#kids pick up on everything

[goldenamaranthe-blog]

Wiggle Room: Step Mom AU

Yang: (trying to reach the inner trunk latch from the backseat of Blake’s car) Oh, come on. It's gotta be here somewhere. I swear. It's easier to find the g-spot than it is to hit this damn thing.

Kela: What's a g-spot?

Yang: (jumps and slams her head against the roof of the car) Kela! Don't sneak up on me like that, you little ninja.

Kela: What are you doing?

Yang: Your Mommy has been having trouble opening the trunk of the car, so I'm trying to wiggle through this small opening (motions to the folded down center seat) to hit the latch from the inside.

Kela: .....That's a small hole.

Yang: Yes, it is.

Kela: You're too big to fit in there.

Yang: (snickers: stop it you 14 year old) Yes, I'm well aware.

Kela: (wiggles through the hole and disappears into the trunk. Pokes head through the hole) Look, Yang! I'm a gopher!

Yang: (blinks) Yes, you are! And you're about to be a helpful gopher.

Kela: (eyes sparkle) What can I do?!

Yang: (pulls a piece of paper and pen out of her pocket and draws the latch mechanism) Okay, it's really easy. I need you to take this screwdriver, put the tip in this slot (points to drawing), and turn to the left. If it doesn't turn, turn right.

Kela: (stares in wonder as she takes the screwdriver) This is so cool...! (Disappears into the trunk)

Trunk: (pops open seconds later)

Kela: (pushes trunk open and jumps up) Ta-Da!

Blake: (stepping out of Yang’s work truck) Kela, why are you in the trunk of Mommy's car?

Yang: (scrambles out of the car) She was helping me unlatch the mechanism. These shoulders of mine are a menace when it comes to small spaces.

Kela: Mommy, what's a g-spot?

Blake: (eyes widen)

Yang: (silent screaming)

#bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #single mom au #step dad yang #kids pick up on everything #kids have no filter

[caitas-cooing]

The thing about kids that people don't understand is that they are almost always listening. Even if you think they aren't paying attention, even if you think they couldn't possibly care, they are probably listening and while a lot of it may go over their heads and there may be misunderstanding because of their inexperience with the world, they also know and understand a lot more than you think. They pick up on a lot, the things you think and feel about them, the things you say about celebrity crushes, and some other stuff that they might not see the full consequences for, but other adults who hear them tell the story will definitely be able to read between the lines and figure out what was actually said. Kids are smart and constantly learning. This goes double for disabled children. And so when I see things like the mom in that one autism speaks video talk about how she considered driving of a cliff with her daughter in the car right in front of said daughter I worry. When I see a mom post a video of her child having a meltdown and justify it by saying he's too low functioning to ever understand I worry. When I see self proclaimed autism parents talk about how much of a burden autism is on their lives I worry, because eventually those kids will figure out autism is the word that describes them, and realize that they are the burdens. Or maybe they realized it all along. And how much must it hurt to know that your own parents think of you that way. Be careful of the way you talk about your kids. They know. They always know

#actually autistic #ableism #child development #parenting #I'm not a parent but even I know that much #kids pick up on everything

[assiraphales]

one of the funniest things is during all nine episodes luffy did not actively have one single plan except "become the worlds greatest pirate and find the one piece". he spent at max a month? less? at sea and everything he accomplished (taking down FOUR feared pirates in like a week, stealing the grand line map, finding a faithful and loyal crew, getting a bounty of 30 million on his head, etc) was mostly by accident. he stumbles into trouble and then proceeds to become the trouble

#one piece #opla #one piece live action #one of ur men pick up a barrel in a raid and a manic stowaway convinces ur henchman to turn against you and then destroys your ship. some k #you want the grand line map so u kidnap this kid and he takes ur dismembered body parts and traps them in trunks and scares ur crew off #u spend a decade running a long con to get all the money from a ship yard and this rando shows up on the night of your big plan and foils it #literally sends u packing by flinging u out a window #ur a feared warlord fish man but ur pet cartographer just happens to be friends with the one person willing and capable to destroy #everything you have. His friends kill all ur men. turns ur base into ruble #and he walks away without a scratch #luffy doesn’t have problems he’s everyone else’s problem lmaooo

