#It means you're in a situation and it's bad and it's really really bad and you don't know why. Maybe you don't even know it's bad.

[miracrystalshards]

Optimus accidentally takes Cody back to the tfp base with him.

Cody waking up from a nap inside Optimus’s cab: uh, Optimus, where are we?

Optimus, who forgot Cody was there, looks around for his voice: Cody? Where are you?

Cody: I'm in your cab.

Optimus, opening the cab and having Cody crawl out: Indeed you are. My apologies, I didn't know you were in there.

Cody: It's fine. Where are we though.

Optimus: This is the base on the mainland that me and Bumblebee occupy with the rest of our team.

Cody: Bumblebee’s here too!

Optimus: Indeed, though he added the others won't be back for a while as they are picking up our charges from school.

Cody: Noble. Do you think I could meet them?

Optimus: I'm afraid not, Cody. Your's and the rescue bots' existence are a secret. Only Bumblebee, me, and our medic knows.

Cody: Aww.

Optimus: Aww indeed. I think it'd be best if you stay in my cab until we could get you home.

Cody, excited: Ok. Does that mean we get to spend more time together?

Optimus, smiling: Yes it does.

Optimus opens his can and lets Cody back in: Stay there for now, if you have any questions make sure to ask when we're alone.

Cody: Okay.

After everyone gets back

Miko: Whoop, I couldn't wait to get out of there. Math is so boring.

Jack: If you paid attention maybe it wouldn't be so boring.

Miko: Says you Mr. Goody two shoes.

Raf: Really Miko.

Miko: Yes, really.

Bulkhead: Why don't you all calm down, don't you all have homework to do?

Miko: Ya, but it's so boring. When am I gonna need algebra in life?

Bulkhead: You still have to do it.

Miko: Fineeee. But you gotta take me out for a drive later, bulk.

Bulkhead: All right.

Optimus: Hello children, I trust you had a good day at school.

Miko: Hey ya Optimus.

Jack: Hey Optimus.

Raf: Hi Optimus, our day was good, just uneventful.

Optimus: I see. Bumblebee,

Bumblebee: Ya Optimus?

Optimus: I would like to speak to you, privately.

Miko: Ohhh, bee's in trouble.

Optimus: Quite the opposite, I just need to ask him something.

Miko: If it's not bad why not say it here?

Jack: Drop it Miko, it's obvious Optimus wants to talk to be alone, it's none of our business.

Miko: Finee.

Bee and Optimus walk away somewhere private.

Bumblebee: Why'd you need to talk to me Sure?

Optimus, opening his cab: It seems I bought a stowaway with me from Griffin Rock.

Cody popping his head out and waving: Hey bee, nice to see ya again.

Bumblebee: Cody?! What are you doing here?

Cody: I fell asleep and Optimus forgot I was here.

Bumblebee: Do the others know? They're probably freaking out looking for you.

Optimus: I have notified Chief Burns and told him of the situation. He said it's fine for Cody to be here as long as he's safe.

Bumblebee: if you say so.

Cody: Look on the bright side bee, I get to see and spend more time with you guys. Even if I can't physically be with you, I'm still spending it with you.

Bumblebee: You're right, maybe next time I could drive you around and show all my favorite places!

Cody: I'd like that, it was great seeing you again bee.

Bumblebee: Great seeing you too, Cody.

Optimus: I think it's best we head back now, lest Miko tries to listen in and discovers Cody.

Bumblebee: Ya, you're right. Bye Cody.

Cody, slipping back into Optimus’s cab: Bye bee!

[bebefatima888]

Hi! I really liked your last post about the Linkuei trio. I think you portrayed them very well. I was wondering how they apologize after an argument? Do they let it go? Or do they try to fix it?

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Hi anon and thank you! 🩷 That means a lot. Sorry it's taken me a bit since I've been dealing with exams and wanted to post something substantial for you.

As for how they would apologize after an argument, or if they'll even do so, I realize I didn't make that clearer and edited the post. But if you mean a more heated, mutual argument I can provide some thoughts with a mini hc list since it's a "spinoff" of them making you cry on accident.

The Lin Kuei Trio Arguing With You HC's (Part 2)

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Bi Han:

REAL arguments with him only last a few minutes, and after both of you suffering through a long day; but it would take him even longer to get over your spat. He'd never admit this even to you, but Bi Han takes everything you say straight to his thawed heart, even if you didn't mean it.

Is the type to storm off if things get bad and you start to raise your voices. He never wants to let it rise to that degree but doesn't know how to mitigate the situation without walking away.

