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mamamittens · 5 months

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I'm finally making progress on my event so hopefully tomorrow I'll have results but no promises because I get home an hour later and have to vote at an HOA right after so I'll be even later than usual getting home (for context, normally, when I get home and start writing immediately I can finish a chapter/one shot just before I need to shower and go to bed IMMEDIATELY with minimal distractions. Same for art pieces actually. It's unfortunate but it is what it is).

The rest is me rambling about an OC story ideas

In the meantime, while I've been at work, I've been trying to decide what I like better for Nikia's story. Mostly because I'm bored to tears and there's only so many reddit stories you can listen to before your brain melts. Specifically the growing up and how/why she runs into WBP.

At first I wanted it to be on her first mission that would start her career as an Elite Ranger, which has a slew of requirements above just being a regular ranger. It would also net her her own cabin and the most freedom of schedule and movement. Elite Rangers don't usually manage your groups or host outside of emergencies because they need to leave at a moments notice to take care of disturbances. But that didn't give her much time to be good at what she does enough to be an unknown at Marineford, though I teased the idea of her low-key revealing herself before ultimately deciding she'd never land at Marineford cause she wouldn't touch that shit with a 10 foot pole.

So I thought a decent way to bring WBP to her is them taking the island under their control by absorbing the pirates that previously claimed the island under their protection. It wasn't long before I decided it would be a nice, cute backstory if her mother was rescued by said pirates when Nikia was young so the captain ended up being her father figure. And it would be nice is he was old friend with Whitebeard though they don't talk much since he settled down a little to keep near his new favorite island.

I was thinking the "Many Hands Pirates" or "Clover Pirates" as their specialty is knowing someone for any job. Really low-key and social. They're the ones that organized the personal security force on the islands into what it is today--which is terrifyingly efficient and low-key, as well as the concept of Elite Rangers.

Anyway, they're the ones who deliver the bad news to Nikia about Teach and whatnot and are shocked at her reaction. As well as the ones that take her to Marineford knowing damn well she'll be about cloud height and ready to take whatever shot she needs to while everyone else catches up.

Prefers that, actually, because while he doesn't have those old fashioned "keep women out of the fight" ideas, he doesn't want his adopted daughter to be fighting Marines either. He taught her to fight dirty and hit hard for a reason damnit!

That and I wanted a really sweet moment where Thatch gets a little shovel talk and Whitebeard gets tetchy so he looks at him and says "You look after your kids, let me look after mine... By the way, I don't give a shit who your father is, make her cry like that again or string her along and I'll wear your balls for a coin purse."

Or maybe I just grew up around too many people with pig farms so my idea of protective is a tad intense. Idk.

Anyway, the idea of her growing up with an off and on again pirate father seemed fun. There to look into her milestones and provide a unique perspective.

Also I get to have a weird fertility/sexual health festival where someone (maybe Thatch) commits a faux pa of asking for the berries specifically harvested at the very start (which is only picked by of age/began puberty girls/women). It's a faux pa because they're very obvious symbolism and meant only to be eaten by the one that picks them or the one that they intent to have "fruitful relations" with. Given freely, of course. So asking is INCREDIBLY BOLD and depending on how old the girl is, INSANELY CREEPY AND INAPPROPRIATE as the berries have sexual health benefits as well as (believed) aphrodisiac qualities, but like... Chocolate does. Unless you're already DTF odds are you won't feel anything.

Anyway, Nikia gets very flustered and horrified and it's up to her father to explain why that was a terrible thing to ask outright. Let alone in public and they're lucky everyone knows they're strangers to the festival and asked someone at least of appropriate age.

There's a special part of the festival before dawn where the berries still attached to flowers are picked by those mourning mothers passed in childbirth who carry them from the hill all the way to the water (beach or cliff, haven't decided) to give the unripe fruit to the sea, picked before their time. Mostly because I wanted Ace to get to have a moment where he properly, openly honors his mother and it makes sense to have a moment of memoriam for women who passed like that in a festival meant to encourage sexual health and well-being in primarily women.

This festival takes place in the first part of January to open a new year and prepare the land/people for spring. Specifically when a large part of the snow melts on Winter Island and over waters the Snowmelt Berries, making the usually spicy berries very ripe, juicy, and sweet. Prone to popping in your hand so it's quite messy but also the reason there are so many damn bushes on Winter Island. It's impossible to overforage these berries, they grow to fast and so many. The snow quickly returns at the end of the month, halting the rapid growth the island had previously been enjoying.

Summer Island feels like fall/winter during this time and usually gets a bit of snow lol

#mittens rambles #mittens mild update #one piece oc #world building #every culture has at least one “have all the babies” celebration #they just do okay #just like a harvest festival and a “this is when its SUPER SPOOKY NOW” celebration

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hausofneptune · 3 months

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songs that give the same energy as these aspects/placements

[astro notes no. 008]

hey y'all! i'm sure this has probably been done before, but i thought it'd be fun to do a post where i can talk about music and astrology bc i'm very much so a nerd when it comes to both of those topics :) (i'm dipping my toes into synastry/composite placements in this post, and i'm still learning about those subjects so any of these notes sound like surface-level baby shit, that's why, i apologize in advance lmao)

also, if it don't apply let it fly, we all have different charts and so therefore aspects and placements will manifest differently for all of us.

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༊*·˚ ˗ venus in the 12H | scorpio / cancer venus: unknown / nth — hozier

you called me angel for the first time my heart leapt from me you smile now, i can see its pieces still stuck in your teeth and what's left of it, i listen to it tick every tedious beat going unknown as any angel to me do you know, i could break beneath the weight of the goodness, love, i still carry for you? that i'd walk so far just to take the injury of finally knowing you?

i feel like it's worth mentioning that hozier has venus in aquarius in his 12H, which makes so much sense when you listen to his music. these placements are, i feel, indicative of loving extremely hard, even to your own detriment. they tend to crave deep, nurturing, spiritual connections in love. and although they might have the capacity to understand people on a deeper level, rarely is that level of understanding reciprocated to them in love (especially the venus 12th housers), which can result in this feeling of being "unknown". y'all's suffering usually results in amazing art though, which can be an upside depending on how you look at it lmao

༊*·˚ ˗ moon in the 8H | moon square / opposite pluto or saturn: good days — SZA

said i'm not tryna be a nuisance, it's just urgent tryna make sense of loose change got me a war in my mind gotta let go of weight, can't keep what's holding me choose to watch while the world break up and fall on me all the while, i'll await my armored fate with a smile still wanna try, still believe in good days

as an 8H moon native i literally cannot listen to this song without crying lmfao. i feel like there’s so much inner emotional turmoil that people with these placements experience, and these experiences can definitely harden somebody into the type of person who’s emotionally avoidant and seeks to escape through their work or self-destructive habits. or, they become someone who, despite of what they’ve been through, utilize their understanding of the “darker” side of life to help others, and at least attempt to seek out things that bring them joy recognize that you don't have to view life through the lens of the fucked up shit you've been through.

༊*·˚ ˗ venus in the 9H / taurus ruling over the 9H: bliss abroad — masego ft. sheléa

i'm a boss, i know you like that spend it all, and make it all back see the sea view right from the cockpit just a preview to one of god's gifts i love the way we have no limitations, every night a celebration you take me there you exceed my expectation, beyond imagination

this is such a cute placement to have, both in natal and synastry. in the natal chart, it can indicate being someone who finds pleasure in traveling and learning about cultures that are vastly different than yours, and even finding spiritual fulfillment through doing so. it also shows being someone who enjoys traveling and exploring uncharted territory with their partner (or finding love in a different country), as well as feeling the most fulfilled in a relationship with someone who you feel "enlightens" you and brings newfound wisdom to your day to day life. these natives could also end up attaining wealth through these endeavors as well.

༊*·˚ ˗ sun trine or sextile black moon lilith | mars conjunct uranus | venus aspecting mars / pluto (synastry): stroke — banks

it’s always in my head everything is always about you tell me you’re a book that i misread you just wanna tell me what to do you want me, you want me want me to stroke your ego beg for it, die for it i got the touch placebo

i like to refer to aspects and placements like these as the "you not finna tell me what the fuck to do" indicators. with the natal aspects, these are typically the type of people who like to push against the boundaries just to see how far they can go, and enjoy ruffling other peoples' feathers for fun. they're also visionaries, and tend to prioritize their individuality above all else and enjoy encouraging others to feel empowered as well. on the other hand, the synastry aspects can indicate a strong level of physical attraction and sexual compatibility, when they're afflicted it can very much so lead to power struggles, with mars/pluto being the one attempting to assert some form of dominance or control over venus. how that ends up playing out depends on the context of the individual natal charts of those involved, personally i'd rather eat a denim jacket than let somebody (especially a man) tell me what to do, but i digress.

༊*·˚ ˗ moon / mercury in 3H (synastry) | sun in pisces / taurus (composite): are you even real? — james blake

all i can do is trust in her late nights, i can see the lust in her acid rain is a first for her skies open up, share a cup with her cracking seals, guilty no appeal trip down the hill, strawberry fields are you even real? she said, "tell me how you feel" are you even real?

