claus? Well, it exists! And boy, is it a mess! A chaotic movie with an equally chaotic Santa Claus. This dude really gets mad that kids are playing Soul Calibur 2. Mans need to get a GRIP.

4. Cap’n Claus

Leave it to a Nick Jr. Cartoon to give me another compelling Santa Claus! (I’ve gotta thank my Niece for being glued to that channel lol) This Santa Claus is pretty clearly a pirate, right? He’s got the cool clothes and captain’s hat! Well, in all actuality, this Santa Claus spends the entirety of his appearance learning how to be a proper nice pirate! It’s just a pure as it sounds! You’ll definitely get charmed by this Santa. He does these cool poses and winks at the camera a lot- Dude KNOWS he’s cool!

5. Hoteiosho

Celebrated in Japan as a Santa Claus figure, Hoteiosho brought something to my attention that I never noticed. He’s a Buddhist Santa Claus. ...Those two concepts have so much in common, having one as a gift-bringer makes so much sense. He wasn’t in the movie for long (he was captured first), but dang it he’s gonna get his flowers on this blog! 

6. JACKED Santa

The Villainous Santa Claus from Captain Underpants!!! I ADORE Captain Underpants, but never watched the Cartoon at all! It’s a shame because I’ve missed out on one of the most hilarious portrayals of Santa Claus yet. He’s an absolute dude-bro meathead who demands you give HIM presents for Blissmas. Amazing, incredible, 10/10, love this guy.

7. Manga Claus

An obscure pick from a mid 2000s book, This Santa Claus may appear docile at first, but when he wields his twin blades (The Miyaguchi Daisho), he reveals his decades of training and absolutely intimidating stature. He’s the definition of edge, and I LOVE it.

8. Monopolish

A Roman Santa Claus who was stripped of his powers once he was revealed to be stealing the glory of his genie counterparts. Now he’s the leader of his own multi-billion dollar company (where some defected elves work for him) in which he plans to capture the other genies and get his powers back. He’s a good villain who shows genuine sorrow for not having any children who believe in him.

9. Olentzero

The Basque Santa Claus! (also voiced by Eggman himself) Olentzero is one of the best reasons to watch Pixi Post and the Gift Bringers. The guy is just an absolutely softie. He’ll always do what he can to help, even if he has no clue what he’s doing. He’s great!

10. Robo Santa

This Santa was recommended to me since this blog’s creation a few years back, and I couldn’t see myself adding any Santa that was overly malicious to the blog. Well, years later and a few bad Santas added, here we are! To be honest I’m still not entirely sure how I’m going to keep his more violent nature in-tact, but a robotic Santa Claus that thinks even the most minute action to be Naughty is just an incredible basis for RPing. I couldn’t say no!

11. Skinny Santa

Definitely the most requested Santa Claus I’ve ever had for this blog, and for good reason! Similarly to Robo Santa, I was against Skinny Santa joining the blog because I never thought there was much to him aside from just being a jerk for the entirety of the movie? But there’s a bit more to his character admittedly, and I have a few jerky Santas here now, so what’s one more?

His addition was long overdue.

12. Snegurochka and Ded Moroz

The Russian / Slavic pair of Santa Clauses! In Pixi Post and the Gift Bringers, the Santa Clauses are referred to as Genies, and Snegurochka (the most difficult name in the world to spell) is the de-facto leader of them all! These two bring such a unique portrayal of a Santa Claus, I had to add them!

13. Sporty Santa

A Santa Claus from a relatively underrated Christmas Special, Sporty Santa is a Santa Claus who is that friendly elderly guy who helps you out at a convenience store, or you see at a sporting event! He’s hidden in plain sight and I just think he’s neat! (PS, I neeeed his sweater, it looks so soft!!)

14. The Three Wise Men

If I was going to add just one Genie/Santa from Pixi Post and the Gift Bringers, it was going to be the Three Wise Men. They’ve had their appearances in cartoons before (they have their own day for crying out loud), but never specifically doing the Santa Claus shtick! They’re full of character in this movie too! Caspar’s got a bit of spice to him, getting the other two in unwanted fights- it’s so great. I’m so excited to show y’all this portrayal of this trio!

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[ phew! that’s all! this brings the blog to 64* (not counting duos, trios, or mrs. clauses) Santas! WOW, I never really expected to find this many new Santas, but each year I seem to find or be recommended something with a unique Santa portrayal! The goal of this year was to be the last Santas added... but I already have my eye on some Santas that are in animated projects lauching next year, sooo.... looks like there really isn’t an end to the Santaverse! ]

[ I’ll be making a Starter Call very soon! Until then, thank you & Happy Almost Holidays!! ]

#OUT OF COOKIES || (ooc post) #[ i was going to make this post sooner but i finished editing the drabble thing yesterday at 3 am and just crashed afterwards ] #[ ANYWAYS YEAH! NEW SANTAS ] #CHESTNUT CAREGIVER || ( apalpador! ) #THE GLUE THAT BINDS THE GENIES || ( snegurochka and ded moroz! ) #THE JOLLY ROWER || ( hoteiosho! ) #THE ONE TRUE GENIE || ( monopolish! ) #THE HUMBLE WORKER || ( olentzero! ) #THE ORIGINAL GIFT BRINGERS || ( three wise men! ) #YO-HO-HO || ( cap'n claus! ) #MOVES LIKE SANTA || ( bolly santa! ) #A SLAM DUNK SANTA || ( sporty santa! ) #THE X-MAS SCOURGE || ( robo santa! ) #BLISSMAS BEEFCAKE || ( jacked santa! ) #SCROOGE OF A SANTA || ( boomer santa! ) #WHOEVER HEARD OF || ( skinny santa! )

[fuckassmcgee]

Unpopular opinion but covid took away literally everything I loved about life and the only thing stopping me from going out and putting people at risk is the fact that theres nowhere to go and nothing to do

#and i know for a fact that as soon as the government stops fining people for throwing parties im going on a month long binge #ive already lost my entire second year of university plus i had to live with my bastard conservative parents for MONTHS #i LIVED to meet new people and create memories with strangers and i feed of human contact like i feel like im dying without it #i have no empathy or concern at this point #im so fucking tired #were all suffering because the government doesnt know how to fucking handle a crisis #admittedly a month of stricktly enforced harsh lockdown would have been the best option but its too fucking late now #also by no means am i complaining about masks #if these dumb cunts would just wear a fucking mask we could probably be halfway out of this by now #also fuck the boomers who get to take the vaccine first #theyre right to give it to healthcare workers first #but second should go to the younger generation #you know #the ones that have statistically been hit the hardest #and suffered the most #and are at the highest risk of spreading #what are boomers gonna do with the vaccine #stay inside and watch shitty cable tv but with a stronger immune system #and die A LITTLE slower #thats a lot of notes

[larrytimelines]

July 2021 complete timeline

July 1 (Thur): Robert Harvey posts a pic of Louis in the studio working on LT2 (link).

Holivia is seen by fans having drinks, walking and having dinner in Island of Giglio (pictures and videos here). Within 30 minutes of pictures dropping, there is an article about Holivia on a romantic Italian getaway (link). Deuxmoi posts a ‘spotted’ pic of Holivia at dinner (link).

Deuxmoi mention Holivia’s Italian vacation in their weekly email newsletter, as well as recap Jason and Keeley going on romantic dates in NY on June 26th - further confirming them as a couple (link).

Jason & Keeley are papped on several dates in NY. Ted Lasso is deemed a strong Emmys contender.

July 2 (Fri): Louis is seen watching a EUROs game with Oli in London (videos and pictures here).

Not seen, but Holivia were taking the yacht pics in Monte Argentario (link).

Ted Lasso is expected to “sweep Emmy nominations”. And everyone loves Ted Lasso.

July 3 (Sat): Louis watching the England EUROs game with Calvin, Charlie Lightening, Ella (E’s bff), Ella’s boyfriend, Eleanor and friends (pics here, here; videos here, here).

Holivia in Rome, attending the England v Ukraine match, they are papped and fans take pictures with Harry (pics here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here; pap pics; videos here, here, here, here and here).

Lottie posted a picture of Freddie on her stories with the text “mini Louis” on it (link).

July 4 (Sun): No updates.

July 5 (Mon): Louis is papped and pictured with fans outside the studio (pics here, here, here, here, and here). 

Yachtgate pics from Backgrid of Holivia dancing, lounging and kissing on a yacht drop and Page 6 exclusive. Pics from Monte Argentario on July 2.

Page 6 exclusive about Jason being in NY with the kids and how he’ll go on a promo-tour for Ted Lasso soon. They talk about how Jolivia take turns taking care of the kids and that he’s dating Keeley.

Jul 6 (Tue): Article and pap pics of Louis debuting his long hair to the press and greeting fans while signing autographs outside the studio. Article is positive, light, and mentions his record-breaking livestream last December (link).

Articles about Holivia’s “romantic” Italian getaway & how well Jolivia are co-parenting

July 7 (Wed): Louis is seen watching the EURO games with friends, including Oli, Eleanor, hot Luke, Alana, Ella (E’s bff), Ella’s bf and more (videos here, here, here, and here, pics here, here, here and here).

Articles about Holivia’s “steamy” kiss and “romantic yacht dance” on their Italian vacation

July 8 (Thur): New pictures and Page 6 exclusive of Holivia on the yacht. They try to distort the timeline and say it’s a different day, when it’s all from the same day. Emphasis of articles is on how hot shirtless Harry Styles is kissing Olivia (link).

And another Page 6 exclusive about Holivia being “holed up at a romantic luxury resort in Porto Ercole”.

July 9 (Fri): Super Hi post a video of Louis recording LT2 at the studio (link). And a fan posts pictures with Louis outside the studio (pics here and here).

Louis posts a video for BSL “sign of the day” challenge (link). Isabella Signs says that all she did to get Louis to film the video of him signing “singer” in BSL was ask him (link).

More articles about hot shirtless Harry Styles kissing Olivia in Italy.

Articles about Jason throwing the 1st pitch at a baseball game with his kids come out.

July 10 (Sat): Louis is seen with Oli and hot Luke at a EURO soccer village in London drinking beer and having fun. A fan reports that he smelled gooooood (pics here, here, here, here, here, here and here; videos here, here and here).

Some articles about Holivia kissing in Italy and Jason with the kids at the baseball game.

July 11 (Sun): Louis is seen attending the EURO final at Wembley with Eleanor (pics), and spotted walking among fans in the streets of London (video and pics here).

Article about Jason and Keeley being a couple.

July 12 (Mon): Exclusive 369 merch is sent out to fans (link).