He'll be disgruntled for a while but won't be spiteful or passive aggressive towards you. Though you'll definitely feel guilty when you don't see him in the evenings as much and his brothers ask you if he's alright.

Just needs some space to cool off and it's best you leave him be until he's ready to apologize. If you were solely in the wrong he'd still want to apologize first.. It's strange but he'll feel pathetic if you had to apologize to him before he does to you.

I feel like he'd have an avoidant attachment style, so the instant he feels your bond straining he tells himself he doesn't need you as a way to cope with his hidden anxiety about being unable to make-up.

The best way to patch things up with Bi Han is to go about your normal routine as a way to reconcile. Greet him when you pass by during the day, like you always do. He'll come around, and quietly appreciate that you're still here. 💙

Kuai Liang:

Is quick to let it go, there's nothing that could keep him away from you for long. Petty arguments aren't something he'd tolerate since he's fully aware it's unhealthy. If it's a substantial conflict, however, he will stay with you until you two resolve it.

You would have to ask Kuai upfront for some space and time to clear your mind. He'll be patient but start to get nervous the longer you keep to yourself.

Due to his arguments with Bi Han growing up, where his older brother's pulled away from him into adulthood, Kuai is afraid you may keep a grudge against him forever. Hence why he's eager to swiftly snuff out any miscommunications or disagreements with you before they blow out of proportion.

If it takes longer than a few hours for you two to feel better, he won't let it rest into the night. Will seriously have you both stay up to discuss what happened, what he should do next time, etc.

It will either be through careful conversation or until one of you falls asleep (you) for there to be resolution, in his eyes at least.

Kuai would dissect the conflict so rationally that he almost forgets to apologize until you say it first, after that things go back to normal the next day with both of you exhausted but content. 💛

Tomas Vrbada:

Ok, I'm not going to lie to you.. He's stubborn. Not in the same way as Bi Han, but in like the youngest sibling type way where he can be a bit whiny when you two have a real, heated fight.

Doesn't seem to understand it's an argument at the start, which is where things can get misconstrued and lead to hurt feelings. Tomas is also very expressive, so there'd be times where he flashes a look that you (understandably) take the wrong way that leads to even more strife.

It takes longer than needed to resolve your conflict because of this, and it can lead to indirectly involving his brothers when they overhear you two arguing. And then look to each other in confusion about what the quarrel's even about.

Both of you agree at least on taking time off from the fight and resolving it later, to which things naturally fizzle out anyway, or just agree to disagree and move on because it's just not worth it.

He's of course eager to let it go with no hard feelings, but he will be a bit sore since he's not used to arguing like that and isn't sure how to move on from it, even after saying sorry. Regardless of who's in the wrong, he'll insist you don't need to apologize.

Since he's afraid of things flaring up again, he'll be a bit withdrawn with his affections if he isn't sure things are a-ok now. Would be up to you to carry things on from there so he can happily follow your lead. 🩶

[dimestoresuguru]

bestfriend!gojo x reader | 3.

PART ONE | PART TWO

cw; idk there's nothing explicit so yall r safe (this time), just fluff basically

author; okay i want to keep this one short. mostly bc i dont have that many ideas for this rn but also because im determined to twist these hcs into a fic.. somehow............ eventually.............................. and clearly i would never say that and then never write the fic bc of my crippling self doubt and insecurities :D

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bestfriend!gojo who swears he can hear his own heartbeat, and taste his own anxiety. "okay so-"

"shut up." you say. your expression seems to be carefully blank, and frankly that makes him so much more nervous. usually he can read you like a book, but in this situation his powers of perception are failling him. hard.

bestfriend!gojo who is so used to being able to talk his way out of things (do what you're good at, kids), and realises that he may have just majorly messed up his friendship with you, he tries to take back everyting he just said in his panic. "i really didn't mean to tell you like this, i swear, but you looked so ma-"

"i said, shut up satoru."

"yep. okay. my bad." the glare on your face makes him want to go hide in a corner and never leave.

bestfriend!gojo briefly considers faking his death and moving to a different continent, because he is so sure that you would never ever reciprocate his feelings that doing so is clearly his best option to avoid the embarassment that will come from this.

you can see on his face that he's spiraling. so, to you, the only rational way to stop him from spiraling any further, is grab his face and kiss him as hard as you can.

bestfriend!gojo who thinks he's died and gone to heaven, because your lips on his is the single most amazing feeling he has ever experienced. nothing will ever top this, he's sure of it.

bestfriend!gojo who is kissing you back, hard, and trying convey everything single thing he feels about you into this kiss. he is absolutely enamored with you, and he needs you to know it. he doesn't have to words to tell you that just know, but he damn sure is going to try.

bestfriend!gojo who pulls you close, and you'll probably have to bribe him to get out of his arms.