3H synastry is so sweet and so underrated, probably because it's not a house that people typically look at for an indication of "romance", but i feel like communication is an integral part of relationships that (clearly) nobody really takes into account. moon and mercury in the 3H can be indicative of giving/receiving words of affirmation with someone, as well as an ease in not only expressing your emotions to someone but having a very strong intellectual connection to them. it could also be indicative of having a strong bond with their siblings or immediate family as well. i also mentioned sun in pisces and taurus in the composite chart because the production of this song is so ethereal, and the lyrics are very domestic in a sense? i feel like it's representative of the spiritual connection and compassion that pisces brings, alongside the pleasure and security found in building a home with the person you love.

༊*·˚ ˗ pisces moon / mercury: count me out — kendrick lamar

i care too much, wanna share too much in my head too much, i shut down too i ain't there too much, i'm a complex soul they layered me up, then broke me down and moralities dust, i lack in trust

pisces moons are truly god's strongest soldiers lmfao. i spoke on this in a previous post and i'll reiterate it again because it's so real, but pisces is the only water sign without "armor", and therefore the water sign that tends to get hurt the most. and i'm speaking in terms of the archetype and not necessarily every person with prominent pisces placements when i say this (pls do not come up under this post talking about a pisces that hurt your feelings, we do not care), but pisces are very sensitive and kind-hearted by nature, and with the moon in pisces that can very easily manifest as becoming "captain save a hoe" and trying to help and fix everyone around you, even to your own detriment. in regard to having mercury in pisces, i feel like the upside is having a very romanticized way of speech and a general "poetic" ideological approach to life, and the downside is getting lost in your thoughts, as well as being misrepresented or not clearly understood in communication/connection to others, and therefore "shutting down" and opting not to speak at all.

༊*·˚ ˗ sun / venus trine or sextile neptune (natal or synastry): two weeks — fka twigs

i'll put you first, just close your eyes and dream about it higher than a motherfucker, dreaming of you as my lover i'll quench your thirst, just chase the high and stop your doubting flying like a streamer, thinking of new ways to do each other

i'm not gonna hold you, i feel like this is the perfect example of a song fully encapsulating what an aspect feels like. i feel like these aspects can make someone very ethereal, they may have a tendency to come off as impersonal or "out of reach" to those around them, and are typically very intuitive and spiritually-inclined. in synastry, this could make someone view their partner through a dream-like lens. aside from neptune's malefic characteristics (which typically show up more with conjunctions or challenging aspects) it's energy paired with the sun and venus can make a relationship feel like a fairy-tale in a sense. they may have a telepathic connection with one another, visit each other or communicate through the astral realm, and their intimacy can feel like a very spiritual experience for both parties.

as always, if you have any of the aspects or placements mentioned let me know how it manifests in your own life! and if you have any songs that you feel like are representative of any placements feel free to drop them below, i'm always looking for new music to listen to!

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sotwk · 10 months

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Hehe I'm curious are any of the 5 brothers musicians? What instruments do they play? Also do any of them paint or do handicrafts?

Eeeee! More questions about the Princes! *hugs Anon fiercely* 🥰 (Thank you thank you!)

Musical and Artistic Skills of the Thranduilion Princes

Answers under the Fancast image:

(Thranduilion Fancast L-R: Mirion, Turhir, Arvellas, Gelir, Legolas)

All five of the brothers can sing beautifully because communal singing is something that Woodland Elves love to do. The princes grew up within that culture, and throughout their lives they developed skills within the extent of their talents and interests.

MUSICAL SKILLS

MIRION: His vocal range isn't wide, (his voice is quite deep, much like Thranduil's), but when he sings, the quality of his voice makes people fall silent to listen. He is especially good with lullabies that soothe children and put babies to sleep. He plays the violin with great skill, but usually does so when alone as a way to relax.

TURHIR: The least musically inclined in his family, but would willingly sing for community celebrations. Much prefers to listen to music rather than create or play it, and actually has a discerning ear.

ARVELLAS: Doesn't sing very often (usually just in community events), but he is a masterful harpist, which he does recreationally or upon the request of his family.

GELIR: A magnificent singer, and he's not afraid to show it off. He sings to animals as well as people, and this is one of the ways he communicates with them. He is also extremely skilled at making animal sounds, so much that most elves cannot tell the difference. He plays various types of flutes, and always carries one with him when he travels, which he uses to entertain himself and others. He can also play the lute, but not as frequently since it's an extra item he does not want to carry on his frequent travels.

LEGOLAS: The musical "jack of all trades" in his family. He can sing very well, and dabbles in virtually all existing instruments he has encountered. He has a knack for just picking things up, and creating songs at random (like a Hobbit!). He and Gelir are the "performers" of the family.

When it comes to arts and crafts, the princes all each have extraordinary natural skill for it, because they descend from the House of Finwe on their mother Maereth's side. They all have different passions and interests, but are all very skilled with their hands. (*wink-wink* Had to.)

ARTISTIC/CRAFTING SKILLS

MIRION: He is a blacksmith and metallurgist; next to his family, this is his greatest passion, and would be his full-time profession if he did not have Crown Prince duties. He specializes in designing and crafting armor and weaponry, renowned for their beauty, strength, and unique ("magical") properties. Many of his designs are produced for and used by the soldiers of the realm. His favorite masterpiece is the Elvenking's famous sword, which he gifted to his father early in the Third Age.

TURHIR: His dedication to combat and warfare doesn't give him as much time to devote to the arts, but recreationally, he is a builder and craftsman. He enjoys and is skilled at constructing and making things, usually practical objects such as houses and large furniture. He especially likes woodworking and carpentry, and is a member of the very exclusive guild of woodcutters (felling trees in the Woodland Realm is highly restricted).

ARVELLAS: Where to start with this scholar-genius, Fëanor reborn? He writes in virtually every script existing in Middle-earth, including his own system that he devised for use by his family. He draws, paints, and sculpts in different styles, all with master-level proficiency. He is an inventor, an architect, and an engineer, and he spearheaded the design and construction of the underground halls his family moved into late in the Third Age.

GELIR: He takes the least interest in creating art (much like his father), but he has taken the time to learn to craft things he finds useful for himself. He is a master fletcher and ropemaker, able to make both items either with great speed or great intricacy. He is also skilled at putting together makeshift items as needed during travels, such shelters and camping implements.

LEGOLAS: Has the greatest skill working with paper, fiber, textiles, and ceramics/clay. Creative-minded with very nimble and dexterous fingers, he likes to whittle objects out of leftover/discarded wood, such as small toys. He is known for making elaborate artwork and décor from folded paper and leaves (Elvish origami). He is both an experienced basket-weaver and potter. He is also a talented painter, though he tends to paint more abstract pieces that is less appreciated by conventional tastes. His wide range of skills allowed him to transition to being a shipwright at the end of the Fourth Age.

For more Thranduil/Mirkwood headcanons: SotWK HC Masterlist

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ratsoh-writes · 5 months

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Horror Skeles with a S/O that makes them a plentiful feast for Thanksgiving, or at least brings lots of dishes to join in the holidays. From banana pudding to pumpkin pie, they bring plenty of desserts and some sides.

Oak: marry him. Oaks in love, and his face is in banana pudding. And SO made all this??? He feels so loved and appreciated. This is one gesture he’ll never forget. And he likes to talk about it for days after, still amazed that SO made all that.

Willow: marry him. While thanksgiving isn’t necessarily celebrated in ebott, he’s more than eager to try the fun sounding holiday. Willow is throughly amazed at the effort american humans put into the dishes on this holiday, and his load of tomato basil bread he brought feels puny in comparison. For the rest of the week you find yourself being gifted baked goods by willow as he tries to repay you for the feast.

Lilac: marry him. Hes so fkn stoked when you bring out the whole turkey and place it on the table. How long did it take to cook that??? Oh stars he hasn’t had meat in forever! His brother basil won’t allow the stuff in the house, so the only time lilac eats it is when he gets take out. He savors every bite

Basil: marry him. Legit he’s already mentally planning the proposal. Not only is the spread of food amazing, it’s all vegetarian and made from his gardens veggies. No wonder you were so eager to raid it a few days ago. He gave permission of course. Basil always has too much for himself. He’s unusually talkative the whole evening, his excitement outdoing his normal nerves

Rust: marry him and have his babies. You think he’s joking? Jokes on you, he has the ring box hidden in his jacket pocket. Of course he was planning this before the whole thanksgiving thing you wanted to do, but the proposal has been moved up from the weekend to tonight. After all the food and some cuddles he’s getting down on one knee.

Noir: marry him. Noir is an avid reader, and quite interested in human cultures after he began dating one, so when you suggest you both celebrate thanksgiving, he’s more than happy to prepare it with you. Noir reads up on traditional dishes and insists that you let him help with cooking the turkey as well as the cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. And he makes a snail pie and lions jelly to add a little bit of traditional ebott to the day. It’s a busy but fun week.

#undertale imagines #undertale headcanons #horrortale #horrorswap #horrorfell

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sugarwyns · 6 months

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Just a fun idea

If Nova was a romanceable npc in mtas then what dialogues would she have ( like one for each relationship level (Acquaintance, Buddy, Good Friend, romance), you can skip levels or add more lines if you want )

Introduction:

Hiya! I haven't seen you around yet, so I'm assuming you're new - I'm Nova, one of your fellow builders! Come find me if you need a buddy to go ruin diving with.

Birthday:

My birthday's on Summer 15. When I lived in Seesai, I spent every single birthday at the beach. I can't really do that anymore here, so my new thing is just sitting by the oasis.

Acquaintance:

If you ever need to get ahold of me, ask Kor or Daphne where I am, they'll probably know! Oh, wait, but...what if you don't know where they are...hmm. I'll get back to you on that!

