Cronch Monch

"it would be much better for both the environment and the kids' health if they spent more time walking, or taking the bus."

the problem is there isn't anywhere (in america) for kids TO walk. everything is miles and miles apart, so kids simply can't walk anywhere, and instead will spend more time isolated at home. or, if they want to take the bus, it means either

1) they take the school bus to and from school, and have no time to do after-school activities

2) they or their parents have to pay tons of money every year to take the city bus, which is unreliable, or impossible due to bus stops being far from houses

and before you say "oh, people care about kids! they'll put a stop to that!" no. no they won't. children are a marginalized class of people, and the danger associated with walking everywhere in america will just be another thing that gets added onto "the experience" of being under 18.

children will be hit by cars while walking, or commit suicide because they're isolated all summer away from everyone they know.

America is build centered around cars. I watched several videos about it, and I mean, I see it everywhere: sidewalks stop randomly, wide roads, crazy drivers, not easy to get on a bus.

It's why I miss going to college where you can walk everywhere to meet your needs: places for food and store convenience, and all that.

I also hate driving. I'd rather walk everywhere.

The main consensus of OP is the stupid laws not getting to the core of the problem, or they DO know, but they would ruin a capitalists agenda for profits and no, we can't have that!

okay so avian skyblings right

everyone gives grian colorful parrot wings and jimmy usually has canary wings but there’s no real consensus on what to give pearl

Usually ppl just do generic brown or maybe white wings

But have you all considered

like

-cc!pearl is australian

-pearls whole thing with being a firefighter (irony my beloved)

-these birds are brown and/or white anyway so the designs don’t even have to change

-they’re cool as heck

There’s like three different levels of hilarious here and also fire hawks are freaking awesome

So...request from Tiktok again.

I suppose it isn't bad to draw real people for a change :3

I never saw her YouTube channel before, but she looks pretty cute, so I really enjoyed drawing her.

You can send me requests too btw. People on Tiktok are using the option to their fullest lol

for any address to twitter you can replace the “x.com” with “nitter.net” and you will be able to browse as if you have an account. Lifesaver.

Pearl will try to push through just about anything she can; she always wants to be out there doing something or getting some work done, even when she obviously needs to rest. Getting her to lie down for a while and take care of herself/let herself be taken care of is inevitably a fight.

Thus, it's well-known that if Pearl doesn't argue when you try to get her to rest, that's actually a cause for concern; she must be exhausted, delirious, or in a lot of pain if she acquiesces that easily.

Gem, on the other hand, will get a little sick or a little injured and be an absolute drama queen about it. She likes to milk these kinds of things for attention and free soup, and besides, if you're not feeling well, isn't that the best occasion to pamper oneself a bit?

If Gem gets seriously ill or injured, though, she has a tendency to clam up as a point of pride. It's not funny to her any more, and in the absence of levity there's space for her to get anxious about looking weak. All the Hermits know that if Gem is obviously not well and hiding/refusing to acknowledge it, something is really wrong.

In this time, Martyn's father remarried and had three kids- Pearl, Grian, and Jimmy in that order. Their father was hard and neglectful, and sometimes physically hurtful, but not to a large degree. After he died, just after Jimmy was born, well, the three's mother, Martyn's stepmother, was very was abusive and neglectful to all four.

Martyn was a child, too, but he basically raised his siblings from then on. He got food for them wherever he could, whether it was by stealing from the kitchen when 'Mother' wasn't looking, taking food from the school canteen or trash, getting snacks from his friends, you name it. He did make good friends with Scott -a neighbor, a former foster kid whose foster parents were rarely home at all. The two did find out they shared a birthday and immediately declared themselves twins. This never changed in the later years. Ever. They also made friends with a slightly older boy, Ren, who was better off with a good family, and his parents did make sure to support the kids all they could, only not calling CPS because Martyn begged them, being afraid of being separated from his baby siblings.

Pearl was always responsible from an early age, seeing her big brother handle everything made her want to help. Grian was a menace, but always made sure to never go too far and was always there when Martyn needed a hug. Jimmy, well, he was littler than the others but he always made sure his big siblings knew how much he loved them. They made sure he knew they loved him back. The siblings + Scott were actually very good at communicating with each other, something they surprisingly never lost. Eventually, when Martyn was 17, he got his own apartment with help from Ren and Scott, and managed to sue for custody and everything. He won, obviously, and he raised his siblings after that. Scott, of course, practically moved in with them.

Pearl, Grian, and Jimmy always knew they had a big half-sister, but like their big brother, never really gave it much thought and never thought she'd be there in their lives, knowing it would be bad to just chase after a person if whoever she was didn't want them. Then, a few years later, with a mix of some event stuff, games, and coincidences, Martyn found himself in front of his older sister once more. Her eyes were wide as she recognized him, possibly only by sensing the Sea blood in him, not just Sea blood but High Sea blood. His equally surprised siblings (and a wary Scott) were just behind him. Lizzie made one move forward, and somehow Martyn's first instinct is to back up, to move himself between her and his -or their, really- little brothers and sister, wings flaring a little. And Scott's first instinct is to quickly dart forward in front of Martyn protectively.

Martyn will never forget the look in Lizzie's eyes when that happened. The shock. The realization. The hurt.

It was awkward in the coming months, and Martyn was just as protective of the little ones as the three were wary of Lizzie, and Scott even more so protective of all of them, Ren too, not to mention their friends, Cleo, Etho, Cub, and the others. But Lizzie, Joel, too, came time and again, wanting to be in their lives. So they were, eventually.