Over 75K People On Tumblr Can’t Get Enough Of This Fictional Story About A Daycare Worker Watching Over Toddlers During The End Of The World

At times, these past months (and even the whole year) have felt as if we’ve been living through the literal end of the world. I mean, we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, there’s no vaccine yet, we can’t leave our homes whenever we’d like, and at this point, the future looks mostly blurry. On top of that, we’ve got all these global, environmental, and social issues.

And maybe that’s part of the reason why this fictional story about a daycare worker watching over toddlers during the end of the world managed to touch the hearts of so many people on Tumblr.

More info: bethanythemartian.tumblr.com

Someone on Tumblr came up with an interesting topic for the writers of the platform to write a short story around

Over 75K People On Tumblr Can't Get Enough Of This Fictional Story About A Daycare Worker Watching Over Toddlers During The End Of The World

Image credits: writing-prompt-s

Basically, the Tumblr account writing-prompt-s invited the writers of the platform to come up with stories surrounding the topic of the end of the world. “You’re a daycare worker, watching over toddlers, when the imminent end of the world is announced. It becomes increasingly clear none of the kids’ parents are going to show up as the end inches nearer,” they wrote in their post.

One of the replies stood out in particular and it was an emotional short story by a user named bethanythemartian.

This fictional story currently has almost 50k likes and over 30k reblogs

Over 75K People On Tumblr Can't Get Enough Of This Fictional Story About A Daycare Worker Watching Over Toddlers During The End Of The World

Image credits: bethanythemartian

Thousands of people on Tumblr as well as on other platforms seem to be deeply touched by this short story. “Oh god, I’m actually crying right now. That was a roller coaster and I totally feel for her. Wonderful writing,” someone commented. “Listen. I read this near to a week back and when I tell you I think about it every single day I am not exaggerating in the slightest,” another user added. “This was so precision targeted to destroy me emotionally that I can barely read my screen right now. Great work,” another person writes.

As you can see, the creator of the story invites everyone who found themselves enjoying the story to donate to Planned Parenthood, Lambda Legal, or another kind of bail fund.

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Julija Svidraitė is an editor here at Bored Panda who has a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Before starting her journey at BP, she had worked as a social media specialist at a marketing agency. She has also tried herself in a few different fields working as an intern: from practicing graphic design at a social media marketing agency, to being an assistant at a psychiatric hospital. Besides writing, Julija is also very passionate about illustrating, drinking coffee, and watching crime documentaries. You can find her in Bored Panda Office or reach her at julija.s@boredpanda.com.

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