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Hannah: Hey, I'm taking Alois to the Phantomhive manor today. Apparently it's crucial for human children to see their own species at least once a week or something. Anyway, I guess you have a free evening. Enjoy ~
Claude, as soon as they leave:
#kuroshitsuji#black butler#claude faustus#hannah annafellows#kuroshitsuji meme#alois trancy#kuroshitpost#kuroshitsuji ii#Webs go brrrrrr#garf posts
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[Image ID: a digital illustration of a large werewolf covered in dark brown hair closely holding and embracing a petite woman with light skin and dark brown hair on a dark grayish-purple background. the werewolf greatly outsizes the woman and his hand easily covers most of the woman's back as he holds her. they both look content with their eyes closed as they are close to each other. /End ID]
when i'm in that rare sleepy-but-not-tired state i always have to draw big cuddles...
#moonlight valley comic#artists on tumblr#moonlight valley#webcomic#werewolf#web series#original characters#original series#werewolf oc#fluff#romance#size difference#werewolf art#watched elemental this morning too so i've had fluffy feelings all day#the lauv song from it (steal the show) has firmly embedded itself in my brain#though most of what lauv produces gets stuck up there anyway#but that's neither here nor there#big werewolf cuddles go brrrrrr
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I found this Old art from almost two years ago and did the only appropriate thing and redrew it
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I got tagged by @catwingsathena, thanks for the tag! :D
Last song listened to: “STILL HERE (harsh sun version)” by DM DOKURO. The lyrics are really dark, but the song itself goes hard. Also I just think Solaria SynthV is really neat. Nine minutes of angry screaming go brrrrrr
Last TV/movie watched: Resistance: 1942 for movie night with my mom and sibling (it was free and my sibling is really into history). My sibling pointed out that Jacques sounds a bit like Jonathan Sims, especially in the bits of the movie where he’s broadcasting himself on the radio, so now Cary Elwes is my headcanon voice for Not!Jon. Also poor Juliet, imagine losing both of your father figures in a single night.
Current obsession: The Magnus Archives and horror podcasts in general! I signed up for two podcast Big Bang events, and I’m also working on a TMA Post-Canon Animatic where Jon, Martin, and Annabelle make it to Somewhere Else, but Jon doesn’t survive the journey, Annabelle is abandoned by the Web, and Martin is alone and broken and angry. The whole thing is just an excuse for me to draw unhinged Martin.
Tagging @bog-teeth, @foxtrotsicrra, @theclod3215, @hawkfurze, and @we-be-me!
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BTW i luv caught in the web! such a cool au!! and splinter is so shaped and looks fluffy.
i also luv baxter and his mom being mutants and having their own lore. i never rarely ever see people add baxter to their AUs or put much work into his lore. even tho baxter is a great character the fandom lowkey forgets him. and because im a self proclaimed number one baxter stockman fan your baxter makes me happy!! also your art is very nice to looks especially your use of colors!!
sorry abt that long ass rant !
AAAAHHHOOOOHHH THANK YOU YOU MADE MY DUMB BABOSA BRAIN GO BRRRRRR HAPPY!!!!
I also love Stockman, he is on my FAV science guy's list 💙
I also did this because I dislike how they write him in ROTTMNT. Years of character development, and they turn him into a youtube kid 😭 I still like him in a way, but he deserves better!!!
#caught in the web#ask#thanks for the ask!#my art#my stuff#art#fanart#part of the multiverse#rottmnt#rottmnt au#au#swap au#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise splinter#rise lou jitsu#rise hamato yoshi#mutant#baxter stockboy#baxter stockman#msr stockboy#msr stockman
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Me, a month ago and for two solid years before that: I really like the fears that deal with the psyche more. I love the discussions of perception, identity, and autonomy that fears like the Spiral, Stranger, and Web often bring up.
Me, for the past month or so, for reasons that still allude me: hehehe Flesh and Slaughter go brrrrrr.
#the magnus archives#tma#fear entities#the spiral#the stranger#the web#the flesh#the slaughter#yes I know that the more physical fears lend themself to exploration of the mind quite easily#i just had no idea i enjoyed the Flesh so much#and the Slaughter gives me a chill down my back which I find quite fascinating#it's new for me
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akechi anthony brainrot go brrrrrr, surprised a joke i made on anon got to this point.
December YX, 20ZX - Six Months After HQ Disbanded
At the heart of the recent Mitikihara Skyscraper construction site
"Gh-ack!"
Flying through the air into a soft pile of plywood and steel poles was a magical girl. She was part of the new generation of the Mahou Shoujo in Japan, part of a team of MGs that were well into their teens and closing in on adulthood. She never really liked working with other MGs, regardless if they were rookies in need or veterans offering assistance. Still, she found herself being forcibly wedged into this found family of girls plus one boy.
Pulling herself out of the pile of broken pride and splinters, the disgruntled lone wolf girl looked at the warzone she was personally punted out of. Surrounding some weird Witch-Familiar thing were the rest of her friends team. The leader, in a fancy ballerina tutu and long red coat, was currently supporting her right-hand gal in blue spandex and kevlar, a thoroughly terrified and haunted look in her eyes. Behind them was the kid in a purple suit - which she remembered was once a pink skirt, so POG for him - nursing a wound in goldilocks' stomach, where a sword had ripped through the silky ball gown and left bloody tears.
The thing they were fighting was hell-bent on killing Goldie, swinging its remaining sword down on Red's own katana while trying to poke through Blue's bare-handed parries with a flaming spear in its other hand. Grabbing a thin piece of rebar the Dark Mahou Shoujo loaded it in one of the pipes she landed on.
Aiming the pipe at the monster, she looked for any sort of exposed flesh or weak spot to hit. She couldn't see much under the gigantic black coat the thing wore, but from what little she saw through the dark and crossing blades she saw armor. An armored helm laid on top of its head underneath the hood, a large breastplate covering its chest. The coat covered its arms but she could see that it had webbed hands of sorts, underneath leather gloves that gripped the weapons it used. From the below the torso there looked to be scaled leggings covering whatever appendages the thing used to walk, and there seemed to be a tail hiding under a second cloak underneath the first black coat.
Figuring that everything has to have some sort of brain in its head, the Wolf aimed her pipe and charged her magic in the palm of her other hand; gravity warped around the girl as she placed her palm at the loaded end of her makeshift railgun, holding the magnetic charge in her hand and fueling even more potential kinetic energy into her hand.
When she saw the Thing raise its blade to strike an open Red and stabbed Blue in the shoulder, Wolf released her magic; all of the shrapnel fell back to the ground for a split second before they were blown back by the magnetic power that launched the small piece of rebar. The pipe exploded in her hand, but Wolf wouldn't care if her gambit paid off. Striking true the small piece of metal pierced the armored head of the Thing and knocked off its hood. Its body was flung back by the sheer force of the metal and it laid a crumpled mess.
Raising herself from the even messier pile she laid in, Wolf trotted over to the team she was supposed to be babysitting. Red pulled the spear out of Blue's shoulder, and a grateful look tinged with a hint of something was sent to the leader. Purple was currently fixing a tourniquet onto Goldie's belly, trying her-his dammit! His best not to stare at the chiseled body underneath the frilly dress; his loss.
"Thank you, Sempai! We can always count on you to save us!" Cheered the leader, hands clasped together as if she were offering prayer to a god, which actually kinda helped Wolf's ego.
"You shouldn't thank me, you should do what any leader should and take stock of what just happened." Glancing down at the unconscious girl below them, a real veteran by the looks of her, Wolf eyed the leader. "So, mind telling me why you were outnumbered 1 to 4 by a familiar when you were supposed to have returned an hour ago?"
It was routine for MGs to meet up at warehouses or penthouses to plan out their Witch Hunts, the local MG Base being one by the docks of Mitikihara. Wolf had ended up in this city - town, as the locals like to remind her - by sheer accident, sleeping on a train that took her here all the way from Yokohama. It's been a rough two months but she doesn't mind her new hole-in-the-wall hideaway here, Mitikihara was pretty alright with her.
She could do without all the MGs though...
"We're sorry superior, we had taken down the witch that was impersonating another MG born and raise here, but we were ambushed by that Familiar." Ugh, superior. Makes her shrivel up and die on the inside, her minimum-wage days not kind to her as a green MG. "When the barrier vanished, we were assaulted by a loud orchestra of noise. The next thing we know, Hideki-chan is impaled and out for the count. That's when you showed up..."
Anything else that Blue would've said Mitsuko, her name was Yoshimura Mitsuko was lost to the all as her Soul Gem, located just under her collar bone exploded into shards of glass, the ringing of a flintlock rifle left in the air. That Familiar was standing again, hunched over with a gloved hand on its face where Wolf's railgun hit and held an empty musket in the other hand.
"Mitsuko!" Red cried out, tears pouring down her face as she cradled the dead body of her partner, her lover her friend. Retaliating, either out of fear or anger, Purple Shima, Shima-san, no name given or learned leaped at the Familiar with a kick, twin short swords ready to be swung with freezing frost.
The Familiar let out a low chuckle, still facing the ground as it tossed aside the musket. Replacing it was a cutlass with a crossguard covered in music notes, the blade engraved with runes. The Familiar sprinted forward to meet the boy halfway, pulling back its sword for an impaling thrust. They crossed attacks, the boy sporting a new nub instead of a leg, the monster spinning mid-strike and launching the blade from its hilt. The blade soared through the air and caught aflame, striking the boy's other leg.
The laughing grew, a melody playing out from somewhere on the construction site with rock playing during the two MGs falls, punctuated by a choir during Blue's death. A grunt came from behind Wolf and she saw Goldie Takei Yasuko, the pacifist of their group pulled herself onto her elbows and stared on at the battle.
"Shinju-kun!" Raising a palm, light gathered in her hand. Before long shining rays of golden light launched out and struck the Familiar. Unperturbed by the light show, it crept towards the boy, seemingly savoring the moments of utter and sheer panic exuded from the kid; as he tried to pry the fiery blade out of his other leg, Purple looked desperately at Gold's eyes, something said between the two without any words.
Deciding to do something right for once in her life, Wolf sprinted into combat and gathered magnetic force into her hands. A pole flung itself into her left hand just as she smacked the Familiar's armored face with her other, the charge in the metal shaking as it tried to escape from the presence of the charged weapon in Wolf's possession.
Swinging the pole into the armored face Wolf let out a nonstop barrage of strikes, disorienting and hopefully stunning the monster just long enough for Red to grab her friends and get out of here. A hearty chuckle escaped from the ringing metal and soon the Pole was snatched out of Wolf's hands.
"Tsk tsk." A webbed finger waggled before her. "That won't work anymore." Before she could react Wolf felt her insides churn as a metal fist entered through her back. From the puddle of melted ice she stood on, a Witch was reflected on the surface, its gauntlet rippling through the water. "You should be careful where you step. Wouldn't want to slip after all."
Wait a second... that voice... no... it couldn't be...
Feeling a weight lift off her shoulders, Wolf felt her body trying to rapidly heal around the metal fist; she was never any good at mastering healing, her magic often did it fast enough for her that she never noticed herself ever get hurt. A constant feeling of dread and relief coursed through her until she felt herself lurching off to the side. She saw the ground rushing up to her before she blacked out.
Minami Hideko was crying. This thing, this creature kept hunting her down. She always saw it out of the corner of her eyes whenever she walked around the mall, out the windows in class, and she swore she saw it once while she was in the bathroom of her own home. This monster just kept following her everywhere, and she didn't know why it did.
But now she knew. It followed her to kill her. Her and her friends.
Unable to let go of her lover's body, Hideko could only watch as her Soul Gem filled with despair, her team all being slain by this laughing monster.