[whetstonefires]

idk, there's a lot of social degradation traditionally associated with being a married-in husband, which is one of the many reasons he'd hate it, but i haven't read anything to the effect that--in the absence of any other male family members--he doesn't retain the considerable legal rights of a husband? relative to the wife herself?

the subservient position of the zhuixu is relative to the wife's family, his inlaws, who own the house and are presumably on her side against him. he is symbolically emasculated. he has given up the right and duty to perpetuate his own lineage that are supposed to place the husband at the center of the family.

a lot of the structural elements that traditionally leave the wife vulnerable are thus reversed.

but these are immediate, personal elements, or symbolic social ones. not broad legal ones. because this sort of marriage is not intended as a deconstruction or evasion of the patriarchy, but as a maneuver to maintain the continuity that holds patriarchy in place. at the expense of the individual man involved.

that's why there's so much shame attached to the feminizing position of married-in husband; if it wasn't degrading and bad for the individual man, it might work to lower the relative status of men-as-a-whole and have a broader egalitarian impact, which was to be avoided. (modern matrilocal marriages are coming from a more women's rights place and the backlash reflects that, but the anxieties in play haven't changed, only the balance.)

so, therefore, that lowering is a social and customary one, more than it is legal. and legally, the husband of the sole heiress to an estate gets that estate.

normally, to add to the property of his own family, which he per normal marriage scenario still belongs to, but like. a man without his family behind him is a stripped and lonely thing, but he possesses legal adult status in a way a woman did not. he may be half a man but he is a man yet.

shen jiu can't take the money back to his natal family, but he almost certainly doesn't know who they are anyway and wouldn't want to, fuck 'em. with her family dead, a lot of the disadvantages of being married in become less pronounced.

in modern chinese property law, women can inherit property in their own right with no quibbling, so the modern matrilocally married man can be cleanly excluded. but historically, a great deal of ink was spilled in the desperate attempt to patch all loopholes allowing women to legally hold and or control inheritances.

obviously this means all loopholes were being used, but at that point you're in a situation where how things play out comes down to the personalities involved. qiu haitang is simply not going to be fighting shen jiu for full dominance over the money.

even if she did a lot of growing up, he would have to alienate her really badly for that to happen.

(honestly a very probable eventual outcome of this is for him to get more and more neurotic due to the psychological pressures of this situation, and the disrespect he was getting, and the gap between his theoretical and actual social position, until something happens that leads to qht forming the idea that he murdered her brother for the inheritance, and then the already profoundly strained marriage implodes.)

like, shen jiu's function is to get a son on qiu haitang so her family line can continue, both of them are effectively reduced to vessels of reproductive transmission, but in the meantime he is the man of the house in this scenario.

inasmuch as he can get anyone to acknowledge that, which is the tricky bit. because it's not his family house and lineage, after all. he hasn't got one.

if he started irresponsibly frittering away the estate, he'd probably have to be dragged to court to make him stop. because no specific person would have the clear power to make him stop unilaterally--he might have married into his wife's family, but that doesn't literally make her his husband.

he'd lose the case, probably, especially if the intended son of qiu in whose name he could be said to act did not actually exist yet, but not necessarily so much because the law was clear, as because socially speaking there would be more on-the-spot interest in enforcing his subaltern status than his wife's, since she wasn't the one getting above herself, and her interests and those of the qiu line could be assumed in alignment.

and also shen jiu is canonically unwilling to defend himself in court lmao.

so what any possible cousins of qiu haitang's think about all this, if they exist, would be very important to how it played out.

in summary, neither qiu haitang nor shen jiu is in a position to inherit in a clean and legally unburdened manner, due to various layers of class and gender (but mostly gender) fuckery, but i'm confident that in the absence of organized opposition he would definitely stand as the acting master of the house, if only to hold it in trust for his future son.

he almost certainly wouldn't really take the qiu name though, that would be deeply weird. i just wanted that punchline.

So you know how Qiu Jianluo betrothed his little sister to her favorite plaything, a slave he had really conspicuously not manumitted? And it's creepy for a bunch of reasons including that one of the motives was, it meant he could avoid marrying her out of his household?

So notably, there was a longstanding institution irl of indenturing little girls so they grew up doing domestic labor as bondswomen, and then when one grew up the master was supposed to find her a good husband, using his much better resources than her family had.

