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lediableblancdotcom · 4 months

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Future of LeDiableBlanc.com

Here is the lowdown on what is going to happen with LeDiableblanc.com. Over the last month or so I have been playing around with new ideas for the site. The reasoning behind this mucking about is nothing short of I am getting old and so is the site and it needs to slow down along with me. I have been running this website alone for almost 30 years now, and I am approaching the big 50 myself, and we are in need of a smaller workload. It has been a labor of love and still will remain one, just a little slimmer, just cutting the fat. Here are the changes that I know are going to happen moving forward in the streamlining of the site:

Appearance Database:

The Appearance Database is the heart and soul of the site, so it is going nowhere. It will change (hopefully for the good), but will remain housing the same idea of collecting all of Gambit’s comic appearances. I did a quick rehaul of the “A” section in the Appearance Database, that shows how the new database will be absorbing the other information from the site. The main page of the Appearance Database will stay the same, cover and basic stats of the comic for quick reference, but by clicking on the cover you will get not only the variant images as before, you will also get any other Gambit related information from the comic as well. The database will absorb the information normally found in: Friends & Foes, Family Tree, Uniforms, Charged Items, Stolen Items, Quotes, Crossovers, Major Reads, and even some sections that never made it to the site itself and these stand alone sections will be removed from the main menu. I feel this will be be an easier way to keep that information available, but less workload on getting this information up on the site. I will also keep the Printable Master List updated regularly and available.

Sections getting the Ax:

Some areas of the website will be getting the ax all together. Most of the these sections are now redundant or out of date. Getting the ax will be Bang your Dead, Fashion Police, Wolverine Gallery, Wallpaper, and Ads. I will also be taking down Fanart, due to art theft and the AI issues of today, it is not a mess I want to step into anymore. With artists having their own social medias and websites, I feel there will be no great loss to this area leaving from the my site. The merchandise database will be coming down too, it is out of date and impossible to keep updated. Disney is very loose with their licensing, so the amount of goods coming out is too large to keep housed. Also, most new merchandise is immediately posted on the Facebook Groups much faster. I will make sure to post some of the older, more unknown goods to the Tumblr “Obscure Gambit” page, so that older stuff doesn’t disappear completely.

Sections on the Fence:

I will be keeping the Non-Sport and Game Card databases. They are relative to Appearance, in my opinion, and will remain and updated as much as possible. Saying that, I am on the fence with the Sketch Card database. It is technically an appearance, but the cards are not available to everyone and the database can never be completed because the actual amount of cards are unknown and are constantly being made. I am also on the fence about keeping the media outside of comics, like movies, animated tv, and video games. They are technically not anything I have to update a lot, because the information is complete for now, but eventually new episodes/games will be made, and I am not really into the other media, so I usually am unaware. So I may leave them for now and decide later on those. I am really debating on taking the site back to it’s comic only roots and removing those sections.

I would really like any feedback, for or against these leaving the site. So please let me know your opinions.

Galleries: As I said above, the Fanart, Wallpaper, and Wolverine galleries are being axed. I am going to keep the Edits, Original Pages, and the Cover galleries on the site. They may not get as many updates as usual, but they are not time sensitive, so it should be fine. Those are highly used galleries, so I don’t want to take them away for now.

Social Media/Domains:

The LeDiableBlanc.com Facebook Group and the two Tumblr (lediableblanc.com and Obscure Gambit) pages will remain and operate as usual. I will not be using Reddit (why so much hate for Reddit?), Instagram never got used much anyway, and will be discontinued. I will never open a Twitter/X, so don’t ask. I am willing to take any suggestions on other social media, but no promises. I will not be renewing some of the domain names that mirror the site. I will always keep lediableblanc.com and remylebeau.com, but iheartgambit.com, xmengambit.com, xmenlebeau.com will most likely not be renewed as site mirrors. They are rarely used and the money spent on their renewal can go towards the annual server fees.

Patreon, I am going to remove at the end of the rehaul. I thank everyone who donated, it helped more than you know. If you want to donate one last time, I will be forever grateful, server fees are not cheap, but with the downgrade of the site I don’t expect anyone to do any kind of monthly support. I may go back to the annual begging, so prepare for that, but I don’t expect anything from anyone but enjoying the site.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback of any kind, PLEASE let me know. Reply to this message or email me at [email protected]. You can message me through the Facebook group or on Tumblr as well.

It will probably take me a few months to get the Appearance Database up to date and the other information added, so not many changes or updates may happen until that is completed. So the soon to be removed areas will remain until it is done and uploaded.

Thanks, everyone for your support and I hope it will continue through the mess to come.

#gambit #x-men #lediableblanc.com #remylebeau.com #obscure appearance #marvel #remy lebeau

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starry-bugs · 7 months

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i just wanna know more about the worldbuilding in demonoier au, literally whatever occult lore you wanna share. are there different kinds of demons, or angels for that matter? hierarchies? different planes? how do they feel about human beliefs about them, any superstitions they find funny or annoying? (you absolutely don’t have to answer all of these, also i hope you feel better soon!!)

moth I owe you my life for this strap the fuck in. ^_^

okay so! demons and angels used to be like one species, and they split like thousands of years ago. heaven and hell used to be more of what people think of as an afterlife, but now they're really just where demons and angels are born.

because of angels and demons stemming from the same source, it's easy for one to become the other under the right circumstances. like roier just leaving and being happier not being an angel was what turned him from a more feathery fallen angel and into how he is now.

demons and angels integrated into mortal society around 500 years ago by the time the au takes place, so everyone's pretty used to them hanging around. and there's a lot of people with angels or demons in their family trees

heaven and hell aren't accessible unless you've got a portal or a spell to get there. they used to be, like thousands of years ago, but it's not a good look for mortals to somehow fucking stumble into them so they're hidden.

okay so onto types of angels and demons!

so for demons what you are is more of just how you came to be, there's not a lot of demons who are the way they are for a job so to speak.

like roier is officially classified as a fallen angel, he used to be an angel and now he's not. or dapper and ramon who are twin demons, demons who used to be one singular being before they were born. there are demons of lust but nobody in the story is one of those, cellbit just thinks melissa is but she's not.

bad is one of the few demons who is a demon because of what he does, he's a reaper. technically anybody can become a reaper but they're usually demons or angels.

phil is like his angel counterpart, an angel of death. he does the same job as bad, the only difference being he's an angel.

etoiles is another type of angel, a guardian angel. he's a protector of the people around him, they used to be sent down specifically for certain people but now they usually protect an area or their families.

antoine is an Angel with a capital A. his true form is always hidden because it would probably drive any mortal who saw it to insanity. he's honestly just hanging out and there's not a lot of angels like him.

there's also risen demons, aka demons who became angels. that's what kameto is even though I've literally never spoken about him before

there's not really hierarchies in demons and angels anymore, there haven't been since heaven and hell became more like earth.

I'm also gonna talk a bit about summoning, since it's a huge part of the story.

summoning is basically speed dial for demons and angels, and depending on how you do it it's either like facetime or there's now a man in your house. (looking at you cellbit)

roier thought he closed his summoning line ages ago, back when bobby was born, so he was pretty fucking surprised when he showed up in cellbit's attic. he did eventually shut that one down and make a new one, and another one that won't pull him out of his house randomly.

roier's favorite superstition is the idea that he can steal souls. he absolutely can't, but he loves scaring the shit out of people who think he can. getting someone's soul is basically fucking marriage, and there's really only one soul he even wants.

#asks #demonoier au #also tyyyy ♡

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aegor-bamfsteel · 2 years

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I really wish Jaehaera was wife and Queen of Aegon III instead of Daenora and was alive during Blackfyre Rebellions. What would her reaction would be when Daena was passed in favour of Viserys II, as its the same thing to happen her aunt Rhaenyra(and his mother!) - would she the one who help built the friendship between Daemon and Aegor, the one who suggested the marriage of Daemon and Rohanne? Would she be disappointed in Elaena? So many things to explore imo

Killing Jaehaera off at age 10 and for Aegon to not even care was one of the most annoying parts of F&B for me. It helps undermine one of the underlying messages of the Dance; that the older generation was self-destructive and unworthy of rule, so the only ones left to build a future together were the traumatized kids…except now that Jaehaera’s dead it feels like a complete Black victory, not a Black/Green compromise stalemate like before. It also keeps the Black/Green conflict in concrete present memory, as there are still Greens around by necessity instead of the major Greens leaving court by being stupid (Unwin Peake). Apparently I’m not alone with this, because people on Reddit floated the idea of Jaehaera living to be an adult queen in the show and being an influence on the Blackfyres. Of course you’d have to give her a personality transplant—as what little we get of her calls her “a sweet, simple girl”, probably not that interested in politics or ruling, though again she was only 10—to have her make some of the decisions you’ve described.

more discussion of the AU under the cut:

Jaehaera was technically usurped herself. By the law of Andal succession, as she was Aegon II’s last remaining child, the should’ve been heiress with Aegon as her consort rather than the other way around. I could definitely see someone in that position feeling angry about Baelor annulling his marriage to Daena, essentially taking the throne away from her family that was basically obliterated in the war (because if she was disinherited despite Andal custom, why not Daena if Baelor clearly wasn’t going to sire any heirs?) due to Baelor’s hypocritical religious fervor (septons are supposed to give up all their lands and titles, so if Baelor was a Septon he should’ve gone to a sept to study, not imprison his sisters). But of course, everyone with a brain hated the Maidenvault idea.

I think any noble mother would’ve felt disappointed at her daughters for having children out of wedlock, although the circumstances were understandable (imprisoned for 10 years from tweenage/teenager to adulthood is going to take a mental toll on someone). I think with Daenaera it might’ve even been worse because Baela was her foster mother and presented her to Aegon at the Maiden’s Day Ball…only for Baela’s husband to have an affair with her youngest daughter (35 years older than she was. I’ll reiterate that in the Targ tree, several adults are grandparents before they reached 35) while Baela was alive (don’t listen to the anti Daenas. Rennifer Longwaters says point blank Alyn “lost his heart to Elaena though he was married to another”). With Jaehaera, at least the relationship wasn’t so personal (although it’s implied that Aegon II was interested in Baela), though the age gap would give any mother the creeps.

I don’t think Jaehaera would push a Daemon/Rohanne match, because Rohanne is a foreigner without militarily powerful allies to call on quickly. In OTL, the match was Aegon’s idea for a future war with Dorne. Probably a Hightower cousin would be the match she’d recommend. If she lived, I think she would’ve blocked Aegon’s claim to fathering Daemon as Daena did, thus he’d have no right to dispose of Daemon’s hand. As for Aegor, I don’t think Jaehaera being alive would change what happened to the Bracken sisters, meaning he was banished from court until Aegon’s death, and couldn’t be a childhood friend of Daemon’s. Aegor is predisposed to hate the Targaryens (for good reason), so I don’t know if he’d be willing to support yet another Targaryen branch in taking the throne, unless they were demonstrably better than the current rulers (not that it be hard)

I find it a little puzzling that some people who imagine Queen Jaehaera AUs understand that the Hightowers would feel usurped by Viserys II and want their descendant Daemon “Greenfyre” on the throne, but at the same time other people adamantly refuse to believe that the Velaryons might’ve supported Daemon for a similar reason in OTL (especially since they went from #2 house under Aegon III to …? under Aegon IV and Daeron II, who notably stacked the court with their own yes men).

