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Oct 28, 2020 8:46 PM
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rx7b9er
I read this in Jasika Nicole's voice, it just reminded me of Alice Isn't Dead.
SunshineCamo
NGL i actually cried reading this until the heroes showed up you bastard. Marvelously done.
DavidSPumpkinsAnyQuestions
This was great, thanks for the read!
Blackranger3d
It was a god damn roller coaster! I have kids and this hit hard. But amazing ending thanks.
SpaceMarineWithAnUrgeToPurge
LastoftheMcKettrickSupplicants
Adam West baby!
DeviousVirtues
seriouslyprobableimminentlypossible
Preschool Teachers. Can I get a Witness???
seriouslyprobableimminentlypossible
Anyone want to advocate with us for increased pay?
bendaresall
Fuuuuuck that made me tear up. Great story. Brave lady. Go Titanium Man.
ATF80
Cool story. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks to the author.
ivythearchive
Damn I'm crying harder than I thought I would for browsing imgur before bed
CalvinisHobbes
Yeah. Me, too.
notleftshark
Ya not a great read for the work lunch room
SedatedSl0th
Never in my life have I had chills this hard. Amazingly done. No spoilers, but damn. Amazing.
yellowdove
This is something I never thought of before kids. Now? It’s one of my absolute worst nightmares.
healthpickup
Too many videogames, training people to expect audio logs.
sugarNspiceNnice
I actually tested up a bit. Thank you.
BenSnow97
holy fuck this was amazing
lowcaloriedarkness
dotdogs
.... why don’t I understand the story? Can someone explain please?
TempestK
The daycare worker was unknowingly watching the kids of superheroes; who apparently saved the earth from a meteor.
DrBinkleton
Thank you for confirming. I thought that’s what it was, but everyone seems so blown away I thought I must have missed something.
dotdogs
Yeah... I didn’t get the emotional awe everyone else got, so I thought I was the only one just not getting the story
TheEvenPrez
kasiakatie
As a preschool teacher, especially with everything going on in this world, you made me cry. Thank you! This is absolutely beautiful!
chelsmarie17
I work at a daycare and I get this.
Meebers
Same. I read this and I’m thinking of my class of under-2s and just. Damn.
chelsmarie17
I work with 1 y.o. We had a terrible storm with no electricity for a few hours. Took parents forever to pick up their kids. I get this.
tubbers06
I love my son's daycare teachers. Thanks for what you do for those families.
Gryphonosiris
As a father of a 4 year old in pre-school, that fucking hit to the very bottom of my soul. I wanted to god-damn help her watch over them.
OldsterBabe
Outstanding!! More samples of your writing would be awesome.
Jamuel27
XplodingUnicornGlitter
... it's not ops. It's taken from tumblr and reposted here.
allnewuserforyou
I work with kids, just got off shift, and... christ that hit me hard. Beautiful piece.
pmjensen22
Fuck. I just read this while putting my toddler to sleep. Trying desperately to not start sobbing...
Tomadzo
Jesus Fucking Christ. You had me in the first half.
brusilov
I had to skip to the end, to make sure they were all ok... or that i wasn't being pranked
tzk132
And the second half. Honestly had me in all three halves.
NorthRex
*Not gonna lie -There, I fixed it for you both. Let me shed a tear now.
OnionCutter
Fuck. I'm gonna be working over time here.
bpsr2000
1080 upvotes and not a down vote in site....that's what I like to see !! Damn good story telling !!! Damn good !!
AndTHATShowwegetANTS
I started hyperventilating. This is my worst nightmare. Fuck I’m crying.
rebekoz
My 3yo turns 4 just before Christmas & I was feeling it, holy shit.
AndTHATShowwegetANTS
Hug. Mine is about to turn 18 months. I’m exhausted but it’s awesome to watch him grow into a tiny person.
Forobviousreasons
There was another story similar to this about a husband and wife going about life “normally” for their kid as a meteor came. Had me in tears
ishouldchangemynametosomethingcooler
I read that one. Really changed me
majorkira9
What’s it called?
