#But I still hope you liked it!!

[skyland2703]

Hello good day.

If it's not a bother...

Could I ask for a mini fic of Maddie getting captured and gets rescued by Nick....

Please and Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Hiya!! So this is set mid series? I’m not sure but I may be messing up the continuity. Hope you like it!!

Wrapped up in a red blanket, Nick’s most precious one, to be precise, Maddie Rocca sat in front of a fire set up by Chip and his magic, warming her, and soothing her, while Clare tried to brew some soup, and not mess it up like she did with the potions.

“I don’t understand. Why’d they go after Maddie, specifically” Xander shrugged, settling down next to where Maddie and Vida were, putting an arm around the sisters, to make them calm down.

“Koragg is a freak” Vida declared, “but there’s always a reason for everything he does” Nick hadn’t spoken anything since him and Maddie had returned, he just stood by the window, blowing off steam. Maddie herself didn’t say anything either except the occasional reassurances, like “I’m okay, sis, don’t worry”.

See, Koragg had kidnapped Maddie, and then he had sent Nick an awful message about coming alone to rescue her. He’d freaked out so bad, burning with anger, while he tried to keep a cool mind to come up with a plan to save her, and all their friends had tried to calm him down and tell him that they’d go with him. But he’d refused, and ran into the metaphorical inferno alone, with the only thought raging in his mind being that of protecting Maddie. Somehow he’d succeeded in freeing her, and the two of them had made it back to rootcore… However, something had happened— something emotional— that had left both of them in deep thought. Something they weren’t sharing with the others… and that meant that Vida, Chip, Xander, Clare and Udonna were left to their own tools, and speculations about what had happened.

“Waiiiit what if Koragg wanted something to do with Maddie’s water powers?” Clare offered.

“Koragg is a knight and a wizard himself don’t you think he could manage it? Besides why would he tell Nick ALONE, and particularly to come and rescue Maddie?” Xander countered.

“Maybe he wanted a damsel in distress drama? You know?? Maybe the underworld got a power cut and Koragg couldn’t see his favorite tv show?” Chip giggled, “and so he set up a live action version for it?”

“Okay that’s stupid. I can totally see it working” Vida grinned with him, and that’s when Maddie finally spoke, causing pin drop silence to set over the rootcore.

“He did it because he wanted to torment Nick.” She looked over to Nick, who was staring outside the window with a far off expression, “he knew, somehow, what Nick felt for me. And he wanted to torment him”

At this Nick turned around, and the others realised he’d been silently weeping this entire time, his cheeks stained, but his voice was steady when he spoke, “I hate what I made you go through… I’m— im sorry… I’m just not used to feeling these… things… I didn’t know how to handle it” he said through gritted teeth. Nick rarely ever admitted things about himself, this was a new side of him for almost everyone.

Maddie got up, clutching the blanket around herself even more, and made her way to Nick, “you could’ve told me about it…”

“Didn’t I?”

“You did…”

“But I was too late” he picked up what she’d been meaning to say, “I’m sorry…” he looked like a puppy in the rain.

“It’s okay, Nick. Sometimes, we just can’t handle all those emotions” she placed a hand on his shoulder, “the important thing is that you could’ve told me beforehand? I wouldn’t have had to find out from Koragg…”

“I know. I know. I messed up” he ran a hand through his hair, then looked at her again, “but I never realised just what I felt for you until… well until Koragg took you away. I’d have killed everyone around, and then myself, if anything ever happened to you.”

It was still not the confession Maddie had hoped for, with Nick being as closed up as he usually was, but it was a start. They would work their way from there. It was a beginning. And Maddie liked that.

#i hope you liked this!! #i had to rewrite it several times because I wasn’t sure how to go about the rescue #as you can see.. I did not go by the rescue #But I still hope you liked it!! #Madison Rocca #Vida Rocca #Nick Russel #Xander Bly #Chip Thorn #Clare #power rangers #Mystic force #Power rangers mystic force #MINIFIC #thanks for the ask!!!

[petscoboba]

I want Toby Fox three years after the last chapter to make a game where it's just the Fun Gang going on a road trip to the east coast to go fishing. They raid a gas station on the way to grabs snacks for the road (and the lobsters they catch). Happy April Fool's.

#deltarune #susie deltarune #noelle deltarune #noelle holiday #kris dreemurr #fishing momence #I have one more page I wanted to draw for this little idea #but i'll have to get to it at a later date when i've got more energy #in reality this idea started as a way for me to draw kris happy after highschool #i relate to kris' lethargy a lot-- so i wanted to see them still trying to make the most of it despite their depressive nature #(perhaps if kris can find a way out maybe i can too?) #it's hard. it's really hard when you feel like you've got really nothing to look towards to #but i hope they can find meaning anyways. i hope they smile one day and i hope it's a real one #pssstt! chronologically this post takes place after another comic i have planned in the midst. it'll take 10 years to complete but one day. #that comic. will not be a happy one #heeeheehoohoo

[reasonsforhope]

Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."

Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.

These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!

Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!

Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.

So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.

#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal #I do live in a major progressive city #there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here #but it's still really powerful to see it #because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts #and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol #seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much #and I love it for you #not news #life #hope #homophobia #sexism #teens #teenagers #progress #gen z #btw if it wasn't clear I'm a #millennial #plush toy #plushie #squishmallows #build a bear #stuffed animal #like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys #saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS #that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS #when I was a teenager #????? #cannot imagine that ever happening.

[sergle]

the threshold has been crossed, it is now springtime!!

#sergle art #artists on tumblr #illustration #body posi #fat art #body positive #stretch marks #heey it's chboy. skinny penits. i haven't killed myself i SWEAR. i'm still in my cave and i still draw #i hope you like the pieces because i really liked doing the more stylized flowers on the first two #like that actually gave me so much enjoyment doing the flowers that way on miss blue hair

[wetslug]

ppl who r using poll results as a way to Prove Something about society or come to any conclusion.. i hope you are aware that tumblr users are one of the most biased population groups you could conceivably find. gob bless

#sis the variables... remember stats 101... ur data is only as good as ur sample #its like asking around at an old folks home and coming back saying 98% of those surveyed love prunes. therefore 98% of people love prunes #ok to reblog btw #polls r still fun i just hope you take into account who is responding to them

[chloesimaginationthings]

This will be the first scene of FNAF 2 movie…

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #mike schmidt #fnaf vanessa #vanessa afton #vanessa shelly #william afton #fnaf #fnaf movie #fnaf 2 #fnaf 2 movie #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #seeing fnaf 2 movie has been fully confirmed #I’ve been thinking about scenes in the next film again #and I just wonder how that first mike and Vanessa scene will go… #like I would not blame Mike for a second of he did something like this #he has bills to pay and an Abby to feed! #Williams last fuck you truly was dying without paying Mike #like I know he exploded but still #hope you get well soon Vanessa 🩵🩵 now open your purse

[gotchibam]

Skitty ko-fi doodle for @beskarmermaid!

I’m accepting pokemon ko-fi doodle requests here! ✨

#artists on tumblr #pokemon #skitty #gotchibam arts #ko-fi doodle #thank you sm for your request!! ;w; <3 #sorry I could only do the skitty for you since the slot you got only covers one poke D: #I hope you still like it tho! <3

[triona-tribblescore]

I cant stop thinking about them :'( 🩷🩷✨✨ drew my human designs for a wee change of pace uvu

#husk is a “sleep for 12 hours and still feel sleepy” kinda guy #I feel like angel would be kind of used to weird hours cause of work so he'd be able to adjust to most hours #tho in this pic its like 12pm lol #anyway im sobbing over them thank you goodnight uvu <3 #IF YOU SEE THIS I HOPE YOURE HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY!! <33 #mwah #huskerdust #angel dust #husk #huskerdust fanart #hazbin #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #human angel dust #human husk #tribbleart

[andthebeanstalk]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need. #the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist. #the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28! #a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents. #they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong. #and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives. #you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead? #or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of. #no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow. #i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong. #just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

[daughter-of-sapph0]

who had "jkr goes full nazi" on their 2024 bingo cards?

#dostxt #I feel like trans people and Jewish people have been saying she's a disgusting vile piece of shit for years #and now she's straight up posting holocaust denial shit on twitter #if you still buy her stuff at this point then I genuinely hope you kill yourself #I'm not even joking

[egophiliac]

What do you like about the Diasomnia boys if I may ask?

I always love hearing about the different reasons people enjoy characters.

I mean, c'mon. he has split custody over Sebek okay

also, Lilia in particular has maybe the best timeskip character development of all time

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 chapter 4 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 chapter 4 spoilers #stage in playful land #i hope this is legible whoops #anon i am sorry but you made the fatal mistake of asking me to talk about diasomnia #insert 'i just think they're neat' jpg #i do like the other characters a lot but they are definitely my favorites #they just hit a lot of my favorite things in characters i guess! #yes even you sebek even though you keep shrieking NINGEN at me #(it's okay he gets Character Development™ later) #and their dynamic! it's great! these guys frikking love each other SO much and they WILL have terrible terrible angst about it #ohoho delicious #give me all your emotional hangups baybeeeee #also somewhere in there i went from 'i like them all equally (but lilia is the most fun to draw)' #to 'lilia is absolutely my favorite (and still the most fun to draw) (EVEN MORE fun now thank you swishy ponytail!)' #(it was probably when his candy coating got a little scratched and whoops all the tragedy fell out) #(where's that 'get loved loser' post because i need to staple it to lilia's forehead) #i am extremely bad at putting things into words so please don't ask me to explain it any further #just know that the diafam is everything to me and if we don't get more episode 7 soon i'm going to crumble into dust and blow away #we'll be getting the crowleytimes on monday and maybe there will be. idk. some foreshadowing or something in his groovy #probably not but LOOK i'm desperate

[uncanny-tranny]

Amatonormativity has destroyed so many people's understanding and acceptance of themselves, and it's heartbreaking.