It’s all a lot to imagine, for sure.

#ask #what if #jaehaera targaryen #asoiaf headcanon #first blackfyre rebellion

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marimbles · 6 months

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i started watching ouran tonight and omg i can't believe i'm watching this show. it's ridiculous but so fucking funny. i'm on ep 3 at the time of writing this but i've silently scrumpt about 10 times - eg when hikaru and kaoru saying them and haruhi should take french together and the immediate cut to tamaki sulking by a tree, and tamaki being self-aware that he and haruhi are the main characters + love interests. him loudly announcing "you boys are the homosexual supporting cast!" nearly killed me

i could do without whatever the fuck hikaru and kaoru have going on but everything else is great. thank you for putting this on my dash and i'm now seeing why this would be adrien's favourite show 🌹

FJDKDKDKD I’m so glad you’re having fun with it. it’s such a good time. I’m obsessed. Truly isn’t this the greatest screenshot in anime history

Also it’s so funny to hear you call tamaki self-aware bc technically the declaration that he and haruhi are the main characters/love interests IS self-aware, but in like the least self-aware way possible. bc he spends the majority of both the anime and manga 200% convinced that his feelings for haruhi are “fatherly” and he loves her “like a daughter.” because of family trauma you will not learn about for a while but mostly because he’s the stupidest person who ever fictionally lived!!!! As proven in that same episode when he was so confident he could trick everyone into thinking he was haruhi by wearing a dark wig despite being like two feet taller than her. lmao

HDKDDKDK I feel u about the twincest angle but honestly it stopped bothering my after a while since Hikaru and kaoru are just pretending for an audience lol. they are successfully appealing to the Sam/dean shipping demographic 😂 They are both little trickster turds who are constantly picking on tamaki but also he deserves it bc he’s literally so dumb. And also they’d both die for him with no hesitation underneath their mockery. The twins actually have a really interesting character arc, even moreso in the manga, and they became my favorites after tamaki and haruhi! I love how they start as identical in both appearance and personality but as the show goes on you see how they’re actually very different people

Feel free to update me about your watch through whenever lol! Ouran is still very much on the brain and I’m excited to talk about it with anyone who is willing hehe

#anon #ask #ohshc

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But…. Can we get some about The Buzz??

Headcanons for the buzz, you say...

Ask and ye shall receive:

When Eddie says that he stumbled into his DJ job by dumb luck, he's not really exaggerating. Day drunk in the summer and doing a river float (like listing on a current in inflatable tubes tied together, snacking and drinking beers) with The Shitshow, they'd had a portable radio playing The Buzz, and specifically the previous afternoon show hosted by Kali. The Kissing Booth was largely pop-punk/rock, specifically a lot of mid-aughts pop-punk/rock (think Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, etc), and this particular day Kali was setting the whole show around Panic! At the Disco's Album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (2005). She was talking about the polarizing critical reception to the album, which in her humble opinion was bullshit, because she considered it to be a masterpiece of blended genres and a love letter to the days of creating an album, like a real sit and vibe album, because the whole thing is a storytelling production. Eddie, 6 PBRs deep, pulled his phone out of the dry bag and called the station and opened up being introduced on air by saying, "First of all, this is emo bullshit," which kicked off a 20 minute on air argument between the two of them. When it all finally dissolved and music resumed, Todd came on the line and made introductions and asked Eddie if he'd ever thought about a career on the air? "Because we're looking for someone like you to run our evening show." Eddie promptly dropped his phone and lost it to the bottom of the river. (He called them back on Steve's phone.)

The closeness of The Shitshow was born out of getting lost in a thunderstorm camping in the backwoods. Steve and Nancy were dating at the time and out for a hike, Robin was with her family and climbing trees to hide and listen to music, and Eddie was fishing/camping with Wayne and got lost coming back to the campsite after getting water. The four of them ended up hunkering together, all cozy like, under an old abandoned lean-to for hours while the storm raged on around them. Eddie shared his weed and Nancy shared her trailmix and Robin shared her music, and the rest is.... history!

The balance of Corroded Coffin are attending IU Bloomington, same as... pretty much everyone except for Eddie, Steve, and the rest of the crew at The Buzz. The band split somewhere toward the tail end of freshman year; Eddie was overcommitted and the rest of them were bogged down by school work; everyone wanted to focus. They all still play independently, and jam together sometimes, but that's about it. Eddie kind of wants to teach guitar lessons, but doesn't feel like he has much room in his life for that right now.

Eddie LOVES working at The Caducetorium. He worked there before The Buzz, and he'll work there pretty much forever if the owners let him. He really loves engaging with the kids and creating a safe space for them to be their nerdy selves. He is technically the Assistant Store Manager by title. Most of them are in awe of and/or terrified by him given his presence and local infamy; there's more than one kid growing their hair out or discovering Metallica or taking the leap to DM for the first time, thanks to his influence. He does lots of extra stuff too, like hosting mini painting nights and doing Intro to D&D type things. He also definitely still DMs, but tries to keep it to one-shots here and there; a campaign would be too much commitment.

Chrissy grew up in a small town and was, indeed, a cheerleader; very similar family dynamics as canon!Chrissy, but without Jason's influence in high school; she a few MUCH less controlling, considerably more encouraging boyfriends, and she was able to break free on her own; she insisted on her area of study, and has ambitions to be a well-known media figure someday, and however that might naturally take shape. Her profs all love her and think that she's destined for big things, and were not so subtle in their opinions on her relationship with Jason. But he was perfectly lovely to her (until he wasn't), and very Hans-from-Frozen-esque in the whys for pursuing Chrissy (and his continued harassment). He wants to be famous, has Things to Prove to his old man, but also knows that he's not talented enough to do it on his own. Shit head.

So.... I wrote a lot. 😅 Thanks for the ask, @amandaashplease!

Happy to answer more from this post: Send Me an AU & I’ll Give You 5+ Headcanons About It.

#dash games #ask alie #hellcheer #hellcheer fanfic #hellcheer au #my stories #hellcheer fanfic: the buzz #amandaashplease #alie's hellcheer headcanons

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al-hekima-madara-blog · 2 years

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Speculation from the cavern Part II

Following my part I

I once wrote a realistic headcanon where I said Madara might have stay connected to the Gedo statute around his 40, his body prematurely exhausted by years of battle. But actually I realise now I was wrong. To connect yourself you need a Gedo statue and to summon a Gedo statue you need a pair of rinnegan...🙃 and he obtains them in the verge of death, in his 90 ish...

Oh man... that mistake open a new infernal door of speculations !🤯

Madara was free to move anywhere he wants for most of his life, especially after Tobirama's death who is known to be a great sensor. And thanks to white zetsu, he is pretty well aware of all the shinobi geopolitics of the time. He said to Obito that he built some of the underground.

Ok so underground builder might have been one of his hobbies. Sasuke later destroyed the main entrance when he awakened his EMS but the corridors still exist and we don't know how far they travel through the fire country.

And his character is showed many times as a man of action. He can't just stay still. He's constantly looking for or doing something new as shown by Hashirama's reaction below:

PKGORBM!!! everyone is traumatized by the apocalypse on its way but Hashirama seems to talk about a facetious kid acting bad. I'll talk an other time about both Hashi and Madara being insane in their own league.

So Madara just sitting in his cave and contemplating the coming of his potential Rinnegan seems out of character.

Do you remember when he made fun of Obito spending a life time chasing the 9 bijuu with the help of Akatsuki. But Madara... what is your excuse in 60 years?

If I remember well, when he talked to Hashirama in front of the Uchiha shrine he already knew Kaguya's story (thanks to Zetsu's editing) and already came up with the idea that he needs part of Hashirama's power to recreate the Rinnegan. and also that he needs all bijuus for starting the infinite Tsukuyomi. He captured first Kyuubi and used him to get Hashirama's cells... but then what next? Why didn't he chase the other weaker bijuus just with his Sharingan?

Even if the Rinnegan was delayed, he still was strong enough to chase all the bijuus in his 30s, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's but he didn't. Even in his crippled 90's he was able to control a group of Kiri shinobis, Rin and sealed Sanbi into her.

Some of you could say : but what the point to collect all the bijuus if you can't summon the Gedo statue first? Ok, ok...back to the Rinnegan issue. If I'm correct to awake the Rinnegan not only you need to merge Uchiha and Senju cells but they need to both comes from Indra and Ashura reincarnations. So technically as soon as Hashirama died, his cells are useless. And Ashura won't reincarnate again if the previous Indra's reincarnation is still alive. Sasuke becomes Indra's next avatar only because Madara died just few years before. As if Ashura was waiting for Sasuke's birth to reincarnate few month later into Naruto and continue their never-ending conflict.

You want to know what I think about this mess? I think Kishimoto and his team don't care that much about ensuring consistency in Narutoverse, in the same manner they don't care about proper family tree or timeline. They just wanted an overpowered charismatic villain from a distant past, and didn't pay attention or didn't care that it's doesn't make any sense that someone so powerful and notoriously impatient will be invisible and idle for 60 years.

Part III

#Madara #Madara plot hole #madara speculations #naruto #madara uchiha

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incomingalbatross · 2 years

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"The Librarians and the Disenchanted Forest":

I think Eve is trying to give Flynn's resignation the benefit of the doubt by saying "it was to cut down the number of Librarians," but A) you don't know that because he didn't talk to you, B) Jenkins, who DID hear more of his doubts pre-resignation, thought he was mainly freaking out about the tethering (which, to be clear, is valid but different), and C) Eve. Why would you TELL the children about the Librarian Civil War like it was a legitimate concern, this isn't helping.

And again, if Flynn were really willing to resign over the civil war concerns, there are better solutions than "make the others resign too"! You have three left then—one can tether, one can be the mortal Librarian, and the one left should at least see if they could get reassigned to Guardian. Then you have two pairs, one active, and one tethered, and everything is status quo.

(Though, again, I really don't see WHY this is such a concern. Yes, one of them could go evil! A sole Librarian could also go evil just as easily, right? What, because the joint Librarians were corrupted last time, they automatically will in this case too? I'm with Jenkins, this whole thing is silly.)

Yes, Eve, talking SENSE. As I expected! Fate and Destiny and Prophecy are immeasurably weaker than Eve's stubborn drive to hold on to her family. That's how it works.

