#but mom says i took them so like

[thetimelordbatgirl]

I’m sorry, but can the government please explain where the fuck it was needed to make SAT papers more stressful then they already are for Year Six students via adding GCSE LEVEL questions of all things??? Because if anyone thinks its okay that the papers with the GCSE questions actually reduced ten-eleven year olds to tears cause of how hard they were, holy shit-

#no joke i was about to go '....they introduced sats for year fucking six???' #but mom says i took them so like #imma assume my brain blocked out the sats cause of how bad they were #like they pretty fucking useless and just there to stress out kids and teachers alike #as sure they'll say it identifies strengths and weaknesses as the kids move up to secondary school #but apparently secondary schools dont even do much with the results anyway #so like there's no fucking point #adding gcse questions now is just beyond fucking cruel #we didn't fully do gcse prep at my secondary until year 10 for a reason

[itspileofgoodthings]

one time my mom was talking about something, I don’t remember what, and she said “have you ever known the poverty of having nothing to say?” and when I say nothing has ever punctured my heart quite like that statement

#I don’t even fully know why. also I don’t think she even meant it how I took it #but there is just some part of me that does believe that that is the greatest poverty #when there are no words in your mind or heart. no phrases—nothing to rely on or fall back on #and you just have to struggle with the human condition and be able to express none of it #and I know that not everyone uses words like I do or relies on them that way but people need some words. they need something #this is why a) I never make fun of those Instagram accounts that are all cheesy inspirational quotes or whatever because people are trying #they are REACHING #also b) that’s why villains who are wordlessly violently destructive make me cry #because it’s just like—-yeah I can understand turning to violence if I didn’t have expression #if I couldn’t get anything out #also also this is not related but I watched some movie or tv show the other day (and I cannot for the life of me remember which one it was) #but there was this couple on a date and the girl asks him to complete all these proverbs after she gives him the first half #because ‘a man who knows his proverbs can’t be all bad’ and it shook. Me. To. My. CORE. #also also!! this is why I teach! it’s the heart of it for me!! And why I make them memorize poetry. like. #and put quotes on the board every day. like. You will have words and images in your mind and your heart from my class if I have anything #to say about it #anyway sometimes my mom says things and casually devastates me #and I think (I think) she was just talking about the poverty of having no news because nothing is going on #and so you have nothing to share with someone. and she was talking about my Grandma and how sometimes she was just so sullen and quiet #but it’s just because there was nothing to say #anyway anyway anyway that is also why the one time on the phone my grandma said who has known the mind of the Lord —shook me so much #because she never really said anything. words were not her thing and she never quoted anything #and suddenly her saying this line of scripture that said more than any words I’d ever said —one of the defining moments of my life #tbh. anyway this is very long I’m sorry. I have woken up this morning crying about this. idk.

[biigiiiii]

So this:

Leads to this:

Which leads to this:

Which allows vecna to do this:

Right? Right………. So then this:

Leads to this:

Which leads to:

???????????????? 👀👀👀👀👀

Will has had powers.

#will has powers #no - he had powers. he probably displayed them when he got taken in to the upside down. and vecna wanted those powers. so he took them. #this also opens up to the possibility he could get them back somehow. with el it was through memories of her mom when she was born. love. #when she relived her younger self opening the gate for the first time through the power of love #so Will could get his back through strong feelings of love. just saying. #stranger things predictions #stranger things theories #byler #byler tumblr #so the cool kids can find this 😌 #I HAVE ANOTHER THING TO SAY!!! Els powers are strong from negative emotions - hatred. anger. vengeance. #but they’re even more powerful from feelings of love - familial and platonic love (mama. hopper. max. etc) #so if Will did show his powers to vecna (accidentally) when he got taken then those would have been from his most common negative emotion #fear #El is anger. hatred. will is fear. anxiety. #so will will get his powers to their fullest strength only with Love. romantic love. feeling wanted. useful. #familial/friend love was something El needed in her life and she against all odds managed to find it #she got the love she desperately needed and deserved (not romantic like the Melvin’s seem to think) #will has all that in buckets. he has friends who love him. the best mom and brother anyone could wish for. but he feels unworthy of love. #feels like all the bad things that happened to him were deserved. so him receiving and accepting what he desperately needs and deserves #will fully unlock his powers - if he has them. #thank you for coming to my Ted talk

[mistergreatbones]

between willis and catherine being retconned into being abusive/neglectful, that fucking shoehorned talia romance, bruce having the character consistency of cottage cheese, and shelia's girlboss betrayal, what's really impressive is not jason coming back to life but how he seems to be holding the world reserve of shitty parents

