#you all are growing up so quickly

[poppiesforthirteen]

i don't get people who don't like looms because "when two time lords love each other very much they send a formal application to the council to use a machine that is in their house" is so much funnier than a nuclear family

#it's also about the Themes #like if you loom a childe it skips all those developmental stages where it's 100% reliant on caretakers #tying into gallifreyan emotional neglect and children being forced to grow up too quickly #you can just Create More People there's absolutely no physicality required for it #time nobility is a society so deeply allergic to genuine attachment why would they allow for unpredictable biological processes #like pregnancy. why would they want all those hormones #population control - even less people to join their elite society. not to mention the eugenics #looms are a great meme but they're an even better plot device #i haven't read lungbarrow yet #looms #🥀

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

I wonder what the kids and teachers in luz's school think of her now. Shes stopped "terrorizing" other kids, mainly because she seems to have stopped engaging with most of her classmates period. She no longer brings live animals or taxidermy to school. She even participates in english class occasionally, even if she doesnt "get" the point of the book. Her rants only clock as suicidal if you know about her time in the boiling isles which the people at her school do not.

I wonder if luz's teachers and schoolmates think that luz mellowed out over the summer. If the principal/counselor that suggested she go to the camp patted himself on the back because shes "improved."

#the owl house #toh #shut up pandora #luz noceda #something something people see a neurodivergent kid having depression and breathe a sigh of relief bc now theyre finally 'normal' #people speculate maybe luz would have been fine going to the summer camp and while i agree she would have made friends #she would not have been fine! she would have just learned to suppress her identity like camila did #but going to the boiling isles was her only option bc she either gets suppressed quickly at the summer camp #or she keeps acting out at school and eventually society wears her down and shames her into conforming like it did to her mom #something about how even if the camp helps luz act like a 'normal person' she still would have been miserable bc she couldnt be herself #it temporarily benefits her by giving her friends and benefits ppl around her by making her act 'normal' #but the kids there are still weird at heart! they have a community to be weird around now but society at large will still look down on them #unless they put on a front all the time to fit in #and the boiling isles isnt perfect either its society still looks down on luz for being different #but it accepts her neurodivergence and her new friends are all neurodivergent like her so she still has a community to be herself around #and while it looks down on her for having no natural magic it isnt something shes been shamed about growing up like her neurodivergence was #anyway the camp wasnt as catastrophic as luz thought it would be and vee benefitted from it #but it still represented a slow rot. the kind that eats away at neurodivergent kids as they grow up #slowly shaming them to hide away parts of themselves deemed unfit for society #and when you hide behind a front and are exhausted and miserable from it #everyone applauds you for your 'recovery.' youve improved yourself. they never liked the old you #good job on destroying yourself and shoving the pieces into a facsimile of what the people around you think you ought to be

[gale-force-storm]

I've been thinking recently about Gale, and how much of a romantic he is. He says he wishes he had time to do things properly, when he tells you he loves you. As though he has a specific idea in his head of what wooing and romancing were meant to look like.

Which lead me to wondering what kinds of things he might have imagined for himself when he was young, before Mystra fully got her claws in him.

Did Morena read him fairy tales - beautiful stories of romance and true love and happy endings? Did he find such stories himself, as he devoured book after book? Did he graduate to romance novels eventually, stories full of passion and adventure? Did he see elegant couples about town, and imagine one day being among them?

Did he daydream about heartfelt declarations? Of grand weddings? Of sweeping some future beloved off their feet and riding off into the sunset? Did he dream about building a life with someone? Did he imagine having kids? We know he's had mortal lovers before - were they mere dalliances, or something more? Did he dream of someday proposing to any of them? Of finding his own happy ending?

How many dreams did he give up, in devoting himself to Mystra? How many ideas about his future were sacrificed at her alter in return for her favor, and her promises which turned out to be empty?

How many dreams, once left forgotten in the dusty corners of his heart and mind, is he able to consider again, having found someone who loves and accepts him as an equal? Someone who he's actually able to pursue those fantasies with?

