Pepper, Can’t Find Tony In The Tower: Iron Man Is Just A Suit And Tony Stark An Arrogant, Dumb And

We’re indoctrinated from childhood with the idea that staying home sick is somehow suspect or lazy, and that morally superior people never have their productivity schedule compromised lol, when the reality is that going out in public when you’re sick is a terrible thing to do to immune-compromised and chronically ill people (and “healthy” people) and staying home is a good thing and a right we should all have, not only for our own sakes but for others’

Something I like about Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters is that it features semi-realistic depictions of unhealthy, or at least worrying, family situations for teenage boys and how that impacts emotions/behavior.

For example, Mr. Armstrong aggressively pushes Jake to overachieve, all while being physically & emotionally unavailable to his son and ignoring their mutual pain over the loss of Mrs. Armstrong. Jake RECOGNIZES this as incorrect, but is unable to confront his dad. 

Ricardo’s parents are nearly always working, often breaking promises to spend time with their child. Again, Ricardo knows this is wrong, but seems unable to address or alter the dynamic. Moreover, this lack of permanence & attention has taken a SERIOUS toll on Ricardo’s self image & social skills. 

Both Jake & Ricardo have clean, well maintained living conditions. They go to school, are physically fit and eat well. Their parents are gainfully employed and wish the best for their children… yet it is evident that something is WRONG in these households and it is hurting these kids.

So, you have 2 heroic teenage-boy characters in a BOY’S ACTION SHOW who are written to experience and express sadness & anxiety over their parent’s lack of positive input in their lives. They are allowed to be upset that they are being emotionally neglected. 

Neglect/abuse is not presented as something that happens in “bad” homes, and it doesn’t create “bad” kids. Jake & Ricardo are our heroes! Nevertheless, it is happens and has an impact.

modern au mei isnt actually a princess her dad (scar) just calls her that cause she’s one of those little girls who wants nothing more than to be ariel from the little mermaid. you know those little girls who wear full on costume disney princess dresses with jeans underneath to the grocery store and its fine

BOI

boogie woogie woogie

Al: Dad! Brother’s using dirty words!

Riza: Who’s “Dad”?

Roy: From a chain of command standpoint, I guess I am.

Izumi Curtis looks healthier when she is taking care of her children, pass it on.

Roy Mustang: So. Who broke it? I’m not mad. I just want to know.

Riza Hawkeye: I did. I broke it…

Roy Mustang: No. No, you didn’t. Breda?

Heymans Breda: Don’t look at me! Look at Havoc.

Jean Havoc: What?! I didn’t break it.

Heymans Breda: Huh. That’s weird. How did you know it was even broken?

Jean Havoc: Because it’s sitting right in front of us and it’s broken.

Heymans Breda: Suspicious.

Jean Havoc: No, it’s not!

Kain Fuery: If it matters, probably not… Catalina was the last one to use it.

Rebecca Catalina: Liar! I don’t even drink that crap!

Kain Fuery: Oh really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?

Rebecca Catalina: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles. Everyone knows that, Fuery!

Riza Hawkeye: Alright, let’s not fight. I broke it, let me pay for it, sir.

Roy Mustang: No. Who broke it?

Jean Havoc: Sir, Falman's been awfully quiet…

Vato Falman: Really?!

Jean Havoc: Yeah, really!

...

Roy Mustang: I broke it. I burned my hand so I punched it. I predict ten minutes from now, they’ll be at each other’s throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick. Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

Ninja Fusion Personalities and other character things +Music

So. For the past few days I’ve been hanging out with friends and in my head and on paper I’ve been brainstorming what fusions of the Ninja (from Ninjago) would be and behave like. I’ll work on the designs later but for right now I just want to share what my ideas are. Feel free to share you’re ideas or add more.

(And just for the sake of time and I don’t want to send my entire day writing this, I’m not going to write fusions including Lloyd, Nya, or Morro. I’m also not going to be talking about fusions with more than two people. Trust me, those will be posts for another day.)

Enjoy my dudes!

Cole / Kai (Lava)

Cracks knuckles every 2 minutes

Obsessed with fighting

Absolutely no chill

Very clumsy

Does this sometimes

Never calls anyone by their real name

Takes everything as a challenge

Talks and laughs really loud

“Who the hell is mercy?”

The only times he ever relaxes are when he’s listening to music

yOU WANNA FUCKING GO BRO?

Weapon: War Scythe (possibly double)

Music theme would definitely be some kind of Trap/Rock music like this.

Cole / Jay (Bruise)

Anxiety

Can either stay together for a very long time, or fall apart after ten minutes go by

Always has a positive thing to say

Laughs at his own jokes

Gamer

Stutters

Sensitive

Still knows his value and is confident in himself

He’s actually kind of like Season 3 Morty almost.

Doesn’t really take anything seriously, but at the same time takes things too seriously

Will go to crazy extremes to make friends happy

Weapon: Kusarigama

Music theme… I’m not sure tbh. It would probably be something like this though.

Cole / Zane (Glacier)

Absolutely loves to dance

Animal lover

Quiet

Humble

Must pet and hug every animal he sees

“Isn’t life just the greatest and most beautiful thing in the world?”

Amazing strategist

Likes to read

Biggest heart

Doesn’t know how to socially interact with people

Weapon: Battle axe

Idk why but I feel like the music theme would be very Electro Swing like. Exactly like this.

Zane / Kai (Oppo)

Peace

Workaholic

Dignified

Barely talks

“Super serious ninja work here. Do not disturb.”

Always looks like they’re about to fight someone

Secretly a big softy

Actually really smart

Doesn’t like parties

Likes to give big lectures about justice and honor

Would sacrifice themselves for literally anything

Weapon: Daggers or knives

Music theme would probably be something played with a lot of Japanese instruments. Like this.

Zane / Jay (Techno)

Honestly the biggest cinnamon roll out of all of them

Surprisingly smol

Comedian

Like seriously. He’s just cracking jokes all the time.

Always smiling

Probably writes in cursive

“Hey I’m just happy to be here!”

Acrobatic

Never swears

Huge f*cking nerd

Weapon: I don’t wanna say yo-yo but yeah. It would be a lot like that.

Music theme would just be 8-bit music. Almost exactly like this.

Jay / Kai (Plasma)

Biggest ego in Ninjago

Has their own Instagram profile

Fashion™

Thinks they’re better than everyone else

Nya protection squad

Likes to brag and show off

Talks like this

Would die for anime

Loves memes

yOU GOT MY OUTFIT DIRTY!!

Checks their hair during a battle to make sure it still looks nice

“Of course it does though, I’m amazing.”

Weapon: c h a i n s a w

I’m not too sure what their theme would be like but something tells me it would have a lot of electric guitars in it like this.

Nathan: Why are people so obsessed with top or bottom? Honestly I would just be excited to just have a bunk bed.

Jake: …

Ricardo: …

Erica: …

Riya: …

Ricardo: I’m gonna tell him.

Jake: Don’t you dare!