#kids diving

[astearisms]

fionna and cake drawings before and after watching the episodes so far. it’s nostalgic and somehow cathartic and poignant and relatable and—it just started

[brainmuncher]

The emergency

A good number of members within the Justice League have children. Not all of those kids are biological or adopted but they are their kids nonetheless. Some of those kids are even old enough to be adult heroes of their own, but even then they are still their kids. And the other kids tend to take up heroism at a very young age to most people's chagrin. Although as shown by the original child hero, now going by Nightwing, it’s not as easy as telling the kids to stop.

It was learned through intense hardship that smothering the child heroes was just asking for trouble. Despite how much the older heroes wanted to stay close to their kids, it was seen as overbearing and a show of mistrust. They would act out with even less backup in retaliation, which would only bring even more stress.

So to satisfy the need for protection without stepping on any toes, two new emergency meeting signals were introduced.

One was for the kids to send off. Each one was gifted a small device that could be hidden in their person. The device had both a mic and a tracking chip that could be activated when they were in extreme danger. As soon as the device was active a signal would be sent to the league for an emergency distress signal with the details of who sent it. Due to an outcry from the kids, the device could not be activated by the guardian of the child. The mic and locator could only be activated from the device itself. It wasn’t nearly as protective as some of the more worried leaguers would like, but it was at least something. 

The second signal was one that the leaguer with a kid in danger could activate. This signal could be activated with a single code into the communicators that every member owned. If the member who sent out the signal didn’t specify what kid was in danger, every member would receive a generalized notification of the emergency alert for one of the kids. This wasn’t ideal, but it was learned early on that the guardian of the child was often too distressed to make the code more complicated. It was best to leave it simple and answer questions at the emergency meeting.

Which was great in all, until someone who doesn’t have a child involved with heroics in their care sends off a general emergency.

In places all over the globe, an emergency meeting signal message was sent by Hal Jordan, one of the lanterns. He didn’t include what child was in danger in the signal, meaning that it could be any of the underaged heroes. And considering he didn’t have a child in his care, that made multiple members panic.

When was the last time they checked in with the kids in their care? Who was the one he was sending the code for? What happened to the child he had noticed was in danger? Why is he the one that noticed? Where were their kids? Who was in danger?

Because of the nebulous nature of the call, it didn’t take long for multiple heroes to find the nearest transport to the watchtower and tumble in. What they didn’t expect was the absolute haggard appearance of their friend. He was standing in the meeting room looking like the world had been destroyed before his very eyes. The way he sat without even cracking a sarcastic remark made multiple members pause.

“Hal?” Wonder Woman called, her face pinched in concern. “What has happened?”

The aforementioned member looked over who had already arrived before settling on her face. It was at that moment she knew that he was only looking so collected through willpower alone. This wasn’t just any child of the league, this was personal.

“My nephew Danny has been captured,” He began, sending a wave of different emotions circling the room. “I’ve been trying to find where they took him for a week now and I can’t get any leads. I need your help.”

The unsaid questions and emotions were nearly palpable. Multiple members turned to one another or stared with a million questions. Nobody had known that Hal even had a nephew named Danny. Sure he mentioned someone named Jason at times, but he never indicated anything else. The fact that he hadn’t mentioned him or the fact that he’d been apparently searching for a week was strange.

“And why are you only telling us now? Why did you wait so long?” Superman asked, speaking up the question that was on multiple minds.

A fire of anger curled in Hal's eyes. It was fierce and protective. It was a mixture of appalment for being questioned on his decision and fury for the reasons why he had to do it in the first place. He stepped forward towards the center table, slamming his palms down and leaning into it.

“Because any person that goes against the group will be declared an enemy of the United States. I’ve already had my account and housing connected to Green Lantern seized,” He explained with a deceptively calm tone. “I also needed to make sure that they didn’t have any connections with the Justice League. They have their agents everywhere.”

Unsurprisingly, Batman appeared from the gathered heroes from seemingly nowhere. Despite the feud between the two of them, the Bat was completely zeroed in on the situation. While he had a decent amount of distrust in the lantern, mainly because of the parallax incident, he could tell that the man was genuine. And the Bat always did have a blind spot for children.

“Explain,” Was all Batman said, staring Hal down.

The lantern in question looked at him with a grim face. This was it. Now or never.

“They’re called the Ghost Investigation Ward, or GIW for short. They hunt down and either exterminate or experiment on anyone they deem ectocontaminated or a ghost,” Hal started to explain, his hand curling on the table in frustration. “My brother Jack faked his death and ran off to be with another woman. Those fucks deemed my nephew as ectocontaminated and tried to take him from his home. He ran from his family so that they couldn’t be arrested for knowingly harboring an ecto entity. Told me that he remembered my face from a photo his dad tried to hide in the attic and sought me out.”

If the fire in his eyes were any stronger, they would probably become physical and burn down the room. It was undeniable that Hal Jordan was understandably completely pissed off. This situation was terrible from down to the very root.

“I tried to hide him but they somehow found him anyway. Now my civilian name is being heavily monitored and Green Lantern is being hunted down,” He finished his explanation. “If you join me in this, be prepared to lose everything.”

