#white picket fence life

[classycookiexo]

Same 💗

#children #white picket fence #life goals #honestly #marriage

[rotzaprachim]

meta incoming but one of the most fascinating themes of rogue one and andor to me is the idea that a parent’s (individualist) love of their child might not be enough to save them from the (structural) violence of the world, so it’s fascinating how fandom managed to sail right past that in a bunch of places

#The fic plot of jyn and cassian leave the rebellion to have a white picket fence and babies!!! Plot has always struck an odd vibe #But now I’m like no that’s literally the reverse of what the plot is saying #GALEN TRIEd that!!! #HE TRIED THAT AND the literal OPENING SHOT of rogue one is about how that failed completely #That’s the great terrible irony of rogue one it’s about how his EVERYTHING I DO I DO TO PROTECT YOU fails so completely #It end up in outright filicide where maybe the giant child killing machine might kill his child #Maarva tells cassian to go have a nice life take the money run from the empire live in peace!!! #And in the same fucking episode he’s sent to a death camp #Something too about how parental love can still exist in a world with these kinds of horrors #also fascinating how andor provides the antithesis to this attitude in Mon mothma #Her child can be put to the block so that everyone else’s get a fighting chance to live

[ilikesimsfour]

blunt trauma dynamic

#fem scout or boy one idk wants to live a white picket fence life with medic. medic does reciprocate but still wants to steal scouts organs #maybe they santa clarita diet it #tf2 #team fortress two #scout tf2 #tf2 medic

[shhhsoftnwet]

Evilive gang rivalry AU

I really wished I can write but I can’t be good at everything now can I? All I can offer are short bulletpoint ideas I’m sorry 😔

Premise: What’ll happen if DYDS never broke up after getting rid of Moon Sangguk? Well, a decade later Doyoung became a business tycoon and Dongsoo became the new Minister of Justice of course. Eventually they managed to shed away their criminal lives behind, but not without a few painful sacrifices of course. Upon finding out what Dongsoo has done to achieve his goals, his family completely disappeared from his life and it took Doyoung 2 years waiting patiently for Dongsoo to get over the loss and reciprocate his feelings.

Life is very good for Seo Doyoung. He’s been running the Shinnam Ferry and Marine Casino well, his wealth in abundance, got his trophy husband of his dreams, even opened a baseball club for the youth…… yet everything feels so stagnant. Achieving his goals has given Doyoung midlife crisis. During dinner, they reminisced their past and how far they’ve become. Doyoung sorta missed the thrill and violence…

He decided to rebuild his criminal empire in secret, concealing his true identity as the boss to protect his current reputation, as well as to not worry Dongsoo and risk losing him. A decade hiatus is long enough for a new predator to rule over the underbelly of Shinnam. Feeling extremely competitive, Doyoung is determined to create havoc and overthrow his rival.

Doyoung’s new gang quickly gains notoriety and a violent turf war and sabotaging soon began. Doyoung learns that his rival’s modus operandi is very structured and their boss’ identity is also closely guarded, but after much spying and digging, he found out that most of the members used to be the now disbanded Family gang and Bae Jongha is their leader.

Doyoung and a few of his trusted men cornered Bae Jongha. Surprised by this unfavourable yet funny turn of events, Bae Jongha resentfully revealed that he’s just a puppet and refused to reveal his boss’ true identity to Doyoung out of spite. Feeling extremely irritated that he couldn’t get an answer from Bae Jongha, he rid him off.

It’s later revealed that…. /dramatic drumrolls/…. HAN DONGSOO IS THE TRUE BOSS OF THE RIVAL GANG!!! (I want it to be dramatic ok like Doyoung trying to vent under the pretence that he’s concerned about the rising turf wars in the news, and then Dongsoo tried to assure Doyoung that he’ll do something about it. Then after that he got a phone call informing him that they found Bae Jongha dead in a ditch!!)

At this point, the audience are left questioning whether Dongsoo knew that Doyoung is his rival and if he has any ulterior motives/grudges. However it is later revealed that he truly doesn’t know that his husband is his opp.