Kor told me you're from Highwind! That's cool, I've always wanted to visit. You think I'd be...blown away?...Sorry, that was bad. Ignore that!

Uh oh! I forgot my pass to the salvage yard expires today...you think Rocky will let me extend it for, like, a discount...?

Buddy:

Moving to Sandrock gave me a bit of culture shock. I do miss Seesai a lot, but I really think I'm better off here than I was there.

There you are! Daphne stopped by earlier to give me a few melons from the Moisture Farm...care to share some with me?

I love collecting minerals and whatnot from the desert, but I am so intimidated by the Boxing Jacks there. Every time I see them coming from the corner of my eye, I can't help but yell!

Good Friend:

My brother lives in Walnut Groove. He's a real successful Builder there. To be honest, I don't care for building that much, but...it's a stable job, at least. Don't know if I'll live up to the expectations he's set, though.

I used to be the apprentice of a well-known Builder in Seesai. She was really kind to me, even when I made mistakes all day. I was so sad when my apprenticeship ended! In fact, she made me my bandana and pickhammer as a parting gift. I try to write to her every few weeks.

I have a really small collection of Old World stories and movies. It gets boring watching and reading the same things over and over again, though, so I hope I'll find more stuff in Sandrock to mix up the collection!

Romance

Confession Accepted:

Oh? I can't believe it, you beat me to it! Of course I accept.

Confession Rejected:

I'm...really flattered, I promise, but...I'm so sorry, I just don't think we're at that level with each other...

General Lines:

I made you this bracelet the other day. You don't have to wear it, if it's not your style! Buuut...I do have a matching one, sooo...

I've wanted to visit Seesai for a while, but I was always too nervous to go through with it. I think if you're by my side, though, I'll be able to manage.

Hey! What are you doing today? You wanna go eat at the saloon? I'll pay, don't worry!

Honey?...mmm, no. Sweetie? Hmm...Oh! Sorry! Just trying out nicknames for you...baby?

When I first got here, I felt like I had something to prove. I don't even know who I was trying to prove something to! But now that you're here, I feel like the last of that pressure came off of my shoulders.

Festivals

Day of the Bright Sun:

• I put in a few accessories I made over the last couple of weeks. I hope whichever person ends up with them likes them!

Showdown at High Noon:

Wow, the atmosphere is amazing! Everyone is so amped up for this. I didn't participate in anything like this back in Seesai, so I can't wait to see who comes out on top!

Day of Memories:

This festival has different ways of being celebrated in other cities, but they all have one thing in common - they're all so beautiful.

Tour de Rock:

I'm so bad at sandrunning. Maybe I'll just...watch and cheer everyone on!

Running of the Yakmel:

Can I tell you a little secret? I'm kind of scared of Yakmel! They're cute, but they're huge! I try to avoid the ones around the outskirts of town when I can.

Winter Solstice:

I've been looking forward to eating some skewers all day! What better way to kick off the start of a new year?

#nova asks #mtas #TYY FOR THIS FUN QUESTION #I THINK I GOT LOST IN THE SAUCE HERE

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neptunianashes · 6 months

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Okay I've already knew some veeeeeery basic things that almost everyone knows about these religions but lately I've been learning more deeply about the difference between judaism, islam, catholic church, protestant church and orthodox church. And to be honest, I can't still decide which culture I like more, I think every religion has a cool thing that I like that the other ones do not have and viceversa every religion has some things I do not like. So far the religion I know the least about their culture is judaism, yes I know more about islam than jews. So I guess judaism is the religion I'm the least interested on as of today, maybe it can change later on when I learn more about them. Islam has some cool things and some not so cool things, this has absolutely nothing to do with the religion of Islam but I really like how arabic sounds to my ears I think it is a beautiful language despite me not knowing anything it, but it is pleasurable to hear someone talk or sing in arabic. I like the whole pilgrimage idea, having to sleep an entire night outdoors with only the stars and the moon watching over you is beautiful, their architecture is beautiful too although not as good as catholic architecture -protestant architecture is by faaaaaaar the worst one, protestant people build buildings like if they'd hate buildings-. I also think they have by far the most beautiful clothing and dresses of all religions and I also genuinely believe the prettiest most beautiful girls are arabic, the ones I dislike the most are once again the protestant girls in my opinion. One thing I do not liked about islam so far is that you have to pray sooo much more than other religions. I do not like that you can have multiple wives too, polygamy sucks. Okay unto to protestant now, I feel I've been bad with them in this post so far but I like they are more carefree and centered around happiness than suffering like the catholic church. Protestants have a very free spirit way of being and by that I mean they do not like authority, which is something I really really really loved about them, to them the church is not important as the holy bible, they do not follow orders of the Pope, they understood that authoritative monarchy will lead up to corruption and they hate to pay taxes. To be honest if you are a libertarian then the protestant church sounds like it is perfect. Baptism is when the person comes of age as an adult so they can choose, unlike catholic where they put emphasis on babies baptism. I love that because it again puts emphasis on freedom of the person! protestant is the least authoritative religion of them all, which makes them the least angry and the most happy, that is important to say in a world like this one! Their salvation is different from catholic salvation too, it is more carefree and less burdensome. Protestant symbol is just the cross putting emphasis in salvation and the reborn of Jesus whereas Catholic symbol is jesus cruxification putting emphasis in the death and suffering of Jesus rather than his reborn. In catholicism the suffering of Jesus is like very important, whereas protestant celebrate more the happy side of being saved just by faith, purgatory doesn't exist in protestant religion. They have only 2 sacraments unlike the 7 sacraments of the catholic church, which means they do not have the sacrament of matrimony which means monogamy is not as important for them as it is for catholic which means that sucks as fuck for me. I am not a religious person and I never was in my past, but if you grew up in a religious home you could still be affected by it and see the world with the culture of that religion despite not being a believer, in my case monogamy is like a key fundamental pillar, so when protestant do all that swinger thing I just think it's bullshit. Orthodox church next one in the next post.

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 7 months

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About Me: Favorite TV Shows

I'm gonna be honest with all of you: I'm not much of a TV show guy. I'm just typically not one who likes sinking a lot of time into something unless it's a video game with a lot to do in it. This is why I review movies; they're typically the perfect length for my easily-distracted ass to take in.

But still, there are plenty of shows that have broken that rule and managed to keep me engaged and coming back for more. Some of these are favorites from my childhood, while some of these are more recent shows I finally decided to watch. It's a nice mix, but the main thing here is that all of these shows are something truly special to me considering I took the time to watch them all.

There's a few honorable mentions to go over. The four biggest ones are The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, and Rick & Morty. I love all four of these shows... for the most part. My issue with all of them is that despite having stretches that are some of the greatest ever in TV history, they also have huge chunks of absolute dogshit to the point it is debated to this day at which point the shows fell off, or if they even managed to get back on. And sure, every show has bad stretches, but with most of these shows being long running programs and all of them being massive cultural phenomena, it sticks out a lot more. Rick & Morty in particular was hit really bad by this. The reason these shows don't get on while I have other long runners with bad stretches on the list is simple: When these shows are bad, they're offensively bad. Like the middle seasons of SpongeBob are bad, but at least they don't have his giant sperms come to life and impregnate his sister's egg to create a giant incest baby or have an overly long sequence in which he vomits after finding out he fucked a trans woman.

Other honorable mentions include: Batman Beyond, Chowder, Catscratch, Codename: Kids Next Door, Fraggle Rock, Good Omens, Malcolm in the Middle, Heroes, Cardcaptor Sakura, Invader Zim, Ben 10, Gargoyles, and The Mandalorian.

30. Captain Planet and the Planeteers

I had to find a way to squeeze one "so bad it's good" show on the list, but how? Making a show that's pure camp is more difficult than making a movie like that... but they somehow found a way by giving us the adventures of racially diverse eco-warriors fighting against pollution with the held of an absolutely ripped planetary avatar with a green mullet who spouts an endless stream of cheesy puns and one-liners that would make even Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze take pause. Every time this show is on, you bet your ass I'm sitting down and watching; it's the most beautiful cheese there is.

29. Bluey

My wife and I caught this on TV during a Disney vacation and we ended up loving it! This turned out to be a blessing, because a while later we had our first kid and she's obsessed with the show (she's going as Bingo for Halloween this year). It's such a cute, charming children's show with relatable messages for both kids and parents, as well as a shockingly good score. It genuinely is one of the best pieces of children's media out there, much better than shlock like Cailou or Peppa Pig (are those shows even still on?).

28. Jackie Chan Adventures

Cartoons based on celebrities tend to suck balls, but maybe they were picking the wrong celebrities the whole time. Maybe instead of MC Hammer, they should have picked everyone's favorite homophobic, PETA-supporting Chinese nationalist action star, Jackie Chan! This show is literally the Saturday morning cartoon. It really had it all: Wild animated action, mystical artifacts acquired through Indiana Jones-esque adventures. all sorts of crazy monsters and supernatural entities, and memorable characters like my man Tohru, who walked so Prince Zuko could run.

27. Sailor Moon

I think everyone remembers their first anime, and this was mine. My mom loved the show, so I ended up watching it a lot back when it was airing on the early iterations of Toonami, and it has made me a lifelong magical girl fan. Maybe Cardcaptor Sakura and PPMM did that whole thing better, but neither show had Sailor Mars, my first anime crush. All that aside, the cheesiness and the sheer earnest power of love and friendship that managed to solve every problem is just peak fiction... I just wish it was nearly as good as the manga.

