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“Can’t believe I got insulted because I tweeted about how I just can’t decide between the ‘internment camps for immigrant families and children are Good and Right’ party or the ‘maybe we could Not Do That’ party. Gotta say farewell to Twitter; all the vitriol from both sides is just so hostile and unpleasant! Love each other! <3”

#not a direct quote #just an exaggerated paraphrase #but still #wow buddy #tbh I've had a Feeling about him since forever #and this feels like sweet sweet validation #but also...you know...bitter bitter validation

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#my art #feralnette au #birds of a feather #long tags #sorry I went apeshit in the tags #LETS SAY IT ALL TOGETHER NOW #I - M - A - G - OOOOOOOOO #its fun drawing marinette's back to Alya and having her appear stout and unstoppable and totally logical #and then you see her face and she's like two seconds from completely snapping and is keeping it together by a thread #as a note just because mari feels very certainly abt smth doesnt mean she's right. feelings can be valid and also irrational #in the throes of grief she decided it was better to be alone than to lose someone again so she started pulling away #and lila made pulling away very very very easy to do #shes also vaguely aware she's being unfair in pinning this on alya which is why she started spinning the drain on cockmoth again #legitimately all the shit that's happened to her wouldn't have been so catastrophic if he was never in the picture and she knows it #but the bitterness of her bestie choosing a fantastic liar over her at the worst of times stiiiiiings #alya's personal timing was bad but lila really took advantage of the fact that marinette had been acting off and weird #she basically clocked marinette as being unstable from SOMETHING and made up a lie about her #knowing she wouldn't have the strength to defend herself #between her social life going tachy bc of lila and losing fu in a way that felt like personhood death marinette was really put on the spot #and alya doing her thing of busting in there and assuming her bias is correct was a terrible combo #essentially marinette is highly unstable and alya is just realizing that #busting in and giving her a lecture when she's slightly hysterical and definitely delirious from exhaustion is NOT the way #to show her she's self sabotaging #cuz thats just gonna make her double down on self sabotaging. bc marinette will not accept that she is also a CHIIIIILD

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#lego monkie kid #lego monkie kid fanart #monkie kid #monkie kid fanart #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk macaque #monkie kid macaque #blue and violet #literally the only reason these two know each other is because LBD needed the two of them to find the skeleton key #if it were not for that then these two would have never met #so I suppose you could say it always had to turn out this way #but that doesn't mean it cant get any better #BUT THEN AGAIN I SUPPOSE YOU COULD ALSO SAY THAT IT CAN GET WORSE #Macaque really doesn't know what to think of the Mayor #like the dude did some crazy and hurtful stuff to Macaque (kind of) with the whole kidnapping thing #but its not like Macaque can actually blame the Mayor for doing that #same goes for the fact that Macaque had to work with the Chief against his will all those years ago #the Mayor/Chief isnt the one ti blame here but the guy still did that stuff #so its complicated #in other words Macaque wants to hate the Mayor but literally cannot find a valid reason to do so #could these two habe been friends from the get go if things were different?#I don't think so #because they would have never met in the first place #because LBD is the reason these two met and LBD is also the reason why the relationship turned very very sour and bitter #at least in Macaque's POV

I know this is influenced by the Shazam movie (my beloved) but it still makes me sigh when I see posts about “oh Billy/Captain Marvel uses a lot of teen slang/ understands TikTok, memes and other child centric things adults don’t get.” Because while that’s fine, it’s the exact opposite of what I find so interesting about Billy.

We all flail about how Bill is a young child with immense power and responsibility but he doesn’t really act like a child. He was orphaned at an early age and cruelly abandoned by the man supposed to care for him. Bounced from dingy orphanages to abusive foster cares, seeing some of the worst of humanity and made to feel so unloved, he decides to make his own way on the streets. Despite all this loss and grief, Billy inexplicably remains good and kind. This is why he is worthy of being Captain Marvel, because beneath all his hurt and sass, he cares so damn much about the people around him.