[sualne]

whole cake island live doodle reaction

#jo catch up on one piece tag #my art #made this 3 days ago forgot to post cause wano is hypnotizing ig. my conclusion to one piece so far is i need to draw everyone hugging. the #all love each others so much. need to draw kid and killer hugging next specifically because MANNN #also if i had to pick a fav episode im thinking 957+some of 958?(im watching the kai version so idk) i just love the geopolitics of it all. #everytime i see those seagulls im so happy because it means stuff is happening and thats so cool. also the animation at morgans' office was #sooooo good. the whole ep really. like everything has consequences on the world thats one of my fav thing about one piece #undescribed

[gideonisms]

hello gamers is slay the princess good/playable if you're horrifically bad at most video games/will it require me to download any programs that will fry my computer. It looks like the type of thing I'd enjoy but I'm allergic to games with the exception of choose your own adventure stuff that doesn't require too much walking around aimlessly

#i played like an hour of disco elysium at a friend's place and enjoyed that #although i don't think i quite got the hang of the quest aspect or how to move through the space to uncover the story #i just clicked on everything i saw methodically #also allergic to twitch style walkthroughs because i'm always like. this should just be a show get rid of the guy telling me what he's doing #i want to choose #gaming is just something i never picked up as a kid and i buy laptops with the purposes of using the word processor and firefox. #i feel 90 whenever i explain this but anyways

[goodfellowe]

It was nearly impossible to describe the unease that had been haunting her ever since she’d walked home from the manor. It was as if the cold trapped within the estate had managed to latch onto her somehow, wrapping its cold, slender fingers around her spine. “It feels like something followed me home, I guess."

The Queen's Labyrinth (AO3)

Chapter 5: Into the Woods

Bow and Timmy start their journey to Queen Vanessa's manor.

Cover art by @mebssann.

#writing this chapter was a battle PURELY because im excited for everything that comes after #like RIGHT after #but things are picking up... sooner than youd expect ;) #ahit #a hat in time #fics #tql #bow kid #timmy #snatcher #timbow #think thats all the major stuff for the chapter. And The Immys

[pechachaos]

wait they’re actually so cute this is so sweet this is giving me cavities

#girl i have no idea what their ship name is but they’re everything #remember! you don’t need an excuse to pick up your tiny cicada bf!! #just do it!! Lift that dude off his feet! #lego monkie kid #azure lion #tang #chaos.art

[theshadowrealmitself]

Okay well now I’m thinking about Peter training Miles and the early days of that, and he brings him in when he can tell that the villain won’t traumatize him so Miles can practice, and just all of the citizens in the area are shouting encouragements at him and cheering when he catches the villain and shouting joke suggestions he can make about the villain of the week

Just. At all times I’m thinking about Peter getting the chance to actually train Miles, and how that training for him to be a confident independent hero would differ from other heroes who train sidekicks

Supportively off to the side, letting the kid stretch his wings, but there in an instant if it turns out Miles needs help, and all of New York is the same, excited for their new hero and ready to support him

#New York as its own character and how they relate to Spidey is so important to me #I just want kids to be happy #happy and supported 😭 #Miles Morales #Peter Parker #Spiderman #spider man #spider-man #Peter being someone who used to be a kid hero knowing exactly what kid heroes need is my kryptonite #specific scenario I was imagining was Peter realizing he’s fighting a kinda weak villain and stopping everything #to go ‘I’m bringing in the kid’ #the civilians cheer #everyone’s happy to see Miles get better #he’d probably pick up on everything really quickly so the training arc wouldn’t be that long #but still

[aroaceleovaldez]

new TSATS prediction based entirely off the interview from the UK Rick Riordan newsletter