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benjwolf04
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majorkira9
Cr4zyC4tLady
Yep, I was SO VEHEMENTLY ANGRY with those parents! And then not as angry. But still. This is why I would never be a hero. My little boy 1/
Cr4zyC4tLady
Will ALWAYS be the #1 priority! Above and beyond all else, I’d burn the world and everyone on it to the ground to save him. 2/2
RebelSkull
Yeah, as a new dad with a 6 month old son... Jesus Christ. Fucking onions.
YourLatinLover
I was so into it then I wasn’t...
LordDebuchan
Yea, a good ending doesn't always need to be happy. If it leaves you with a strong emotional response good or bad, it did it's job.
OptimusPlatypus
Yeah poor finishing
IrrationalEd
Bollocks. Building up to a predictable end and then throwing a twist you couldn’t possibly have guessed at? GREAT finish.
SouperScott
"A twist you couldn't possibly have a guessed at?" That's what we call an ass-pull.
NacLac
It was the cheap ending. The deus ex machina that solves everything. Your emotional investment becomes cheapened because the author with-
NacLac
Held information critical to the story, super heroes exist, to heighten drama. But clearly, the heroes personalities aren't unknown, since
NacLac
They are concerned over their children's anonymity.
YourLatinLover
Sure it had a twist, like squeezing a week old lemon into my Sprite, just cause it has a twist doesn’t make it good
Astrospud
I get where most of you guys are coming from, but it takes something dark to pull the trigger on kids, even fictional ones.
Astrospud
We don't need to have what happens when superheroes aren't there spelled out for us, because that happens enough in real life.
Astrospud
To real kids, every day of the week. I don't blame the writer for not wanting to rub people's noses in that.
YourLatinLover
I dont want to read about kids dying wtf, no, but ending it where she last checks in would’ve been a better ending then the whole over—
YourLatinLover
Than*
YourLatinLover
— explaining on how everything was ok in the end and how it all worked out perfectly
GreenTeaParty
We still have kids in cages at the boarder folks.
MJB71
Who built the cages?
ArcheiaSophiaMetatronsWife
And why aren't the parents ripping the world apart to get to their kids? Both parents and kids must be absolutely terrified
Freemage69
Many were deported without their kids, and literally cannot come back here without first carving their way through Border Patrol.
eggmuffin
*border
eggmuffin
A pirate is a boarder.
Darkspire
Ole Trump took what was supposed to be emergency overflow cages and made them into the standard. Should leave him in one of the cages
AllOutofNut
For anyone interested, the Tumblr is Writing-Prompts-S. I follow them and, by the gods, the prompts on there are amazing
melindarae
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gahzeeruh
I love Reddit’s r/WritingPrompts, how’s it compare to tumblrs?
TrickyV
Not a big fan of that subreddit any more. There are some pretty gatekeeper-y mods who delete writings they don't like.
FOXKITsandwich
https://slumberbaby.tumblr.com/post/22009876445/writing-prompt-467-name-that-story here's one i wrote years ago
gahzeeruh
That was good! Nice work
FOXKITsandwich
Wow ty! Pretty sure you and my mom are the only ones who ever read it haha
benjwolf04
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sfbiker
Good thing she didn't decide to euthanize them to spare them the pain of the catastrophe.
aggressivelysouthern
It seemed pretty clear that it was going to be instantaneous.
MJB71
But then she says donate to planned parenthood, which is all about euthanasia.
VanillaAddict
so glad I don't have kids
nevergoingtogiveyouupnevergoingtoletyoudown
Planned parenthood is a lot more than abortion. Its about helping people who don't know how to deal with pregnancy that want to keep it too.
VanillaAddict
birth. just because someone is able to get pregnant and give birth to a baby doesn't mean that they should.
VanillaAddict
no it's about giving woman and young girls their lives back giving them a chance to be able to live without worrying about pregnancy and
ChimeraOfFury
Incorrect. Please research. PP provides education, contraceptives, medical services, to women and men who are in need of such things.
TheCouldHaveBeenKing
smitjm
I liked the ending. I kept thinking, who wouldn’t pick up their kids? I’d have to be dead to not go get them. The feels.
SillyZombie
Traffic, fires and violence
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
I thought the parents were already dead and she was waiting for whatever killed them to come for her and the kids. Shockwave or something.
krapmyself
Lots of people wouldn't, and for various reasons.
Notenoughfish
Few years ago during a ice storm I drove through a field and some yards to get to my daughters daycare. Heard a coworker to stayed it traffi
Notenoughfish
Was stuck for about 4 hours.
