#i love my chaotic parents

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Favorite Tony + Angela Moments Per Episode - 1x12

[starlightseraph]

obsessed with them.

[fairydrowning]

Oranges By Jean Little, Christopher Citro, "Our Beautiful Life When It's Filled With Shrieks", "Peace Is Every Step" Book by Thich Nhat Hanh, Picture is from the Pinterest, "We Are Okay" Novel by Nina LaCour, "How the simple art of cutting fruit can be an act of love" Perspective by Daniela Galarza in the Washington Post (published on July 25), Picture is from the Pinterest, Serious Concerns book by Wendy Cope, Both pictures are from the Pinterest

[chaotic-autumn]

ok so here's where I'm at with the good omens + ofmd brainrot:

the thing that really butters my bread about ofmd is the way these two men have lived forty odd years on earth never feeling comfortable with themselves or the lives they were living, and then in an instant they see a future better than any they ever previously thought possible as soon as they meet each other. And it's so beautiful and hopeful bc it's just like. It's never too late. And also. Yes it's such a rare and precious thing to meet someone who sees you and understands you so completely and immediately at the perfect moment of your life when you need them most, and just. It's never too late for that to happen and it's never too late to admit that ur unhappy and do something about it

And Good Omens is giving me this related but different kind of hope and happiness of just. It is so beautiful to know someone so well. And have known them for so long. And still feel so giddy in their presence and still find new ways and new reasons to love them. Even like. Thousands of lifetimes later. Like there truly are people who you could spend infinite lifetimes with and only ever love them more through all that time. And we get their meet cute and the thrill of first love as this backstory montage. And we see how this relationship has deepened and strengthed and they are an old married couple in the best way. But also even from the beginning it feels a little like they could never have possibly not known each other?

Idk I'm just screaming and crying over here because watching these two shows back to back has made me feel uncynical about love for the first time maybe ever?

[signanothername]

Decided to color it cause yes

[ruins-and-rewritez]

So obviously Inej introduces all her friends to her parents, you know Kaz, and this is my friend Jesper, and I just know that Inej told Jes a bunch of fake Suli greetings and whatnot that are basically the adult jokes hidden in kids movies so he walks up to Inej's cousin Asha and in totally butchered Suli says something ridiculous like "My head isn't the only thing that's hard around here" and thinks he's saying "it's great to finally meet up after hearing so much about you" and Inej just collapses hysterically behind him because that was so worth it

[silliemop]

I’VE BEEN WANTING TO DRAW THESE ALL DAYYYY

[minaoakdown]

Somedays I'm just living my life and enjoying my twenties when I see a child with their parents on the streets eating ice cream and then, all of the sudden, I'm fourteen again crying in my neighbour's house as I hear my parents scream.

Then, and just then, I'm sixteen crying alone at home knowing I won't be seeing my mother again. Then... oh, back when I was younger, I was so scared.

Then, just then, I allow myself to rewatch the movies I used to watch with my mother and order the ice cream from the parlour my father and I used to go.

Then, I allow myself to heal.

[butters-flower-mom]

Random headcanon, but I was thinking about how Butters and his dad were recording bird nests with Stephen's drone in The Magic Bush. I think Stephen likes bird watching and has books in his study with all the birds you can find in Colorado. Butters will often hang out in his dad's study with him, lying on the floor and looking over one of those books, pointing out birds he finds extra interesting and his dad tells him facts about them and stories about times he spotted one himself. His dad lets him borrow the books sometimes as long as he promises to be careful with them and Butters buys himself a little pair of toy binoculars with his allowance and plays Bird Watcher Butters in his backyard.

