#blame it on summer

[bamsara]

you know what i mean

[lemon-zesttt]

plsplspls king zesty i beg of you to bless us with harvey at the beach with an unreasonable amount of sunscreen on his nose reading under an umbrella to avoid the sun

BLESS BE UPON THEE ☄️

[one-real-wrimonkey]

Taiyang Xiao Long is a bad parent.

Tai is a pretty bad dad. Not Jacques Schnee, but there’s some real issues to be considered. Some of his reasons for this are understandable, not necessarily his fault and it doesn’t make him a bad person, but it does make him a bad parent. And yes he loves his daughters and they love him, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t not a bad parent.

For one: the parentification of Yang.

When Summer dies he is paralysed by grief. It’s said he just shuts down, and this does happen. Grief does that and hits different people differently. None the less, Yang was younger than ten and looking after herself, Ruby and probably him as well. Not to mention she sneaks off with Ruby to find Raven and they would have died if Qrow hadn’t saved them. Yang was left picking up the pieces after Summer died.

Yang still has trauma from this, and from (as is implied) continuing to be a key figure and parent in Ruby’s life. Ruby mentions several times that Yang raised her (as well as them both referring to Qrow as a role model and mentor more than Taiyang). Yang did a lot of raising herself and raising her sister when she was a child herself. Its very heavily implied that even once he was past his grief, he had stepped back as a parent and was very busy with his teaching.

Again, and I cannot emphasise this enough, it’s not necessary his fault and it doesn’t make him evil, but it still had impacts on his kids that lasted to adulthood. It was still bad parenting.

For two: staying in Patch.

This one annoys me more.

When Ruby left to go to Haven and he didn’t go after her, that made sense, Yang still needed help and Qrow was able to go after her. Fine.

But then Yang left. Yang went after Ruby and Qrow, and he stayed behind. Knowing about Salem, knowing what was at Haven, knowing what was at risk, he didn’t go after his kids or help, he stayed behind. Despite having been a part of Ozpin’s inner circle, despite knowing what these kids, his kids, are heading towards, he stayed at home.

And before anyone says ‘he’s retired’ or ‘he’s a teacher’ it’s mentioned he was a teacher and it makes sense that Summer died he chose to stay home and be with the kids. However, once the kids are both at Beacon he starts taking missions again. And this is fate of the world stuff. He could have gone with them, but he stayed in Patch with his gardening and his sunflowers. Yet again, it seems he’s happy to leave his kids to manage themselves, this is a reoccurring pattern.

In conclusion:

He loves his daughters, and they love him. He tries to do what’s best for them, however, his actions had a lasting negative impact on his daughters. He neglects them in his grief and leaves his eldest to raise his youngest and it’s suggested several times that even when he recovers from his grief, this pattern of behaviour continues. He is a good person, a huntsman, and loves his kids, but he’s still a bad parent.

And it makes him a very interesting character. I think this is better than a two dimensional ‘good parent’. It drives and influences Ruby and Yang as people, somewhat influences Qrow, shapes all their relationships. It’s a very real, messy family dynamic.

TLDR- he loves his kids but his actions negatively impact them in ways that last into adulthood. They’re a messy family, they do love each other, but even considering outside factors, the end result is that he was a bad parent to Yang and Ruby.

[labyrinthaze]

Lover and Reputation, my favorite sister duo

[sugarbear2001]

I think it's safe to say that Logan has a thing for redheads.

[platossoulmates]

hyper fixation too strong… life going too well… may have to pick up the pen and go back to ao3

[a-mel0n]

it just hit me as to why i’m…. kinda okay with the bucktommy breakup?

it’s because we’ve done this before. during the summer.

the breakup very much reads as something that’s temporary. a third act romcom breakup that’ll end in the main couple getting back together stronger than ever. that might be me coping because the alternative makes me sick, BUT THE POINT STILL STANDS—

it doesn’t read (to me) as a final breakup, so all that’s left to do is… wait. wait and see how they handle this, and in the mean time, i’ll be enjoying the headcanons and fanworks that this fandom is creating, like i did over the summer.

i said “When will my husband (Tommy Kinard) return from The War…�� so many times during the summer hiatus, and i’m saying the same thing now… and i feel the same. the meaning and sentiment of that phrase hasn’t changed. except now The War isn’t just the hiatus, it’s also the breakup.

idk if this made any sense but i had this epiphany and needed to share my thoughts

[ptieuca]

#angel doing tai chi is a buffy kink

[kalinara]

(Uncanny X-Men #310)

One day I'll figure out where the idea that Nathan disrespects Scott comes from.

Probably the same place where Scott being a deadbeat dad comes from.

Fun fact: in about two issues, Scott (and Jean) will be spending twelve years in a post-apocalyptic hellhole future actually raising Nathan. It'll take him a while to realize this because they're using pseudonyms.

Why? I dunno. Sometimes Scott is like that. He's also someone who'd hire a shapeshifting stripper for his brother's bachelor party instead of just saying that the guy should probably figure his shit out before humiliating his fiancee at the altar. Healthy conversations aren't really his thing.

But anyway, Nathan actually loves his dad, and his dad loves him. Sorry, not sorry.

[artisticxlly]

I'm severely art blocked but have a venn diagram of some of my favorite pairings

[one-real-wrimonkey]

The emotionally devastating scene/backstory in my Rwby fics where Qrow is helping take care of Yang and Ruby after Summer dies and Yang and Ruby run right past Taiyang to show Qrow their schoolwork because they want him to be proud of them and it starts a fight that causes Qrow to leave again (cutting the girls off from their uncle and putting Qrow in a position where he has no support system while finally processing his own grief).

[brw]

I really appreciate that in all the times that Corsair has been included in contemporary comics, not one of them has changed his 70s porn actor look. It's very important to me.

[summertimemusician]

Hero's Purpose Episode 6 Release Date

WE ARE SO BACK

[maybebitterxox]

Fuffy walked so Jackieshauna could run

[arumidden]

Apparently Alex Summers is a child prodigy who graduated high school at 16 and college at 19

(X-Men (1963) #56)

[kadala1]

GRAVITY FALLS NEXT SUMMER IS BACK! redoing refs but here are the canon 4 (minus Apollo because he’s an oc sadly)

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Gideon actually gets a growth spurt when it enters season two- and dipcifica is bi4bi idc idc