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perenlop · 1 year
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why is giving family members a small wishlist so much more tedious than it has to be
#me: hey heres my wishlist its in an email can you also forward it#them: yeah sure but uh you cant have anything thats not on amazon bc we dont know how to use other sites#me: wdym its the same process#them: well its more complicated oh my god we are older we dont understand#me: well ok. ill find alternatives where i can#them: wait can you just let us edit our own wishlist with what you want?#me:... why cant you use the one i sent?#them: BECAUSE it is too much ok pls just send a couple of things#(the list only has like 8 things and two are gift cards)#me: well. fine heres two things i really want#them: hm. are you sure you want that? it doesnt cost a lot#me: yes. i dont like asking for expensive things that arent games we have been over this.#them: well put something more expensive on there then we just feel bad getting you a cheap thing bc then we think youre worth less#me: .... ok heres one of those custom pokemon shirts just bc i think theyre neat#them: OH MY GOD THATS SO EXPENSIVE we are not wasting our money on that.#me: ... ok can i have the games then?#them: sure. god why are you so hard to buy for youre sooooo weird about gifts#for extra context: my brothers and cousins ask for over $100 worth of stuff and usually get all of it and more#and its not like im ungrateful either i never snap at them or anything. i usually ask for practical stuff or aesthetics like stickers#when its not books or games... but theyve gotten more passive aggressive lately i think#for my bday most ppl werent weird but my aunt made a big deal out of getting me a $20 sweater i couldnt wear#bc of the texture and size not working for me. and like loudly emphasizing ''OH GOD DONT LOOK AT THE PRIIIICE UGH IM SO MEAN''#all the while im being polite and thanking her and shes just freaking out at me for ''being hard to buy for''#and being ''forced to buy me something so gross and cheap'' like it felt like a weird power move#echoed voice
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harufluff · 1 year
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things they would say
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warnings - none
genre - fluff, comfort, dialogue, txt x gn!reader, established relationship au
reblogs and comments are highly appreciated.
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bolded is reader. enha version
choi soobin
"can we just like...stay like this? just for a little bit i promise"
"i like your face. it's my favorite face"
"i love you" "more than odi...?" "...your tied for first"
"it feels like ages since i've seen you!" "we just hung out yesterday..." "that was too long ago"
"am i aloud to look at you for this long...?"
"gimme a kiss riiiiiiight...here" *points to cheek*
choi yeonjun
"i can do whatever i want. im your boyfriend"
"i couldn't stop missing you if i tried"
"hold my hand, ok?"
"do you expire?" "im not ramen" "oh my god if you were i would love you even more." *gets punched in the arm* "OW WHAT THE HECK. I WAS JOKING CMON"
"i hope you know your stuck with me forever."
choi beomgyu
"wake up. its time for the day" "no"
"whatever, whenever, whoever. ill always be here"
"can i braid your hair...?" "why" "cause its pretty"
"I'LL KISS IT TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER"
"i'm dying!! you're to cute!!!"
"is there anyway you would leave me for someone else...?" "thats a stupid question." "why?" "because there is no possible way that i would leave your side in any universe."
kang taehyun
"did anyone hurt you? ill kill them"
"why do you smell like coffee? did you have a long night?"
"your smile makes my whole world better." "where did you find that...?" "google"
"why does everyone think youre scary. your like a cute little bunny" "i am scary." alternative "PEOPLE THINK IM SCARY???"
"can you do that again?"
"you need to stop smiling." "why?" "because my heart is beating too fast. so choose, hospital or no smiling"
"love you, sweets"
huening kai
"I COULD JUST EAT YOU!! YOU'RE SO CUTE"
"everything you do is perfect. don't change"
"uhm...do you want to hug one of my plushies?"
"why can't we sleep forever?" "i mean...technically we can..."
"does anyone else make you this happy...?" "hmm...i dont think so?" "ok good. thats my job now"
"i don't know how well me cooking will end, but i'll do it if your too tired."