When she heard wet feet approaching her - it must have killed Yasuko and Shin-kun fast - she raised her head to look the Familiar in the mask. She gasped when she saw a green eye glare down at her with undisguised hatred, its hands hoisting her friends up by their necks. She saw her friends give out pitiful whimpers as it crushed their windpipe, tossing their bodies before her. Hideko thought that had been the end but no, the monster threw a spear into her shoulder at lighting speed and pinned her sword arm to the floor.
The monster laughed even louder as the music got louder, it falling into a soft melody before picking up tempo and volume.
"You took her from me... You took an innocent person's life... You made me feel such... indescribable despair..." The Familiar - no the mad laughed, a terrible shrill cackle piercing the silence as it manifest two more swords in his hands. "You turned me into this, it's only right I return the favor, Minami-san."
With that he sliced Shun-kun into two between the eyes, shattering his Soul Gem kept in his navel. Aiming his other blade, the Familiar pierced Yasuko's hand, destroying the Soul Gem embedded within the back of her hand. After that he kept stabbing her friend's corpses, laughing giddily as his movements become sloppier and faster.
Resigning herself to her fate, Hideko came up with her next and final plan as leader of the New Holy Quintet. Palming her Soul Gem underneath herself, Hideko charged up a single, city rending Zantetsuken Ztrike into her blade. When she heard the footsteps get closer to her she steeled herself. With her final move, she'd wipe out the demon that killed her team. Her katana formed in her off-hand, poised to strike and-
She stopped herself as she saw the face that looked down at her. Those emerald eyes filled with hate, the curly purple hair that was tied back into a tail, and the fangs that protruded out of his snarling smile.
"A-Anthony-kun...?! AUGH!"
She felt her arms be sliced off from her body, left writhing on the ground in pain as two spears pinned her legs.
"This is for my mother, Oktavia von Seckendorff. Or, as you disgusting humans only knew her as, Miki Sayaka." Grabbing her own blade off the ground, Hideko only stared at a loss for words as she felt her katana - Sakura Storm - pierce her heart and narrowly miss her gem.
"W-wait, where are y-ou going!?" She saw the boy, the child she once knew, walk away from her, leaving her to turn into a Witch as her Soul Gem darkened trying to heal her. "You can't l-leave me here! You can't!"
"Oh but I can Minami-san, and I shall. You see, after you and those wretched whores decided to take my mother's life, you didn't grant her any mercy. You just entered our home and attacked us all, without prejudice might I add." His voice was calm and quiet, just like it was so long ago.
"We wanted to live our lives in peace, with the happy ending we earned for ourselves. But you didn't let that happen. You got cozy with us all, got to know us all, in a ploy to kill my mother and my sister.
"Now I'm going to do as you had done to us. Infiltrate my enemies' homes, and their lives, and kill them all. Without any mercy just like you five lacked.
You were the third, as I'm no doubt sure you've heard about the other two disappearances, hmm~?"
"An-Anthony, no, please, come back! I'm sorry! I never wanted to do it! They said if we didn't they'd...
... please... come back... I don't want to turn...
I don't... wanna die... alone... hic...
Mitsuko. . . Sempai. . . Everyone . . . I'm. . . sor. . . ry. . ."
Anthony, post bad timeline invasion: this is my villain origin story.
oh, also, i was playing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6ruwD6sWs when I wrote everything past the first girl's death, if you wanna immerse urself in the ficlet.
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#felix answers#domestic witches#anthony...#my boy...#OUGHHHH#BUT YEAH THATS EXACTLY IT#his mothers death leads to his personality doing a 180#and instead of the little sunshine witch boy you have... one very angry and aggressive witch#also the part of him stabbing the corpses over and over gave me SERIOUS#vibes of sayaka with elsa maria#....like mother like son....#OUGH#io3
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Caught in a Web got my brain going brrrrrr trying to figure out which way you're take us hahahahahaha aaaaaaaaa I'm excited
I'm so glad you're excited! I am too!
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Omg spider man I love spider man so fucking much like he is the best super hero cause they don’t make him sauve or Mr morally superior. He’s just some dude tm and he does whacky stuff a teen-young adult does. He makes puns and punches people in the freakin face and has genuine reactions a guy his age and experience should. I agree that spectacular spider man is one of the best spidey shows but I have to point out that he’s one of the best peters. I could go on but web slinger make brain go brrrrrr
YOURE SO RIGHT FOR THIS yeah spectacular is SO GOOD. best spidey best peter best storyline EVER. im crying forever that it got cancelled
#one thing i also love abt spiderman is hes a TRAGIC CHARCATWR#things always go so bad for him like its hilarious but so sad#one of the only comics i have is. the best example of this#gwen flies out to london after her fathers death cus shes scared of spidey and peter misses her#so he goes to london to visit. but as the plane lands theres like a bomb or whatever#so he has to become spidey and fight the guys off#but this gets on the news. and peter and gwen both see this#gwens like ‘ahhh noo.. i wish petey was here to comfort me’#meanwhile peters thinking ‘nooo shes totally gonna realise im spidey if we both show up in london at the same time’#AND HE FUCKING LEAVES#so good. so awful#farts#asks
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saw multiple people do this so i figured i’d jump on and do it as well!
rating tma entities:
the buried: 6/10. i don’t actually get claustrophobic easily, and personally i love the idea of being buried in a blanket of earth. drowning, not so much though.
the corruption: 1/10. i’m not a huge fan of bugs. except ants. ants are cool. anyways the whole “becoming a nest for a bunch of bugs” is a HUGE no. diseases and decay are also not my thing.
the dark: 9/10. i LOVE the dark. the dark has always been comforting- i don’t think i’d have enough fear for any of the avatars to feed on for me to be worthwhile.
the desolation: 8/10. fire. fire is cool. mhm. not a huge fan of the heat though.
the end: 5/10. i’m just, neutral? i guess? i mean. i’m not really scared of death cause it’s inevitable, but i do love the whole skeleton emo aesthetic thing.
the eye: 3/10. while i love knowing stuff, my social anxiety is WAYYY too bad. if i had the feeling i was being watched all day i think i would simply Break Down
the flesh: 1/10. the body horror is cool, don’t get me wrong, but i want NO part in it.
the hunt: 7/10. the hunt is cool! i run, and definitely understand the adrenaline rush when you’re trying to chase something (in my case, a PR), but i would hate being the hunted. i get enough dreams about being chased, i wouldn’t need that in real life.
the lonely: 6/10. the lonely scares me because it is so close to me. ive definitley been marked by it. that being said, i don’t WANT to be, but i can feel its pull which is scary.
the slaughter: 3/10. i like the music, but war? not for me.
the spiral: 8/10. ooooo funky patterns go brrrrrr. but seriously the spiral is cool. the whole doubting reality thing is terrifying but awesome. the whole going crazy bit isn’t great tbh, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
the stranger: 0/10. OKAY THE STRANGER TERRIFIES ME. i HATE uncanny valley stuff. i HATE things that Aren’t Human but still move. i DESPISE clowns. mannequins FREAK me out. (part of it may be my phobia of masks and mascots and stuff like that.) (scratch that. most if not all of it is probably due to that)
the vast: 10/10. THE VAST MY BELOVED <3333 as an autistic with a special interest in space, what more could i ask for?? i LOVE the vastness of space and the universe, and even the vastness of things inward. think about how big we are compared to insects, then cells, then atoms, then quarks. that feels like part of the vasts domain. not a huge fan of the ocean but i’m willing to deal with it if it means i can think about the vastness of space for my entire life.
the web: 1/10. i like the aesthetic, but the whole being manipulated thing is not my cup of tea.
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"you're the reason i'm still here" for recurrence!au? cancer is making my brain go brrrrrr too
Still Here | Recurrence
Cancer!AU; it’s never easy but love can ease the burden just a bit
Prompt: you’re the reason I’m still here
Word count: 1824
CW: cancer, medical talk, death mention
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Chemo is always made out to be yet another evil in the web of pain that is cancer. Ava supposed that made sense, since being pumped full of chemicals designed to rip apart every cell wasn’t exactly comfortable. Still, it beat a lot of the other aspects of being a cancer patient. She could take the nausea and the hair loss, as much as it still shocked her after all this time. She could handle the chemo because she knew it was her best shot, even though her body had never really been the same after her treatments decades before.
Chemo was better than coughing up blood and passing out in the scrub room. That had been a mortifying experience, when she had tried to go back to work a couple days after her rediagnosis. She had an oncologist appointment scheduled that day and there was no way in hell Ava was about to sit around and mope any longer. She still had patients and surgeries to attend to; being a cancer patient could wait a few hours.
She regretted that decision when she had an episode after a 5 hour surgery, barely missing the edge of the sink on her way down. A head injury would have been the cherry on top of that horrible day, though the CT and endoscopy that followed her accident was almost as bad. Somehow it made it worse that Connor didn’t tease her about it, instead he had been hovering by her side throughout all of the tests and making sure she was alright. Maybe it was a little sweet that he clearly cared, yet Ava kind of hated it all the same. Connor acting like this meant he was treating her differently, usually he didn’t hesitate to bully her and expect a snide remark in return. That was the part of cancer that was more unbearable than any chemical soup infusion or oncologic emergency; the knowledge that everyone saw her as broken.
So even though it burned as it trickled into her veins and left a strangely metallic taste in Ava’s mouth, the chemo was the least painful thing that had happened that week. She was settled in one of the purple chairs, a fuzzy blanket with South African flag motifs tucked around her legs. The infusion room was always a bit on the cold side, no matter what hospital it was in, and so she came prepared. It was a fleeting comfort, the soft fabric not helping much as she felt a chill that settled into her bones. Nothing could quell that, no amount of comfy items or get well soon messages; it was just how one felt when they were on death’s door for the billionth time in their life.
Ava wasn���t the only one in the room but it was still silent, save for the mechanical buzz of the IV equipment doing its job. She didn’t know any of the other patients, save for one man with an inoperable cardiac tumour she remembered consulting on. That was a bit awkward, though she wasn’t quite sure if the old man even recognized her. She barely recognized herself that day, makeupless and her hair partially hidden under a silk scarf her sister had given her years before. Her hair was still intact, she was just preparing herself for the inevitable. Maybe she would cut it super short or dye it before it all fell out; that could be fun.
It was times like this where Ava didn’t feel like a person, let alone a surgeon. Maybe that was better in that situation anyway, the last thing she wanted was any patient to think she wasn’t giving her 110% in all of their surgeries. She had never let cancer stop her in the past so she sure as hell wouldn’t let it now.
She had been trying to read a book that Sam had recommended, a cozy novel about a surgeon’s life that actually turned out to be pretty accurate. Ava had given up on that pretty quickly though, chemo brain ruining any chance of her understanding the plot. It was only her second infusion out of the 14 cycles her oncologist planned with her, which was a tad frustrating. If she was already having trouble quelling the chemotherapy side effects, Ava worried she might not be able to work through her treatments. That was the worst case scenario, though, and she was already stubbornly refusing to take any extra time off.
Slumping back in the chair, Ava’s head hit the headrest a bit too hard. She stifled a groan, the action not having helped her pounding headache. The sounds of the room were starting to become too much, probably due to the stress already on her body and mind.
“Want some company?”
Ava lifted her head at the question, smiling weakly, “Hey, don’t you have rounds?”
“I’m taking a break to do a private consult,” Sarah answered as she tugged one of the rolling chairs over, “Perhaps my favourite cancer patient, I need to check on her mental status of course.”
“Sarah…” While her girlfriend’s playful smile made Ava feel a bit giddy, she could see there was true worry in her words. The psych resident was prone to worrying, especially when her girlfriend was actively in a chemo cycle. She had done far too much journal reading, Ava would tell her countless times, the mental effects of cancer care were nothing in comparison to her physical pain.
