Wilted Echo Flower

Call me Blitzen, she/her/he/him pronouns please. I gave up on labels, I just like what I like. Sagittarius. I share a birthday with the Dreamtale Twins😳 Haven't touched Tumblr in forever, pardon any odd behavior. 16 yr old, willingly follow suggestive/NSFW accounts due to and for reasons I am not comfortable sharing online. I don't interact with accounts that are uncomfortable with that outside of possibly liking a post- I try to stick to boundaries. If you support ICE, homophobia/transphobia, racism, ect, get the fuck off my page.

[bebx]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[writingdose]

[autistic-littlefella]

// oh my god youre still on here?? hi!!

Hello!! Idk why but I have like no memory of any of my mutuals on here I'm so sorry😭 BUT STILL, HEYO!!!

[autistic-littlefella]

QUICK, WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR YOUR TUMBLR PAGE, GO!!

TO STALK GOOD ARTISTS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, I DON'T KNOW!!!

YOu can't just put me on the spOT MAn. That's rude >:(

[autistic-littlefella]

Sorry not sorry for the weird question, I like doing this to the newbies: What's your motivation for living?

I exist to spite my depression and the people who've hurt me in life because yknow what fuck them mate😋

Thanks for the question strange being, I didn't debate the answer to it for like three hours

[kevinzhechair]

Had an idea so I made it real, Fresh sans but if he took Nightmare Sans as a host

[ponku-po]

[philosophical-pete]

oh no my finger slipped

[thefreespirit]

Whoops, I just posted this? Oh well.

[shadysaladtyrant]

Oops sorry my rights slipping away made me trip and press the button

[the-haiku-bot]

Oops sorry my rights

slipping away made me trip

and press the button

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[androdragynous]

internat habits that are good to learn

[lild3m0nsworld]

reblog to send your mutuals a hug. maybe just the thought is enough to cheer them up 🥺

[aroaceenjolras]

I really think that unscrupulous people using nonsexual queerplatonic relationships as a backdoor into romantic and/or sexual relationships is something that should be discussed more, because people absolutely fucking do this and it's terrifying to be on the receiving end of if you are not prepared for it/open to the possibility of that kind of relationship transition

[aroaceenjolras]

To be clear, I'm not talking about "we entered one kind of relationship but then our feelings for each other mutually changed." That's good and fine, live your truth, whatever.

What I'm talking about is when a person capable of feeling romantic and/or sexual attraction sees a person who is not and says "I'm ✨ Attracted ✨ to this person and therefore my feelings take precedence over theirs, so I'm going to use the kind of relationship they prefer as a way to whittle down their defenses and make them more receptive to the kind of relationship I prefer."

The first and only romantic relationship I ever had was one of these and I still feel absolutely disgusted with myself for falling for it when I think about it. It is insidious and fucked up and it gave me trust issues up the wazoo and I cannot possibly be the only person who's had this problem.

[hexcia]

I'm actually so tired of seeing content of ink where he's a terrible father so I'm out here making the Good Dad Ink content myself with Hex!Ink

so like i think his favorite bit to do with Acrylic when they were younger was to actively hold them or carry them in some way and act like he doesn't know where they are. Acrylic loves it

Ink belongs to @comyet

Acrylic belongs to me

[sketchingstars03]

SPREAD THE GOOD DAD INK AGENDA 💪💪💪✨✨

[lavenderfoxboy-deactivated20240]

new ask game <3 who am i to you? (on or off anon, it doesn't matter)

💖- crush /j

❤️- crush /srs

🧡- close friend

💛- friend

💚- queer-platonic squish

💙- acquaintance

💜- its, uhm, well, it's complicated

🖤- i hate you

🤍- you're kind of annoying, but its tolerable

💕- i'd like to be closer

💗- i'd kiss you, but it doesn't mean anything

[lavenderfoxboy-deactivated20240]

💘- i need you to like me soooo bad

💝- i want to be closer with you and your friends

❤️‍🩹- if i needed help solving a problem, i would ask you

💔- if i needed help solving a problem, i would UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ASK YOU

🫀- i want to dissect you

🤎- im jealous of you

[glitchysquidd-deactivated202408]

this looks entertaining lmao

[dragon-in-a-fez]

consider: teenagers aren’t apathetic about everything they’re just used to you shitting all over whatever they show excitement about

[antigothesis]

Teen: *gets a job*

“I GOT THE JOB!”