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let me know for an enha version.
©Harufluff 2023 | Do not copy, repost or claim any of my works.
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borzoilover69 · 2 months
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Tips and Tricks for krita (part two electric boogaloo)
Ok so this one is going to be a doozy because im going to include a lot of examples and tips for how to use filters (AKA YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND)
Link to part one.
Ok so filters in krita can be a doozy so ill cover the ones i use in my art the most, these will be adjust, artistic, and enhance dropdowns. I will be using my art pieces to show how i modify my art- colourwise!
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Obviously, start off with opening the filter menu up. Color balance brings you to this menu, where you can play around with the colour of your shadows, your midtones, and higlights. Its a lot of trial and error, just messing around to see what fits, and its how i got to this point. through just pushing the dials up and down. Honestly, a lot of this part of the tutorial is going to be me telling you to hit those dials and levers like you dont know nobody.
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Even just small modifications as you can see can play so much of a difference. For here, i upped the cool tones for john, and upped the warm ones for dave. Colour theory without colour theorising i suppose you could say.
Crosschannel adjustment curves can help with contrast and colour intensity. Usually i have one point which i use to move up and down per my whims to control how bright my work is, and it can really help with really bringing out those colours so it doesnt all fall into one hue. Colour adjustment curves works similiarly, play around with them to get the desired effect.
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Krita also has HSV adjustment, but i usually use just the hue and saturation. Theyre pretty self explanatory, and can switch up your palette in pretty fun ways.
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Now we move on to the ARTISTIC part. Again, i recommend you play around with them yourself, but i find index colours works really well for making really pretty art really fast! You just put in a few colours with descending lightest to darkest and you get an awesome art piece! Id say this is useful for pixel artists, but also useful for other parties. I might just start using this more myself. Its so easy wtf.
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AND FINALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
HOW MY ART IS SO CRUNCHY.
If youve been following me for a while you probably noticed theres a slight crunch to my art. It gives it a slight bit of texture and makes it noticable. How do i do it?
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You're welcome.
insert image of face on 90% opacity and comedic text for purpose.
Alternatively, if youre looking for a sbahj level of crunchiness, smack that "mean removal"for some fun.
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Thats all! Happy drawing.
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mxlfoydraco · 1 year
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Ok so don't get me wrong I loooove drarry but I also love wolfstar and I've been reading a lot of it lately and I'm having hard time going back to reading drarry, even though my to read list for them is getting longer and longer, because most drarry fics I've seen are after the war and all the marauders are dead and it makes me soooo sad, any advice??
The solution is AUs my friend! I’ll add on to my existing one: Jily/Wolfstar lives AUs and/or non-magic AUs!
Drarry + Wolfstar
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by dracogotgame (5k)
Harry's bringing his boyfriend home to meet his parents. It goes about as well as can be expected.
Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Ecidyrue by starbrigid (series, 1.2M)
All it takes is one look in a mirror and an ill-advised attempt to shatter it, before an embittered Draco Malfoy fresh out of Azkaban is sent back into his body on the day he gets his Hogwarts letter. Suddenly, Draco has an unwanted second chance, with a Sorting Hat that doesn't know what to do with him, a certain Muggleborn who won't leave his study table alone, and green eyes he just can't get out of his head. And then there's his new wand, whose choice of him could just mark him as every bit as dark a wizard as his name means he should be.
The Devil’s White Knight by AngrySpaceRavenclaw/orphaned (64k)
When Harry wakes up in an alternate timeline–a timeline where Voldemort was defeated long before the first war–he discovers everything is different. His parents, his godfather, his friends–and him. Harry must deal with the consequences of who he would have been if he had been raised by his parents, and figure out where he stands with his casual hook up, Draco Malfoy
head over heels by derkmaliknurse (21k)
Everyone in Harry’s life thinks he’s engaged to Malfoy. The solution to this is not pretending to date Malfoy, but here he is doing that anyway.