Articles about Ted Lasso’s “overwhelming” reception.

July 13 (Tue): Jason is the cover of GQ and he confirms he and Onlivia broke up in November 2020, that he hit rock bottom, but has “chosen to land like an Avanger” and is moving on and “not heartbroken”. He says he “still doesn’t have clarity” in regards to their breakup. He also got 20 Emmy nominations for Ted Lasso, which were announced today in a move of HIGHLY calculated timing and PR (link).

July 14 (Wed): Love On Tour is rescheduled to start September 2nd 2021 only in the US. Canada dates are cancelled (link here, and here).

Louis’ DC and NY tour dates are rescheduled (they had been rescheduled a long time ago but many fans didn’t notice) (link).

Articles about Jason’s GQ interview - focus is on his split from Olivia.

July 15 (Thur): Harry likes Gemma’s post on IG (link).

Article about Olivia being focused on co-parenting and how she’ll always do what’s best for her kids (link).

Jason attends the Ted Lasso premiere in LA.

July 16 (Fri): Olivia is papped going to the gym in NY (link).

Deuxmoi expands on trashy tabloid rumors that Holivia getting engaged/married in Italy is a real possibility (link).

Articles about the rumor that Harry and Olivia got married in Italy.

Articles about Jason attending Ted Lasso’s premiere on the 15th, wearing a shirt supporting black English soccer players who faced racist abuse after England’s EUROs loss (article link).

Articles about Jason wearing a bracelet his daughter made him that spells out “daddy” to the Ted Lasso premiere (article link).

July 17 (Sat): Harry is papped arriving in LA (video and pics here).

Jojo pics says a friend saw Harry getting his covid-19 vaccine in London (link).

Fans post a video of them meeting Louis at the beach (video and pics here and here). Another fan claims Louis was close to her work (link).

Eleanor posts picture where Louis’ leg can be seen at a rocky beach (link).

Olivia and her daughter get their nails done in NY  according to Deuxmoi (link). Deuxmoi posts a ‘spotted’ post about Olivia being seen at the Fort Greene farmers market in NY (link).

Articles about Jason wearing a shirt supporting black English soccer players. 

July 18 (Sun): Articles about Ted Lasso.

July 19 (Mon): Olivia is papped arriving in LA, pics and video are released. In the video they ask her about ‘online rumors’ that her and Harry already got married, and what her ring size is. She replies that she isn’t “ever gonna talk to you guys” (link). Article is also released (link).

Deuxmoi posts a ‘spotted’ post about Olivia with her daughter Daisy getting their nails done in NY allegedly on the 17th. They claim they could see both of them smile (even tho they were wearing masks) and dance to WS and her daughter mentions Harry (link).

Jason is papped arriving in NYC with an avocado plush toy after being away on a Ted Lasso press tour (article link). And more articles about Ted Lasso.

July 20 (Tue): Deuxmoi posts story claiming that Holivia “are very serious” and that “word is they’ve talked about” getting engaged/married. She also posted a story about Jeff Azoff (link).

Jason is papped wearing a tie-dye sweater in NY and goes on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (link). More articles about Ted Lasso and Jason’s anti-racism support.

July 21 (Wed): Article drops clarifying Jason is not dating Keeley and is, in fact, single, and seen out at a bar with friends and model Irina Shayk (link). More articles about Ted Lasso and Jason’s anti-racism support, as well as articles about Jason playing with puppies on GQ.

Articles about Olivia “responding to Harry Styles marriage rumors”.

July 22 (Thur): Louis says on Twitter that he lost his phone during the EUROs, and tweets from an Iphone (link here and here).

Eleanor posts video of Bruce swimming at the pool in Louis’ public house and a picture of herself at the house (link).

Olivia is papped getting coffee in LA (link).

Articles about Olivia “responding to Harry Styles marriage rumors”.

Jason goes on the Today show. More articles about Ted Lasso and Jason’s anti-racism support.

July 23 (Fri): One Direction’s 11th anniversary! Louis thanks fans on twitter (link).

Unseen video of One Direction, shot by Cal Aurand in 2012 is released (video link).

Article about Olivia getting coffee in LA on the 22nd drops (link).

Olivia posts a picture on her IG story at the Dumbo Soho House and says that DWD is nearing the end of picture-lock (link). Picture is likely old.

More articles about Ted Lasso.

July 24 (Sat): More articles about Ted Lasso.

July 25 (Sun): LTHQ announces a giveaway for Walls vinyls (link).

Fan posts screenshots of Harry’s knees in Italy likely between June 18-30th 2021 (link).

Deuxmoi posts a ‘spotted’ post about Olivia getting coffee in LA on the 22nd (link).

Olivia is papped alone in LA (link).

More articles about Ted Lasso.

July 26 (Mon): Deuxmoi posts about Olivia facetiming Harry from a coffee shop in NYC using her back camera, calling her a “boomer” (link).

Article about Olivia being seen alone in LA, and how she’s working on coparenting with Jason, and that she’ll do whatever it takes for her kids. Pics likely from the 25th (link).

More articles about Ted Lasso.

July 27 (Tue): “Article” exclusive with US Weekly about Holivia being so free and having an “ease” to their relationship - justifying them spending little time together (link).

Article calling Olivia a boomer for facetiming with her back camera.

More articles about Ted Lasso.

July 28 (Wed): Louis drops his “summer drop” merch (link).

The Xfactor gets permanently cancelled (link).

More articles about Ted Lasso.

July 29 (Thur): Louis announces The Away from Home Festival in London (link). Articles about The Away From Home Festival (link, link).

July 30 (Fri): Louis liked tweets by bands ‘Johnny Took’ and ‘The Lathums’ (link).

Articles about The Away From Home Festival (link, link, link).

Walls reentered the Official Charts (link).

“Article” about Harry being “obsessed” with his relationship with Olivia and turning into her puppy dog who follows her everywhere (link).

Olivia is pictured in NY via her and her PA’s IG stories (pics).

July 31 (Sat): Harry is spotted in a coffee shop in LA in the morning. He is with his friends Reesh (srilankansunshine) and Al Shearer (pics and video links).

Deuxmoi reposts screenshot and video of Harry at the coffee shop. As well as a message from someone claiming that Harry was working on new music at a studio (link).

Deuxmoi posts (on Aug 1) a ‘spotted’ reel in which Olivia is seen with her kids at Empire Diner in Chelsea NY, as well as walking with her kids there (link). Jason was seen at a baseball game in NY. Dates are uncertain, alleged to be the 31st, but could be 26-31st.

#july 2021 timeline #larry july 2021 #holivia july 2021 timeline #elounor july 2021 timeline #holivia #eleano #harry july 2021 timeline #louis july 2021 timeline #jul 2021 #mine #jason sudeikis #jason july 2021 timeline #long post

[the-upper-shelf]

Insane takes i’ve read on twitter from my country about the vaccine

-”They’re forcing me so i don’t wanna take it.” Someone asks if that’s the only reason why they’re against it. They say yes.

-”Lol i’m not gonna take the vaccine to save a boomer’s life”- a 20 years old man. I guess they don’t have any family members?

-”People under their 40s don’t die” absolutely untrue. But also- just because you don’t die that doesn’t mean you won’t risk any chronic health problems? I have a friend younger than me that after getting covid got a lot of breathing issues and a fever that comes and goes. They’re still doing all the examns under the sun. They were perfectly healthy before the virus.

-”I don’t know what’s in the vaccine” internet is literally free. Go look it up.

-”I never cared about others anyway ahah” wow. F*ck you too?

-”This is n*zism all over again” Liliana Segre, an holocaust survivor just politely asked to stop comparing the two. No vaxxers responded with “she’s old. We shouldn’t listen to her”

And unfortunately many many more.

I am so ashamed of my country right now, the only hope i have left is for all the nurses and doctors who have been fighting all year during the first lockdown, who haven’t been able to see their family for months, who have fallen asleep between shifts while I was at home, sad yes, but safe. Waiting for everything to pass.

I am so sorry you have to take all this disrespect, we are a way too priviledged country and we are confusing oppression with  solidarity.

#if you're a novaxxer #please unfollow me #you anger me so much #if you have health problems and are scared of side effects that's another story #i am not actually talking about you

[khaleesiofalicante]

OK I GOT 5 HOURS OF SLEEP LAST NIGHT WHICH IS PRETTY OK IG (I did stay up to read the fic-) BOTH MY TESTS WENT LIKE SHIT, I HAD AN ANXIETY ATTACK IN PROGRAMMING CLASS BECAUSE BY TEACHER IS A LITTLE SHIT WHO KEPT ON YELLING AT ME WHEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING AND I SPENT LUNCH ALONE BUT AT LEAST NOW IM ALONE WITH MY LAPTOP SO YAYAYAYYA

first of all, this chapter right here is my comfort chapter from now on. i said what i said. I will be rereading it again and again just because i can. it was PERFECTION

here's me going crazy at 2 am yesterday.

MAGNUS' CHAPTER

LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO

AHHHHHHH IT'S THEIR ANNIVERSARY

SCREAM

oh

alec shaved his beard because it made him look older

RAFAEL WAS SO UPSET AFTER THE MEXICO ATTACK BECAUSE OF ANJALI RIGHT??

magnus and alec are the oblivious parents istg

“Are you decent?” Max yelled. “I don’t want to be traumatized again.”

“Hey! We agreed not to talk about that!” Alec yelled back.

Im not even surprised at this point

“Happy anniversary, bapa!” Rafael kissed him on the cheek and handed him the flowers.

“Where are my flowers?” Alec asked.

Rafael plucked a rose from the bouquet and threw it at Alec. “Here you go.”

“Thanks, son,” Alec mumbled.

IM WHEEZING

DAVID BAKES

“David made it,” Max said shyly. "

Oh,” Alec replied and then shrugged. “Well, the icing could be a little sweeter I think.”

Ever since Max started dating, Alec had become incredibly protective. Alec liked David of course – it was impossible to find someone who didn’t. But that didn’t mean Alec approved.

And it didn’t help that the blond boy was absolutely terrified of Alec.

ALEC STOP TEASING HIM

THE BOY IS ALREADY SCARED

“I don’t know,” Alec analysed the card. “David used too much glitter.”

“Since when do you have a problem with excessive glitter?” Max demanded.

ALEC

“I didn’t use him!” Max huffed. “He was thoroughly compensated for his efforts!”

“Compensated how?” Alec asked.

“Uh,” Max said. “With donuts.”

when i saw donuts i immediately thought of rose and luisa from jtv

iykyk

but should i continue the show? i got tired of jane continuously embarrasing herself

“You expect us to follow rules?” Alec asked in surprise. “In our own home? On our anniversary?”