“It’s my job to worry,” the slight tremor of her hand prompted Sarah to take it in both of hers, “Especially since you insist upon working through treatments.”
“I’m not going to let my rare recurrence of cancer endanger my patients’ lives.”
Sarah’s incredulous look almost made her laugh, “That’s single handedly the stupidest and most selfless thing you’ve said.”
“I’m nothing without surgery, Sarah.”
“Ava, don’t be like that. You need to take care of yourself, with or without your job. You can’t help your patients if you’re dead.”
Shaking her head, Ava shifted a bit in her seat, “Does pumping my body full of cytotoxic drugs really count as taking care of myself?”
“If it’ll shrink the tumours? Yes, actually.”
“Babe, I’m doing the chemo,” she reminded Sarah by gesturing to the bright red liquid slowly dripping through her IV, “Full of Doxorubicin. They’re doing a VDC/IE cycle, fourteen weeks of this will either kill the cancer or me in the process.”
“Don’t…”
“Sarah, I’m just teasing. I’ll be fine, this is going to shrink the mets enough for Connor to remove them, okay?”
“Well you need to be cooperative then,” she reminded her girlfriend sternly, “No complaints, if your oncologist wants you to take time off work you will.”
“That’s unfair. They’re already talking about putting a port in, the last thing I want is to have a tube in my subclavian again. Are you going to make me stay home and be a vegetable in bed too?”
The way Sarah sighed made Ava realize she was pushing the boundaries a bit too far. She had long since gotten used to the pain and uncertainty that came along with cancer, so Ava had no qualms about joking around or acting like it wasn’t all that bad. It was bad, of course, but she had spent far too long moping about her health history and this time she wouldn’t let it set her backwards.
Sarah, however, was unsure about the whole thing. This wasn’t like when she was seven and her great grandmother she didn’t remember well died because of stomach cancer. This was a person she knew and loved so much, they were both adults and she only ever saw a future with Ava, so it was more than terrifying. She knew Ava was used to this but she also wanted everything to go 100% right, Sarah feared that her girlfriend’s work-oriented views would impact how successful her treatments were. Besides, once the chemo side effects hit Ava would be begging for a few days off if she wasn’t already bedriddden; they both knew that.
“I’m sorry,” Ava did her best to hide the flinch that was triggered by a tugging on her IV, the cannula moving uncomfortably in her arm. She had reached for Sarah but her girlfriend had scooted just far enough away, looking at her with a worried expression. She had a right to be upset, of course, but Ava didn’t want to make things any harder on them for the long term.
“Seriously, love,” she continued with a tiny pout playing on her lips, “I will behave.”
“Promise?”
“Mhm, just for you.”
“You’re a pest,” Sarah’s reply was lighthearted despite her words, and she didn’t protest when Ava’s free hand hooked into the arm of her chair, tugging her closer again. She knew this was just the way her girlfriend coped and really it made sense. After so long all she ever wanted to do was do surgery and then spend her off time with her love, so Sarah was aware how much this changed things for them both.
“You’re the reason I’m still here, Sarah Reese,” Ava admitted quietly, her gaze trained on the way her hands fiddled with the edge of Ava’s blanket. She was quick to stop the worrying of the fabric, lacing Sarah’s fingers with her own instead.
“Don’t get all mushy and existential on me, Ava Bekker,” she retorted, “It’s far too early on for that.”
“Hey, you’re my rock; not just in the cancer stuff but also in general. I don’t think I’d be here, in Chicago or anywhere for that matter, if I hadn’t met you.”
“It would be very unprofessional of me to kiss you right now,” Sarah’s cheeks were a little pink, staring at her girlfriend with a bittersweet mixture of love and pain. Ava just laughed in an attempt to lighten the mood, pressing a kiss to the back of Sarah’s hand as a compromise.
“Go catch up with Doctor Charles for rounds, Darling,” she said softly, “I’ll see you later.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I have another hour or so of this,” she gestured to the IV pole holding her hostage in the harshly lit room, “And you have work. I’ll catch up with you once I’ve changed, I don’t have a surgery scheduled until four pm.”
“Okay… Ava don’t push yourself. Call me if you feel even a little unwell, okay? I mean it.”
“I will, Sarah.”
“You better,” she stood from the chair, accidentally sending it sliding backwards a bit with the momentum, “I love you.”
“And I you,” Ava smiled because even if Sarah’s presence didn’t take her pain away she certainly made it a bit more bearable. She gave her hand one gentle squeeze and let go, “I love you, Sarah.”
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So if you had to entity (TMA) assign the scp doctors who would get what entity and why?
aaaahhhhh this is such a good question!! and honestly...not that easy to answer. but i'll try!
(massive spoilers for the magnus archives, esp season 3 onwards!)
bright: the Spiral. after all, what else would he have to fear? he is, essentially, an immortal. his sense of identity and sense of self slowly slipping, his view of reality gradually becoming more and more distorted as he distances himself from that which made him human, and the man known as jack bright shatters into a million tiny pieces. not knowing who or what he is anymore, losing what makes him, well, him, is what i feel bright would resonate the most w
kondraki: i'm torn between the Lonely and the Slaughter. the Lonely because of certain tales where he's depicted as so distant and all in all, unable to connect w other people, and ultimately unwilling. the Slaughter because...everything else. i personally lean more towards the Slaughter for him because hehe feral scientist fucking everyone's shit up go brrrrrr (also, anger issues)
clef: hmmmm. the Web, perhaps? clef is one hell of a liar and a manipulator. besides, seeing as the people of the web have a spider motif going for them, and the most popular (canon) picture of clef features him w the head of a spider, i can't help but feel it fits
iceberg: …i'm at a loss. the End? no, maybe not. the Desolation? he does have a thing for explosives and destruction, although i'm not sure if it's like...integral to his character (can you even have an avatar of the Desolation who's cold instead of like, hot/made out of wax?? it surely would be an...interesting concept. since other entities like say, the Buried, do manifest in many different forms)
gears: this one is decidedly the trickiest. how do you go about defining a character based off what their deepest fear/a defining part of theirs is, when one of the character's main schticks is that they, seemingly, feel no fear at all? (or any emotion, for that matter) for that reason alone, the End. people who have been touched by it seem to have that very apathetic/detached feel to them (well, georgie at least), so it would at least explain how absolutely nothing phases him
cimmerian: the Eye. ngl, since i'm not that familiar w the character (never seen the yt vids, tho i probably should) so i can't really say for sure, but he has that Vibe y'know. what w the bill cypher get up and the scars. it's easy for me to picture him spying on all the events going down at the foundation and simply jotting them down on a computer or notebook somewhere-most likely a notebook. technology and the Eye don't seem to get along
rights: ohoho i'm gonna go completely on a limb here and say: the Hunt. it's just very easy for me to picture her as...feral. no real idea why. i'm sure there's a Fear better suited for her but i like this one personally
glass: no disrespect to my boi simon, but he has way less avatar/servant vibes and way more "i gave a terrified statement and went missing two days later" vibe. but if i really had to try and guess: the Eye. after all, his job relies on trying to get information out of people, in a sense, and he probably has...a decent chunk of intel others working at the foundation might not have (even if it's possibly not anything particularly important or noteworthy). also, i ADORE the notion of simon, the most harmless, generally well-meaning of the docs, turning into something horrifying in his own right who you don't want to fuck w. but not in a heel-face turn sort of way; him gradually Knowing things about the others and letting it slip during sessions, and giving the other docs a terrifying moment of whiplash "how the FUCK did you know that???"
gerald: the Desolation. not because he's particularly destructive by nature, he's just so fucking disaster prone he somehow lands himself into a situation where he makes a deal w the entity by accident and oop, will you look at that, all of site-19 just burned down
#long post#tysm for the question anon!! i adored getting to combine my hyperfixations hehe#altho i have thought of a tma/scp crossover for a while#i think i coevered most of them#anywho#malia mumblings#tma#scp#scp foundation#scp hc#the magnus archives#tma spoilers#dr bright#dr glass#dr gears#dr kondraki#dr gerald#dr clef#dr rights#i might put this under a cut lmao
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content: weighted blankets, post iw-fix-it, talk of therapy but in an okay way
- peter's the only one that likes traditional therapy. sit down for 50 minutes and talk to the same person once a week every week type shit - he's so into it. because peter's so good at bouncing ideas off people that can click with him on a brainwave level
- and even though he’s more into biochem than he is psych, he can still rattle off dsm5 diagnoses and criteria better than the average trauma therapy patient. he likes seeing his therapist, even if she doesn’t have compound clearance yet (she’s technically not even licensed to practice in the state of new york, just california and washington, but tony pulled some strings for his favorite young adult. she’s the highest rated and regarded clinical psych social worker on the west coast and peter took to her so well... what was he gonna do, say no?)
- but peter’s been so active in his mental health journey - he’s been facetiming at least one friend every single day, getting a few hours of outside time every week, making sure to eat at least a couple of meals every day and getting to sleep at a ,, semi decent time.
- but his anxiety is still off the charts a year into grief and trauma therapy - he’s doing everything right but he’s still restless at night, still jumpy during the day, still can’t do serious missions because he’s too reactive
- and he feels like no one in the compound gets it. none of them want to talk about his appointments with him. no one was willing to look into therapy for themselves, so talking about their feelings is like talking to a bunch of brick walls.
- none of his normal/human friends get it either. sure, some of them are in therapy. but for, like, normal human reasons. how the hell are they gonna be able to relate to fighting an alien in outer space
- they aren’t
- so he decides to look into weighted blankets
- he honestly thought they were bullshit, for a long time. how can a blanket full of beads make him less flighty?? less lonely?? less likely to punch the nearest unidentified footsteps in the face without warning/cause?
- but he caves, and decides to buy one anyway. he finds a nice one online - 30 lbs, the heaviest he can find - and purchases it.
- it arrives at the compound a few days later, and peter’s actually a bit more excited for it than he initially thought
- he pulls it out and tries it out that night and oh,,, ,my god it’s the best sleep he’s gotten in fucking months dude
- he wasn’t even intending to but peter ends up napping for five hours after crawling underneath the grey blanket, brain completely shutting off. even his spider is calmed down, not getting overwhelmed by the smelltexturepressure presence of the new, unfamiliar fabric
- usually he’d have to get used to something like this. the blanket hasn’t been his long enough to be ,, fully comfortable around it. it’s foreign it’s new it’s not something he’s used to but it’s still the only thing in the world that can get peter parker to have a completely nightmare-free 8 hours of sleep
- so his spider shuts its god damn mouth, and peter is ,, so much better.
