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EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt
#talk tag#IT KILLS ME. REIGEN IS NOT MOB'S DAD. HE HAS A DAD. INGO IS NOT AKARI'S DAD. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN ANYONE HEAR ME#(not even necessarily to say that ingo is in his late 20s but still)#(even if he was a 30-40-50 year old no matter how old he is no fucking teenager is gonna call some guy they met as a 15 year old ''dad'')#GAI IS NOT A FATHER FIGURE TO ROCK LEE HE WAS LIKE 13 WHEN HE WAS BORN! PLEASE!!!!!!!!#one time i saw that a person wrote a fic where mario was like a father figure to luigi.#they are TWIN BROTHERS.#not what this about but idk where else i can say anything about this.#just horrible#also sometimes someone is just An Older Friend like no familial relationship just a friend or acquaintance who is a lot older than you
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Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."
Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.
These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!
Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!
Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.
So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.
#obligatory disclaimer that this really really obviously is not universal#I do live in a major progressive city#there's definitely a level of a liberal bubble effect here#but it's still really powerful to see it#because even in a major liberal enclave there were so many limits on the gender roles and homophobia etc. etc. fronts#and also the limits of the oppressive weight of obligatory teen apathy lol#seriously go gen z. so glad you guys decided cringe is dead. I love you for that so much#and I love it for you#not news#life#hope#homophobia#sexism#teens#teenagers#progress#gen z#btw if it wasn't clear I'm a#millennial#plush toy#plushie#squishmallows#build a bear#stuffed animal#like the idea of almost any teenager much less teenage boys#saying IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS#that they are excited about their STUFFED ANIMALS#when I was a teenager#?????#cannot imagine that ever happening.
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#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise of the tmnt#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt leo#rottmnt mikey#rottmnt raph#turtle tots#silly doodle comic#idk what I'm even doing anymore#I should retire lol#abbeyofcyn art
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we need to destroy the idea that girls should wear makeup. normalize bare faces on prom queens and flower girls and cheerleaders. no products at all instead of '7 product simple makeup routine.' no more 10 step skincare and regular facials and dermablading and gua sha just to be comfortable with yr natural face. i want to see eye bags on the funny librarian and acne on the swim coach and wrinkles on all our adult role models. i want to see a 16 year old girl that has never tried putting on eyeshadow. i want to see a 7 year old girl who doesn't have to go out and buy powder for her dance recital. i want to see trans women and girls everywhere to never have to wear makeup, regardless of how well they 'pass.' no more 'contouring to look masc' either. a post-beauty industry world is possible
reblogs are on but if you bring up the stage makeup point that i have addressed three times yr blocked on sight ☹️
#this is me warding myself against the b arbie m ovie shitstorm. </3#too many teenage girls have had 'bimbo feminist' thrust upon them by the attention economy + consumer-feminist culture#its ok to just be fucking lame. like you can still be fem/me and stuff while doing it#there is a world where you can feel comfortable in yrself even if you arent Aesthetic#the makeup industry is trying to hinder this tho#plus i saw that post thats like. 'the reason we see a lot of casual pseudo-gender-essentialist and choice feminism rhetoric...#... is because we have fewer posts now that have basic feminist messages'#that resonated so i am the change i want to see in the world#i wanna try and make a r iot g rrrl masterpost for anyone getting into that side of things later so lmk if you want to see it
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The scene in the Barbie trailer when Barbie is skating around with Ken and asks "Why is everyone staring at me?"
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE AN ADOLESCENT GIRL.
Living in Barbieland (childhood girlhood) but then suddenly you're all grown up in the real world subject to scrutiny and sexualisation (the guy slapping Barbie's ass) and feeling like existing is a crime?
Being forced by adult men into a box (which leads to the not like other girls syndrome) and exploring the 'real world' (being forced to grow up too quickly) while fighting the realisation that maybe the world sucks and being a woman is so difficult while hoping with all your heart that it's not always going to be this way.
Losing touch with the very things that made you happy because they're considered immature and girly? (The group of teens that said they hadn't played with Barbies since they were five.)
Older women telling you that you have to learn the truth about the world and that you can never have your old life back (Kate Mckinnon's Barbie) despite it being the only thing you yearn for, but also older women being a bright spot and support (the old woman on the bench) in the endless slough of life.
