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loves0phelia · 13 hours

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Always Knew

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Warnings: alcohol (barely)

A/N: this is my first ever fic, and English is not my first language so if I make any mistake please be nice and if someone sees this I would really appreciate receiving request xxx

The first time you saw Rafe Cameron you were 7 years old. It was the first time Sarah invited you over at TanneyHill a couple days after meeting you in her first grade class.

Like normal girls, you and her went on a bike ride. You briefly remember Ward and Rose saying to not go far since dinner was almost ready. But the only memory that stuck in your mind was how he managed to make you feel better.

Unlike all your friends you still had trouble riding a bike without the training wheels. So when one of them caught a small pebble on the ground it went sideways. By now you were back in front of the Cameron house so when Rafe heard your cries, he along with his dad and stepmother rushed outside.

You were holding your knee in pain. the skin was scraped and your palms were bleeding.

“Are you okay?” he had asked before kneeling in front of you while Sarah and the rest of the family watched the interaction. For a small second you almost forgot about your injuries as you looked into his bright blue eyes.

“y-yeah” you wiped your tears and he looked you up and down and then to the small wheels on the bike.

“ I can teach you to ride a bike without those if you want one day” You nodded and he gave you a smile.

Even at 7 years old you knew you would love Rafe Cameron.

Since that incident you had seen him a handful of times. But the next memorable time was when you were 10. Rafe was celebrating his 13th birthday in the backyard of his house. Multiple kids were having fun in the pool and some were eating cake.You and Sarah along with some were sitting next to the pool drinking lemonade and eating fruits enjoying the day like everyone else.

“Hey Sarah, do you want to play with us in the pool?” a 11 year old Topper asked. The boy always had a crush on her.

“Sure! Want to come with us y/n?” she asked sweetly but you politely refused before continuing sipping on your cold drink.

After a couple minutes some of the kids (who you think were Rafe’s friends) approached you.

“Don't you want to come in the pool with everyone” he asked judgmentally but once

again you decline seeing no problem in staying out of the water.

“Come on!” he tugged on your arm forcefully, leaving a small bruise and dragged you towards the pool. You trashed and tried to break free but just as the boy was about to push you in, Rafe grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved him to the ground.

“She doesn't want to go in the pool, idiot!” He screamed, immediately alarming the adults who were having a great time.

“What's going on Rafe?” Ward came to the scene noticing the frighten boy on the ground and Rafe above him.

“He was trying to push Y/N in!” he said and his dad looked at you for confirmation, making you nod.

After that day, it felt like Rafe was always near when you needed him.

At 18 when all your friends were talking about their recent hookups you hadn't even held hands with someone. You were desperate to find someone, to share your first kiss. But It felt like nobody was good enough.

“what's going on in this pretty head of yours?” Your head snapped to the side when you heard his voice. You were sitting outside holding an unfinished beer outside the party where you felt you didn't belong.

“nothing, just felt overwhelmed inside” you shake my head and look down at your feet.

“Come on, y/n i know you. I know there's more than that” he said and gave you a light push with his elbow.

“I feel like I'm missing out, everyone I know has kissed or hooked up with someone and I've never even held hands with a guy. Sarah had Topper and now John B. Sabrina has kissed probably every girl on this island, Kelce always has a new girlfriend and you… you probably had tons of girlfriends” you sighed feeling embarrassed with my lack of experience.

“I've never had a girlfriend,” he whispered and you could barely hear him.

“You're such a liar” you laugh, a blow of wind makes your hair fall in front of my face.

“im serious y/n” he says and gently brushes away your hair behind your ear.

“h-how you're Rafe Cameron, like the hottest guy in the entire outer banks” your words fell from your mouth before you had time to think about them.

“You think I'm hot?” He laughed again and your cheeks reddened now realizing what you had just said. Quickly you had your face in your hands, beer long forgotten on the pavement.

“Oh God, did I really say that?” He continued laughing and you stayed hidden behind your hand trying to create a shield to protect yourself from the embarrassment. But your barrier is broken when his hands grabbed yours to pull them away.

Not wanting to face him you kept your head down, chin tucked against your neck. But when his hand grabbed your chin to make you look at him it was inevitable.

When your gaze finally connects with his, you notice the glimmer in his eyes. Rafe’s hand traveled from your chin to your jaw, you felt your heartbeat elevate as the tension between the two of you rose.

“Can I kiss you, please?” he asked even though his lips were already inches away from yours and eagerly you nodded.

His lips finally connected with yours, after years of secretly yearning for Rafe Cameron.

His hand that was previously on your jaw drops down to your neck as he deepens the kiss.

It feels like the kiss lasted forever when you separate. his forehead drops down on yours and a breathy laugh escapes his mouth.

