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seldomscilence16 · 7 months

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Whumptober day 16:

"Would you lie with me, and just forget the world?"

Gurney | flatline | "Don't go where I can't follow."

Fandom: Ducktales

Prompts used: all

So didnt think this was gonna go where it went but uh, it did. Based heavily on a tumblr post/story that did it way better than me, but some angst none the less. However as with most all my stories, the whole… clone thing? Yeah… nah. April May and June are their own birds and typically based off of the Legend of the 3 cabs show versions of them. So 🫶🏻

TW for temporary character death, near death experiences, implied child abuse, and children in dangerous situations.

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It's dark.

Quiet, the world was full of noise at all times, but this, this was the absence of everything.

A glimmer of golden moon light, he looks towards it, a familiar scene plays out before his eyes.

Donald, maybe 6 years old, is wandering around Grandma Ducks farm, looking for something- no someone. He's still wearing the stiff material his parents like to put him in, which means he'd- no they'd- just been dropped off. He finds Della lying on the roof of the barn, skirt already covered in hay and dirt, hair pulled down from whatever hair do their mother had insisted on.

"You know Gramma doesn't like us up here." Donald's voice is hoarse from disuse, but his sister has always been able to understand him best.

"I needed to be somewhere high. Above their reach." Della responds, and older Donald remembers this. Remembers how angry his sister had been that day, how their parents had been insufferable. Tufts of hair and feathers had been pulled as they were made 'presentable'. "Would you lie with me, and just forget the world?" She finally asks, hand reached out to him.

He doesn't hesitate, taking her hand and laying beside her. They stare at the sky, matching bruised wrists pressed together, and forget.

Donald thinks about the couple years after that, before they moved in with Uncle Scrooge, and how many times they felt lost until they could look up at the sky together and simply be.

The golden glow takes on the slightest hue of red, like a sunrise over a pile of treasure, and Donald really has no other options in this black nothingness, than to watch.

He's older, maybe 12, and they're on an adventure. It's a rare one, Gladstone and Fethry allowed to join, and Donald can see his younger selves anxiety as the threes antics play out. Uncle Scrooge, for his part, is trying to figure out a riddle of some kind to get the entrance open.

Fethry is the one to actually figure it out, giggling with glee when the rock slides away to reveal the entrance. Scrooge is mildly impressed- though he wouldn't show it of course- and Donald ruffles the boy's hat/head in his place, Della whooping and Gladstone groaning out a 'finally' even as he grins at Fethry.

They head inside, following the old man's lead as he makes his way carefully, torch held high- because why use a flashlight?- and open book in hand. Some legend or other, some treasure he had to have, on an adventure he had to prove he could do. Donald didn't mind it, really it could be fun and he loved learning new stuff- Fethry and Della are messing around, a foot steps where it shouldn't, Donald is in front of them before he really thinks about it.

Something always went wrong.

Seeing it from the outside is strange, watching his younger self get punctured by several arrows. At the time he hadnt been able to take in his families reactions, and the aftermath had been lectures and the likes, but seeing it now… seeing Uncle Scrooges terror as he rushes back, Della and Fethrys screams he hadnt heard over his own falll, Gladstones paralyzed form as terror wide eyes stared at Donalds fallen form. He gets to watch the panic and fear and tears, from the temple all the way to the nearest hospital, how they all try to follow the gurney and are held back.

Donald hadn't realized they'd cared that much… Was it like that everytime? Or… just in the beginning, when they didnt use these things to their advantage? Donald knows it's gotten better- after so much worse happened first- but he wonders… right now, are they worried like this, or are they there at all?

Della had always assumed their times would come together. Even when she was on the moon, she figured she'd live and miraculously drop dead as Donald did on Earth and they'd reunite in the beyond and yell and hug and-

Or… as a kid, she worried it would end in a hospital before his time. He'd be injured because of her or another family member, and they'd all be gathered- or so many missing, why did they always leave when Donald needed them most?- around a too still form as a heart rate monitor flat lines in a high final tone.