#it's found family #but it sucks #yeah we've all seen the characters with a football teams worth of parental figures #but have you ever seen that be a bad thing? #i included talia even though she's not jason's bio or legal mom he was like was sixteen when she took him in #i think she should count #jason todd #bad parent bruce wayne #rip og new earth willis and catherine you deserved so much better #willis todd #catherine todd #and rip silver era talia and bruce you were too good for us #tw abuse #child abuse #batfam #never getting over jason and bruce original dynamic we really had it all #now look at them #leo says shit #tw child abuse #this post has been in my drafts since before Gotham War and I stand by it #i havent read any nocturna comics so i can't speak for her so take this with a grain of salt

[thestarkster1465]

Haven't been following the James Somerton drama closely but it's become so ridiculous that it's funny

Is no one going to talk about the fact that he said that he thought it was okay for him to mention Vito Russo in the opening credits and then never mention him again because his book was out of print and Russo was dead....

And then in the same breath say that he was 'extending Russo's legacy' like my brother in Christ do you even hear yourself-

#hbomberguy #james somerton #vito russo #the celluloid closet #like lmao wtf #also the reason he plagiarized was because uh *clears throat* #he is ADHD and his mom had cancer and then she died and his father was grieving and he has epilepsy and memory issues and ajdjkdkskakskhdh #sorry my brain fizzled out #not saying thag life isn't harder because of all these things #BUT NONE OF THEM MADE YOU A SHITTY PERSON JAMES #THAT WAS ALL YOU. YOUR FAULT. #also apparently the other reason he took words from smaller queer creators was because people would listen to him as a cis white man #and not to them #fuck you james #hes so pathetic its funny #but then i remember how many people he has hurt #oh by the way edited versions of his videos are back up because nick should have his own portfolio #sure james sure #its all for nick

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#i walked into a situation today where my mom was effectively already dead. effectively bc her body was and is still alive. still breathing #painful groaning purrs. but her mind was gone yesterday. my dad said he showed her a picture of the mountains i took that day and told her #i loved her and she smiled. thats what he said. maybe he was just being nice. or maybe thats the last time she thought of me. i dunno. but #the human body is an incredible thing. shes got a heart still powering a broken body. too full of tumors to function anymore. stomach #streched like a pregnant mother. it happed really fast and now its happening very slow #im somehow probably better off than the rest of them. i only got here for the aftermath of a downslide. my daily life will b least effected #i only really saw her twice a year living so far away and she didnt text much. didnt call often. so life wont change much ill just kno shes #not there. which is sad. but theres nothing to b done abt it. life goes on. it hasnt been all bad tho. its nice to talk to my family abt her #how incredible she was. bc she was. wish her mom wasnt here tho. she doesn't deserve to b here. my mom wouldnt want her here. she didnt want #her here. but anyway. i wish her body would just let her go now. so we can sleep. so this can be over. so she can rest #but even like this shes stubborn and resilient. they say it could go on for days but i hope not. may the universe let her rest shes gotta b #so tired after 10 years of this. but i have no regrets. she knew how i felt abt her. and i dont think she had regrets either. she did so #much up to the very end. went out on a high note without the burdon of knowing it was coming #i dunno. its just such a strange experience to watch the empty shell of your mother sleeping like a gurgling baby #unrelated

[anonymusbosch]

sometimes i feel like extending the kindness you can, when you can, is the only thing there is

#two days ago on the train home from work there was a woman next to me with three very young kids. #she was trying to keep them in the seats #exasperated and tired and yelling. #trying to make a phone call as the kids swung on the handrails and did cartwheels in the train car #i wasn't trying to listen to the call but caught that somebody had died in a station. #I tried to mind my business for a few minutes; #the kids bounced around as their mom tried to wrestle them down and took a swig from a bottle of vodka in their wagon. #when there was a break in her phone call i said “this is none of my business but if you want me to keep the kids busy I can try to help.” #and she said “you're not gonna be able to. they're being real bad. but you can try.” #so I took some post-its out of my backpack and folded them tiny paper cranes #(I tried showing them how to fold cranes but they were far too young for fine motor skills.) #I stuck post-its to the seats and gave them my pens so they could scribble and draw. #I told them I'd draw them anything they wanted if they sat in the seats while I drew. #I challenged them to a breath-holding contest. #When one started showing me that he could do cartwheels in the car aisle I asked him to come sit down and I could draw him doing a flip. #All in all I think they ended up more or less in the vicinity of the seats almost all of the time and having some kind of fun - #I almost missed my stop. I gathered my pens and pencils back from the kids and picked up the post-it confetti from the floor #and when I was putting my helmet on and grabbing my bike the kids waved goodbyeand the mom looked grateful #and told the kids to all say goodbyelike clearly they were in rough times #like clearly they were in rough times #money. health. holding on #there is so much I can't give #but I can give twenty-five minutes