HOWEVER. Genuinely and unironically responding to her magic family-team's internal Fate and Destiny and Prophecy-fueled internal crisis by dragging them to a team-building retreat is SO FUNNY. And somehow also very Eve.

I mean yes, technically the Library sent them to a team-building retreat, but Eve is using it.

"I hate camp" Ezekiel, have you... have you been to summer camp? When? How?

Cassandra "my urge to recapture my missed childhood is drowning out literally everything else" Cillian is a very refreshing switch from the Crisis.

Throw three geniuses and one very competitive Colonel into a puzzle competition and everything else is instantly forgotten. Of course.

Yyyyeah, telling Spooky Indian Campfire Stories around Stone is not going to go smoothly. Saw that coming.

Okay, Ezekiel's starting to genuinely not have a good time I think. Maybe two pranks is his limit.

"When did I become the adult?" Good question, Ezekiel! Precedent suggests some kind of personality-altering magic may be at work on everyone else.

Stone: "OH NO. A PRETTY GIRL QUOTING POETRY. MY TWO WEAKNESSES"

I... think this is the first time Ezekiel has ever said something he was doing wasn't fun. Wow.

Oh right, I guess DOSA does still exist. :/

Oh hey, a Lois Lane! They're always trouble.

Aww, Ezekiel and Cassandra. :( I see where they're both coming from... (and honestly, I think they're just two different responses to the same problem of No Childhood)

Oh, the trees are attacking? Fun if true.

Ezekiel has at some point taught Stone to pick locks.

...Combined with the fact that we know he gave Jenkins lockpicks for Christmas... has Ezekiel at some point given Lockpicks and Training Therein to all his teammates? Was this his one-size-fits-all Christmas present one year, or did he just do it gradually as occasion arose?

Eve: HOW DARE ROMANCE EXIST. ROMANCE IS BAD. ONLY THE TEAM EXISTS

"I took Flynn back every time" Eve, I love you, Flynn absolutely should have talked to you, and also I understand you're not obligated to be a 100% reliable narrator right now. But... half the time you break up with him.

Bro, you can't show the investigative reporter the Magical Secret World she's been searching for and then tell her she can never reveal its existence. That's not fair.

"Librarians can't have personal lives" I know Flynn is a convincing case study, but. Charlene was married for a while. I think it's at least possible for your everyday Librarian to work out something sustainable.

#a distraction of librarians

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so because CS is all in hiding, they can't really be going to the store regularly (Kiki was going by herself w ridge for a while until everyone else showed up) for various reasons:

every member of CS stands out for being human on a moon that's almost entirely Vero

Jax and Edger specifically stand out for being bald

They can all go to the market but not all at once, and they can't really all go to the same parts of the market all the time for the risk that sharp vendors will recognize them. kiki's technically next in line for the throne but she gave up that claim (still has the title) and also tbh nobody knows what she looks like.

so when it's just Kiki, Ridge, Pai, and a few family members they manage just fine in the huge mostly empty house. the reset of CS comes and now they need way more food. Out of sheer boredom, Jax and co start making something serious of the garden at the back so they can grow as much of their own food as possible, especially when going to the market gets too dangerous (after there's a raid and after their kids are kidnapped).

It helps to keep all of them occupied too. lots of raised beds for the plants that thrive in those, certain kinds of fruit trees, a water system, maybe even a pond. theyd have to raise (small to medium sized) animals, too. a compost for everything, especially when they get into drying/canning foods for the long hauls of the empire breathing down their necks. at least the time periods of mass peeling and chopping yams is great for socialzing.

edger's a great help bc he finds a way to get all the pollinators and bugs they need into the garden while keeping out what they don't want. Jax and Cord and Marik will go hunting in the bush behind the home on occasion.

the basement is huge. who even knows how many freezers are down there. at the peak of the homes population, there's Kiki, Jax, their three kids; Marik, his wife/partner, their three kids; Ridge, Ule, their four kids; Ratchet, his wife, their one or two kids; Bliz, his partner; Edger, Cord, Kiki's aunt/second in command at the house, and some other family members. at the minimum 24 people not including the extended family beyond the aunt. the grounds are huge, the main house is massive but its massive in like the. designed to fit multiple generations kind of way. and like they've got other small houses (guest? houses?) on the property.

but yeah before Jax and the rest show up it is quite empty.

#ch posts #mod OCs #the dei family

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eazy-group · 6 months

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Wild camping in the UK can be a rewarding and memorable experience, whether you are an avid camper or a beginner. Several of the most popular destinations are located in Wales. It is widely known for its three national parks, the scenic Wales Coast Path, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

But before you pack your bags and camping essentials, it’s important to note that specific rules and regulations must be complied with to ensure you won’t get in trouble while trying to have fun and explore nature.

So, today, let’s go over the critical information you need to plan your trip. Can you wild camp in Wales and set up camp wherever you like? How can you guarantee you will leave no trace and show respect for the environment?

We will also give a quick rundown of the most beautiful places to pitch your tent in Wales and answer some of the common questions that campers have about the area and this outdoor activity.

The law on wild camping in Wales

Technically speaking, the law forbids wild camping in Wales. This rule generally applies to the UK, except for certain parts of Dartmoor and Scotland. While it may seem too restrictive, the government impose this as a way of protecting the interests of the landowners. Getting caught wild camping is considered trespassing, a civil offence under UK law.

Can you wild camp in Wales?

Though the law explicitly states that wild camping in Wales is not legal, this activity is tolerated under certain conditions. For example, you can set up your tent on a given land provided that you have been granted the permission of the respective landowner.

Campers in remote places far from cultivated land can also get away with wild camping as long as they stay only for one night and leave no trace. Some campgrounds near hiking or walking trails are also popular among wild campers. They are typically allowed so long as they do not obstruct the pathways, disturb others, or harm the environment.

Top 5 rules to follow when wild camping in Wales

Now that you understand the legality of wild camping in Wales, let us share the top 5 rules you should always keep in mind. These rules are established to prevent you from getting into legal trouble and conserve the beauty of the places you intend to visit.

Breaking any one of them can lead to severe repercussions including but limited to being driven away from the area, getting arrested for damaging property or endangerment of the indigenous lifeforms.

1) Don’t damage your surroundings

As innocent as camping may sound, some reckless actions can cause undue damage to the terrain, bodies of water, and nearby plants and animals. Therefore, you must exercise caution throughout your entire stay. You must also avoid altering your chosen campsite by moving rocks, cutting trees, or trampling plants.

Approaching wildlife may also be damaging because it disrupts the ecological balance. Some adverse effects include a change in the local population or increased transmission of diseases or parasites to humans or other animals.

2) Try to camp in small numbers

Camping with several of your family and friends can be an exciting and unforgettable trip for everyone involved. However, too many people in the same campsite can create excessive noise, litter, erosion, and fire risk. It will also be harder for you to find a suitable place to camp, especially if people or wildlife live there.

Given these, it’s best to limit your count to no more than four campers at the same time. This will allow you to go wild camping with minimal gear and reduced environmental impact.

3) Don’t stay longer than 3 Days

Following this wild camping rule will help you stay discreet and avoid facing legal consequences. The longer you stay, the higher the likelihood of being noticed by the landowner or the locals. Spending more days in the same camping spot may also lead to more harm or disturbance to the surroundings.

You will also likely bring more supplies to last more than three days, which can mean more litter and thus prevent you from leaving no trace. Finally, overstaying might ruin the itinerary of other campers in the area because fewer campsites will be available.

4) Do not litter

Littering can do more damage than you might initially realize. Aside from destroying the beauty of the place, it is a significant source of pollution to the soil and water sources. Trash can also attract animals to your campsite, and that can cause them to become more dependent on our food and be more aggressive towards humans.

Your litter may also be a choking or ingestion hazard for those animals. If you have gear, accessories or supplies you don’t need anymore, bring them to recycle or consider selling them on websites for used camping gear.

5) Camp away from buildings or historic structures

Buildings and structures may belong to landowners who do not welcome wild campers. Most historical monuments or sites in Wales are also protected by law to preserve their integrity. Camping near any of them can lead to conflict with the involved landowners or the local authorities.

Suppose you are found trespassing or you have inflicted damage to cultural heritage. In that case, you will face penalties and fines in addition to the headaches of ending your camping trip earlier than planned. Respect the land and its inhabitants by camping discreetly somewhere far from buildings or historic structures.

Where to go wild camping in Wales

Having learned the best practices aligned with the wild camping laws in Wales, you should start researching the most beautiful camping spots in the country. You’re in luck if you choose Wales because there are so many places to discover and explore.

From dramatic mountains and hills to stunning beaches and coastlines, you will have your pick of where to pitch your camping tent. Regardless of your choice, however, remember to dig deeper by finding out the weather conditions, terrain, and local rules and regulations that may affect you during your trip.

Wild camping in Snowdonia

Snowdonia is a mountainous National Park in northwestern Wales. It has fifteen mountains, including the highest peak in Wales, Snowdon. In addition, the area also has a variety of landscapes, such as magnificent beaches, limestone cliffs, open lands, and salt marshes. Regarding wildlife diversity, Snowdonia is home to different types of birds, dolphins, and rare plants.

One of our favourite wild camping spots in Snowdonia is the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. This is the only one of its kind in the UK. It covers almost 300 meters of coastline, offering views of nearby islands and mountainous peaks.

If you’re into hiking or trekking, we recommend going to Rhinogydd, a mountain range in the middle south of Snowdonia, or Carneddau on the northeastern side. Expect the terrains to be rugged and secluded, but you can still find great wild camping spots near the lakes or on the plateaus.

Wild camping on the Welsh Coast

The Welsh coast stretches from Chepstow on the English border, passing through Pembrokeshire and Anglesey before circling back to Flint near the border. In total, it has a length of about 2,700 kilometres. Within this is a continuous coastal footpath called the Wales Coast Path, which draws in thousands of hikers, cyclists, and fans of wildlife watching every year.

Wild camping on the Welsh Coast should be done carefully since pitching a tent on a beach or near water sources is frowned upon. Fortunately, several excellent camping spots are away from such areas, but do not skimp on the views. We recommend looking for one in Anglesey on the north-west part of the Welsh Coast.

It offers a nice balance of scenic sights, historical sites, and cultural heritage. The Gower Peninsula in the southern region is also a great choice. It is the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the UK, so be sure to include it in your places to visit in Wales.

Wild Camping in the Brecon Beacons

Brecon Beacons is a National Park located in south Wales. Covering an area of 1,344 square kilometres, this popular camping destination offers a wide variety of stunning landscapes and diverse wildlife. The skies over the Brecon Beacons are also perfect for stargazing as they become so dark and tranquil at night.

Hikers and climbers flock to Brecon Beacons for its mountains and hills. You can find there some of the highest peaks in the area, such as the Pen y Fan and Corn Du. The mountain range of Mynydd Llangynidr is one of the favourite picks for wild camping for its picturesque views and a secluded cave open for explorers.