Her heart has yet to calm, she's staring blankly before her, at a machine meant to destroy all adventure- meant to destroy her family- and yet… the only one missing is her brother, the duck ready to sacrifice himself for his loved ones at any given moment. The one who was dropped into an angry red ball of lightning, even after Scrooge signed that damned contract.

The machine was shut down moments after, moments too late, and the rage that had overtaken Della in that moment… figures she’d understand Donald after he was…

The ensuing battle was a mess, Della had seen red for most of it, Donalds bandmates had shown up to save Scrooge from a direct blast from the sword of swanstentine, and Louie and Huey had found a hole in the contract, and the family had won-

"Where's Uncle Donald??" Dewey is the first to ask, his brothers look around,

"He was on the platform with you guys wasnt he mom?" Huey looks imploringly at the adults before him, and Della falls to her knees.

"Mom!?"

Scrooge places a heavy hand on her shoulder, eyes teary as he tries to look at the children slowly gathering before them.

"Yer Uncle… well he-"

"No. Nonono, don't finish that sentence." Louie cuts him off, eyes wet and lower beak wobbling, "It's Uncle Donald. It's ridiculous how much he can go through and still come back. We need him so he has to be… he's fine!" Huey and Dewey are on either side of him, Webby has his hoodie squeezed in her fist, Violet and Lena are behind her, Gosolyn and Boyd inching closer to Dewey and Huey respectively.

Everyone else is closing in behind them, those who understand looking lost and shocked, and looking back at the machine like he'd just… waltz out of it.

Della sobs, something deep and bitter and broken, a wail so loud her ancestors must feel her pain. The clouds had dispersed with their victory, the sun mocks her as tragedy shakes the unshakable family.

"Della? Whats wrong?" The crackly voice is unmistakable, Della fears she is hearing things, that she'll find his ghost when she lowers her eyes, but Scrooges gasp,

"Donald Duck."

"Uncle Scrooge. What's everyone doing? Did we lose?"

Donald is being supported by José and Panchito on either side- Della hadn't seen them leave, just as she hadn't seen them arrive- he looks drained, a gray tinge to his form and darkness beneath his eyes. He'd only been gone a few moments but he looks like he went through hell to get back- and well maybe he did.

Della stumbles towards him at full speed, sure the others are right behind her, and tackles him to the ground. He wheezes, feeling too thin beneath her arms, but hugs back just as tight,

"I swear Donald, never do that again! Don't go where I can't follow. I… can't do this without you." She whispers it, a moment for them alone, voice trembling as she buries her teary face in his shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I'm here now." He runs a hand through her hair, one more long moment before she moves and a pile of children replace her.

"Uncle Donald!" The chorus is music to his ears, he'd thought he'd never hear it again.

He thought he'd drift in a black void, his thoughts his only company, forever. He felt weakened with every memory, sucked dry and hopeless as he realized his many mistakes and had his trauma bared before him. Seeing José's glowing green eyes had startled him into a squawk he hadn't realized he could release in the silence. His shadow form was practically invisible with no light to define him, but his hand had led Donald home. What had felt like a lifetime, had been mere minutes, but he was glad he didn't miss too much. He wanted to see the- his- kids grow up.

And give this whole family thing another shot.

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mylittleredgirl · 2 months

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i'm so charmed by the letter trapper gets back from his wife in "kim"

louise mcintyre is hilarious actually

#if you ignore the part where he's infidelities georg i think their marriage is probably a lot of fun #this episode is so cuuuuute #it's so funny when henry is like well we have a random child with no parents here #i'm going to send him to the place right down the road which specializes in taking care of children in such situations #and with which we are personally involved at least one episode per season #and hawkeye and trapper are like YOU MONSTER why can't we just keep a pet child in camp forever we'll walk him every day after school #we are super responsible by nature and nothing dangerous or traumatizing ever happens here #(we're just gonna forget the end where everyone looks like they're so sad they're going to throw up) (LET THEM HAVE NICE THINGS)#(would you judge me for writing fic where they get to. have nice things)#mashblogging

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schumigrace · 5 days

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"I think there should be exceptions to the age limit rule for special talents" that is not how this works karun

#“special talent” can not be a reason for putting children in dangerous situations simply because that is a subjective metric

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graveyardgremlins · 11 months

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I am allergic to Bad Dad!Bruce Wayne, like, yeah he is a bit neglectful but he is trying, ok?