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #headcanons #there's no way all those romantic notions popped out of nowhere once he met tav #and it's not like he'd be able to indulge in any of that sort of thing with mystra #but the things he does once he starts actually trying to romance you #the way he proposes - so quickly yet almost by accident #and he's so excited about planning the wedding! #like obviously he's so so happy regardless of the specific romance ending #as long as he's with the person he loves he's over the moon #but idk. i just can't help but think of all the things he might've imagined growing up that he's only just now getting to consider again

[lesbian-space-fish]

or the one.

#may i offer you some tragic spirk flavored mashwood in these trying times? #so heres how it goes #vash is using up all his plant energy to save some lives #they have a nice little funeral for him #in lieu of bagpipes mr hornfreak plays amazing grace on the saxaphone #they bury vash in the ground #a little while later some leaves sprout from that exact same place #little while later than that vash is reborn like a fuckin cabbage patch kid #he quickly grows back to adulthood but he remembers nothing of his past life #then chronica comes and picks up vash and meryl and wolfwood on her spaceship to yeet them back in time to earth to get some whales #why do they need whales on a sand planet? not important #what is important is that vash gets his memory back and everyone lives hea the end #trigun #my art #trigun maximum #trimax #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #meryl stryfe #mashwood #vashmeryl #vashwood #merylwood #vashmerylwood

[rainecreatesstuff]

mr fitmc thank you so much for going yea fuck it my cubito is GAY gay.

#Like obviously any rep is wonderful but like #maybe it’s just because the word gay and queer terms were such a hushed topic for me growing up but like #sometimes all it takes to make me happy is to see a character just say they’re queer. Even just saying “I like men” or in this case #“If I had to choose between [a mom or dad for you] #it’d be a dad” #it just #it feels like safety #you know? #it feels like being welcomed into the room with a smile and knowing that the people there will keep you safe. #And I think as well. As someone who had a messy coming out. It feels like catharsis to see a character come out and be loved and supported #so quickly and clearly #fitmc #qsmp fitmc #qsmp #raine rambles

[vimbry]

"nanobots" the song is this deconstructed view of child development and parenthood where it's like, 'wow have you ever thought about how weird producing offspring is. like, it's weird, right! we make these little people and they quickly grow into their own individual personalities with their own lives and autonomy and I've lost all authority and there's so many and you've gotta be responsible for them all the time, what did I do !!!'

but as well as approaching it with this slightly overwhelmed perspective, there's a sort of affectionate optimism in there, too. that even tho the concept's intimidating, there's a sense of wonder in how humans develop and raising them and watching them grow up. hey this kid thing's fun actually, yeah I wish they'd leave me alone sometimes, but look at how cute and resilient they are look at what they can do. and then "replicant" is like jesus parenting a teenager is hard.

#tmbg #it's a tough competition with about 200 songs #but I honestly think ''I turn my back for two minutes and they've grown again'' is one of tmbg's most poignant lyrics #it's not an original sentiment and one that could even be viewed as somewhat sentimental and hokey with a less skilled execution #like what person or piece of art Hasn't expressed the bittersweet experience of feeling a child's growing up too quickly a million times #but there's just something about the way it's slotted into nanobots #nanobots is honestly cute. and I don't mean that in a reductive ''cutesy'' way I mean as a good thing it's just genuinely very adorable #from a band whose music is a lot of things but you wouldn't typically describe as ''adorable'' #I think it's because their songs so often Don't carry this sort of tone that it works in the same way ''another first kiss'' does #there's an uncountable amount of lovesongs in the world. like. THE most popular theme. what can you say that hasn't already been expressed #but lines like ''we've run out of things to say. and we'll be happy any way'' and ''grabs my coat to walk away'' #are just such beautifully deceptively simplistic ways to express the mundanity of a healthy relationship #they like each other's company still after all these years and they share their clothes waaah #anyway to get back on topic I love nanobots much for the same reasons as ''I love you for psychological reasons'' and ''mammal'' lmao #myautismhasnothingtodowiththis.jpg

[oldmemoria]

No matter what Miguel’s fate is in btsv just rest assured he gets the happiest ending possible in my warrior cats x spiderverse AU

