#he is a great dad i swear

[ash-657]

Reporter: Do you have a favorite fox?

Abby: No! Of course not! They are all wonderful in their own ways!

——

Reporter: Do you have a favorite fox?

Wymack: Josten

Reporter: Any particular reason?

Wymack: None

#the clear difference between the nurse and the coach #Nicky pretended to be offended for the next 4 months #Dan and Kevin were actually offended for the next 4 months #he is a great dad i swear #this also fits in my hc of Wymack ALSO being forbidden from speaking to reporters #:) #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #kevin day #david wymack #abby #the foxhole court #incorrect aftg quotes #incorrect aftg

[ms-scarletwings]

Just wanted to say

for being a member of an aggressively militarized, evil, bug-like, cyborg alien race that is completely incapable of natural reproduction,

Zim is bizarrely…

And I mean weirdly…

Paternal.

Like, there is only one dynamic/circumstance in which I’ve ever seen a softer side of him or a shred of empathy for another creature rear its head and it’s consistent across the show, movie, and comics.

Now, I’m not saying this lunatic maybe desperately needs a spare smeet or similar thrown his way yesterday ago,

But I’m also not not saying that.

#invader zim #iz fandom #FANFIC WRITERS GET ON THIS #i know what you’re thinking #but I swear he would be great at it #like the joker and jackanapes all over again probably #ships no longer matter just want him to be a DAD 😢 #oh the love between a papa Irken and his lil meat man #so pure and precious

[lilfriezatyrant]

@reptile--queen it was again so much fun to watch with you together 🥺😊 I could not resist with all those screenshots jalkfdjdf was such a good episode 😩

#Alastor #Alastor the radio demon #the radio demon #deer daddy here again ajdfklöajf #GOD IT WAS SO DAMN GOOD #I also could not resist sharing him with that nun outfit jsjsjs #hazbin hotel #he also said a naughty word which I thought first it would be ooc but NAH. WAS ACTUALLY HOT #vivziepop #viv you did such a great job I swear qwq it is so damn good and ohgod I need to buy the dvds or blu rays when they are released jaklfdjö #I hope I could buy them then and I hope they will appear ;w; #also that song and 'Dad battle' with Lucifer 😩😩👌 #screenshots #no Frieza content

[stealingyourbones]

Bruce isn't the best parent, but a chunk of the issue is that he's an only child. Should he stop Jason and Dick from throwing Damian back and forth like a human ball? Is Tim threatening to bite Cass an issue? Are those death threats serious or not? The poor man is an only child trying to run herd on at least a half dozen feral siblings. He exists in a state of constant confusion.

I.

This isn’t to be mean, but that is simply not the case.

I keep getting bad parent bruce takes and it sucks because all of them aren’t even proper reasoning for his character.

I’m just using you as an example, but hear me out.

Bruce is an extremely smart person, Homie has watched movies and read books, he can learn from situations around him that things are sibling things. Sure, he was excluded as a kid, but that isn’t nearly the main issue why he isn’t the best parent.

homie has so much shit wrong with him, he’s emotionally just not there, he keeps himself stuck in a perpetual state of grief and mourning for his parents of a thing that happened when he was a child, he has been trained by assassins and has experienced loss and pain to an insane extent, he has such an insane extent of paranoia and trust issues that it affects his daily life, is definitely autistic, and has issues with social cues.

I’m trying to properly articulate just why that’s not the case but my brain isn’t working with me so I’m handing this over to my twin @bonebrokebuddy who is far more articulate than me.

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Hi, it's Billy, Bones's twin writing because Bones had a hard time putting this into words and I'm more of a canon nitpick than her.

Uh- have you ever. And I mean even once, met an only child.

I promise, if you read even a singular comic, you could tell this take is incredibly out of character.

Bruce isn’t a good parent. He’s also not a bad parent. He loves his kids. He literally could not stop them from pulling dumb shit if they tried and putting themselves into danger.

Bruce is the worlds greatest detective. He knows how to spot and detect emotions and trouble in his kids. He’s The Worlds Greatest Detective.

His issue with being a parent likely comes from having Alfred as a father figure. Imagine having a dad that you can fire at any time, you pay so they can stay with you, and can just leave at any moment if they don’t approve of the person they work for. That will severely fuck up a kid.

His issue isn’t that he’s an only child, it’s that it’s every Robin’s god given right to go against and defy Batman’s orders whenever possible because kids are viscous little buggers who don’t like being told “you can’t do that” even if it’s for their own health, they’ll do it anyway.