“Hey, buddy. Why are you crying?” Bruce asked. His voice sounded small and scared and familiar. “Dad, what if I’m still dead?” Jason said in one breath. Bruce was surprised for only a second before looking at Jason seriously. He walked up to his son, who was almost his height now and held his shoulders. “Jason, what are you talking about, son?” Jason tried to explain, but the words were stuck in his throat. Bruce noticed his struggle and slowly pushed him into a hug. “It’s ok. I don’t know what’s going on. But we will figure it out.” Bruce said. “It’s ok.”

An excerpt from the fanfic I'm writing

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dangerdazee · 1 month

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sometimes i remember how jake and kris left their children in the man cave as it was about to like.... collapse. didn't make any effort whatsoever to bring their kids with them while escaping the deadly situation

ik they knew henry was kid danger by that point and they've BEEN well aware of how self-sufficient piper is

but those are still your children?? do you really have no parental instinct to protect them whatsoever

they cared more abt henry not graduating high school than about the fact that their children were about to die as far as they knew or else they wouldn't have fled so quickly

that's pretty horrible if you ask me

#im not a hart parent apologist #ik ik all that abt 'its their first life too' and whatever #idc sorry !!#they're grown adults with two teenage children and i just think they have a responsibility to protect their kids #not in every situation #parents need to let their kids make mistakes #but there's a difference in letting kids make mistakes to learn and grow #and leaving them behind while you run for your lives!#i do not like kris and jake #at all #sorry #dangerverse #henry danger #henry hart #piper hart

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i3utterflyeffect · 3 months

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i know purple was fighting to keep their elytra. the guards have gotta be scared of these kids by now- also victim seems so done 😭 hes tired of all these kids coming in like its nothing. mans has to keep upping security

ABSOLUTELY. you get it. the guards are done with this. the mercs are done with this. even victim's just going 'FFS HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING IN HERE'

i literally considered Agent saying 'with all due respect, if i have to watch one more screaming child, i am going to lose my mind' lol--

#none of the guards are being filled in on whether these new additions are exponentially dangerous or not as well #like. they look like children. but SC is ALSO a child and we all know how that went #no one is happy with the situation at all #king merc au #tommy's stickmen tag #ava

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catpop2 · 10 months

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So uh... Earthspark Au idea

So you know how occasionally Starscream and Bumblebee somehow get paired together and goofy shenanigans insue? Like in IDW for example- Well take that but add some more shit to it- Like a lot more hand wavy magic shit to it.

Anyways spoilers for Earthspark Season 1, the whole thing. And also uh brain fart moment right here so its very rambly but I wanna try and get the main point across. I will elaborate it people are intrested tho.

Well I had a goofy au idea brainfart moment where after the events of season 1, the autobots and decepticons have to somewhat colaborate which each other to survive on earth. From finnaly freeing every captured Decepticon in the form of a transaction to get Starscream and his remaining seekers do an extended sweep over the entire earth in order to comfirm Dr Meridians death because oh boy his body mysteriously disapeared (And because Seekers aint called seekers for nothin, they hella good at tracking down anything that exists)

Other scheningans insue because Megatron wants to reconnect with his Decepticons and beocme friends with everyone- But like none of them are really having it, in fact the main motivator for any con is that they want to protect their new generation, the terrans, therefore they wont try and obliterate the autobots at every moment. This is specifically true for Starscream who literally cant exist in the same room as Megatron but gets absolutely swarmed by terrans the moment he is near them, most notoriously Hashtag and Twitch but mostly Hashtag.

And then there is Bumblebee, the mentor of the maltobots who will do anything to keep them safe- But not much can be done when your protégés are pestering the most dangerous Decepticon to ever Decepticon (Aside from Megs but he dont count anymore) So he has to just sit there and tolerate it-

Eventually though trouble arises once more and the maltobots have to fight for the freedom of their kind, now joined not only by the autobots but occasionally even a Decepticon or two whenever their expertise come into play, but the cons aren't doing it for the Autobots thats for sure.