Managing to turn this into a daughter-in-law audition by making yourself indispensable to the household, so they'd marry you in and up, was sort of the brass ring lol. I don't think it happened that much for real but it makes such a good story, right?

Shen Jiu was doing this trope gender reversed and very much against his will, which I think goes on the list of gendered tropes getting fucked with.

But seriously, if he had married Qiu Haitang and her brother dropped dead, like. What would that situation have looked like? I think that would make Shen Jiu the legitimate inheritor of the Qiu estate, since Airplane in his wife collection narrative had no reason to alter the historical fiction norm (even more emphatic than the historical norm) that women could only function as vessels of transmission for real property, rather than direct heirs.

Except he'd have to get his manumission officialized first, probably?? So irregular.

Also tho, imagine Yue Qingyuan shows up at the gates having fractured his own soul in desperation to get back and he arrives to find not a smoking ruin, but a household headed by the scrawny angry teenage master of the estate, Qiu Jiu.

[xiaosenthusiast]

10. dragon boat festival

Yn shook their head and sighed. Why couldn't he just leave them alone? First, he fuels the rumor by not denying it, and now he wants to ask about who they're going to the festival with? Yn just couldn't wrap their head around the situation.

"Hey! Yn. it's been a while."

The man walking up to Yn smirked, his hands in his pockets and a bounce in his step. He seemed happy. The voice snapped Yn out of their thoughts as they smiled to the person standing in front of them.

"Hey Scara. How've you been? Should we head inside?"

They signaled to the entrance and started walking, Scara matching his pace along with them. "I'm doing okay. Finals are over so I'm on summer break now."

"Oh! It's the same for me. Guess we got lucky haha. What are you planning to do for summer break..?"

The conversation continued into the festival as the pair walked around. They got to try Zongzi and view the dragon boat race. It was interesting to see how the school had adapted it since it didn't have a river. After a while, you headed to another booth that was selling Realgar wine in little cups.

There, you ran into Yanfei, Hu Tao, and...Xiao. Yn quickly glanced at him and focused their attention back on their friends.

"Yanfei! I thought you wouldn't be able to make it because of your finals." Yn smiled and held Yanfei's hand while subtly dragging her away. "Oh wow there's samples over here. I'm gonna borrow Yanfei for a second!" Hu Tao raised a brow and pouted. "You owe me dinner Yn!!" The woman sighed and looked at her leftover company. "Should I give you two a moment? I can't tell whether you're gonna fight or make out."

Xiao narrowed his eyes and Scaramouche sighed, Hu Tao could only hope that the two of you would come back soon.

"Yanfei! Why are you with him?! I mean, I know he's your family, but he wouldn't voluntarily third-wheel you and Hu Tao. I think."

"But he did! He said 'Can I join you? My friends left me.' So I took pity on the poor guy!"

Yanfei trailed off and looked over to the group that they left behind. "Why'd you decide to come with Scaramouche anyway?"

Yn looked at her and shrugged, "I wanted to do the mugwort walk but everyone was busy. So I asked him."

"Why didn't you ask Xiao? We both know you know each other better anyway."

As soon as Yanfei uttered her question, Yn sighed and shook their head. "Yanfei. We haven't talked long enough in recent years to be as remotely close as we used to be."

"Well yeah, but I can't believe that you just gave up without even trying. Especially when he-!" Yanfei stopped herself and huffed, moving her gaze to the ground. Like she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"So what? What about him?! If he still wanted to be close then he could've said something!" You sighed and gripped Yanfei's hand tighter, "It's not a big deal anymore. We've moved past that. All we are is acquaintances now." The way Yanfei acted made Yn confused. Why was she trying to group the two of them together so much?

"You're right. I'm sorry I acted like that. Let's just go back." She mumbled quietly and didn't look at you. It felt like she had more to say but stopped herself.

Meanwhile, Xiao glanced between Yn and Scaramouche. He convinced himself that he was only watching out for you, like he did at the party. He's known you since you were kids, how could he just sit back as one of his friends took you? In all honesty, his heart sank a little when he got that message from Scaramouche earlier in the day. Xiao would never admit to himself the obvious reason why though.. Which was out of character for him.

Scaramouche wasn't a bad person, he was just a little rough around the edges; but so was he. So why could you put up with Scaramouche's antics but not his? Well, he never really tried getting closer to you again. Especially after you confessed. It made sense why you disliked him.

As he was thinking about it, he came to the realization that you weren't the same person you were in your schooldays. Why would he look out for you when he didn't even know who you were anymore? You had your own friends that could take care of you. So why...

"Sorry we took so long. Scara, should we head over to the mugwort walk now?"