Choose Wales for your next wild camping adventure

Wales remains to rank high among our list of camping destinations. Experienced travellers can attest to its natural beauty, but beginners might still be dissuaded to visit due to the complexities involved. We hope our post has helped clarify if you can wild camp in Wales or not. Remember our tips on how to stay on the good side of the law and locals so that you can focus more on discovering everything Wales has to offer.

You’re also in luck because the country has so many astounding places to wild camp. Check out our recommendations earlier to get started with your trip planning now. Whether you brave the mountains or relax on the coastline, you will have a fantastic time wild camping in Wales.

FAQs about wild camping in Wales

What happens if you get caught wild camping in Wales?

Wild camping in Wales is not legal but is possible with the landowner’s permission. If you push through without permission, you will be asked to leave and move on by the landowner, their representative, or the local police.

Refusing to comply immediately or returning to the same land within three months of the first time you trespassed will increase your charges to aggravated trespassing. This criminal offence has a maximum fine of £2,500, a penalty of 3 months imprisonment, or both.

Where can you legally wild camp in Wales?

There are no legal wild camping spots in Wales. However, you won’t face legal consequences if you wild camp with the explicit permission of the landowner. In this case, you are not trespassing in their lands and can pitch your wild camping tent there.

Other areas that may be considered can be found in remote and secluded places. The ideal ones are far from farms, bodies of water, buildings, historical or cultural structures, or residential areas.

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Custom Toonami Block Week 136 Rundown

Spy X Family: So the group finds out they actually failed getting into Edin College despite what happened last episode but it’s okay since Elegance Man punching out the asshole dude did bump them up to the top of the waiting list and there’s almost always a dropout or two. Yor’s just immediately on board for murdering someone to improve their chances which is fucking funny but luckily it doesn’t come to that and like one night later they get a call that they’re in. They have a mini-party with Count Scruffyhead (I didn’t learn his real name and that’s what they call him for this episode so that’s what I’m gonna call him) and him and Yor get drunk off their fucking asses and convince Loid that Anya deserves a reward for getting in and that somehow turns into him calling in thousands of dollars worth of Spy Resources to stage a Lupin the Third style phantom thief rescue mission in an unopened theme park for Anya’s favorite show. So basically Loid gets to show off his spy skills in the Disney castle to J-pop while Count Scruffyhead hams it up as the villain and drunk Yor vibes in the background. The final boss actually is drunk-ass Yor and luckily she passes out before she can fucking accidentally kill Loid and I have no idea how any of these people have alibis around each other anymore like I guess Loid just thinks Yor’s some Rock Lee style drunken boxers who can flip cows over idk everyone’s really smart about their own secrets and really dumb about everyone else’s secrets but that’s the name of the game I guess but if they ever try to pull an actual reveal where they find out what’s going on there’s gonna be a like ‘You know there WERE signs…’ deal. But yeah, not it’s time for the greatest challenge of all… private school.

Inuyasha: It’s the start of the Naginata of Kenkon filler arc and if you told me this was a recycled script from a scrapped Inuyasha movie I’d believe you. We start off with Kagome sucking at school as usual for someone that goes to school like ten days a year, when Hojo busts in like ‘yo check out my family tree there’s a girl named Kagome that means there’s logical precedent for us getting together right?’ and Kagome’s too full of school-related despair to even acknowledge it at the time but she’s the only know that knows it’s technically possible that it could really be her since they do know Hojo’s ancestor from the second movie. I remember being so confused as a kid because I DID see the second movie but it’s not like they played them in order or anything so I kinda forgot Akitoki was in it by the time this episode came around. But yeah the plot does kinda a decent job of weaving into canon with Akitoki saying he wanted to get his cursed family blade purified at Mt. Hakurei but since Mt. Hakurei kinda blew up at the end of that arc and a bunch of demons flew out it prolly won’t work so Kaede directs them to the second most holy and thankfully much closer shrine around. Along the way Hojo’s Milo Murphying his way through shit because of the curse which I guess having an enormously cursed half of a demon naginata translates to ‘being kinda clumsy disturbingly frequently’ and also they’re being attacked by Demon Ninjas… which are demons that are also ninjas. I feel like playing that scene from DBZ Abridged where Piccolo calls out the filler villain squad every time because we basically always get the same group which is weird because Inuyasha doesn’t do villain squads all THAT often and getting non-Inuyasha fights is usually a nice change of pace but usually there’s not much to the design besides an elemental demon for one of the lesser guys to fight, Anyway they get bombed by the demon ninjas and Kagome and Hojo get thrown off a bridge, the end.

Yu Yu Hakusho: Now that Kurama’s starting to put together the pieces of how Gamemaster’s power works, he realizes that the kid will die when he loses the game since the Goblin King dying is part of the game’s ending, unlike players that have continues and can start over. Apparently Sensui’s nihilism made him pick a game that will off one of his teammates even if he does exactly what he wants, probably a ‘better to die in a game than be killed by demons or live in this corrupt world’ kind of villain motivation. He tells Gamemaster this right before the game starts and the kid who’s only motivation is ‘the apocalypse cancels school right?’ fucking breaks down knowing now that he’s playing the villain the only way out is death. This comes into play as Kurama’s game against him is what I can only describe as Sudoku Tetris which sounds ridiculously hard. Gamemaster thinks back to meeting Sensui which is a scene FULL of stranger danger at this point and it looks like he does have at least some idea of what he’s gotten himself into but was mostly in it to make video games real. The realization that he’s going to die kind of makes it hard to focus even for the guy that knows the fucking code of this game inside and out because apparently Sudoku Tetris isn’t as predictable as the quiz show. Kurama’s not about to hesitate to kill a kid though and brutally ends the game with less than half his screen full. Kurama’s fucking pissed Sensui led a child to throw his life away without even knowing it and Hiei’s just like ‘yeah we kill kids all the time no biggie at least I didn’t have to play a fucking video game’ which I kinda wish we got a scene of Hiei playing Fruit Ninja or some shit but yeah now we’ve got a dead kid and we’re at the final boss and now Gourmet and Kuwabara are in the boat instead of the psychic monk guy so Kurama’s ready to murder everyone because he does not like being forced to murder kids though this series is terrible with sticking to sad death scenes so I doubt this’ll stick.

Jujutsu Kaisen: So yeah Sukuna’s out and about now and challenges Megumi to a fight to celebrate his new body-having…ness but not before ripping out his own heart since if Yuji switches back while he doesn’t have a heart he’ll die but for Sukuna it’s a mild inconvenience. Megumi wants to fight him to force him to heal enough for Yuji to come back but this guy’s the final boss and Megumi’s Part 1 Sasuke levels of ‘stronger than he should be but not strong enough to break the story flow’ and he’s also dropping shadow puppets left and right. We get a little of his backstory which is your standard ‘mom was cool and died but dad named be after a girl and left’ backstory, you know how it goes, hopefully we’ll get more info on that later because we seem to be getting driveby flashbacks without much depth for these backstories. But yeah before Megumi can do his super ultimate shadow technique deal, Yuji comes back and fucking dies on the spot. Gojo’s mad and says it was probably people pissed off at Gojo himself and wanting to spite him for getting Yuji’s execution on hold but that’s kinda fucked up because they had not guarantee it’d be Yuji that died or that it wouldn’t also kill Nobara and Megumi. But yeah, Yuji’s dead and only took three fingers with him, so uhhh… short series, guess we’re focusing on Megumi and Nobara’s survivor’s guilt now. We also meet the second year squad, discount Nanao Ise, Rice Ingredient Man and Pandaman, because we learned from Tekken that if you just throw a Panda into a fight it’ll be way more fun. They invite Megumi and Nobara to your local shonen tournament dealie and their friend just died because they couldn’t beat up a giant naked man without the help of their friend’s four-armed hollow tailed beast deal so they’re like ‘yeah sure training arc sounds good’. Also Yuji’s not dead because of course he’s not but it still is pretty creepy to think that he’s like a corpse and the original heart and hand he was born with are gone now like it’s like the Ship of Theseus how much does Sukuna have to heal him before he’s a completely different person from when he started?

Chainsaw Man: Picking up immediately where we left off with Denji about to feel up Power, aside from her padding her chest the whole experience isn’t the world-shattering nirvana-inducing eternal bliss he was expecting. He brings it up to Makima in a similar yet more crude way to Fullmetal Alchemist: if the pursuit of the dream is more enioyable than attaining it then what’s the point? Makima basically tells him that pleasure is fleeting but you can extend it with torturous teasing and actually giving a fuck about the person by forming a parasocial relationship with them, so basically the same model used by OnlyFans. She also wins him over by promising to fuck him if he gets the big head honcho arc Devil so we’ve basically reset the goalpost of the arc to introduce a real villain. We also get a little of Aki’s backstory and get to see his whole family killed by the Gun Devil which should probably be called the Nuclear Bomb Devil with how it fucking obliterates shit in seconds (if this took place in the 1960s it would definitely be the Nuclear Bomb Devil). But yeah when there’s supernatural devils running around everywhere people just start buying up guns so the whole world became America for a bit and America became SUPER AMERICA so there was a terrorist attack that shot that through the roof (I like how there’s a number of actual attacks this could be referencing but since it’s America it doesn’t even narrow it down a little and probably for the best since relating it too close to an actual attack in your manga about groping boobs would probably offend people). So then the world basically banned and censored guns to cut off its power but peeps are still afraid of it because who wouldn’t be. Also I’m like 100% sure America didn’t actually sign on to the bans because the most American thing to do is be like “GUN DEVIL!? WE CAN SOLVE THAT WITH MORE GUNS!!” But yeah now they gotta collect the jewel shards since enough bullets will act like a compass to the real Gun Devil. Aki Squad and Himeno Squad go to a hotel to hunt down one such bullet-eating devil and spend way too much time talking about smooching Himeno and Denji pretends to be monogamous for like 0.00001 seconds before going balls to the walls on getting smooched. Turns out Himeno and Aki used to be partners and while Aki decided to become Sasuke with a boner for his superior, Himeno decided to literally just fuck around and find out, I mean that’s her prerogative, also she got a ghost hand, feels like a literal embodiment of the fear of ghosts should be able to do more than squeeze shit but I guess that’s all you get for the payment of an eye. Also the hotel is doing some PT-Shining shit and looping and we’ve got a perfect cast of horror movie dumbasses so this should be fun.