Since it still follows the events of atsv but it’s a little different because it’s adjusted to the warriors universe I can just

lay it out here

he (Reclusestar) ends up retiring from being leader of SpiderClan and goes to live in a cozy cottage outside of the forest his clan used to reside in with a lesbian couple that takes in cats to foster them to later be adopted. He’s a permanent resident (along with Jess, Peter, Xina, and Mayday, who’s now a young adult cat), meaning he gets to help cats, young and old, adjust to house cat life and generally have a better living situation than before (most of them either being dropped of from owners who can’t take care of them or former street cats)

and yes, that means he gets to help out and play with plenty of kits. All of the kits love him. He basically adopts every kitten that crosses the door. He does cry when they get adopted but he knows that he’ll either get to see them around the city/neighborhood (he’s allowed to wander) or that they’ll remember him as a good father/mentor figure and take his teaching to heart.

he also gets to wear a cute little red and blue bandanna because why not.

the humans end up naming him muffin… yk… if you care.

#If the directors kill him off in the actual movie I will lose my mind #Spiderxpawz Warriors x Spiderverse AU #<- Just gonna make a new tag for it why not I need to post about it more honestly #atsv #across the spiderverse #miguel o'hara #cat miguel #btsv #beyond the spiderverse #spiderverse au #He did actually grow up in a cat shelter but that environment was um #Less than ideal #And then he joined something close to BloodClan in the actual books #Supposed to be a stand in for alchemax #So that’s also less than ideal #And then cat god sends him on a journey to create spiderclan and kills his daughter #Because fuck this guy I guess #Can you tell I’ve been thinking of this cat AU backstory for a while now I feel like I need to find a way to get it all out #But I lose motivation quickly so who knows #Some day #maybe #warriors au

[onereallygoodlambonastick]

if nothing else u must remember in ur hearts of hearts disposability is the way of our world currently. waste, alienation, isolation, grimdark shounen, all that glaze and polish and bandaids being traded out for prettier bandaids like ai fanart/art and my local university renovating every community structure without ever divesting. you must remember what u see. U have an ability to remember. It is essential u get it back and go back for it, every day, like taking a healing medicine, to remind urself u have the ability to remember and to cease forgetting.

#u have an ability to cease forgetting to slow it down to obstruct it. In ur body. The bodymind is both clever and elusive when u do not take #yours seriously. I need you to take your bodymind seriously now. Go to bed and eat and drink water and piss and shit and remember what #kinda world we live in that let 2 medics fail hind that baby girl with a mother waiting for her so quickly it inspired killing intent in me #remember what it means to nurse the intent within you. It will begin to trust you and you will begin to see that your bodymind is on your #side and it has been since u were born and there has been violence visited upon you and your anger and nausea is your way forward. #Go forward and throw off all your baggage. You must be militantly on your own side as anne lamott said in the 1990s. When u begin to take #urself seriously you will hear a new kind of gong an old kind of gong and it will resonate within you and grow from there outwards. #Burn and shine baby. Burn and shine. Be like the sun. Don't ask if you're good enough. Burn and shine. #Be like water as the abolitionists say. Be like water. Be like the trees. Be like water. Movement is all we can speak of so make your roots #We need you. #reminders #how to be a militant #survival #we can grow the spines we need to stand up for our lives.

[todayisafridaynight]

Underrated Sibling Moment is actually mitsu being like ‘i dont want to go back to the captain alone are you insane’ after ichi fumbles the loan collection and ichi has to ditch him for a few hours and mitsu can only kill time and Not think of The Inevitable until they can go back to sawashiro together as if that’ll save them from The Inevitable like if you get it You Get How Real That Was