Parents: Well, when I was your age, I already had 5 jobs and was supporting my family

[discowitchparty]

Teen: *gets all A’s*

“I worked really hard!”

Parents: Well, of course you did, this is the expectation, not a celebration.

[silver-tongues-blog]

probably why so many teens take to social media where they can enthusiastically share their interests and achievements and get positive feedback that their parents never gave

[moonlighteduniverse]

A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

[bisexual-boredom-deactivated202]

This hit hard

[rowark]

I remember once, when I was in my early 20s, I was an afternoon supervisor at my job, and I worked with mostly teenagers, and the one day this one kid, who was like 15, was bored so I suggested he could clean out the fridge. He did and when he was done I said he did a good job.

After that, this kid was cleaning out the fridge at least once a week, and I was like, “why are you always cleaning the fridge?” Like, I didn’t mind, but it seemed odd. And he said, “one time I cleaned the fridge and you said I did a good job. I wanted to make you proud of me again.”

Literally, I changed the entire way I interacted with teenagers after that. I actually got a package of glitter stars and I would stick them on their nametags when they did a good job, and they loved it.

My manager had commented on how hard these kids work and I said, “they’re starved for positive feedback. They go to school all day then come to work all evening and no one appreciates it because it’s expected of them, but they’re still kids. They need positive feedback from adults in their lives.”

Like, everyone likes feeling appreciated. Everyone likes being complimented and having their efforts be noticed. Another coworker (who was a mother of teenage children), hated that I did this, and said they were too old to be rewarded with stickers, but like… it wasn’t about the stickers. The stickers were just a symbol that their effort was noticed and appreciated. I was just lucky that I learned this at a time when I was still young enough to remember what it was like to be a teenager. I was only 2 years out of highschool at that point and highschool is fucking hard. People forget this as they get older, but ask anyone and almost no one would ever want to go back and do it again, but they expect kids to suck it up because they’re young so they should be able to do school full time, plus homework, and work, and maintain a healthy social life, and sleep, and spend time with family, and do chores and help out at home, and worry about college and relationships and everything else, and then just get shit on all the time and treated like they’re lazy and entitled. And then they wonder why teenagers are apathetic.

[zediina]

For a german exam I had to argue against an article that was essentially „kids these days, they don’t care about anything and are constantly on their phones“ and really it was the easiest essay I‘ve ever written.

Teens don’t talk to adults bc adults only ask „so, how‘s school“ to then interrupt them two sentences in. And because they can’t engage in a conversation about buying houses and working in a bank. I would’ve loved to talk about philosophy and politics and history with family the way I did with friends and in class but because I was young no one took what I had to say seriously.

And no, teens aren’t always on their phone. They’re on their phone when they’re bored. You think I‘m on social media when I‘m with my friends? When I‘m talking about something I‘m interested in?

Maybe the reason kids are so distant and always on their phone during family parties and the like is because you‘re failing to engage and include them.

[aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202]

Whoop there it is

[midwesternlikeope]

When you respect kids, they really respond and learn from you. But if you treat kids like “theyre just a kid, what do they know??” then you’ll never find out.

[imagitory]

As a Disneyland Cast Member, I’ll add my own experience onto this –

Very frequently, when I first speak to a child while I’m at work, they’ll kind of withdraw and act uncomfortable and shy. Their parents will then rather frequently tell them to not be shy and try to coax them to talk to me – whenever that happens, I always, without fail, politely dissuade the parents from pressuring them.

“I’m a stranger,” I’ll tell the kid’s parents. “I don’t blame them for not talking to me – if they were anywhere else, they’d have the right idea, to not immediately trust me.”

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen that same kid – simply after hearing their initial reaction being validated, instead of reproached – immediately open up to me after that. I also cannot tell you how many times that child and I would go on to start a friggin’ marathon conversation, and I got to hear all about how great their day was or what their favorite Disney movies were or what rides they liked and didn’t like or how much they like a certain Disney character or song…all from me validating that initial feeling and showing genuine interest in what they had to say.

