That yellow-eyed thing would never have come for him that night if I... I started all of this.

Whatever this is, whatever it wants, it's after me. That much we know, right?

will never get over that scene as long as i live because imagine bonding with someone you still consider an enemy over being violently traumatized by the same thing. and he's just like. i know how you feel. and you think maybe you'll be able to get past it like he did. but instead he hits you with a "oh btw it literally never gets better. you're always gonna feel scared and helpless forever and ever. hope this helps <3" like ??? sam?????? BUDDY????

Crowley and Castiel

↳ for my samwena anniversary celebration sam and rowena's relationship through the seasons

also i’m sorry but calling samwena a “pair the spares” ship is actually wild. he had a sexually charged hallucination about her. she flirts with him all the time; he’s always smiling around her. they went from enemies to best friends. they’re the only ones that understand each other’s lucifer trauma. they pretended to be fake married for a case. he was literally DESTINED TO KILL HER. and then she left all her stuff to him after he did. totally random pairing though amirite

GET TO KNOW ME ♡ Favorite Characters ↳ Claire Novak “I can barely keep it together on a good day.”

He’s evil he’s conniving he’s covetous he’s treacherous he’s deceitful. He’s a liar he’s a thief he’s brutal. He enjoys torture. He has mommy issues he’s homosexual. He’s made it his career to be in love with men who are not in love with him . I didn’t say his name but you pictured him didn’t you .?

crowler

Revolutionary parenting hack:

If your child is in the middle of some activity and clearly enjoying it (and wasn't supposed to be doing something else instead), DO NOT interrupt them and have them do chores that will "only take 5 minutes or so!"

You haven't asked them to do anything before they got out the Legos, started reading a chapter of their book or painting the complicated picture, or began playing their video game.

As a result of being repeatedly interrupted, they will learn that their presence in public space of the household=availability to do chores, so they will make themselves scarce so you can't find them and order them around. They will also become suspicious of your efforts to engage with them as they play, as they've learned that these pleasantries are a prelude to "Take out the trash", or "move your boots and vacuum the entryway, there's dirt everywhere ".

"But I need my children to help me around the house!", I hear you cry. I understand. Children should not be treated like royalty and left to their own devices 24/7.

An alternative is to give the kids a clearly delineated chore chart and stick to it, resisting the urge to add anything to it. There are some chores that are easier and quicker with two people, though. A (in my opinion) even better option is to divide the child's day into "on-duty" and "off-duty " time. When they're on-duty, you can interrupt them as before, but you have *consulted with your child beforehand * and they understand that during this time they can relax, but they must be ready to jump in and lend a hand.

That way they won't start trying to level up in their video game or break out the clay and make stuff. When they are off-duty, you leave them alone and their only responsibilities are to clean up whatever mess they make at the end of this time.

Also, if they are tearing around the house or whining about being bored, don't make them do chores so they will "have something to do"; this could make the child conflate extra chores with punishment for whining and make them reluctant to help out when you randomly tell them to at other times because they might think they're being punished but they have NO IDEA WHAT THEY DID. And IMO children should see chores as things everyone has to do no matter what, not punishments.

I may seem unqualified to offer parenting advice as I have no kids, but I was talking with my dad today and he said: "I wish you didn't hide from us in your room so much, but every time your mom walked by she'd give you a chore to do, so I can't blame you for that." A kid who hides in their room to play has an entirely different relationship to the family than the child who sprawls on the livingroom floor and excitedly describes the city they are building out of Legos.

And today, in times of Covid I play a complicated game of hide-and-seek with my mother as I try to do my online coding homework and apply for jobs. I am now attempting to turn my bedroom into my own tiny office because if I work in our home office, she'll find me and go "I can't attach this file to my email," and so on.

Children *have* to obey their parents when they are young. But true respect and honoring collective responsibilities is stronger than forced obedience. If you demonstrate to your children that you respect them and their time, they will reciprocate.

Tl;dr if your child is "always hiding in their room", there is a reason for it and setting a regular routine and boundaries will benefit both of you in the long run.

It's happened over 10 times and at no point have they thought to stop letting him roam so this doesn't happen. The cat is lucky that it's something so benign as a haircut as there's a lot worse that can happen to outdoor cats.

Also I love how this is just a thing that commonly happens to outdoor cats in the UK. I like to think it's people protesting outdoor cats lmao

Don't want your cat shaved? Keep it indoors.

I have no particular stance on whether estrogen would have saved Shinji, but I'm looking at it from the family dynamic angle, and... well, Jesus Christ. On a good day, Shinji already looks like a teenage soft butch version of Yui Ikari – can you imagine how Gendo would react to his "son" slowly morphing into his dead wife?

estrogen would not have saved shinji but it would have caused gendo immeasurable suffering which is perhaps more important

I guess the problem is that a lot of what we call "videogames" are not "games" in the traditional sense. A game has rules of play. A defined way to engage with it. And if you break those rules, you're not playing the game anymore. You're being a cheater, or perhaps just a dick. But videogames don't always work like this.

Gmod doesn't have any rules. There's no way to win or lose at it. People can create games inside Gmod, but is Gmod itself a game? Maybe not. It's just a space to be creative in.

Meanwhile a game like Skyrim has its defined goals, but a player is free to break it over their knee, mod it beyond recognition, cheat, go out of bounds. Is this breaking the rules? Are you still playing Skyrim? Or are the rules a more abstract thing in this? Are the "rules" simply anything you're capable of doing within the software? But then the entire concept of a videogame deconstructs.

Is a videogame just software that derives enjoyment? That would be ridiculous. Games are sad sometimes. No, a videogame requires challenge, right? Gmod says no. Perhaps videogames are just... interactive digital experiences?

Back before I owned a smartphone, I'd sometimes use Pokemon Diamond to cheat on my math homework. The game had a calculator. But was I really playing the game in that moment? My playtime says yes.

When google chrome can't find a connection, you get to play the little jumping dinosaur game.

if we just breed one really huge cow we could just shave steaks off of it for probably 100 years before it got hurt or died

but before you can date me.. you have to defend me in my 7 evil legal cases...

i think about this so much

"I have depression." - character who has been through extensive therapy.

"I feel dead inside all the time and nothing helps!" - character who does like, regular introspective thinking and is aware of the concept of mental health.

"Leave me the fuck alone I'll be fine once I get over my stupid shit." - repressed character.

"It's fine I'm just having an Empty Time. What? Yeah, empty times, you know, when everything is like bzzzzzz in your brain and you don't shower for two weeks. Why, what do you call it?" - ooooughhh now we're talkin