The warlock boy grinned wickedly before leaning close to Alec.

“You better do it, or I will tell everyone about your secret,” Max whispered.

Alec blinked at that.

the secret...

I DONT LIKE HOW MANY THINGS POPPED INTO MY HEAD

is highschool musical that bad? i havent watched it. should i?

what if i cried

i just wanna hug alec??? but i cant say it'll be ok because it wont

“Is that why you are not attending?” Magnus grinned at his friend. “Or is it because you are terrified of Georgia?”

“That child is the reincarnation of Christopher Lightwood!” Ragnor complained. “I heard she made explosives out of demon ichor! Who makes explosions out of demon ichor?”

RAGNOR IS PROBABLY GETTING FLASHBACKS

THESE STUPID FUCKING BITCHES

how tf do you think we have survived huh??

medicine that's how

vaccines, anti biotics and what not

stop being close-minded and fucking do it

ok i know the risk is great

BUT OTHERWISE THEY ALL DIE

it was different for warlocks. The Shadow World was their universe. The nephilim kept it safe. At one point in their lives, they had learned to coexist with them, out of necessity and out of obligation.

And now here they were – working together in the name of friendship and love.

how things change...

what

say what

the causes are what

ok let's not jump to conclusions

im fucking crying wtf

alec doesnt deserve this shit

all he's done is make the world a better place

hes worked so hard on this

RAZIEL CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF

what am i supposed to say to my parents if one of them comes to check on me and im sitting here crying at 2 am

He didn’t want to believe in a reality that would punish Alec. Alec who only wanted to do what is good and right.

Alec was who was losing his hope and strength every passing day. Alec who was struggling. Alec who was turning to desperate measures to cope with all the stress.

please alec

no please

THE ANGELS ARE BITCHES

Because if Magnus found out Raziel was the one causing all this pain for Alec, he would march up to heaven and set the bastard on fire himself.

AND I'LL GO WITH HIM

KNEW THE SPY WAS LIVVY

AWW RAGNOR LIKES SELENA THATS SO SWEET

blue and gold

STOP IT IM CRYING AGAIN

The shadowhunter was a good influence on him. Magnus hoped Alec would see it sooner rather than later.

HUH

HUHU

HUH

omg

GIGI GETTING A SIBLING

“Max isn’t allowed to do a lot of things,” Magnus chuckled. “But he does them anyway.”

thats my boi

GASP

]THE NECKLACE

rafael is growing into the consul voice

they grow up so fast

nope nope he's still the little 5 year old

voice cracking what do you mean he's 20

im glad hes happy with mila. or is he...?

Magnus had deduced as much. Alec lived in his beautifully oblivious world. But Magnus noticed.

He noticed the hickeys. He noticed the late-night visits. He noticed the tense phone calls.

well thank god there's at least one non-oblivious person (alec i love you so much but you are very very oblivious)

“What’s stopping you then?” Magnus asked.

"2554 miles,” Rafael chuckled sadly.

me with all my online friends

probably more miles

Magnus tried to do the math but promptly gave up.

me

But Alec did lie though. Magnus pushed the thought away.

NOT NOW

LET ME LIVE IN PEACEFUL OBLIVION

HUSH

“Except melt it?” Rafael chuckled.

“Yes,” Magnus chuckled back. “As you can see, the bar is extremely low in the Lightwood family.”

AHHIUCCDSKUHDCV

i have no clue what the words describing the outfit are

time to google

OK PRETTY

Fifteen years. Fifteen years of loving and Alec still made his heart stutter.

dont do this to me right now I WILL CRY

“What the hell?” Max exclaimed. “Why are you all dressed up?”

“In case you haven’t noticed, it’s my anniversary,” Alec chuckled.

Max-

Fifteen years. Fifteen years and Magnus still took Alec’s breath away.

HJCSDHJBJDHSGCDYGJVVC JHVDFYMJ

it's not funny MY EYES ARE WATERING

“Bapak is a good looking one in the family,” Rafael pointed out. “You are the chaotic one and I am the smart one.”

“What am I then?” Alec asked dryly. “A sack of potatoes?”

“You’re the sexy one,” Magnus grinned. “A sexy sack of potatoes.”

yes.

Alec grinned back and leaned forward. Magnus put his hands around Alec’s neck and kissed him. He kissed Alec with all the love he had inside his heart.

Just like the first time. Just like the hundredth time. Just like the thousandth time.

Because with Alec, every kiss mattered. Every single one.

muffled sob

“Stop making out, oh my god!” Max groaned.

Magnus sensed a pillow coming their way but Rafael caught it before it hit them.

“Max, stop!” Rafael scolded. “You will wrinkle dad’s suit and ruin bapak’s hair! I spent hours ironing both!”

why is max me when i see people display affection in front of me

ALSO RAFAEL HKUIUIDCSKIHUDFVHJDFVHU

“They are here,” Rafael said. “You two better look exactly the way you did when I left with Max or I will raise hell.”

IM SCREAMING

Selena was wearing a blue crop top with the words “MIND YOUR OWN UTEREUS” written in gold.

i need that top

DAVID'S SHIRT IS THE COLOR OF MAX'S MAGIC

AHH ISABELLE DOESNT KNOW SHE'S PREGNANT YET

The argument of “who gave the best gift” had started when Jace and Izzy had gotten drunk on vodka. It didn’t help that Alec had gotten drunk as well. All three Lightwood siblings had then proceeded to have an argument about who had the best spouse. The whole night had been drunken chaos. Magnus, Clary and Simon had let them have it since the Lightwood siblings had a tendency to carry the world on their shoulders even when nobody asked them. They rarely ever let loose ever since their worlds had plunged into sickness and demon attacks. Especially Alec. So, Magnus had let his husband be that 18-year-old boy again. The boy who got drunk and fought with his siblings and sang songs about Magnus’ pretty eyes.

OH MY GOD THE CHAOS

Georgia considered that. “I’m not allowed to melt it, right?”

“No,” they all replied in chorus.

LET GIGI MELT IT

SELENA IM SO PROUD OF YOU

“Dad,” Max said. “Can you keep a picture of me wearing this necklace in your office?”

“Why?” Rafael asked.

“I think it will piss off the boomers,” Max giggled.

“Nice!” Lexi grinned. “A downworlder wearing a shadowhunter heirloom? They will lose their heads. Uncle Alec, you must do it.”

“I will do you one better. I will hang a tapestry,” Alec chuckled.

YASSS I CANT WAIT FOR THE SHADOWHUNTERS TO BE PISSED

AWW THEY DIDNT KNOW THE NECKLACE USED TO BELONG TO MAGNUS

he actually gave to camille first-

Why couldn’t this boy just cause chaos during his travel year like the rest of them? Why did he actually study and do his research as recommended?

why would you NOT study and research during your travel year????

oh shit

well well well

david bby stfu

i love you but pls stop speaking for all our sakes

“Holy shit,” Max said. “It is expensive then!”

“Don’t pawn the ruby!” Rafael warned.

MAX NO-

OH THE STONE COMES FROM EDOM

oh no

pls dont fight

oh so i was wrong about magus confronting him from that snippet

all you need to know is im sobbing right now and grammarly is the only thing making this coherent

dont mind me just

NO I FORGOT ABOUT MAX AND DAVID

GET BACK IN THE ROOM YOU IDIOTS

don't do this to me at 3 am

OK THE DILF PART

thank you for adding light into my life again

(me while editing this: today really isn't my day huh? i just slipped in rainwater outside my balcony because I heard rain and ran there. now my knee and back hurt and I think I sprained (?) my toe-

ANYWAY

wait im gonna go check out the rain and then continue editing this

ok i got bored of the rain)

that made me laugh through my tears

“Objectively good looking?” Jace snorted. “Excuse you, but my parabatai is smoking hot! He is a freaking prize, okay? If we had a magazine for hot shadowhunters, you would be on the cover page. Every single issue.”

“Okay, that’s enough!” Alec interrupted. “Magnus, are you happy? Now all my friends have told me I am pretty.”

“I said smoking hot,” Jace corrected.

“We are not being biased,” Clary pointed out. “It is the general consensus, Alec.”

“It’s true,” Lexi said. “So many people have asked me for your number, Uncle Alec. And I would have given it to them if I wasn’t worried about being turned into a marshmallow.”

LEXI DUHDUGHUDFCUHKVDFUIKFDU

“Dad, I don’t know why you are so worried,” Max said in a bored tone. “You’re a told DILF.”

David choked on his champagne and Jace patted him on the back.

“What the hell is a DILF?” Alec demanded.

“Oh, I know this one!” Jace said excitedly. “It means Dashing and Irresistible Looking Father. Max is right, you are a total DILF.”

“Mr. Herondale-” David raised a hand.

“I heard one of the shadowhunters in their travel year calling me a DILF too,” Jace said proudly.

THAT IS NOT WHAT DILF MEANS OH MY GOD

“It’s not a rumour,” Selena spoke up and passed her phone. “There is a group chat at Scholomance just to thirst after you.”

add me to it

ALL THE COMMENTS I CANT BREATHE

“Alec Lightwood can run me over with a Maserati and I would thank him.”

“Give me that,” Izzy grabbed the phone and started giggling. “Petition for Consul Alec Lightwood-Bane to stab me with his mortal sword.”

“Isabelle!” Alec hissed, cheeks flaming. “Stop it!”

“I want one!” Jace grabbed the phone now. “By the Angel!”

“Read it!” the kids yelled in chorus.

“I would gladly let Consul Lightwood-Bane inspect my mortal instruments,” Jace chuckled and threw the phone at David.

David shook his head vehemently and threw it at Max.

“My body is just a hole for Alec Lightwood,” Max read out loud and started laughing so hard that he fell off his chair.

Lexi grabbed the phone and giggled. “I want the Consul to strip off my runes among other things.”

She passed the phone to Gigi, who looked at the phone and look at Alec.

“Uncle Alec,” the girl said. “This person wants you to crush them with your massive archer arms.”

“Give me that,” Rafael grabbed it now. “Aw, this one is a classic, dad. Alec Lightwood turned me gay.”

He threw the phone at Simon, who stared the screen and looked up. “Uh, I don’t think I can read this one out loud in front of the kids.

“Is this the one about the basement?” Selena chuckled and Simon nodded.

WHAT'S THE BASEMENT ONe

TELL ME

AWW GIGI AND LEXI PUTTING MAKEUP ON DAVID AND MAX RECORDING IT

google translator time

oooo Rafael's gonna talk with Mila

Magnus you're such a good father

seriously

“Sometimes things are just sad. So, you need to let yourself be sad.”