“I always knew you would be my first kiss” you whisper and a smile breaks onto his soft lips it could light up an entire room.

“And I always knew I would end up with you, remember when you fell off your bike in middle school?” you nod after he asked his question.

“even though i didn't know what love was back then, i knew i loved you” both of his hands grabs your face softly, gently rubbing his thumbs on the apple of your cheeks before pressing his lips to yours passionately.

at this very moment you also knew you would never love anyone more than you love Rafe Cameron

#rafe cameron #rafe cameron fluff #rafe cameron imagine #rafe cameron x reader #rafe cameron outer banks #outer banks fanfiction #drew starkey #drew starkey x reader #drew starkey fanfiction

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greenerteacups · 3 days

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forever grateful to you for sharing your musings, as if the book writing weren't great enough and hard work enough, you truly spoil us and i love you.

I'm popping in here to ask if you would like to talk about how you see Dumbledore. Sometimes I feel his manipulative side is abused in fanfiction, depicting little more than a heartless chess master.

And well, I guess I'm curious to find out if Lionheart Albus has a heart and will we get to see it. Maybe the more generous glimpses you give us of Snape and his interactions with him will shed some light on his hidden depths? Or will his appearances remain fleeting and enigmatic, always far and above all the little people we do know and adore?

Sorry, I know you can't possibly be completely balanced in your portraying of the whole cast, or they would spread too thin. I am here for the plot, for the Dramione and the Blacks, but I deeply enjoy all the character building (I truly live for all of them, not only our loved ones, I even cherish Warrington with sincere hate and am waiting for his comeuppance ) so I thought I would ask if you wouldn't mind a few comments on our opaque headmaster.

Thank you, friend! You're really kind.

Dumbledore has a relatively minor role in Lionheart for a few reasons — chief among which is, as you point out, that we just don't have time for everybody to get the same level of characterization the mains do. I have plot justifications for that, but it'd be disingenuous to suggest otherwise: Dumbledore's minor because I'm less interested in him than I am in Snape and Narcissa, and Lionheart is much more about Draco's sphere of the world than Harry's. That being said, I think some people forget how small Dumbledore's role is in the original books. He pretty much exists to deliver exposition and tell Harry how to beat the final boss; dude doesn't even get a gesture at a backstory until he's already dead. In fact, it's kinda weird to me that everyone (including a lot of people in the series) treats Dumbledore like he's some kind of guardian for Harry, especially with respect to the decision to keep him at the Dursleys. I know it's set up in the prologue, but if I'm Dumbledore, and I'm catching strays for Vernon Dursley being a piece of shit, I'm gonna be like:

The TLDR on Dumbledore is he's blamed way too much for stuff he doesn't do instead of the stuff he does. People seem to blame him for everything bad that happens to Harry because he's a competent adult in the general vicinity of the kid. But with the possible exception of hiring Lockhart — a bad decision I attribute to Early Installment Weirdness and, just maybe, a certain scarcity of applicants for a position where the last dude Literally Fucking Died — there's not a whole lot of shit that happens to Harry in the first few books Dumbledore could've prevented. Plus, he does in fact have Other Shit to be Doing. Is he a really powerful wizard who probably could've saved Harry's ass in a lot of the fights he gets into? Yes. Does he also have a whole school to run, a secret guerrilla group to direct, a Ministry full of political enemies to placate, and — oh yeah — a snake-faced immortal evil sorcerer he's playing 4D chess with at all times? Yes!

The whole lamb-to-slaughter thing with Harry is admittedly quite dark, but I don't read it as machiavellian. For one, Dumbledore obviously comes to this conclusion after a lot of deliberation, and to his death, he refuses to tell Harry about it, because (one assumes) he never intends to kill Harry himself. He's willing to hinge the fate of the free world on his respect for Harry's autonomy and/or his faith that Harry will make the "right" choice. That's pretty humane, given the circumstances. And he holds off on telling Harry about the horcruxes because... he doesn't want to inform a literal child that he'll eventually have to kill himself for the war effort. Oh, GOD, what a SCHEMING MONSTER. Surely this is motivated by menace, and not the grieving reluctance of a seasoned veteran who wants to preserve whatever few years of happiness this kid can eke out of life.

The areas where Dumbledore is morally shady come out most in his interactions with other adults. His conversation with Severus in 1981, for instance, is the one time in the books where I was legitimately frightened of him, because it's a rare time he's completely without mercy or grace. "What will you give me in return, Severus?" is a character-defining line, because Snape has just told him that two twenty-somethings and their infant child are about to be murdered, and Dumbledore's hit back with the subtextual equivalent of: "Tough shit. Why is it my problem?" Which is COLD AS FUCK! And we can kind of infer that he's not in earnest here, that he's manipulating Severus by making him think Dumbledore won't protect the Potters (even though they're Order members, which this theory requires us to assume Severus doesn't know) so that he can get him to work as a spy — but we don't know that for certain, right? It's all inference. We hope that his implicit threat isn't genuine, but what would happen if Severus said no, and walked away? How much did Albus understand about Snape's feelings for Lily, and what kind of person does it take to bluff like that in front of a known Legilimens? That line is intimidating as fuck whether or not Albus means it.