26. Green Eggs and Ham

If you told me way back when that someday there would be an adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book famous for containing a very limited number of words that expanded on the story, added drama, and threw in a villain who is a blatant spoof of former president and eternal idiot Donald Trump, I think I might have stared at you in utter confusion. And if you told me this show would actually be good, I'd be doubly confused. Thankfully, the show is really damn good, with an impressive cast and good humor that manages to capture the whimsy of the wubbulous world of Dr. Seuss perfectly.

25. Inhumanoids

I think everyone has a soft spot for an 80s toy commercial, but where most would pick Transformers, My Little Pony, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, my favorite of the lot was this obscure gem of a show. It's such a fun introduction of horror and Lovecraftian abominations to a young audience, and a lot of it is still unsettling and dark to this day. D'Compose will eternally haunt my nightmares between that raspy voice and the gruesome transformations he inflicts on his victims. Good shit!

24. Danny Phantom

Forget that stupid fairy show, this right here is the best thing Butch Hartman ever put his name on. It's a loving tribute to comic book superheroes in the same way Ben 10 was, but I think this show is ever-so-slightly better due to its blend of supernatural and sci-fi working really well (and also it doesn't retcon all magic as being alien energy or whatever the fuck they did with Gwen in the sequel series). The only thing holding it back from a higher spot is how hilariously bad the finale is and the rather scattershot quality of the final season in general. Too many loose plot threads hanging for my taste.

23. The Boys

Seth Rogen has seemingly made it his mission in life to adapt all of Garth Ennis' work in a way that makes it not suck ass, and boy am I here for it. Adapting one of Garthy-boy's most repulsive and spiteful works and turning it into a genuinely great superhero show that satirizes celebrity culture instead of just taking a huge shit all over comic book superheroes was really the way to go, and watching Anthony Starr and Karl Urban command the screen every time they take center stage is a blast. Sure, it's still gory and lowbrow, but it's done in a way where it's honestly appealing as opposed to whatever the fuck Ennis was doing.

22. Mystery Science Theater 3000

I mean, it should be pretty obvious that I love this series, right? If you ever had the misfortune of watching a movie at home with me, you'd know I just do not shut the fuck up and spend a lot of the runtime either pointing out trivia or cracking jokes, and it's mostly because of being inspired by this show. It's also partly because I'm annoying, but that's neither here nor there.

21. Batman: The Animated Series

No fucking duh this is on the list. This is pretty much the definitive portrayal of Batman for a lot of people, one that truly encapsulates everything the character is all about. Kevin Conroy truly owned the titular role, as did his costar Mark Hamill when it came to the Joker, and as if that wasn't enough this is the show that spawned one of my favorite comic characters, Harley Quinn. There's no denying the impact this show has had on Batman as a franchise, but even beyond that it's just a damn good show with really good writing. I sure am glad one of the guys who made it never went and flushed all the good will he garnered from creating this by constantly having Bruce Wayne lust after one of his teenage proteges!

20. Courage the Cowardly Dog

This show is pretty well-regarded for how it showcased some truly weird and fucked up imagery, but I don’t think any of that would be as resonant without the moments of tenderness and heartfelt emotion, the genuinely amusing slapstick, or the often clever writing. When it comes to episodic shows, variety is king, and this show has that in spades.

19. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

This show seems to be an answer to a question no one asked: What if they made Family Guy for kids? The black comedy, the negative continuity, the numerous pop culture references, the grossout humor, the musical numbers… it probably wasn’t intentional, but it sure adds up. The biggest difference is that this show is way more consistent in quality and has Jeff the spider, making it the superior show by a mile.

18. Digimon Tamers

What do you get when you cross the silly monster battles of Digimon with the writing of the man who brought us Serial Experiments Lain and a heaping helping of Lovecraft? You get this show, of course! It’s darker and more psychological than the goofier seasons before it, and while normally I’d balk at a series shifting tone like this, since this was my first ever Digimon cartoon I watched from start to finish I embraced it with open arms. Hell, this show is probably where my love of psychological and allegorical horror came from. And of course the show gave me yet another childhood crush, and if you’ve read the Rhine City stories I co-author you’ll know exactly which character it was.

17. The Twilight Zone

The brilliance of this anthology series is just the incredibly wide range it has with the supernatural and sci-fi stories. Sometimes you’ll get a resonant and hard-hitting allegory on a social issue, and sometimes you’ll just get a cool, fucked up horror story where some evil little kid can warp reality and holds an entire town hostage to his maniacal whims. I’ve enjoyed every revival they’ve done over the years, but the Rod Serling original just can’t be beat.

16. Stranger Things

I’ll admit that it’s really the first and fourth seasons carrying this show to #16; seasons 2 and 3 are wildly uneven, with 3 in particular veering close to the shark-jumping ramp with its cartoonish Red Scare stereotypes. But even in the show’s weakest moments, the characters and how they interact with each other have managed to keep me invested. How can I be too mad at season 3 when it gave my boy Steve (the best character) a new BFF, Robin (the other best character)?

15. Elfen Lied

I think it’s easy to write this show off as overly gratuitous because, well, it is. Everything here is turned up to 11, from the gore and nudity to the drama and tragedy. I kind of feel the same way about this show as I do for V for Vendetta, where if they cut the crucial tragic backstory it would make the work as problematic as the haters say. But with Lucy’s heartbreaking backstory left intact, it definitely elevates the story into something greater. The manga is still (mostly) better, but I have to give the show credit for introducing it to me, and also cutting out the character who constantly pisses herself.

14. Smiling Friends

Sure, the wacky shitpost humor and the black comedy are great, but can we just stop and marvel at how uncynical the show is? The core concept is a cheerful optimist and a bitter realist work together in a business that helps people be happy, and despite all the hijinks they get into they typically end up succeeding in one way or another. In a world where so many adult animated shows seem to revel in pessimistic nihilism (cough Rick & Morty cough), it’s nice to see a comedy with similar humor but a more optimistic outlook.

13. Ed, Edd n Eddy

This is one of the absolute funniest shows ever, making great use of the cartoon world to pull off the most wacky slapstick you'll ever see. But I think what truly pushes this series this high is the absolutely fantastic sound effects and music it utilizes. Like, holy shit this show is on another level. It all goes a long way towards making up for the living sexual assault joke that is the Kanker sisters.

12. SpongeBob SqaurePants

This show dropped almost nothing but bangers for three seasons, gave us one of the best show-to-film adaptations of all time, generated a near endless supply of memes, and was generally just really fucking funny. And sure, it dipped in quality a bit in its middle seasons, but I think the first three to three four seasons are good enough that they can fuck up as much as they want.

11. Invincible

Gee Amazon, how come you get to have two of the best superhero shows around? Where The Boys is more of a straight deconstruction of superhero tropes, Invincible feels like something of a reconstruction. We still have an evil Superman and morally dubious good guys, but Invincible himself is utterly unyielding in his desire to be good to the point he manages to break down his evil father’s emotional walls and save the world (for the moment) simply by being a loving son. Unwavering goodness even in the face of genuine horror is badass as all hell.

10. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Not to be a stereotypical weeb, but this show is simply a masterpiece. Now I will admit, the first half of the show was honestly done way better in the original series, and that one also had some interesting takes on some of the characters once it started diverging from the manga. But this series has a much better finale with way better character moments, with stuff like Envy's final fate hitting harder than anything the original show could muster. There's a reason anime fans suck this show's dick so much; it genuinely is that good.

9. A Series of Unfortunate Events

I’m sure I wasn’t the only one disappointed that the original movie never got a sequel, so my hopes were high going into the Netflix series. Needless to say, I ended up extremely impressed; considering how they managed to incorporate the VFD plotline from the very start instead of throwing it in later in the series, I might even go as far as to call it an improvement on the books. I think the most surprising thing here is that despite expecting NPH as Count Olaf to steal the show, it’s actually Patrick Warburton’s portrayal of Lemony Snicket himself that brings the whole show together.

8. Peacemaker

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I think this one speaks for itself.

7. Futurama

I love all of Matt Groening's shows, from the loose family sitcom shenanigans of The Simpsons to the great overarching plotline of Disenchanted. But it's really not surprising that the middle ground between tightly-plotted continuity and great humor is my favorite of his works. The best part of the show is no matter how many times it ends, it always comes back and finds new ways to bust your gut and tug at your heartstrings.

6. Gravity Falls

Disney has had many great TV shows in their time, but quite frankly nothing compares to this animated supernatural mystery series about a pair of twins having their summer vacation at a shitty scam shack. The episodes are mainly episodic with hints at the bigger lore, and it doesn't really ever feel like it's dragging its feet. It also didn't overstay its welcome, telling a fantastic story over the course of two seasons before gracefully bowing out while on top. Very few shows can say they ended in top form.

5. Jane the Virgin

One fine day I came home from work to find my wife watching this on Netflix. Curious, I sat down and watched it, not expecting much... and then proceeded to become so emotionally invested in the show I spent the rest of the series shouting at the screen as if the characters could hear me. It's sweet, funny, and absolutely ridiculous, a loving tribute to the telenovelas that inspired it, and a blessing unto this world for giving us the gift of Rogelio.