Nearly by gonattsaga (434k)
Sirius doesn't go after Peter Pettigrew on the night that Voldemort kills the Potters, but stays to look after Harry... This means that he is never wrongly accused and incarcerated for the murder of Lily and James, and instead he and Remus Lupin raise Harry as their own. When it finally becomes time for Harry to start his education at Hogwarts, he has no reason to tell the Sorting Hat not to place him in Slytherin, so he is Sorted into Slytherin and becomes best friends (and later on, more than friends) with Draco.
The Thief and the Throne (Fallen Kingdom) by @gnarf (30k)
Many years after the Dark Lord killed the last King and took the throne, a young orphan joins the Order. Harry hopes that they will teach him how to help those their new King deemed unworthy: the Regulars. Those people who worked hard for their food yet had to hand over most of their harvest to fill the already overflowing warehouses of the Capital. With the help of the Order and an unexpected ally Harry is ready to right the wrongs.
My Life As A Butterfly by @digthewriter (22k)
At the age of seventeen, Harry finds himself falling in love with a detached Draco Malfoy. Through a series of unfortunate miscommunications and gossip, he had a bad falling out (of love), too. Now, years later, can Harry make amends about a misunderstanding? Would Draco forgive him?
Love In Slow Motion by AngrySpaceRavenclaw (11k)
Harry flushed. “I’d like to do that again.” Draco threw his head back and laughed. “Would you, now?” Blinking up, Harry reached up with a shaking hand and brushed a bit of Draco’s blonde fringe away from his forehead. “Yeah. I would. Unless you’ve got someone better to get home to.”
A Quickening Hope, A Freshening Glee by @maesterchill (3k)
Joy comes to Harry and Draco alongside a quickening of heart, and of body, and of breath. Or: The one where Draco and Harry find out from Remus Lupin in a Ministry lift that they're going to have a baby. And Sirius flips out.
Dragons Don't Know Paradise by @teacup-tai (50k)
In 2004, when Remus spends two scary weeks in the ITU due to complications of pneumonia and his HIV condition, Sirius walks around the house like a ghost and Harry finds comfort and strength in Draco through a chat in an online LGBT forum. Harry falls for him, but Draco has a lot of secrets and, before long, will need to come clean—even if he believes that no one is able to understand a dragon. This is a story about falling in love online and about facing the reality of death, but above all, this is a story about hope, finding love and acceptance.
My Big Fat Pureblood Wedding by QueenyMidas / @drarry (177k)
Chaos ensues after Harry proposes to Draco on their three-year anniversary. The two must plan a wedding around their fighting friends, warring families, and each other's stubbornness. EWE, post-war, disregarding Remus, Sirius, and Colin's deaths and the fact that gay marriage is not legal in the UK.
tissue of silver by fearlessdiva (76k)
A love story concerning possessed furniture, black silk pyjamas, courtroom drama, premonitions of doom, assassination attempts, Death Eater yoga, absinthe, bare feet and a sensible werewolf. Beware: coarse language, brief drug use, some sexual content, and consideration of issues of sexual consent.
The White Pawn by Soupy_George (80k)
When eighteen-year-old Draco Malfoy finds himself back at Hogwarts on the eve of Voldemort's infamous return, he is confronted with the most difficult decision he's ever had to make: Relive the 6th year at school he's tried so hard to forget, or do the unthinkable and ally himself with Potter's lot...
Led by Light of a Star Sweetly Gleaming + Pages of You by @wolfpants (53k + 101k)
Remus Lupin is a student and temporary sales assistant at Oxford's finest department store when a mysterious, handsome young man by the name of Sirius Black enters his life and introduces him to a world of sprawling country estates, parties, and London's underground bar scene. A 1960s Wolfstar AU with lots of music, smoking, fine interiors, and, of course, romance.
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Summer, 1980. Harry is floating between university and becoming a Real Certified Adult. He's not ready. He really isn't.