It's bits like these, where he's talking to people that he actually dislikes, where we get hints of the real Machiavellian Albus Dumbledore, and it's absolutely fascinating. He's the veteran of two wars, going on three when he dies, and you can tell in how he conducts himself. That includes, by the way, his gentility with children and his respect for innocence. But he's not just Good Funny Grandfather Dude or Crafty Mastermind. He's a general. He's been waging wars from the back lines since his twenties. That does something to your brain, and it doesn't leave a lot of you left over for anything else.

#greenteacup asks

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deliciousdefendorinternet · 2 days

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come to think of it how do you think Branch learnt everything he knows?

in TBT he says in the argument scene that after Grandma died there was no one left to take care of him confirming that he literally had no one after her death.

implying with everything else we know about his backstory that he Raised himself from a very young age likely 5 6 or 7 I'd assume based purely on his looks alone.

but thinking about it how could he have learnt how to do everything that he knows as an adult?

I mean I know some of it can simply be self taught but do you really think a little kid that age would be able to self learn everything that Branch knows as an adult?

like how to build an underground Bunker without it collapsing in on itself? and how to build a working lift in the Bunker?

and just basic stuff like cooking and maintaining a House by himself ( Hell I'm in my early 20s and I still struggle with a lot of that crap 😂😂😂😂 )

I mean do you think he literally is meant to have just been alone? or do you think its more a case where he didn't have a specific guardian per say.

but maybe he was still technically looked after by the village to an extent like he had people to teach him certain things and or bring him food and stuff that he needed to make sure he was still healthy.

but he still sorta just lived on his own and didn't interact with other people unless he absolutely had to due to how closed off he was.

some people like to HC Kismet as having visited him during all those years to check up on him occasionally and bring him stuff and make sure he was properly taking care of himself.

so maybe we could find out something like that was the case in a future film tho maybe not necessarily with Kismet as cute as that would be.

like maybe he did have certain people looking out for him over the years when he was a kid despite him closing himself off from everyone.

IDK it'd just be sorta cute I think he still has large gaps in his Backstory that DreamWorks could potentially work with in the future.

like maybe a future film does actually introduce a new character from his past during that period in his life who tried to look out for him or at least check up on him every now and then to make sure he wasn't literally dead.

as I like the idea of him maybe having a kinda surrogate parent figure in a future film who he didn't even really think of in that way.

but later on its pointed out to him just how much they tried to do for him as he was growing up even tho they had to somewhat do it from a distance given Branch's wishes of wanting to be alone.

like maybe they were someone who also lost loved ones to the Bergens and they were more understanding of Branch's grief and him not being able to move on like the rest of the village did.

plus they just had a basic human amount of empathy and could see it probably wasn't Right to leave a grieving traumatised little kid with nothing to take care of himself with.

and maybe over the course of the film he kinda slowly realises even during all those years he spent alone someone did actually care and at least tried to look out for him.

and Branch comes to appreciate them like family plus Bro zone would instantly like them given how they looked out for him when they weren't there.

so they don't judge the relationship at all and are just kinda happy for Branch. ( I mean they can't claim he's betraying their parents memory or anything he didn't even know them as far as we know )

but now I'm getting more into fanfic ideas territory than cannon based speculation territory lol.

I just want the next film to give my boy some Happiness and a cute little semi surrogate parent plot has been spinning around in my head for the past week now.

I just kinda love the idea even if it would sorta be a retcon to his backstory and more new characters for the future films to have to introduce and develop even tho the cast is already super full.

but like I said I just find the idea kinda sweet plus screw Brozone lol I'd love for my boy Branch to find a found family member in the future.

who actually did try and be there for him throughout the worst periods of his life even when the rest of the village may have saw him as a lost cause.

but like I said that's more fanfic idea territory anyway what do you think in regards to the main question of the post? 😂😂😂😂

#like seriously give branch some actual stress free happiness next film come on DreamWorks TBT basically made him even more miserable #and only offered up the most surface level empty happiness at the end of the film like you can add new elements to his past besides angst.#trolls band together #branch trolls #branch #trolls dreamworks #trolls 3 #trolls branch angst #Trolls #Trolls Branch #Trolls Branch Angst #trolls #dreamworks trolls

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pearwaldorf · 3 months

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Perhaps this is a contrarian opinion, but I think it's good for young'uns to lie about their ages to access adult content.