And this is just the trailer!!! I'm so excited for this movie I can't breathe, Greta Gerwig the woman that you are 😭
#barbie#more thoughts on this when my mental coherence returns#but ahhh!#im also really excited to see america ferrera's role because I have a feeling it's gonna be pivotal#Barbie meta#the barbie movie#barbie (2023)#shut up im so excited#ken is the emotional support pet every adolescent girl needs#THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A TEENAGE GIRL#i already love this movie so much#and it hasnt even released#thoughts r scattered cuz the trailer is that good
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I bet raph goes like 🤯 whenever April go big sis mode but Donnie AND leo snickers at his reaction as well.
Bro is NOT prepared for the little brother treatment!
#being the oldest sibling in the family#plus being expected to act mature and handle a lot of responsibilities from a very young age#PLUS being way bigger than most kids his age even amongst yokai where there is a lot of diversity in the way that people look#has led to Raph being VERY unfamiliar with being treated like the kid he is for a very long time now#get babied idiot#Tiz Sep AU#tizel talk#tizel art#my art#digital art#tmnt#rottmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt au#raphael#april o'neil#leonardo#donatello#rottmnt raph#rottmnt april#rottmnt leo#rottmnt donnie
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hello, sexiest man alive committee? yes I'd love to nominate Lou Wilson and Brian Murphy for attempting to speed-write an actual in-universe 300-word essay in 5 minutes of real time as Fabian and Riz posing as Fabian with complete earnest and a 120 percent commitment. both this effort and the incredibly smooth hand-off in the middle of it was maybe the most attractive thing i've ever seen a man do
yes it's a dungeons and dragons show. don't put me on hold. hello
#actually in love with these men in this moment#also murph being the only one to ask if talking is helping or not while lou is writing. i MEAN -#not even a quarter through this episode but my day has already been improved by a million percent#dimension 20#fantasy high junior year#lou wilson#brian murphy#fabian seacaster#riz gukgak#endless list of teenage crushes#<- yes i'm unearthing the old comphet tag for this what about it
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So backstory to this is that my roommate and best friend got a beanbag the size of a bed and it was sitting in the middle of our apartment for a while. It was extremely comfortable and I would curl up to sleep in it, but because it was so big I’d sink into the center and people wouldn’t know where I was lol. It was nice though, cause The Bean was big enough to share!
It’s nice to snuggle with friends or siblings! I love how Rise wrote the brothers to be more physically affectionate
#rottmnt#tcest dni#rise of the tmnt#rise donnie#rottmnt donnie#rottmnt raph#rise raph#rottmnt comic#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#tcest I will shoot on sight#don’t even look at this if you like that shit#I swear to fucking god my comics are inspired by my own family please don’t
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Well, I guess you didn't have much of a choice either
#sooooo fucked up being a teenage boy just messing around with friends one day#and the next weird monsters are after you#and suspicious guys youve never met before start telling you you shouldnt even exist#and even the gentle girl who seems to know SO much that you met#says you have to disappear#all for the sake of this one boy youve never heard of#who apparently everyone loves and wants back#even if it means essentially killing someone else(you)#and youre expected to just. follow along and sacrifice yourself for him#even though you are also a real perosn with real friends (or so you believe)#and at the end you do it#because youre tired and confused#and part of you feels like it should do it#that its the right thing to do#even though you still dont know anything bc no one will tell you#except for the girl but everyone always goes out of their way to stop her#anyway im rambling the kh2 prolouge is so fucked up when u think about it#roxas#sora#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts 2#kh#kh2#art#my art#xanders art#digital art#fan art
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he fell.....
#2 arms left#rottmnt#listen.#hes got this real big round shell.#at least according to my artstyle baha#dw hes all good <3#rise leo#leonardo hamato#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#practicing csp..............................#I may or may not have started a whole 2 minute animation.............#if you dont hear from me for weeks btw thats why I got sucked into the 2 minute long animation GRIND#that i cant even post.....#when its finished.....#because its spoilers..............................
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do you ever do that thing where you say no to your sibling but end up doing that thing anyway , ft. leo vulnerability issues
(theyre both wearing mobility aids on their knees. donnie has 1 compression sleeve and leo has 2 compression sleeves with a knee brace)
#jonah with a pen#rottmnt#rottmnt fanart#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#disaster twins#rottmnt leo#rottmnt donnie#leo rottmnt#Donnie rottmnt#honestly idk if compression sleeves count as mobility aids but its rlly hard for me to walk without them(even with a brace) so I’m 90% sure#They are ^ ^” at least for me#rise tag
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My contribution to the baby saga over in the Separated Council Discord!