[hauntingblue]

Luffy eating watermelon 🍉

#and like are we sure jewelry bonney isnt her daughter.... pink hair... loves food... idk #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 787 #jinbe again!!! well yes he wqs a subordinate for big mom last time he spoke with king neptune #i forgor #damn her own son.... just took his life expectancy #i have a feeling this hasn't happened before... so what's the deal with the crocantbouche #JINBE WITH THE CROQUEMBOUCHE!! #why is the food real here ajdhakdj omg.... and jinbe is just letting them die.... well she killed her son already #JINBE BROUGHT HER A PONEGLYPH???? its probs the one in gyojin right... i mean what acces does he have to others #JINBE NAKAMA TIME!!!! FINALLY!!!! #omg me wondering why am i getting showed ace dying again.... jinbe was there thru all that i forgor he was the mvp on marineford #that was so emotive..... #JINBEEEEEEEEE #episode 789 #jinbe saying how luffy will be king of the pirates omg...... yeah!!! he galked about luffy that much.... he is such an uncle #the sun pirates basically telling him to do you.... get a vacation from putting others first man #aladdin married a daughter of mama ajdhaksjsk #i think they are abusing the letting music extend to the ad break credits.... before they did it in important moments now its just every #two episodes.... #pedro was looking for poneglyphs.... #brook being amazed at luffy..... yeah.... #nami just casual in her armor..... #SANJI ON THE COAST????? SANJIIIII #episode 790

[the-blind-geisha]

No Shipping Drama, Please

Going to put this here, as I had to deal with this on IG:

I'm going to be a mom for a second tell everyone getting into shipping discourse/ drama is not worth it.

People are allowed to enjoy the same character as you but ship them with other characters (self-insert/ OC/ canon/ etc).

If you don't like what they do, then I can gladly say the block button is your friend, but do NOT spread misinformation about them to others, please!

Saying someone is awful just because you feel threatened by their ship is not the way to behave. ♥

#and what's sad is i knew this was gonna happen sooner than later #they are a self-shipper and they take it to a very.. unhealthy level #so i expected to have this mom moment with them. and i knew they wouldn't like it #but the moment i kindly told them that just saying the person i am buying from 'is a problem' b/c they ship their OC with Waluigi #she obviously took it as you would expect #i really do hope she gets help or comes to terms with her unhealthy view of her self-ship #because she is destroying other possible friends she could meet by shutting out other ppl who ship her fave with other characters #it's a miserable experience to close yourself off like that #but i am wishing her the best #mod talks #fandom woes #fandom drama #shipping wars

[whenthegoldrays]

🍉

#anyway! who’s up crying about Yichan and Eun Gyeol? #me i am 🧍🏻‍♀️ #the father-son love that was fated to happen in any timeline and even if Yichan was a literal 19 year old child got to me all right #LIKE!!! the CONNECTION #Cheong-ah was always going to fall in love with Yichan and he was always going to fall in love with her and they were always going to have #their beloved sons and that love is immutable and unerasable and would always happen even if altering the timeline meant that it would #happen vice versa #like eun gyeol is the result of yichan and cheong-ah’s connection but then!!! he goes back #and yichan and cheong-ah have a connection BECAUSE of eun gyeol #and and and #eun gyeol is like dad….. mom…… I’m going to personally make sure your lives shine because you made my life shine #and then it’s like #he does what they raised him to do so well that he essentially becomes their adoptive parent for one glorious summer #Yichan saying “it’s like you’re the dad I never had” #BUT BECAUSE YICHAN IS THE ONE WHO TAUGHT EUN GYEOL WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DAD #and the first word eun gyeol ever says to cheong-ah (that she understands) is “mom” #and that’s the word she remembers from her own mom #they took that from her #they took away her mom they took away her connection to the world #but eun gyeol gives that back to her #BECAUSE SHE’S THE ONE WHO TAUGHT HIM THAT #they taught him how to love and then he went back and saw how much they needed love as kids and he taught it back to them #and he returns to his time and the love is there tenfold #GODDDDD #twinkling watermelon #elly's posts