To be clear, this is not something every minor should do. If you don't think you can handle adult content (whether it's porn or taxes), then stay in the kiddie pool. There's nothing wrong with knowing your limits, and fuck anybody who says otherwise.

But for a certain type of precocious little shit, like I was, it is a safer way to find and test limits. Did I run across stuff that disturbed me, especially in an age of no content warnings? Yeah, but for the most part I don't remember what specifically it was*.

Attitudes about this have shifted so much from when I was a young'un, literal decades ago. Which I find interesting, because there were specific kid-friendly places, as well as general public spaces where you would run into people of all ages. Those intergenerational friendships were important, in the way that it helped me relate to people of different backgrounds and cultures, and just having adults in my life that didn't have power over me but still looked after my well-being.

I don't think it's coincidental this age segregation correlates with a lot of younger people having extremely weird ideas of what adult life is like. Yes we pay taxes and go to work, but there's also room for the same hobbies and fandoms you enjoyed as a young'un. And I also understand why adults don't necessarily want minors in their spaces, but it is absolutely possible to have friendships between adults and kids that aren't creepy and predatory.

Of course this doesn't work if both sides 1. don't maintain the polite fiction** 2. understand pretending to be an adult means you act like a fucking adult and don't freak out when adult topics are discussed (see asterisk 1).

This is all just word vomit, so I'm sure there's some point I forgot to make. I'm just surprised attitudes have shifted so much since I had to lie about my age.

* I also think kids were not treated like something that made them uncomfortable would traumatize them for life. As I keep banging on about, discomfort is not the same as harm.

** I don't think any of us passed as 18+. But we all pretended, and honestly I think it was better that way.

#pear text #i was so looking forward to being a fandom auntie #but the kids don't want adult interaction #and i think they are poorer off for it

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torra-and-the-toons · 25 days

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Some notes on Nigel from my modern adult AU, where all their adventures were just them playing pretend as kids and now they're grown up.

I always liked the cancer theory for Nigel, so I went with that. (what can I say, I love angst...) He left because the US healthcare system is a joke.

I made this for outfits, but it kinda just evolved into random notes.

#torras art #codename kids next door #knd #modern adult au #nigel uno #a reminder that if this au isn't your cup of tea you don't have to interact with it #idk if or when I'll do the others #everyone's would be different I would not draw everyone in their undies I only did so with Nigel to show how scrawny and sickly he looks #don't worry he's slowly gaining the weight back #I hc that he also just has a high metabolism in general #one of those guys who can just pack away 40billion calories like it's nothing #I looked up so many things on cancer just to make sure I wasn't spewing nonsense that google probably thinks I have cancer now #also he's had cancer since he was like 7... before he even joined the KND #he blamed his hair loss on the DCFDTL and they rolled with it because they just wanted to be included in their pretend game #even if they were the bad guys #his cancer went into remission for a while but started to come back towards the end of the series

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trollocs-ooc · 23 days

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Actually i don't think Twelve would change all that much in beforus AU cause technically he has a similar thing going on in canon. Just taking people based on horns or needing someone to work. It's legal for him in both universes on Beforus it's just systemized

#The only change i quess would be him actually getting to interact with eleven (i assume beforus adults are allowed to see the kids?)#and giving him second as a cullee.#I think Twelves choices would stay about the same. I don't think he'd be interested in the “adopting” aspect of culling.#if he wanted to treat someone as offspring he could do that on his own without the culling system #liexii naraal #talk #beforus!au

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spellsparkler · 24 days

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children portrayed in video games is always so strange to see.. it's always just a smidge off. they so rarely seem like they would gleefully beat the shit out of you if given half the chance. thinking about the tiefling kids you meet practicing swordplay mostly - the fact that not one of them tries to hit you with their fake weaponry is a travesty of immersion-breaking proportions

#TRUST ME AND MY CHILDCARE WORKER EXPERTISE. kids under 8 are very physical #and sometimes that means sitting on your lap #and sometimes that means coiling around your legs so you can't move #or just coming up and punching you (to practice their karate obviously)#or all manner of affectionate (?) and violent grapplings #most of the adults they interact with don't like the roughhousing so if you put up with it even a little bit they go Apeshit #to be fair they do need to be comfortable enough with you to start pulling that kind of behaviour #so they probably wouldn't want to do it to the player character #but STILL.

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horseboneologist · 1 year

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There have been a lot of posts going around lately talking about children posting 'discourse' and 'rancid takes' online. It's all "kids need to get off TikTok" and "when I was 12 I was playing outside, kids these days only know iPad and lie" and??? Are y'all okay??? I promise, I pinky-swear promise you that kids are still playing outside. Kids are still playing imagination games and running around by the creek and making paper airplanes in school. Yes the world is limited in ways it wasn't for older generations, and yes children need child-friendly spaces on the internet, but for fuck's sake y'all, these kids are still kids!! The real difference with this generation is that the rest of us are seeing them play-act as adults, because they have public platforms to do so! The don't somehow have worse opinions than we did at that age, we're just overhearing the shitty opinions that 12-year-olds share with each other.

