neck deep in enstars and forever playing DQXI

(plz talk to me about Nagisa, Rei, and/or Jasper. i also simp for Adrian F. Tepes) ☆☆☆ heyo, call me Mars. nonbinary|they/he/she|23 ☆☆☆ i am a disaster human and get too emotionally invested in games and shows

[balaclava-trismegistus]

There needs to be way, way more of a conversation about how being unable to drive in America means you don’t get to participate in society. That shit is genuinely life ruining. My neuro shit has kept me from driving my whole life and it’s always meant I can’t go do stuff I want to, I can’t get the trade jobs I know I’d be good at, I can’t even see the people I want to. Unless you’re in one of a handful of major cities in the US with decent transit systems, you’re basically expected to drop dead if you can’t drive.

[balaclava-trismegistus]

[chongoblog]

An Increasingly Frustrated Pokemon Trainer who wants a Sylveon but he isn’t emotionally equipped enough to understand the nuanced difference between friendship and affection so he just has like 13 Espeons and Umbreons

[atreefullofstars]

He ties ribbons around their necks and clips them on their ears, and never thinks they’re good enough. He ignores them when they rub against him for pets, focusing on his newest Eevee, so tiny and soft and full of potential. He keeps trying, and trying, and every time he sees black instead of pink and his face falls. Or he perks up at a glimpse of a paler color--but no, that’s the wrong shade, and there’s the forked tail, and he is even more crestfallen.

Until one day he gives up on a Sylveon. It’s never going to happen for him. He slams the door, and cries with his head in his hands, and can’t stand to look at the warm, soft bodies pressing against his back, rubbing against his knees.

He can’t stand to look at the ribbons and bows. He avoids the Pokemon for two days and then, in one explosive burst of frustration, he takes all the bows, stuffs them into the trash--only just managing to keep his trembling hands gentle on soft necks and ears. It’s not their fault. He knows it’s not. It’s his. He rubs a black ear, worried that it might be sore. It’s his fault.

He pets them more. It’s not their fault they’re not what he wanted. He feeds them, and restarts the training sessions that had ended when each one evolved. He doesn’t know their movesets; he starts reading. He learns what he can ask from them, and then learns from them too: which one would rather Quick Attack than use Confusion, which has a Mean Look that freezes even him in place. It’s fun. It’s more fun than it ever used to be, when he followed all the best training manuals so anxiously. They respond, growing and learning and butting into them for pets that he sheepishly gives them.

It’s inevitable, with thirteen of them in the same place, that eventually two would breed. He holds the tiny Eevee in his cupped palms. So soft. So warm. He knows which Espeon gave her those extra-long ears and which Umbreon is responsible for her round little nose. He is fascinated.

He pets her. He holds her. He watches her try to mimic the others and he smiles when they high-step over her or when they lift her by the scruff. She joins in on training sessions and for a moment there’s the thought--but she’s having fun copying one of her aunties and he’s not going to change that. She learns what she likes because she likes it. She’s the happiest Eevee he’s ever trained, and he doesn’t need her to be anything else.

But she changes, of course. Children grow up and Pokemon evolve. Espeon, he thinks when she changes in daylight, when he sees a pale coat--but no, that’s the wrong shade--

He is dumbfounded. The rest of them are not. They crowd around, pushing him and Sylveon together, pressing against both of them until everyone is one pile of fur and waving tails. He laughs and hugs her first--and then the nearest Umbreon, and the next.

He is happy, of course. But not because of what she is. He's glad that it means she’s happy. And she is happy. He gets the sense, watching her examine her own ribbons, that she became exactly what she wanted.

Maybe he should start keeping some stones in the house. It’s inevitable, with fourteen Eeveelutions around, that they’re going to keep breeding, and the next Eevee might want something different.

[ngcreblogs]

I did not expect to be sitting here at 2:20pm at work in tears over a Pokemon flashfic, but I'm devastated by the first half and so happy for them all and I legit don't know what to do other than to schedule it to share.

For AO3 readers, I'm linking directly to it so you can show it some love there too: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43255018

[tylha]

maybe i am too old for tiktok

[sabrinareno]

My son once came back from a record shop visit with his uncle and with wide eyes and excited smile presented me with a cassette tape. “Look what I found!” As though he’d unearthed ancient pottery at a dig sight.

I love it. I love when my kids discover something that I take for granted. I hear songs with new ears because they are in a state of wonder. My son played me “Paint it Black” the other day, I’m like yeah Rolling Stones so what? And then I see his face and that LOOK like he just discovered sunsets and he’s like yeah but listen to this part, listen to the guitar right here - and I hear a song anew. Like watching a puppy see a bird for the first time, and oh oh right yeah birds are fucking amazing, forgot about that.

[geoffreytoday]

#finally a comment that doesn’t have disdain for kids discovering old things #isn’t it cool that someone didn’t know Queen and they got to hear it for the first time? #isn’t it cool to witness that excitement?

I think this is largely why “react” channels on YouTube have become so popular. Watching someone experience something you love for the first time is exciting. Rediscovering that thing through their eyes is also exciting. 

