#Life Teen

[faux-monastic]

#steubenville conference #life teen #steubie east #catholicblr #me

[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.

[canisalbus]

✦ Freshly ordained ✦

#a packless dog will happily accept his collar or something like that #own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #Machete #anthro #sighthound #dogs #canine #animals #maybe you might benefit from a little bit of context in this case #Machete becomes a priest at around 20 or so #he has trained all his life for this goal #he has worked himself to the bone and sacrificed so much #because he believes it would make him respectable and worthy and give his life a purpose and meaning #he gets his very first cassock from the tailor's and it immediately fits like a second skin #for the first time ever he feels like something he wears actually makes him look kind of nice #the hard part is over it'll be smooth sailing from here on out #there's a period in Vasco's and Machete's lives where they were apart for almost a decad #they met in their late teens when they were both studying in the same university in Venice #became friends and then lovers #but had to separate when Machete graduated and Vasco dropped out #Machete was ordained as intended and Vasco followed his father into politics #they meet again unexpectedly in their early 30's thanks to their similar jobs #Machete had became a cardinal secretary of state and Vasco was a Florentine diplomat #this takes place shortly after he had lost contact with Vasco and before he reconnects with him again

[foolsocracy]

identity reveals are always fun

#batcave search history that night: friend has no name. atlantis naming conventions. atlantian names. r there birth certificates in atlantis #theyre so fun to draw guys im sick with it #also: everyone thinking 'But his name is Garth' #I know that and YOU know that but he doesn't until like..... a few years later. canonically #Unnamed Youth 'Aqualad' No Last Name #and arthur does call him both minnow and tadpole so wally n dick r both right in their own ways #and for ppl who really dont know. garth was abandoned as an infant and didnt hang w anyone until arthur took him in lol. what a life #and arthur girl...... was aqualad the best and only u could do #teen titans #fab five #donna troy #wally west #dick grayson #garth of shayeris #roy harper #dc #dc comics #my art #everyone hangin by the salt water pool so garth can hang w them :]

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael has a hard time retelling FNAF sister location

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #michael afton #fnaf vanessa #vanessa afton #vanessa shelly #ennard #fnaf #fnaf movie #sister location #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #You guys ever think about how popular Michael was #like in the mini game cut scene his whole street was outside waving at him #the dude was popular and well liked #I wonder if he misses that at all #that whole scene is still one of my faves fr fr #Ennard Michael is so cool and freaky I’m glad Ive designed a look for em #he got his life together since his bully teen years #Michael actually doing some mini therapy with Vanessa good on him

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 283

Now Jason would like it known that there was no mpreg situation going on. He isn’t even sure where people got that idea in the first place. Sure, he had taken a few Cores from the goons-in-white who had dared to set up in his turf. 

And sure maybe the excess energy from the pit (no wonder he’d been so irritable) was what said baby halfas (Okay, so they’re half human? Alright) had used to reform. And maybe the oldest is visibly less than a year old. 

But there Was No Mpreg Situation! He is this close to shooting someone! It was annoying (and slightly amusing) when it was just his goons, but now the Bats have seemingly got it in their heads! Dear Gotham it’s a good thing he’s not planning on like, ever revealing who he is because he would never be able to live this rumor down. 

[Winged Ghosts Au too, that seems to be getting lost in reblogs when it's just in the tags lol]

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Winged Ghosts Au #Halfa Jason #Halfa Trio #Dad Hood #He is *This* close to pulling a heads in duffel bag 2 Electric Boogaloo #Hood’s Merry Men are concerned for their half-human teen-dad crime lord #Look if you tell someone there was no other parent they’re gonna ask questions #Crime Alley: This is our strange cryptid mom-person and we shall protect him #Star Core Jason #Space Core Danny #Life Core Sam #Storm Core Tucker #Jason was too panicked/sleep deprived when they first reformed to stop the initial rumors #Yes the tiny halfas can feed on his ecto as long as they’re close enough #He Was going to find them a good home but they’ve Bonded & he’s not sure if the GIW are still around #The goons are doing their best to keep the bats from their teen-mom crimelord #who when sleep deprived sometimes mutters about labs and beatings and warehouses and- #There are many misunderstandings