"Different generation" this, "times are changing" that, I swear to god. When prehistoric humans settled their first villages and took up agriculture, how much you want to bet adults were saying "when I was 12 I was already leading my first wildebeest hunt, kids these days only know plough and thresh" like come ON.

Yes, my cousin has an iPad. He also has water balloon fights with his big brother. And he loves reading and doing cartwheels. His big brother has a girlfriend who holds his hand at lunch and he plays baseball and loves hotwheels. Kids are still out there making mud soup and pretending to be witches and inventing secret alphabets for their diaries. The kids are alright, I promise.

#sorry for the rant #all 22 of my followers get to enjoy my adderall-fueled defense of today's youth #yeah I also don't want to have to interact with children in what should be adult spaces #but it ain't the kids' fault #this is just another example of the exceptionalism mindset #somehow OUR teenagers are DIFFERENT than other generations' teenagers #buddy no they ain't #times do change but human nature is pretty fuckin consistent I prommy

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stelashe · 1 year

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25/30+ Yo dni is something that both amuses and creeps me out like minors dni is meant to protect them not ostracise while yo old fuck don't get close or I call the police for abuse is... just rude?!

#yeah i prefer myself to stay away from kids especially obnoxious ones and i get that maybe at 16 you wouldn't want to befriend an adult #but it's how it's worded? i prefer hey I'm a minor bare that in mind i feel weird if an adult stranger will talk to me ok kiddo #than a fandom buddies is 26 don't they have better stuff to do than being ped0s?#also most times people interact with posts not whole blogs so who are u are you really a minor why do u only want minors around that's sus #anywayyyys the far away i stay from younger zoomers the better so maybe they are protecting us oldies after all lol

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likelylarks · 1 year

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#ramble rant incoming that is in fact an indirect #but also at anyone who does this or things like it bc i take issue with all of it even if this one thing was a catalyst for ramble rant #and if you have a problem with that don't read :)#you know what i feel like we shouldn't do?#go around calling real children who have done nothing but exist #quote little brat unquote #like? i get that you have some sort of beef with kelly?#she's not my favorite person but think however you want #to whatever extreme (even if it feels extreme like she's just a person you don't have to interact with her on any level)#but p? is a kid? that has done nothing wrong?#by all accounts is growing up healthy happy and securely attached to the adults in her life #like? genuinely what?#and for all p slander to be done mostly through the eyes and words of daniel? who loves kids? and wouldn't realistically say/do anything #like that at all #just shows that it's not even a narrative thing or an exploration of character it's just bashing on a literal child for no reason #it just..... why the fuck are people dragging a literal fucking preschooler into their issues #and shitting on her?#it's just gross to read!#and sorry to anybody who is like kids suck! and/or anybody can write whatever they want!#but consider? having a heart?

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abluehappyface · 2 years

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Went to a park grand opening and a green dragonfly and a cricket landed on me, and I got to hold a toad >:3

#buy like 10 seconds after picking it up it peed on me -_-#*but #also today just proved that bluey's just a giant child #my sister who is 9 and my cousins beings 9 and 4 wanted me to go on the bouncy castle #but blu being 18 is WAY too tall if not too heavy #and they were like 'noooOOO we want blu to come with us! >:('#and my mum was like 'blu's too big!'#and my other cousin (their mom) was like 'you know blu's an ADULT right!?'#yeah...#blu's a certified child #not just with my family either #all the kids at the playground know who i am #sometimes toddlers will just randomly hug me when im sitting down #i relate more to kids than others my age #i don't even WANT to interact with the other people around my age in my neighborhood tbh #they all seem mean :/#so yeah #i guess I'm just a kid lmao #abluehappyface

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imwritesometimes · 1 year

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I'm still not clear on how drag is an inherently sexual performance...... I fully understand if you go to a club as an adult and see a show they might throw some sexually charged stuff your way but it's not like kids putting on drag shows in high school or queens doing reading hours at libraries are uh.... doing the same act. It's called reading the room and ppl can and in fact do do that. I'd be willing to bet cash american dollars your average music video online free for all to watch in 2023 is more sexually explicit than a drag queen at a children's reading hour.....

