#it’s what we deserved tbh

[inejqhafa]

three tickets to challengers

[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.

[art-of-wackylurker]

I guess it's my turn to contribute something to the @starwars-arttrade-2023

A lesson on meditation for @stealingpotatoes because world needs more of Luke's New Jedi Academy, it's a pleasant night, the burning wood crackles nicely and the Force fills them with good vibes (✿◡‿◡) So yea I've decided to do the 'Make them comfy' prompt a liiiiitttleeee differently and, well, that's what came out!

[kenmaiii]

after two years i finally draw the favorite

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Based on a real group chat convo (I was Jingyi)

[anney-baker]

Every Single Guillermo's Outfit

S1E1-5 S1E6-10 S2 S3E1-5 S3E6-10 S4E1-5 S4E6-10

[berryblu-soda]

I dont think we as a society are utilizing the potential for solid adult designs of the og ninja

I swearr those guys are at least 30 <- minus lloyd, who is *also* an adult but id say is around mid 20s , let them be ACTUAL ADULTS!!! Come on, they're not squishy faced anymore :((

They're in mentor roles, they have years of experience! they trust each other to go on solo missions and have become more independent while still being very close as a team! 2 of em are engaged, they keep reffering to the new gen as "the kids" and " the younger ones", LET THEM GROW UP DAMMIT!!!!

[browntrait]

okay besties who’s gonna make MM passion twists, kinky twists, pick n drop braids and butterfly locs…who gon’ do it for the team

[eternal-brainrot]

happy birthday to my beloved one and only a-yao!!!! light of my life who deserves all the love and appreciation on his birthday <333

[crash-bump-bring-the-whump]

Psst this is just some advice from someone who grew up with the Wild West version of the internet but:

Just don't engage with mean spirited asks or people.

They want attention. Don't give it to them. Delete it, block em, scroll away, take a deep breath, and move on. They want to waste your time, so waste theirs instead.

They came into your house and tried to start shit in probably the most milquetoast way possible, so just block, delete, and move on. Don't even mention that you did. It'll be a fun little thing that you know and they know but no one else knows, and that's so much more satisfying.

Nothing you can say will "win" the conflict or change their mind. Just put them in time out by deleting their ask and you'll feel much better. :)

[kadextra]

I was thinking how funny it is that I didn’t have any feeling about q!tubbo as a character before, bc I didn’t have a solid understanding of him. but everything changed with purgatory… oh did I learn… dude I was on frontlines for him and still am THATS MY COACH MY LEADER

I can’t catch his streams as often as others but joever has entered my vocabulary, I clap my hands with tears streaming down my face everyday to see him being a good dad with sunny. like. I could’ve cared less about frubbo before but now I do??? huh??? and fred isn’t even around rn!! 😭 (currently hoping for a nice resolution because they deserve happiness)

yeah I don’t even just understand the character anymore I support I am a q!tubbo supporter

anyway here’s the animatic that made me brainrot and write this

[good-to-drive]

I totally agree with the general consensus that Ringo provided a lot of emotional support and coolheadedness to the other beatles to the point where they'd have probably killed each other without him but I do also wonder sometimes how much of that is being supernaturally patient and easygoing and how much of it is Ringo just having a tumultuous and isolated childhood where he was never taught to recognize and assert his own emotional needs so he became a blank slate on which others could process their emotions

(And tbh I also wonder how an inability to access or assert his feelings may have contributed to his tendency to process pain by numbing himself and the pretty shitty way he treated women)

[imviotrash]

A rough Clayton doodle, because I feel like he doesn't get enough fanart, especially fanart where he's a softie.

[amedetoiles]

mortal changheng is like a golden retriever puppy who just wants to play and make friends with the angry loner new kid on the block i’m snickeringg

[sardonicheir]

the thing thats disgusting me the most about all this is david jenkins saying that izzy was like a "father figure" to ed. because like where??? idk i cant put my thoughts together too well rn but like. theres always been a very clear power imbalance on ed's side with ed being izzy's boss and all. in season one izzy states multiple times that ed has always been a brilliant sailor and fighter and he was honored to work for him, when he (presumably for the first time ever) threatens ed he gets the tables flipped on him almost immediately, he suffers continuous abuse at the hands of ed, etc. and that to me makes it impossible to place izzy in a mentor/father figure role because a father figure is supposed to have strength and autonomy and its only after izzy has been freed from ed that he gets to experience those. idk its such an odd and mischaracterizing statement that david (from what he said) based his entire decision to kill off izzy off of. not to even mention him teasing edizzy and steddyhands all throughout his interviews for the season to then turn around and say izzy was a father figure all along? mf did u forget u had this father figure sing the soundtrack to the main couple's first time literally two eps ago?? im so so disgusted

[cheriboms]

doctober day 4: light blue

OKAY HEAR ME OUT >_> i know its a bit of a stretch but my mind read the prompt and basically went 'something borrowed something blue' so. they <3