Bae Jongha’s death became a catalyst for both gangs to start hunting for the bosses’ true identities. Lotsa spy cams and trackers going on. At some point Doyoung got the scare of his life thinking his rival found his identity and tried to infiltrate his house and harm Dongsoo. He warned Dongsoo of the intruders, but Dongsoo managed to bluff his way out (apparently he’s not supposed to be home at the time), thinking that his rival gang ALSO found out about his true identity. (TLDR: they both thought their identities are uncovered while still unaware that they’re each other’s opps. Bae Jongha cry laughing in his grave at this comedy)

At some point however, Doyoung slowly realised that Dongsoo is the boss based on a tiny slip up/minor injury(?). Doyoung unravels his complicated feelings during their sexy time (with Dongsoo being dominant and choking him 👹👹) A part of him is thrilled of this diabolical and corrupted side of Dongsoo, a side of him that he sorely missed a decade ago. Yet a part of him is also extremely sick with paranoia, unsure of who is this man before him and wondered if this is Dongsoo’s plan to get rid of him after all.

Doyoung decided to hold an emergency meeting with his gang to plan their next move, only to receive a surprise ambush from Dongsoo’s gang. A lot of bloodshed happened, Doyoung solo fights a bunch of guys. Dongsoo is shocked to see his husband is his enemy, but Doyoung is too enraged by the entire situation to think properly.

They had an emotional one on one knife + fist fight and somehow managed to clear up their misunderstandings. They shed some tears, they makeout, maaaayyybbee being freaky while covered in blood idk, it’s gross and unhinged but beautifully poetic in a blood pact way. Now that the couple has come clean with each other of their wants and worries, their love is renewed with fiery passion. And maybe soon they’ll rebuild their criminal empire once more, together this time.

THE END

Yeah this is all I have…. If you wanna adopt it, go ahead like I can’t write proper sentences beautifully for shit. Just lemme know so I can read it 😭😭🙏

Anyways some things to elaborate on character motivations and why they choose to conceal their actions from their partners:

HDS: Dongsoo have always wanted to rule the criminal empire ever since they got rid of Moon Sangguk. However, upon spending some time listening to Doyoung’s experiences and understanding why he wanted to leave the criminal life behind him, as well as feeling grateful of Doyoung’s support during his difficult time accepting that his family had left him and paving a way for his current career, he decided to lead a double life to protect their peace and reputation.

SDY: Doyoung realises that achieving his goals is never going to fill the void and hunger in his heart. Doyoung missed the good old days, but he doesn’t want to bring anymore pain to Dongsoo’s life, not after seeing how broken he was after losing his family. The last thing Doyoung wanted is to lose him too. But Seo Doyoung is a selfish man, he will get the best of both worlds no matter what.

#a future where they can be as diabolical as they wanted without all the betrayals unnecessary deaths and heartache #their rivalry is everyone’s problem #sorry bae Jongha always caught between the couple’s BS #also love the idea of them having like mid life crisis #ion like these white picket fences and luxury I want CHAOS #evilive #biography of a villain #악인전기 #도영동수 #dyds #au prompt #seo do young #han dong soo #fifi’s prompts #shhhsoftnwet

[gemkun]

anonymous said : Are your parents proud of all of your achievements? ( for Dr. Ratio )

      ⸻       the   dawn   rises   ,   redirecting   its   rays   from   captivating   lines   to   a   query   ,   recondite   in   its   scarcity.   closed   ,   his   tome   resigns   ,   providing   the   doctor   with   arrant   focus   ,   despite   the   address   being   a   trifling   matter   entirely.   one   ,   that   was   seldom   on   his   mind.

  ❝   they   are.   ❞   he   states   ,   as   if   it   were   gospel.   after   all   ,   what   child   —   what   prodigal   child   ,   was   not   revered   by   his   parents   ?   with   all   his   accolades   ,   all   his   accomplishments   ,   all   that   he   had   done.   why   would   there   not   be   admiration   intertwined   ?   ❝   ever   since   i   showed   promise   ,   they   have   always   been   relatively   proud.   ❞   for   the   likes   of   veritas   ratio   ,   a   detached   lilt   is   hardly   unusual.   even   if   it   involves   the   topic   of   family.