#and just cause this tumblr dot com. I'm not saying music videos should be ~Pure~#I'm saying I can hop on the youtubes RIGHT NOW and find far more provocative shit without anyone else's consent in my own living room #whereas like... idk a single 7 year old getting to the public library for a reading hour without some adult in their life knowing abt it #if you want to shield your kids from interacting with all queer ppl ever you can. you're an awful person but you can.#and I know the argument is like omg but I don't even want them KNOWING abt it #even reading a sign for it ans asking what a drag queen is will RUIN my child like lmao it's such a weak fuckin argument #I wish I didn't have to know abt Christianity but there are churches all over town. wish I didn't have to know abt crocs but there are ads.#so on and so forth like. grow up. or admit you're a burning in hell bigot and let me hit you with my car.#I'm sorry I know it's like rants all the time but it's going OFF locally and I hope all these fuckers in town die mad immediately.#erin explains it all

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healingheartdogs · 2 years

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Just to be clear, I do not dislike children at all. I am not blaming children or their parents for the fact that kids under a certain age are not really safe to have around animals. I’ve studied child development enough to know it takes years for kids to develop self control, and once they start to develop it they still need a lot of help from adults in actually putting that self control into action. Same goes with them learning consent and how dogs display consent or lack thereof and putting that into action. There is no blame being placed here, I simply don’t personally agree based on my knowledge of child development and experience as a trainer that kids should be living in close contact with animals before they develop the impulse control and motor skills to be able to interact with those animals safely the vast majority of the time they interact with them. A 2-4 year old child is not that far in development. If you want to risk it with your own kids and your own pets, that’s fine. I will not be doing that, or selling dogs in the future to families with very young children who want to try that route and that is my personal boundary. It is not worth an animal or a child potentially being hurt to me. In my work as a professional trainer I have seen and worked with too many parents who really were trying with their very young children to teach them to be respectful of their dogs, only to have issues with their dog developing reactivity toward the kids and snapping or growling at them anyway because the behavior those parents were expecting from their kids around their dogs was not developmentally appropriate and their kids were not yet capable of respecting their dog’s boundaries consistently enough for the dog to feel comfortable around those kids. This leads to a lot of frustration on the parents’ end and a dangerous situation for their toddler(s) and their dog(s). It doesn’t matter how much you try to reason with your kid and attempt to teach them your dogs’ boundaries if they do not yet have impulse control or emotional regulation and have only just started to grasp the concept of consent. They are still likely to have developmentally appropriate reactions to the frustration those boundaries create in them that may upset animals around them and cause problems that make the situation unsafe. Saying that very young children not being safe around animals is primarily a parenting issues ignores the rate at which child development actually happens and is unfair to parents who are trying their best to teach their very young kids how to be respectful of animals but encounter these sort of problems caused by developmental limitations along the way. It is very common, at least in the US, for child development to be rushed past what is developmentally possible or appropriate (this is also common af in puppy training here too unsurprisingly), not only by parents but also by the public. That is not an opinion of mine, that is an observable fact frequently talked about in child development here because it so often leads to unsafe/harmful situations and child abuse/neglect. This, to me, is one of those common types of rushing situations. Children can still learn just fine to respect animals and act appropriately around them if they aren’t allowed to live in a house with animals of their own until they are 6-7 years old and only have limited controlled interactions with them before that. It’s not going to stunt their ability to respect animals in the future if you don’t have a dog in the house when they’re 3-4 years old or younger. My partner’s sister is not a bad parent because her youngest child screams and cries and throws herself onto the ground when my dog tells her to go away with his body language and we step in to make her leave him alone. That reaction from a toddler that young who does not have emotional regulation or impulse control is a very normal reaction to frustration. I can understand that a reaction is normal and developmentally appropriate and still feel that is also makes children around that age unsafe for my dogs. I can understand that reaction while still seeing that it stresses my dog out and makes him more wary of young kids, leading to me not wanting kids that age around him at all. This does not mean I dislike children, or that I am blaming children (or their parents). I just simply do not want to flirt with the risk that comes with kids that young interacting with animals for the sake of my dogs’ safety and comfort, and that also applies to any puppies I may produce in the future as a breeder. This boundary of mine is not based in personal feelings, it is based in logic and understanding of how children's brains develop.

#i love kids a lot actually and find them easier to work with than adults when it comes to dog training #after a certain age where they can take directions well and control their emotions better that is #Selene's sister's older kid loves to play and work with Eevee and we happily let her #because she's old enough to listen well to instructions and she has developed more self control #that is not the case with their toddler and every time she is around my dogs she stresses them out #because she's loud and impulsive and unpredictable #it's not her fault or her parent's fault or a fault of my dogs #that's just how toddlers are #once she's older I will also be happy to show her how to work with my dogs and play with them #until then I don't want my dogs to be forced to be around or interact with her #it's that simple #she's a good kid #her brain is just still in very early growth stages

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prowerprojects · 8 months

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Even though I'm literally the person who made up Tails x Iggy as a ship I gotta say that in the sunflower au, even though they're married and happy together as adults, as kids their relationship (don't mean romance) was kind of a mess. (But they had years to work it out and they did)

#project.txt #tails x iggy #I'm just warning now so when I write them interacting as kids no one is surprised #because it is a bit toxic actually #so I don't ship them YET — they both need some development first #but I can also come up with cute scenarios of them as adults because it's my au and I can jump around the timeline as much as I want <3

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arminsumi · 7 months

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ADULT STORE

↳ GETO すぐる + fem!reader

"Oh, see I told you... this product's a bit intense."