- it only took a week for his headaches to get better, his nausea to completely go away. his hands don’t shake anymore and he can talk without feeling his blood turn cold. it’s new and it’s exciting and it’s so nice to finally be able to do things anxiety free
- so peter starts bringing his blanket EVERYWHERE - i’m talking to breakfast, to meetings, to team debriefs, to the lab, to his telehealth sessions
- the team is starting to notice his new shadow and they’re ,, obviously a bit confused because the kid is 20 for fucks sake why does he need a security blanket but he excitedly explains the science and physiology behind it to thor one day during dinner when the god very blatantly questions him (totally without malice though, he’s just a big dumb god who wants to know if the blanket is a friend like the Strange man’s cape or if it’s somehow different)
- and they all seem to get it - they might not be in traditional therapy but it kinda clicks for them after listening to peter explain it in thousand year old asgardian terms
- peter kinda forgets about the conversation until he smells another new blanket as he’s coming into the common room one day
- when he rounds the corner he sees sam, curled up on one of the couches, covered in a blanket just like his but a much darker grey, snoring softly and completely unaware of just how loud the movie in front of him is (argo, for some reason. why the fuck would you watch a show about exfiltration and prisoners of war, sam, that’s literally so triggering)
- the next person to get one is thor, but he’s not really a fan. says he “cant find one that is truly heavy enough” and “are you really sure they make them for men as superior and strong as i, young spider?” which is really fucking funny because peter can literally lift 11 million tons and could probably throw thor halfway across the planet before the blonde could say “what”
- and peter kinda laughs and agrees, like “yeah dude, mine’s way too scratchy but it gets the job done”
- and they voice their complaints loudly enough that tony can hear. and, of course, being simultaneously the best friend and the perfect housewife, he makes a call to wakanda to see if he can’t get some vibranium to them within the next couple of days
- he and bruce and peter spend the next, like, week in the compound labs figuring a way to design enhanced-friendly weighted blankets. it took a bit longer than expected - tony wanted them to be soft enough for peter’s sensitive skin, resilient enough to handle hulk’s temper tantrums or thor’s lightning blasts, and dense enough that anyone enhanced could actually reap the cocooning weight benefits
- but they eventually found a design that worked ! really well actually, and peter was so excited he ditched his old blanket immediately
- and soon, everyone was carrying around their own custom stark weighted blanket - nat and peter’s with matching spider and web designs, cap’s with the shield, tony’s covered in blue triangles (like the core he made in IM2)
- if they all kinda agree that the kid might have been right about this one, no one says it out loud. but it was understood, and very apparent
- especially when they started having family movie nights in the common area, and they all brought their blankets. to show peter he wasn’t alone, to show him that he was right, and maybe to show him that yeah, he’s making them better
- especially when, one right after the other, they all start going to therapy. some in person, some with telehealth, some... offworld... but they all start going
- and especially when, eventually, they stop needing the blankets altogether
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Grand Rounds: Creating Your Own Money Printer To Go BRRRRRR
Grand Rounds: Creating Your Own Money Printer To Go BRRRRRR
Welcome to this session of grand rounds, a collection of posts I have discovered in the blogosphere and have found of interest and hope you do too.
This offering of Grand Rounds looks at articles from around the web that deal with passive income generation.
When we work 9 to 5 at our job, we are rewarded with money.
Money is therefore a symbol of our time.
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How do I get into woodworking without losing a finger?
Stuck inside the house? Here’s how you, yes you, can get into woodworking.
Chances are you’re stuck at home right now, and you could use a new hobby. Maybe you’re trying to learn a new language. Maybe you’re getting into new kinds of personal fitness. Maybe you’re finally clearing out that backlog of unfinished video games.
Or maybe you’re like me and have small children at home, so you’re ignoring all of that stuff to watch Frozen II again.
But even kids eventually go to sleep (usually), and you can only watch Tiger King so many times. If you need something else to occupy your brain during quarantine, I’d like to suggest one of my favorite pastimes. Now is actually a great time to pick up woodworking!
Wait, why would anybody want to start woodworking? Why on Earth is that fun?
If you’d like to become more handy in general, woodworking is a great way to gain the basic skills and confidence needed to tackle all sorts of repair jobs. If you can teach yourself how to build a small bookshelf or table without cutting off your arms, you’ll be a lot more confident in your ability to tackle another project. Now you have an excuse to learn how to use the tools gathering dust in your garage!
Another fun side effect of getting into this stuff? You’ll be able to say stuff like “rip cuts” and “cross cuts” and “joinery,” asserting your dominance over other neighborhood dads. Sure, they may have nicer cars, and their kids are apparently all on the honor roll at St. Expensive’s Academy, but do they know how to rip some plywood and cross cut some hardwood? Huh, DARRYL?
For me, learning to build stuff also engaged a new part of my brain. If you’re like me, and you write or do spreadsheets or push paper for a living, there’s a good chance that nothing you create will last more than a few weeks. But that side table I built for my office — even with its dings, weird grain patterns and a screw that I couldn’t hide completely — will last for decades. I can step out of my garage after a few hours, covered in sawdust, and create something. For me, that’s immensely satisfying.
Plus, power tools are loud and fun!
Yeah, but I watched an episode of This Old House once and that guy has a gazillion tools. Don’t I need to spend thousands of dollars to actually make anything useful?
Listen, I love Bob Vila too. But you don’t need to own every single tool in order to have fun woodworking or to build interesting stuff. You really only need a few tools to get started, and you might even have some of them already.
As far as power tools go, for the absolute beginner, here’s what I’d recommend:
A power drill *and* an impact driver. Even apartment dwellers would probably benefit from a drill, which makes basic tasks like hanging pictures or assembling furniture much easier. You CAN get by with just a drill, but I really recommend springing for a separate impact driver and using the drill just for making holes. That way, you don’t have to fuss with changing bits as often (which means you’ll be less likely to lose them). And the extra power from the impact driver can make driving screws cleanly and quickly a little easier.
You can find a brand new set for around $100 bucks at most hardware stores, but you can find them used for much cheaper.
power drill go brrrrrr
A circular saw. This is about the cheapest saw you can get that will break down just about any kind of board. Nothing else breaks down large sheet goods, like plywood, as easily, making circular saws handy for household DIY-type projects. And if you don’t need boards to be exact, a circular saw is still very effective at making crosscuts (cutting boards vertically), though it can be cumbersome if you’re trying to “rip” boards (cutting them horizontally to make them more narrow) or do any sort of precise cut. I’ve built garden beds and rough shop furniture using nothing but my circular saw, but more often I use it for household projects.
You can find a circular saw new for $40, and for under $20 used.
A miter saw. Miter saws are used for cross cuts, or cutting boards vertically. They’re super easy to use, very safe, fairly precise and a great first tool for anybody new to woodworking. All you have to do is pull the saw down to the board where you want to make a cut, and a second or two later: boom, you have two boards and some sawdust. You can do some fancy joint work with these if you’re really patient, but even at a basic level, this may be the only saw you need to build your first workbench and other projects that rely on using dimensional lumber from a big box store.
You can get new miter saws for under $100, but I’d personally recommend you spring for at least a 10’’ blade, and those usually go for around $130 new.
A note about table saws: Most woodworking enthusiasts will tell you that the most important tool in the shop is the table saw, and that’s true. It is by far the best tool for making horizontal cuts, and just about any kind of joint that doesn’t involve a screw. But it’s also a more intimidating tool, and a little more expensive. If you play with the other tools and decide you really want to get into woodworking, a table saw is a must-purchase, but I don’t think it’s required for a newbie. My advice is the same for other useful tools, like routers, jigsaws, belt sanders, planers, jointers and more.
There are a few other things you’ll probably need that aren’t power tools, like wood glue, screws, clamps and sandpaper, but none of that is expensive or takes up much space. And it’s all stuff you might want to just own, anyway.
But I don’t have a garage, or space to store all these tools. Can I still build stuff with wood?
If you have electricity and a yard or common space, all of the tools I mentioned are very light and can be easily used outside (although you should probably double check with your landlord). You can also build all sorts of things with hand tools instead of power tools. Hand saws, chisels and planers can do a lot of the same stuff as electrical saws, and usually at an even more precise level. They just require more time and patience.
Personally, I think hand tools are more dangerous than power tools. I’ve never been injured in any way from any of my power tools, but I do have a big ‘ol scar on my left thumb from when a chisel skipped over a knot in a spoon I was making and plunged directly into my finger.
If your workpiece is properly secured, and you’re paying attention, you’ll probably be fine. But power tools make a lot of noise and force every cell in your body to give them proper respect. It’s a little easier to get lulled into a false sense of security with hand tools.
Personally, I use power tools for most of what I build, but I’m also a dumb caveman sports blogger. If you want to channel your inner Ron Swanson and learn to cut dovetails, live your best life. Your furniture will probably look better than mine.
I’m stuck in my house, how am I actually supposed to learn how to use any of this?
Youtube University is your friend. Just about every power tool has videos explaining how to unbox, assemble and safely operate it, and DIY Youtube is full of helpful explainers. When I was first getting started, I really enjoyed the Woodworking For Mere Mortals channel, but there are loads of other good ones, like Wood Work Web and This Old House. Even stuff directly from your tool manufacturer can be great. A quick search for “how to build X” is often really instructive.
Figure out what you’d like to build, find some plans online (there are loads of free ones), and give a basic project a shot! You’ll be surprised by what you can create.
Here’s some stuff I’ve built!
The coffee table and the two bookshelves were things I made. The plants and all the books? I didn’t make those.
Am I ready to quit the internet factory and pivot to carpentry? Absolutely not! Everything I make has tons of flaws, and I’m still a beginner myself. But is this a fun hobby that forces me to stay off Twitter, think differently and help keep my house properly outfitted? Sure!
And hey, if I have the power tools running, I can’t hear Frozen II again. These days, that’s a pretty big plus.
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Backstage Secrets and techniques About Working At Disney, The “Happiest” Place On Earth
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Backstage Secrets and techniques About Working At Disney, The “Happiest” Place On Earth
Walt Disney World actually is without doubt one of the most magical locations on earth. From the thrilling rides, to the unbelievable character encounters and the scrumptious meals, a visit to Disney is definite to be remembered eternally. However all of the particular reminiscences skilled there are made doable by a whole lot of behind-the-scenes guidelines and work.
Some solid members, after leaving, have shared a few of the secrets and techniques they realized whereas working within the parks. These tidbits of knowledge are positive to shock you, train you one thing new, and make you excited to your subsequent trip all the way down to Orlando, Florida. Preserve studying to study extra!
Whenever you settle for a job at Walt Disney World, you conform to comply with some fairly strict look tips. Disney desires to verify all of their staff are at all times conscious of the foundations, so rumor has it that each one the laws and tips on how one can gown and act are saved in a pocket-sized e book. Apparently, a model of a Disney worker coverage guide seems on-line. It states on one web page that “Workers could not, with out permission from a certified member of administration, disclose information or data of a proprietary or confidential nature in regards to the Firm to anybody not employed by the Firm, or to a different worker who has no want for or proper to know such information or data.”
No phrase on whether or not the knowledge we compiled for this checklist was launched by present staff who have been keen to threat their jobs, or from former staff who have been left feeling disgruntled by the mouse for some cause.
Learn on to see what a few of Disney’s secret guidelines are!
Whenever you’re working at Disney World, you’ll be able to’t have any seen tattoos, your lengthy hair should be neatly pulled again (until it’s a part of a dressing up and even then it’s most likely a wig), and should put on neutral-colored nail polish. As well as, your costume should be stored immaculately clear. In spite of everything, there’s nothing to destroy the phantasm of magic like a tat-covered man with a bunch of black and chipped nail polish and a wrinkled Donald Duck costume.
It’s nice that staff can a minimum of have tattoos in locations that aren’t seen beneath their costumes. Marvel what number of of them sport anti-Mickey artwork on their chests or backs?
On April 1, 2016, a rumor started circulating the web that Disney had truly banned all seen tattoos on friends as properly. That turned out to be an April Idiot’s Day prank, however the park’s official guidelines on-line say that “questionable” tattoos that could possibly be offensive to different friends are, in reality, not allowed.
If you happen to work at Walt Disney World, your job title won’t ever be “Worker.” As an alternative, you’ll be generally known as a “Forged Member.” As a result of every part at Disney is a present, everybody who works there should at all times be in character. It’s simply a part of the magic!
This and different stringent tips are value the additional effort, as Forged Members are rewarded for his or her service with park passes for themselves, their household, and their pals. One on-line report signifies that starting in 2016, Disney staff can earn as much as 9 “One Day Park Hopper Passes” every calendar yr. At about $170 a pop, the perk is nothing to sneeze at. Different advantages to working for the mouse embrace merchandise reductions and entry to a particular place within the park known as “Mickey’s Retreat,” which has a pool, volleyball courts, and loads of area to calm down.
And for a very stunning secret … Apparently, Forged Members at Walt Disney World generally turn out to be romantically concerned, though the apply shouldn’t be really helpful. Actually, Forged Members have an expression about relationship each other: DDD. As in, “Don’t Date Disney.”