[ima-ghost-art]

Having some ideas for a "10 years later" valzhang kid fic (featuring trans leo & other fun hcs)

Where a couple years after Leo and Calypso split (early 20s at this point) Athena goes and works with leo in his shop for a few months before giving him a daughter, because she believes that he is one of the smartest minds of his generation (I just KNOW Athena heard all of Leo's plans through out Hoo when he would talk to himself around the Athena Parthenos, and was impressed with his (honestly incredibly smart) strategy to succeed at doing 2 things no human nor god had ever done, then succeeded with both plans all while remaking a metal dragon all in secret, plus Annabeth loves her friend alot so that's a bonus)

(This will be long so more after the cut)

So now, at like 23, Leo is the father of a beautiful baby girl named Sophina Esperanza Piper Valdez, and he loves it, he really does! Although he was terrified to ever be a parent, and this certainly wasnt how he planned to ever have kids, he loves his daughter more than anything and is determined to not have her experience anything he had too, and because shes a greek demigod he knows she will taken care of by the camp.

PLUS the seven ADORE Sophina!!

Piper loves her god daughter, and she and leo love to tell her all about Jason knowing he would have loved her so much too! Although it's weird in the beginning, Annabeth really loves and cares for her little sister, but much prefers to be seen as her aunt, (percy is definitely the cool uncle and loves to babysit Sophina along with looking after his own kids)! Hazel couldnt have been more excited to have a neice, just like leo she cant help but see so much of sammy Sophina!

And Frank? He adores Sophina too, he loves seeing Leo excel at being a dad, and he finds it hilarious at how devious this little girl is, how the combo of incredible building/ strategic mind from her godly heritage plus that insane intelligents from her father alone made the now 3 year old an adorable MENACE!!

No normal kiddie pen could ever keep this child contained! And frank would know, he offered to babysit more often than not, whenever he wasnt doing his praetor duties, he was looking after Sophina. And when he wasnt doing that he was often having her and leo over for dinner or lunch.

So much had changed since they where 15/16, living on a flying boat trying to save the world, it had been an entire decade even. And sure they were only mid 20s but that's practically middle age with a demigods track record. Leo and Frank went from hating eachothers guts to having a weird bond, formed of complete and utter trust in the other, while never quite getting rid of their petty bickering, tho this time on far more friendlier jokeing terms, (loving bullying piper called it) plus it helped they admired eachother and their abilities greatly. And now as they were both freshly single, welp dam it sometimes feelings just sorta surprise ya!

Frank and Hazel split the year before Sophina was created, both realising they had different ideas for their futures, and in the aftermath they became even closer friends, so when Frank started realising just how long he had been harbouring feelings for leo, well Hazel was the first one to say she both knew it, and to become his ultimate wing woman.

Leo, who has been single since 19, and hasnt thought about dating again properly since after having his daughter, suddenly having years old feelings from the argo2 reserface after frank starts helping him out more with his little girl, feeling like a percy out of water when he thinks about wanting to get back into dating again, especially when dating involves one of his best friends...

Buttttttt :) when you have the favour of both the godess of love and the godess of marriage and family on your side (abit reluctantly on your end) things end up going great!! Everyone was surprised it hadnt happened sooner and well, it's been going smooth for the last few months at least! Plus Sophina absoulutly loves having Frank around more!!

That is until 6 months later, 3 months before Sophinas 4th birthday, Frank is called away for a quest with his legion, which isnt uncommon, but it's the first one since the two became official, so Leo wont lie if hes a little bit more stressed than usual.

It doesnt help no one has heard from Frank and his quest group in over a week... nor the fact not either of the camps or even the hunters could find them... and definitely no the fact that Leo's cycle is late and has been throwing up for the last few days...

So when Annabeth comes over to help with a project while Percy takes care of Sophina for the day, the first thing she does is tell him to take a pregnancy test or have them call Will, even tho Leo is adamant its probably just a stomach bug.

Of course, 3 positive tests, 2 breakdowns in the arms of Annie, Piper and Hazel, and 1 check up from Will, Leo discovers hes around 6 weeks pregnant and the other father could only be Frank and he is still MIA!!!

