#when you are just learning to pace

[prlssprfctn]

I actually need some fanfic, where Bruce and Jason are in the middle of some argument, and a casual (and a well-practiced with Dick before) sentence leaves his mouth, something along the lines "How old do you think you are?!", meaning that he is acting childishly. And because Jason is irritated, and his tongue runs loose in his anger, he screams back that he is nineteen, and Bruce just freezes, because... Oh. Jason is nineteen. He is a fucking kid - his kid - that lost years of his teenhood, and was forced back without anyone giving him a space to catch up, with everyone else already treating him like an adult... When he isn't.

[lanternlightss]

stares at the wall and thinks about how much venti loves that it’s become a core part of his being and

[stil-lindigo]

emily carroll has once again permanently changed my brain chemistry

[celtrist]

Why does Vassago already have merch, we haven't even met him yet

[twilight-deviant]

[deoidesign]

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[itspileofgoodthings]

End of last week I kept a teenage boy to help me with something after class as a pretext so that I could speak to him about his attitude, decided at the last minute to say nothing and just let him go with a “have a great weekend” and it’s so funny but I think he knew and sensed that lakskskskss

[clovesnz]

Something I love sm about like neurodivergence being more understood now among ppl my age is that I don’t try and mask my stims anymore and it makes potentially overwhelming experiences so much more enjoyable or easier to handle. Like certain experiences used to be hard for me to be present in because of how overwhelmed I was but now I can wear a mask and headphones and shake my hands and click my teeth as much as I want and suddenly I’m having an amazing time. And I 🫶 my audhd friends for understanding and being the same as me gah it’s nice to be understood 😩💖

[kalosian-woods]

You raise a good point about Ash possibly weakening from all that Ash-Greninja usage. I can't help but imagine him *eventually* learning to pace and space out when he uses the Bond Phenomenon lmao. Buddy, your own health aside, that's probably taxing for Greninja, too! Even for strategic reasons, it's probably better to ration it a little.

To be fair, Ash was using it an unholy amount of times in the League proper and even managed to pull out the giant Shuriken twice (the second time being even more massive and powerful) - and right after that, the Crisis pulled up and he gets hit with Mega Evolution energy before breaking out with the power of the bond. He's definitely not okay, and honestly, neither should Greninja. Let them take a breather before confronting the Megalith, please 🙏

The way I see it, limits is anathema to the Bond Phenomenon, especially in Ash's and Greninja's case. The transformation always occurs whenever they want to push harder in battle, it's the accumulation of their motivation and hunger and drive. It's the synchronisation of their wants lining up into one, and through that, it doubles its presence and its potency. So the biggest challenge isn't necessarily controlling the power or gaining new ones but knowing when to stop, especially when being bombarded with the thought of vanquishing the nearest threat or releasing all power at once (like how they did to get out of the restraints).

So even at their most clear-headed state of minds, the shift to Ash-Greninja is going to take a toll on their inhibitory and self-preservation instincts in order to defeat the opponent in front of them (and the next and the one after that), so it's definitely going to take a lot of practice to learn how to ration its usage and so not suffer its effects as much. Great news is with age comes wisdom! Bad news is, where is Greninja after the Crisis (according to JN, wacking weeds on his lonesome :'c)?

[lurkiestvoid]

sure, we can laugh he thinks he's gonna get Greenland somehow, Panama Canal, etc

But also remember that, among many other things in its near thousand pages, Project 2025 specifically outlines and plans for everything up to boots-on-the-ground resource wars even against established allies.

And it maybe puts a bit more stark context to how he's already gunning for this shit before he's even sworn in.

Cheers! 🍻

[light-wrath-paradise]

*takes a drag of cigarette* I need to reread Monster by Naoki Urasawa

[nyxofdemons]

i think the best way i can articulate why this episode is my favorite of the whole show so far is that it was so emotionally gratifying i don't even care about the pacing issues

[uwudonoodle]

I refuse to run so other people can walk!

It's not a deep metaphor. I'm short and refuse to jog to keep up with giants. If you want to walk with me, let me walk.

[angerygoomba]

getting into bob ross again cause of jet set radio. the pipeline is real.

[softservesoymilk]

Inigo loves Archie so much it kills him inside :’)

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"Not at all!" Randall insisted brightly, smiling at her receptiveness to the idea, saying, "They're still probably up; tomorrow's a day off for both of them. They like to stay up a little-Ma likes to catch a little late-night TV while she knits, and Pa usually tries to get in a few chapters of his latest book before he hits the hay."

He could picture it in his mind's eye, the lights of his house still warm and bright as his folks went about their evening: His mother, all curled up in her favorite chair, contentedly working needle through yarn while she caught a late-hour rerun, probably Starsky and Hutch or Columbo. Knitting was both a very relaxing hobby for her and she loved what she created, often making blankets to sell at the seasonal bazaars. Sometimes some of her patients and their families dropped by to pick up a blanket, which made her the happiest, knowing the youngsters would love them.

And, of course, he could see his father all stretched out on the sofa (sometimes preferring it over his rocking chair, especially when his leg was bothering him), glancing occasionally at the box TV screen before turning his gaze back to the page-at the moment, he was working his way through Stephen King's Salem's Lot, a book he was very excited for his son to read next, wanting to know if it would scare him just as much as it did his old man.

"They won't mind at all," he added warmly. "I think they'd be thrilled to meet you-I, uh, I've told them a bit about you, so to get to meet you, I-I think they'd be, uh, very happy to."