It occurs anyway and there are many tales about Peter Pans and Wendys hooking up in provide closets and different unlikely trysts. In style spots to hook up (supposedly) embrace the Haunted Mansion Doom Buggies (creepy), Tom Sawyer’s Island (rustic), and EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth (futuristic). However wait, don’t these staff know that there are cameras all over the place?
One former Disneyland worker who had portrayed Captain Jack Sparrow on the Pirates of the Caribbean trip was let go after a photograph of him kissing his girlfriend surfaced on social media. The issue? Each of them have been in full Disney costume (she performed Ariel). Oops. Finest to learn the worker handbook earlier than entering into this type of hassle.
Any time a visitor wanders into an space of the park that they aren’t purported to see, the solid members check with them as merely “going backstage.” This is smart if you’re in a spot the place EVERYTHING is a part of a theatrical manufacturing!
Right here’s a enjoyable language reality about Disney films. Are you aware which movie has been translated into essentially the most completely different languages? Right here’s a touch: brrrrrr. It’s Frozen! The animated kiddie flick has been translated into 41 languages worldwide. To place that into perspective, The Lion King was solely recorded in 19 languages apart from English when it was first launched in 1994. That’s fairly a posh feat to scout and rent so many proficient voice actors worldwide! Frozen’s language availabilities embrace Castilian, Catalan, Italian, German, Dutch, Bengali, Malay and Vietnamese, and plenty of extra.
You’ll get to study one other fascinating reality about Disney’s language necessities quickly!
OK, possibly “heaps” is an exaggeration, however individuals strip all the way down to their naked bottoms at Disney parks extra typically than you may count on. Youngsters, particularly throughout particular Commencement Evening occasions, are infamous for getting bare. One former worker stated that “if you’ve bought a bunch of current graduates all getting hammered and taking Molly on the Mad Tea Get together, issues are going to get out of hand. One time, a child carrying a neon Snuggie… tore that Snuggie free and began operating flappingly by means of the park. If nothing else, this job has taught me that “be bare at Disneyland” is on a shocking variety of bucket lists.”
The Splash Mountain trip is notorious for flashing… Disney takes a snapshot of individuals as their log flumes plummet down the lengthy drop on the finish of the trip, and friends apparently love to reveal their bits for the images.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is sunken a number of ft into the bottom! Although some might imagine this is because of central Florida’s iconic sinkholes, it’s often because the slight despair creates a greater setting for the animals and friends. Who knew!
There are many different superb information about Animal Kingdom that you just may by no means have heard earlier than. Positioned in Orlando, Florida, the nature-themed park occupies 500 acres and first opened on Earth Day in 1998. No plastic straws, cups, cup lids, or balloons are allowed within the attraction in an effort to maintain all animals protected.
Animal Kingdom, oddly sufficient, is dwelling to the most costly curler coaster ever constructed on the earth, at a price of $100,000,000. Expedition Everest, Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, takes friends on a prepare journey by means of Mount Everest on a hunt for Yeti. The flowery trip took six years to plan and assemble.
Add this one to the “Disney code phrase” catalog. A White Powder Alert is how Forged Members notify each other when a visitor is making an attempt to unfold a cherished one’s stays on the park. You learn that proper – many individuals try to get rid of human ashes proper there at Disney World.
It is smart that one of the vital beloved spots on earth could be a well-liked closing resting place for individuals to decide on. Sadly, the apply of disposing of human cremains with out permission is unlawful. Park cameras catch most of those unauthorized closing rites on digital camera, and at any time when staff they see this occur it’s an enormous disruption to Forged Members and to different friends (because the rides should be quickly shut down and cleaned). In response to park staff, the commonest rides for this to occur on are the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean.
It doesn’t matter what, Disney World solid members can not break character whereas they’re in costume. Even when they turn out to be sick or injured whereas at work! That is to keep away from “breaking the magic” that the visitor really feel whereas they’re within the park.
Talking of getting sick, Disney staff are steadily contracting sicknesses from guests. With a relentless stream of friends from world wide, there are tons of chilly and flu strains passing by means of the theme parks on any given day. Many employees say that their immune programs construct up after being employed at Disney for a number of months.
The Forged Member handbook explicitly states that if an worker calls in sick and reveals up as a customer at any Disney park that very same day, they are going to be mechanically terminated. It is a rule that makes good sense however is seemingly damaged by rookie workforce members on a regular basis. What a silly mistake to make!
Keep tuned for a humorous quip from Forged Members.
One other fascinating tidbit concerning the “Disney language” is that Forged Members aren’t allowed to say the phrase “vomit.” If a visitor has an accident on or throughout a trip, they merely get on the radio and say “Code V,” as to not make any extra friends sick.
Apparently mixing a bunch of junk meals, sugary drinks, and rides just like the Teacups is a recipe for an entire lot of Code V’s. Prior to now, Forged Members referred to puke accidents as “Protein Spills.” We’re undecided which is much less disgusting, truly.
A redditor lately shared this fond and disgusting Disney reminiscence: “I labored in monorails. A couple of yr or so in the past, a visitor bought off at Epcot Station after which advised the solid member at unload that he was going to be sick. The solid member opened up the trash can so he may puke in it simpler. The visitor then proceeded to take off his garments and take an enormous dump within the garbage can.” What code phrase would you employ for this kind of incident?
The commonest query requested of solid members at Walt Disney World is (strive to not chortle) “What time is the three o’clock parade?” Forged members say that, even after quitting, they’re NEVER capable of overlook what time that iconic parade is and its precise route.
One actually stunning Disney story is Forged Member was killed by a float throughout a day parade. This came about in Orlando’s Magic Kingdom park in 2004. The tragedy occurred backstage, close to the Splash Mountain attraction, and no guests noticed it occur. No guidelines appeared to have been damaged, and the incident investigation revealed that the accident was merely a tragic prevalence. The Forged Member was an eight-year veteran of the park.
In 1999, a Magic Kingdom Skyway worker fell to his dying from the trip as he was engaged on it. The Skyway trip was completely shut down later that yr.
Working at Disney World actually does include some nice perks. You get free admission in your time without work, reductions on meals, drinks, films, and merchandise, and low cost playing cards for your loved ones and pals. Half off pricing at Disney resorts worldwide and 40% off for household and pals is one more superb perk of working for Disney. Workers are even eligible for half off weddings held on the park, so long as they e book properly upfront (“years,” based on one web site).
Disney Cruise Line staff get much more candy advantages, reminiscent of reductions, 24-hour health club only for crew members, personal eating space, laundry service, web entry, a particular crew bar and rec room, personal deck and pool, and even a crew-only seashore at Castaway Cay! That is along with the on-ship lodging and meals.
If you happen to ever get a job at Walt Disney World, be certain and take note of the next slide. It’s an vital one!
Till 2001, Disney solid members needed to share underwear. Most of the costumes require particular undergarments, reminiscent of tights, bike shorts, or jock straps, and staff claimed that the objects weren’t at all times clear once they have been issued. One worker named Gary opened as much as the Related Press concerning the situation, saying “I do know I don’t need to share my tights and I don’t need to share my underwear.”
Some solid members allegedly contracted lice or scabies from their skivvies. Disney didn’t touch upon the scenario different to say that they might accommodate their staff’ needs, which they did. Forged members can now take their underwear dwelling and wash it themselves. A preferred dialogue thread on the web site Snopes contains a remark from a present Disney Forged Member: “I’ve labored there for six years, and we’ve by no means needed to share underwear. Now, in case you included ‘undergarments’ to imply the cotton health club shorts and t-shirts, then sure, they’re worn by others. And cleaned earlier than having the ability to be reissued. There’s a definite crispness to the clear shorts and t-shirts that there undoubtedly wouldn’t be in the event that they have been reused.” Phew.
In response to a server who labored at Disney World in Orlando, Florida for a few years, a drunk New Hampshire man bought in a combat together with his spouse in 2004. Whereas arguing, “the person fell off a dock on the Grand Floridian and drowned in Seven Seas Lagoon. They needed to have divers discover his physique.” The 26-year-old man, recognized later as Sean Slattery, disappeared on Wednesday and the physique wasn’t discovered till Friday.
In 2016, a two-year-old toddler from Nebraska was attacked by a gator whereas on trip together with his household on the similar resort. Lane Graves was pulled into the lagoon in entrance of his horrified dad and mom, and his physique found intact the next day.
Disney’s official assertion relating to Graves’ dying: “Everybody right here on the Walt Disney Resort is devastated by this tragic accident. Our ideas are with the household. We’re serving to the household and doing every part we will to help regulation enforcement.”
If you happen to don’t know the reply to a visitor’s query, you had higher discover out! Luckily, Walt Disney World provides its staff with intensive coaching in order that they’re ready to reply practically any query a visitor may need. And if an worker doesn’t know the reply for some cause, they’ll at all times name a supervisor!
If you concentrate on it, “I don’t know” is a reasonably impolite and dismissive response for an leisure trade worker to offer to a buyer anyway. A correct reply is sort of at all times a telephone name or Google search away.
Simply in case you’re a insurgent and need to know how one can say that forbidden Disney phrase (“I don’t know”) in a couple of languages world wide, right here’s a sampling of translations.
Spanish: no lo sé
Arabic: انا لا اعرف
Hungarian: Nem tudom
Italian: Non lo so
Russian: я не знаю
Vietnamese: tôi không biết
Legend has it that Walt Disney himself disliked it when individuals who make hand alerts or gestures utilizing just one finger. So, he required all his solid members to make use of two fingers whereas pointing, or, extra merely, information friends utilizing an open palm.
Whoops! HiddenMickeys author Chris Callac discovered an exception to this pointing rule. “Effectively, in case you’ve ever been in American Journey’s washrooms you realize this isn’t totally true. There are three or four indicators with a hand pointing (with one finger) to the washrooms.”
However actor Tom Hanks, who performed Disney within the movie Saving Mr. Banks, says that the idea for this rule truly arose from Walt’s smoking habits. In most images depicting the person pointing at issues, he’s truly holding a cigarette – therefore the 2 fingers he at all times used. Since smoking is not socially acceptable, Disney has airbrushed the cigarettes out of Walt’s palms in outdated images.
For security causes, Disney solid members by no means check with lacking kids as “misplaced kids.” As an alternative, they’re known as “misplaced adults” and known as that on the radio system. That is to forestall any opportunistic kidnappings from happening whereas the kid is positioned!
Disney parks have been lately awarded a patent for a tool that may observe guests by videoing their footwear. That is each an effort to search out out friends’ habits (which rides sure individuals are likely to gravitate to, and many others) however may assist thwart kidnappings. The idea right here is that many instances when a toddler is nabbed, their abductor will rapidly change the child’s shirt or garments and even give a fast haircut to keep away from them being acknowledged, however will not often change kids out of the footwear that they arrived to the park carrying.
Though many are creeped out by Disney’s makes an attempt to extend surveillance, if the brand new expertise prevents only one kidnapping it may be value it!
Throughout Walt Disney World, there are numerous hidden Mickey Mouse heads. Friends prefer to spend their time within the park trying to find these secret symbols and conserving observe of the place they discover them! It’s simply one other factor that makes Disney so particular to go to.
A number of web sites are devoted to finding and reporting these enjoyable symbols. In response to a HiddenMickey SquareSpace web page, there are 50 symbols hidden in Disneyland’s ToonTown space alone. Spoiler alert, here’s a roster of Hidden Mickeys in Frontierland:
Golden Horseshoe stage vent; Massive Thunder Mountain Railroad; S.S. Mark Twain between the smokestacks; S.S. Mark Twain River Excursions signal; Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island cave entrance; Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island on chimney; Rivers of America; Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante; Massive Thunder Ranch Petting Zoo knot gap; Massive Thunder Ranch Home reigns & bridles; Massive Thunder Ranch Home horseshoe pile; Taking pictures Exposition; Pioneer Mercantile; and Critter Nation.