This was so much worse than anyone could’ve predicted.

[sohannabarberaesque]

In conversation vis-a-vis Huckleberry Hound and Peter Potamus over breakfast at some "hole-in-the-wall" diner

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, somewhat fascinated: I have to admit there, Peter, that you're getting the kids fascinated somewhat with the diving experience; I hear that a couple of the wolves in your diving group have young relatives as are really taking up diving.

PETER POTAMUS, explaining: And isn't it fascinating ... just picture Bon-Bon (that's Loopy De Loop's nephew) and Ding-a-Ling (that's Hokey's son and lead cheerleader) off the Florida Keys in their full SCUBA getup discovering an especially spectacular, and at once vibrant, coral reef of the highest order ... not to mention riding along with some sea turtles as part of the experience! They're barely ten years old, for the most part, but they certainly enjoy the dive experience!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: So, uh, Pete, what exactly got Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling so interested in diving, to begin with?

PETER POTAMUS: Encouragement, Huckleberry; encouragement! Besides, don't Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling have such amusing and at once encouraging mentors in the likes of, respectively, "ze good wolf" (as Loopy likes presenting himself as, supposedly to correct the record about wolves in the first place)--

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, interjecting: So I've heard. As in insisting that wolves are not vicious and bloodthirsty creatures necessarily.

PETER POTAMUS, continuing: --and he who forever seeks out that one opportunity as would make him prosperous, only to stumble along the way ... yet enjoys the diving experience nonetheless! Still, Huck, as I understand it, both Bon-Bon and Ding-a-Ling learned swimming early on as pups and, before long, were quick to discover a curiosity about the underwater world which both their mentors encouraged and nutured!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: Hopefully without being pressured into doing so just to appease their parents. I've seen lots of instances where parental pressure was enough to drive kids so compelled into sport and games into madness just trying to please them, perhaps enough to write that supposed Golden Ticket out of privation.

PETER POTAMUS: Huck, you certainly make a good point. And I have it on the authority of Loopy and Hokey "themselves" that it was simple curiosity from Bon-Bon and Ding that encouraged them to take up diving as much as swimming--snorkelling at first, progressing to SCUBA by the age of seven. How's that for being quite the seawolves?

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND [chuckling]: I'd have to concur.

PETER POTAMUS: Now, understand, both took diving lessons seaprately, and in time, both became part of my larger Travelling SCUBA Par-tay--as seen on TV and videos! And as if that weren't interesting enough, I make it a point to have the members of my par-tay spend time at fresh-air camps and resorts during the summer months encouraging an interest in diving by way of "taster" dives and diving instruction to especially such as are underprivileged and have been sent to such camps to save themselves from abusive situations, mainly through camperships!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: Rather fascinating, I must say ...

PETER POTAMUS: And I have to admit the breakfasts served here are rather delicious ... not to mention the coffee!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: Nice talking to you ... and keep diving!

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[flamingtoads]

Gaang kids back at it again <3

[thamaris]

Been making Kid Pirate emotes for discord. Kid's is old, but he belongs with his crew. Got a bunch more to do too ( * w * )9

[Next lot]

[shipshinablog]

[sepiamestus]

Akutagawa is absolutely in no way a father but i do love the idea of him just being fucking stuck with a kid not knowing what to do. He spends the entire day googling 'what do kids eat' 'kid is crying what do' 'is this normal????????'

[deadmotelsusa]

The former Mountain State Motel is now Josephine's, a strip club. Located in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.

[hyunpic]

HYUNJIN ♡ CARTIER 2023/2024

[dredgesnails]

i need to see gem and mumbo interacting more often. in part because mumbo's joined the pickle tree train but mainly because one of my favourite life series moments ever is genuinely the tower-off these two had in secret life. put them in more situations where they're competing against each other/encouraged to annoy the other as much as possible please

[chipper-smol]

@pupppppppy is to blame for this scene finally getting out of my head

Context: this is the split second when possessed Wukong punches Nezha into the ground and then turns to MK. These two are not on good terms in this au, so Wukong begging for Macaque to save MK is a pretty big deal

scene after courtesy of puppy

[crimsyoko]

Snow Son…. Save me… they’ve taken over my mind…

(alt version below)

[w3bkinz-t0yb0x]

dive to the heart kingdom hearts glass pillars

[sohannabarberaesque]

I'm just asking ...

Just what makes Bon-Bon (Loopy De Loop's nephew) and Ding-a-Ling (Hokey Wolf's stepson) particularly exceptional divers for their age?

[bratprinceofexy]

I'm am perfectly content suspending my disbelief on this, especially since I think that it adds texture to certain thematic elements, but like I am truly astounded that someone like Jean Moreau(or even Neil for that matter) can play division 1 college sports. Like, complex trauma can often leads physical disabilities/chronic pain, and on top of that Jean and Neil have both suffered multiple major injuries that they were never allowed to heal properly. There's also probably a component of malnourishment also happening, so both of them just have to be in pain all the time.

[thamaris]

Local woman denied eting cheese by the block.