  but   his   eyes   harden   ,   losing   that   lustre   for   only   a   moment.   steering   pupils   to   stray   minutely   —   a   smidge   from   the   enquirer   ,   as   he   ruminates   silently.   until   recognition   scolds   to   yield   and   revert   to   rationality’s   path.   ❝   since   my   embarkation   ,   i   have   maintained   little   to   no   contact   with   them   ,   but   once   i   finish   my   work   here   ,   paying   a   visit   is   a   feasible   consideration.   ❞

  he   ponders   on   the   situation   he   envisions   ,   regarding   his   return   to   home.   an   endeavour   he   would   partake   in   ,   once   his   promise   was   fulfilled.   or   rather   ,   when   he   would   reclaim   his   birthright   ,   sworn   to   him.

  there   must   be   a   wrap   —   up   ,   however   ,   with   time   being   a   precious   and   limited   commodity.   ❝   do   not   be   dismayed   ,   being   away   from   family   for   a   prolonged   amount   of   time   is   a   common   ordeal   amongst   all   pioneers.   besides   ,   they   did   not   hesitate   to   enrol   me   once   the   letter   of   admission   was   delivered   to   our   doorstep.   ❞

  reinstated   ,   neutrality   restores   the   doctor   to   his   prior   impartial   countenance   ,   erasing   any   and   all   trace   of   so   —   called   tells.   ❝   you   could   argue   that   i   am   the   embodiment   of   their   lost   ambition.   ❞

#* ✦ 𝐈𝐈. ❮ asks ❯ ⸻ ❝ #* ✦ 𝐈𝐕. ❮ isms ❯ ⸻ ❝ #* ✦ 𝐕𝐈. ❮ muses ❯ ⸻ ❝ 「 veritas ratio 」 #thank you anon for making me go into full blown introspection mode #im always hesitant with these things since im waiting for canon #but i do believe like ratio had a typical white picket fence family life #however i think where the strain came in is how he was idolised and not loved as a son #he felt completely alien because he didn't have anyone who understood him as well #and for a child to not have their parents understand them is devastating #he doesn't belong at “home” but where he does belong is somewhere he isn't allowed to go #supposedly #i also still need to work out if he had a sibling but if he did i strongly see him as the youngest #young prodigal child vs the average elder sibling is just something personal to me i think

[minamotoz]

the boy meets world writers creating the most heartbreaking narrative about growing up queer and closeted in 90's you've ever seen (it is entirely through subtext and poorly aged, sorta problematic jokes)

#boy meets world #im sorry im in my shory brainrot era again #i know i literally Never post abt BMW but i cannot stop thinking about this genuinely #i rewatched 4x12 aka the gayest episode and my brain is about to Explode #'its only natural' 'sure......natural' UR JOKING??????????????? #theyre so miserable bc of their own comphet yet they just. accept the fact that 'its always been this way and it'll always be this way' #they both long for normalcy and acceptance and they think that being straight is the only way to achieve that HELLO CAN ANYONE HEAR M #like. cory chasing the white picket fence nuclear family fantasy with topanga and shawn chasing what cory and topanga have #bc theyre the most stable parts of his life #and so much of corys interest in girls is entirely reliant on keeping up with shawn #he starts crushing on girls bc shawn does. he starts dating girls bc shawn does. he wants to have sex w topanga bc he thinks shawns done it #FUCKING 'i always thought topanga was the one person i could live without but shes gone and uoure here and im alive so it must be you' #ARE UOU KIDDING ME #*couldnt #im sorry im judt word vomitting i just feel. Insane #this show and this ship make me go a bit cookoo bananas

[shallowseeker]

Dean + "Everything we've always wanted"

Hello, scripted All Along the Watchtower line:

Ah, yes. Everything Dean's we've always wanted. This comes shortly after meeting Max & Alicia Banes on 12x20, who also use "We" to cloak their individual wants and needs, like a shield. So what are the requirements for this everything-I've-always-wanted?