Everyone but Sprout is getting baby-fied, Red and One will as well, but before that, they’ll cause as much mischief as possible.
Labels for everyone below! 👇
EW is mine!
Annnd *deep breath*
Separated Leo AU @dianagj-art
Two Arms Left @intotheelliwoods
Red Rover AU @red-rover-au
Same as it never will be @heckitall
Gemini AU @tangledinink
The Little Prince @beannary
Tiz Sep AU @tizeline
Never Better @less-depresso-more-espresso
True Colors @v-albion
Even More Disaster @teaableu and @3lectricinsomnia
Tentative Devotee @s0fti3w1tch
The Night @y0unginhumans
Villain PB&J @onionninjasstuff
SnapDragon @bluesgras
Little Brother @sharkfinn
Mutant Manhunt @brainrottmnt
Life Mission @daedelweiss
Phew.
#rottmnt#rottmnt fanart#rise of the tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt separated au#separated council#rise leo#rise donnie#rise raph#rise mikey#separated leo au#the little prince#red rover au#two arms left#2al#ew au#tentative devotee#the night AU#snapdragon#little brother#mutant manhunt#life mission#even more disaster#emd au#vpb&j au#true colors#never better#tiz sep au#gemini au#sainwb
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The brothers ever
#rottmnt separated au#emd au#teaaart#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#rottmnt donnie#even more of a disaster twins au
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i got so lazy after painting adam’s pretty little face LMFAAOOAOAO
#saw 2004#adam stanheight#lawrence gordon#dude these two freaks will NOT leave my head#them with pictures of you by the cure UGH#chainshipping#can you even tell that this is adam and lawrence#used to drawing teenage boys only oops#saw#sawposting#saw franchise
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morning grumpy raph is something that can be so personal
ppl who get extremely dramatic and emotional when eepy gang
#his brothers not giving a shit and not being scared to annoy him even if hes grumpy is equally as imporant to me#rise of the tmnt#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#magnetic duo#sunset duo#brains and brawn#my art#nordidia art
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so much happened in this whole episode but i’m still on fig infiltrating ruben’s dream, making it look like the place where his friend was murdered, and then disguising herself as kipperlilly & repeatedly saying different variants of “somebody needs to take the fall for this, and it’s not going to be me. it’s going to be you.” while adaine as the elven oracle shows up next to her. can you imagine waking up from that, the idea of a horrible truth being pinned on you by your friend to save her own skin while the personification of fate and destiny stands there, almost as a promise that this is GOING to happen to you. we don’t even know if this kid is guilty. my god.
#fantasy high#dimension 20#fhjy#fhjy spoilers#fantasy high junior year#fig faeth#ruben hopclap#lucy frostblade#the rat grinders#adaine abernant#kipperlilly copperkettle#watching fig terrorize him like girl!!! we don’t even know if he’s guilty!!!!#this might just be for me but i do not think 5 teenagers willingly brutally killed their friend idk#like there just has to be some other element to it and i am very scared to find out what that was#what if they were put in a position where they felt there was/there was no other choice… like oh my god#my comedy brain is having fun but my ‘this is a teenager’ brain is in such deep distress all the time this season#the rat grinders i trust brennan to not make u cartoonishly evil so i am holding u as gently as i can in my confused shaky hands#also with the devil’s nectar i’ve been wondering why they all seem so well-adjusted & now i’m curious if they’ve been intentionally-#changing their memories in a way so that either the trauma is lesser or they think they aren’t guilty. idk#but it seems like from how gertie was talking she was making it more recently so the well adjustedness from early jy doesn’t quite add up#they could have another source maybe??? idk i’m just low stakes 4 a.m. spitballing here#there’s also the strong possibility that they’re aware of what happened but they weren’t the ones who killed lucy. idk who knows#the way you could probably devil’s nectar yourself into believing it wasn’t your fault someone died… CRAZY IMPLICATIONS!!! CRAZY IDEA!!!#anyways the bad kids & the rat grinders don’t ever have to like each other but i do wonder if at least some of those kids deserve a chance
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