FaceOfBeaux
I work in a daycare. It absolutely did not surprise me that parents would be so selfish as to not pick up their kids at the end of the world
rebalicious
I work at one too. I kept thinking of those selfish parents too. I would take all the kids home with me.
copperdomebodhi
You couldn't stop me from getting to my kid, and he's seventeen.
QuickLighting53
I was thinking car accidents or something. End of the world chaos. But yeah
itscalledthebendandsnap
Made me think of that movie “These Final Hours”. Chaos is right.
DemonicShoe
Maybe I'm blind, what's the twist, idrk what even happened in it
RisingTheSecondKnightOfTheMorningGlory
The kids parents was the superheroes that was trying to stop the catastrophe and that's what kept them from getting their kids
iseelittlepeople
Healthcare workers in Covid times?...
Xionis
The parents were Super Heroes, and they were busy saving the world.
DemonicShoe
Ah ok, I get that, I just thought there was another twist, still, great read
TheDisscoPotato
National emergency. Meteor headed towards earth. Parents never pick up kids/assumed dead or didn’t want too. She keeps kids for days. Parent
TheDisscoPotato
S are actually super hero’s. They saved the earth. The girl didn’t know they were, she thought they were all going to die. She still stayed.
SpecialAgentPinkfinger
I can't imagine not going for my kids, I figured they couldn't get there due to the the world knowing the world is ending and all
Gryphonosiris
I would beat people to death with my bare hands if it meant saving my girl. Damn.... just damn...
SpecialAgentPinkfinger
I know right? I'm a single dad of 2 girls. I'd run miles for that shit
Bongonator
Dad of 4 boys here that attend daycare daily, I’d run over my own boss to pick my kids up.
DustenSalinas
I'd run over this guy and his boss. Hopefully not the kids though.
Closeenoughforthis
I'd kill the world to keep my kids safe. I know where you are coming from.
Parethil
Who will now pick up your boss's kid?
Esdog
He's too busy saving the world, so he won't actually die
SliderOfElay
I also choose this guy's bosses kids.
commonmind872
Weird.
Esdog
Buddy, I'd help you run him down on the way to get my kid
PenguinPlans
Same. What do I care about some guy's boss.
tubbers06
My son goes to daycare, and reading this it kind of scared me what lengths I would go to to get to him.
siyuri1641
I remember when a big fire closed down roads for a couple hours. I had to drive into the area to get my kid from daycare. Terrifying
iquestioneverything
Haha just your boss?! I'd run him over if he was on the way to the road!
josieexplosion
I also choose this guy's boss.
commonmind872
Father of 1 girl. She is my life. I would do awful things to get to her if needed.
NinjaManMat
Same dude. Same.
anubricwookie
Same. I shudder to think what I’d be capable of under those circumstances.
theGildedDanMan
Have you played the last of us?
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Uncle to 2 shithead nieces and 1 nephew who screams his replies to everything, I'm starting to understand human trafficking.
Maya9023
Holy fuck dude! Savage!
commonmind872
Super savage!
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Like, it's a joke and all, and they're KIDS, I know, but jesus christ she asked you where your shoes are, don't scream like an ape.
isteponmykidstoys
My kid is in the same phase right now and I’m losing my mind. I love her and just keep telling myself she’ll grow out of it but fuck..sshhh!
ILikeFugu
That's nothing! I'd run over my boss and I don't even have kids!
Mickp81
I knew someone would say it. +1
ArmoredWanderer
Sounds like you need to find a job with a better boss.
Pooprocketpower
In this economy?
ArmoredWanderer
I didn't say "you should leave your job and find a better one" just that you need to find a better one. just like how someone dehydrated 1/2
marlsbarkley14
Honestly these replies are making me cry. I have a newborn and sometime fear we won't ever bond like other parents. Hopefully some day
HighlandPotatoe
Keep smelling your naked or nappied baby, you'll find yourself smiling and getting a happy rush
solitaryblaze
You will. The newborn haze will clear and one day that baby will do something simple that absolutely hypnotizes you.
buttonbutton
I’m a woman and felt ashamed that I didn’t feel that overwhelming love the first time I held my daughter. It just took a bit. I’d kill for
buttonbutton
Her now and she is my world.