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Pt. 2

Summary : product testing with the helpful employee at the adult store!

Warnings : minors do not read/interact : smut/explicit content : using toys, stranger/hookup sex, softdom!Geto, praise, cunnilingus, fingering, dirty talk, squirting, multiple orgasms, sex fantasy trope (sex with the adult store employee)

Note : i haven't made a trip to the adult store in ages bc... everything i want is so expensive lol (the struggle) 😭 i have some rlly funny adult store stories i could ramble about but i will refrain ✋ anyways, indulge yourselves in this fantasy, angels! 😈

Playme : wanna know what it's like?

The gate of the store buzzes, the employee watches you open it with a clink and enter the adult store. Your eyes flood with the overwhelming sight of wall-to-wall toys.

The smooth voice of the employee comes from behind the cash register.

"Yo."

Long hair. Dark, brooding look — almost gothic. Attractive hands with pronounced veins running over the back of them, poised on the countertop which he's lazing over.

He sees you and slowly straightens out his back out to impress you with his height.

"Ah, h-hello..."

He hears you stutter, and assumes it must be your first time in an adult store.

"First time? I mean, in an adult store, that is." he breaks the ice.

"Haha, y-yeah... yeah, it's my first time."

Yeah, that's what I thought.

He holds hard and deep eye contact with you. Yes, he's aware of how intensely he stares. He's doing it on purpose.

"Would you like some assistance, or do you just want to leisurely browse by yourself?"

His tone is so friendly, it doesn't let on to how heated his abdomen is getting at the sight of you.

"Yes, please, I'd appreciate your assistance."

Aw, of course.

"M'kay... then let me assist you."

He smoothly comes out from behind the counter and the two of you stand in front of a wall of toys.

"Overwhelmed?" he chuckles, noting how your eyes widen while looking at all the products. "I know there's a lot to choose from. But just focus on your needs. What do you need?"

"What do I need? Honestly, I have no idea what I need." you laugh nervously.

I know exactly what she needs...

"Well, why don't we carefully go through the products together? I'm sure I can figure out what you need. Promise I know my stuff. I've been working here for three years."

His nonchalance and professionalism puts you at ease. It's something he prides himself on: making customers feel relaxed.

Your eye catches on a pink dildo, so he takes it off the rack to show you up close.

"This one's good, it's got a ribbed design." he shows it off. "Are you looking for just penetration or clitoral stimulation?"

Aw, she's flustered.

"Uh, both I guess? Yeah. I'd love both."

Of course you'd love both. That's what you need, pretty girl.

"Both? Come over here. Let me show you something you might like."

There's a flirty tension between the two of you that just keeps getting more and more... intense.

He plucks a curvy vibrator. It looks expensive. Because it is expensive.

"This one's got ten functions—"

"—ten?! Sounds a bit extra."

"Nothing's too extra when it comes to your personal pleasure."

The two of you share a long look, then laugh.

"But it really is an excellent product."

"Are you advertising?" you joke teasingly.

"Absolutely." he jokes, "Kidding. I'm not trying to come across as a preachy marketer or something. I've used it with partners in the past, that's why I'm recommending it; I know it's good. It's a pretty intense toy. Helps girls squirt even if they think they can't."

I could make her squirt.

He's running his eyes up and down your body.

"Is that so...?" you mumble flirtatiously, eyeing out the product in his veiny, manly hands.

"Hm, still a skeptic? Because I'm sure I could please you."

He hopes that you note his deliberate use of 'I' and not 'it' there.

"Yeah. I'm sure you could please me, too." you flirt.

A heat erupts in his abdomen and stomach.

Oh wow... now she's really flirting, huh? Why'd I wear tight pants today of all days...

He has an unwavering gaze on you. You've captivated him. Put him in some kinda horny trance.

"Did I say me? Sorry. Slip of the tongue." he murmurs, voice dropping lower, "I meant the vibrator." he obviously lies.

You and him exchange a suggestive, longing look. You can feel your pussy clench around nothing, begging to get stuffed up and pleasured.

He hesitates before speaking again, as if he's scared of crossing a line and making you uncomfortable.