Whew, that’s a whole lot of Hidden Mickeys!
Disney Forged Members are welcome to make use of social media as a lot as they need… once they’re off the clock and so long as they don’t focus on something about Disney. Social media and private electronics are strictly banned whereas at work, and Forged Members can NEVER focus on their jobs on social media. EVER!
Guidelines about sharing Disney data on social media are so strict that Forged Members will not be even allowed to speak about which character they painting! In a single highly-publicized 2016 case, a Disney staffer was fired for posting a photograph of an indication advising different staff how one can reply when requested about alligators by friends. The signal learn ““If a visitor asks if we now have gators within the water round Tom Sawyer’s island (or some other our bodies of water), the proper and applicable response is, ‘Not that we all know of, but when we see one, we’ll name Pest Administration to have it eliminated.’ …Please don’t make jokes with our friends about this.” No surprise the Forged Member was booted for sharing such delicate data.
One other electronics-based reality is arising shortly!
In response to one former server, lifeguards and safety employees within the park are instructed to maintain a watch out for pedophiles who could also be hanging across the water park simply to scope out the younger youngsters. Gross.
Sadly, most individuals who prey on kids hold that reality a secret, and a few of them even acquire employment at Disney and at different locations stuffed with youngsters. A 2014 CNN investigation, in addition to a number of current sting investigations, revealed this ugly fact.
“We’ve got intensive measures in place, together with pre-employment and ongoing felony background checks and laptop monitoring and firewalls. The numbers reported by CNN symbolize one one-hundredth of 1 p.c of the 300,000 individuals we now have employed throughout this time interval. We proceed to work carefully with regulation enforcement and organizations just like the Nationwide Heart for Lacking and Exploited Kids [NCMEC] as we consistently strengthen our efforts,” Disney responded in an official assertion.
The director of the NCMEC agreed that screening predators who haven’t any felony backgrounds may be extraordinarily difficult.
Each solid member at Disney is liable for selecting up trash and putting it in one of many many trash cans (they’re positioned each 25 ft)! However, they aren’t allowed to easily cease and lean over to gather the rubbish. It must be picked up in a single swift and swish motion. Forged members say this takes some time to grasp!
As soon as realized, nonetheless, Disney’s explicit approach of doing issues may be onerous to overlook. One former worker returned to Disney World as a visitor years later and had this to say about her journey again. “Later, at Small World, I smiled silently at an older girl whose buddy was fumbling with a digital camera whereas making an attempt to take a gaggle image. The girl requested her buddy at hand me the digital camera, and I took the image, with everybody included. A few misplaced friends stopped to ask me questions. I picked up a chunk of trash from the road.”
If you happen to’re caught taking footage in your costume, you can be fired instantly. Apparently, Disney executives are actually strict about this rule! In the event that they discover out about any selfies you took backstage, you’ll be able to count on to kiss the Magic Kingdom goodbye for good! Hey, sustaining their picture is difficult sufficient with out disgruntled staff posting unapproved (and even inappropriate footage) of “backstage” actions.
Friends, nonetheless, take their Disney images actually severely. This story from a former (1997) Forged Member is fairly stunning. “A household attacked a Pluto – pushed her into the fountain. I didn’t truly see the assault, however simply bought to cope with the aftermath backstage. Later Pluto advised me the household was mad that she needed to take her break after that they had waited to get an image. I believe Pluto both broke her arm or her leg – I can’t keep in mind. The household was arrested.
Have you ever ever questioned why sure elements of Disney World have particular smells? Effectively, surprise no additional! Particular machines known as “Smellitizers” distribute nice scents all through the park to masks the gross kinds of smells that may happen in crowded areas, reminiscent of rubbish or lavatory odors. The patented Smellitizers are positioned within the underground system of tunnels and pipe their pleasing fragrances up into key areas of the park. Generally used scents embrace freshly baked cookies, salty sea air, oranges, vanilla, popcorn, and burning wooden. There are extra seasonal smells, too, reminiscent of peppermint, sweet corn, caramel, gingerbread.
Now, an unrelated store known as Anthology Candles sells merchandise that it claims mimic the scent of a few of your favourite Disney points of interest: Animal Kingdom, Foremost Road Bakery, and Belle’s Library are simply three varieties supplied by the specialty retailer.
Would you need your house to scent just like the Animal Kingdom?
When a visitor leaves an merchandise behind at Walt Disney World, it’s saved for a specified size of time. After that, although, any solid member who desires it has the chance to purchase it in a particular retailer. All of the income are donated to charity, proving that Disney actually does make magic with every part they do.
Workers make each effort to reunite objects with their homeowners earlier than promoting them. One grateful visitor whose daughter misplaced an engraved pocket mirror wrote, “We inquired concerning the mirror after work the next day since Misplaced and Discovered is definitely open till 7 PM. The particular person on the road was very useful and knew concerning the merchandise we have been lacking. The mirror was fastidiously wrapped, packed and positioned within the mail, freed from cost, to be delivered to our home.” She went on to say that her daughter grew to become a fair larger Disney fan due to this particular therapy.
Autographs are an enormous deal to Disney followers! A few of them even buy particular books for character signatures and journey the parks in an try to gather each single one.
Forged members not solely must personify the attitudes and appearances of the characters they’re enjoying, however additionally they must study to jot down like them, too. Actually, Disney supplies coaching for all Forged Members to assist them good their character’s signature.
Right here’s one more shaggy dog story shared by a former Forged Member: “A girl was dressed as Snow White within the parks, belligerently drunk and pretending to be the character by signing autographs and taking footage with individuals. She was escorted out by the PD and prompted an enormous scene and resisted arrest. There’s a photograph hung up backstage in one of many parks of it.” Appears like somebody didn’t attend autograph coaching.
In an effort to make the expertise as actual as doable for friends of Disney World, solid members will not be allowed to speak about their roles in any respect on social media. So in case you have been hoping to catch some behind-the-scenes grime on Peter Pan’s Instagram, suppose once more.
Apparently, the identical rule doesn’t apply to friends. Says one former Disney Forged Member: “You by no means knew when the casting division was going to return into the park and watch you—they got here out of nowhere—or one thing may find yourself on YouTube. If a personality does one thing a guardian believes is improper, that’s the video that finally ends up on YouTube. I used to be on YouTube after I sat in a woman’s stroller. It’s one thing I typically did, and oldsters would chortle and take footage. However administration got here to me and stated, ‘It appears to be like such as you’re sitting down on the job, and we will’t have that.’”
Looks like a little bit of a double customary, doesn’t it?
Forged members aren’t even allowed to say which character they play. If requested, they’re solely allowed to say “I’m pals with [character]” or “I hang around with [character].”
Even on a Disney worker’s time without work, in the event that they’re on the park and of their common road clothes, they don’t seem to be to acknowledge which character they play once they’re working. A former Captain Jack Sparrow who later misplaced his job for another Disney infractions, shared this story with the LA Occasions: “They stated, ‘You can’t give out details about auditioning for Jack Sparrow.’ I additionally needed to signal paperwork that acknowledged if I used to be within the park and out of costume, I couldn’t inform those that I performed Jack Sparrow. I used to be advised that the factor for workers to say was, ‘I’m pals with Jack Sparrow.’”
Something to protect the magic.
if you hear a tune performed one too many instances on the radio and it stops being catchy and begins being annoying? For Disney staff, the music by no means stops. Even when the park’s closed, the music retains going. But by some means they continue to be pleasant!
If you happen to’ve ever ridden the It’s A Small World trip, you’ve skilled only a fraction of the annoyance that Disney staff should really feel once they’re uncovered to the identical tune over, and over, and over once more.
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears It’s a world of hopes, it’s a world of concern There’s a lot that we share And it’s time we’re conscious It’s a small world in any case
It’s a small world in any case It’s a small world in any case It’s a small world in any case It’s a small small world
And repeat… eternally.
Forged members pays homage to this history-soaked aircraft any time they’re backstage. Utilized by Walt to do issues like scout spots in Florida for what’s now Disney World, it should be stated that being aware about this aircraft is a perk of the gig. Dubbed “The Mouse,” the white airplane has a Mickey brand painted on its tail.
Friends may go to the enduring aircraft, in the event that they spring for The Backlot Tour at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The Grumman Gulfstream 1 mannequin was bought by Walt in 1964, and he and his spouse adorned it collectively. Seating 15 passengers and outfitted with sofas and a desk, the aircraft was the proper automobile to find the proper venue for Disney’s second American theme park. Walt additionally visited the 1964 New York World’s Truthful in “The Mouse.” Walt used the aircraft to soar over Puerto Rico as properly, which he stated regarded like the proper inspiration for his upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
This could come as no shock. Costly admission tickets, $10 sodas, lengthy strains, and sudden mechanical issues on favourite rides can rapidly put a damper on guests’ moods. Add to that the common mood tantrums that youngsters throw each day once they’ve missed their naptimes, and also you’ve bought your self a complete theme park filled with unhappy and/or pissed-off people.
A redditor and former Disney worker shared this notably unhappy story from his time on the park: “This incident occurred at King Stefan’s Eating Corridor in Cinderella’s Fort. A household of 4 have been seated, then midway by means of the dinner, the husband stood up, tapped his glass for consideration, then proceeded to announce that his spouse of 15 years had been dishonest on him for over a yr. He then motioned for his kids, paid the waitress, and left his spouse crying on the desk.”
Throughout coaching or some other hours when solid members will not be required to be in full costume, they’re nonetheless anticipated to decorate in enterprise informal apparel. The punishment for breaking these guidelines? Placing on a dressing up. A bit of embarrassing if you’re in a classroom coaching session, no?
The Disney Careers web site calls their most popular gown code “The Disney Look.” For ladies, the Lookbook requires “Costume, go well with, Capri or gown pants with classic- model shirt are most popular.” Nonetheless, there’s a caveat concerning the Capri pants: “Cotton twill, cargo, leggings or different informal kinds of Capri pants don’t current an expert picture and are due to this fact not permitted.” Footwear must be closed-toe or have a small peep-toe opening.
Males are requested to put on go well with or gown pants with a collared, skilled shirt. Socks and gown footwear are a required a part of the look.
Supposedly a vestige of sizing from the 1970s, the Disney Forged Member costumes are rumored to run very, very small. Whether or not that is the true cause, or there’s truly some implied judgement within the costume sizes, staff study to count on this blow and don’t take it too personally.
Additionally, Forged Members should share costumes, so all of the individuals enjoying the identical character must be fairly shut in measurement. So Disney is strict about who can play what function. In an effort to be a Disney Princess, it’s stated that you just should be between 5’four″ and 5″eight″ tall. Whereas that’s a reasonably common top for an grownup girl, it undoubtedly leaves an enormous quantity of potential staff out of the operating. Males auditioning for characters like Prince Charming or Gaston ought to measure in between 6‘zero and 6’three” tall. Tiny Tinkerbell’s costume requires actresses between four’11” and 5’2”.
Forged members at Walt Disney World, the Disneyland Resort, and Disneyland Paris are required to put on a lanyard with a minimum of 12 pins on it always. The pins are to be traded with friends, so in case you see a employees member with a pin you’d like, simply ask in the event that they’re keen to commerce. The corporate’s official web site says that the Disney Pin Buying and selling program is “an thrilling, interactive expertise the place our Friends can commerce Disney pins with our Disney Forged Members and different Friends. It’s enjoyable for the entire household and CREATES cherished ‘pin buddies’ to final a lifetime!”
