#something i keep thinking about

[homiesexuallaj]

Officially had a thought today.

I think that, because of the way their lives were, Yelena, Ava, and Bob don't have their GEDs.

Yelena because she was stuck into the Red Room at age 6 (if I remember correctly). Ava because she's been used by SHIELD since her father's impromptu lab blew up and her body started falling apart. And Bob because he dropped out of school somewhere between 7th and 8th grade (if i remember correctly).

Now that the Thunderbolts are all together, and they're not really on the run, or in poor living conditions, AND they have (possibly) a good, stable income, I think they start working on getting their GEDs. I'd like to think John encourages them when he finds out they don't have their GEDs/high school diplomas.

John also probably has a college degree, along with his high school diploma, because the military usually makes its members take college classes while their in the military. I'm not sure what he'd have a degree in, maybe something basic.

But anyway. John one-hundred percent helps Yelena, Ava, and Bob with their studies at the dinner table. Cue dad helping his kids with math. And also Bucky uses this as an opportunity to learn modern-day math, science, history, and english.

Speaking of Bucky, he has every Thunderbolt (Alexei included) enrolled in "Bucky-mandated therapy" as they call it. Except they all have good therapists that aren't passive-aggressive and actually work with the Thunderbolts to get better.

Getting back on track, when Yelena, Ava, and Bob get their GEDs, John takes them out to a nice dinner to celebrate and tells them that he's very proud.

Also, if any of them want to get a college degree, John would be very supportive with that too. I'm not sure what Yelena would get, but I can see Ava being interested in quantum physics and Bob being interested in social work. For Bob, specifically, in children in troubled homes, but he would also definitely be a little too sensitive to deal with it firsthand. For now, at least.

[redstainedsocks]

Dialogue prompt:

"Oh no, this doesn't end because you've had enough. We stop when I'm done, and I'm having far too much fun for it to finish now."

[veliseraptor]

good thing about this week: on monday when I was having an absolute crisis on the level of kind of wanting to die, I mentioned to one of my friends at work that I was feeling depressed and she gave me a hug

and then a half an hour later came by my office with a vase of beautiful tulips that are sitting here next to me now. 

it was just so unexpected and so kind of her and I don’t know, I think sometimes I don’t think people are going to want to do nice things for me and when they do it just...really hits me. 

[neurotic-symbiotic]

Quxzel “brains aren’t the only thing I’m eating tonight” Cortex

[itsactuallycorrine]

One of the great things about Anne with an E that I haven’t seen anyone talking about--although granted, I only got into the show a few weeks ago--is how almost the entire story is driven by the relationships either directly between women and girls, or otherwise serves their stories. And how often is it in media that you see male character arcs serving a female character’s narrative and not the other way around? 

Matthew and William Barry meet at the fence line? It’s because Eliza wants to meet Anne.

Gilbert and Billy interact? It’s because of/about Anne--either in the woods, at the Gillis house, or after Gilbert’s father dies.

Anne is an element of most of Nate & Dunlop’s conversations.

William and Harmon Andrews talk to Thomas Lynde? That’s fine, but Thomas needs to talk to Rachel before he decides anything.

Of course, there are some exceptions: Cole’s whole arc, in which both Billy and Mr. Phillips (ugh) play a significant role; Matthew and Jerry’s paternal/master-apprentice story line; and the found-family relationship between Gilbert and Bash. 

But even there, while they all get their own story arcs, it’s not to the detriment of any of the female characters’ arcs--and is even largely driven by the women and girls on the show. Matthew wouldn’t have given Jerry the broken slate if Anne hadn’t started teaching Jerry to read; Bash constantly rags on Gilbert about his feelings for Anne; Anne dragging Cole along to Josephine’s party helps give him the courage to accept who he is and stand up to Billy & Mr. Phillips.

Forget about passing any of the sexist-quotient media tests--this show blows them out of the water, taking the status quo and inverting it.

[elisashigehiro]

#DrawDaily #555: Fish in the sky. Ink, copic markers, and white pencil, 9 x 12".

[ovidiomedes]

my mother has been trying a lot harder to understand trans and gender issues and i am proud of her for it but i still dont think i could ever come out to her as a trans guy bc i still remember being like 16 and just starting to question my gender when she told me she'd kill herself if one of her children decided to be trans

[dustdotorg]

is the duck family partly living in my garden bc of my url