YES

SAY IT LOUDER

THEY ARE UNDER THE BED

AHHH MAX AND DAVID

DAVID CALLED HIM MY ANGEL IN FRENCH

Alec and Magnus hiding under the bed and spying on them is just-

Jace had tried to give Max the shovel talk and had gotten a little too emotional.

of course, he did smh I love him so much

“David doesn’t need a shovel talk,” Alec smiled. “He knows what would happen to him if he hurts my son.”

David gulped. “You will throw me into the silent city?”

“I will ask me husband to portal you to hell,” Alec said – Consul Voice. “We have relatives there.”

the beloved relatives yes

“Goodnight,” Jace gave them a salute. “Have fun inspecting Magnus’ mortal instruments.”

JACE

OH SO THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT SMOKING

damn it

oh my god guys he said he'll stop smoking

just lemme have this moment

my boy's lungs will be intact

HIS LUNGS WILL BE OK

“I can’t wait to see all the messages on the chat after that,” Magnus giggled.

Alec looked up. “I’m more than a tall glass of water, Magnus!”

SCREAMING

In his dream, he saw them again. But they weren’t smiling this time.

what

wait

THE PROPHETIC DREAMS

nope nope nope

Nah I don't know what you're talking about

haha

damn, I think I really hurt my back...

OK BUT THE IMMORTALITY ANGST???? WAS SO SO GOOD???? I know it makes me cry but is it bad that I'm always so excited for angst written by you because of HOW GOOD it is????

"When I die I will love you from my grave" I NEED THIS ON MY FOREHEAD OH MY GOD I LOVE THESE TWO SO SO MUCH

alright I need to get something for my back and my knee (I'm home alone so this will be fun)

OK, I THINK THE NEXT CHP WILL BE ANJALI'S POV I JUST FEEL IT!!! I miss my girl so much I hope she's doing ok. Jaime too...

I'm rereading all of these chapters after chapter 10 because why not. Bye!!

OKAY I AM GLAD YOU LIKED IT BUT I AM ALSO DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.

I hope your knee and back feels better soon!

also fuck that teacher yelling something doesn't make people understand it any better ugh dumb piece of shit anyway screw that person.

I hope you get some good rest and recovery from this rollercoaster of a day.

Take care!

#lbaf

[clarenecessities]

1/17/2022

Doing a split schedule this week, mornings in the mail room and afternoons at my company’s office.

It sucks.

Mail is going great, I’ve handed the reins over and I’m just doing documentation stuff now, but my company office was a nightmare. The CEO’s stepdad was there working on something in the ceiling & he wasn’t wearing a mask. There was also no one to let us in as we were not given codes to the door pad.

Both Nathan and I worked in other rooms to stay away from him but he was doing this open mouth humming thing that was so much more irritating than actual singing. I could hear it from two rooms away and I there’s no door on my workspace so fuck me I guess

Then he took a phone call and did that boomer thing where they shout into the phone to make sure you can hear them & he was talking about his fucking leukemia and how he’s the only one in the waiting room who ever looks healthy & calling the other cancer patients fat? Again. He was not wearing a mask. Not even the pretense of one. He asked me what my job is (really condescendingly, and then launching into a highlight reel of my coworker Greg’s college rugby career despite not knowing his name) but not if I was vaccinated or any shit like that. He’s gonna kill someone

I had to go sit in my car for a while. Considering telling HR but like what’s she gonna do about it he isn’t an employee. On the other hand that means I can openly loathe him with no consequences

Anyway it’s also about twice as far as the mail room from my house so I had to deal with more dipshit drivers & I was nigh homicidal by the time I got home. That biting post logan sent me reset my rage meter to zero but if the rest of the week is like tthis I will either quit or commit a crime

#daily clare

[niconiconwo]

What are your thoughts on all these US states taking in Afghan refugees in the middle of a pandemic with no proper vetting or knowledge of who some of these people might be?

Complex issues aren't determined by the obvious strawman tier rhetoric provided. It's essentially applying single-issue voting mentality and wrongheaded by default.

Anyways, my thoughts? I don't really give a shit. In some way we kind of owe them at least a safe harbor for our shenanigans, if we want to maintain our supposed charade about being charitable or w/e. But that isn't something I am particularly interested in either way.

Next the Taliban (or some other nefarious threat tbh) isn't gonna sneak in this way, they literally do not care about the US other than our presence in their country; we're gone now, they aren't gonna do anything to the homeland. And the ones coming in are largely Americanised liberalists, or US assets fleeing the results of their actions. They'll fit right in selling me slushies and a pack of smokes downtown.

And now for the pandemic angle, we're still holding people at the border in enclosures despite it, we're still doing all sorts of things despite it, so really the timing "during a pandemic" is a nonissue. I assume the refugees will be isolated for a time, and possibly receive the vaccination so there is no reason to be concerned. Even if I'm wrong, it isn't a real issue. Our own native population of retarded contrarians will do far more damage and prolong the pandemic event than any of these refugees could ever dream of doing. It's like complaining your floor will get wet if I drop a glass of water while your house meanwhile got a foot of floodwater in it.

I hope you learned something, these retarded talk-show boomer tier arguments are fucking stupid and make you look stupid if you make them or give them any legitimacy. I truly hope anyone in my sphere has long since developed past playground level whatabootism takes.

#asks #anon

[peachiemallows]

LETS GOOOOOOO

I was tagged by the love of my mOTHER FUCKING LIFE @shimichoko to do the 20 questions thingie! (and damn right i know you well you thresh fucker ;)))))

🌼 what do you prefer to be called name-wise?

Mmmm. That’s a bit of a tricky question. When I’m feeling like a girl, then Josephine or Josie (only if you’re irl-level familiar with me), but Haru works for all genders that my head’s roulette wheel throws at me.

🌼 when is your birthday?

January 7, 2000! :)

🌼 where do you live?

Germany. Specifically a city that is big but also known for crawling with uh. N*z*s. It was not my choice to live here.

🌼 three things you’re doing right now?

Eating rice, talking to my love, and listening to music.

🌼 four fandoms that have piqued your interest right now?

ahhhhh fuck. well- DC. Always. I get hyperfixated on other things, but I always somehow find my way back to DC. What else. Vanitas No Carte, the extremely h*rny vampire anime. (it’s so good watch it) Mmm BnHA. I can’t wait for the next episode and I know I will cry. Like, really, really hard. And JoJo! :) I’m addicted to JoJo god help me-

🌼 how is the pandemic treating you?

Well- I’ll get vaccinated soon hopefully. I already got Corona one time, back in December 2020. I didn’t get to be tested because I had boomer relatives who held me back from it and didn’t let me go because they didn’t want to quarantine even though they could barely get out of bed. But, I got a blood test, and I’ve got the antibodies, so I know it’s corona that I had. And now I live alone, so no more having to listen to conspiracies about how I’ll turn into a 5G tower and die of mind control chip implanting complications. :)

🌼 song you can’t stop listening to right now?

Rain Grandson Suicide Squad TM. 

🌼 recommend a movie

you all know what im about to say you all know you all- SUICIDE SQUAD 2021 LETS GOOOOOOOO- 

🌼 how old are you?

21

🌼 school, university, occupation, other?

ahhhhh unemployed but getting a proper education

🌼 do you prefer hot or cold?

do you really want to ask me that. do you really. i hate both.

🌼 name one fact others may not know about you.

Well- I have a thing called Sjögren’s which basically means my body doesn’t absorb enough water and the water I take in rattles through my system without being properly processed. So I have dry eyes, dry lips, dry skin, and I go to the bathroom a hella lot. I also have weak muscles because of that.

🌼 are you shy?

depends. around friends and people i’m comfy with? never. when i’m around the general public? always.

🌼 do you have any preferred pronouns?

you will get a different answer every other day that you ask me, but right now it’s she/they.

🌼 any pet peeves?

well. i hate people that are insensitive and non understanding. i hate talking to them.

🌼 what’s your favourite “dere” type?

tsundere like my gf. ;))))) @shimichoko

🌼 rate your life 1-10. 1 being really crappy and 10 being the best you could ever be.

eeehhhhmmmmmm i’d say 7. if i didn’t have @shimichoko and all my friends it would be a solid fucking 0. LMAO-

🌼 what’s your main blog?

this one.

🌼 list your side blogs and what they’re used for.

n/a

🌼 is there anything you think people need to know about you before becoming friends with you?

i am a massive fucking simp and will constantly scream my love for my current hyperfixation from the rooftops, and i am very loud and dumb and crazy when i become comfortable with you.

I’m gonna taaaaaaaaaaaaag uhhhhhhhhhhhh @fizzydasoda and uhhh @phantomhive-shadow and @write-the-love-story and yes. boom.

Signin’ out. :)

[alittledizzy]

Can you (or someone really) do a bulletpoint summary of the liveshows please? I haven't seen any floating around and I'd super duper grateful ♥

I did basic timestamps for the first show on IDB, and I’m gonna do them for the second!

:11 - Phil was lowkey almost late because of a coat issue. 1:25 - Dan doesn't know if Phil's well or panicked. 2:40 - Phil is a beautiful, anxiety ridden, gay butterfly. 2:57 - Explanation of what the show is/what they're doing. 4:18 - Random sound voice message from Adam, who is not valid. 4:44 - Dan likes that he can look ugly and it doesn't matter. 5:04 - Dan says "undressed and unfiltered" and Phil clarifies they're not undressed. "We've already talked about it. The OnlyPhans is not happening." 5:26 - Phil refers to us as a hive mind. "What does the hive mind want us to call the show?" 6:02 - Living with nothing/3 weeks vs 3 months/Phil's adventure to get a coat. 7:06 - Snow penis. "As a gay." "That's homophobic, Phil." 7:58 - Ladydoor Liveshow. 8:18 - Dan says he's 'coming back on a whim.' 8:38 - Fondness for ladydoor/not a fondness for lady doors. 9:15 - Dan talks about how he's different emotionally/has different energy with Phil. 11:31 - Dan mentions vaginal energy, Phil says don't do that, they're gonna kick us off. Dan doesn't know the rules. 12:45 - They explain they're doing shows on Tue/Thur for old school vibes. Phil calls Dan "Danny laddy." 13:50 - Dan introducing the first topic of being tired of lockdown, Phil clarifying they support lockdown and vaccines. 15:28 - Dan's first one is that Phil eats more than half of the snacks. 16:22 - Phil's first one is that Dan makes him get the door even though Phil's the more socially anxious one. Leads into the home invasion story. 21:17 - Dan and Phil had a serious meeting and he left beard filters on. (Day after he recorded with PJ.) Leads into Phil talking about how Dan's beard looked good and Dan saying he gets facial hair like the teenagers in The Simpons. 22:40 - Phil's second issue is that Dan spends half his time adventuring with people online and Phil's just sat on his own playing Apex Legends getting angry at teenagers. After playing games Phil needs to watch Real Housewives, "Get a nice parasocial relationship going on." 24:52 - Phil asks what Dan misses the most after being inside for a year. Dan misses going outside. 25:58 - Phil says that Dan keeps calling him a boomer. "Are we allowed to talk about the selfie?" and Phil responds in the most wounded voice, "No!" 28:45 - Dan tells Phil to 'release the thot.' 31:13 - Dan asks Phil if they're going to give each other haircuts again. 34:31 - Phil talks about being paranoid and tells a story about them going in a taxi and Phil panicking about Dan giving the driver a thumbs down. 38:11 - Zoom story about Phil's naked butt. 42:55 - What would Dan ban segment. 42:51 - Dan and Phil apartment spoiler. Dan likes concrete, minimal. Phil hates it because it's cold and sad. 46:46 - They ban the Tory government.  