Ranking of Kings: Turns out Kage was in Bojji’s bag the whole time and that’s why it protected his head after he fell off the tower and why it returned to him randomly after it got stolen, and it was even Kage protecting him from eating the poisoned food by the campfire, honestly that’s really good foreshadowing, enough to make you realize something’s going on without outright giving it away. Turns out creepy snake dude actually sent Kage to protect Bojji while trustworthy sword dude was the one trying to kill him, real Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone switcheroo. Kage gives Bojji a new crown and leads him down deeper into the literal hell hole saying that the king of the underworld will help make Bojji strong enough to fend off all the attempts on his life. Meanwhile Daida is having a Rick and Morty style montage of multiple things being murdered to create a simple drink including throwing his dad’s corpse into a wood chipper and super murdering a phoenix to make a good ol’ dad shake just in time for father’s day. Turns out creepy snake guy’s full of good advice since Daida flashes back to him telling him struggling for strength is what makes him strong and he throws the dad shake away, fully pissing off his magic mirror but given it’s just a pane of glass it ain’t gonna do shit, though weird Spear Guy who Daida almost had killed is on his way down to find him so who knows. Meanwhile Domas gets confronted by the other guard guy that actually likes Bojji and Domas is flashing back to Daida being like ‘wow you sure are untrustworthy for verbally betraying your student, to prove you’re trustworthy to me you should kill that student’ which doesn’t make any kind of sense but okay. Anyway second guard dude is pissed but he can’t do shit so Domas knocks him out and cuts off his own hand as punishment or some shit idk this episode got real bloody real quick between dismemberments and turning people into milkshakes.

Vinland Saga: With Thorfinn now trapped on the ship of the guy he wants to kill he finds screaming about murder isn’t enough to keep him alive and almost dies of thirst before Askeladd’s crew hit land at another village and Thorfinn passes out long enough for the real pillaging to start. Thorfinn finds Askeladd sleeping and is about to just fucking murder him in his sleep but takes at least part of his dad’s pacifist message to heart and decides if he’s gonna commit bloody murder he’ll at least commit Odin-sanctioned bloody murder and kill Askeladd in a duel. The funny thing is it looks like Askeladd was awake and was ready to let him kill him if he tried to jump him in his sleep but as soon as he gets challenged to a real fight he just beats the shit out of Thorfinn since the kid’s using a sword that’s basically the same height as him. Thorfinn does a mini training arc in the woods and figures out he’s better off with his knife since he can swing it easier and throw it. We also cut back to Ylva and she’s working through her grief in her own way by overworking and as soon as she’s forced to take a second’s rest she breaks down crying (if this series was about Ylva hunting down her father’s killer and being a badass Viking lady I’d still watch that) also Leif says he’s gonna find Thorfinn but apparently they didn’t think to look too hard when they lost him like it’s not a big boat where the fuck did they think he was I really wanna know what happened in that scene. Thorfinn’s basically doing the camping montage from the All is One, One is All episode of FMA and gets like 10% more deadly which is pretty good for what’s implied to be a long weekend but it’s not enough to take down adults so Askeladd just kicks his ass again and tells him he’ll fight him again when he’s proven himself as a real warrior. So now we’ve got our kid with borderline Stockholm syndrome ignoring his father’s wishes to live up to the toxic masculinity of his culture, basically the exact inverse of How to Train Your Dragon.

#ooc #Toonami #Custom Toonami Block #Spy X Family #Inuyasha #Yu Yu Hakusho #Jujutsu Kaisen #Chainsaw Man #Ranking of Kings #Vinland Saga

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The Laveau Big Fat Family & Friends Christmas Staycation

The holidays came. All the voodoo ones. All the traditional ones. The triplets birthday too just to add on top of the pile. The Northern Solstice was in full celebration with the mixed diversity of the open ended beliefs that ended up in the New Lothlorien this holiday season. There was grieving and unknown futures mixed with the celebrating, but that’s what made the celebrating and togetherness extra special this year. Maybe it wasn’t always said, but it was felt all the more how much it meant to even be together at all.

Just to get things started....

The exchange of gifts at Laveau house were often home made or small in nature so there would be a few moments that would overwhelm in very big ways. No one expected anything so big and all the very big thing were actually very last minute. Truly the greatest gift of all this year for Valerie was just having everyone here, so many everyones, so many more than ever expected.

She would announce with Thomas to Chip’s family they would get them a family vehicle. Then as if that wasn’t a big enough gift and right when Chip was giving his big man hug to Thomas Valerie would stand next to Thomas and and say that wasn’t all. Then she’d hold his hand and say he got his bid on that camp. That every camper that survived they could find was more than welcome to find sanctuary here and start anew. All they had to do was say yes and to please think about it. They’d feel so overwhelmed just with vehicle because with all they’d been through they actually didn’t have gifts for anyone this year which was a first and felt a little self conscious about it. But, Valerie kept reassuring them their presence was gift enough. They brought baby gifts. They’d managed quite enough. Valerie refused to let them feel bad for an instance.

Either way this also announced Dale would get land for his own place so he wouldn’t have to rent when he finally decided to come back whenever he was done with whatever was going on in Peru. None of them quite understood everything that was going on there.

The Savanne wives would hardly know how to react. Willem had never seen such huge gestures in person and he was feeling that Christmas magic twinkly sentimental. Their lives didn’t feel so unknown and aimless anymore.

There were funny gifts that managed to be shipped and made it under the tree. The one that made Valerie laugh the hardest was a mug from Delta. She’d open it and bust out so hard. She’d hold it up and show everyone and say, “I got her the exact same one. Oh my gosh. I love her so much. I can’t even explain how much I love that girl.” Those two really did think alike.

Dale would give Valerie and Thomas a together gift he worked on in Peru with some metal he found “laying around” after kicking it apart in an anger fit and then put it to good use by forming it into a large wall ornament of Marrassa’s sigil.

Scout had pillow covers for people that died so she instead ended up giving them to Figaro because why not? They were an animal person. It made sense to them since they hadn’t technically shopped for them and they were here. It seemed to fit. She thought they might be the person to appreciate it still.

And one from Scout for Zero too.

Willem will sing this song for Diana. Again the scare of losing her really got to him. He’d just want to see his dancing girl dance. Maybe he’d have mistletoe after. :P

Then Hook would come to Laveau family dinner. This is also where Willem would indeed give him the Tinkerbelle doll small enough to fit in his bottled ships he’d been working on. He hadn’t given it life. But, he would, he would right there in front of his father with a little whisper no one could hear. She’d come to life. The magic of Gepetto’s legacy would be seen by all right in front everyone for Hook as another Christmas miracle. There wasn’t a person in witness that couldn’t see the depth of how Willem had affected his father. Willem knew whatever he just forgot, he didn’t care. It was worth it. She was forever worth it whatever he lost. It was a little hard for Valerie to witness truth be to told. So much emotional stuff. But, it was sweet. She just had such a rich history with all these people. It all hit her really deep too.

It would have been the most touching moment ever if Scout wasn’t heard saying, “And his heart grew ten sizes that day-” and Ray actually grab her and try to cover her mouth and they were both blinking like nothing was happening, no one was talking, what?

By Christmas Willem and GoGo will have worked on those surfboards and Will would have tinkered enough to really have one ready to ride out in that snow. He’s going to be dying to go try it out with GoGo. Her first pixie dust powered hover and his first ride in blizzard snow in a winter wonderland like that.

And oh boy is it gonna go. Go go go go fast. The dude missel will have his energy harnessed. He’s been working on this and will be very proud to show it off to someone who actually cares about the mechanics of it. So, because GoGo was the first person he met that ever seemed smart enough or cool enough to give a crap or appreciate it on more than a ‘oh cool’ kind of level he decided he’d leave it with her. He could always make more.

He’d hop off and say, “Merry Christmas. For you, It’ll last as long as your happy thoughts.”

Scout also had a thing with gifting the dobies giraffes this year. stuffies. and onsies. Why? Who knew? They’d be tearing them up and be on to the next soon enough. It had something to do with being Noah before from Halloween with the ark.

Scout being the chicken obsessed kid would also get all the babies meaning Laveau babies and Bellerose baby a chicken onsie. She couldn’t stop herself when she saw it. She really needs some chickens again. Maybe she can get some when they get the camp up and running.

#willemxgogo #laveau family christmas #christmas 2022 #hook #chipxthomas #gifts #not finished with christmas stuff #just getting some up cuz YAY christmas

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10 Secrets for a Successful Stanford Student

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Introduction

When you think of Stanford, you probably imagine ivy-covered buildings, cherry trees, and red-blazered boys throwing a football around on the Quad. And while that image is pretty accurate for the most part, what you might not know is that it’s also one of the hardest colleges in America to get into. Less than 7% of prospective Stanford students receive acceptance letters from the institution every year. It can be kind of scary to think about spending your next four years locked away with thousands of other brilliant and competitive people – especially if you just finished high school and aren’t used to being in an environment where everyone has their eyes set on getting a degree from a prestigious university. However, if you’re determined to get into Stanford like so many other students before you have as well, then read on for some helpful tips that will give you a leg up (and perhaps even help you beat those odds)!

Know the application process inside and out.

First things first, make sure you know exactly how the application process works. While each application may vary slightly from student to student, there are some general steps that most high schoolers go through when they’re applying to Stanford. First, you’ll want to start by researching the school and seeing if it’s a good fit for you. This includes reading the school’s website, visiting the campus, and scheduling a meeting with an admissions officer. After that, you’ll want to fill out the application online. While each app will be slightly different, most of them ask for the same basic information like your name, address, contact info, high school, and standardized test scores. And once you submit your application, you’ll want to make sure everything is perfect. You can start by double-checking your application for any errors, and then make sure you’ve filled out everything perfectly. This includes making sure your essay is the best it can be, and that you’ve included all of your extra info like extracurriculars. Once you’re done with all of this, you can then move on to the essays and letters of recommendation. Those are both optional, but they’ll help your application stand out from the rest of the crowd!

Know what Stanford wants in a student.

When thinking about what it takes to get into Stanford, many different factors go into play. First off, let’s talk about academics. Stanford wants students who have demonstrated their potential to excel in academics over time. To do this, they look at students who have a lot of college/university credit hours or who have been accepted to multiple colleges or universities with competitive GPAs/test scores/academic awards (i.e., National Merit Finalists). They also look for students who have leadership roles in their high school and community (i.e., President of Key Club or Student Council), as well as those who participate in high-level extracurricular activities (i.e., playing on a varsity team at a competitive level). Beyond that, Stanford wants students who demonstrate great communication skills and leadership skills through college courses or volunteer work on campus. Stanford students are also chosen based on their potential to be successful in the workplace. Because of the competitive business environment and high-tech jobs they offer, Stanford students are expected to be strong leaders and problem solvers. They also look for students who have a history of working in a business or technical environment, as well as those who come from families with a history of academic achievement and success in STEM careers. The admissions staff at Stanford takes into account the student’s interests and personalities, as well as their ability to succeed in college. They will look for those who show leadership qualities, such as being involved in school clubs/sports teams/or volunteer work; for those who are outgoing, creative thinkers (i.e., good writers) and independent thinkers; for those who demonstrate an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), especially computer science; for those with strong communication skills (i.e., good oral presentation skills); for those with an interest in the arts; and those with leadership qualities (i.e., good decision-making skills). Stanford is looking for individuals who will make them proud! As such, Stanford looks not only at grades but also at SAT scores, class rank, extracurricular activities, leadership experience, community involvement, writing test scores, extracurricular activities, and your letters of recommendation.