Xiao looked at the two of you, a ripple growing bigger in his chest. He couldn't, he thought to himself. He didn't know you; but then you turned your back. Like you did so many times before. He swallowed the lump forming in his throat. He didn't know you, but couldn't he change that? It was simple really. All he had to do was reach out to you, stop you from going with him.

Could he allow himself? Would he be content in that decision? He'd already hurt you once before, he couldn't bear to do it again. His thoughts were racing, trying to find a reason in which he could reach out to your hand.

He just didn't want to lose you.

And before he realized it, he did.

He grasped your hand without thinking.

"Oh."

Yn turned to him, slightly shocked. "Huh?" She swiftly composed herself and responded with a quick "What?" Her tone blunt.

"Can I join you guys instead? I don't feel like third-wheeling." He said the first thing that came to mind, his eyes were glued to yours, keeping the relaxed facade.

"How do you know you won't be third-wheeling us?"

Xiao gripped your hand tighter. The two of you looked at Scara, his impatience obvious with his crossed arms and annoyed eyes narrowing at Xiao.

Yn pulled their hand out of Xiao's hold and held their hands up. "Well, he won't! I'll just let you two go on since you're both friends. I don't mind staying with Hu Tao and Yanfei!"

You smiled nervously and clung to your friends who were bewildered at the scene playing out in front of them. You pushed the two ahead and laughed it off. Xiao took one glance at you before turning and walking away. It was weird.

It might have been your delusions but it seemed like he was looking at you longingly? No. It was definitely a delusion. You shook your head and turned back to Hu Tao and Yanfei, trying to process the situation.

"That was weird. Right?" They nodded in agreement immediately starting to gossip.

"I didn't expect him to do that. I didn't expect the other one to say that! Yn! Your love life is seriously turning into a fanfiction!! Where are all these men coming from? Who's the next bachelor?!" Hu Tao pulled you closer with fire in her eyes, her never ending questions poured out while Yanfei tried to pull her off of you.

Your mind was a jumbled mess. You could understand why Xiao said what he said, but you couldn't understand what Scara meant.

Xiao probably wanted to get away from the couple and since Scara was his friend, it was obvious he'd try to join us; but Scara...why would he reject Xiao's request like that? Why did Xiao grab your hand so suddenly?

The questions seemed to pile up, and you didn't have any of the answers. It was truly frustrating and you couldn't stop thinking about it throughout the festival.

In the mugwort walk, a conversation of its own was happening.

"Why did you come with Yn?"

"Why did you grab her hand?"

The two had questions that the other preferred not to answer. The air between them was awkward to say the least. Neither of them said anything until Xiao broke the air.

"Do you like Yn?" He kept his eyes ahead, maintaining a calm character. He was like this until Scara retorted with "Is that important right now? Shouldn't you figure out your feelings?"

"I..." He hesitated. "I'm not sure yet; but I want to find out." After that, they were quiet. As they both thought about what to say.

Scara looked away and muttered, "When you're able to answer that question, I'll answer yours." Xiao looked at him slightly puzzled and dismayed while nodding.

With that, the mugwort walk finished in silence. Neither of them saying a word to the other.

And soon, the day was coming to an end. All that was left was the the Performing Arts Department's showcase. There were many performances to enjoy ranging from plays to traditional dance and opera singing. Which Yunjin was part of. When you got to watch your friend perform, you couldn't help but forget about the happenings of the day as you finally relaxed and cheered for Yunjin.

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🎀 ; and that concludes the first part ! i'm gonna go on a quick hiatus to think about where i want the story to go because no direction = bad writing...even this is honestly a bit dookie but it's all part of my journey to becoming a better writer! i'll come back after a week or two refreshed and knowing in what direction i want to take!

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[cogentranting]

Let me preface by saying I haven't seen the new Lilo and Stitch, so I'm just going off of what I've seen online.

Now. There are bigger things wrong with it, then what they did to Bubbles, but I want to talk a little about Bubbles.

To my understanding, the new movie changes Cobra Bubbles so that instead of being the social worker (who happened to previously be in the CIA) Bubbles is just a government agent chasing Stitch and there is a new female social worker character.

Here's what the director said about why he did that:

"In order to buy these two girls getting separated in a live-action movie, you couldn't really have the representative of that antagonistic force be a comically huge guy with tattoos on his knuckles, who for some reason is also a social worker. [...] This grown-up Nani, with all her wisdom, is now advising a younger version of herself. It's beautiful....If the dramatic stakes of Lilo is that she's going to get separated from her sister, then you need a person who actually services those stakes in a credible way. You can get away with that being Cobra Bubbles in an animated film — a 6-foot-5 huge dude with 'Cobra' tattooed on his knuckles is somehow a social worker in that world. I don't think you get away with it the same way in a live-action film."