#anon asks #phan asks #Anonymous

[darkarfs]

+ is a good thing, - is a bad thing...about my job.

+ it is far and away the easiest restaurant job I've ever had. I do dishes, I occasionally use the Weston fry slicer, takes 2 minutes to make a fresh batch of fries, I'm back to doing dishes. I have never once in my entire time there been overwhelmed or angry or buried by my workload.

+ the hours are perfect for me. 7 AM to Whenever I'm Legitimately Finished, Tuesday to Saturday, and they don't care about overtime. The two checks I've taken home so far have been really nice. And, at our busiest, I have never left later than 3:30.

- the servers are, to a person, older women who're retired and who don't need the work. Not a value judgement in and of itself, but it lends itself to a hitherto unheard of level of cattiness and backbiting without consequences that I haven't been exposed to in quite some time. Maybe I'll adjust to it after a while.

+ Absolutely zero dress code, provided you're not a little kid trying to be edgy or offensive. I've worn shorts and painter T-shirts every day I've worked. The floors are so smashed-in that they hold no water, so non-slip shoes aren't even mandatory.

+ Provided I don't turn it up too loud or keep one earbud out, I'm allowed to listen to music or podcasts as long as my battery will hold out. Unheard of!

- a new audience, a new series of people, all boomers and people who've lived in a closet since they turned 10, so all my references and jokes often don't work.

+ a new audience, so all of my references and jokes, when they do work, light the world on FIRE and it's so validating I immediately do 10 push-ups and a backflip.

- the line is a about the width of a twin bed, and almost twice as long. And all the tickets are written and hung by hand, and I'm 6'3", 260 lbs, with orangutan arms, so it's a lot of me reaching and grunting and elbowing my way past a lot of people who're audibly sighing and hating me being in the way.

- My boss, a very nice and very out of touch single mom in her early 50s, who was widowed almost 13 years ago, is an ardent Trump supporter and anti-vaxxer. I'm worried she's gonna die, but we're also one of the 19 (that's IT?!) states with a higher than 70% vaccination rate, so she'll be okay, maybe? I'm also only thinking of it in terms of my job, because I can't afford to lose it, or money, right now.

+ Her son's a nice kid, has worn a Cattle Decapitation, a Primus and a Mastodon shirt into the restaurant already, so I'm kinda 'bout the presentation. I recommended him Sulphur Aeon, and he told me the next day that he liked them a lot. Cool!

- Assuming he's also a Trump supporter and anti-vaxxer.

- It's a teeming pool of worms and lampreys, underneath which lies a deathless sadness that comes with a world like ours and the people we venerate.

+ Honest 2 blocks from my house. Could walk there on my day off in less than ten minutes.

- Take advantage of that and I'll take advantage of the fact that you're the only restaurant I've ever worked in that won't shell out for cameras.

- Entire clientele is craggy old shitheads who feel entitled to our time while denying corona cases exist post-Trump. You have never seen more yellow shirts, "VETERAN" hats or people who have forsaken belts for suspenders.

- One of the cooks is an older black gentleman with flat feet and rheumy, yellow eyes. He brags that all he does when he's not at work is drink cheap tequila. He has no family. The other line cook retired from the Navy 30 years ago, and the only job he's had since is this one. This restaurant is 37 years old and he's been there for 30 of them. I asked him what he does when he's not at work, and he just says "I watch TV and sleep." "What about the Sunday and Monday we have off?" Not missing a beat: "I lock the door and drink. I'm an alcoholic." Fuck, how do you even react to that? I mean, I've BEEN, and maybe I still AM, but at my most depressed and lonely, I've never been that comfortable just firing it off like that. I've had reservations about it. He just launches it, open gate, right off the bat. Then again, when I'm confident enough, I sing, and he asks "what's that?" and I'm like, "oh, you've never heard (Chicago/the Whispers/Fleetwood Mac/Phil Collins/WHOEVER?" and he just said "I've never listened to anything but the news since, like, 1974." Again, I'm ill-equipped to react to these things. No music? That long? Eh, live your life. But I've rarely heard of such a thing, a person who doesn't enjoy music at ALL. Which makes me think his soul is dead, and I'm not being flippant. A human test pattern.

- I worry about my future in a burning world, and none of this helps.

[renaerys]

PPG One-Shot: Glad to the Point of Fear

For @secretie​ who wanted adult!Blues in quarantine. Which, I have delivered but also it turned into Sister Code™ with some Reds and Greens in there too because I have exactly zero self control. This is also kind of in the same world/after the events of Beyond This Morning, my ongoing adult!PPG/RRB fic over on AO3. You don’t need to have read that to enjoy this, but there are some fun references to it for anyone who has. 

Summary: A new strain of the AB virus has surfaced, forcing all of Townsville into mandatory self-quarantine until a vaccine can be created. Bubbles and Boomer pass the time with a little help from their siblings and their two young children.

xxx

Sunlight through the open curtains crept over the bed slowly, warm fingers through Bubbles’ tousled hair gently waking her from a dream. She couldn’t quite remember the dream, only that it had been warm. She squinted her eyes to the light and wished for that warmth again, just for a little bit longer.

The warmth ended up finding her and wrapped her in a velvet embrace with a sweet sigh.

“Mm,” she mumbled, pressing her face closer.

Boomer’s laugh was low and pleasing against the crown of her head, where he pressed a kiss to her sleep-tangled hair. “It’s morning.”

“Five more minutes,” she said, snuggling closer.

He laughed again and pulled his fingers through her hair, out of her face. “Tired?”

His palm slid around the small of her back. Her tank top had ridden up during the night. Deft fingers traced her skin, following the uneven paths of pale stretch marks they loved well. Bubbles opened her blue eyes and found his watching her behind too-long bangs. A brush of blond stubble dusted his cheeks and chin, ticklish. Normally he was clean-shaven, but the days at home were lax and languid, and Bubbles felt a bit like a carefree teenager again.

She smiled and dragged her nails down his bare chest. “Not so much anymore.”

He grinned in his goofy, cute way, but nothing about the way he flipped them over and pulled her close was goofy. Their kiss was like their morning, unhurried and dreamy. Boomer’s gravity pressed her down into the soft mattress, and slowly their hearts began to skip as they searched for more of each other.

“Bwito?”

Bubbles froze just as Boomer’s hand slipped below the waistband of her sleep shorts, and not a moment too soon. A blaze of blue crashed into their bed and would have broken it (and Boomer) in half if not for Bubbles’ quick reflexes and Super strong arms.

“Bwito!”

Boomer gathered the bedspread over his lap to hide his boner from his two-year-old daughter, but her sudden appearance killed the mood and the morning. Bubbles, frustrated but resigned, managed a tired smile and hugged her daughter close.

“So, you want to be a burrito, huh?”

The little girl laughed. “Mama bwito!”

Bubbles couldn’t stay annoyed that her romantic morning had been cut short, not when her daughter looked up at her with those laughing, ultramarine eyes. “I don’t know, I think a Beryl burrito would taste much better.” She nuzzled Beryl’s short, blonde hair, making her giggle.

“Too loud.”

Boomer, somewhat recovered, got up to greet their newest intruder. “Aw, Bryce, were we laughing too loud for you, buddy?”

Bryce clutched a stuffed Bunny-Bunny toy under one arm and sucked his thumb with the other. Blue eyes so pale they glowed nearly white glared up at Boomer very seriously. Bubbles bit her lip so as not to giggle, but she could do nothing about Beryl squealing and squirming in her arms.

Boomer smiled tiredly and offered his arms to his son. “Okay, I’m sorry. We’ll be quiet, yeah? Can I get a hug?”

Bryce eyed him, skeptical of his overly facetious father always playing games like a child, but he couldn’t resist the hug and floated up on his own to meet Boomer halfway. It was his mistake.

“One burrito, coming up!” Boomer announced, and dashed back to the bed with Bryce.

Bubbles and Beryl erupted with laughter as Boomer quickly rolled them all into one blue, burrito family under the covers. Smooshed between his cackling parents and twin sister, even the normally quiet Bryce succumbed to the fun and burst out laughing. Bubbles plastered him and his sister with kisses and held them tight, wishing this moment would never end.

xxx

“I wanna donut!” Beryl declared from her high chair in the kitchen.

Boomer had managed to get her hair into a cute little topknot, but he’d had to bribe her with one of Bubbles’ sparkly scrunchies. She was in to glitter these days, though he supposed with Bubbles for a mother, he should not have been too surprised.

“Me too,” Boomer said. “But we’re in quarantine, so we can’t go to King Donut until the government can come up with a vaccine for the new AB virus strain.”

Beryl did not like that answer, and her dark blue power sparked around her little fists and rattled the plastic silverware on her tray.

“Uh-oh,” Bryce said, covering his ears. He had gotten out of his own high chair yet again despite how well Bubbles strapped him in there and dashed to his mother by the stove.

Bubbles looked up from the griddle where she was prepping French toast. “What’s going on?”

Boomer shoved a hand over his daughter’s lethal mouth and braced himself for impact. Her Sonic Scream rattled him to the bone even muffled under his own oppressive power. And shit did she have a pair of lungs.

Twitching, Boomer staggered back and leaned on a counter to get his bearings while Bubbles appeared in a flash of bright blue looking quite displeased.

“Beryl, what did I say about inside voices?” she scolded in an extremely intimidating teacher voice.

Beryl looked up at her mother with wide, uncertain eyes. Like Boomer, she was trembling as she too recovered from the force of her mini Sonic Scream.