Don’t be afraid to take risks in your essays.

One of the most important parts of your Stanford application is the essays. This is often the part where students take the most risks. Why? Because you have the opportunity to stand out from the crowd. If you’re worried that you’ll sound too similar to someone else, go ahead and take a risk with your essay. Stanford knows that this is a competitive application process, and they want students that are going to make waves once they get to campus. So, if you’re nervous that you might sound too generic, take a risk with the essay! It’s better to stand out than fit in.

Network, network, network!

If you’re looking to get into Stanford, networking is key. The best way to do this is by joining clubs and organizations at your high school. By getting to know people who can write you letters of recommendation, you’ll be able to gain a lot of valuable connections that could end up helping you get into Stanford. This is especially important if you’re planning to apply for any scholarships. Because scholarships are awarded based on merit, you’ll want to make sure you have as many people as possible writing you letters of recommendation for scholarships.

Get comfortable with essay-writing for multiple apps.

Many students end up applying to multiple schools with each application demanding a new essay from the applicant. Stanford knows that this is a stressful situation for many students, so they’ve created a way to make it a little bit easier. The school offers an essay-writing tool that you can use to create a custom essay for each of your applications. If you’re applying to other competitive schools as well, you can do the same thing with them. While each application will have different prompts, it can be a big help to get some practice in for multiple essays at once.

Get familiar with the Stanford application.

When you get ready to apply, you’ll want to be as familiar as possible with the Stanford application. This way, if you have any questions or concerns, you’ll know exactly what to do to get all of your questions answered for whatever application you’re applying for. Here are some things to keep in mind before submitting your application: You will have the opportunity to fill out a form that asks about your extracurricular activities. Be sure that these activities are legitimate, and try not to just copy and paste from your resume. The essay is extremely important for Stanford applicants because it helps them get a better feel for who you are and how well-rounded of an applicant you are. It also helps them see how much they can learn about you based on what they see on your transcript, which is why it's so important that this essay is well thought-out and impressive! The more confident and convincing it is, the better chance Stanford has of offering admission! It is recommended that students start working on their essays at least three months before their target application deadlines (if applying earlier than January 1st). A good time frame would be around mid-August through mid-September which gives students enough time to work on their essays while still being able to attend classes during the fall semester at school!

Stay physically and mentally healthy.

If there’s one thing that a Stanford admission officer can’t stand, it’s a student who isn’t taking care of their mental and physical health. The more red flags you can avoid, the more likely you are to get into this prestigious university. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep, eating healthy foods, and finding time for fun activities like sports or music. Participating in these activities shows the admissions officers that you care about more than just your grades.

Don’t be afraid of a little competition.

While Stanford likes to think of itself as a friendly and welcoming place, they also want to see that you’re ready and able to compete with the thousands of other students who are applying. So, don’t be afraid to stand out and show the admissions officers that you’re ready to take on the challenge.

Conclusion

Getting into Stanford is a long and challenging process, but it is possible. If you work hard and do your best, you might just find yourself standing in the middle of the Stanford campus next fall! But be sure to read through these tips first to make the process a little bit easier on yourself. Best College Majors for the Future! Relevant Computer Science Research Papers for 2021 The Ultimate Guide to Writing an Essay in 10 Easy Steps Read the full article

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Everything you need to know about the Bats: a babysitter's guide from the pencil of Dick Grayson

Yeah, my family is a mess. I know. Please do your best to keep them alive, regardless.

Please keep all hands, feet, and other objects to yourself.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend giving Damian any more pets. That being said, it's a surefire way to coerce him into going to bed when he isn't supposed to be patrolling.

Tim is allergic to dogwood trees and walnuts. His EpiPen is in the linen closet right by the kitchen door. For the walnuts. Not the dogwood trees. He will not go into anaphylaxis because of hay fever.

Ignore the dragon-bat. Plausible deniability. He's not exactly the best houseguest. You don't wanna be responsible for that.

Don't mention the fact that Duke doesn't seem to age. Ever.

Never get Tim started on the JFK assassination. Not if you have anywhere to be.

Steph should never be out of contact for more than three days, unless she says otherwise. She doesn't technically live at the manor, but if you haven't seen her there in three days, look for her.

If Damian ever props his chopsticks up in his bowl, rather than on top of it, run. Traditionally, that's a means he's wishing death on the host. He won't kill you, but the fact that he is miffed enough to be announcing it is very bad news.

Don't mistake Babs' chair for a handicap in anything more than literal terms. She can and will still beat your ass.

On the topic of Babs' wheelchair, she doesn't need your help to get around. If she did, she'd ask for it, but probably not from you. If she does ask for help from you, and you are not the only option, consider yourself chosen. Barbara Gordon trusts you. That's a feat in and of itself.

If someone who you don't actually recognize shows up in the cave and claims he is Tim and Batman, do not trust him. There's a good chance he is actually Tim, but he's also probably a little evil. Maybe a lot evil, depending on the version.

Don't let Duke get too lonely. He doesn't tend to ask for companionship, but he needs it.

Same with Damian. Duke and Damian are actually very similar in ways I hope you never recognize.

Don't threaten Jason. Or Tim, for very different reasons. Even as a joke.

Don't walk in on Bruce's gossip/tea parties. Don't ask why there are criminals at said gossip/tea parties.

If you see any of those same criminals anywhere else in the manor, or the Cave, or any building with "Wayne" on the papers, leave them alone. Their presence there is just an affectation. Unless you want to be the subject of a nasty 10 minutes at aforementioned gossip/tea parties.

Never ask Harper where she is going. Or why she is home. Don't ask Harper anything in general.

Titus is not allowed in the library. Alfred (the Cat) is. Don't get that confused, they are incredibly vengeful animals.

Please keep everyone fed. Especially Tim and Cass. They eat the least.

Batcow is not allowed in the manor.

Always assume Cass is watching you.

If not her, then Duke. He can always see you. Whether or not he perceives you is impossible for you to know.

Always thank Alfred for meals. You don't want to be on his bad side.

The rest of the family:

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billiewena · 3 years

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Jack Kline’s Family Tree

@demoncas’s post about this got me thinking about how WEIRD Jack’s family tree looks considering the convulated history of everyone on it. Just to see how weird it got, decided to try making it!

Presenting...

Here’s it broken down by Family (Adopted, Biological, Marriage) Only:

By Romantic History only (includes kissing even if not in a romantic situation):

And by Possession / Kill History:

Takeaways:

Rowena really gets around (good for her)

Poor Sam has been possessed so many times :(

Everyone really just wants to make out with Dean, huh

Kevin Tran deserves better

So it’s cool for Mary to kiss her literal dad while he’s possessed by a demon, but no kisses for the gays. Cool.

Why does no one bring up the fact that Cas has been married twice now?

This show is way too complicated my brain hurts

If I missed any, lemme know!

all updates / revision notes below the cut

UPDATE #1: Forgot to connect the line between Mary/Ketch oops.

UPDATE #2: Also added Mary / AU Bobby, re-reading the Wikia and remembering it was sorta confirmed that she had feelings for him and it was implied they might've gotten together? Thanks @slipper007!

While on the Bobby Wikia I also got the fun reminder that Sam, Dean, and Bobby all hooked up with the same woman. Supernatural is a show.

UPDATE #3: Fixed the rogue orange line that was supposed to be between Emma/Dean Jr. Also, Jody and Crowley DID indeed go on a date. Even if nothing happened it’s weird enough that I’ll count it. Thanks @goosegremlin!

UPDATE #4: Added a few missing kills, including kills through Ketch and Meg’s hellhounds. Not including any kills that happened while someone was possessed though (i.e. Gadreel!Sam killing Kevin) besides Michael!Dean killing Lucifer since he was *technically* in control. Also added Linda Tran, Mr./Mrs. Kline, and Amara/Crowley’s temporary adoption situation (thanks again @goosegremlin!)

UPDATE #5: Overdue 2021 update. 1) NO ONE TOLD ABOUT THE “EVERY ANGEL” TYPO! THIS ENTIRE TIME! WHY! Ugh I hate having ADHD 2) Added Cas as a sibling to all angels can’t believe I forgot that 3) Added Ellen & Bobby’s marriages from the alternate universes (i.e. the one without Titanic) 4) Added a few more parents/grandparents/kids for side characters 4) Added Donna & Jody as unofficially dating because of that one Kim & Briana gag reel moment I know it doesn’t count but I don’t care <3

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violettelueur · 3 years

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— JUJUTSU KAISEN EPISODE TWENTY || NONSTANDARD

↳ featuring : basically everyone at this point from jujutsu kaisen

↳ warnings : mention of blood + mention of violence + slight mention of suicide + EXTREME grammar issues

↳ form : story

↳ published : 15 april

↳ pronouns : she/her

↳ word count : 3.1k

↳ synopsis : within the jujutsu world, there were three famous clans to be aware of, the Kamo clan, Zenin clan and the Gojo clan. However, unknown to many sorcerers there was one last family that was known to be apart of the three, only for them to disappear after the golden era leading some to speculate that they had died in battle after the sealing of ryomen sukuna, but....

↳ previous episode : black flash

↳ next episode : jujutsu koshien

↳ barista’s notes : let me admit, this episode took so long to plan and so long to type out because i did at least 4 drafts and this was the best out of all of them...sorry for the lack of activity today but enjoy this episode and good luck ╲ʕ·ᴥ·　╲ʔ

BEFORE READING, I NEED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THIS:

1. the whole story belongs to Gege Akutami and the credits go to them and them only.

2. the spell curses used belong to Tite Kubo due to them being the ‘Kidos’ being used on the manga and anime ‘Bleach’ - but none is mentioned in this chapter.

2.5. for the ‘cursed spells’/kidos (bleach) i will link this video here and tell you the time stamp to check out what i am intending to show - remember i add a few twist here and there by adding the katana to link with Y/N’s cursed technique : hopefully this video is slightly better...

Destructive Curse Spell Number Thirty-Three : Sokatsui (6:00-6:07)

Destructive Curse Spell Number Eighty-Eight : Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho (6:55-7:12)

Domain Expansion : Hanging Evergarden (BLACKPINK DDU-DU-DDU-DU : 2:30-2:42)

3. if you are confused on anything, please don’t hesitate to message me since i know this whole thing is so confusing.

“Mother?” you whispered, as your arms began to gradually become limp causing your polearm to be lowered while you still stared at the woman in front of you with extreme shock residing in your eyes as you both stood at each side of the river.

