#i just don't understand why

[drbatsponge]

Idk, maybe fans of her can create a compelling argument for her, but like what is the point of Helena Wayne? Just to be the BatCat kid? Like what does she accomplish that Helena Bertinelli doesn't?

Also if you want the novelty of Batman having a daughter, Cass is right there.

Her not being biological doesn't make much difference imo.

[noise-misato-3-twink-eater]

Part of the beauty of womanhood is being so traumatized that you just want to cry all the time in spite of how far you've come.

[goldenpinof]

how soon do you think the announcement “straight after” will be?

June. or like a week-10 days before June. we don't have a schedule for ywgttn book "tour". the only date we have is May 17, but i'm sure there are more. so it's hard to tell, it's strange they are not dropping other events already.

[oifaaa]

I feel like a lot of my issues with batfamily stuff could be solved if people just remembered that Cass joined the batfamily before Jason returned to Gotham

[sazanes]

Sunny is the winner 🤩

[misfit-among-the-angels]

It's so weird to have my sex drive being so active all of the sudden. It's like I'm back at being 18 or so. 😅

[lalablue0]

Freaking bots. Shoo! Go away!

[huccimermaidshirts]

what's at 9pm pacific?

Harry's house apparently! According to LA Times at least.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[noodlenogginsnogginofnoodles]

there's this one person on instagram who like posts pretty inspirational stuff, with the caption being a bible verse

with just random mario videos in the background

[kaimakesart]

i’m sorry.

If you're sorry then why did you do it? Why couldnt you just have talked to me?

[magnusbae]

To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

going through my old journals as part of therapy homework and i'm reading a section written in the emotional wreckage of a full-on breakdown when i get hit with this line:

There is never a satisfying answer to ‘Why didn’t they love me?’

like wow babe. good fucking point

[rogueshadeaux]

“I hate the script, the vault dwellers sound so cheesy—“ my Brother in Steel you realize that’s the point, right? They were bred to act like the physical embodiment of an HR e-mail. Did you not catch the memo that Vault-Tec put out regarding their experiment facilities?

[volublelemur]

i feel like my dad and grandma get more mad at me for asking why my sister isn't here when she said she'll be than at her for never showing up at all

[inkskinned]

one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.

one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.

i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.

the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.

my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.

i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.