After you’ve taught your kids how to exist in deadly situations, they think they’re invincible when it’s because Bruce is doing all he fucking can to make sure his kids don’t get hurt. If they feel like they can make the world a better place, they’ll do it, regardless of the risk because they’re inherently self sacrificing and good people.

Bruce’s issue with parenting is due to his relationship with his kids. Again, it isn’t that he’s an only child, it’s that the kids he adopted are their own people and they are even more stubborn and bad at communication as him.

Even more so, it’s due to the dang narrative.

Conflict between Bruce and his kids that cause them to separate has been the backstory for plenty of solo batkid runs to endure Batman isn’t as involved or the main focus of the run.

Narrative tension is literally the cause of all the bad parent decisions for Bruce, because conflict drives narrative or miscommunications cause the story to lengthen and complicate itself

it’s not as easy as “Bruce is bad dad” because he’s Not. Bruce is good with kids! He has a pouch in his utility belt specifically with suckers for kids!

But Bruce isn't a great world star dad either. He definitely inherited his ability to communicate with people outside crisis situations largely from trainers around the world and his arms-length-distance-at-all-times distance relationship with the butler who raised him.

Despite him being good with kids, his kids have lives of their own with morals and opinions of their own that conflict and clash constantly. It’s not a simple case of “Bruce is a bad dad.”

It’s a case of “everyone has slightly different opinions and approaches to situations so occasionally conflict happens when they clash or interfere with each other” because it’s a comic that tells a story!

Anyways, my recommendation? Pick up a comic. And preferably? Read it. Or watch BTAS if it’s more accessible to you. either works. This opinion isn't your fault most likely, just the quality of the DC fan-content you've been consuming that are incredibly removed from the comics. If you want, DM me at @bonebrokebuddy and I can send you some good quality DC fics with in-character Bruce.

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Bones here again,

That basically sums up the exact stuff I couldn’t properly describe. I was using you more as an example because I have dozens of bad parent bruce takes in my inbox and I am 90% sure that the cause of them is that they simply haven’t read anything about the character.

Read a comic, read some strictly DC fanfiction, watch some of the many many TV shows and animated movies, there are even motion comics free online to watch that have voice acting and everything!

Being an only child doesn’t make you a bad father.

#bones rants #both Billy and I were just a tad annoyed sorry #just please pick up a comic #please. read a fanfic or watch literally any DC content. #bones replies #dc #dc comics #billy replies #billy rants #billy here. had to edit my text convo from what bones originally posted bc ya boy swears too much over text and it came out as mean. my bad #so now its in a more neutral tone. #but genuinely. read batman year one. or something. #dm me if you want incharacter fic recs. some of them show bruce as a flawed parent (bc he is) but that doesnt make him a bad dad #it just shows how he's not great at communication and therefore not superb at compromise. #bruce is wacky intelligent. hes also got the tism vibes in communication with his kids

[scalproie]

everytime I see someone go "UM did everyone FORGET Jin caused WORLD WAR 3🤨🤨🤨??? He should be hated by everyone/in jail/dead🙄🙄🙄" I'm like alright. time to love Jin harder.

#like yeah he did do that. no I dont want him to suffer realistic consequences bc this is extremely boring #the development we got for him in t8 was really satisfying. stop being irony-poisoned for one second #and enjoy the fact that even the worst person (or someone who consider themself the worst person) can be accepted and loved #and do great things with the life they have. #EVER THOUGHT OF THAT YOUTUBER??? swear to god people will ruin storytelling for jokes and memes. #I've loved his dad out of spite I'm gonna love Jin out of spite. #tagging later

[silverfoxstole]

Paul as JPW King in The Gigli Concert, Finborough Theatre, April 2005, with Catherine Cusack and Niall Buggy.

#yes i saw this and i will post all the pictures i happen to find #paul mcgann #catherine cusack #niall buggy #the gigli concert #mcgann monday #on one of the photos from this that paul signed for me a few months later he wrote ‘great shirt!’ #i swear he said it was his dad’s

[caterpillarinacave]

A week in a midwestern AmericInn would kill them both

#Actually the Midwest could probably kill them. Hell pool at an AmericInn would probably kill them both #A single chlorinated pool could end the royal bloodline of Atlantis #Cut to Arthur in middle school thinking he’s going to DOMINATE the swimming unit #Cut to his attempt to breathe in chlorine. Cut to an hour straight of screeching and hacking #Aquaman #arthur curry #orm marius #Men’s Road-trip to Mt. Rushmore but Arthur and Orm just get progressively more ill as they go #Arthur has like a vague political reason to head towards the Great Lakes or something and he was instantly like “omg road trip 😝🤩🥳💅” #“My dad never took me on road-trips as a kid so this will be great!!!” #Arthur on FaceTime ghost white collapsed on a hotel room floor while Orm chugs water straight from the bathroom tap in the background : #”no babe it was a great idea one of my best I swear- wait don’t put mom on DONT-“ #He didn’t get to bring Junior just FYI.

