#responsibilty

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

[lifeasanatom]

Why is the new scary?

Every book I read, every video I watch or podcast I listen to repeat this: The new is scary, and hence we prefer to fall back to what we know. I have very easily and readily agreed with this 100 percent of the the time. I see it in my own life as resistance to learn anything new or to pick up any work that is challenging. I give up way too fast. I fall back on my comfort of reading fiction books…

[docwmedicineman]

People, especially religious people, have to learn to understand that they are taking on a part of the responsibility for what radials are doing of their religious stupidity ! ! Your terrorists are taking you to where you are today ! ! Fix it or live with it, it's YOUR choice, NOT OURS ! !

[gracestreetcog]

The responsibility we have to maintain the temple of the Lord

[jebmungall]

Escapism—The Enabler

Escapism—a dirty word for some, but really it’s just the act of seeking distraction and relief from the pressures of real life by engaging in a form of fantasy or imaginative activity. It can be both healthy and unhealthy depending on the level and method of engagement. While some forms of escapism can help to relieve stress and anxiety enabling an individual to take on their world, other forms…

[timothylawrence]

With every smile, a tear often follows. What is Wyll's greatest regret? ≫ Leaving behind his father - and his city.

[lightscamerabitchsmileee]

A hot take here: but can we all agree that it's not an artist or actor or athlete or any other celebrities' responsibility to be a political activist on every single goddamn issue?? Like for fuck sakes guys give it a rest...I'm sick of it

[is-this-yuri]

i need a hug and a hot drink. and 20 dollars

[prettybabybaby]

all i’ve thought of today is reader being gaslit by dark!cameron siblings and the only person i knew that’d understand is you Belle 😭

¡ outer banks masterlist !

you're right. i do. they're PROFESSIONAL gaslighters.

rafe always makes you feel crazy and like you're being overdramatic. sighing through his nose and tapping his temples as he uses a tone that makes you feel like an idiot or a child. or he'll cry and say he was a victim too, but most of the time he takes a more aggressive, violent route.

sarah twist things making it seem like it was all your fault and you're one in the wrong. you hurt her. or she'll say she had no choice. either way she uses the softest voice and the cutest eyes that make you feel terrible for making her so upset.

you end up apologizing to the both of them <3

[senseiwu]

Once more thinking about an au where Clark finds out Billy is just a kid and long story short, Billy ends up staying with the Kents for a bit

He and Jon probably get into shenanigans

...I just realised Lois is the only normal person in the house lmao

[the-casbah-way]

Hi, I just wanted to say, I love how Alonzo and Munku look in your style! Your fanarts with them makes my day every time!!!!!!!!!! It's so wonderful and sweet... And your Munku is so carefree... Definitely in love!!!!

thank you so much !!! i’m really glad that you like them :) they’re so much fun to draw and they’re definitely my favourite cats ship of all time. i think alonzo is just the perfect match for munkustrap, like someone who can take charge for once and give munk a second to switch his brain off and relax because he deserves it <33

[themainstarwarrior]

no like its actually disrespectful as fuck that after kylo kills Ren he doesn't even take the REN?? like bitch??? this whole shit revolves around that lightsaber? and he was like no actually im gonna throw this in the dirt and make my own super cool lightsaber w a crystal i couldn't even bleed properly and a hilt that can barely withstand the heat that it takes to operate it and is held together by staples and also now im gonna be Kylo Ren bc fuck however many rens came before me. also we're gonna go work for the leader of the first order even tho we do not give a fawk abt what theyre doing bc umm. well im kind of a drop out so i need a teacher still kinda and none you flops went to school (because it doesn't matter for their ideology) but also if you try to just leave and be the Knights of Ren somewhere else im gonna kill you....like okay nepo baby mcpower fantasy

[a-tiny-sloth]

obsessed with rowan and cecily recreating the creation of adam because it reverses their roles so completely. rowan, who literally called himself a god, being man, while cecily, who jimmy has said is the only one of them who's a normal person, is god. rowan losing all of his control and godliness in face of literal physical harm being done to him and reverting back to being a mere human, helpless. cecily, who is literally above them all here, above the whole fandom ordeal, rising to become a god, simply because she's the only one left to have any control

[mad-hunts]

new rp idea: your muse squirts barton with water from a water bottle every time he does and/or says something even the slightest bit mean or suspicious. and in the end, he probably ends up soaking wet because of this LMAO OH, and you can't forget barton trying to swat it away from your muse constantly because he does not like this new 'game,' or whatever he would consider it. it's kind of hard to tell NGL jsjsj 💀 but i rest my case that this man definitely needs to be forced to stop being an actual menace for at least a day somehow and this would be a funny way to do it

[br1ghtestlight]

32 for the WIP game?