“Well?” Bubbles said.

It was too much for the two-year-old, and she looked down, ashamed. She muttered something under her breath.

“What was that? I don’t think your father heard you.”

Boomer winced at that tone.

Beryl bit her trembling lip and looked up. “I’m sowwy.”

Bubbles nodded. “That’s what I thought you said.” She stroked Beryl’s round cheek and smiled softly.

Bubbles returned to the cooking, while Boomer and Bryce exchanged a look like they had both dodged a bullet. He winked at his son, earning himself a little smile.

“Better get back in your high chair and stay there, or Mom’s gonna do her own Sonic Scream,” he said.

Bryce was back in his chair faster than Boomer could blink upon hearing that warning, and he bit back a laugh.

“You really are hardcore,” Boomer said as he got out plates for the food.

“And you spoil them too much,” Bubbles said, piling enough French toast onto the plates to feed a family thrice their size.

“Yeah, you’re probably right. Sorry.”

“It’s okay.”

Chatter drew their attention. Bryce had technically stayed in his high chair, but now he floated it off the ground and hovered it closer to Beryl’s side of the table, where she had generated a blue energy ball. With a laugh, she threw it impossibly fast at Bryce, who caught it easily and giggled. Boomer had seen them play this game a hundred times before ever since Beryl manifested his corporeal energy powers around the time she also threw her first Sonic Scream tantrum. But even so, the sight of his children laughing and playing together like they had nothing at all to fear in the world twisted something in his heart, and he could never tire of the sight.

A soft brush of lips against Boomer’s cheek drew his gaze from them.

“A kind father is a brave father,” she said.

Boomer’s throat clenched. “Guess I wouldn’t know.”

Her eyes never left his, and her smile was fierce. “Then we’ll teach you every day.”

The love in her voice was so clear he could feel it, and best of all, he knew she meant every word. Heat burned his eyes as he let himself believe her, just a little more every day, but she was patient, and so were their children. They would not grow up like Boomer did. He wasn’t sure if he would ever be as kind and as brave as Bubbles believed he was, but he could be here. Every day, just a little bit longer, he could be here for them like his own father had not been there for him.

She was kissing him before he could get a coherent response out, and god he could taste her love and the love she had for their little family. Bubbles had always had so much of it to give, and even now he could scarcely believe she’d given it to him.

A little gasp and a hair-raising sensation on the back of Boomer’s neck was all the split-second forewarning he got, but it was just enough for him to snatch the blue energy ball Bryce had thrown awry with enough force to blow a small hole in the kitchen wall. Bubbles smiled into their kiss that he didn’t bother breaking as he tossed the ball back to the kids, and Beryl caught it with a delighted squeal.

“French toast time?” Bubbles whispered when they broke their kiss.

Boomer grinned like the smitten fool he was. “The best time.”

“Donuts!” Beryl chanted.

“Fwenchy toe!” Bryce said.

“Bingo.” Boomer set a plate piled high with a small mountain of French toast on Bryce’s tray. “Mm, smell that cinnamon?”

Bryce made a face. “Cinnina… Cimamin…”

“Ooh, so close, Bryce!” Bubbles gushed. “Cin-na-mon. Can you say it?”

“Cinniminanon?”

Bubbles laughed. “Close enough.”

“Me pease!” Beryl said.

“Such a polite little lady.” Boomer gave her a plate, and Beryl immediately grabbed two fistfuls of French toast and shoved them in her mouth. He shook his head. “Well, she had me in the first half, not gonna lie.”

“Okay, Mr. Meme, here’s your plate.” Bubbles set out their own plates, and the four of them went to town on French toast.

xxx

“Did Mayor Bellum give you a status update?” Bubbles asked. She was seated at the kitchen table with her laptop while Boomer entertained Beryl and Bryce in the living room.

Blossom was as pretty and put together as ever despite this being week three of the state-wide quarantine. She was in her immaculate home office with a view of her framed diplomas on the cold, white wall behind her. “Yes, I spoke to her this morning. She said the latest is that the scientists are close to a vaccine, but they’re still running tests.”

“Greeeeeat, so how much longer is that going to be?” Buttercup scowled at the camera from the comfort of her own apartment in the heart of Citiesville. There were discarded toys and a weirdly noticeable number of socks on the floor behind her where she sat on a beanbag. “I’m literally losing my mind over here.”

“I’m not sure,” Blossom said. “But we have to be patient. Just because we’re Super doesn’t mean we’re immune to the virus. This strain is apparently much worse than the original.”

Bubbles bit her lip. “I hope they can work quickly. I would hate for any of the kids to get sick.”

“Everyone will be fine as long as we respect the mandatory quarantine—” Blossom cut off with a sneeze that turned her entire hand to ice.

“Yeah, you seem to be doing just fine,” Buttercup teased.

“Oh for crying out—my laptop!” Blossom was up, one hand on her noticeably round belly and the other currently thawing.

A commotion on her end ensued, and a flash of red blocked out the picture for a moment. “Blossom, how many times do I have to ask you not to scream in the house?” Brick said somewhere off-screen.

“She froze my laptop!” Blossom hissed. “Hurry, before it does permanent damage!”

“Un-fucking-believable…” Fire crackled in the background as Brick carefully melted the preternatural ice.

Bubbles giggled. “Still having those cold spells?”

“Yes, unfortunately. I thought this time it would be easier since I’m not coughing up fire everywhere.” Blossom glared off camera.

“This could not be further from my fault,” Brick said.

“I beg to differ,” Blossom said, clutching her growing belly.

While they argued, a pair of big, fuchsia eyes crept into view under a too-big, red baseball cap.

Bubbles smiled wide. “Hi, Blaze. How are you?”

“Ready to call child protective services?” Buttercup quipped.

Blaze, Blossom and Brick’s three-year-old son, just stared at the camera. “Mama’s all fat.”

Buttercup howled with laughter. Bubbles shook her head.

“What did you just call your mother?” Brick appeared on camera in all his surly glory and picked up his son by the back of his jean overalls.

“Reeeeeeeally pretty,” Blaze said.

Buttercup was in tears.

Brick glared at his son. His son glared right back.

“You’re goddamn right she is. Go get your book. We’ll read another chapter and let your mother finish her call.”

“Yes, Da!”

Blaze disappeared in a fuchsia flourish, and Boomer came up behind Bubbles with a hand on her shoulder.

“Hey, I thought I heard your salty, old man voice,” Boomer teased.

Brick narrowed his eyes at the camera. “I thought I smelled Buttercup’s Dorito casserole, but it’s just you.”

“Fuck you,” Boomer and Buttercup said at the same time.

“That was one time,” Buttercup added. “And only because Butch deserved it.”

Boomer sniffed his armpit off screen and gave Bubbles a worried look. She grinned. “You smell fine, Boomer.”

“Uncoo Bick!” Beryl said, zooming over. Bryce was not far behind.

Brick took one look at them and left the room without a word.

Buttercup snorted laughing as she ate a spoonful of ice cream right out of the pint.

“Sorry about that.” Blossom returned, completely thawed. “What did I miss?” She gasped. “Bryce and Beryl? Is that really you? You’re getting so big!”

Bubbles gathered her kids in each arm and hugged them close, while Boomer leaned over her and smiled at the camera. “So big, yeah?”

“Yeah!” Beryl and Bryce said in perfect, adorable unison.

Bubbles felt tears brimming in her eyes, and she kissed each of her children on their little, blond heads. Boomer kissed her head in turn.

“Hey, why don’t we let your mom talk to Aunt Blossom and Aunt Buttercup some more, okay?” Boomer said.

“Ball?” Bryce said, eager.

Beryl began to crackle with power. “Ball!”

Boomer snatched her before she could manifest something that might blow up Bubbles’ laptop on contact. In his other hand, he generated a catcher’s mitt out of pure, concentrated power and handed it to Bryce. “Sure, we can play ball. Last one to the backyard’s a rotten egg!”

Beryl yelped in delight and took off first, followed closely by Bryce. Boomer waved at the camera.

“Sorry for the interruption, ladies.” He winked and went to join the kids outside.

Blossom was smiling from ear to ear. “He’s so good with them.”

“He’s playing ball. Talk about a low bar,” Buttercup grumbled. She continued to ply herself with ice cream.

“Where’s Butch, anyway?” Bubbles asked.

“Probably jerking off somewhere.”

“Buttercup,” Blossom said.

“I’m kidding, obviously.” She looked somewhere off camera. “Looks like he’s getting the shit kicked out of him.”

Bubbles shot her a bemused look. “Oh?”

“We’re playing heroes and monsters today.”

“Yes, I can see that,” Blossom teased.

Buttercup rolled her eyes. “I’ll play when I finish my ice cream break.” There was a loud crash, and Buttercup set aside her ice cream. “Well, here we fucking go.”

“Think fast, Buttercup!” Brisa shouted off screen.

Buttercup rolled and caught a glowing, green ball and cracked it with her bare hands, releasing the two-year-old trapped inside. Bruce blinked her dark, green eyes in a daze. Her dress was askew and her hair was a mess. There was a stain on her collar that look suspiciously like poop.

Buttercup examined the stain with a calculating eye. Then she licked it.

“Oh,” Blossom said, covering her mouth and averting her gaze.

“Butch,” Buttercup said. “What did I say about chocolate in the morning?”

“It’s chocolate milk, chill woman,” Butch said.

Brisa jumped on Buttercup’s beanbag with a giggle and pulled Bruce close. “Now you’re in jail, Bruce. That’s what you get for stealing the goods.”

Bruce frowned and stuck out her lip. “No!”

“Yes,” Brisa said, and what Brisa said was law because she was ten and wise and knew everything.

“No!” Bruce said again, floating out of Buttercup’s arms.

“Yes,” Brisa said.

“No!”

“Yes!”

“Nooooooooo!” Bruce punched Brisa.

Brisa caught her punch in a fist and pushed back. “Yesssssss!”

“Rawr!” A pair of legs obscured the camera, and both girls screamed in delight. “Must…eat…RAWWWRRRR!!” Butch said.

“Butch, I’m on the phone!” Buttercup said.

“I will eat your phone!”

Bubbles laughed and watched as Buttercup somehow managed to get Brisa and Bruce out of there in one piece without maiming anyone. Butch picked up the laptop and shoved his face too close to the camera.

“Hey, my best bitches. Partying in quarantine?” he said.

“Yes, Butch,” Blossom deadpanned. “No one parties as hard as a pregnant woman.”

“Heh, you’d be surprised.”