And I think this shows a complete lack of understanding (or a willful misinterpretation) of what Cobra Bubbles is doing and why his character works in the original film.

Why is Bubbles a "comically huge guy with tattoos on his knuckles"? Because when you're a little kid (or a nineteen-year-old guardian) and your home is being evaluated to see if you get to stay there or if you get taken away, social workers are scary. And Bubbles captures that by outwardly representing the way that he feels to the kid in that situation. He's intimidating, he's powerful, he's unknowable. And your fate is in his hands. Granted, I understand the impulse of saying "we don't want to portray social workers as something bad and scary because they are there to protect kids--we don't want to make kids afraid of social workers". Sure. But Cobra Bubbles just represents the reality of what the kids already feel in that situation, and lets kids understand that who haven't been in that situation.

Furthermore, a big part of the original movie is the turn, realizing that Bubbles is not a bad guy. As the movie goes on, it becomes clear that Bubbles is genuinely there to protect Lilo. The demands he puts on Nani, while difficult and providing the conflict for the movie, are reasonable expectations to keep Lilo safe (of course Nani needs to have a job. of course they can't have an aggressive out of control 'dog'). In fact they would still be the concerns of the movie even without Bubbles there, he just provides a voice for them and creates a sense of urgency--he personifies those needs. And both Lilo and Nani come to see that Bubbles does want keep Lilo safe. Crucially, when Lilo ends up legitimately in danger she calls Bubbles. And in the end Bubbles ends up helping provide the means for the full family to stay together (he's the one who suggests the loophole that allows Lilo to keep Stitch). That scary, powerful force that is Bubbles, eventually turns from being an antagonistic force, to a protective one. Cobra Bubbles characterization recognizes the reality both of what social workers often are for kids, and the picture of what they should be. Kids are going to look at this figure in their life and find them scary. And if all is working as it should be, hopefully they will come to see them as a person on their side with the power to protect them (whether that means staying in their same situation or not). And in this story that comes in the form of bending a little to realize what's actually best for Lilo and who is actually going to fight for her the hardest and then providing the help needed to maintain that.

This lady:

does not do that. Maybe they create some of the same effect with her in other ways. I don't know. But surely not as effectively. And based on the quotes from the director, I suspect that they don't try to capture any of that. Instead, it seems like she is just a mentor figure that Nani has to learn to accept.

(And I think it's notable that in the original movie, Bubbles had to change. Nani and Lilo and Stitch all did too. But Bubbles had to have movement. And I can't fully speak to the live action because I haven't seen it, but it seems like the new social worker in this one probably doesn't . In the original movie virtually every character has an arc, changes in some way. But it seems like this version the arcs for several characters were removed, flattening them out)

Now, I do think there is a grain of legitimacy in the director's comments. Cobra Bubbles is a cartoon character. If you're going to adapt him to live action you have to make some adjustments. But I think those adjustments are minor if you keep the heart of the story and the characters the same. Maybe he's not the size of a tank. Maybe he doesn't have the knuckle tattoos. Maybe you need to give a little more space to revealing his gentler side. But at his core he can be the same and work in live action if you know why he works in the first place.

And it seems very clear that whatever the director may say about making the movie more realistic for live action, the heart of the matter is softening the social worker to pave the way for the changed ending. But even there, I think if you wanted that ending (you shouldn't) you could still get there with Cobra Bubbles. Except what this change does is shift the narrative perspective from Lilo to Nani. Cobra Bubbles is a social worker through Lilo's eyes. Mrs. Kekoa is a social worker meant to be viewed through Nani's eyes, which is why she positioned to be a "grown-up Nani" (literally, it's Nani's voice actress from the original). So really the change to Bubbles, is a move in line with the ending to centralize Nani over Lilo.