#snap chats #the best part about getting a new phone. ‘’’new’’’ #is that i can make goofy posts ten times faster now that i dont have to wait a year for the app to open #ANYWAY NO YK WHAT I MEAN #LIKE AS IF GOING TO YOUR PARENT TOGETHER WONT JUST GET BOTH YOUR ASSES BEAT #growing up it was the same shit with my sisters and i #if we were out of the house and knew mom was home we’d find any and every excuse to stay out until she was asleep #or she locked herself in her room to do work all night #STOOOPPP I REMEMBER THE WORST CHRISTMAS EVE EVE OF MY LIFE #my dad wanted to get lunch with my sis and i but our mom was home and in the kitchen and yk #we can’t just leave without saying where we’re going ig #bro when i say my sis had a whole breakdown because she did not want to tell our mom #it was painful like TRULY #SAME PLAY OUT TOO NOW THAT I THINK OF IT in the beginning she acted Not Mad #and then very quickly Was Mad and it was just awful all around #made it very gard to enjoy lunch ngl but hey. #after that I Do Not Lie she and i just hung out at the mall for the next eight hours LMAO #but yeah. the accidental story time is integral to understanding this feeling i promise #ITS JUST SO REAL ESP WHEN YOU FUCKED UP AND YOU JUST KNOW YOUR PARENT GONNA FIND OUT LMAO #the most evil shit is when your parent starts getting mad and thrn your siblings clear like roaches #LIKE OH OK. I THOUGHT WE WERE RIDE OR DIEHDVEC #anyway shout out my man mitsu i dont mention you ever but know i see you and ily

[baishouqijia]

i am desperately trying to be more active but i'm experiencing mental burnout. just want to say thank you for the interactions even when i'm only checking in here now and again - i'll respond when i'm feeling better! <3

#nothing really happened - work and the house just got on top of me. #for context i was promoted to a management position in october and i hit my stride so i have a lot of responsibilities and i'm hhh. #having to play catch up in terms of skillset. i'm good at my job but i'm not the best - therefore ? i must keep pushing :y #as for home... Man (horse.jpg) #we bought a house a year ago. i envy people who renovate days after moving in. we're a year in and i'm only just redoing the kitchen floor #after a leak that happened in JUNE 2022. it's expensive as fuck and takes so much time. #i'm so fortunate to be able to afford a house but like. i won't lie. it's really hard having to be responsible for everything that goes #wrong with it. my kitchen has been subfloor for months. we destroyed our kitchen island trying to make room for the floor to be done #so we're down storage and stuff is just piling up. eh i know this is like. first world problem and really not a big deal. #but when your house is in disrepair because you don't have the money to fix it quickly or time to do it yourself. shit's hard. #anyway this is a rant. don't want a wrench or a tissue- just wanna get it out. #[puts on pantalone hat] i have money anxiety too #like i earn the most i've ever earned. i won't really get much higher than this atm. i'm due a bonus and i can cash out my shares #but fixing up the house is so expensive. i'm worried i'm gonna lose it all somehow. idfk why. when things are going well i worry i'm gonna #lose it all somehow. growing up poor does a number on your resource guarding. if i spend a penny I Will Lose It All. #' dima why do you like pantalone so much ' HE JUST LIKE ME FRRRR #sry this is a ramble . i treat tumblr tags like my diary but i hope you enjoyed the read xoxox #anyways! point is! i'm alive! i'm itching to come back but i dont have the mental space for fun rn. #can't have fun until i feel safe enough to have fun if that makes sense. #aight byeee

[fazcinatingblog]