"If you want to... we could test it out together?" he suggests. His nonchalance is an act, really he's so nervous when he asks this.

"I'd love to..." you consent, and he doesn't miss the erotic excitement in your tone.

He nods towards the backdoor, eyes keeping on you and your cute little body that he just wants to feel and squeeze like a toy itself.

"Promise to keep your lips sealed about this? I don't wanna get fired for uh... you know... demonstrating products... to my pretty customer."

"Only if you promise to help me squirt for the first time."

Oh wow. Fuck. I'm hard.

His lips widen into a devilish grin. "Sure thing."

After a sloppy, desperate make out with this stranger, you find yourself sat on the couch in the breakroom. Door locked. Blinds shuttered closed. Legs spread wide to his liking, as he cushions the vibrator into your plush slit.

He's rubbing it slowly up and down your folds. He watches your reactions intently, breathing heavier at the sight of your pussy squishing under the pink dildo. The buzzing sound fills the room, but your moans are louder.

He clutches the toy gently, massaging the bulbous head into your clit with sweeping circular motions.

"F-fuck... that pretty clit feels good, doesn't it? Yeah? Let's get it feeling even better."

He turns it up a notch. It buzzes harder against your sensitive nub.

"How's that? Haha, yeah, intense, isn't it?

"Yeahhh — Fuck! Ohhh that's so good, that's so — oh my goddd fuckkk. S-sorry I think... I'm gonna cummm — !!"

"It's okay. Cum as hard as you can, yeah? I want you to get a good idea of how well this toy can pleasure you before you buy it, after all. Oh there we go... just let go and... f-fuck... wow... j-just cum like that. Fuck... that pretty clit feels so good now, huh? Gonna cum? Gonna cum for me, with a vibrator on your cunt?"

He takes note of your reaction to his dirty talk and smirks. Then he slyly turns the toy's setting higher and it buzzes more intensely, and in one... two... three... seconds, you're squirting like crazy all over the pink vibrator and his hand.

Holy shit, look at that pretty pussy gushing... she could drench my dick. I wanna be inside her so fucking baddd...

"Oh, see I told you... this product's a bit intense." he regains his professional tone after you cum.

He turns the toy off and watches you come down from your shaking orgasm, smug look on his face. He keeps it clutched in his veiny hand, and brings it up to his lips to suck and lick up all your juices from it.

She tastes so fucking good... I feel dizzy.

You watch him with wide eyes as he tastes your slick off the toy.

"F-fuck... wh-what did you s-s-say your name was again?" you stutter, starstruck by this stranger.

You're so fucking dizzy, your pussy is buzzing like it still feels the intensity of the toy against it.

"Hm, wanna know my name?" he smiles teasingly, "How about you cum on my face and then I'll tell you."

"Fuck, okay."

And then as soon as you give him permission, he's hungrily diving between your thighs.

"Oh my god..." he loves how you gasp and writhe under the influence of his mouth.

Let's see how fucked-out I can get her. Wanna see her lose her mind 'cause of me.

His lips latch onto your labia and suckle, then onto your clit. He points his tongue at your clit, then oh my god flattens it and laps at your bud while suckling. His softness shows a hint to tenderness in his personality; he really knows how to treat a woman well.

This stranger spoils your pussy with his tongue and lips. He seems to be in his own little world while nosing between your thighs. He carelessly gets your juices smeared across his cheek and lets the rest dribble down his chin.

"Fuck fuck fuck — like that, like that. Don't stop don't stop — !! 'm gonna cum! G-gonna — fffffffucking cummmm ahhhhh — !!"

He flicks the tip of his tongue against your sensitive bundle of nerves, eager to make your pussy freak out on his mouth. Just before you cum he slips two fingers into your hole, middle and ring, and pumps them into a sweet spot hard. He just wants to get an idea of the feeling of your pussy when it cums.

Suckling at your clit, fingering you with nice hard rough strokes, closing his eyes like he's the one enjoying it meanwhile he's silent and you're moaning like you're going insane. He can tell you're close and speeds it up.

"Cum cum cum, cum for me. Just let go and cum." he sounds so desperate, and that professional tone of his is finally cracking. "Cum on my fucking face, please."

And he dives his tongue right back into your hole, wriggling his tongue around, resulting in the nastiest wet squelching sound. His lips press flat against your pussy, he draws in a deep breath and your heat is all he smells.

Please cum on my face. Please please please.

"Ah! Fuck! Fuckkkk!"

You gush right on his lips, which are plump and swollen and red and glistening with your slick.

He pulls away and licks his lips and tells you his name.

"Suguru, by the way. My name's Suguru. Hey... can I give you my number?"

Oh he's so smooth. But he's even smoother at the checkout, when he asks if you're free this Friday for a date. At his apartment. With the company of some of his favorite toys.

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