Before anyone could respond to that, the camera angle shifted harshly and Buttercup once again filled the picture. “What a shit show.” She retreated to her bedroom and sat on the unmade bed she shared with Butch.

“Aw, it’s not that bad,” Bubbles said. “I think it’s kind of nice spending more time at home.”

“Yeah, if you count learning how to homeschool a ten-year-old nice. I swear, Brisa knows more math than I do.”

“It was always your worst subject,” Blossom said.

“Still is.”

“But Butch is helping, right?” Bubbles asked.

Buttercup scowled. “Yeah, obviously. And her school’s doing this online thing. She’s smart. Like, really smart. I just don’t want her to fall behind or whatever. It’s not her fault this shit is happening, and she shouldn't have to bear the consequences.”

Bubbles and Blossom shared a knowing look.

Buttercup ran her hand through her loose hair. “But I swear, when I get out of here, I’m hunting down those idiot Amoeba Boys and giving a new meaning to divide and conquer.”

“Count me in,” Blossom said darkly. “This time, I’m making sure they stay locked up until we have every possible vaccine permutation in hand so this never happens again.”

“Everything’s going to be fine, girls,” Bubbles said. “Just hang in there. At least we’re not on our own, right?”

Blossom’s expression softened. “Right.”

“Yeah, true. I have no idea where Butch gets all his energy, but he’s up at the crack of dawn entertaining the girls like it’s fucking Easter. Meanwhile, I’m exhausted all the time.”

Blossom leaned in closer to the camera. “Buttercup, you’re not…?”

Bubbles gasped. “Wait, what?!”

Buttercup flushed crimson. “Why do you both always jump to conclusions about every goddamned little thing—”

“Oh my god, you are!” Bubbles squealed.

“What did I just say?”

“I haven’t seen you put away a whole pint of ice cream that fast since you were pregnant with Bruce,” Blossom said, grinning triumphantly.

Buttercup hung her head. “Fuck.”

“Buttercup, this is great!” Bubbles said. “How far along are you?”

“Four months.”

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Sure. Pregnancy’s a gift, right? I’m peachy.”

“Buttercup,” Blossom said.

Buttercup pulled at her hair. “Three’s a lot, okay? Not like we planned it this way.”

Bubbles’ expression softened. “Are you happy?”

“What kind of a question is that?”

“The only one that matters.”

Buttercup bit her lip. When she looked up at the camera, Bubbles could see the emotion in her pale, green eyes. There was fear there, but there was hope too.

“I get it,” Bubbles said. “Being happy… It can be scary. Terrifying.”

The sisters were quiet a moment, and Bubbles’ truth hung between them. Better than anyone, she knew how sublimely frightening true happiness could be. A step into the unknown, a pleasure so intense there’s little differentiating it from pain. To hold it could be bliss, but to lose it could be to lose a part of oneself. Bubbles clutched her belly and remembered everything she had lost so many years ago, everything she and Boomer almost had, everything that had torn them apart for four long, lonely years.

But.

But it was worth the risk to be happy. To be glad to the point of fear because fear was inescapable, but so was hope. Where one dwelled, the other was never far behind. After everything, Bubbles believed that with all her heart.

“Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night, and I don’t know what’s real,” Buttercup said, so softly Bubbles hardly heard her.

Blossom was quiet, her eyes glassy with unshed tears as she listened.

“I wish he was still alive,” Buttercup said, hardly a whisper, almost a sob. “I wish he could know us now.”

Blossom’s tears froze on her cheeks and disintegrated to stardust. Bubbles wiped her own tears and sniffled softly. Buttercup’s wish lingered there, quiet and humble, and they let it sink and settle.

At length, Buttercup’s sniffling broke the quiet. “Fucking hormones. I never cried this much with Bruce.”

Blossom wiped slush from her cheeks. “I know what you mean.”

Bubbles’ heart ached to the point of bursting, but all she could do was smile. “As soon as they get a vaccine done and let us all out of quarantine, I’m throwing a huge baby shower for you, Buttercup.”

Buttercup hastily wiped her eyes and snorted. “Yeah, well, you’ll have to make it a two-fer. Assuming Blossom doesn’t pop before quarantine is over.”

“I am not having this baby in the middle of a pandemic, I swear to god,” Blossom said.

“Home births can be really intimate,” Bubbles said.

“Yeah, intimate between Blossom’s fist and Brick’s face if it comes to that,” Buttercup said. Her frown turned to a sneer. “Actually, I could get behind that.”

A commotion outside drew Bubbles’ attention. Glass shattered, and she reached up just in time to grab a high-speed energy ball before it could open up a crater in the kitchen floor.

Blossom gaped. “Are you letting them play with energy balls? Bubbles!”

“Oh, leave her alone. At least Boomer’s got those kids doing something active on a Saturday instead of reading a fucking textbook,” Buttercup said.

Blossom gave her a flat look. “Blaze is a genius with a very fertile mind.”

“Jesus Christ, don’t ever utter those words in that order in my presence ever again.”

Bubbles giggled. “I better go deal with this.” She indicated the sparking, blue ball in her fist. “I’ll talk to you girls later, all right?”

“Yeah, bye Bubbles.”

“Love you Bubbles, bye!”

Bubbles closed her laptop and headed outside to the backyard of her childhood home, now her own children’s home. “If you were trying to get my attention, it worked.”

Boomer, Beryl, and Bryce froze where they stood opposite each other in the grass. Bryce hid his energy mitt behind his back, and Boomer did the same with his energy bat.

Beryl pointed at Boomer. “Dada did it!”

Bryce covered his mouth like he was the one who had betrayed their father.

Boomer gaped at his daughter. “Beryl! Snitches get stitches.”

“Hey Beryl, why don’t we practice that Sonic Scream on Daddy? What do you think?” Bubbles said.

Beryl shot into the air and vibrated with excitement. “Yeah!!!”

“Nooooo, Bubbles!” Boomer lamented.

She sauntered up to him and batted her eyelashes. “In this house, accountability is sexy.”

He gulped visibly even as his eyes fell to her smiling lips.

“Uh-oh,” Bryce said, covering his eyes to the punishment he knew was definitely coming Boomer’s way when Bubbles took that tone.

“Uh-oh is right,” Bubbles said, kissing Boomer quickly on the mouth and shoving his energy ball at him. “Let’s play some ball.”

The rest of the afternoon was a blur of laughter and thunder as the Super family took to the skies above their backyard and played a friendly game of catch and throw at the speed of sound, and Bubbles let herself get lost in her happiness.

xxx

If you like my writing and these characters, check out my ongoing multi-chapter adult!PPG/RRB fic Beyond This Morning on AO3. Thanks for reading!

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strauss-howe generational theory???

strauss-howe generational theory!!!!!! This is my favourite sociological theory, and actually one of my ongoing hyperfixations which means this is gonna be a hella long answer.

it asserts that there are four main generations each lasting about 20 years (but can be around 22 if the global sociopolitical/economic field permits) as a part of a larger scale of one average human life span of 80ish years. Each generation has its own archetype and its based off the sociopolitical/ economic climate that is occurring, which tends to be the same roughly every 80-90 years, or 4 generations, or roughly one generational cycle. its how we know millennials are defined as those who were born between 1980 and 1999, how gen x is 1960-1979, and boomers are the baby boom that occurred after-ish WWII from 1940-1959, hence why theyre called boomers. Gen X has no defining name for some reason, because technically every generation has a lettered association, millennials are gen Y, “zoomers” are actually called Generation Z etc.

The four archetypes are the Hero (civic); The Artist (adaptive); The Prophet (idealist); and The Nomad (reactive).

The theory itself states that every 80ish years, or “full saecula” there is a crisis, followed by a recovery, where communal values amongst generations are strong enough that the sentiments shared amongst the succeeding generational archetypes boils over into a fight for individualism, attacking state systems, and eventually topples the institutions, which ultimately creates another really awful political climate that, you guessed it, ends in a crisis!

(a fun way to look at it is boomers are responsible for the political climate that lead to the 2008 financial crises, which is technically the Actual crisis that defines the zoomers generation).

Now, while crises and global historical political events are inherently important to the definition of these archetypes, the other big thing thats been super important since the industrial revolution is the evolution of technology!!!!! Boomers had sliced bread and the polio vaccine (same year go figure) and the microwave, Gen X actually had a pretty big uptick in musical technology (rock n roll, anyone?) (also the punk and hip hop fanbase, MTV, the invention of portable music players like tape decks, the eventual grunge scene, etc). Millennials are the ones who actually have claim to the internet since it took on the first internety form in 1990, which allowed millennials to grow up with the technology, and since we know children are more adaptable to new technology than adults because they can include it in their developmental processes, we can just pretty much give the internet to mid millennials.

But this is where it gets interesting, and a bit muddled, and where my own research and extended research beyond strauss and howe comes in.

There are a few important things to consider:

Between each generation, since time and development and the global climate is not split evenly since thats not how the world works, there’s usually some overlap in those born within the 5 ish year gap between generations.

Another thing that defines generations is their upbringing, and until about the late Gen x/ early millennial generations with a few exceptions (my parents included because they were older than average when my sister and i were born) have defined the new generations every 20 yrs bc well, that’s typically when it was the social norm to have kids in the cishet nuclear family “norm”.

Another thing is that children tend to be the opposite archetype from their parents (think of how the artist archetype comes immediately after the hero archetype) but thats more of a fun fact that just gets sprinkled into every discussion

So, if we know that there’s always some generational overlap, and technology and political crises play equally important roles in defining a generation, and we know that tech blew tf up around 2008 All Of A Sudden (faster than it ever really had, seriously the exponential growth of tech after apple and amazon cornered the market is nuts) and we know millennials have claim to the early internet, and Zoomers have claim to smart technology after the tech boom, and are defined as usually being born post-9/11 and their defining crises is the 2008 financial crisis, then where does that leave the overlapping kids in the middle, born too late to really have claim to the early internet (1997/8) but born before/during/Just After 9/11 making That their defining crisis (because even if u were only 4, u had enough time to develop and be raised by ur parents both in a pre And post 9/11 world) That my friends is what people often refer to as “the lost generation” “Xennials” “dark millennials” etc. There’s examples of it all over the internet. “if you were born between 1995 and 2000 youre the maroon 5 generation” (personal fave) “music/ technology/ stores/ toys etc only dark millennials will remember” (and itll be a photo or list of something so very 2004-2010 that only someone born during that time would have ever experienced, since tech didnt last that long in this time period re the smart tech boom) (music and music tech is also actually super important to generations, because it defines whole cultures, and you can just Tell when music is from, and all those dumb born in the wrong generation things often focus heavily on music and music-influenced scenes)

All this is to say that if you were born ill say at the earliest 1995 and latest beginning of 2002 and you feel like you dont have a claim to a generation, if u relate to those “dark millennials” posts, if you remember going from overhead projectors to smartboards instead of one or the other, if your first social media was late myspace or facebook instead of AOL or snapchat, if you spent your childhood playing outside but then vividly remember when everyone became smartphone obsessed and when that became The Thing to do (idk about u but like it was Cool in middle school to bring ur iphone 3G or 4 to class or parties and let people use it) then its because there really is a weird middle “lost” generation that doesn’t belong to either side, where the generational overlap is more significant than any before due to the swift development of tech during this period, and where the people inside of it often have traits and interests from both sides, but also their own defining pieces of middle-ness (like marianas trench, or taio cruz, or all those weird ytv/nick/disney shows that only ever lasted 2 seasons like danny phantom).