#pjo #nico di angelo #riordanverse #tsats #the sun and the star #this isnt spoilers this is just a silly #i do find it funny whenever people say Nico is Catholic though cause we dont have any actual indication of that other than he's From Italy #he doesnt have catholic guilt he has internalized homophobia. those are different things #listen his mom was a clear-sighted mortal who had TWO children with the god of the underworld who also was implied to help raise said kids #nico ain't catholic. this boy has never been to CCD. < source: i went to CCD /neg #however im already taking TSATS as fanon so i will laugh if Nico is randomly confirmed catholic #now Will? Will i could see. Will raised catholic? yes. Nico raised catholic? no. #in my brain Nico was raised with like. his parents having mixers in their parlor room with Maria's socialite friends and misc chthonic gods #like. Nico's babysitter growing up was Menoites (herdsman of the cattle of the underworld) type situation #seriously though i can only think of 3 details that would vaguely imply Nico is raised catholic and that are: #one instance of him helping Percy pick out a christmas gift for Annabeth (though everything in that short story was ooc tbh) #(and also Nico didnt actually ever imply he specifically was celebrating christmas) #two: Percy describing the situation in Sword of Hades as ''spending christmas in the underworld'' (nico is just kind of there) #and thirdly again: Nico's just from Venice #like. did he go to a religious school growing up? possibly! doesnt mean he was that religion though just means his school was #and even then we actually dont know if he wasn't homeschooled before moving to america #in which case yeah figures the like 3 months he spent in Westover would teach him random outdated stuff #they needed to send him to a sketchy school cause the di angelos dont have any records and if their material is outdated #then that's less likely to mess with Bianca and Nico's wiped memories #but demographically speaking its entirely likely that the entire larger di Angelo family arent christian anyways #everybody with misc varied headcanons about the demographics of the di angelo family i give u a little kiss on the forehead #''but what about Nico learning the wrong version of that one myth'' see again: could have learned it at Westover #and also. tbh far more likely that it was a 1930s thing than a religious thing #cause if we're talking staunch catholocism i dont think they'd be teaching him much greek mythology at all #anyways this has been: im far too amused by the phrases 'that boy has never been to CCD' and ''Nico has Become Catholic'

[goldenamaranthe-blog]

We'll See: Single Mom AU

Blake: (putting Kela to bed) Goodnight, baby. (kisses forehead) Sweet dreams.

Kela: Mommy?

Blake: What is it, my little cub?

Kela: (yawns and eyelids flutter) Are you and Ms. Yang going to get married?

Blake: (taken aback and blushes) I-I... We'll see, baby. It's...a bit early for us to think about that.

Kela: (eyes slip shut) I hope you do... You're happier when she's around... and I really like her...

Blake: (mentally clutches chest and brushes Kela's bangs) Like I said, Cub. We'll see.... But do you know what?

Kela: (almost asleep) Hm?

Blake: I really like Ms. Yang too. (kisses Kela on the forehead and quietly creeps out of the room into the living room)

Yang: (picking up the board game and puzzles on the floor) Hey, Blake! I was just gonna clean these up and then head out. Unless... maybe you wanted to watch a movie? I understand if you're too tired! It's been a long day!

Blake: (looks at Yang and remembers what Kela said. Goes up to Yang and rests her head on her shoulder) A movie would be nice.

#bumbleby #yang xiao long #blake belladonna #single mom au #kids pick up on everything #bumblebaby

[ct-multifandom]

I don’t usually make posts like this, but I’ve been seeing a lot of anti-intellectual junk lately, and I really think we need to put the word “pretentious” up on a shelf until people learn what it actually means.

It doesn’t describe someone who likes artsy-fartsy deep meaning media. People who are pretentious are fake. They’re posers trying to be sophisticated and unique, not like other girls. They pretend to only like stuff they think will make them sound cool when they talk about it. They want to act like they know something you don’t, and they want attention for it.

By definition, if you genuinely enjoy something, you can’t be pretentious. If it resonates with you, and you analyze it, and you don’t care what people think, that’s the polar opposite, actually. If you love obscure experimental prog music, if you watch underground high concept indie films through English teacher eyes, if you spend hours in a modern art museum reading each piece as a vessel for storytelling, if your backpack’s full of poetry books that inspire you, if you play underrated games that were someone’s passion project, if you have an interest in studying the classics or the masters, you are not pretentious.

Of course, some people just don’t like some stuff, and that’s fine, but that’s not what this is about. Don’t let anti-intellectuals shame you for enjoying things just because your interests are inaccessible to them, because they refuse to be brave and put effort into critical thinking. You’re not stuck up for refusing to overlook the craft of artists.

