imagine we make contact with an alien species that’s like, vastly technologically superior, they could fucking kill us in a single shot if they really wanted to
and this species has never eaten salad before. and we show them salad and they eat it and they’re like holy living fuck this is tasty. and suddenly they’re offering us huge houses with all kind of advanced technological shit and incredible medical care and all the amenities and everything, with the only condition that we keep making salad for them.
and like, salad isn’t even hard to make. grab some plants, dump em in a bowl. it doesn’t have to be fancy salad, they’ll fall all over themselves for the most mediocre salad in the world. we can make so much salad that we’re practically drowning in it, even if we eat some of the salad ourselves. and in exchange we’re protected from danger, we have great living conditions, it’s basically paradise compared to life on earth
imagine
now realize that this is what bees have done to us
#ok so au where steve survives blowing up the plane due to divine intervention from zeus or something idk #(yes that’s totally what happened in canon shhh) #and he wakes up on themyscira for a second time #with all these warrior women glaring down at his washed-up body like ‘really?? again???’ #and steve has to explain to hippolyta that diana was fighting ares last time he saw her and he doesn’t even know if she’s alive #and he doesn’t expect her to believe him now that there’s no lasso of truth but to his surprise she nods and assures him #that diana is not dead yet because if she was she would sense it and that only godly intervention could have prevented his death #based on his story so she is willing to trust him #and he tells her all about diana’s adventures with him and the rest of his squad and how amazing she is and hippolyta is kinda like #‘boi you had to and fall in love with my only daughter didn’t you’ #‘WHAT no- i mean i respect her and of course i care for her but as a FRIEND i swear-’ #hippolyta’s just pinching her nose and counting to ten in her head to keep from bashing her head against the wall #so she allows steve to stay with them until he heals from his injuries sustained from the crash and/or diana returns #and once he’s healed he starts helping the amazons out with their daily tasks and they slowly warm up to him #when they realise he actually respects them and their abilities and as he heals they take it upon themselves to teach him #how to fight because clearly if he crashed his jet twice he needs help defending himself #but they don’t want to break him so they can’t do swordplay or hand-to-hand so they teach him how to use a bow instead #and it takes weeks for him to even hit the target but he’s soon an efficient marksman #and as he becomes more integrated with amazonian society they make him armour and he really becomes one of them #and when diana returns nobody knows who it is at first so the archers are martialled out to train their bows on the incoming boat #but when diana steps foot on the sand they all rush to greet her and it’s then that diana realises one amazon who’s #hanging back from the rest of the group surrounding her and congratulating her and asking questions #isn’t an amazon at all but steve in their armor carrying one of their bows and then the movie cuts to credits #because this is 100% canon and you can fight me on that
There’s something intensely unhealthy going on when parents discourage age-appropriate independence. A 13 year old should probably be allowed to go see a film with their friends most of the time. A 16 year old should probably be allowed to drive/ride a bus/bike to a friend’s house most of the time. An 18 year old should probably be allowed to travel overnight with their friends most of the time. A 20+ year old should be allowed to come and go as they please, with some common-sense “Let’s talk this ‘move to Finland’ plan of your over before you follow through on it” exceptions.
Parents should want their children to enjoy going out and doing things on their own and with their friends. They should be delighted that their child wants to have a life of their own. A rich, fulfilling life outside the home and distinct from parents and family is important, and parents should want their child to have that.
The Archery Range 