This isn’t just young children, either. I will always remember being positioned outside the Animation Academy one day and starting up a conversation with a young lady, perhaps 12 or 13, who joined the line with her father a full 25 minutes before the class was supposed to start. Now keep in mind, we do a drawing class every 30 minutes: there was no one else in line at that point, and no one else joined the girl and her father in line for a full fifteen minutes. So I could tell pretty quickly that this girl was very emotionally invested in getting a good spot for the drawing class: a conclusion all the more bolstered by the fact that she had a notebook under her arm. I asked her if she was an artist – she said yes, but seemed uncomfortable at the question, so I skipped even asking her if I could see her work, instead admitting that I myself wasn’t very good at art, but that I’m trying to get better and that I love the history of Disney animation. On the screens around us was video footage of different Disney concept art and animation reels, so I pointed one of them out (for Snow White) and asked if she knew the story behind the making of the movie. Upon confirming that she didn’t, I proceeded to get down on the floor so I could sit next to her and her father and dramatically tell the whole story of how “Uncle Walt” created the first full-length animated motion picture, even though everyone and their mother thought he was an idiot for even trying, and how the film ended up becoming the first Hollywood blockbuster. After the story was over, the girl’s father said that his daughter really wanted to be an animator when she grew up, and she finally felt comfortable enough to open her notebook and show me some of her artwork. It was wonderful! Every sketch had such character and you could tell how much work she put into it! And I could tell how much telling her that – and sharing that moment with her, where we got to connect over something we both really enjoyed – had meant. And after the class was over, she sought me out to show me what she and her father had drawn – and sure enough, hers was great! (Her father’s was too, really. XD)

People, kids and teens included, love sharing what they love and how they feel with others. You just have to give them the chance to show it.

[moony-moons-world]

A LITTLE LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!

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I feel like I am obliged to add one more thing: don’t ever think that the kids won’t feel your unspoken judgements cause they do!

I felt always like a ‘problem’ in my family, until I was about sixteen, I got this teacher who was litterally the first to tell I was worthy. He changed my life up till this day.

Also how do grown ups imagine how ‘we’ will ever learn to engage in conversations with adults properly if you don’t teach us?

[manifestingdestiel]

This post is

Everything

[branchesofyggdrasil]

I told one of my new coworkers (who is 26) that he was doing really well and that I was proud of him and his progress. I thought he was going to start crying for how quietly he said “really?”. 

Positive feedback makes the biggest difference to everything.

[itzcherrybonbon]

Honestly, I barely ever get any validation for what I do because I’m expected to do it everyday. And that just lead to me not wanting to do any chores and genuinely give up trying, and eventually my parents end up calling me lazy and keep telling me to help around the house without any positive feedback afterwards.

I stay on my laptop all day because one, I have my online friends to talk to and comfort them in case they are struggling, and two, I have nothing better to do. I barely get out of my house because I really have none else to hang out with. I have two irl friends but we haven’t had the chance to speak much, we’re all doing our own business. Most of my cousins are all much older than me and also have their own business to deal with, why would they invite me out anywhere? So I spend most of my day chatting with my friends online and interacting with people, that’s how my day always goes.

I genuinely wish my parents appreciated me for the small things I do instead of expecting me to do it because “I’m old now”.

[fandomsoda]

This post is violently true.

Personally one time I tried to push myself to do the dishes at 3 am because I had fallen asleep before I did it the previous evening.

Mother found me and when I explained what I was doing she brushed it off like “well you’re always expected to do the dishes, it’s not like we’re going to be surprised about it”

the whole reason I felt the need to prove myself as useful is because whenever I complain about anything wrong in my life/about the ways they treat me the response is always “you have such a good life, you barely do anything all day!” and that resulted in me starting to feel like a leech in my own damn house.

Listen to your fucking kids, validate your fucking kids, celebrate with your fucking kids, it will save them a world of hurt.

[thewiglesswonder]

[squashfolded]

[0rki3]

[oonajaeadira]

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[fiddlepickdouglas]

[mornington-the-crescent]

[clearskjes]

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

good work everyone

[onetwothreemany]

FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.

If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.

Yes, I'm doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.

Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I'm bad at tags.

[freedomisscaryshit]

Also, when you finally turn your phone back on, make sure you are alone or can otherwise midigate the sound. Because it WILL go off the second you turn your phone back on.

Please be safe 💜

[eroticcannibal]

I dont know if this will go as badly as the UK test did, but the advice for at risk people DID NOT WORK for us, many people had their phones go off despite turning off the relevant settings and turning off their phones despite assurances that turning off your phone would be enough to prevent the alert.

I would highly suggest that you do not leave room for technical errors and that you store secret phones in a safe location where it cannot be heard, maybe with a friend or loved one that you can trust. Or perhaps go out with your phone to a public place.

[latestagejenga]

Reblog if you agree