#anti intellectualism #media #movies #books #music #critical thinking #my friend who primarily listens to one very popular band once said that people who listen to obscure music are annoying and pretentious #which rubbed me the wrong way because 1 she knows that I listen to obscure music and 2 it’s such a cowardly consumerist take. anyone can #make music and hey a lot of the people who do make GOOD music. and this goes for all *obscure* media #this post was mostly inspired by people talking about Barbie and those anti pick me girls like the pick nobody girls who insist thinking is #for boys and having fun with an empty brain is for girls. Greta gerwig is an artist. I haven’t seen the movie yet but I know it has a deeper #message than haha cute pink! I’ve seen the summaries about the true meaning. the pinkness and popularity doesn’t negate the narritive. #though in the notes I saw a lot of tumblristas comunistas shitting on the film for being one big ad that people *fell for* which tbh is #tbh almost as anti-intellectual. don’t get me wrong they milked this film to sell hella shit but I don’t believe kids who play with dolls #are the target audience as these people claim. Barbie is a culturally iconic symbol almost archetypical of societal expectations for women #you say barbie people think unblinking perfect plastic pink girly. reminds me of the poem The Last Mojave Indian Barbie. yeah yeah you all #hate brands but this one carries undeniable significance and makes for a powerful literary device. it’s been used many times before #sorry for writing a tag essay about a film I haven’t even seen but I’m tired of internet people focusing so much on proving others wrong #that they end up oversimplifying everything just as much as the other person. god I saw people doing this to Nimona saying transphobes were #looking too deep into her character and they’re reactionary clowns for making that jump. like for once the transphobes are right. she is #trans. it’s a queer story. and irl the first people who notice queerness are the bigots who can tell you’re different. sick owns telling #them the story’s not that deep is harmful and it’s like they’re ignoring the real message on purpose. okay enough rambling hehe! thanks #barbie #nimona

[gamerwoo]

really sucks when you realize you and a friend have just kind of grown up as two different people and don’t mesh together like you used to and like you have so much history you don’t wanna let go of but you’re absolutely miserable in the friendship

#to delete #the girl i’ve been friends with over half my life is just so insufferable now #she’s very pick me and likes to nitpick absolutely everything for no reason #absolutely DESPISES genz and tiktok for some reason #puts down everything about me and it feels targeted but she does it in ways that it comes across like it’s not #so when i call her out on picking on dumb things like kpop fans or genz i look like a psycho bitch #she very much just has to speak up on everything she dislikes instead of just letting people be happy #like it’s shit that’s not bothering anyone #she once went OFF because i’m afraid of bugs and ‘most girls’ are afraid of bugs but SHE isn’t afraid of them #and im like yes girl we pick you please stfu #it’s always just little stuff that doesn’t matter but 98% of the time has to do w something i like or don’t like #so it feels targeted and then i speak up and the rest of our friends are like ‘calm down it’s not that deep’ #idk i just like…..she feels the opposite about a lot of things i feel #and then has to act superior for being opposite of me #also being so angry over a generation of young adults/kids and an app for no reason…… #idk we just don’t go well together anymore and idk how to bring it up

[oatbugs]

pls i need to provide updates

#basically yesterday night was chaharshanbe suri . which is a solar new yr tradition where we let go of the past suffering in our year #and like...start the new yr w fresh vigour . anyway so my friend was at the event and we were abt to leap over the fire #and she was like bro im im glad u blocked her (situationship) etc etc . and then. my phone started vibrating. and i look at it. and my f #friend looks at it. and its her. and were both like what the fuck?? i blocked her things r Over and anyway so i pick up the phone and shesl #acting like nothing happened (bc nothing DID happen for her) and she was like ohh ur doing chaharshanbe suri im not doing anything etc what #are ur new yr plans so i jusr .IDK WHY I DID THIS . but ig i didnt wanna come off as like lonely i said probably hanging out w family and #friends maybe reading poetry together . et cetera and she was like wait that sounds so fun why didnt u invite me! #LIKE WDYM YOUVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY MAKING IT CLEAR U DONT WANT TO BE IN MY PRESENCE . and i told her that after #everything i thought she didnt want to see me again and she was like you always think that 😐 . like. ?? ok anyway so she expects me to #invite her . and like. there is an above 0% but sub-5% chance she will actually show up . but the panic that gripped me #i started making calls to my friends asking them if they can come on the 23rd bc there must be an event and also i asked my mother #and she said actually yeah i am doing a thing on the 23rd :D it involves over 16 ppl (we live in a v small flat) of which like...7 are kids #so you wont have space to be in ur own room let alone invite others. which tbh like ...being around a bunch of loud kids doesnt seem fun fo #any of my friends or me etc so i thought maybe i should arrange things so that we all go out together and if she shows up she shows up 🤷‍♀️ #but . im so. WHY DID I SAY THAT . i had to panic-call my research partner and ask him to get from oxf to where i live on the 23rd #and when he heard the explanation he like. the light in his voice disappeared 💀 but he potentially agreed so idk #THE ISSUE IS. 23rd im supposed to also have . a date #w this girl that i had a huge crush on when i was 15-16 (posted abt this b4 but id get shitty black coffee in the mornings just to spend a #few more minuted w her each day and she was the cleverest girl in school and she cared abt nothing but her academics but now shes very gay #scraggly homosexual etc etc shes cute) and YEAH IDK #like id have to go there on the date come back fast meet ppl POTENTIALLY (again under 5%) meet situationship girl #like is that even doable #but the thing is it would be so so so funny bc all of my friends dislike her sooo much #.........what if i invited the girl im supposed to have a date w over to hang out w us #god that would be so hilarious and chaotic . i wont do it tho im a mature person x #but it would be soooo funny #I HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT DUE TMRW 12:30PM IT IS 10:49PM RN I HAVENT STARTED IT bc i was rotting sadly in bed #popped a ritalin pill tho so here we go x #i have found myself in a state of such sheer agony and rage and sorrow and grief over this girl that atp i feel like #its just so entertaining . like i feel vaguely over it? ik nothing will come of it so its like just . have fun . vibe