Bumblebee is always with the terrans whenever he can be, but the five are more grown as each day passes, and far harder to keep an eye on, especially since the concept of war has been properly introduced to them. So when Starscream is there to provide intelligence or sneak stolen gadgets to Hashtag and Nightshade, Bee has to appreciate the weight the seeker unintentionally takes off his back. Afterall Starscream may be extremely dangerous, cunning and deceitful- But it certainly does wonders for him to be near sparklings.

Where the au comes into real play is when the threat of Dr Meridian resurfaces much to everyones dismay (Like pee paw willy over again).

The terrans and the kids are locked in tight combat, trapped in a very dangeorus and likley fatal situation of which they havent quite grasped the severity of. This time they dont seem to have the grace of Quintus Prime at their side as things look really grim, their only proper cybertronian assitance comes in the form of Bumblebee and Starscream who are forced to hold off the threat together the best they can before help can arrive. While the terrans do a great job of fighting alongside them as they have proved themselves plenty of times- It doesn't seem to be enough. All of them are left tattered, injuried and worse for wear- Particularly their two cybertronian gaurdians who had just taken on a fatal blow to protect them.

Quintus Prime, unlike the Maltos thought before, was with them, he watched them. He hoped, but there was little he could do, it was not like before...

But... There was a call, a plee. A promise of service. Not from the humans or the terrans. No...

Something else entirely- A presence akin to Primus itself- A spark, reaching out to him. Promising to protect.

Ah yes. The cybertronians. One of them had not yet given up yet, despite the fact he no long had functional limbs nor wings- It was present, nearby somewhere was also another presence, but so much weaker, so fragile and quickly fading.

No.. That couldn't work could it? They were already established sparks, born from the allspark directly-

Perhaps that could work.. Perhaps the Emberstone had a little extra light to give.

And so, from the rubble- Right as the enemy intends to strike another blow, two new protectors rise- And two new presences began to circulate between the thoughts and feelings of the Maltos.

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jewfrogs · 1 year

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when people say that any child who does anything interesting in fiction for children is a “child soldier” or is performing “child labor” you know that they’ve forgotten everything meaningful and sacrosanct and torturous in childhood. go ahead and try giving kids only fiction where adults do everything worth doing and the children sit safely at home living lives devoid of danger and adventure and anything remotely worthwhile. i bet they’ll love that.

#children are famous for hating to see anyone their age do anything. children despise cool things #no child would ever want to fight bad guys or do magic or have superpowers or save the world #8 year old calmly pushing away their batman and robin comic book and informing you that actually that would be #a very dangerous and inappropriate situation for a child #ribbits

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moodr1ng · 1 month

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were all for prison abolition and transformative justice until i say "the man who abused me as a young teen is not in a place where he has access to children or women so i dont want to pursue any judicial action against him, and also i understand that while the abuse he put me through was extreme and awful, he was young, traumatized, endured abused himself, and abusing multiple substances and i dont believe he is the same person he was at the time", at which point everyone looks at me with pity and concern and tells me i dont have to make excuses for him and im allowed to hate him and etc etc. like yeah i do hate him. im capable of thinking past hatred, being reasonable about the situation, and maintaining my political ideals even when it comes to things personal to me, so that when i say "everyone deserves a chance at rehabilitation" i dont conveniently make an exception for the guy who hurt me personally.. anyway.

#97 #csa tw #when i say 'he has no access to children or women'#i mean hes part of a closed-off religious community which has no access to the outside world or the internet where he groomed me originally #like hes essentially a monk. he has NO access to people he would be interested in victimizing whatsoever.#all this to say i would never fault an abuse survivor for going to the admittedly fucked up justice system for retribution or safety #but also i think there comes a point where if one professes a belief that the justice system is fundamentally broken and abusive #then yknow that belief does eventually inform whether you think that broken system should serve as your personal tool for revenge #when it comes to my situation (where the person in question is already no longer a danger to others) revenge is the only thing i would get #and i dont want revenge bc i dont believe in a justice system based on it!#my involvement is limited to periodically (every year or so) checking on the net and making sure hes not back online #it is a triggering endeavor every time to go thru his old profiles and to check on his sister and see the handful of pictures of him etc #but yknow. absent any actually ethical system of justice to address the crimes..#just monitoring that hes still locked up in some monastery is the best i can get.