4. Avatar: The Last Airbender

Yeah, real bold and daring of me to say this is probably the best Western animated series ever, but it’s hard to deny that it’s true. With a rich world, excellent characters, and a strong story it’s to the point where the worst episode would be perfectly fine in any other show, and the best episode doesn’t even feature the titular Airbender at all. It’s just that good.

3. Breaking Bad

You know me, I love character studies of awful people, and few fictional villains are as awful as the egotistical meth manufacturer Walter White. Watching his rise and fall, the numerous moments where he goes further beyond the pale than before, is endlessly gripping, and the fantastic cast of characters helps keep things just as good even if we aren’t following Walt. Mike, Jesse, Gus, Skyler, the Salamancas, Hank, Saul… all of them are fantastic in their own right and could easily carry their own show. Speaking of which, about that last guy...

2. Better Call Saul

As much as I think Breaking Bad is objectively the greatest show ever, I prefer Better Call Saul. In hindsight, you can kind of tell Walter was bad from the start, but Jimmy “Saul Goodman” McGill? We watch him go from a morally dubious but ultimately well-intentioned man into the sleazy bastard he was in the original show, and it is genuinely heartbreaking. This show makes you truly dread the moment Jimmy fully becomes Saul, and considering how beloved the funny lawyer man was that is no small feat. The story of a good man falling from grace only to ultimately claw his way back to ultimately reclaim his humanity in the end… it’s beautiful.

1. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

I don’t think I could possibly overstate the influence this series has had on me and my writing. The personalized superpowers, the meaningful names, the numerous musical references, the unashamed embracement of even the most ludicrous elements of the stories… If you read the Rhine City stuff you can clearly see where I’ve let the JJBA influence seep in. But even outside the influence, it’s just a damn good action/adventure series, with no part being truly bad (4 - 6 are my favorites, though). It’s never a dull moment watching what sort of insane feats the Joestar family and their allies will pull off against the increasingly deadly forces of evil; here’s hoping we get to see Steel Ball Run sooner than later.

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400+ Views on the Kabru/Mithrun College AU fic!

This sneaky little fucker rolled over past 400 overnight! 🥳 🥳 🥳

Well, here’s a sneak peek at chapter 3 to celebrate. Enjoy!

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“--Slimes in the elevator shaft, and a tentaculus growing in the stairwell!” Marcille was in the middle of saying. “All the common areas are disgusting. As soon as my lease is up I’m getting a new apartment. One in a building that has a real dungonium, not just a courtyard with a pest control problem.”

“Where will you move?” Falin asked, her eyes wide behind her glasses.

“I don’t know,” Marcille huffed, “Hopefully somewhere closer to campus. If your brother would get his own place, I could move in with you...”

“Laios doesn’t make enough to afford that…”

“Didn’t you say he just got a job?”

“Yeah, but it doesn’t pay that good.”

“I guess it’s better than being totally unemployed,” Marcille said with a sigh. “But I’m telling you, he’s never going to shape up if you keep babying him. He’s the older sibling! He should be taking care of you!”

“Well… I don’t want him to move out, I like sharing with him…” Falin said reluctantly.

Kabru had never met Falin’s brother, but he’d overheard enough to understand why Marcille had such a negative opinion of the guy. Laios Touden had followed his sister to Vakstran to get away from their parents, something Kabru could relate to, but after arriving, it sounded like all he did was get high and play video games. As far as Kabru knew, their parents didn’t know Laios was here, they sent Falin money every month to pay her bills, and the Touden siblings found some way to make that money stretch to cover two people.

Well, at least he had a job now, that was a step in the right direction. Falin seemed to like him, so maybe he wasn’t a bad guy, just going through a hard time.

“Where’s he working?” Kabru asked, both because he was curious and because he wanted to help Falin get out of the uncomfortable conversation she was stuck in with Marcille.

“Oh, I keep forgetting the name, but it’s a fast food place!” Falin replied, “There’s a clay oven for baking bread, it’s really spicy, they serve curry… Oh! Korma Kitchen. That’s what it’s called.”

“Huh, I didn’t know there was a fast food place that served South Vestran cuisine,” Kabru said, genuinely surprised. He didn’t think of the food from his home region as something that was popular enough with the mainstream to have a fast food chain that featured it. When he’d been growing up, South Vestran food had always been an exotic specialty that was confined to ethnic neighborhoods and specialty grocers, you had to know where to look if you wanted to get it.

But apparently the times were changing. South Vestran culture as a whole had been growing more visible over the last decade, in no small part due to all the immigrants that had been forced out of Vestra by the numerous civil wars that regularly rocked the continent.

Kabru didn’t normally eat fast food, but maybe he’d have to check Korma Kitchen out sometime, just for the novelty of it.

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"Show Me How to Get Off the Ground" Master Post

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #kabru #marcille donato #falin thorden #my stuff

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Have you read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo? can you make a loubbie verison please?

This book had me bawling and singing its praises, so this is an HONOR❤️✨ I will never do TJR’s novel Justice, but here is a poor attempt:

There had been a lot of press about me over the years. Scandalous headlines. Award nominations. Rumors. Pity parades. But no one truly knew my story. No one truly knew who Deborah Ocean was. Because well, Debbie Ocean wasn’t real. She was really Devorah Mayim. But I didn’t want to be restricted to a culture or a religion or a family or a background. I wanted to be famous. And I wanted to be famous for being me.

It was inappropriate and a bit rash I’m sure to go about an interview knowing I was going to give a story that was anything but what the magazine was looking for, but even if the magazine was mad, I was going to change this reporter’s damn life. Not that auctioning my gowns to raise money for cancer wasn’t a worthy cause. It was. Most certainly so. After all, cancer had taken my reason for living away not once. But twice. But it was no story. My life. That was the story.

The young girl seems intimidated. And hell, most people would be. But I’m not most people. She has no idea that I’m about to change her life. And she hasn’t the faintest clue that she will be the first human in the world to truly learn the story of Debbie Ocean, starlet and celebrity turned recluse.

It’s easy enough to begin. The smaller parts of my story are the ones that don’t affect me so. They don’t matter as much. They helped shape who I am, of course, but they don’t weigh as heavy on or torture my soul. They’re just artifacts.

My first husband is like that. Linus Caldwell. He was nice enough. A baby face. A boring but stable job. Chivalrous. He knew he was getting more than he bargained for in more ways than one. But he had enough income that he could help me run. And that’s what was important to me at the time.

Dennis Mayim was the devil. He was volatile. He abused my mother. He abused me. And I vowed every night that I would make my way out of Hell’s Kitchen and flee the city for a life that was better. Different.

I was upfront with Linus about this. We had our fun, and I showed him plenty of it, but he was my escape hatch. My safety valve. He wasn’t the love of my life. And that made it easier than ever for me to walk away.

Linus told me he always knew I’d leave him for another man, and that was true. But it wasn’t for love. It was for fame. And I’d never been dishonest about my goals. Robert Ryan, or Rusty, as the industry knew him, was an up and coming producer at Sunset Studios and we became fast friends. He wanted to produce films with stars and I wanted to be a star. He told me I had what it takes.

Linus was done. And Devorah was good as dead. I didn’t want my father trying to convince anyone he was owed any of my money anyway.

Claude was Rusty’s idea. Having a beau on my arm who was already a famous actor would only boost my star and help me on the road to fame. And I won’t lie, he was good…in the kitchen. What started as a publicity stunt turned into something real. It happened when you spent as much time together as we did. We had a lavish wedding. It was a gorgeous affair. A steamy honeymoon. And a Heaven of a homecoming. On camera at least. Hollywood doesn’t pay much attention to what truly happens behind closed doors. Especially when they can’t see the bruises or hear the yelling.

With a scotch in hand and a cigar in his mouth as he cursed at me, I realized my mistake. I’d married my father. I’d been blinded by the potential for fame and success. I hadn’t seen the yield signs.

But beauty is pain. And he was only taking it out on me because I was having an affect on his career as well. Who cares about Claude Becker when he was being outshone by his stunning, glamorous wife, Debbie Ocean? Not enough people for Claude’s liking.

It’s a relief when I am offered a different sort of role. I’ve done the sex. I’ve done the romance. I am tired of playing second fiddle and arm candy to Claude on film and in life. Josephine March was a role that would change all of that. Jo was serious. Aspirational. A writer. A leader. An inspiration to her sisters. It was going to put me on a pedestal and let me be seen in a whole different light. I was ecstatic.

The trouble, you see, was something else entirely. There are four March sisters. Amy is a nuisance. Meg is kind but dull. But Beth? Poor, sweet Beth, who falls ill and is taken from the world too soon? She could steal the show. And worse, she could steal the academy award.

I didn’t know anything about Louise Miller except that she was beautiful and talented. Younger than me. Bolder than me. And that bitch was going to steal my Oscar.

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Baby Weight

((warning for talk about diet culture and fatphobia, albeit from the perspective of somebody who thinks it's stupid))

On the rare occasions when Alastor lurks in the company of other mothers-to-be, it's usually in hopes of finding solidarity in suffering from the same symptoms.

It doesn't always work. And of all their complaints, the one he finds least sympathetic is when they start bemoaning their new shape.

All the numbers they list—starting weight, gained weight, BMI, calories, numbers that mean nothing. Words like bloated—fat—heavy—ugly. The sighing, the moaning, the panic—over 30, 15, even 5 pounds. The references to trauma they assume are relatable, the desperate outreaches for sympathy. The self-reassurance that in this one circumstance adding a few pounds is fine; the rush to reassure each other it will melt right off; the eagerness to return to diets and exercise. Agonizing over stretch marks. Declarations that they can't recognize their faces in the mirror. Humiliation when family and friends mention their size; fear of their own naked bodies; shame over their "lack of control," even knowing this comes with pregnancy. Tears, sobbing, breakdowns, terror, disgust, self-loathing.