[blvcksuba]

boy kiss

#gayboy #gayhot #men #gay #art #gay art #menbody #lgbtq #gay kiss #gayguy #gay love #gay boys #gay men #gayman #gay bulge #athletic men / teen / boy #kisses #kiss #kiss of life #juicy lips #lovely lips #beautiful lips #lick my lips #cute guy #gay guy #love #lovers #i love him

[lotus-pear]

bike stickers

#watch me project my kirby obsession onto literally everyone #chuuya does not let ANYONE fuck with his bike buuut accessorizing isn’t fucking it up….right? #speaking of motorcycles idk how to draw them 🤡👍🏼 #they are teens in this but honestly idk if ppl can tell😔 #anyway sry for no art i got a life and school is beating my ass #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd #osamu dazai #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #chuuya nakahara #soukoku #skk #lotus draws

[tucklepuckle]

#me n gang #aqua teen hunger force #they are goals #master shake #🤤 #frylock #🤤🤤 #actually feral #girl stuff #adult swim #girlblogging #i love blogging #did y’all know i used to have a popular fanfic blog #i say popular #more like less than 100 followers #i miss my double life #i’m making a new one #love to blog #female manipulator

[annabelle--cane]

I really, really must stress that I am a university student at a big school and every single person in every class I have ever had brings in laptops that they do work with on a daily basis. I know a couple of 17 year old freshmen who skipped grades at some point and they all know how to download files, use email, and sort folders on their hard drives. I'm sure young people being completely computer illiterate and only knowing how to use smartphones is a problem in some circumstances but I really cannot overstate enough that "most teenagers don't even know how to use computer mice" does not line up at all with anything I have ever experienced as a Youth who is in consistent close contact with yet Younger Youths.

#ever notice how all those 'teens can't use computers!' posts are never written by teens? #and never have affriming commentary by teens? #marina marvels at life

[theteenquotes]

#quotes #life quotes #love quotes #inspiring quotes #relationship quotes #words #literature #lit #poetry #romance quotes #teen quotes #inspiration #motivation #spilled ink #theteenquotes

[reasonsforhope]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but especially with the end of the school year coming up soon, and a bunch of people about to leave high school or about to leave college, I just wanted to say:

Being an adult can be really nice, actually!!!

Like, okay, yeah, life can be fucking stressful sometimes, and there's definitely an annoying amount of paperwork.

But me and just about every single adult I know will agree: I would never choose to go back to being a teenager, even if I somehow could.

Insert obvious disclaimer that nothing is universal. But for people worried about aging or graduating into the next chapter of life, here's some words of reassurance:

When you're a teenager, your brain is extra mean to you. Like, neurologically. All of the changes it's undergoing really, really increase rates of depression/anxiety/etc. A lot of the time, literally just not being a teenager anymore is really good for your mental health

Less than five months out of high school, everyone I knew my age was like "Thank fuck we're no longer in high school." Once you leave high school and adolescence there's really just such a dramatic drop in petty bullshit. Shit that would have been a huge social humiliation or gossip in high school is really often just like, "Hate that for you, man." Boom, done.

When you're a teenager or a brand new adult, you're encountering so many problems for the first time ever. When you're older, you just. Have learned how to handle a lot more things. You know what to do way more often and that builds confidence

When you're an adult, other people generally don't care if you don't do things perfectly, because jobs and life don't work like grades. This was such a trip to learn, honestly? But when you are an adult or have a job the bar for success is usually just "Did you do the thing?" or "Did you do the thing well enough that it works?" or "Did you show up to work for your whole shift and look like you were doing things?"

