edward elric and the case of the many parental figures
Everything is terrifying, but humans are so strong.
Societies at my university are doing food bank drives. Italians are singing on their balconies and cheering health workers that go by. My university originally wasn’t going to close so lecturers took matters into their own hands and cancelled their classes, and now the university IS closing. When the government response isn’t strong enough, people are cancelling mass gatherings themselves and isolating to limit the spread. One of my friends is streaming to her self-isolating friends. My mum is going back to work tomorrow in an NHS reception. The Australian Grand Prix got cancelled and now 10,000+ people are watching an esports game version of the race on Twitch and making memes about it. All over the world, people are trying to cheer each other up.
My biggest problem with apocalypse movies, with zombie tv shows, has always been the way it portrays a world post-disaster. When humans were living in caves and hunting for survival, they drew art on the walls and told stories that were passed down in oral tradition. When London closed for the plagues, theater troupes would go around the country performing for the smaller villages instead. The human drive to create, to entertain, to adventure, to see and do new things, has always been and will always be unmoved by a crisis.
So yes people are panic buying, yes employers and governments are being selfish and cruel. But more than ever this has highlighted that, that is not what humans are. It’s something we’re pushed to be by this society, actual cruelty is an outlier.
I’ve been clinically depressed for a long time, so it feels bizarre to say: I love humans. I am overflowing with how much I really, truly, love us. Humans are silly, tender, hopeful, and social creatures. Even something as small as a long train journey, delayed and late at night, is enough for humans to take up solidarity. No matter what happens, what state the world is in, what alterations we have to make to our lives, we will never escape being recognizably, inherently human. Thank god.
The Hollow - Adam & Kai
Brotherhood hc: Ed and Al were always on pretty even footing when they were still on their journey, but the moment Al gets his body back Ed starts having watch-the-crib-at-night Parenting Anxiety? In the hospital after the Promised Day, Ed breaks out of his room three times before they just move his bed in where Al is. His three million parents keep telling him "Listen, you need rest too, he's taken care of" & Ed's like "bUT *I* NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM WHAT IF HE NEEDS ME" "Ed it's ok" "NO"
10,000 times yes.
I’ve always loved Ed’s “Only I can protect Al” moments in fanfiction, but it’s true they were on pretty equal footing in canon.
I’m imagining all his parents protesting at first but then realizing that if they’re in the same room they can watch over both of them at the same time.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
sometimes i try to scroll past this but then i feel guilty
boogie woogie woogie
From a surgical nurse and certified CPR teacher:
Please pause for 2 minutes and read this:
1. Let’s say it’s 7.25pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.
2. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated.
3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.
4. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.
5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.
6. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
7. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
8. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
9. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!
10. A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we’ll save at least one life.
11. Rather than sending jokes, please... contribute by forwarding this mail which can save a person’s life.
12. If this message comes around you... more than once… please don’t get irritated... You should instead, be happy that you have many friends who care about you & keeps reminding you how to deal with a Heart attack.
please take the time and boost this post by reposting it and sending it to those you love because we all need to understand how to quickly deal with heart attacks
Pepper, can’t find Tony in the tower: Iron Man is just a suit and Tony Stark an arrogant, dumb and unworthy Alcoholic!
Steve, from the other room: What the Fuck did you just say?!
Clint, from the ventilation shaft: I interrogated myself better!
Rhodey & Sam, fly through the window: Say that again!
Bucky & Natsha, holding guns: You better run!
Peter Parker, from the top of the fridge: Shut your ignorant mouth!
T'Challa, in Wakanda: I can tell you how worng you are, but in hell they will.
Bruce Wayne, in the DC Universe: Alfret! We have to built a portel and kick someone ass!
Tony himself, liying on the ground: Damn right, sister!