As with every part else Disney, there are guidelines and laws for the Pin Buying and selling program as properly. Pins should present Disney insignia (or one in all their affiliate firms, reminiscent of ESPN), must be in good situation, and should be traded one a time in a hand-to-hand transaction.
If you happen to’re engaged on the flexibility to grown a full beard, you’ll must go clean-shaven as a Disney worker. Their facial hair guidelines require hair to be totally grown in, it should be neatly trimmed, and there’s no grooming allowed. In different phrases, no goatees. A former Magic Kingdom (Disney World Orlando) Captain Jack Sparrow says that as an alternative of permitting him to develop his personal (actual) facial hair to match his character’s unkempt look, he was pressured to attach faux hair to his face. Which he stated felt horrible out within the scorching Florida solar.
Not solely does Disney have guidelines for beards, additionally they have guidelines on the size of male solid members’ hair. For the fellows who work at Disney, hair should not be so lengthy that it extends over their ears or falls into their eyes. However apparently they permit Gaston to be an exception?
There are additionally some fairly strict guidelines in relation to feminine solid members’ hair. Particularly in relation to the sorts of hairstyles solid members who will not be in costume can put on. Feminine solid members could not shave their eyebrows, and hair should be neatly brushed. Braids are allowed, however can not have beads in them. Earrings can’t be any larger than 1 / 4, and fingernails should be stored trimmed to an eraser size or shorter.
Even when not in costume, there are wardrobe tips that staff should adhere to. Clothes should not be too form-fitting, should be clear and in good situation. Shirts with out sleeves ought to have straps a minimum of three inches extensive.
There’s a cause for all of the stringent look tips. Disney spokeswoman Angela Bliss says that “the Disney look is a contemporary, clear and approachable look, making certain that each visitor feels comfy with our complete solid.”
Suppose you’ll be able to simply stroll into Disney’s casting division and inform them which character you’d prefer to play? Not so quick. The auditioning course of takes anyplace between one and 6 hours. One girl interviewed by Vice had auditioned (unsuccessfully) to be a princess at a Disney park and described her expertise with the method: “After we arrived, I instantly seen that each one the Disney staff resembled a primary draft of a cartoon character, those the artists sketch after which immediately crumple and toss away. Each one who had authority on the audition regarded like that, and had this unbelievable quantity of pep. They have been cheerleaders for the world, life coaches for all times itself.”
These auditioning for “face characters,” that means not hidden behind a furry masks or costume, can count on the method to final for 2 days. They’ll compete with a number of hundred different Disney hopefuls.
Put the pedal to the metallic! It’s been reported that on Disney property, the Disney police pull over extra solid members and different Disney staff than precise friends. Possibly they’re simply actually excited to get to work? Or possibly they’re often operating late. Decelerate, individuals! It’s higher to be a couple of minutes late than get repeated dashing tickets, most likely.
Guests may be blame for some traffic-related cases at Disney, nonetheless. In 2016 at Disney World in Orlando, two friends on their approach north to the park crossed the middle line and ended up hitting the pole holding up the official “Walt Disney World: The place Desires Come True” signal. The welcome signal was knocked over and site visitors into the park was dropped at a standstill for a while whereas emergency crews labored to clear every part. Hopefully the incident didn’t dampen anybody’s dream trip that day!
Have you ever ever questioned what it will be like if Harry Potter and Peter Pan have been pals? When in character, Forged Members will not be allowed to speak about or acknowledge characters or manufacturers exterior the Disney universe. Really, Forged Members from completely different areas of the identical park will not be purported to work together. So even the King of Pop was simply one other man.
In uncommon conditions, Disney staff have made exceptions for friends. Sadly, the friends aren’t at all times as grateful or gracious as they could possibly be. Right here’s a narrative from somebody whose sister is a former Disney World Forged Member:
“She stated one time in a present retailer, a guardian requested if their son with most cancers may meet Darth Vader. After my sister advised them her retailer doesn’t have a Darth Vader costume and even any Star Wars memorabilia, they freaked out and requested for her supervisor. After about an hour of ready the kid is greeted by my sister in a Darth Vader costume that got here from throughout the park in a Star Wars part. As soon as greeted the guardian advised the kid, ‘I knew we wouldn’t must stroll to the opposite aspect of the park! I really like most cancers.’” Disgusting!
There isn’t a scarcity of fantastic issues to purchase within the many, many present outlets positioned all through each Disney park. In an effort to make purchases even simpler, Disney has a coverage that something you purchase on website may be delivered to your resort in case you’re staying at a Disney resort. Alternately, you’ll be able to have them delivered to the entrance of the park so that you can choose up in your approach out. How handy.
Forged members could make purchases simpler, too. It’s an insider secret that in case you ask properly, a solid member will carry your purchases to the entrance of the park for you so you’ll be able to choose them up in your approach out. You possibly can’t say Disney doesn’t need your whole purchasing desires to return true! Though it appears a bit mean-spirited to ask little Tinkerbell to lug a bunch of heavy purchasing baggage across the park…
It may not be essentially the most glamorous job, however everybody is predicted to tug their weight in relation to conserving Disney parks clear. Even Snow White. Until, after all, she has the dwarves round to assist her. On this photograph, it appears to be like like Alice is lower than thrilled by the duty at hand.
It’s a bit unfathomable that litter could be such an issue in Disney parks. Guests are by no means greater than 30 steps away from trash receptacles, so it’s thoughts boggling that so many would toss their waste on the bottom slightly than utilizing one of many many, many cans obtainable.
Facet word: Disney is understood for its dedication to the setting. The corporate recycles greater than a dozen kinds of supplies at its numerous resorts, and diverts greater than half of its waste from landfills! That’s fairly cool… approach to go inexperienced, Disney.
A number of reviews and rumors have come out over time claiming that Disney has a particular jail for guests who’re caught misbehaving.
The final consensus in on-line discussions concerning the existence of a Disney Jail is that the parks have detention rooms however not official “jails” per se. In response to one worker who spoke candidly on reddit, the detention facilities are steadily used throughout commencement nights or different instances that friends smuggle booze into the park, overindulge, and are caught partaking in some un-Mickeylike habits. And actress Blake Vigorous as soon as confessed to David Letterman that she’d been held in Disney Jail after being caught making an attempt to sneak into the park, saying “My brother thought it was a extremely good concept for us to go to Disneyland… So he put hairspray on the stamps of somebody who got here out, and then you definitely put your palms collectively [to transfer the stamp to your hand] and then you definitely undergo the turnstile and we went by means of. Then there have been these guys in regular outfits that stated, ‘Include us,’ and we went into Disney jail.”
Once they’re on the clock, solid members have a slew of behaviors which are strictly prohibited. On the prime of the checklist? Frowning. Disney not solely desires to have management over what you seem like, however additionally they need to management the feelings you convey. However we will’t blame them for this one. As a result of until you’re Grumpy the dwarf or Eeyore, nobody desires to go to Disney World to see an offended Prince Charming.
It’s not known as the “Happiest Place on Earth” for nothing!
Nonetheless, one courageous worker named Natalie Zazula went public with a really candid story of what it’s prefer to work at Disney whereas battling extreme despair. Zazula, who works in a Disney resort as a greeter, admits that her job forces her to remain upbeat even on days she feels she will be able to’t go on. “I attempt to be glad in order that different individuals really feel glad, too,” she says.
Drained, unhappy, or less-than-alert physique language shouldn’t be a suitable habits if you’re on the clock at Disney. Until they’re bending all the way down to signal a bit customer princess’ autograph e book or to gracefully sweep up some litter, Disney solid members should exhibit good posture always. This may be straightforward sufficient for characters like Ariel who don’t have any further weight on their shoulders, however for the troopers within the vacation parade, that may’t be straightforward to maintain completely upright always.
These costumes are downright heavy, too, with some weighing in at practically 50 kilos! In 2005, there have been nearly 300 accidents reported by Disney staff on account of the toll heavy costumes took on their our bodies. It may be type of onerous to maintain a smile in your face in case you’re in ache, however most Forged Members deal with it like the professionals they’re!
It’s onerous work smiling at passers by, handing out signatures, and posing for footage with dozens upon dozens of sticky-fingered youngsters. Actually, that type of tiring work will make an individual very hungry. And that hungry feeling can’t be made any simpler with all of the fragrant and attractive Smellitizers round.
However for Forged Members, consuming whereas on the clock and visual to friends is strictly forbidden. When it’s time for a Forged Member to take his or her break and so they lastly get to eat, they’ve particular cafeterias and breakrooms “backstage” and down within the utilidors. On the Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando, for instance, there are 5 completely different worker eating places. These eateries function ever-changing menus, snacks, drinks, and really cheap costs. Forged Members are additionally eligible to obtain 20-40% reductions at customer eating places on their days off, so long as they present legitimate ID.
Even when a Forged Member wants a fast breath freshener or perhaps a tiny sugar pick-me-up, a small infraction reminiscent of chewing a chunk of gum may be trigger huge hassle with their employer. To allow them to’t slouch, eat and even chew gum. Basically, solid members typically must act just like the characters they’re portraying – good, fictional cartoon characters.
Actually, even guests can’t buy gum in Disney parks. It merely isn’t offered anyplace. The gunky stuff is a multitude to wash up, so it’s fully comprehensible that park officers would need to restrict the quantity of gum that’s introduced into their pristine wonderlands. So any friends who really feel the necessity to chew gum ought to carry their very own from dwelling. To not point out, even when Disney did promote chewing gum it will most likely price $20 a pack. So right here’s another reason to plan forward, celebration individuals!
This rule is sort of a bit extra comprehensible than a few of the others. Smoking is understood to be extraordinarily dangerous for well being, and second-hand smoking’s results on kids, particularly, may be devastating. As smoking legal guidelines get increasingly strict, there are fewer locations people who smoke can take pleasure in public. So until a solid member was in a delegated smoking part, we most likely wouldn’t need them smoking in any case. However because it stands, they’re not allowed to smoke in character or on the clock in any respect.
Apparently, Walt Disney was a lifelong smoker and he finally died from lung most cancers. In response to his longtime confidante and nurse Hazel George, Walt as soon as stated, “You’re proper about one factor. Smoking and ingesting are sins. Since you are one in all God’s creatures and in case you don’t care for the physique He gave you, you’re committing a sin.”
Time to place that hookah down, Mr. Caterpillar.
If you happen to’re into various physique modifications, it may be onerous to get a job as a Disney solid member. Issues like seen tattoos and piercings (apart from one ear piercing on every ear for ladies) will not be allowed if you wish to work for Disney.
The Disney Internships & Applications web site goes into additional element about physique modifications. It reads: “Intentional physique modification or alteration for the aim of attaining a visual, bodily impact that disfigures, deforms or equally detracts from an expert picture is prohibited. Examples embrace, however will not be restricted to: seen tattoos, manufacturers, physique piercing (apart from conventional ear piercing for females), tongue piercing or splitting, tooth submitting, earlobe enlargement (ear gauging), disfiguring pores and skin implants. Tattoos should be discreetly and fully coated always. Jewellery, spacers, retainers or plugs will not be permitted in any physique piercing whereas working.”
The mouse is basically cracking down on physique modifications, huh? A few of these laws are fairly comprehensible although, as they could possibly be scary to babies who haven’t been uncovered to extra excessive physique modifications like tongue splitting.
If you happen to’re leaving your function at a Disney park, the corporate has a coverage to not hand out your final paycheck till you’ve returned all costumes. Nonetheless, it’s rumored that they don’t truly implement this rule very strictly.
Every of the Disney parks has its very personal costume division. Forged Members are every allowed to have 5 work uniforms (costumes) checked out at a time. This consists of full units of equipment, reminiscent of hats, jackets, or gloves, that may be a part of the complete costume. Soiled or wrinkled costumes may be introduced in and swapped out for contemporary, clear ones. A few of them are mechanically cleanable, so many Forged Members launder their very own costumes at dwelling. Footwear will not be included with lots of the costumed appears to be like, however Disney supplies strict tips for footwear which are provided by particular person Forged Members.