[vigilskeep]

wait, Arthur has a kid?!

yeah!

she’s a skittish little fereldan mage, maybe nine or ten years old but scrawny for it, who was his apprentice in the circle, mostly because in the beginning he was the only one who could get her to talk. he adopted her when the circles rebelled—as much as simply telling her she could be his daughter now if she liked, and her vehement agreement, counts as formal adoption—and she’s gone by the name lilith trevelyan ever since. they were separated during the rebellion though, when arthur stayed behind to buy time for the mages they were travelling with :(

that group of mages ends up in montsimmard, and vivienne brings lilith to haven as a show of good faith (read: as a bargaining chip so arthur has no choice but to recruit her despite his political qualms). they’re reunited and i sure do hope arthur’s self-sacrificial tendencies will never separate them or re-open that trauma of leaving him behind again (said while shooting nervous glances at the in your heart shall burn quest)

#just realised while typing this it would be cute if she was a trans kid #gets to pick out a new name AND have her dad’s surname when the rebellion starts. everything is coming up lilith #lilith trevelyan

[front-facing-pokemon]

#grotle #this is the one i forgot was not the final evolution of turtwig. it's the mid-evo. and by this point i'm already uninterested in using them #i dunnoooo it's just not very cute i guess. i usually want my pokémon to remain visually appealing. that's usually how i pick pokémon #favorites and teams and whatever. even though i guess now that i'm sorta reconsidering… grotle is pretty cool. plus torterra #why did i not like these guys as a kid?? hold on. i think i'm reevaluating my opinions. i might actually like them now #and i was just too busy assuming i had the same opinions that i did as a kid. no yeah grotle and torterra are cool. i'm keeping it #never mind fuck everything i just said about them not being cute. good pokémon. i'm picking turtwig in my next gen 4 playthru #if i end up ever doing one

[nyxofdemons]

honestly my new niche hyperfixation in this fandom is tilla. i want to know SO BADLY about blitz's relationship with his mom i just KNOW he was the ultimate momma's boy. im banging pots and pans together man circus aftermath episode WHEN

#GODDD I HAVE SO MANY HEADCANONS ABOUT THEM #thinking about late nights in the circus when the kids were still really young and blitz staying up after everyone else #falls asleep and going and crawling into tilla's bed #thinking abt tilla telling the kids (blitz/barbie/fizz) stories when they couldn't sleep. beloved mother figure to ALL the circus kids #THINKING ABOUT BLITZ AS A SMALL CHILD MAKING UP STORIES FOR HER......... GOD #making up stories about him and his mom. him as the knight fighting off the dragon (cash) to rescue her from the tower (the circus) #and taking her somewhere far away where everything is better #idk whyyyyyy but i just. little kid blitz who picks flowers and makes up stories for his mom is SO SO IMPORTANT TO ME #DO YOU SEE MY VISION???? SHAKES YOU #mine #helluva boss #blitz #tilla