[brainfilehasstoppedworking]

Oughhh, Takaaki was never seen as good enough by his dad and he tried SO FUCKING HARD to prove he was the best. Better than everyone else. His genius of a father would see that his son was just as smart. Not a genius, but worked for his smarts. Yet he wasn't good enough. His father never turned his way or ever uttered "Good job" when he'd show his grades. How...amazing he was. Yet he still tried. He wanted love. He wanted attention from his terrible father who only looked his way to either beat him or yell at him.

He wanted father to see how good he was. That he was perfect. He was perfect. Why wouldn't he look at him?! Why?! Why wouldn't the smart, amazing Toranosuke Ishimaru FUCKING LOOK AT HIM FOR ONCE?! WHY WON'T HE SAY THAT HE LOVES HIM???

Even with the achievements Takaaki got at school. All the hard work. The good enough deeds he did...

He still wasn't perfect.

But Taka was. Taka...Taka was more perfect than he ever was. His father gave Taka more love than Takaaki himself ever got. He didn't even remember the last time his father looked at him with such a bright smile...

Why...

Why wasn't he ever perfect?

This is one of the few things Takaaki thinks about. One of the many things that he resented about his father. He was jealous of his own son! But he could never hate Taka. He hated Toranosuke. He resented him. After all the pain and sorrow he endured, all the hardwork he did. He still was never good enough.

Because Takaaki wasn't perfect.

But Kiyotaka was. He always would...perfect.

#sam's talky talks #Hurting the blorbos/beloveds my favorite time of the day #I've had this thought in the brain for so long OKAY?! #I want this man to have trauma and daddy issues because silly silly goofy #Toranosuke is such a great character to make abusive because Idgaf about making him seem like a good enough dad #He was either the shittiest dad or just barely there for Takaaki #I love Takaaki <3 #<- Guys I swear I do. I do this with all my favorites. Especially when I'm absolutely in love with them <333 #My husband Takaaki *sighs* I love hurting him because I hate myself <3 #danganronpa #danganronpa trigger happy havoc #takaaki ishimaru #toranosuke ishimaru #kiyotaka ishimaru #ishimaru family

[puppyeared]

LMAO

#just when I thought I got over the fucking. WEEB ASS VIDEOGAME THE DUB SMACKS ME UPSIDE THE HEAD #THE NEW VA IS GREAT BTW he doing a good job #I got knocked out when they put in that dedication to billy oughhghsd #ALSO AZURE COICED BY FUCKING. VEGETA LMAO #and I kept replaying the line where MK says pigsys his dad. I’m so normal about that #MACAQUES LITTLE MRRP WHEN THEY TELEPORT BACK IM SORRY. IM NORMAL I SWEAR #HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE THE SPECIAL GIRL HELP #Lego Monkie kid #lmk #lmk season 4 #lmk season 4 spoilers #Lego Monkie kid s4 spoilers #lmk s4 spoilers #lmk s4 #yapping

[randomnameless]

Typing about the best wildlife scholar made me realise something -

We know Dheginsea's extremist isolationist and non-interventionist policies were motivated by his wish to stop the propagation of wars, or at least, not to create a situation where the entire continent would be engulfed in War, else Ashera would wake up and erase the population.

Which is what he ultimately believes happened - that's why we fight against him in FE10, because the plot is stupid and cannot have Yune tell him "hi! We were woken by Galdr, Ashera mistakingly believes the inverse!" before his ultimate defeat.

But thinking more about it -

The Three Heroes (tfw Lehran's not part of the gang) made a pact with the Goddesses : they had to ensure 1k years of peace else they would stone Humanity. If they wake up in 1k years and the world is in chaos, they would stone it. If not, then kumbaya.

If they wake up before those 1k years due to war, the world is stone. If they are awoken by Galdr, they should, uh, talk to each other to decide what to do.

To Dheginsea, the only person who could sing the Galdr of Release, Lehran, lost the power to do so when he lost his abilities as a Laguz : ergo, without any possibility to wake the Goddesses up with Galdr, the only way to avoid Ashera's judgment was to avoid wars for 1000 years, even if it means... well, ignoring people suffering and letting them die at your doorstep.