[bericas]

scott appreciation week (day 4) → i think it’s my fault

― Andrei Tarkovsky, Journal 1970-1986

#twedit #scottmccalledit #scottmccallweek #dont talk to me about the last gif i dont want to hear it #ive taken one art history class and the only redeeming thing about the last gif is that it kind of looks like a painting almost #with like the faded gauziness and how the tarp almost looks like brushstrokes #I TOOK ONE ART HISTORY CLASS PLEASE DONT BULLY ME ABOUT THIS #and i do think it adds to the effect. like its over. theres no fighting it. hes a saint. #the rest are in focus and vibrant and the last one is kind of blurred out. okay maybe i like it now. #anyway its really about how scott doesnt get to be a kid and so rarely are the adults in his life adults #and its not necessarily their faults. like. very many of them are also human. #deaton steps up for him a lot and melissa does her best and imo only ever really fails bc of poor writing choices #and by s6 when chris is trying to be his stepdad i think he's stepped up in a big way too #but. like. melissa raised a good kid. and shes a good mom. but life still happens and no one really talks abt how scott was parentified too #like. you gave a kid with a fixer complex supwerpowers. he is obviously going to feel the need to be a superhero #he barely got to be a kid before that and he certainly doesn't get to now which we see as early as season 1 #when he leaves his friends and girflriend in a room to hide in a room to go fight a monster #he doesnt get to hide. he doesnt get to not fight. by formality he's saying that he has to protect everyone #in fury matt shoots him in front of his mom and makes him leave her and threatens to kill her and he still cant help but show him sympathy #during his Tragic Backstory. like. scott wouldve saved matt if he couldve. i bet he thinks about matt honestly. #WAIT FUCK #FLASHING GIF TW #for the fourth andddddd seventh one #maybe the third one? im not sure but its him breaking thru the mountain ash its all glowy #anyway #scott doesnt get to be a kid and by s5 they forget that he's even a person #and by s6 they try to assert that as a positive #every villain makes him kinder but only because he doesn't have an alternative. it changes him. it can't not change him. #he can't be the same after. so it's kinder or crueler but crueler was never an option. #theyve made him into a saint by robbing him of his personhood

[guinevereslancelot]

most fucked up thing at my new job is there's only zero calorie sweeteners at the coffee station in the break room. three different kinds of zero calorie sweetener but no regular sugar because the assumption is that literally everyone is on a diet?

#is this because its a job dominated by women in particular??? idk #that's so weird #like sorry i can taste the difference and i prefer naturally occurring sugar from nature how is that not even an option #drinking nasty bitter af coffee bc i am So Sleepy but i refuse to use artificial sweeteners #they Do taste different and they're not even good for you im not doing that lol #also they got mad at me for telling one of the parents that we took one of the kids temperature and it was 99 and he threw up a little #when his dad came to get him yesterday and all of the other teachers were nowhere to be found #they were like tou shouldnhave had colleen do that #ma'am colleen went home before that and so did you #i should have left already too but waited bc the ratio on the playground was bad #anyway i did NOT say he had a fever i said it was 99 and to talk to the teacher inside #but the dad didnt yalk to her clearly then went home and scared the mom that he had a fever and threw up so she texted my boss freaking out #i literally just said he threw up a little and we took his temperature and it was 99 and to talk to the other teacher #which was all true and there was no one else there to tell him #anyway #apparently the person who had my job before me was a wacko who scared the parents with fake medical information or something #but that is not my fault and nobody told me that or not to tell the parents anything medical until this morning #ugh #also my supervisor is kind of a weirdo #she wanted to show everyone ~cute~ pictures of animals she has killed while hunting??? #and i said i didnt want to see #and she was like ~oh it's not dead yet in the picture~ #like okay but its dead now??? #she traps them first so its a cute little fox in a trap about to be killed 😭 #like wtfff #i know trappong predators is a reality but why take pictures like ohhh so cute then kill it #THEN show everyone the cute pictures like yeah isnt he adorable i killed him btw <3 #huh?????? #she has a bobcat tail on her keychain too she was giving it to the teachers and kids to pet like ohhh its so soft <3

[johndonneswife]