Mary (a flawed-but-Loving Parent-Hero; the symbolic road to accepting Our Imperfect Selves)

Cas ("Flawed Father Material" who is Brave, Dutiful, and Devoted; the One Who Carries Your Burden-Halved; the symbolic road to de-Romanticizing White Picket Fence & Apple Pie Life)

Sammy (the child who finally Grew into Leadership; circa season 12; The one who leads the American hunters against The British Men of Letters; the one who elevates the Family Legacy; the symbolic road to dealing with The Moral Gray of life)

///

We also get this aired line from 12x22:

DEAN: (dejectedly) Yeah. You know, it wasn't long ago, I thought we had it made. We saved the world. We got Cas back. We had Mom back. I mean, it wasn't perfect, but still, we had 'em.

It wasn't perfect. Like I was thinking in this season 8 post, this represents the acceptance of De-Romanticizing the Apple Pie Life.

#spn 12x23 #spn all along the watchtower #shallowseeker thoughts #spn hunter heroici #spn themes #dean + everything i've ever wanted #tfw + the apple pie life #tfw + romanticized white picket fence #tfw + the imperfect self #spn + themes #spn season 12 #tfw + integration

[mightymizora]

KICKS DOWN YOUR DOOR TO ASK ABOUT MEROIA!! Where is she from originally?? What's her background? How does she feel about being a watcher? Who is her closest companion (in both games? Does she romance anyone? What's her strongest disposition? Would she be open to marrying me?

Wooooooooo yes! Thank you ahaha she is one of my favourite OCs.

She is an Orlan from Old Valia who is a natural cipher. She was an indentured servant paying off her parents debts in a very old house - the master of the house was a sea trader and his wife was her mistress. She was essentially a bit of a party trick, who would read minds for people as entertainment and take tips and do other things on the side to make more money, and was treated something like a pet poodle. She wanted to study, but it wasn’t really feasible for her in Vailia for a host of reasons, so she never grew her natural ability. She dreamed of being able to start her own life - a little house, a husband, a family. And that’s what she is aiming for at the start of the game. She hates being the watcher. All she wanted was a very simple dream, and every step she takes brings her further from it. But she tries to be positive about it. Got to stay positive!

She’s close to Kana, who teaches her music (she eventually multiclasses as a chanter), Hiravias (who she has a VERY misguided crush on at first as one of the only other Orlans she’s met that’s not a servant. Oooh, he’s so free and wild and sensual lmao. He thinks it’s hilarious and treats her more like a sister) and Aloth, eventually. She also adores Pallegina but it’s not mutual. She thinks Meroia is an idiot. In the second game she falls head over heels for Serafen (who of course can’t love her back, though they have a very torrid affair) and she eventually realises Aloth is in love with her, and reciprocates, though it’s a bit doomed with him having to take on more responsibilities… ahem…

She eventually learns that maybe romantic love isn’t the only love that matters. She has her adoptive daughter, and eventually goes back to join Serafen as like… platonic life partners? She never marries, and never really settles, but maybe that’s okay.

She is benevolent and diplomatic. And a little bit passionate, though also (and I wish this was an official disposition) terribly uptight. In her mind she is the protagonist of a romance novel lmao. But uh. The world has different plans for her.

#meroia nua #meroia #Poe #pillars of eternity #I adore herrrr #thank you #and yes she would marry you if you want a white picket fence life lmao

[mayahawkeswife]

a lot of y’all are gonna be mad at me… (or have no clue what i’m talking about), but will has definitely cried to Somewhere That’s Green from The Little Shop of Horrors. i see that poster on your wall, william.

#y’all can pry theater kid will byers out of my cold. dead. hands. #also that song is just yearning for love in the purest form and it’s so will tbh #even tho i don’t think he’d want that white picket fence life #he’d want that feeling of love/intimacy/the domestic life with someone HE loves (cough cough mike) #mk i’ll shut up now just go listen to that song and you’ll know #or maybe you won’t who knows #byler #will byers #stranger things #mike wheeler #stranger things s4 #theater kid will byers

[heydrangeas]

anytime a teenager makes a post or video about how life is hard and an adult comments something like “it only gets worse” or “just wait til you have to pay taxes” I want to shake them by the shoulders. for MANY people, adulthood is leagues better than childhood. kids and teens literally don’t have full rights, they can’t act independently, they might be stuck in abusive situations, and their hormones are making them want to kill themselves. It gets SO MUCH BETTER. shoutout to you if you had a happy go lucky, carefree childhood, and you’d prefer to go back to having no responsibilities. But kids don’t need to be told life only gets worse as they age, because it couldn’t be farther from the truth. Anyone can create a beautiful life.