Not only that, but Leo, after the war, becoming a double amputee, still grieving Jason with so much regret, and a now no longer single father of an amazing little girl, he was now facing becomg a father AGAIN only this time hes going to actually carry his own child, unlike the first time. Leo was trans, he always knew that if he ever in the place to have a child, he would have to carry them, and at the time he mostly only dated women anyway! But when Athena came along and gave him Sophina, well that was the perfect out to all that. Until now...

Leo doesn't know what to do, he cant make any decisions about the baby without Frank, and by now it's going on 2 weeks without any word. Hazel has been staying with him and Sophina when she hasnt been out doing search missions with Arion, the two have been sharing the stress.

Its week 2 and a half, 4 weeks from when the original quest started, when the questing group finally returns, found by Rayna and Hazel, mostly badly injured and being carried by Frank who had transformed himself into (all be it a very hurt) Elphant.

According to what they said the group had somehow fallen into some of the uncollapsed tunnels of the labyrinth which messed with people being able to find them.

But that doesnt matter, Frank is back and Leo is a flood of emotions because he just spent the last 3 weeks worrying if the guy he was inlove with was dead or dying, and the last week and a half thinking he was going to be a single dad AGAIN

But Frank, big dumb lovable Frank, is here, hes alive, and as he returns from the elephant to normal with the kindest most apologetic smile as he walks over to Leo before being directed to the med tent. He holds Leo close as he says hes sorry for disappearing over and over again.

So of course Leo, in all his blazing adhd glory, not exactly chooses, more word vomits the thing that he had been desperate to tell Frank since he first found out.

So in sitcom style dramatics the moment frank hears the words "I'm pregnant" from Leo's mouth he immediately passes out.

Que some shenanigans, but it ends with Frank being so excited, he already loved Leo, (not that either had said it out loud yet), he would be thrilled to have Sophina as his step daughter, and to to be an actual dad himself, for them to have a child and give Sophina a little sibling?? For them to be a weird chaotic family (oh gods they're going to be a family, they're going to need to find a bigger place to live all together, would Leo even want to move to New Rome? Wait would Leo want to even move in with HIM?? Panic for another time)

It becomes a hectic next 9 months, the Valdez - Zhang family has a new family home at the edge of New Rome, Sophina has never been more excited finding out she was going to be a big sister (being told the week before her 4th bday) (she had a party thrown by the Athena & Haphaestus kids at CHB) and happily helps her dads prepare. The 7 are thrilled for the new addition to their found family (my hc this would be the 4th kid from the group)

And finally they eventually wecome Ellie Jace Valdez - Zhang, Greek/Roman legacy of Haphaestus, Mars & Poseidon, future fighter extraordinar who eventually inherits the Zhang shapshifting, also inherited her fathers firewood

[wendeeesaucy]

Shakarian Family

Bonus:

Grunt being the child awkwardly in the middle of his parents fighting

[thebahwrites]

I need anyone who reads my fics to know that the way I write Viper is 100% based on my 80yo Grandma who was, in fact, military and is a very sassy grandparent.

As per my usual Maverick-core and interactions with her:

Me: (fidgeting, biting my pen, drawing on myself)

Her: Stop that, it's grating on me

Me: Good thing I'm the one doing it on myself, not you then

Her: You can be young and fit but I WILL put you in your place

——— (And later)

Me: (lying down on the floor, crying)

Her: (walking in on me) Is this a you thing or a someone else thing?

Me: 'scuse?

Her: Are you crying because of your own existential dread or because someone hurt you? Because for the first I'll just handle you a blanket and some tea but for the second I feel I might need a gun.

(Also)

Her: (hands me a $50 bill) Here

Me: ???what for???

Her: Your allowance

Me: 🥹🥹🥹

(Me, her 30yo grandchild, married to a man who pays the bills, haven't had an allowance in years)

[alexiethymia]

jurassic world dominion didn’t have to go that hard with the found family plotline but it did and I am here for it

[indigo-flightly-falls]

Any of the Newsiecraft characters for the Blorbo Bingo?