#just need to vent rq lololol #my wedding lehenga came out so freaking beautiful #but it needs to be taken in a lot like. i lost 6 inches on my waist since i initially had it made for my body #and everyone at the shop was like ohh wow good job great you look so great now you look awesome #and my mom was like oh wow good job that’s good you did it #like lol #i wanted to just be like #‘thanks i had to go to iop therapy at an ed center where they literlaly taught me how to eat food. like a toddler. thanks’ #like i didn’t lose weight for an intentional reason but thanks for confirming you thought i looked horrible before lolol #idk i have been like every size in the book but seeing how much better ppl treat me when im smaller #i’m just like. :) #if my mom says anything about her body or mine tomorrow i will probably fucking lose it and if you see a woman in nj killing ppl on the news #it’s me. lol #it just really took me out of the experience bc i’m trying sooooo hard to be neutral about my body. and like. i don’t need to hear your #thoughts abt what i look like lmao #whatever my dress is beautiful and i’m so beautiful and i’m excited but i really do think i should be able to hunt ppl for sport #leave me alone #nothing you do can please ppl #when i was 20 and 100 lbs and killing myself and sick and miserable every single day my mom was also just like #wow you look great #meanwhile i was balding and fainting at the gym and failing my college classes bc i was obsessed w my body #text #also look at these cats that are just in luis’s apartment’s hallway like rofl who let them out of their apt!!!! so cute #my mom saying ‘you did it’ as if i was trying to do something made me lol #i wasn’t TRYING to do anything i just am healing my relationship w food and my body #bc i refuse to waste my entire life being bitter and miserable and ashamed of existing #like SOMEONE i know…. #anyway this could be you too! if you went to fucking therapy! #i ate ny pizza out of spite after all of this #sorry some of you can’t enjoy a fucking carb !!!!!

[edith-is-a-cat]

The character development in being comfortable in telling my parents about my online friends

#I remember when I was younger and had my first online friend #they became my friend through roblox and a cringy undertale rp #I was at my bio dad's one day and sitting on the floor of his's friends house just talking to them #he looked over my shoulder to see me talking to them #he took my phone and started looking through our messages #he saw me “cursing” (it was through roblox so It was like “carp” and stuff) #He linked his email account to my roblox account and from that day on I stopped playing on that account #I remember crying my eyes out #I remember the fear that shot through me when me mom looked over my shoulder to see me dming miles about a painting or something #I felt that feeling I had when I was younger #I hate it #but today I was able to comfortably talk about miles with them #miles said my dad (not the piece of shit bio one) looked like santa #my dad told me to say thank you #btw this is why I cuss a decent amount just to spite my bio dad #thanks for the trauma and cool nose asshole #silly little bear chatters :]

[apollos-olives]

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but what's your favourite place in Palestine? Or at least your favourite place that you've visited? Have a good day! ❤️

i feel like my answer changes every time but i really loved staying in ariha (jericho)!! my grandpa and some of his family currently live there and it's a relatively small town but since it's the lowest place on earth, it's constantly warm there so the falls and winters are nice. the summers are BOILING but i feel like the town is very pretty. the people there are kind and go out of their way to help you and make you comfortable. i like the mountain with the temple and it's a nice spot in general to visit, so that's currently my favorite spot, but i might change my opinion any time lol. ty for asking 🫶

#i will say though #my mom took me to a salon shop once in ariha to get my hair cut and the people working there were loud and annoying #and made us wait for AGES and served a ton of people before us #but the cut was cute actually #but also their accents were really thick so i couldn't understand them #i was so lost like what the fuck us a “gus” #turns out ariha has a specific accent that i do not understand 👍 so that'll take me getting used to #palestine

[roseworth]

i think cass and duke both have (different) complicated relationships with whether or not they see bruce as their father (or even the bats as their family) but we’re not allowed to talk about that bc people would just use it as another excuse to exclude them

#like dukes parents (or just his mom??? i can’t remember) are alive and his mom is even back to normal now i think #so even when bruce took him in he had trouble straight up thinking of bruce as his dad #but he was still like. a father figure #and cass’s dad was alive and she loved him & he loved her. but that is clearly not enough #and. you know. not a good thing at all #so she saw bruce as her father but also felt weird about it #not to mention she wasn’t even officially adopted until right before he died #idk. i just think both of them have very complicated feelings about that #but it’s hard to say that without being afraid the Wrong People would agree with me #i think tim also has a weird relationship with bruce as his father but i don’t know or care enough about tim to be sure about that #like maybe i’m wrong #but i feel like tim always thought of the adoption as a practical move rather than bruce actually becoming his dad #not that he DOESNT think of bruce as his dad but i feel like it’s just not as straightforward as people pretend it is