Similarly, if you're about to graduate college and you're really stressed about it, fyi just about everyone I knew in college ended up very quickly going "wow, 'real life' is way easier." Admittedly I went to a school full of very stressed out perfectionists and the like, so I can't promise this is universal, but there's a very real chance that life will in many ways get easier when you graduate

WAY MORE CONTROL OF YOUR OWN LIFE

Literally I cannot overstate that last point. As an adult, you are (barring certain disabilities or shitty circumstances like abusive family/the criminal justice system/etc.) able to make most of your own decisions. If you want to rearrange your furniture, you can. If you want to eat tater tots at midnight, you can. If you want to get yourself a little treat, you can. You can sign contracts and make your own legal and medical decisions and not need a parent or guardian signature for just about anything ever again

You generally learn how to give fewer fucks

The people around you have also generally learned how to give fewer fucks

Even when things are shitty, being able to choose what kind of shitty a lot of the time can really be worth an awful lot

#not news #life #advice #hope #adolescence #teens #adulthood #adulting #growing up #getting older #life advice #abuse mention #autonomy

[akanemnon]

They're officially stuck together now First - Previous - Next

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

#deltarune #deltarune fanart #deltarune comic #comic #twin runes #twin runes au #kris dreemurr #frisk #undertale frisk #utdr #deltarune au #sans #sans undertale #sans deltarune #toriel #toriel dreemurr #watch this teen's life fall apart comic by comic #sans is still being vague about this btw #toriel is one step closer to becoming a crazy human lady

[chloesimaginationthings]

IS THAT JEREMY!?

I’M GLAD YALL NOTICED THIS DETAIL! To answer your question,,, oh yknow

#ask reply #I kinda worried the photo would be too small to read fully #but I’m glad yall saw it like immediately 😭 #whatever you think the answer is to this question that’s probably right #ask your heart.. it knows #it actually makes me sniffle teen Michael just having a good time #just the fact michaels life is filled with sm turmoil #the idea he had fun with his bully friends is bittersweet #dude loves his Bonnie friend homies forever #besties!! buddies! just guys being dudes!

[fanaticalthings]

Broke: "Dick Grayson was upset at a new kid taking over his mantle because he doesn't think Jason will be good enough as Robin"

Woke: "Dick is upset at Jason, not because he's suddenly taking over the mantle he created, but because Jason isn't nearly feral enough of a child to drive Bruce insane in Dick's place"

Dick: You wanna be my successor? Go swing from that chandelier right now.

Jason:

Dick: As a matter of fact, I need to see you crawling all over the walls. Make a ruckus, break some furniture

Jason: But Bruce-

Dick: SCREW Bruce. Your job as my new brother is to make his life HELL. Why are you so polite? Why are you so calm? Where's your DRIVE, your PASSION, huh? You may be worthy of the title of Robin, but are you WORTHY of being my disaster brother?

Jason, a little scared: I dont-

Dick, scoffing: The youth these days just don't rebel like they used to.

#Bruce watching Dick take Jason out on a lil hangout day: Im sure everything will be fine :) #Alfred: You have no idea what youve done. #Dick: do you at least have any hobbies #Jason: i read #Dick: (in tears) i got such a BORING brother #[jason coming back as gotham's new uprising crime lord] #dick: see THATS what im talking about FINALLY a worthy successor #dick: remember littlewing when u turn 16 u gotta up the angsty teen performance tenfold just to REALLY make B's life difficult #jason a few years later: *dies in the most horrifying way possible leaving Bruce an anguished depressed mess* #dick: Wow ok I did NOT think he'd outdo me like this #this is how they bonded as brothers :) #this is kinda a continuation on a prev post abt Robin Jason being the polite kid lol #jason todd #dick grayson #nightwing #robin!jason #red hood #bruce wayne #batman #batfamily #batfam #batdad #batkids #batbros #dc #crack #incorrect quotes #fanatical posting

[snivel1]

Qiu Qiu Qiu...🤥

#qiu lin #our life #our life now and forever #olnf #olnf qiu #qiu lin step 2 #olnf step 2 #qiu lin our life #i don't exactly know if it's not ooc for them in this step I've only played the free version for now idk much about their character yet xdd #we'll see!!!! #but i absolutely LOVE the shift from the most approachable and inclusive kid ever to a cold and reclusive teen #I ❤️ TEEN ANGST and angst in general dnjfkpeo #snively doodles