#what was my point ??

[ghoulysaphomet]

the pit took away old scars right, so obviously the reason jay still has a Y-shapes scar is because Ra's vivisected him just to make sure all was fine::')

[idontwannapickausername]

My younger siblings both start school tomorrow (ick) and jokingly asked me to go for them and I told them I already did my time

[drowningincaffiene]

#12?

12. what’s some good advice you want to share?

ok so im like a child and i dont know many things and im still figuring things out. BUT. single greatest piece of advice, that will make tackling your problems soo much easier is, SELF LOVE!!

i know its corny, its basic, no one likes her, BUT DUDE literally just trust me on this, this is one of the few things that im completely sure abt!!!

coz!!! its been you!! by yourself!!! all along!! you gotta love, forgive and accept yourself, no one else will!! its almost 4am and im sleel deprived so i cant explain properly but literally try loving yourself 💕

[crysdrawsthings]

The desire to ramble about cringe elves only balanced out by the lack of ability to make coherent sentences and being self-conscious wreck.

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[morganbritton132]

No one tells you when you get a Big Serious Job™ how many fucking abbreviations you’ll be forced to learn.

[ink-asunder]

I'm just obsessed with how that one episode of Growing Pains flawlessly illustrated Mike having *every textbook symptom of ADHD* in a dedicated episode, and at the end of all that, they still went with the "brute force" method of symptom "management." His dad is literally a psychiatrist. Like sir, you could've been the voice for a generation of psychiatrists normalizing and destigmatizing the "slacker" disorder by addressing aspects of dopamine deficiency and executive dysfunction WITHOUT telling your son he is literally worthless if he can't Just Do A Thing, but they just went the child abuse method. Like they usually did.

[rainingincale]

For someone whos such a studio ghibli fan i havent even watched all of them u kno

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[sergle]

ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, people dropping mad mad sums of money on gfms and charities and stuff are extremely impressive but that DOES NOT MEAN that putting like $5 towards someone's fund or any good cause is any less valuable, a lot of crowdfunding is about momentum and those single digits add up super fast, you do not need to be Rolling In The Dough to make someone's day!! moving the dial at all is extremely positive!!

[nouverx]

*proceeds to drink the whole bottle*

Yeah Alastor you're gonna be loved and appreciated wether you want it or not :)

[franeridart]

more dragon

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

I remember discussing Tintin casting choices with a friend from Germany and remarked how it was odd he often has an English accent in adaptations rather than a Belgian one, and my friend just replied "that's because Tintin gives incredibly strong English boy energy (derogatory)"

Here in the UK there's a lot of weird classism tied into accents. Today accent diversity and representation in broadcasting is actively pursued but in Tintin's time there certainly was a preferred accent to have.

imagine this exchange happens between pages 28-29 in The Crab with the Golden Claws

[smokestarrules]

gotta say I am a huge sucker for how Adventure Time will sometimes just cut to Princess Bubblegum doing something extremely morally dubious like cutting off a tiny person’s limbs with scissors and then sticking those arms and legs onto another tiny person’s limb stumps but then she'll turn around and go like "Good morning, Finn! Are you ready for a sploinking day?" and whatever atrocities she had just been committing will Never be brought up again.

[taijahfern]

duck therapy

part two of this post is here