If there’s one factor Disney is sweet at, it’s group. Which characters are out and about within the park and the place they’re is one thing that’s organized to the final minute. Plus, solid members have a schedule with them always. On the lookout for Ariel? Pooh will know the place to search out her.
Characters from completely different films are additionally not purported to be seen collectively, to maintain that magical continuity flowing when guests are current. The previous Disneyland Captain Jack Sparrow recounted this story: “There’s a huge factor within the park about not being visually linked to a different character. You’re advised to remain in your space. However Pluto was a buddy of mine, and sooner or later he came visiting to see me. We posed for images, and the subsequent day he advised me it was on YouTube. Ultimately he bought fired.”
Disney desires to create the phantasm that the Snow White you see is the one Snow White on the earth. So if two Snow Whites by accident cross paths within the park, it’s thought of a dismissal-worthy infraction. Disney characters: you’d higher examine these schedules fastidiously earlier than you go wandering across the parks!
Additionally, you may need seen that Disney Forged Members solely use their first names on the corporate’s title tags. With so many staff staffing the parks at any given time, you’ll be able to guess that lots of these first names are duplicated amongst employees. Disney solves this downside by permitting all of the individuals who share first names with others to decide on new names to make use of whereas they’re working. Hey, that’s fairly enjoyable! This explicit rule took place as a result of Walt Disney most popular to be known as by solely his first title, “Walt.”
Shock, shock. Disney has some guidelines about eye put on. The official worker guide reads: “‘Eyeglasses and sun shades shouldn’t detract from the costume or contradict the theme of the present.’
Glasses which have logos, are brightly coloured, or are flashy in any approach will not be allowed when on the clock. And it’s most likely protected to say that Cinderella can’t put on glasses in any respect. So in case you work at Disney and also you need assistance seeing, contacts may be best. And even lasik surgical procedure. Or adopting and coaching a seeing eye canine, if all else fails and glasses aren’t an choice. Simply don’t get any of these creepy coloured or designed contacts… I doubt these would fly at any of Disney’s family-friendly parks.
I don’t know although… I believe Belle or Ariel would look fairly cute in nerdy woman specs. Additionally, does Disney pay for bespectacled Forged Members to get contacts or Lasik as an alternative?
Disney solid members are by no means allowed to take off their costume heads once they’re on the clock, even when they’re feeling sick or faint. So who is aware of what number of Donald Geese, who’re smiling on the surface, are literally throwing up inside their costumes. Characters who do want to depart are advised to cowl one eye with their hand and lift the opposite arm so as to alert supervisors that one thing is improper.
And it’s straightforward to see why one may turn out to be sick whereas carrying these elaborate Disney costumes. One former worker, who performed a number of elements throughout his time on the park, ranked the consolation of the costumes he wore day by day in that brutal Florida warmth.
Most uncomfortable costume: Woody by a landslide
Hottest costume: Tigger. 90+ levels in a scorching sweaty carpet
Most comfy costume: Inexperienced military man or Baloo
Legend has it man as soon as had a deadly coronary heart assault in a Disney World retailer, and solid members introduced his grieving household backstage to offer them privateness. Seeing “behind the scenes” is uncommon sufficient, however supposedly the household got lifetime passes, too.
Loss of life truly isn’t that uncommon at Disneyland, however the parks do their greatest to cover tragedies like these from their paying guests.
In 1966, a 19-year-old named Man Cleveland had the brilliant concept to hitchhike on a monorail to get into the Magic Kingdom for Grad Evening. Sadly for the poor man, he didn’t discover an oncoming prepare or hear the warning shouts from a safety officer may see the whole tragedy unfold. Cleveland 40 ft alongside the observe, together with his physique shredded to unrecognizable items. It was a tragic evening to be at Disney World.
There are many tales of children stealing a pair issues from a Disney World retailer, and later within the afternoon, being quietly approached by safety guards who ask them to, “Include me, please.” And from what we find out about how strict they’re, it will possibly’t finish properly.
If friends are caught shoplifting, or breaking the regulation in different methods, they are often completely banned from Disney property.
No less than one authorized protection agency has a web page devoted to stealing from Disney. In response to Orlando’s Umansky Legislation Agency, “If you’re caught taking greater than three value of Disney property, you may be charged with a Grand Theft. The utmost penalty for a Grand Theft is 5 years probation, 5 years jail or a 5,000.00 greenback wonderful. If you’re convicted, the choose is required to droop your drivers license as properly.” Higher not threat it, people.
The safety guards are looking out for undercover ingesting, too. They usually’re not at all times the apparent guys in uniform, both. There are many undercover safety guards watching your each transfer whilst you make your approach all through the park.
In The Magic Kingdom, there’s just one restaurant that serves booze: Be Our Visitor. The Magnificence and the Beast-themed eatery says that it serves “Meals Match for a Queen – or Beast!” Serving quite a lot of wines and beers, Be Our Visitor additionally presents a non-alcoholic fruit punch for $19.00. Hmmm.
Disneyland California additionally has one alcohol-friendly institution, Membership 33, positioned within the New Orleans Sq. part of the park. Membership on the personal membership is a bit expensive: people pay $50,000 up entrance along with $15,000 in annual dues. However hey, that worth consists of reciprocal privileges at Disney Tokyo’s Membership 33. Not a nasty deal.
Simply beneath Disney World lie a myriad of tunnels connecting completely different elements of the park that Forged Members use to journey round unseen. The tunnels are formally known as “utilidors,” and they don’t seem to be truly underground. They’re on floor stage, and the park as we all know it’s on the second stage. It’s very troublesome to construct underground in soggy Florida swampland.
Down within the utilidors, you’ll discover the Mouseketeria (the place Forged Members eat on their breaks out of view of the friends), the animation management station, a hair salon, electrical go-carts, piles of money, and LOTS of costumes saved. So much, as in 1.2 million outfits!
The 392,zero40 sq. ft system of tunnels is handy for positive, nevertheless it’s additionally been reported by staff that the utilidors are sometimes smelly, scorching, and filled with trash. Ew. Good factor it’s all out of sight of park friends.
Initially constructed as a spot for Walt and his household to remain once they visited Disney World, the decadent Cinderella Fort Suite is out there to hire by invitation solely (or by the fortunate individuals who win contests to remain in a single day). Discuss a dream come true! Sadly, Walt handed away earlier than building was full and by no means bought to remain within the suite.
Many celebrities have stayed within the luxurious lodging over time. A partial checklist (Disney could be very secretive about its friends!) consists of: Katy Perry, Tom and Suri Cruise, Kevin Jonas and his spouse Danielle, Neil Patrick Harris together with his husband David Burtka and their twins, and Nick Cannon with then-wife Mariah Carey and their twins.
Disneyland California has its personal model: the Dream Suite in Sleeping Magnificence’s Fort. Positioned above the Pirates of the Caribbean trip, every room of the Dream Suite is outfitted within the theme of various Disney films.
Like we stated earlier than, Disney’s coverage is to by no means, ever flip off the music. Nonetheless, they do make an exception for emergencies, like when a child is misplaced. So in case you hear the music cease, hear up.
Many people keep in mind what we have been doing on 9/11/01, however friends who have been at Disney that horrible day had a reasonably surreal expertise. One former Forged Member stated that staff have been directed to shut all points of interest and usher guests off the premises, however have been to not inform them what had occurred. He stated, “By the best way, the announcement that was made (over the general public handle system within the theme parks that morning did NOT point out something about what had occurred or why the parks have been closing.” The announcement solely unhappy that “Because of circumstances past our management, the Magic Kingdom is now closed. Please comply with the route of the closest Forged Member.”
The present official voices of Disneyland belong to a husband-and-wife duo named Invoice Rogers and Camille Dixon. Earlier than them, Jack Wagner was the official park announcer for practically 70 years.
Kilimanjaro Safari is an attraction at Disney World Orlando’s Animal Kingdom park.It’s an precise off-roading journey that mimics an actual safari. Whenever you’re on that individual trip and the motive force says to remain in your seat, they imply it. There’s a spot the place you cross a bridge over crocodiles, and drivers are educated to drive away rapidly if anybody falls in in order that different friends don’t see the possibly grotesque final result.
Belief us, you don’t need to be left behind on this one.
One reddit thread entails a driver for the Kilimanjaro Safari who detailed an expertise that one in all his colleagues had whereas working a automobile. “She was doing an empty spherical as there have been only a few friends that day and when she stopped for the White Rhinos to cross, one determined to ram her truck!!! Very fortunate that there was nobody in there! The rhinos have additionally been identified to shave their horns on the Wild Africa Trek vehicles. Scary as all hell!”
If a Forged Member ever tells you to have “Have a Disney day,” you’ve most likely actually pissed them off. We are able to assume solid members made up this code so as to keep sane and let off some steam whereas additionally conserving their jobs.
Equally, listening to a Disney worker discuss a “Treasured Visitor” greater than doubtless signifies that they’re making an attempt to share details about a customer’s impolite or out-of-line habits with coworkers, in a coded approach that received’t be understood by outsiders.
“The Kiss Goodnight” is code for “final name” at Disney World. About half an hour after the park is formally closed, an announcement is performed adopted by the tune “When You Want Upon A Star.” If you happen to’re current for that tune, it means you’ve got overstayed your welcome and may assume that you just’re being cursed about (silently) by the Forged Members ready so that you can get out of their hair.
Not solely does Disney demand perfection, however they demand it quick. The Forged Member on-boarding course of consists of spending three days with a Disney coach getting each pause, inflection, and smile precisely how the script states it.
Forged Members should all take a category known as “Traditions,” the place they study the historical past and traditions of the corporate and the theme parks it runs. Forged Members with sure roles additionally attend particular job-related programs at a website known as Disney College. The coaching facility is definitely bigger than, and has a better enrollment, than some group schools! Disney additionally supplies off-site training within the type of Cell Coaching Items, which permit new staff to obtain coaching on a pc slightly than in particular person.
Most staff state that Orientation is essentially the most enjoyable a part of their coaching course of – they get their first behind-the-scenes take a look at the magical place that’s Disneyland! How thrilling.
The Disney-Pixar animated movie Ratatouille may need been an enormous box-office hit, however one park customer in October 2016 wasn’t thrilled to identify a real-life rat in a eating space of Disneyland. Twitter person @hannaahelisee took a photograph of the rodent and posted for all of the world to look with the caption: “pay my school tuition and that i’ll delete @Disneyland.” Sorry, girl, rats are an unlucky a part of life. Let’s check out your kitchen and see how clear it’s.
Supposedly, Disneyland has a crew of greater than 200 feral cats that roam the parks at evening, serving to to manage the inevitable rodent inhabitants that thrives on friends dropping meals all day lengthy. Disney feeds the cats and supplies important veterinary providers reminiscent of spaying and neutering, however the firm has been considerably reluctant to publicly affirm the presence of its many feline exterminators. They’re noticed out and about by friends often.
Disney followers will little doubt be excited to study that like many well-liked eating places, the theme park additionally presents a secret menu only for guests who’re “within the know”. Menu choices embrace such delights as Ice Cream Nachos (Frontierland at Disneyland), Mac ‘n’ Cheese Bread Bowl (Pacific Wharf Café at California Journey), and an “Electra”-fried Spicy Rooster Sandwich (Carnation Café on Foremost Road, U.S.A. at Disneyland).
Different choices embrace a Galactic Burger served “Alien Model” at The Galactic Grill in Tomorrowland at Disneyland and a “Firefly” Corn Chip Chili Cheese Pie with Jalapeños, obtainable at Refreshment Nook on Foremost Road, U.S.A. at Disneyland.
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