Alastor can't relate to any of it.

He's not unfamiliar with diet culture. He knows that nowadays women (everyone, but especially women) are expected to be rail thin, to meet modern minimalist design standards. He himself has to magically burn off any extra weight he gains. So he could have understood if these mothers were reluctantly girding their loins to meet everyone else's standards—but the idea that these women agree with diet culture's myths baffles him.

Alastor has no idea how much he weighs right now, he's not interested in knowing, and if you told him the number it wouldn't mean anything to him. But he's sure he weighs far more than he's ever weighed before—and it's a relief.

He died four years into the Great Depression—overworked, underpaid, his money and food and time stretched in every direction as thin as they could get. By day he killed and made demonic pacts, by night he partied in New Orleans' speakeasies, mornings and evenings he was broadcasting, and he doesn't remember how he slept. When he was killed, he was starving and exhausted, and in truth it probably wouldn't have been much longer until he worked himself to death.

The dead don't change—their shape doesn't fluctuate; they neither gain nor lose weight. Alastor spent the next eighty-four years wearing the body of a starving, exhausted, dying man.

When he became a succubus—when he was alive again—the first time he felt a little softness cushioning his bones, he was euphoric. He felt more healthy than he had since years before he died.

He had to burn the thin layer of fat off. So that the thousands of eyes scrutinizing him wouldn't use every extra pound as fuel for the celebrity gossip machine. So that he'd remain as fuckable as possible.

He hated to do it. He hates it every time he has to do it again. He hates how easy it is for him to waste away. He hates how frail he feels, he hates how bony he looks. He hates the modern tastes that make it necessary. He can't understand the miserable mothers who hate getting a little softer during pregnancy.

This pregnancy is the only time outside his short annual vacations he's felt free from scrutiny. Amidst the swollen ankles and achy joints and crushed bladder and poor sleep and sundry other symptoms, the weight of it has been the only part that feels good. If he could have that without the pregnancy—that sense of mass, of existence—that feeling like he's not just a sharp ghost, but like his body is solid and meaty and real—if he had that, he'd feel amazing.

When the baby is born, he doesn't want to burn the weight off.

... No, he doesn't think he'll burn it off.

#((here's one of those posts i've been slowly putting together for months lmfao. it's actually part 1. will post part 2 tomorrow.))#((on the one hand he doesn't have nearly enough sympathy for all the modern people (women especially)—))#((—who have been lied to since childhood that their worth is inversely proportional to their weight.))#((on the other hand—asshole perspective aside—this is like the first positive decision he's ever made for himself & his body on this blog))#uh oh #radio baby #art #live and in person (face to face)#late night broadcasts (mature content)

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[I forgot you liked for a 'hug' in the inbox.]

When things fall apart for Hank, they fall apart spectacularly. Tess stands there with her hands in her pockets. There's a glint in her eyes, one quickly blinked away. (It's regret over--all of it, not pity, but she'll be damned if she lets Hank see her teary-eyed after the day he's had.) "Being a mutant sucks sometimes." The sardonic way she says it might not be tactful, but it is honest.

Yeah. Being a mutant fucking sucks sometimes, and it sucks for some mutants more than others.

After an awkward sort of shuffle and a bit of fidgeting with her pocketed hands, she opens her arms to him, the way she would for her nephew and nieces, or Rodney after his parents died. "C'mere."

"It'll be our secret."

It has been . . . a tiring, day.

First of all, he'd made the cardinal mistake of daring to go to sleep - he'd been without for three days now, and even with his cat-like metabolism, it was starting to affect him. Down had come the camp bed in the lab, KLICK had gone the reinforced feet, and FLUMP had gone Henry McCoy, right onto warm, soft sheets.

He had gotten approximately twenty three minutes of sleep before he had been woken up by Julian Keller and Quentin Quire having what could only be charitably described as a telekinetic slapfight. How, might you ask, had he been woken up by that, considering his lab was soundproofed?

Well, they had decided that their slapfight would go right through Hank's wall, of course.

Through a table of lab cultures and bacteriological experiments that had taken weeks to prepare, had been sitting there for a month being observed every day, twice a day, and now . . . now, the entire thing was going to have to be thrown out, started over again, and all of his current test results scrubbed because the group had been ruined.

Then had come the rest of the morning, and oh had it come for him without mercy. His attempts to get even a middling breakfast were completely stymied by the children having eaten them out of house and home, every single cupboard bare, save for three Hot Pockets that Hank refused to eat, with the distinct air of a man who would rather die than let them burn his mouth to a charcoal crisp.

So, he had elected to go out for food. A simple enough endeavour, one would have thought.

His favourite cafe was closed, so he had had to make do with a newer pop up little thing that sold coffee at too high a price and over-presented their food to make up for the fact that it was simply whelming. It had been - fine, up until he had noticed that the family three tables over kept shifting uncomfortably, their baby crying off and on again, which was just, actual nails on a chalkboard to a man like Hank McCoy.

Cue the server coming along to quietly inform him that he was making the family uncomfortable, that the baby wouldn't stop crying because it kept staring at him and becoming upset, that the mother understood, of course, that this was Dr. Henry McCoy, PhD, M.D, Avenger and X-Man and celebrity, but his eyes, you see, his eyes are just a little too -

So he had been turfed out of the little pop up cafe, resorting to eating his food on a park bench. Fine. Fine, this was the way of things, he would persevere.

The nearby apartment block had promptly exploded into a cacophony of flames, thanks to what was immediately obviously a gas leak. Down had gone the croissants, up had gone Hank, pulling people out through windows and bounding down to put them out of harm's way. He had done a fairly good job of clearing them all out, too, when the main gas supply had ruptured and sent him flying ass over tea kettle, right into a wall, and then -

Whomp.

Out cold.

The very first thought he'd had when he woke up was, well, at least I got the rest I wanted. The second thought was, are they really waking me up with a thrice damned fire hose?!

They were.

Up he had gotten, his fur singed and wet, his expression absolutely thunderous, and the fire chief had just patted him on the back, thanking him for his service before going right back to what he was doing. Hank had stomped back to the park bench, only to find - of course, that his food was gone. Pilfered, it seemed, by the local wildlife.

He had trudged back to the Institute, peeled out of his uniform, and gone to sit by the fireplace in his underwear and a robe, wrapped up tight and doing his best to make sure as little of his body was on show as possible. He didn't like showing skin - or, fur, rather - anymore.

He had made the cardinal mistake of glancing up at the mantelpiece, and staring at the picture of them, the photo portrait that had hung there for years. The Original Five, and Charles, of course. Sat around the Professor, all smiling, all happy. All so very.

Human. Looking.

He found himself, as he always did, staring at that boy.

That smug, insufferable, oh so clever, oh so verbose, oh so stupid boy. The boy that had thought himself a man, and set him down the path to all of this with so little thought, just a whim, just a touch of ego.

He hated that little bastard.

Before he even knew what he was doing, he'd slammed his paw into the photograph, and what had once been Hank McCoy's handsome features was reduced to a scrap of torn paper and glass, his face screwed up into an unrecognisable mess of gloss and fine wood backing.

It was only Tess' words that brought him out of his awful little reverie, and he blinked, looking at her. There was something in his eyes that was very small and very - very fragile, that couldn't quite become tears, even as the glass tinkled off of his knuckles.

". . . Yes. Yes, I . . . suppose it does . . ."

It says a lot about just the kind of day he's had that he doesn't even try and pretend like he doesn't need the hug, and he just, acquiesces. Curls around Tess like he might just fall apart if he doesn't have something, someone to hold on to.

It's a good thing his back is turned, away from the portrait. Tess gets to watch as the scraps of ruined gloss paper that had been Hank's sculpted jawline, his sharp cheeks, his intellectual brow, came away from the rest of the portrait and fell into the fire, where they curled, and melted, and died.

Instead, he has Tess.

And . . . this is one of those moments where that fact alone is more than enough to keep Hank going.

#themckaytriarchy #Awwwwww Tess.

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sixam-skies · 6 months

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Playin' ALL The Packs

So, I typed this up the other day for myself and a friend who gets bored once her sims have offsprings. It's basically a lepacy, which has of course been done before, but this is the version I'm using. I thought I'd share it here in case it's handy for someone else, you can play it legacy style like I am, play it in order or at random, or if you're like my friend Jess you can start over with a new sim for every pack. Skip the ones you don't have, add the ones I don't have. Do whatever you want. Live your best life. This is a damn long post, so it's under the cut to save time for those scrolling past.