Wait since when does James wear a glove

#James aish #beautiful boy #Carlton were mean to you Jimmy #i want to say he's copying Nat but no it was an elbow sleeve that Nat wore #nat drives James' car and finds a glove in the glove compartment and thinks he's having an affair with Travis Cloke #'jim when did you join Collingwood?' #'oh ah would've been around 2016' *nat does the maths* 'so you knew Travis cloke!' #'um yeah Nat everyone knows Travis Cloke he's---' 'a well respected member of the gay community?????' #nat starts fuming and worries he's losing his boyfriend to Travis cloke #'what does that big oaf have that i don't????' nat fumes #james comes home and there's several horses and donkeys in the kitchen #'nat??? did you leave the back door open again?' James calls out warily looking at the animals in his kitchen #nat comes running in to the kitchen 'oh i forgot to stir the soup' and #'babe there's donkeys in here' James says slowly and Nat flashes a grin 'yeah aren't they great we're having pumpkin soup your favourite' #'i haven't had pumpkin soup since Brisbane days when i was depressed eating cup a soups-- wait did you find my pocket profile from 2014???' #nat blushes and quickly throws a tea towels over his scrapbook of James Aish mementos #James starts leading the donkeys out of the kitchen and Nat's like 'wait Jim i thought you were into this thing' #'no definitely not' James retorts and takes the animals outside #he comes back and Nat's like 'babe i can't pack mark between three opponents any more I'm sorry' #James blinking confusedly 'i don't want you to do that you might get hurt' #'but...' nat says frowning 'what is it about Travis that you're into I've been racking my brain all day---' #'Travis?????' James said 'you mean coyler that tea drinking weasel who---' #Nat quickly pushes his cup of jasmine tea across the bench #'no babe i love you and your tea drinking i didn't mean it's just that Colyer-- he microwaves his tea' #'oh okay' Nat said 'yeah totally ok now back to Travis Cloke' #'Travis Cloke?????' james cries 'i haven't thought about him since i found that guernsey in your wardrobe signed by David---' #'i grew up a tigs fan Jim' #'oh phew i thought you were cheating on me with David' #'is that why you tried to grow a moustache that week?'

[nyarthru]

the fact that so many child abuse laws are like "its not child abuse unless it leaves a lasting mark" is so fucking crazy to me. You can hit a kid as long as your fists weren't closed and you hit them light enough

#It's actually so hard for someone to be convicted of child abuse. especially if what happened is under the guise of ''discipline'' #yeah the kid was fighting me so its not MY fault that he hit his head and arm on a counter and was also on edge of having a panic attack. #this is the proper reaction to a kid being guilty of talking back and being bossy - my uncle #also my uncle: I've never been found guilty under the law for child abuse. you are wrong. also you are the one needing to grow up bc somehow #I'm circling this conversation about you assaulting me over thinking something bad was happening to your brother back around to the fact you #are still living with me #its so funny to me bc even if I did try to leave my mom would try to stop me lmao. ''you're mom is enabling your lifestyle for some reason'' #my dude. my mom is ENFORCING this lifestyle. not to mention when you were shaming me for how old I was and still living here...you got my #age wrong??? do your research before talking to me. #literally told me I had no goals or plans for the future. lmao even. he only ever talks to me to tell me that he wants me out #quickly! name 8 interests I have that I did not have while in elementary school!!! #like I'm so mad. at least I can revel in the fact that my uncle was such a pussy you didn't commit to calling the police on me when he said #he would lmao. I can also revel in the fact that he fucking hates it here and tries to avoid being home. and that hes failing at parenting #his own children. I'm sorry brenna. I mean no slander. but you sneaking around and being found out about it and that all the adults knew #about it before he did thus making him look bad is so satisfying. its like watching him judging his gf and my mom for being bad parents #while his kids do much worse things (in his eyes) so fucking poetic #I'm sorry for going batshit crazy in the tags. I am. venting #tw child abuse

[calamitydaze]

the vicious cycle of overwhelming negative opinions about dream -> dream fans increasingly isolating themselves -> negative opinions become the only voices in the room so they’re all anyone hears -> more negative opinions -> more isolated fans -> and on and on and on

#again ironically the exact point ro r.amdin made in her essay but on the opposite side of the coin #i really do believe most people are kind and empathetic or at least have the capacity to be #and dream is far from the worst celebrity out there there’s no way this consistent treatment of him is warranted #but because he exploded so quickly and came from the background he did and had to grow up very publicly #and a mistake his career is still in the shadow of #not to mention the fact that he was kf’s favorite chew toy for a while #all that created an atmosphere that we’re going to have to deal with for a very long time #and while people CAN be empathetic it’s hard to see any reason why you should be #when all you hear is that this guy’s the devil #in 5 years or so there’s gonna be a shift where people look back and say hey that was kinda fucked up #mark my words #and i will not forgive a single one of you bitches!!!! #bella talks #negative

[constellationcrowned]

((All signs point to Kariom being a lot like Serban in his youth. Was he a stern kid? Yes. Grumpy? Yes. But he also had fun and was mischievous. He made pinwheels, he wanted to fly kites, he drew and colored in one of Flynn's gardening books (he drew constellations ofc but no doubt other things too) he ate so many cattails by the lake he almost choked to death, he ran around and got into trouble, he tried to make friends, and so on.