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neurotypical-sonic · 1 year

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people who go "I know that amy is twelve years old but she acts mature for her age so I think its okay to-" just know I'm looking at you like this

#the 'it okay bc theyre mature for their age' is a fucking DANGEROUS mind set #obviously depending on what exactly theyre saying my reaction will be different. like.#saying 'she acts mature so I think its okay she was leading the resistance' annoys me bc 1) shes from a kids media. kids are gonna #be front and centre and doing shit that irl should only be left to adults thats fine thats expected thats NORMAL #thats not because shes 'mature for her age' thats because shes a fictional character. thats how all childrens media works #2) any mention of 'being mature for their age so its okay-' will get my back up reguardless of the context #but yeah in discussions like that I'll get pissed and annoyed but ultimately whatever. hope you get better critical thinking skills #and realise how dangerous that way of thinking is #and obviously anyone who uses it as an excude to put her in msfw situations I hope die #age discourse

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pepprs · 7 months

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my anxiety is unbelievably fucking bad rn. i am so scared

#purrs #delete later #ask to tag #(putting slashes thru things so that they don’t show up in search btw)#i have no right to be scared bc im not there. but im so scared for the people of ga/za. and i am so scared that… idk. it’s completely my #fault bc i go looking for these kinds of things on purpose to hurt myself. but i doomscrolled last night about ww/3 and the possibility of #nu/clear war being fueled by is/rael’s ‘war’ on pale/stine and not only am i sick with fear about the people living directly in that region #but i am so fucking scared of the possibility of nu/clear war. or like. any war breaking out in the us. which i know is a ridiculous self #centered thought to have but my anxiety is out of fucking control rn and it has been getting worse throughout the week. i just don’t know #how to wrap my head around the violence of this week. and so few je/wish ppl i know irl are antizi/onist and ppl just expect me to be #supportive of is/rael jsut bc im je/wish and it makes me fucking FURIOUS not only because i resent these horrors being committed to innocent #people in the name of my own people but it is so extremely dangerous to conflate j/udaism with zi/onism. the consequences diasporic je/ws #are goi ng to face are of course nowhere near as central or all-consumingly violent as the people in gaz/a and i feel personally safe enough #as someone who (and i know this is kind of a terrible thing to say) passes very easily as a go/y (esp w a mask on) and has a g/oy last name #but i am so fucking terrified of the antise/mitism getting worse here and have been exposing myself to evidence of it even though it is #extremely destructive to my mental health. but also i deeply resent the rhetoric around ‘reach out to your j/ewish friends they’re suffering #rn’ because…. we are not a monolith nor are we the direct victims in this situation and it just feels so uncomfortable and centering to make #it an issue of silence etc etc when… there are innocent ppl in g/aza who are experiencing terror no human being should ever have to endure #and most of them are children and they are the people who will ‘pay’ most directly and immediately and severely for what happened a week ago #i just feel so fucking on edge from this entire situation and unable to do anything to help when the destruction is imminent and this #nightmare of a country is at the core of so much suffering in this world and it will take centuries to undo it all and in the meantime so #many innocent people are going to die and maybe the entire world will be destroyed by nu/clear war which we are basically begging for at #this point. it’s so hard to function in my personal life when i am keenly aware of what could be happening at any moment #i don’t know how to end this post. im just fucking scared and there’s nothing i can do

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bicurioustomhardy · 8 hours

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hi actor man i really admired your satirical self-aware deconstruction of the action genre and of repressed violence and disillusionment within the strictures of traditional masculinity and critique of the family structure and private property. what do you mean this was supposed to be a straightforward action drama .