[cordelianewman]

Is that what it is? You're just so good in the sack I couldn't live without you so I hitched myself to you permanently? Not that I'm complaining or saying that you aren't great in bed, but that would hardly be the first reason. Probably a close second though, so don't let it go to your head too much. Definitely would not be in our beautiful farmhouse if it wasn't for you either. Someday I would have worked up to the small home I was renting, and that probably would have been it for me. Renting a small, modern home, just living my best life with Rosalyn but not knowing I'd be missing out on so much more. You know, if I hadn't given you a what? -- Second... third chance? Something like that! Corgis become decent size, like thirty pounds, maybe they're not huge but they have the bulk behind them. Mean it worked in England and Wales for years herding, only thing I've come to understand in my research is that they won't hesitate to also herd small children so you know, when they're herding Rosalyn and Cienna through the home don't worry! Do think it would be good for them to have a puppy to bond with, and they love Willie, and I know he loves them dearly, but think it will also teach a lot of little responsibilities, being able to feed them, knowing when it is safe to pet them and not. Also the general of learning to be gentle with a little puppy when petting, attempting to pick up, things of that nature. If we're going to have a baby around the house, having a head start isn't a bad thing. So, I'll start looking and make sure there's a way to rescue or do this in the best situation for our family. It's going to be hard for Colton, I already know it, he wouldn't have to say it to know it's going to be difficult for him not having Shawn here. Think we're going to have to encourage open communication when it does happen so he doesn't start just hanging out in his room or anything. Plus, Shawn will be home for summer vacation, holidays, things like that we'll make sure of it. Can understand that being angry that he doesn't know he has more siblings out there in the world, but the thing is, you can't force them to let him have a relationship with them. Sometimes you're preventing pain because you see how much he cares about his siblings here. The last thing we want or need is for him to show up there and he end up arrested or something. You've kept him protected from pain, even if it's hard for him someday. Think he's smart and will understand regardless. Just want him to know that either of us will be here for him on the hard days, and I like to think he already know that. To be fair, stepping into Colton's life was easy, for a teenage boy he never made it difficult. I'm just effortless to love, obviously! I don't know how my toes are still cold, probably because I keep the air conditioning pretty high when you're not in the house so they just stay in a permanent state of cold. It is hot yoga when it gets above a certain temperature and it does make you sweat. We'd have to check what level would be safe as far as temperatures but until it happens I wouldn't mind just having those options regardless. Cage Lucas Newman, you are not going to ruin their fun. It's easy for kids to feel shamed over something that becomes really popular, really fast. Then they think if they enjoy it that they're weird, so they won't and if the girls see it they'll think they shouldn't either, or worse, they start teasing their little sisters for liking it. In which case, I will be putting you on permanent couch duty. It's not going to go in the nightstand. It will be on my nightstand and you'll be fine, you'll live. Plus it's not staring, it's a harmless little stuffed keychain. Don't be so paranoid, who's the one being weird now? Scared of a cutesty little fluffy monster. You wish, but remember I am working now, or going to be, and making decent money which means I can pay those bills too, my dear. So, who's you're daddy now? Yeah, I said it.

Nah, you married me because I'm really good in bed, the rest is just an added bonus. Besides, we wouldn't have this big ol' house if we didn't have each other, because I never would have left my little cabin, and you would have stayed in the suburban house. I think that this house was always meant to be ours, together, you know? I wouldn't want to live here without you. You just needed everything to align, but I always knew that you'd get there. Whether it took five years or ten years, you're you, there was no way that you weren't going to get to where you were supposed to be. I was going to make a joke about it being an awful small dog to do any herding, and then I remembered that we have two awful small donkeys, so that sort of fits, doesn't it? Start looking. You know you don't need my permission, I trust you, if you feel like it would be a good fit for the family, do it. It would be nice for Cienna and Rosalyn especially, to have a puppy that bonded with them in particular. Willie's really good with them, but he's so bonded to me and Colt, even if he does take turns sleeping outside Shawn, Colton and the girls' doors every night. Oh God, yeah, Colton won't admit to it, but he's going to be lost without having Shawn around. Even when they weren't living together, they still saw each other every single day at school, and he was always either at their house, or Shawn was here, so… that'll be different. But the girls will keep him busy, and they've still got a whole year to make some good memories and have fun together, thank God. There's this really dumb, annoying part of me that tries to give her the benefit of the doubt and say that she was young and scared and it was overwhelming, but. I was young and scared and it was overwhelming for me, too, you know? He doesn't know he has half-siblings. I think that bothers me more than her not being in his life, is the fact that he doesn't even know. And if he does know, will that change anything? If I give him that box, will he be mad that I didn't give everything to him when he was a kid? But I know with my whole hear that he doesn't go through a single day in this house not feeling like he has a mom that loves him, 'cuz you do. And I know it's not easy coming into a teenaged boy's life and stepping into that role, but baby, I'm so glad you did, and I know that he is, too. Yeah. I know. The amount of nights that I wake up with a jolt when your cold ass little toes wedge themselves between my legs is insane, how are you feet so cold even in the middle of the summer? I'll deal. If you're in the mood, great, and if not, we'll read parenting blogs and you just can't ask questions when I take extra cold showers before bed, that's all. Running slash jogging on the nice days, and rainy or cold day yoga and pilates seems like it could work out, we could set things up in the green house, even, a little meditation around all of the plants, make it … hot yoga? Is that what they call it when you sweat while you're doing it? Cordelia. You bought them little stuffed animal keychains to hang off of their backpacks, and then you tell me that I'm not allowed to make fun of them? I'm going to make fun of them. Lovingly, as their father, but it's going to happen. And I googled them, and it can go in the night stand, not on it, I do not want that thing staring at me or watching us while we -- sleep. Or whatever. Oh God. Between you and who? Who's paying that bill? I think I'm God here.