BASE GAME & Get To Work Aspiration: Nerd Brain, Renaissance Sim Active Careers: Detective, Doctor, or Scientist (STRONGLY RECOMMEND) Career: Astronaut, Athlete - Bodybuilder, Business, Criminal – Chief of Mischief/Public Enemy, Culinary – Master Chef, Entertainer – Musical Genius, Painter, Secret Agent, Skills: Baking, Gourmet Cooking, Rocket Science Collections: Aliens, Experimental Food Photos (Dine Out), Geodes

Live in Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, or Newcrest

Explore Sylvan Glade in Willow Creek and/or Forgotten Grotto in Oasis Springs

Host a Dinner Party and/or Incognito Costume Party

Get abducted by Aliens

Have an Alien baby AND/OR Marry an Alien

Travel to Sixam

Woohoo in a Rocket

Do not marry or have children with a townie from any Game or Expansion pack

Get Together Traits: Dance Machine, Insider Aspiration: Friend of the World, Leader of the Pack, Party Animal Career: Style Influencer Skills: Dancing, DJ Mixing

Live in Windenburg

Form or join a club and max it out

Throw at least one House Party and one Dance Party

Throw or attend a party at the special lots – Ancient Ruins, The Bluffs, Von Haunt Estate

Marry/have children with someone you meet at a nightclub or café

Woohoo in a Closet

City Living & Spa day Traits: High Maintenance, Unflirty Aspiration: City Native, Inner Peace, Self-Care Specialist, Zen Guru Careers: Politician, Social Media, or Critic Skills: Singing, Wellness Collections: City Posters, Snow Globes

Live in San Myshuno

Attend every festival

Go to the spa once a week

Woohoo in a sauna

Leave a Sim at the altar

Vampires Aspiration: Good Vampire, Master Vampire, OR Vampire Family, AND Bestselling Author Career: Writer Skills: Mixology, Pipe Organ, Vampire Lore, Writing

Live in Forgotten Hollow

Become a Vampire

Befriend Caleb & Lilith Vatore (Good Vampire, Vampire Family) OR Vlad (Master Vampire)

Woohoo in a coffin

Make and drink the cure for Vampirism

Cats and Dogs Traits: Cat Lover, Dog Lover Aspiration: Friend of the Animals. Skills: Pet Training, Veterinarian Collections: Feathers

Live in Brindleton Bay

Run a successful Vet Clinic

Always have at least one dog and one cat in the household

Have a cat or dog that has a litter before you have children

Woohoo in the Brindleton Bay lighthouse

Jungle Adventure Aspiration: Archaeology Scholar, Jungle Explorer, Computer Whiz Career: Tech Guru Skills: Archaeology, Selvadorian Culture Collections: Ancient Omiscan Artefacts, Omiscan Treasures

Explore the temple

Spend all your time off in Selvadorada

Marry/have children with a Selvadorada native

Woohoo in a bush

Seasons & Outdoor Retreat Aspiration: Angling Ace, The Curator, Freelance Botanist, Outdoor Enthusiast Career: Gardener Skills: Flower Arranging, Herbalism Collections: Insect, Fish, Frogs, Gardening

Become a Scout as a child/teen.

Celebrate every holiday

Host a Weenie Roast and Spooky Party (Spooky Stuff)

Woohoo in a tent and/or a pile of leaves

Buy and max upgrade the weather machine

Get Famous Traits: Self-Absorbed Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy, Mansion Baron, Master Actor/Actress, World-Famous Celebrity Career: Actor/Actress Skills: Acting, Media Production

Live in Del Sol Valley

Join Drama Club as a child/teen

Hire a personal butler (Vintage Fashion)

Host a Black & White Bash, Meet & Greet, and Charity Benefit OR Lampoon Party

Have either a Pristine or Atrocious reputation

Become a 5-Star Celebrity

Have children with/marry another celebrity

Woohoo in a money vault

StrangerVille Traits: Paranoid Aspirations: Serial Romantic, StrangerVille Mystery Career: Military

Live in StrangerVille

Solve the StrangerVille Mystery

Never marry

Island Living Traits: Child of the Islands and/or Child of the Ocean Aspirations: Beach Life Career: Conservationist, Diver, Lifeguard Collection: Buried Treasure, Seashells

Live in Sulani

Become a Mermaid

Host a Kava Party

Marry/have children with Sulani native

Clean up Mua Pel’am

Woohoo in Mua Pel’am’s waterfall

Realm of Magic Aspirations: Spellcraft & Sorcery, Purveyor of Potions

Live in Glimmerbrook

Become a Spellcaster

Reach level 5 Spellcaster

Visit the Magic Realm

Learn all spells and/or all potions

High School Years & Discover University Traits: Overachiever and Party Animal OR Overachiever and Socially Awkward Skills: Entrepreneur, Research & Debate, Robotics ~ Teen Years ~ Aspiration: Admired Icon, Drama Llama, Goal Oriented, Live Fast Activity/Part Time Job: Cheer, Chess, Computer, Football, Simfluencer, Video Game Streamer

Grow up in Copperdale

Attend a prom

Celebrate graduation

Sneak out after dark

Have a High School sweetheart

~ Adulthood ~ Aspiration: Academic Career: E-Sports, Secret Society, or Soccer in University, Education, Engineer or Law after graduation.

Enrol in university – Distinguished Degree

Live in university housing for at least one semester

Host a Keg Party

Get a job with your degree

Move back to Copperdale

Marry/have children with High School OR University sweetheart

Woohoo in the shower

Eco Lifestyle Traits: Freegan, Green Fiend, Maker, Recycle Disciple (Pick 3) Aspiration: Eco Innovator, Master Maker Career: Civil Designer Skills: Fabrication, Juice Fizzing

Live in Evergreen Harbour

Vote every time you can for Neighbourhood Action Plans

Have your neighbourhood reach Green OR Industrial Eco Status

Woohoo in a Dumpster

Snowy Escape Traits: Adventurous, Proper Aspiration: Extreme Sports Enthusiast, Mt. Komoreb Sightseer Career: Salaryperson Skills: Rock Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding

Reach the top of Mt Komorebi

Host a Mountain Climb Excursion

Living in Mt Komorebi is optinal due to the addition of rental properties.

Go to each Mt Komorebi festival at least once

Woohoo in a Hot Spring OR Ice Cave

Visit an Onsen Bathhouse

Paranormal & My Wedding Stories Aspiration: Soulmate Career: Paranormal Investigator Skill: Medium Collections: Messages in a Bottle

Live in a Haunted House

Host a Bach Party and Engagement Dinner

Have the perfect Wedding

Host a Reception

Host a Vow Renewal as Elders

Dream Home Decorator, Tiny Living, Nifty Knitting Aspirations: Lord/Lady of the Knits Career: Interior Decorator Skills: Knitting

Live in a Tiny Home

Own a Murphy bed and a rocking chair

Knit at least one item per day

Sell knitted items on Plopsy (or keep them for latter generations)

Romance a client

Cottage Living Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Lactose Intolerant Aspirations: Country Caretaker Skills: Cross Stitch

Move to Henford-on-Bagley

Have at least 1 cow, 1 llama, and 4 chickens

Participate in all Finchwick Fairs

Befriend at least 1 rabbit and 1 flock of birds

Play Simple Living lot challenge OR Wild Foxes lot challenge

Woohoo in an Animal Shed

Werewolves Aspirations: Werewolf Initiate followed by Cure Seeker, Emissary of the Collective, Lone Wolf, or Wildfang Renegade Collection: Moonwood Collectibles

Lose any previous occult status and become a werewolf

Move to Moonwood Mill

Romance another werewolf

Take the cure

Growing Together & Parenthood Childhood: Creative Genius, Mind and Body, Playtime Captain, OR Slumber Party Animal Aspiration: Big Happy Family, Successful Lineage, Super Parent Skills: Parenting

Move to San Sequoia

Have at least 4 kids (at least one adopted and at least one through having a science baby)

Host a Slumber Party, Baby Shower, Toddler Play Date, and Family Reunion

Woohoo in a treehouse

Horse Ranch Traits: Rancher, Horse Lover Aspiration: Champion Horse Rider or Expert Nectar Maker. Skills: Horse Riding, Nectar Making Horse Skills: Agility, Endurance, Jumping, Temperament

Move to Chestnut Ridge

Compete with your horse(s)

Always have at least one horse, one mini goat, and one mini sheep.

Ta-Da!

#sims4 #sims #sims challenge #lepacy

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foodandfolklore · 6 months

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Stingy Jack; The Story of Jack-o-Lanterns

With Halloween nearing, I thought it'd be fitting to talk about Jack-o-Lanterns. A time honored tradition for this odd fusion holiday of Christian, Pagan, and Pop culture, is to carve a lantern from a pumpkin. Traditionally a face, but people can get very creative and I've seen animals, cartoon characters, and machines.

Fun fact about Jack-o-Lanterns, they were not always carved in Pumpkins. When Halloween or All Hallows Eve was still being celebrated in Europe, they would use a root vegetable. Normally a Turnip; I'm guessing because they were large and round. But when Europeans came to North America, they discovered the pumpkin. And that was WAY easier to carve up. First, Pumpkins were already mostly hollow, you just needed to scoop the seeds out. Second, they were softer so cutting into them was easier. Third, their orange flesh and exterior accentuated the fire glow. Pumpkins were in, baby!

But why do we carve Jack-o-lanterns at all? As Halloween falls on the start of Samhain, many people think it has something to do with the dead. Many cultures believe lighting candles, lanterns, or lights help the dead find their way. Perhaps the lantern is a place the dead can take pause for rest. Or maybe the Lantern serves to protect you malicious spirits. There are lots of reasons why people choose to make a Jack-o-Lantern for the season. But there is an old story from Ireland behind it.