So Bill becomes force for good and eventually joins the Justice League and they just, don’t know what to make of him. Because Bill is strange mix of child & adult, human & godlike being but even as himself, Billy is NOT a normal child. He’s worried about housing and food security, he’s thinking about the upcoming Midwest winter and his threadbare coat, he’s stressing about being a good influence as Marvel, about not screwing up on missions, about the latest supervillain threat to world. These are all very adult concerns that Billy, with his child body and underdeveloped brain are forced to deal with.

So the League quietly tilts it’s head at Captain Marvel because he is a conundrum. He has such intimate insight into human suffering and has a wealth of compassion that leaves them breathless. But he has odd ticks, such strange, out of context smatterings of human culture (because Bill has been on the outside for so long and so out of touch with human people). It’s why they can never get a good read on Cap, because he doesn’t fit into any neat categories simply because Billy exists so far outside the norm. When the secret does come out, the largest clashes will not be over petty generational dispute but Billy’s lack of support, his unaddressed trauma, and the realization that this kid grew up way too fast and isn’t much of a child anymore and, after so long, resents being coddled.

That is what makes Billy Batson such a fascinating, compelling character to me. Not simply that he’s a child, DC has hundreds of child heroes, but because Billy is an adult in a child’s body long before he ever becomes a child in an adult’s body.

#I try not to be bitter about it bc its a valid and fun interpretation of Billy #but god seeing posts where Billy explains Tiktok or w/e drive me insane #(I guess it strikes different after Shazam 2019 where he actually has a home and is surrounded by kids)#but whole *flails* adult/child dichotomy playing out both physically and mentally #like yes Bill can become a magical adult with magic and stable brain chemistry #but even as himself he's dealing with adult problems and managing himself #he maintains his childlike optimism the desperate faith in concepts like family and care and just general lack of knowledge #(not saying Bill is stupid but he has Wild gaps in knowledge like he knows intricate alien tech but struggles with fractions)#(simply bc he hasnt attended school in years and is missing out on actual instructions but has so much real world/JLA knowledge)#and you know we curse the wizard out for his minstrations #but i firmly believe Billy would have died without outside forces acting (he's too kind and kindness can kill)#but by bringing Cap (and Bill) to the JLAs attention he can now get care and support even if he doesnt want it #eventually Bill and the League will settle into a strange sort of arrangement of letting him be independent but still giving him help #Also once more will die on the hill of Billy existing around the time of Jay Robin #for many reason but one is Caps behavior reminds Bruce of something and it nags at him #only to find out the secret and realize oh OH Cap was showing the same signs of a homeless abused child that Jay had

I've threatened to do it before, and here it finally is- a playlist of cheesy songs about kindness and loving yourself and others that I do believe are worth taking to heart

#cause I get it. it can be cathartic to just get mad as hell and anger is a very valid emotion #but also you know‚ put a little love in your heart #remember that strangers online are people too #don't let meanness and bitterness define you #put a little love in your heart #some of you are channelling a lot of mean thoughts and hate towards ppl who don't deserve it #and I just think we could all benefit from these songs messages #(disclaimer: this isn't about being passive and nice in the face of oppression. please don't pretend that it is)#good vibes #music #spotify

tiny vent from your local emotionally stunted author pls don’t mind me

#gonna just be That Guy and say this one time into the void because i'm Having A Night i guess #i am not the type of person who should be putting myself out there on any social media probably #let alone twt which is the worst but that's beside the point #the rejection sensitive dysphoria is strong with this one my friends #i'm just. u know. u all know we're all unstable here i can speak frankly u get it #i should stop measuring my worth by interactions with strangers on the internet etc etc #but don't we all just hunger for human connection #don't we all just want to be well-liked with many friends #the internet is not the place for that. and yet. and yet.#some people are just good at it! i am not.#so it's a little ridiculous of me to be like. wrenching words out of my gut and throwing them on the bitter mercy of the internet. you know.#it's a journey. trying to figure out how to make my headspace capable of like. not...overhtinking. and not over valuing meaningless metrics #but it's hard to not feel invisible etc which i know is ridiculous because i DO get great interactions with people! sometimes!!#tldr it's just hard to crave community so much when you are this bad at social media #and it is also hard to write things for the void when u crave validation this much #and that's my ill-advised rant thank u good night.#actually not i'm about to crosspost a thread to this blog #because of aforementioned validation craving??? maybe!!!#but also mostly because i feel guilty any time i put something in one place bc people are so sweet and ask for it more places so now i just #try to do that #anyway peace thanks be well you're all the best even when i'm maudlin