“Hi there,” your mother replied back with a soft smile on her face while waving her hand to you as if she was just a longtime friend that you haven’t seen in a while when in reality it had been six years since you saw the face that you dearly missed. Yet, for some reason, there was something creepy about the woman standing in front of you right now.

“Is that...really you?” you asked in a stutter trying to make your mind comprehend that the person in front of you was really the person that was announced dead six years ago leading tears to begin welling up in the corner of your eyes which caused your sight to waver slightly.

“Yeah, alive and well in the flesh...I can see that you are also doing well, that’s a nice uniform you’re wearing there,” your mother commented, as her eyes started to travel up and down your body coming to the realisation that you were now wearing a Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College uniform.

“Why?” you then question, ignoring the fact that she was giving an offended look at the clothing you were wearing right now while a plethora of questions began floating around in your mind, trying to understand and process everything that's happening at this current moment in time.

Right now, there was an attack happening right now at your sorcerer school with a veil constructed over the Exchange Event’s location (probably due to the mole telling the intruders where it was going to happen) while currently there was a special-grade curse located at least two kilometres in front of you with Itadori and Todo fighting it with a least three other intruders lurking around due to the faint cursed energies you could sense. However, there was also a minimum of four people being injured, who were Inumaki, Kamo, Fushiguro and Maki with you having no clue about the others due to the tournament that had commenced before the ambush happened and now you were here with the woman, who you thought was dead.

“Recall situations huh? That is the Y/N I know,” your mother mentioned leading you to snap out of your concentrated thoughts to focus back on the other intruder that was now standing with pride written all over her face.

“You didn’t answer the question,” you replied back with a lowered threatening tone, as your arms began to gain back their strength leading you to grip tightly onto the gift the Gojo had given you as if it was something that could give you the comfort you needed right now.

“Which one do you want me to answer dear? Why am I alive? Why did I fake my death? Or why am I attacking Jujutsu Tech right now?” she answered with a smile on her face as if she was mocking you for not already having the answers for yourself.

“ALL OF IT!” you screamed, as the tears began to decline down your face, dripping down on to the earth below you with your shoulders trembling. “Why are you here? Why are you doing this? Why are you on the curses and curse user’s side? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME FOR SIX YEARS?” you yelled out in agony as if you were now releasing all the pain and suffering that you had bottled up with more tears continuously streaming down your faces as if they were waterfalls at this point.

“Why wouldn’t I leave you?” your mother then queried leading your eyes to widen further in shock after what she had just announced.

‘What…’

“What did you say?” you replied back in a whisper-like tone, as confusion and betrayal began to cloud your thoughts, questioning if you were hearing right on what she had just asked you.

“Why wouldn’t I leave you? You’ve grown stronger without me, I think it was the perfect decision to leave you, in my opinion,” your mother commented with the smile on her face becoming a smug smirk until it suddenly turned upside down into a frown as if something just came up in her mind, “well, that was until you got caught and found by none other than Gojo Satoru,”.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WASN’T IT SUPPOSED TO BE A MOTHER’S JOB TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN? WASN’T YOU THE ONE THAT TOLD ME THAT?” you cried out in extreme agony leading your voice to become strained. “What happened? What made you come like this mother?” you whimper as the torment of your mother’s word became evident with the expression you were presenting. An expression you never wished to show anyone.

“I WOULD HAVE PROTECTED YOU IF YOU WERE MY REAL DAUGHTER!” your mother yelled back before freezing once her words began to process in her mind, while you were now just standing in front of her with nothing but complete astonishment written on your face leading your once tightened grip to now completely loosen causing the polearm to fall down with a clung once it hit the ground before rolling off to the side, more than an arm’s reach away due to the small gust of wind blowing against you.

“Huh?” you gasp out as the sudden announcement that was violently thrown at you to as more tears descended, which caused the woman in front of you to start laughing once she had now fully finalised what she just exclaimed at you leading her to cover her face with one hand as she threw her head back with her laughter echoing the whole forest - something that the others could hear if they were still in the forest.

“Ah~ I messed up, I wasn’t supposed to tell you that now~” the woman giggled before facing you again with a smug smirk landing on her face once she witnessed your disheartened face that was painted in both betrayal and confusion.

“Ah, damn it~ this is what I get for breaking the seal of the baby that Lady L/N left for the L/N clan to figure out,” the woman began to mutter under her breath. Although, it was somehow still loud enough for you to hear with the fact that your heartbeat seems to cloud all your senses right now.

With your staggered breathing, you began to aggressively wipe the tears off your face while trying to construct the newfound information that the intruder in front of you just declared before placing your hand on the tree trunk behind trying to balance yourself as you didn’t want your legs to give out.

“What’s the point in hiding it anymore, I’m not your mother Y/N,” the intruder announced as if you needed another reminder leading your breathing to stagger once again, as you struggled to get into a regular breathing pattern.

“Might as well tell you now huh? You are not my daughter...but rather the daughter of the last sorcerer of your inherited curse technique a thousand years ago...the same sorcerer that sealed you away for some reason, leading the L/N clan to flee once Sukuna was sealed away by the same woman,” the woman explained before letting out another fit of laughter as if it was stuck in her throat for a long time and it now needed to be coughed out.

“I am too from the L/N clan, we both are...it’s just...we are not related as you thought we were...but I do wonder how powerful the sealing was? After all...you didn’t age one bit within that sealing crystal,” the woman questioned causing you to turn your head towards her with both distrust and rage within your eyes.

Your body was in pain, mind clouded with uncertainty and heart filled with betrayal. As much as you didn’t want to believe the woman in front of you - you still didn’t, but rather you were indecisive of what to believe - she seemed quite certain to be telling you everything that was nothing but the truth.

Yet, for some reason, you now just felt extremely empty.

“I don’t care,” you muttered under your breath causing your opponent to turn to you with a surprised expression on her face.

“Pardon?” she then asked, in a perplexed tone.

“I..don’t...care anymore...how many of you are there? Four? Five?....Actually, that doesn’t really matter right now huh?” you muttered before taking your hand away from the tree trunk as you processed to turn your body to make it face directly towards the stranger, who now seemed to be worried about what was going to occur.

‘This is going to be quick enough to wipe them out...ah...what a drag...I don’t want to use this…’

Lifting both your arms together, you gently placed your pinky and thumbs together before spreading your other finger, representing what seemed to be like petals on a flower, leading the woman to be more confused about what you were planning to do.

“Domain Expansion,” you announced, causing the intruder in front of you to widen her eyes in shock before lifting her metal tonfas in a complete panic as if they were going to shield her from whatever was going to come towards her.

Just below the ceiling of the veil that was overcasting everyone, there was a sudden construction of a stone square ceiling with pink flowering hanging with their petals downwards leaving a white squared light to shine down towards you, who was now standing on a stone pedestal with empty eyes casting down on the woman in front of you.

“Hanging Evergarden”

You could tell that everyone within the battle right now was confused about what was going on since there was a sudden darkening within the veiled area due to the stone ceiling that you had constructed with your cursed energy. However, they could not have been as more perplexed than the woman was who standing below you, looking fearful of what you had just cast.

“Since you want to play with my heart and the lives of everyone here, I might as well gamble with your life as well as your little friends in the area,” you commented in a deadpan tone, while a few on the pink petals from the flowers above became to fall down gracefully giving the people below an eternally beautiful atmosphere away from the stale yellow coloured view they were in right now.

“By the way, I think you should somehow tell your friends that they shouldn’t let the flower petals touch them in any way…” you announced desolately, as you noticed one of the petals slyly beginning to gently land itself upon your opponent’s shoulder.

“Destructive Curse Spell number thirty-three: Sokatsui,” you chanted, leading to the same flower petal to explode with a torrent of blue cursed energy to which caused you to notice how there were other explosions around the area, noting that the other curses and curse users were also inflicted with the same curse spell.

“Sorry, did I give you the warning too late?” you mockingly asked before looking up to see one of the flowers beginning to slowly fall leading to a small smile appear on your lips. However, it wasn’t one with happiness.

“My domain expansion is barrier less and uses as much space as it can to fill the void that I want it to fill, the flowers are just cursed energy manifested into that shape allowing me to use them at will with any curse spell I cast without suffering the consequences of losing more cursed energy or permanent ones...from what I could remember...there are at least 10,000 flowers with 100 petals each...that means...I can cast up to a million curse spells if I use each petal individually,” you explained as the smoke in front of you began to subside leading to an appearance of a woman with a large gash going from her shoulder to the middle of her stomach with slight burns concealing her whole left arm.

‘Maybe that petal didn’t have as much cursed energy as I thought it did’ you mention internally, as you looked at your opponent in front of you before lifting your arm to lightly grasp on the flower that finally descended within arms reach above you.

“Or...I could use a whole flower with 100 petals to cast a stronger curse spell,” you muttered as you lifted the flower to your face while your fingertips held on to the stem as delicately as possible.

“Pretty right?” you rhetorically asked, as you tilted your head to the side as you began to inspect the flower that you were holding onto right now.

Even with its vast amount of petals, the flower was quite light as the petals were quite small, leading them to be somewhat difficult to detect by your opponent once they had landed on the ground or somewhere upon their body. However, even with the explanation, you had given to your opponent, who was injured to somewhat critical lengths, that wasn’t all you could do with your domain expansion - yet, you weren’t going to hand over that information so easily.

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden change in the colour of lighting causing you to look up to find that the veil was beginning to rapidly deconstruct as the sides began to subside causing your stone ceiling to be the only thing sheiling the entire area, as well as the person who was on top of your stone construction right now.

‘Gojo?’

Steadily, your stone ceiling began to also subside due to you deactivating the structure leading the stone that was starting to gradually crumble from the side to convert themselves into the same petals from the flowers that began to fall down as well leading to a rainfall of the pink flower petals to pour down upon everyone.

Standing above the floral blanket was Gojo, who was floating in the air without his blindfold on, leading you to widen your eyes in surprise since it was one of the first times you had seen them exposed due to the fact you were used to them being covered by his black-tinted glasses.

Suddenly, your white-haired teacher disappeared from your sights leading you to sense his cursed energy from the other side of the area in front of you to which caused you to concentrate on the woman in front of you, who was holding her wound with one hand, which was a futile attempt to halt the bleeding that was dripping down from her large wound.

“I’m retreating! There is no way I am facing both you and Gojo at the same time,” your opponent suddenly announced, causing you to look at her with a deadpan expression painted on your face, as you slowly stepped down from your stone pedestal - which the stone began to crumble while turning into pink petals like your stone ceiling did - with nothing filled within your eyes.

Lifting up the surviving flower in front of the woman (who you used to call your mother), you stare directly into her eyes as a wooden structure begins to enclose around her causing you to come to the conclusion that it was the special-grade curse that was helping her escape.

“Destructive Curse Spell number eighty-eight: Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho,” you chanted in a whisper, causing the flower to suddenly fire a gigantic beam of blue electrical and cursed energy leading to anything in front of you to create an impact as flames began to engulf the tree on the other side.