Long ago in a small village in Ireland lived a drunkard named Stingy Jack. He wasn’t held in very high regard by the townsfolk. One evening, Satan overheard stories of the devious deeds of Jack and decided he must have this fellow’s soul. Jack may have been stingy, but he was quite clever. When Satan came to collect his soul, he successfully made the case that the least Satan could do was allow him to have a final drink at his favorite pub. After which, Stingy Jack left Satan on the hook for the tab. Jack suggested he turn himself into a coin to pay the bill and they would be off on their journey to the underworld. Satan was fooled when Jack took the coin and put it into his pocket alongside a crucifix, thereby trapping Satan in his pocket. The devil begged and pleaded, and only upon agreeing to leave Jack alone for ten years was he released.

Exactly ten years later, Satan found Jack stumbling home from the pub. With a heavy sigh, Jack looked at the devil knowing full well that he intended to drag him to hell. Jack made the request of Satan to climb a nearby apple tree to get him a final snack to eat before the journey southbound. Satan, apparently still not as clever as Jack, climbed the apple tree. While Satan was climbing the tree, Jack carved a cross into the trunk, thereby trapping Satan up in the tree. The devil begged and pleaded, and only upon agreeing to never take Jack’s soul to hell was he released.

Many years later, when Stingy Jack took his last breath and died, St. Peter refused him entrance into heaven for all his evil deeds. Satan refused him entrance into hell due to their contract. In one final parting gift, Satan gave Jack an ember ablaze with hellfire. Alas, Jack was stuck roaming the earth with only a carved turnip glowing with hellfire to light his way. When Stingy Jack ceased to be, Jack of the Lantern began. On Halloween night, keep an eye out for a restless wandering soul every time you see a Jack O’ Lantern, for it may just be the hellfire glow from Jack’s lantern.

#Halloween #all hallows eve #Stingy Jack #jack o lantern #Pumpkin #Turnip #Food and Folklore #October #Spooky Season #Folktales #Samhain #Fairytale #Fable #Klick Witch #Kitchen Witch #Satan #St. Peter

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You know that one TikTok audio that's like 'i cannot keep having the same conversation over and over again' that's me but with the leafs fanbase shitting on Willy and Mitch every year like clockwork. Like babes you wouldn't be reaching this hard from a single interview if you weren't searching for a reason to justify your hatred it's okay you can admit it

it's especially laughable considering 90% of the other teams in the league would LOVE to have either player on their roster. i know their haters will name factors like drawn out contract negotiations and "not playing with heart" or whatever to justify their hatred, but both are ultimately such shambolic reasons, and it's hard not figure out that their hatred ultimately stems from their suspicion of "pretty boys" and twinks.

the language they use is always SO coded too and actually reminds me of the type of homophobic and misogynistic insults sidney used to get when he was younger. crybaby b*tch, diva, cindy, blah blah blah. like. they're SO predictable everytime. like - i love being a hater! i love celebrating hater culture! but be fucking original or funny at least.

i've said it before in jest but i 100% mean that mitch would NOT get 20% of the hate he gets if he looked like drew doughty or pat maroon.

ALSO the hatred for willy has thankfully died down with willy performing well early in the season (although we all know he gets SUCH a short rope. he had 2 subpar performances and ppl are on his neck again) but i get SO fucking irritated with these fans categorically dismissing mitch as a prissy baby who's not trying at all and is just here to look pretty and collect paychecks for his daddy. like - are they even fucking watching these games or looking at any of the stats after?????? like yes, everyone and their dead great great grandfather who's heard of the name "toronto" before at this point know that the leafs' top line simply need to do better. but mitch is out there logging the most time on ice after mo EVERY GAME hustling his little ass off on the powerplay and the penalty kill, doing all the unglamorous backchecking etc. that a lot of forwards of his caliber do NOT. he's trying his hardest to enter the zone and set up plays, and while i do think it's valid to point out he wasn't shooting the puck enough the past few games, he's been shooting the puck a lot more too recently. like. he is TRYING.

blaming his imagined "lack of effort" for the leafs' poor performances is not only incorrect on a personal level but also just - mostly indicative of a terrible understanding of how hockey works or what is "wrong" with the leafs right now. on a related note - auston also continues to play well away from the puck (but he doesn't get nearly the same amount of hate either. just mostly a lot of fans fretting that auston is going to leave after his contract ends which is ...lmfao if i were him i SURE as fuck WOULD after seeing how ridiculously rabid the media and fanbase are tbh), so like...yes AM34 and MM16 should be doing better and need to do better but saying it's due to "lack of effort" or due to mitch specifically swanning around like a princess complaining about sheldon being a big :( meanie :( is so reductive and simply..uh.........fucking stupid

these men all want to LOVEEEE this twink so bad and they are SO AFRAID of what that might mean for their saggy balls. sorry to these men! sorry that they are trembling into their cheap beers and unshaven pubic neckbeards! it couldn't be me tho.

#sorry this turned into an extended rant but i am i r a t e #leave that little twink alone #get away from her get a job etc.

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fearofahumanplanet · 2 years

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Hel Gets a Megapost <3

(no not the fictional character from Serpents, sorry. I'm actually talking about beloved @marinesocks who came back from Absence and gave me a lot of wonderful reblogs :) )

Frat boy Thor is so gross, he just does icky things that aren't in those excerpts and he's everything wrong with celebrity culture and the power that gives you

I love Jörmungandr too! But it's smart to be afraid of her, the girl can swallow the universe on a whim, we're lucky she's got a good heart down there really :P

AAAAA

It's done, I could literally publish it any day I wanted if somebody would take it - but I have sent it to over two dozen agents to no avail, nobody wants it :( I am trying my best though

YEAH. Part of Karma Killer is how it tackles the whole "enemies to lovers" thing in a very creepy, realistic, stalker-y and abusive manner, portraying it very realistically. I am really glad you trust me to write sensitively about delicate topics, let me tell you <3 I never want to romanticize stuff like this. It's just messed up, baby!

Also I'm giving you a bonk for apologizing, I love your rambles, they feed me, give me sustenance, give me all the rambles!!

Also what book??? I'm curious

"like yes i dont like him but i can still feel bad for him" ah yes this is the conflict one faces with at least one (1) character in every single one of my books, oftentimes a protagonist :) I am truly devious

YEAH HE'S A REDHEAD, I passed the litmus test for "Jane has actually read the myths more than one time", no fucking Marvel bullshit here! (That's also why Thor's a complete colonial murderhobo)

That comment on my characters means literally everything, its the most important part of writing for me <3

Thank you for all the rambles, Hel, and nice to see you back!!

#besties tag

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foster-the-world · 2 years

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End of Year fun

The girls school is going all in for end of year fun. Today alone Rebel had to wear a swimsuit for sprinkler day, a superhero costume and a culture day costume. I joined Bee on her class field trip to the local children's museum yesterday. It was so fun. I love every single kid in her class. Each one is kind and sweet. I really hope it stays that way as they get older. They did a school play this week. One of the after school teachers (college age) wrote it. It was pretty well done. Bee is obsessed with one of the older girls. I clearly remember thinking the older girls were the coolest. The school has a dance team that performed to Rhythm Nation. Once again - very impressive for a bunch of 10 year olds. They also have a school step team. I hope Bee wants to join. I wonder if it's appropriate for Rebel - as a white kid. All of the girls are black, latin, etc. To date, most white parents leave the school after the early grades. I think that is changing. Bee's class is half and half and from what we know all of the kids are staying for first grade.

Rebel's class is also very nice but the prek class is huge - roughly 100 kids in five classes. Compared to Kindergarten which only has two classes of 15. Many of the fancy public schools and charter schools don't have PreK classes - so parents send their kids here and then transfer for K. We have at least 15 charter schools within walking distance to our apartment. I much prefer the smaller Kindergarten. We know every single kids name and most of the parents. I'm looking forward to seeing who stays in Rebel's class so we can start to get to know the parents better.

I'm drowning a bit in school work, end of year stuff, etc. I've ordered everything for Baby boy's bday but we haven't actually picked a day for a small party. For the girls we did a homemade balloon drop from the ceiling that I think we will repeat for him. I think he'll go crazy. We had a big paw patrol elevator/toy thing that my Mom got at Goodwill in our attic. We are going to have the girls give it to him as his gift. Per his OT we got him a wraparound swing that hangs from the ceiling and a body sock. He was very much not into the body sock but will keep trying.

We'd probably prefer just to have the grandparents to a party because he's only two BUT his (bio) Great Aunt keeps asking when the party is. Culturally around here it seems most black families have huge/well decorated parties for young kids. They are mostly in the park so we see professionals setting them up. We aren't going to go that far but also don't want to see him like assholes who don't celebrate him. His sister has also asked. Hopefully, the sister (on Mom's side) doesn't mind being around the Great Aunt (on the Dad's side) as she has mentioned really disliking Dad. The Great Aunt seems very aware of Dad's faults so I don't think she will mind if sister says anything. I did buy some bird plates, decorations as the kid is obsessed with birds.

Baby boy figured out how to climb out of his crib a few months back. We don't trust him AT ALL to be alone if he decides to get out in the middle of the night. As a solution we bought one of those tents that goes over the crib. Somehow he figured out how to get out of that last night. Showed up at our door at 3am. He was so damn cute standing in the dark in his little Paw Patrol pajamas. Luckily, he went right back to bed, without complaints. I'm hoping/thinking he just broke the zipper. He goes down easily but I do not think that will be the case in a big kid bed. I tried putting him in the girls toddler bed one night. He immediately starting climbing on the beds railing to try and reach the light. With this high needs kid his good sleep schedule is saving us - so I really hope this does not become a problem.

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