happy father’s day and a big fuck you to people who call hohenheim a bad dad for having the courage to want to live happily with his family and save them from an apocalyptic death. i know the cognitive thinking skills in fma fandom are puny but sometimes this phenomenon really takes the cake!

#van hohenheim #fullmetal alchemist #fma #mine:miscellanea #i love ed with my whole heart but people deliberately ignore the fact he had a biased view of hohenheim no matter how valid it was #in context of himself #like Yes his circumstances logically would build up to him hating his dad #but he didn’t know the truth behind hohenheim leaving to begin with #trisha did and would probably have told ed and al when they were older!#there was no predicting she would die and that everything else would happen #so yeah ed ends up rly bitter and it’s understandable but it also heavily skews his view of hohenheim #he projects indignance onto the way hohenheim looks at him when it’s actually sadness #and he projects negligence onto hohenheim bc it’s what his circumstances have lead him to believe of his situation #even tho it’s no true #like i’m not saying you shouldn’t sympathize with ed he’s a child after all #but you can sympathize with hohenheim too lmao?#it’s baffling people call what he did child neglect when he literally left Because he wanted to save his wife and children #there was no way he could predict what happened to his family and it’s weird that people act like he could #not to mention people blatantly ignore communication issues in the time period it’s set lmao? 😭#ed and al and winry didn’t have phones in their houses and there was no way to send letters to hohenheim if he was always moving #not to mention he didn’t want father to find His family so why would he send them letters either 😭#like there’s just so much willful obtuseness about the whole thing

Like I HATE that people are so WEIRD about snakes I'm gonna get the new boy and I'll be all excited and I GUARANTEE you that somebody will be weird about it. they'll insinuate that snakes are creepy and can't love you back. and I'll explain that actually once you learn to read them (because they don't communicate like mammals) snakes are really expressive and affectionate and full of personality. and they will nod and say that's really interesting but look at me like I'm deluded.

people are just. dicks about snakes. they find it ok to say really disparaging stuff to your face about how weird they think your pet is. which. man I don't really like hamsters but I don't tell you your hamster is weird and gross.

#thinking about how when Simon started getting sick i had to leave work early to take him to the vet #and my colleague who is generally a lovely person LAUGHED #she was like man sorry it's just a really funny image taking a snake to the vet it's like taking a fish to the vet #and i was like first of all I'm very worried and distraught i love my pet a lot and he's not well #and second of all NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT IF YOUR FISH IS ILL YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE THAT TO THE VET #AS A PET OWNER YOU HAVE A DUTY OF CARE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR ANIMAL IS FLUFFY #so I'm still bitter about that 18 months later #anyway #snakes are sweet and friendly and communicative you guys are just mean #and it's totally valid to be scared of them i was petrified of snakes as a kid i couldn't even go into the reptile house at the zoo #but like!#many people are scared of dogs but they have the good manners not to tell the owners of a dog they've never met that their pet is horrible #I'm not gonna make you look at the snake or touch the snake if you don't want to in just asking you to understand that i love it #we're not taught to think of reptiles as affectionate or emotional but they super are!#si made it VERY clear who he liked and felt safe around and who he wasn't sure about #it was really funny like. he came to be really fond of me and happy to see me #although Sam was always his first and greatest love #but when he met my twin he was like 😨 don't like this #just sat perfectly rigid and in their hands and tried to dart away every time they tried to interact with him #and buzzed his tail when they wouldn't let him run #whereas when he met my friend he IMMEDIATELY wound around her neck and hands and into her jumper and settled there all soft and relaxed #THE BOY KNEW WHO HE WANTED TO BE AROUND

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