#it’s seriously bothersome when people smugly tell kids that life is terrible!! #I love paying taxes and renting an apartment and doing whatever the fuck I want! #it’s mind blowing that people who grew up in the white picket fence neighborhood think that just because THEY entered the real world at 25 #means that there aren’t some kids very much living there #it gets better #teenagers #tiktok #kids #generation gap #adulthood #kids rights #my take

[bumblingbabooshka]

’Cause it’s my problem if I want to pack up and run away It’s my problem, it’s my problem if I feel I need to hide And it’s my problem if I have no friends and feel I want to die

#Tuvok #Tuvok art #st voyager #st voyager art #teen Tuvok #my boyfriend said 'satisfied' reminded him of teen Tuvok <3 #teen tuvok: I DON'T NEED HELP. THIS IS THE AUTHENTIC ME!!! MY TRUE SELF!!!! #adult tuvok: thank god someone helped me =_= #I love alternating between Tuvok's rebellion being serious and being silly....it's both I think. As most teenaged things are. #teen tuvok would scream at seeing the adult version of him he'd be SO dissapointed in that white picket fence bore HEHEH #'I'll bet you have two LOVELY children and a sehlat.' #'I have four children and several fish.' #'You DISGUST me!' #had to omit the 'smoke and drink and sway' lyric bc c'mon........he may be a rebellious teen but he's still TUVOK ~ NARC ASS. #In my beautiful mind Tuvok just floats through different kinds of being annoying his entire life <3 as do we all #It's just not Tuvok if he's not a little insufferable <3

[shallowrambles]

Hunter Heroici haunts me, because it says chasing happiness can’t be solely about running away

i.e. you have to face your actions and integrate the good and the bad parts of your psyche

Apple Pie Life for Sam is, in this view, a meager half-life, a false ���Charming Acres” wrapped in golden hues, like a happy gas that blots out all the harder parts of living. Compared to Hunting, the Romanticized Home Life is The Balm of Escape.

And in this same episode, we have Cas goofing off with the whole “becoming a hunter and interrogating the cat” stuff. He’s having a grand ole time and he knows he’s Being Silly with it. Here, the Idealized Hunting with Friends Life is Cas's Apple Pie, The Balm of Escape from brutal soldierhood.

As mirage-home is to Sam, silly-hunting is to Cas. (Here, perhaps Sam & Dean are Cas’s symbolic Ben & Lisa, which is also why he tends to want to shield them from harsh world of Heavenly War.)

The specter of The Apple Pie life, when carried to its extreme, can be a false, idealized happiness. (It's not happiness itself that is the problem. It's that it's not an integrated happiness when it's weighted too far into escapism.) This "fantasy-life” is in sharp contrast to the messy business of living your life as your complicated, imperfect self and showing all your warts to those around you.

And yet it’s important to note that the tempting traps of penance & suicide loom large in this season, too...

Dean's blood-donation (coded-as-organ-donation-in-the-form-of-a-cooler) symbolizes his tendency to sustain the life of Others at his own expense; i.e. sustaining Benny’s addiction-in-order-to-keep-him-on-the-straight-and-narrow (and even bearing some of Sam’s parallel struggles)

Dean's simplified Purgatory world of black-and-white kill-or-be-killed (no-mistakes-can-be-made-here-no-one-can-let-me-down-here) is his False Answer to ending the difficult decision-making associated with hunting in a complex world AND maladaptively dealing with disappointment

Cas's staying-behind-in-Purgatory is metaphorical-suicide for what he did to Heaven (and yet, Heaven comes to rescue him; he cannot escape)

Later, Cas's Heaven trials are his False Answer to ending the difficult decision-making associated with Endless Heavenly Wars

And of course, Sam's Hell trials are his False Answer to ending the difficult decision-making associated with hunting in a world overrun with threats

These are ALL different kinds of extremes of “checking out of life,” and they will all learn that this extreme of not integrating both the Good & Bad parts, and of giving up Self to serve Others, is as unsustainable as is diving into the drunken happy kind of escapism.