[fucksocialskills]

This is getting on my fucking nerves, so I’m just going to say it here:

Adults who need high levels of support in daily living are not children. 

“Mental age” is a concept rooted in eugenics, and it doesn’t actually exist.

No one should be robbed of agency or dignity because of their need for support. Oh, also, while we’re at it (since disability rights activism that doesn’t tackle age-related oppression is bullshit), kids deserve to be treated with respect too. Shouldn’t be a controversial statement, but it is.

Most people neglect to mention this, but if “being treated like a child” equates to “being robbed of agency and dignity,” there’s something fundamentally wrong with the way we treat children. 

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

I may have reblogged this before, but I don’t care.

And also: Louder for the people in back:

if “being treated like a child” equates to “being robbed of agency and dignity,” there’s something fundamentally wrong with the way we treat children.

[heavymetalvi]

Not only this, but a lot of people with PTSD age regress. Is that age regression enough to take away that person’s agency and dignity? How about systems? There is always an edge case that you aren’t thinking of. Treat children fairly. Treat disabled people like fucking people

[stencilfuzz]

cant believe my first post back on this hellsite in literal months is about RP stuff

but if anyone enjoys RP stuff and wants to write some reichi with me I would be. v happy to do so--

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[weird-ecologies]

This is too real, help

[guiltygearofficial]

Testament has acquired The Orb.

[jellyfishjulie]

HELLO??

[guiltygearofficial]

Guilty Gear Characters ranked by how high they look in their Accent Core Portrait

To celebrate 4/20, I will be ranking every single Guilty Gear Accent Core portrait from least to most blazed out of their mind!

23.Potemkin

Everyone else got so high that there was no weed left when Potemkin arrived, leaving the Zeppian soldier angry and weedless.

22. Ky Kiske

The illyrian king does not know what weed is and has taken an anti-drug pledge back in highschool. He refuses to even think about anything with caffeine in it, much less actual drugs. He is judging you.

21.Venom

Venom similarly did not get any of the weed, He’s similarly quite miffed about this predicament and is currently going for the kill.

20.Chipp Zanuff

The self declared president refuses to even try a weed, no matter what day it is. He looks down at you with scorn, ready to give you his own personal Drug Psa/Friendship Speech. Winners don’t do drugs, you’ve never seen Goku with a blunt, now have you?

19.Millia Rage

She’s judging you.

18.Zappa

Not actually high, arrived here while the weed was being handed out and got a headache from the smell. Left ASAP. 

17. Jam Kuradoberi

She made weed brownies as a 4/20 special and is currently checking your eyes to see how effective they are. She’s considering calling a doctor.

16. Testament

He’s both judging you and trying his very best not to make it noticable that he accidentally ate a weed brownie earlier, because of which he can now see a skeleton dancing in the edge of his vision.

15. Baiken

Similarly judging you for being a lightweight. Took a few brownies herself to make Anji more tolerable. Is suprisingly less stabby than she usually is.

14.A.B.A.

Took her first weed a few hours ago and is currently suffering the after effects. Honestly just wants to go home. Doesn’t remember where she parked Paracelsus.

13. Faust

Got called in by Jam because her weed brownies are too strong. Impossible to tell how high exactly he is due to the bag on his head, however the glowing eye makes it likely that he snuck off with a little snack after he treated his patients.

12.Slayer

Ate the most weed brownies out of everyone but is very easily holding himself together. Has years of experience pretending not to be high. Is patting your back and telling you a story about how he and Nagoriyuki got absolutely blazed in a karaoke bar in the 19th century.

11.Order Sol

Just passed you the bong with an expression that says “here you go my man, this is the good shit.”

10.Johnny

Was right before Order Sol in the blunt rotation. Is currently thinking about women. The sunglasses are hiding it well but he’s completly out of his mind.

9.Anji Mito

Put extra weed in the brownies. Quite stoned himself but knows exactly what he did. Is not sorry for what he did.

8.I-no

Tripping balls. Is currently trying to remember if she turned the stove off before coming here. Is gonna return to a burned down home and an on fire Raven.

7.Robo-Ky

is a bong

6.Eddie

Did not realize corpses could actually get high and scarfed down an entire batch of brownies. Is currently on another planet. Does not remember his own name. Zato-one was never revived, Eddie is still high as of Xrd.

5.Dizzy

First time weed consumer and absolute light weight. Has no idea what’s going on but thinks everything is really nice. has been staring at her own tail swishing back and forth for the better part of an hour now.

4. Axl Low

Chewsday innit

3. May

Snuck off with Johnny’s bong. Can taste colors. Wil try to touch your face.

2. Sol Badguy

Stoned out of his fucking mind. Can’t handle weed as well as he could during his holy order days. Is currently drooling onto himself. There are no thoughts behind that headband.

1.Bridget

My son, he is sick. His face, it is melting.

[guiltygearofficial]

who can wear their pants lower, Happy Chaos or Johnny?

The only thing making these men keep their pants at pussybone level is the fact the ESRB would execute me if I lowered them an inch further.

[guiltygearofficial]

can happy chaos put on some fucking shoes