It's important to remember that he was a kid and he wasn't always so obsessively driven by his duty---and I mean driven to the point of where he, as an adult, considers all of that stuff as stupid, inconsequential, etc, and prefers not to think on it, driven to the point of self degradation (whether he acknowledges it or not and let's face it; he doesn't), etc, etc---such a severe reaction has to have a cause. Something changed him, something shifted his focus and it was definitely something huge. I imagine it's in part due to whatever happened to the Solomonari and his involvement on top of a variety of other things that built up over time until he could hold nothing else.))

#;;ooc: mun muttering #i can provide proof for all of these too; it's all scattered about in game and it's been a big focal point for me #I'll do a proper hc post at some point just take this... somewhat commentary post for now #this man's growth both past and present is so important to me #he still has that childish nature to him too; both the good and the bad aspects as I've said before #I'm just glad I have a much clearer picture now (and want more!) and can actually talk about stuff #regarding Flynn; some of the hints about their dynamic (esp concerning Kariom trying to make a friend) really needs context #he had his own hand in this change ofc (it's not all outside/external influence) but his hand was undoubtedly forced too #I maintain that he was forced to grow up far too quickly---a thing made worse considering he's surrounded by immortal beings who don't age #his perspective is so unique it can be debilitating; does that make sense? i really try to emphasize that #;;ooc: commentary (kariom) #I'm not saying he was flippant about his duty as a youth (the stars are clearly special to him) but his focus being *so severe* is alarming #something happened; something was instilled in him; something made it be the only thing he thinks about and the only thing that defines him #I've pointed this out before but he gives his *title* (or station if you prefer) as a star-reader before he gives his own fuckin*name* #that's..... that's just.....worrying... and sad #I'm going to figure out what happened damnit; I will #;;muse headcanons: kariom

[thistaleisabloodyone]

Okay, so it's one video, but from the video, I get the vibe that age and, like, "seriousness" are inversely proportional in Lil League 😂 Sena seems to be a bit of a goof, while Haima and Sora come off as a bit more - "We are doing this seriously and with intent."

#lil league from exile tribe #lil league #though i feel like it's a good thing that sena seems to be more of a joker #when the youngest three all seem so serious #matora is apparently the mom of the group #sora and haima both definitely seem like they're trying to grow up so fast #(i mean they're fourteen year olds in a boy band they're kinda - being forced to grow up quickly) #so i think it's good to have their leader be a bit of a goofball #to be like hey you don't have to be so serious you don't have to grow up so fast #but i may be reading too much into The One Video I Can Understand

[voiceshearingyouloud]

I’m always wary of saying my partner and I have good communication because since everyone talks about communication as the most important thing and saving grace of a relationship I’ve kind of mythologised it in my head and been like well, there’s no way we’re that good at this. But then I remember that communication is the process of continually talking about your feelings when you’re hurt or when you need something or when you’re happy, and talking about what your plans are for the future of your relationship and your thoughts on your past together and I’m like. Yeah we do kind of ace it on that

#I’ve seen so many ‘being long distance forces you to have good communication’ #and because I held communication up in my head as some fantastical concept that I could never hope to achieve I forget that we have #had several conversations on the future of our relationship and of course many more conversations when our feelings have been hurt or we #disagree on something #and that’s just what communication is #anyway. anne’s musings once more #good to have them written down anyway #also to remind myself that I’m kinda killing it at being in a relationship #both of us are pretty mature and were even when we were 17 because of various life events that forced us to grow up quickly #and I wish those events hadn’t happened but it did set us up to be every emotionally aware even at the start #which is handy :-) #my best friend said my partner and I are like a middle aged couple 😭 kinda insulting but I knew what she meant #lol #and that us breaking up would be like her parents divorcing all over again #that’s one lovely thing about being high school sweethearts cause all my friends know my partner and knew them since we got together #anyway. I will stop being sappy now #I’m on a bus home with nothing to do and I miss them so this is what happens