So, Dheginsea, if he revealed the truth about Lehran, would have started a war against Beorcs (there's no way Laguz who know the truth will accept the status quo that if they live too closely with Beorcs they die), and without Galdr : Ashera wakes up "with war" and stones everyone.

If he intervened like Lehran wanted, and had Goldoa stomp Begnion/Beorcs who enslaves Laguz? Ashera wakes up "with war" and stones everyone, since she can't be waken up with Galdr anymore.

Hell, if Dheginsea terminated Ashnard and Daein as he planned too after losing Rajaion and Almedha (what FE10 tells us... but can we seriously believe this when in FE9 he dgaf about the situation?), again we have the same situation : Ashera wakes up due to war and stones everyone.

The only reason why the cast "won" and Tellius isn't stoned anymore is because unbestknown to Lehran, Dheginsea and well, everyone in Tellius, Lehran's branded descendants (who conveniently weren't all wiped out!) can actually sing the Galdr of Release and release Yune, who can circumvent the "Ashera wakes up with war and stone everyone".

-> When Lehran lost his powers and couldn't act as an alarm anymore, the only way to "wake the goddesses before 1k years happen" is with war and their judgment would be to kill everyone.

So Dheginsea had to grit his teeth and accept every fucked up thing that happened in Tellius because Lehran - due to this world's crappy mechanics - cannot "wake up the Goddesses" earlier and ask them to withold their judgment : if there is a war they will kill everyone - they must endure for 1k years, else Tellius is doomed.

Tl;Dr : TFW "make love not war" backfired in Lehran's case, and completely fucked up the covenant they had with the goddesses and if Miccy chocked on a pretzel, Lehran's love for Altina (aka him losing his powers) would have led to Tellius being wiped out even without his own participation.

#Tellius stuff #tfw the events of the game are triggered by the crappy universe mechanics #imagine their despair when Lehran loses his ability to sing the Galdr #'oh crap you were the only one able to sing to wake them up without the massive stoning what should we do?' #hopefully his branded descendants magically inherited the lyrics and tune but #can this also explain Lehran's despair that led him to agree to the massive stoning? idk #idk how much of a hand Lehran had in the entire Daein debacle #Goldoa being moved in the war Ashnard was trying to create fit with his plans #but it also implied he sacrificed his friend's children to have him 'react' and join the war meant to kill everyone? #or he knew Dheginsea and his kids would escape Ashera's judgment? idk #Dheginsea 'we only have to wait 200 years before they wake up we can do it' #Almedha 'dad i'm going to explore the world and fuck a beorc what could even happen?' #Lekain 'damn those subhumans what if I genocide a few of them for funsies? That'll make that subhuman blooded apostle mad lol' #'or maybe i can kill her too and rule over begnion for the lols?' #and then izuka graduated #those were the last 200 meters and they fucked the last lap #FE10 #this verse I swear #how much Lehran's despair was fueled by his inability to keep his promise to the goddesses? #and how did the 'great news' affected his allies and the world?

[bunnybevvyy]

Bob's Burgers is the best adult animated show simply because Bob loves his wife & kids

#personal #watched the Simpsons movie recently & watched hank of the hill all day while stuck in bed #& the Simpsons movie was not as funny as i remembered it it just made me hate homer lol #& hank of the hill is great but i swear every episode is hank learning that women arent just caretakers over & over #which he thinks that way because of his dad & the way he grew up of course but goddamn how many times does he need to learn that lesson lol #anyway im saying all of this because we just finished watching the bobs burgers movie & it was very good #im sad we didn't watch it in theaters because ik it flopped #i mean king of the hill omg im not writing all that again im sick forgive me XD

[aroaceleovaldez]

okay that is all i can muster for tonight. my insanity will have to wait.

#AALV TSATS liveblogging #please just mentally picture me chewing on this book #luckily i dont follow too many RR blogs so i am relatively safe from spoilers *[STARES POINTEDLY AT ALL OF YOU]* #nobody send me spoilers i swear #ftr i am still taking literally everything in this book as Optional Canon #im enjoying the writing so far but. bro. you cant drop a major continuity error like that. its just blatantly incorrect. #and then say it's Totally Canon And Actually A Major Thing For These Characters IT DID NOT HAPPEN!! #IT PHYSICALLY COULD NOT HAVE!! #do not misquote the ancient texts to me witch. i was there when they were written #but Writing Is Decent. thankfully Nico's narrative voice is not as jarring as i was expecting #tbh he's actually written here kind like how i write him which is. delightful vindication. #also if we could STOP RETCONNING THE UNDERWORLD that'd be GREAT #will we ever get one trip to the underworld where it is consistent with literally any other trip down there? nope. #none of the details line up. none of the descriptions. ever. any of the times really. in any part. #youd think theyd make anything with Nico and the Underworld and Hades and their powers consistent for this book #based on the book tour is sounded like Mark sure tried #but like. yknow. Nico has a room in the underworld! in BoO his dad literally says ''Yeah you always have a place down here'' #and theyre on good terms! also in BoO Nico uses dream powers! it's heavily implied he can inflict nightmares on people #we've known that since TLO actually #anyways. hrmhrhrmhrm grumble grumble #writing good. details i am biting. will keep posted #if yall do want my more unhinged thoughts i am also posting updates as i read in the discord #the ones im posting here are curated for your enjoyment