It's about integration: family + past actions + mistakes + internal wants + personal needs + duty & obligations.

The path to the Apple Pie Life is in obliterating its Romanticization. The path to Penance is in truly valuing the Imperfect Self.

#tfw + the concept of apple pie #tfw + integration #dean + self-sacrifice #dean + blood donation #dean + organ donation #sam + hell trials #cas + suicide #spn + purgatory as symbolic suicide #spn + purgatory as the unthinking black-and-white world of war #tfw + war #tfw + soldier mentality #sam + charming acres #spn hunter heroici #spn season 8 #spn 8x08 #sam + martyrdom #sam & dean are to white picket fence as Cas is to earth #spn + cosmic hierarchies #spn + the apple pie life

[spring-lxcked]

wait coming back just to add that i was thinking abt the generational element of the af.tons just being a fucked up family line and i'm. fine. i swear i'm f

#—— ✧ ooc » #˖ ✧ headcanon » ( the demon to his demons ) #william's partially a shitty father because of who he is but also partially because of his own upbringing #tries to escape it but either overcorrects or falls into it anyway #terrified of becoming his parents and both passes and fails to escape becoming them #geninely honestly despite everything wants to be better then them and can't and won't #and his parents were shit to him and jayne because they were following social roles #didn't necessarily want kids but It's Expected & although william would never admit it they instilled that in him #& he DID want kids but in many ways the family he tries to build initially is The Stereotypical American Dream #suburb house white picket fence small town wife and three children both sons and a daughter etc etc etc #doesn't let this idea go until late-stage and by that point he's already unintentionally destroying it anyway #i know i made a haha funny joke abt his ideal fam of henry & the son he loves/hates & 2 robot children #but unironically him realizing that he can & should choose what/who he wants BECAUSE he wants it/them #would have solved so many problems if he'd realized it earlier #not all of them but lmao #(not implying that he didn't love elise/mrs. af.ton but he didn't go into or HANDLE the marriage how he should have) #(everything was about appearances not abt actually being prepared for like. Married Life.) #(very much thinks 'okay i'm married. hard part's over. no more effort required' & obv ends up divorced because of it) #(which to be clear he is prone to in ANY ship if they're not willing to beat him over the head w/ reality HARD) #there's SO much more to say abt this like it's very complex but i'm gonna go chill and then go to sleep lmao

[sandwichedbread]

Heyyyy

Can you please draw red Bdubs from ep 4 of Last life trying to kill Etho

I am never getting over Last Life ethubs, and im kinda obsessed with the Reds from last life since they were just siidksjsjkddhhfkdndndksjddj

Like maybe draw Bdubs trying to pull Etho over the fence or just standing on the other side of the fence looking down at his sword having the problem of wanting to kill Etho and also wanting to keep him alive.

One second I have to go actually watch last life then I’ll draw this

But while I do that here’s how I assume it went down going off this description alone

#the fence was like one of those white picket fences right #last life surburban neighborhood au #sandwiched asks #sandwiched art

[atinystraykid]

How do you give up on dreams

#Not in a “I’m 14 and this is deep” way #this is a genuine question #When you realize that something you always wanted just isn’t in the cards for you how do you move on without falling into a depression pit #The realization that the whole “marriage and kids and a white picket fence” life I dreamt of isn’t gonna happen isn’t even a NEW realizatio #Young me painted that dream without factoring in the reality that that life just isn’t for People Like Me™️ and by now I should’ve shrugged #that off and move on to a new dream #So how does one do that #(No I’m not actually expecting life advice on tumblr it’s mostly a vent) #It was honestly a very stupid dream to pick #oliver talks

[shallowseeker]

You see, it's not that you can't have it.

It's just that you don't recognize it for what it is.

Maybe you're failing to recognize what you already have. By just being.

(You see, it doesn't look like the perfect fantasy you'd always conjured up; it doesn't look like the image of that Dream They Sold You.)

#spn + growing up #spn + apple pie life #spn + the imperfect self #tfw + the something you can never have #tfw + romanticized white picket fence #dean/cas + having and being and wanting #shallowseeker thoughts