I'm going with Spot because I may or may not be writing a thing rn :)

[silliemop]

ID: A digital drawing of Y/n, Gregory, and Eclipse from the Real Steel Au. The drawing is colored in with different shades of brown. Y/n is looking at the fight commands on the screen of the bot controller in their hands. Behind them is Eclipse holding Gregory in his arms. Gregory has his arms wrapped around Eclipse’s neck to secure himself and has an irritated look on his face. End ID.

throws this at you then runs away

[curiouschaosstarlight]

(*Quick clarification, 'cause I feel like I should say this right away, I don't mind people not liking or even being really uncomfortable with certain characters, especially villains that have canonically done some really horrible stuff, even if I happen to really love the character in question! It's all in the Handling of the topic, and someone that's like "oh they're just not my cup of tea" or just don't want to talk about the character at all 1000000% has my respect and appreciation <3)

-claps-

So.

On the topic of demonizing characters that have violent or angry responses to their trauma

The thing about it that really gets my goat is the fact that I as a person have had anger problems ever since I can remember. I've had a pretty bad mix of anxiety and anger problems due to being traumatized, and have had to work really, really hard to get my knee-jerk temper under control, and really nothing fucks you up like thinking you're "fixed" but the reality winds up being you just were in a state of "nothing too stressful's happened lately" and then when things start getting incredibly stressful again, you realize you still have more work to do and you have to watch yourself way more than you thought.

I'm still not "fixed", and, after talking extensively with a therapist, I'm kind of just going to have to be okay with that; still trying to do right by the people I care about and not be an asshole about things, but I'm just going to have to live with the fact that in response to high anxiety and high stress, I become an angry person, and I'm not always going to be able to remember to take a step back from a situation when I feel myself getting heated (my success rate in this is going up at least)

So It Really.

Really.

Bothers Me.

When fandom tries to claim that a character isn't traumatized, or isn't traumatized enough, because their response to that trauma is to be violent and angry and malicious. And when they try to claim that because a character reacted this way, they're just evil and irredeemable and have no further depth to them, and any attempt to add depth (even canonical depth) to them is "wrong (and a sign the person doing it is an Abuser/Terrible Person irl)" or is "woobifying them".

And yeah. Part of what bothers me is that I tend to fall very hard for villain/antagonist characters that handle trauma badly, or otherwise have signs that they probably have some trauma they haven't exactly worked through, especially when that villain character gets to have a redemption arc. (And I do NOT mean that as "they cast away everything they were before and completely denounce and despise who they used to be and go through the whole repent and penance number". Give me more villain characters who are TRYING, who are STRUGGLING, who have conflicted feelings, who aren't an entirely new person and shouldn't be left to just wallow in self-hatred over it because!! no one!! deserves!! to wallow in self-hatred!! I want redemption arcs in the form of "person who did wrong is doing their best to be a better person" and NOT "character needs to suffer and be heartbroken and sad and unable to move on forever", I hate when I see people writing the latter shit, Idc what the character canonically did, no one who's genuinely trying deserves to be perpetually miserable and it is Highkey Concerning to see that attitude happen again and again) Plus, I LOVE media and character analysis, it is MY JAM, and.

Yeah.

I've got a lot of feelings that go into this kinda stuff. It's why when I see "no nuance!! just evil!!!"-type takes, that shit really boils my blood.

And is also why I don't actively participate in fandom anymore.

Like, yeah, I make some posts here and there. And I'd love to interact more with like-minded people -- I really love talking to others about characters and media and ships and all that good stuff!!

But I don't go searching for fandom stuff unless it's some art in a completely different language. After my last two fandoms went absolutely horrifically for me in two different ways, I think my trust in modern fandoms is just gone, and I don't think it's coming back.

There's only so many times a person can be told they're inherently evil (indirectly) or badwrong and stupid (directly) for a simple fucking opinion over goddamn fiction of all things.