[pinkspiraling]

i hate doing taxes i hate the government wahhh

#i thought i filed them but ??? apparently not #i swear turbo tax was like yay congrats you’re done! and i was like okay exciting cool great #and then never got an email about it. so i checked. and i had in fact not actually filed it! and now i need my agi from last year #and i hate everything. it stresses me out. i had to call my dad! it was terrible #and i felt bad calling him cause he sounded excited to talk to me until i mentioned needing help with it #i feel like a dick. cause maybe he thought i was just calling to chat. i AM a dick. aw man :/ #pink never shuts up

[mbat]

bruh just finally finished watching eeaao with my dad and he kept falling asleep cause 'its boring' and his only takeaway was 'the daughter wanted approval from her mother'

how do you watch that movie and thats your reaction to it...

#eeaao #my post #everything everywhere all at once #he had the gall to say 'youre making me mad' cause i kept pausing everytime he fell asleep #BITCH YOU DO THIS LIKE EVERYTIME I SHOW YOU ANYTHING AND YOURE THE ONE WHOS MAD??? #we made the deal that he would watch this and id have to watch top gun after #talk about fucking falling asleep. i might as well learn how to sleep with my eyes open if im gonna have to watch top gun one and two #i know its called like. maverick or something but i really dont care man its just a second movie of military who knows who cares #but my dad swears its sooooo great #just like he swore that the professional was super amazing and i couldnt stand it

[embraceyourdestiny]

Hercules au where sora is Hercules gets me so good. The boy just feels so out of place, like he doesn’t belong, and he wants so hard to find the place he does belong.

#it’d be an au of an au bc I imagine Riku is Meg but nothing like her role #he’s also a Demi god and maybe he knows maybe he doesn’t but he and sora meet while sora tries to find the temple #Riku says he’s looking for the best trainer in all of Greece and Sora says he’s just trying to find some place called home #Riku accompanied him and gives him privacy when sora goes to zeus’ temple but he hears everything #maybe I’m making this more like a Greek tale of heroes bc now I want Riku to know a prophecy and hearing sora is also a Demi god ruins that #maybe he was destined for greatness or was at least told a child of the gods was destined for greatness and he always thought it was him but #here comes sora #i love this idea a lot omg #maybe Riku is a child of hades and it was a child of the GREAT gods and Riku foolishly thought he was one of the only ones #Riku being a child of hades and Persephone? yes please #he tries to sabotage sora as they train with Phil but they spend like two years together and grow close #but he’s still hades’ spy so he’s been sending reports but leaving stuff out like how pretty Sora’s eyes are at sunset &actually important #stuff lol #I’m gonna write this is swear #maybe Kairi can be there too #she lives with Phil. he’s kinda like her dad I guess? she’s a daughter of a nymph or something and was told to live with him #so Phil is much softer since he’s basically a dad. he likes Kairi a lot #og

[captainofthenautilus]

i love my dad

#words words words #something about his presence #it usually gets overshadowed by my mom bc she’s kind of a lot #but she’s out of town this week #he’s just so. gentle? and caring? #why am i crying #he’s so soft spoken especially in comparison to my mom (she’s great too just in different ways) #and patient!!!! #i swear he has the patience of a saint #which means he’s very thorough and also a perfectionist #i love spending time with him #we usually get our quality time in by watching stuff together #it used to be old black and white shows like andy griffith or the waltons or the twilight zone #even doctor who at one point #but lately it’s stuff like the new marvel and star wars shows #he also loves to bake #he’s always made bread (let me tell you. breadmaker machines >>>) #but there wasn’t any yeast in stores for a long time after covid started #and my dad got into sourdough (who didn’t tbh) #we have yeast again but he still makes it! #he’s had his starter since 2020 and it’s still goin #anyway yeah i love my dad #which is great for stuff like home improvement because even though it takes a while you know it’s being done *right* #that last tag was supposed to go earlier but tumblr mobile is being weird rn