However, your eyes unexpectedly notice an immense purple beam rapidly coming towards you leading you to widen your eyes in shock before your body began to relax even in the current situation you were in.

‘Could I block it? Nah, it’s a technique that convergences and divergences...it probably cancels everything like a black hole...that’s quite nonstandard for him...I don’t care anymore...I guess I can go to sleep again....’

On the other hand, before you could even feel the agonising impact of what was coming towards you, there was a sudden feeling of impact pushing you away from the purple hallow, causing you and whatever had pushed you to just marginally avoid the attack leading you to look over the person’s shoulder with broadened eyes as you didn’t expect someone to save you from the blast that you were willingly going to take.

“What were you thinking?!” Someone shouted at you before painfully grabbing your shoulders to make you look at him, only for you to discover that Gojo was right in front of you with a rare terrified look on his face - but all you could give him was an empty look with wide eyes.

“Why?” you whispered, causing Gojo to now look at you with shock as he didn’t understand why you were asking such a type of question.

“WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?” you then screamed painfully as multiple tears began to burst from your eyes as you violently shock your adoptive father, only to finally let your body lose all its strength it somehow maintained as you instantly dropped onto your knee (which the fall was pillowed by the immense amount of petals covering the ground) causing Gojo to come down with you, as he became even more surprised on the sudden tears that were spilling down your face.

“WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY?” you cried with agony coating your voice leading Gojo to peer at you with compassion as he then gently pulled you into a hug, letting your painful scream ring into his ear as he allowed you to let whatever you were holding in escape.

Gojo didn’t know the reason why you were crying, nor did he know how he could comfort you at this very moment in time. As much as he told you to call him your father, he never really had that much of an experience of being one, let alone how to even act like one. All he knew was that you were now suffering and he didn’t know why at all.

“I’m sorry,” Gojo muttered before pulling you back to make you face him leading the sorcerer to find you with bloodshot eyes as well as the known wet stains of the tears that were still flowing down as redness covered your whole face.

Pressing his two fingers in the middle of your forehead, you began to subtle notice how your vision was getting hazier causing your mind to be plagued by confusions before your consciousness was suddenly lost leading your head to land upon Gojo’s shoulder before he proceeded to pick you bridal style before gradually making his way back to Jujutsu Tech.

“It’s going to be okay, just rest now”

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shemarmooresfedora · 3 years

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Rebuilding Family

Summary: Y/N and Spencer were college sweethearts at Cal-Tech but once Spencer got accepted to the FBI Academy, he ended things deciding it was not fair to make Y/N wait for him. When they meet again years later, he discovers something unexpected.

Pairing: Spencer x Fem! Reader

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Chapter 10

You were packing up your stuff as students filed out of the lecture hall, it was your last class of the day. As you were walking out towards the parking lot, your phone started to vibrate in your bag. It was the school.

“Hello?” you answered.

“Hi Y/N. It’s Mrs. Flynn. I was just calling to let you know that Jo is now waiting inside with me because she was getting cold outside,” she informed you.

“Spencer’s not there?” you questioned, looking at the time displayed on your phone.

Pickup time was fifteen minutes ago.

“I’m on my way. I’ll be there in ten minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience,” you opened your car door and set your bag down in the passenger seat, turning on the ignition.

“No worries, I have to reorganize the classroom library anyways so I was already planning on staying after.”

Once the call ended, you tried to call Spencer but it went straight to voicemail.

“Hey Spencer, I don’t know if you forgot but it was your day to pick up Jo. I’m getting her now,” you said as you reversed out of your parking spot.

Minutes later, your phone rang again. Expecting Spencer’s contact to show up on screen, your brow furrowed when the name read “JJ” instead.

“Hi JJ?” you said, more of a question than a greeting.

“Y/N, Spencer has been shot. I already told Will to go back to the school to pick up Jo. You should get here if you can. He’s in surgery now but there has been no update since he went in,” JJ explained.

“Oh my god. Okay, I’m turning around now. How did this happen? He didn’t mention he was on a case?” you pulled into a random parking lot to turn around.

“Well technically, we weren’t. We had a lead on a possible local case and we went to interview a potential witness who could give us some more information. We realized too late that he was the unsub. He thought we were on to him and shot Spencer in the leg while trying to escape.”

You had silent tears running down your face.

“I’m five minutes out” is all you could muster and then you hung up the phone.

You ran into the ER doors to find the rest of the team in the waiting room. You were glad you went to Rossi’s dinner party now or else this would have been a much more awkward first meeting.

“Any updates?” you asked frantically.

“No,” Derek sighed, “But no news is good news.”

You took the empty seat in between JJ and Penelope and put your face in your hands, not wanting everyone to see your tears.

Two hours of crappy coffee and vending machine snacks as your only source of sustenance later, a doctor emerged from behind the double doors.

She had a completely neutral expression that you couldn’t read but then again you weren’t a profiler.

“Dr. Spencer Reid?” she asked, glancing down at her clipboard.

All of you stood and desperately crowded around her.

“Dr. Reid is in stable condition and awake. The bullet went into his thigh but it wasn’t through and through. He will need to be on crutches for about a week or so but luckily the bullet wound is near the edge of his thigh rather than the middle, meaning recovery time will be shorter,” she explained.

There was a collective sigh of relief along with a few “thank god”s.

“Although he is awake, I don’t think it’s best if you all go in at once since he is very drowsy. He has been asking for a Y/N?” the doctor looked around at you all.

All eyes fell on you. You collected yourself, grabbing your purse and following the doctor down the hall.

“I’ll let you know how he is,” you told everyone before you disappeared past the double doors.

The doctor guided you into a room at the end of the hall. You thanked her quietly and she nodded in acknowledgement, leaving you two alone. Spencer had his eyes closed but his hospital bed was inclined so he was sitting up slightly. You briskly walked over and took the seat right beside him. You took his hand in yours and squeezed it lightly, combing his messy hair out with your fingers.

As you were softly massaging his scalp, you heard a light groan. You retracted your fingers immediately as Spencer began to open his eyes.

Once Spencer took in his surroundings, he quickly sat up completely in bed, letting out a yelp of pain.

“Jo...it was my turn to pick up,” he said frantically.

“Hey, look at me, Spence. It’s okay, she’s at JJ and Will’s. You were shot in the thigh though so you’re not going anywhere. Please lie back down,” you assured him.

He nodded his head, relaxing a bit and looking down at his hands in his lap. He seemed to be processing something in his head.

“You called me ‘Spence’,” he stated.

Shit. That was twice now. It keeps slipping.

“Sorry, I-,” you began to ramble some apology that you didn’t even know where you were going with it. Luckily, he stopped you before you could further embarrass yourself.

“I didn’t say it was a bad thing,” he spoke softly as he looked up at you, tears threatening to fall.

“I was so scared, Y/N,” he sobbed.

You swiftly pulled him into your embrace, tucking his head into your neck as you began to gently stroke his hair again.

“It’s okay, let it out. I can’t imagine what that was like. I’m so sorry you had to go through that but you're safe now, I promise,” you whispered to him.

“I was so afraid I was going to abandon you and Jo again. It hurt worse than the actual bullet,” he muttered into your neck.

You removed your hands from his hair and cupped his cheeks, forcing him to look up at you.

“Spencer Reid, you did not abandon Jo in the first place so there is no ‘again’. Second of all, you would have died a hero saving lives and I would have made sure Jo knew that and she never forgot her Daddy or how much he loved her,” you spoke earnestly, never breaking eye contact.

Spencer’s eyes softened. A second later, his lips were on yours again. This time, however, you didn’t pull away. Life was too short and this was already complicated as is, what’s the harm.

You basked in the familiarity of his lips locking with yours. Once he finally pulled away for air, he rested his forehead against yours.

“Go out with me. A real date. No more college dorm dates with takeout,” he smiled.

“You know you didn’t have to get shot to ask me out, right?” you teased.

“I thought I needed a grand gesture,” he beamed, chucking lightly.

“Yeah, Spence, I’ll go on a date with you.”

His lips found yours once again.

“Jo, are you ready?” you called out from the kitchen, packing snacks.

“Mommy, I’m already at the door!” she exclaimed.

Jo was eager to go see her Daddy at the hospital. You would spend the day there until he was discharged and then he would live with you guys for the week. You insisted on being there to take care of him while he was healing. You didn’t want him hobbling around all alone in his apartment.

When you walked out to the front entryway, there was a stack of various toys and books that hadn’t been there when you came down the stairs.

“What is this?” you gestured to the pile, amused.

“Daddy has big boo-boo so he needs stuff to cheer him up,” she stated.

“I don’t think we are going to be able to bring all this. Plus, remember Daddy is coming home with us later today. So here’s what we will do,” you handed Jo her dinosaur backpack, “You pack all the stuff you can fit in this bag that you think Daddy needs right away and the rest of the stuff can wait.”

Jo made quick work of sorting through her massive pile, trying to decide what would make her dad the most happy.

“Daddy!” Jo excitedly screamed, running towards the bed.

“Jo!” he returned with the same sentiment.

She was unable to get up on the bed herself so you had to lift her up.

“Remember what I said, careful with Daddy or he won’t get better,” you reminded her.

“You can sit her on my good leg,” Spencer patted his right thigh where you gently set Jo down.

“We brought you loads of stuff, Daddy,” Jo chirped, looking over at you.

You revealed a box of donuts from your bag and the coffee tray you had been holding. You handed him a chocolate frosted donut with sprinkles and Jo a strawberry frosted with sprinkles. The two ‘cheers’ed their donuts before biting into them.

“Jo also brought you some things to cheer you up,” you handed her her backpack.

First, she promptly pulled out a pink Disney princesses band-aid and stuck it on Spencer’s already bandaged thigh.

“You need that so it doesn’t get infected,” she repeated Spencer’s words from when she fell at Rossi’s dinner party.

“Thank you, princess. What would I do without you?” he kissed the top of her head as she rummaged around in her backpack some more.

She set up her five favorite dinosaur toys on his tray table in front of them, glancing up at him for approval.

“Perfect,” he smiled, nodding.

Next, she pulled out a piece of paper that had been colored on.

“Who’s this?” Spencer asked, looking at the three stick figures doodled on the paper.

“That’s you, that’s Mommy, and that’s me,” she pointed to each of the sketches.

“Aw, that one is definitely making the fridge,” you smiled.

Finally, Jo took out her Magic Tree House book that she was currently reading. She needed help with some of the words but either you or Spencer or the both of you would help her read it every night.

“You already finished the last one?” Spencer picked up the new book that was next in the series, examining it and smiling proudly.

“And I didn’t need help with a single word on the last chapter,” Jo beamed.

“You’re so smart,” Spencer kissed her head again, “let’s see how far we can get on this one before we can go home.”

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