#sure ill get up at 5 am and spend 2 hours typing on my phone ofc my hyperfixations r under control wdym #sorry this took forever to answer i had a migraine and an essay due last night #strauss #howe #generational theory #theories #cool shit #save #ref #thank u for the ask

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SENTENCE MEME ⟶ THE GOOD PLACE / 4.06 –– 4.07 always feel free to tweak the sentence to fit your muse.

“I’m gonna tell you a story, and once that’s done, I’m getting rid of you.”

“Sounds like someone finally put on his big boy demon pants.”

“Is this another one of your attempts to prove that humans are ‘good’ and ‘worthy of respect’ and not ‘big fat sacks of dookie’?”

“It went better than we could have possible hoped.”

“I couldn’t actually go skiing because moving at an angle terrifies me.”

“Congrats on the gin rummy win.”

“I thought I was gonna take you down because I used to play all the time.”

“We’re gonna split a bottle of wine and read this terribly novel out loud.”

“She tends to make snap judgments about people, and he’s a guy who repeatedly confirms the accuracy of her snap judgements.”

“If you want to try something spontaneous, I’m your guy.”

“What is something spontaneous that I could do right now?”

“So, obviously, this was a troubling development.”

“Every story about humans ends the same way.”

“Just tell me how they screwed up and put me out of my misery.”

“Do you know what’s happening on earth right now?”

“Women in $400 yoga pants are refusing to vaccinate their children.”

“Vindictive nerds at Apple are changing the charging cable shape again.”

“Where does this hope come from, man? This insane hope that people are worth the trouble.”

“I’ll put it into terms that you’ll understand: the gossip toilet was about to overflow.”

“It isn’t a sign of weakness to admit that you screwed up.”

“You thought that ding-dong would do a total personality 180 because of one gentle metaphor?”

“What can I say? I’m an optimist.”

“She helped me realize gossip was an unhealthy way for me to boost my self-esteem.”

“I’m gonna tell him that it sucks very hard.”

“Perhaps I can convince her to handle this the British way.”

“Smile bravely, bury your feelings, and allow a steady drizzle to slowly wash away your sadness over 50 years.”

“He needs to change, and walking on eggshells around him ain’t gonna do the trick.”

“You made a mistake. Your actions hurt people.”

“Either apologize for real or stop wasting our time.”

“I literally didn’t think human beings were capable of such racist, sexist poppycock.”

“You’re a condescending bench.”

“You know why they’re called baby boomers, right? Because the tiniest little pinprick to their ego, and boom. They become babies.”

“Dress is London black tie. That means Knightsbridge black tie, not Kensington, or heaven forbid, West Brompton.”

“I’d advise no one look directly at me.”

“I’m gonna suggest that they make toasts about each other, celebrate their ups and downs, demonstrate personal growth, blah blah blah.”

“As you might know, I’ve been practicing human magic.”

“Dude, magic is always lame.”

“It wasn’t as juicy as some people maybe thought it was.”

“This is the result of months of observation.”

“I know you’re gonna think I’m crazy.”

“Panicking about this at crucial moments is kind of my move.”

“Don’t fall apart on me now.”

“We’re gonna stick to the plan, not do anything radical.”

“I’ve been suspicious about this place since day one.”

“You call her ‘muffin’?”

“I’m getting a lot of breaking news at once here.”

“I know something, and it’s just graduated from hot goss to relevant AF.”

“[Name’s] been helping them become a better person.”

“I was born in a swimming pool.”

“I’m gonna have to sit down, this is too much.”

“I swore I wouldn’t tell, and keeping your word is a central tent of deontological ethics.”

“For the first time ever, I am desperate for you to keep talking.”

“There’s a lot to unpack here.”

“Perhaps we should just put our concerns aside and enjoy ourselves.”

“Open up your freaky crystal mind and we’ll have a cosmic good time.”

“We tried to prove your theory, but it feels like we came up empty.”

“Why does everything I do fall apart so close to the end?”

“We cannot let this slip away from us at the last second.”

“We hope that our early successes make up for the embarrassing mess we’ve become.”

“I don’t think soulmates actually exist.”

“I got a hell of a lawsuit on my hands.”

“A giant hell-hole just opened up and swallowed one of us.”

“Giant holes are bad and we should go.”

“Giant holes are bad, so if someone falls into one, you try to help get them out.”

“I’m not scared. I’m shouting so you know I’m okay.”

“We basically just confirmed that we’re lying to them.”

“Trying to run out the clock and hoping for the best never works.”

“Prevent defense just prevents you from winning.”

“You can bounce a quarter off his caboose, and I know because I’ve done it.”

“He’s the opposite of a box of donuts. He’s a toilet full of broccoli.”

“That was two good analogies in a row.”

“I didn’t lead the perfect life, but I worked very hard.”

“Do you think if the roles were reversed, he would waste any time rescuing you?”

“He is a person in a hole and I have a duty to help him get out.”

“That was the most boring break up I’ve ever seen.”

“I only play games to win.”

“I’m kind of freaking out over here.”

“I’m not your friend. I don’t even like you.”

“You have never helped anyone because you don’t care about other people, which is the bare minimum that a person has to do, just care a little about the other people around you, and you can’t do it.”

“You are a bad person.”

#rp meme #roleplay meme #sentence meme #sentence starters #starter sentences #KIND / SENTENCE. #KIND / IN CHARACTER. #BASED ON / TV SHOW.

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SENTENCE STARTERS FROM THE BEST OF SMPLIVE (PART 5)

“i don’t have a home. i’m homeless.” “you obviously have very powerful connections.” “oh. oh no. oh no.” “there’s no light. the concept of light is gone.” “this is the negotiation shack.” “how well are you at negotiating?” “i know how to weed the demons out.” “what’s your opinion on sacrifice?” “i don’t fuck with the dark arts, alright buddy?” “wow. he knows what a demon would do. what the fuck?” “GET IN THE FUCKING HOLE!” “you can’t just make demands ‘cause you’re the devil. that’s not fair. that’s rude.” “FUCK YOU SATAN! NICE TRY!” “i dropped my phone and got weed everywhere, fuck me!” “who’s calling me boomer?” “dude, you’re pissing me off and you haven’t even done anything.” “y’all want feet cam?” “are they auctioning off my toes right now?” “i have to show you the airpods!” “I’M GETTING ON THE FUCKING ROOF!” “i will actually put you on a fucking leash. come back here.” “are you trying to seduce me? ‘cause it worked pretty well.” “i’m 19 and i’ve had to retire from 2 drugs.” “i honestly thought i died and went back to the year 2007.” “dude, i would have shit all over the ceiling. it would have been bad.” “the third floor is haunted!” “minecraft. minecraft. constantly minecraft all the time. minecraft all the time minecraft 420 blaze it minecraaaaft.” “there’s only one explanation. white people.” “i have like 20 months of reddit gold. i buy it for myself.” “you seem like rampantly confused right now, but it’s fine.” “i don’t think satan is very funny.” “ANTS! ANTS! ANTS! ANTS! ANTS! ANTS!” “oh you’re on social security, oh you got benefits-- suck my ass, dude! seriously!” “i’m just gonna come clean with you: there’s money on your head.” “i’m hearing strange noises tonight, more so than usual.” “every day i come back and there’s another fucking abomination.” “there’s no explanation for what gamers do.” “how many accidental bullets are gonna be fired today into the same target several times in a row?” “this is gonna be a stupendous amount of paperwork.” “i’m confiscating all of your assets.” “my crime detector is going off.” “i think that might have been obstruction of justice. i’m not quite well-versed.” “how can you call this sacred land when there’s a half-build obsidian penis covered in wheat?” “get out of the way, i’m fishing!” “what do you think about crypto-currency?” “i swear to god if you break something i’ll kill you!” “i don’t think the dj’s fallin’ in love with this one.” “i think i’ve gotta hit up the gym so i can still turn my shirt to ash.” “yeah, i’ll just commission bob ross for a painting real quick.” “did you not know the word ecstatic?” “i’m just sitting here caked in my own sweat.” “so this is what rebirth feels like.” “my fuckin’ brain just collapsed on itself.” “i just broke every ankle in my body!” “if ___ ever betrays you, just call him a boomer.” “i’m making this up as i go along, gentlemen.” “take all the bread out of there.” “you are a man among men.” “why do you want a gun?” “it’s been a special bro moment.” “have you been vaccinated by your mom?” “that’s not your house. that’s someone else’s house.” “is there a way to legally rob someone?” “that’s the circumcision machine.” “there might be a conspiracy forming against us.” “you’re gonna shit yourself.” “how the fuck is he not dying? he’s on fire. i saw it with my own eyes.” “continually seeing you turn around like an owl is really cool.” “i don’t think it would be wise for us to spend any more time with an angry german person.” “i have no idea what that does.” “you’re too enthusiastic about this saw.” “fuck the earth. this is a capitalistic business, we’re trying to make money. if that means pollution, that’s fine by us.” “ask me if i live in florida.” “what would you do if you woke up and florida was slowly floating away from the rest of the continental united states?”

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[thweaty]

idk what it’s like in America but where I am we’re seeing a (slight) increase in cases over the last week after being down to 5> a day, and now suddenly everyone’s all “rona is overrated anyway” “it’s a joke” “excuse to shit on our civil liberties” (all quotes I’ve seen on fb, from young people too not boomers) but do you think it’s a matter of this is something that we’ll just have to manage until a vaccine, like we’re gonna have to distance and no large crowds at events for months?? that sucks

yeah it seems like until we get that vaccine that offers some legitimate protection, countries are either gonna bounce in and out of lockdown or countries with dumbass states (like texas... florida... arizona... north carolina) are just going to refuse to lockdown in time and they’ll have to deal with new spikes all over again

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