Yes, it is normal to be in your 20s, 30s, or older and not have lost your virginity, had a first kiss, or a partner. It is normal to say that you aren't ready for those things, too! It is normal if your life doesn't follow the "college graduate -> engagement -> buying a home -> 2.5 kids and a dog" trajectory that so many people have idealized.

So many people associate maturity with losing your virginity, or having a first kiss, or a serious relationship, and I think that's a dangerous association. Maturity isn't gained through those things, and you don't have to have those experiences to be considered "mature" or "grown." It is not a bad thing to go at your pace. Nobody else can live your life but you. If you end up having those experiences, that's great! But it should be done because you want to experience them, not because you feel "broken" and "immature" without them.

#amatonormativity #ask to tag (genuine) #i honestly *wish* conversations like this were things i was exposed to when i was younger... #...maybe then i'd've felt less of a need to surpress my aromanticism and asexuality... #...the feeling of brokenness still trails behind me sometimes because so many of us are taught that this all WILL happen... #...we WILL fall in love. we WILL have a nuclear family. we WILL be satisfied with this... #...and that this is the IDEAL for cishet patriarchal structures... #...and that /any/ deviation to the SLIGHTEST degree is that fault of the *individual*. who WOULDN'T want this life? #there's this idea like i said that maturity is gained as you almost... adhere to expectations... #...and that's genuinely dangerous to associate maturity with that and i hope you can fill in those gaps because it can get dark fast

[yudol-skorbi]

i am at the point where if i dont finish now i'll newer finish so yeah the rest of the gaaaaaang

#critical role #the mighty nein #fanart #caleb widogast #mollymauk tealeaf #fjord stone #caduceus clay #the male passing fellas #this was harder then i fuckin thought #i hope someone will make taliesin personally apologize to every animator who will work on molly #caleb my love i adore your palette you look like dirt and smell of cat piss💜 #i FINALLY FUUUCKIN FIGURED OUT FJORD O YEA #i was struggling with him for ages #mr duce zero complains absolute ideal of a character #tho i am still not entirely pleased with colors #but fuck it #if i keep going like this i'll just never post anything ever

[musubiki]

i firmly believe she got picked as a judge just to counteract his vibes

#genshin impact #nilou #alhaitham #art #fanart #based on that one scene where cyno is being cyno and shes so ^_^ #meanwhile alhaitham.... #that one dialouge where shes like (who do you thinks gonna win!!) and he goes (whoever does the challenge fastest) #my dude you are stuck there all day with her at least pretend to converse #hes law and order and shes there to keep the contestants encourages and hopeful #i still like to think they are the most unlikely of friends #i dont know how but they are #these two are also unironically my murder team #put nilous bloom with alhaithams crazy dendro application and every domain becomes trivial

[lylahammar]

IT'S FALIGON DAY BABYYYYYY I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF THIS DAY SINCE 2018 WE'RE POPPIN MASSIVE BOTTLES 🥳🎉🐉🍾🍻🔥

#these are all meant to be transparent but tumblr isn't allowing that oh well lol #it's yesterday when I'm scheduling this and god I'm so excited for the episode #it's really good right guys I know it will be #man I envy you future people getting to see the episode today #I still got one more sleep till faligon 😩 #anyways I'm rly proud of these hope u like 💖 #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi spoilers #delicious in dungeon spoilers #oh man I won't have to tag spoilers on faligon anymore after today how exciting #my art #falin touden #falin dungeon meshi #chimera falin #faligon

[aeide-thea]

on principle opposed to describing art i dislike as 'masturbatory' because even though it's an alluringly contemptuous word to sneer it's impossible to reconcile with my pro-masturbation stance

#it's such an ugly word but like. self-pleasure is good‚ actually #it's good to know yourself and what you like and lovingly treat yourself to it! #like similarly 'meretricious' is extremely tempting if you ignore the underlying metaphor #but. hard to. #language #and quite frankly i think people who whip out 'masturbatory' in this sneering sort of way #are leveraging‚ if we're honest with ourselves‚ a particular framing of it as a gross thing that boys do #because like. when have you ever heard a *woman's* self-indulgent art described as masturbatory #like don't get me wrong we absolutely still dismiss it! but we dismiss it in other ways #that are usually about how embarrassing her *yearning* is #and so even our sneering is reinforcing an idea that men Act whereas women Feel #anyway this was prompted by some things but i shoved it in the queue so now i forget what lol #so here you are getting some contextless thoughts on the use of 'masturbatory' as sneering dismissive assessment! #just what you were hoping for i'm sure :)