my tina parenthood fic..... that was an idea I started (which probably would have been a longer multi-chapter fic) where tina got pregnant in high school from some asshole guy and ended up being a single mom. the fic takes place a few years later when her kid is a toddler and jimmy jr moves back to town after finishing college and they end up kinda co-parenting her daughter together and reconnecting as friends (jimmy jr is aroace and very much not interested in a relationship)

jimmy jr moved away from seymour's bay when he was 17 w/ his brothers when his mom moved to another state so he lost contact with tina. his dad stayed behind and kept jimmy pesto's pizzeria opened so thats why he moved back to seymour's bay to work with his dad but he kinda hates it lol they end up becoming platonic life partners and by the end tina's daughter definitely sees jimmy jr as her dad

i would have loved to write this fic tbh but the problem is that it would take SO LONG to write and finish and i do have other commitments. maybe someday!!!

It was impossible not to recognize those eyes that he'd spent so many years desperately trying not to look into out of fear of the disappointment he would bring.

Their relationship had grown apart over the years even before Jimmy Junior had moved away and they certainly weren't as close as they'd been as children, but he could still remember how hard Tina had sobbed when he broke the news to her that he would be moving away and that they wouldn't be going to school together anymore. He understood how she was feeling because he was equally as heartbroken even when he didn't really have a choice. Jimmy Junior had always assumed that Tina and him would spend the rest of their lives together. They would always know each other and have that childhood proximity.

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Tina nodded. "I—I mean, I never went to college. I took a few English courses at the community college in Bog Harbour, but when Alice got older it was just too difficult to keep up with schoolwork and take care of her at the same time. I still work at my parents' restaurant, though. They're getting older and they need all the help that they can get."

"Who is Alice?" Jimmy Junior asked Tina with a questioning look. He wasn't sure if Tina had adopted a dog, or if her parents decided to have another child after Jimmy Junior moved away and he'd never heard about it. He thought they were a little too old for that, but he wasn't going to judge them. His parents might have chosen to have another child too if they hadn't gotten divorced.

Tina gestured to the toddler who was standing beside her and carefully studying the assortment of candy and chocolate in the aisle.

"Did your parents have another daughter?"

Tina actually laughed after Jimmy Junior asked this before she explained herself. "Oh my God, no. They're way too old to have another kid. Alice is my daughter! Alice, sweetheart, do you want to say hello to Jimmy Junior?"

Alice looked up at him with an unimpressed expression on her face. "Hi."

Jimmy Junior took a step back in disbelief. He'd never even considered that he and his childhood friends were at the age where it wouldn't be unreasonable to start a family and have children of their own, especially because that was not something he planned for himself. His parents' had been around his age when they first got pregnant with him. When he took a closer look at Alice, he could clearly see the resemblance between her and Tina, although he honestly thought he looked more similar to Louise. She had curly black hair and a nose that looked almost identical to Tina's. It was kind of unnerving.

"Oh," Jimmy Junior finally said after a few seconds of silence. "You have a daughter?"

Tina was clearly confused by how Jimmy Junior was reacting to the concept of her having a child, but he just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that this woman he'd known since they were children themselves had a child of her own. None of his friends from college or anybody that he'd known in Seymour's Bay had children, so Tina was his first experience with this.

"I mean, uh, that's great. I'm happy for you, Tina," Jimmy Junior started awkwardly. "Who's her father? Or, uh, mother… I don't want to assume anything."

"You don't know him," Tina said to Jimmy Junior as they walked to her car together. Jimmy Junior had chosen to walk to Patterson Farms because it was a beautiful summer day outside and he didn't have any other plans, so fortunately he didn't need to worry about unloading anything in his own car. "We started dating in high school after you moved away. His name was Nathan, but he isn't really in my life anymore. He broke up with me after I told him I was pregnant and started avoiding me, so his name isn't even on Alice's birth certificate."

"Crap. I'm really sorry, Tina," Jimmy Junior said apologetically. Tina opened up the trunk of her car—which was actually her family's car that was the same one they'd had since she was a child, he was assuming she borrowed it for this trip—and began loading groceries into it. "I had no idea. He's an asshole for doing that to you."

Tina smiled like she was completely unbothered by the fact that her daughter's father had completely abandoned them and left Tina to raise her by herself as she struggled financially. Jimmy Junior's father was far from a good parent, but he could at least be thankful that he'd never once considered abandoning his children and he even took Jimmy Junior back in after years of separation between them. He was sure he would do the same for Andy and Ollie if they asked. "Don't worry, it's okay. It wasn't all bad, either. I always have my family to help me with anything I need, and Jocelyn and Tammy were actually really cool when I told them I was pregnant. They held a baby shower for me, and Tammy offered to babysit Alice for no charge. I didn't accept her offer, obviously, because she's Tammy… but I could tell she was trying to be helpful and make an effort. They've grown up a lot since we were in middle school."

[fate-defiant]

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