#txt #the sinking feeling going through nobody (2021) 😐#theres so much going on there that it's like. well you'd have to be stupid to not have that be something thats intentional. and i know hes #that that is not the case i know his writing! like theres so much going on that is just submerged in the thick thick oil of white suburban #cishet male. fuck i dont know the word. revenge fantasy? close but like the word thats specifically for dudes who fantasize abt situations #where they would protect their wives or children from danger (foreign invasion disease crime you name it) idk anyways it Clings to every #single aspect of it it makes me feel gross

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aroaessidhe · 8 months

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2023 reads

The Last

slow building apocalyptic thriller

an american academic is at a conference in a remote Swiss hotel when a nuclear apocalypse strands him with just 20 others

50 days in, a body is found in a watertank and he becomes obsessed with investigating to find out who did it

even though the remaining people are just trying to quietly survive as supplies slowly dwindle and the winter approaches

#the last #hanna jameson #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #so I read this because there’s an aromantic side character!#she’s an interesting/complex character who has a friends w benefits thing with the MC #a few stereotypes but like she actively counters them #the only weird thing about it is that it’s implied she’s a republican who voted for the ppl who started the nuclear war…..#like. would a right wing person identify as aro lmao #but also like i’m okay with not all ‘representation’ being good people.#as for the rest of the actual book i found it quite interesting overall!#i enjoyed that it wasn’t just 'fighting dangerous people to survive' immediately like a lot of the postapoc genre #(though i wonder how much food they had to be fine for 2 months??)#though there is a bit of that in places when they leave the hotel #a lot of interesting characters and like.....discussion on what different kinds of people would do in that situation #the australian accent (audiobook) of the australian character…..not sure about that LMAO #also I don’t believe the internet would still function after half the world has blown up? like this thing needs upkeep right #there’s a bit where the MC is talking to two dudes who start talking like: so are we gonna repopulate society?#and being creepy about the women. and the MC is obviously like: yikes!#but also nobody even suggests like……we could just die? without repopulating humanity whatever the fuck that means?#why is that concept not even brought up?????? i am horrified that anyone would consider having children in that scenario. christ.#anyway i guess yeah overall a few things im like hm about but it's a pretty good book #aromantic books #(also the MC has a wife on the other side of the world but like. there's not any actual romance. his thing with the aro woman is offpage)

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grim-faux · 1 year

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when they insist Mono was bad all along and Six was actually the pure innocent angle

ᵒʳ ᵛᶦᶜᵉ ᵛᵉʳˢᵃ ˢᵃʸᶦⁿ ˢᶦˣ ᶦˢ ᵉᵛᶦˡ ᶠᵒʳ ᵈʳᵒᵖᵖᶦⁿᵍ ᴹᵒⁿᵒ ᵃⁿᵈ ᴹᵒⁿᵒ ʷᵃˢ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ ᶜᶦⁿⁿᵃᵐᵒⁿ ʳᵒˡˡ ᵗʰᵉ ʷʰᵒˡᵉ ᵗᶦᵐᵉ

:D

#this is my new reaction image for distasteful takes #also this is a joke and nothing serious is goin on #is Six technically an angle because she is shape?#helluva boss #NEW EPISODE DROPPED #HELLA HYPE #adult cartoon 18+#the children are not innocent nor are they evil they are simply morally devoid lil creatures and they are more scared of you than you are o #them #they would also kill you even if you didnt menace them/ they would perceive you as a threat all the same #they just kids #without parents #and no one loves them but the fandom who continues to place them into dangerous situations for story takes

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master-missysversion · 6 months

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Me for days after watching nativity! 2: now how can i make this about my doctor who blorbos

#elevenclara au would be an easy one #but lowkey i think its funny to imagine the doctor and the master somehow being forced into this #they just wake up in the welsh countryside with 15 children and no transport or weapons or anything #and have to figure it out #also alternatively #the children are the deca #someone else is the teachers #or the doctor and the master can still be the teachers bc then they have to directly confront their friendship while #also not revealing their identities to baby thete and koschei #they dont have to do song for christmas but they are put through equally ridiculous and even more dangerous situations

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defensive-tactics · 2 years

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Get in the Backseat. We have Candy. This article is a couple years old, but we can still learn from it.

#Self defense #Personal Safety #Threat Awareness #Situational Awareness #Stranger Danger #Teach your children

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