[treasuredplanet]

anxiety has truly chewed my brain up and spat it out this weekend and it is infinitely funny to me that both of my weekly manga reads were like. well we can distract you. with more distress.

[monster-noises]

Anyone out there got a solution for when you're feeling really stuck with your art and everyone and their mother tells you the solution is to do studies and figure drawings and other such things but even just thinking about doing those things makes you Spiral and want to Kill Yourself?

[icewindandboringhorror]

"We can get through this by working together, reach out to your friends, community is all we have, a social network will be your security in the world, now is the time to lean on others!"

I do agree, and it's scientifically sound (pretty sure there is data about how people with better social networks live longer and etc) but also....augh..... what about the severe social issues, difficulty to leave the house, physical issues which lead to like zero socialization energy a majority of the time, etc. etc. Social support can be a replacement for structural support, but.. I guess I just wish it didn't have to be. Community is extremely difficult to build, even moreso if you're someone who has issues with social cues or group conversations or even just being around others in the first place. And blah, nuance, of course I'm just complaining or maybe being too negative or maybe misunderstanding, but, I hardly have the energy to brush my hair once every 2 months.. how am I supposed to maintain a wide social network and be active in a Community and Join Groups lol... sometimes it kind of feels like "er.. well if thats my only option then...... ruh roh". It's overwhelming

[lovewithoutagony]

No one knows the amount of accounts I've blocked for mischaracterising simeon and for even LOOKING at him the wrong way

[unproduciblesmackdown]

truly something that, amidst facing / going through a dramatic Life Change ft. unavoidable emotional effects of that, there are instances where i can't conceal any & all degrees of being distressed / upset, & repeatedly getting "it's hard for me too" as a Direct Response to that: really something & a half how the asserted theoretical Sympathy of [i feel similarly!] is invoked so as to, oh you know, preclude sympathetic Treatment. such as that what would be More sympathetic in these instances would be to say Nothing, "if there's nothing but dismissal / making it first & foremost about someone else's feelings to say, don't say it at all" style

[punctuation-completionist]

you don’t have to answer this ask but wow how are you supposed to be the bad guy fucking apologizing for reacting badly to being told to kill yourself?? i hate this website

well okay hold up i never said i was the bad guy. i said there were misunderstandings on both sides and that i was sorry for an issue in one part of how i handled it. just one.

[starpros-sunshine]

You know. I'm part of the fraction "to each their own and let people handle their lives however they see best fit". But I do feel the need to say that I have seldom seen such an idiotic assumption as that breaking up with someone four days before someone's birthday when you also want that someone to do something for their birthday even though you know you and your soon-to-be-ex will both have to be there won't end with that person just not doing anything with anyone for their birthday. Partially because nobody wants that kind of awkwardness after a fresh breakup and also because the soon-to-be-ex has the lovely habit of wallowing in self pity and making everything about how they have it so bad. You know I just think in such cases you should've waited a week with the breakup. I don't care how much you want to fuck that other guy but I really think you should've waited a week.

[pureconancommentary]

"We can't do anything"? How about invite her inside your house, Agasa? She's been waiting in the snow for three hours, just standing there doing nothing else, and you just watched and thought 'oh man, that's sad. ...Anyways, shame on you Shinichi'.

I mean, there are other concerns, such as 'how did she arrive to wait for three hours and Conan seems to have only arrived'. If I were to assume, he had to talk with Megure for a little while as Shinichi for case reasons, and then slip away and return to the agency, only to find that Ran wasn't there. Though it also brings up how it'd take three whole hours, and also why Ran decided to wait in front of Shinichi's house in the cold when she'd previously just waltzed inside when she thought he might have gone home. Even now, right when the lights turn on, she just pushes the gate and front door open, so there's no reason we see for why she'd stand there for three hours. She's not even wearing pants, she's in a skirt with long socks, there is no reason to have her do that.

[the-n3w3st-g1rl-g1rl]

I don't trust people who shit on Alphys