In a desperate attempt to have the Best Last Summer ever, he takes a casual job at his godfather's bookshop in London, starts an illicit pen pal affair with a wordy posh boy that he's catching feelings for, all while dealing with the son of Sirius's business rival, one Draco Malfoy, insufferable know-it-all extraordinaire.
A story about trying to figure out who you are, where you're going in life, and who you want to take along with you.
Drarry + Jily
Bonded Consort by Lomonaaeren (89k)
 Nineteen years ago, the Potters betrothed their firstborn child to the firstborn Malfoy child. Eighteen years ago, Voldemort was defeated for good. Seventeen years ago, the Potters changed the contract so that their secondborn child was substituted for their firstborn. Now, Draco Malfoy is trying to work out what happened.
You're Dating Who?! by SasuNarufan13 (4k)
James doesn't have a problem whatsoever with the fact that his only son is gay. As long as Harry is happy, he's happy. His son's latest boyfriend, though … He's not so sure about him.
Chronological Displacement by bookinit (89k)
In which Harry and Draco have a time-turner accident, and many things go wrong, but a lot of things also go right. Featuring: reptilian bonding night, canon-inaccurate animagus lessons, and a fuck-ton of pining.
aka the fic where Harry finds his family, and fights to keep them.
Notes on a resurrection by newleaves (126k)
It was never Draco’s intention to raise Sirius Black from the dead.
We Built This Right by @remy-writes5 (15k)
At last year's Grand Prix Final, Harry had an accident that left him with a lightning scar on his forehead, a concussion and a twisted ankle. Now everyone is waiting to see if his career is over - including former rival, Draco Malfoy.
Loved In Spite of Ourselves by AngrySpaceRavenclaw (181k)
"It began with four boys, and one compartment." Spanning across time, through the first war, and into the second. The years were both kind and cruel for ones called Marauders, and for ones who came after. But they knew friendship, and sorrow, and love, and joy. And sometimes it was only things things which allowed them to survive--if that's all they could do. Survive.
*This is a marauders fic but Drarry happens later on
Dare Speak Its Name by Lomonaaeren (8k)
AU, with Harry raised by his parents. Harry learns of a secret Quidditch field, run by one Draco Malfoy, that tests all comers and trains them to a higher level of perfection. Sneaking out to the field is only natural for Harry. But what he encounters there changes his life at a level he's never let anyone see before.
The Boy Who Loved by @greenmegsnoham (30k)
At 11 years old, Harry found himself drawn to Draco Malfoy immediately. He wasn’t quite sure why. All he knew was that he wanted to spend every moment with him that he could. When they arrive at school, Harry makes a choice. One that changes the course of his life at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. More than he knows...
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yoonsdoll · 4 months
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hi im bored and this is my professional opinion if seventeen r kitty or puppy coded and why because this is very important to me !!!!!!!!!
seungcheol : kitty coded
ok this was actually a really hard choice because he actually does have both kitty and puppy features but ultimately i decided kitty because hes so persian cat.
LOOK AT HIM POUTING.
but laura!!! he has a dog!!! YES I KNOW OKAY!! i LOVE kkuma. and as much as he wants to be a dog dad hes just a cat taking care of a dog beeeee so fr!!!!!
ok in conclusion realistically he can be both but like.. look at these photos and try spot the difference
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cheol get well soon i miss u .
if u disagree then u just dont get the vision!
jeonghan : kitty coded
i have previously stated how he is a ragdoll cat. and yes, he really is.
hes so mischievous in like the best way ever, tell me a kitty wouldn't do that. U CANT!!!!
as a cat owner myself.. im just correct.
he 100% knows how to get someone to give him what he wants (treats) and he sits there all day looking fabulous and getting attention for being so cute.
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also jeonghan get well soon im losing hair the longer ur gone.
anyway pls agree ive never been so confident in an answer in my life. dont ruin this
joshua : puppy coded
the more i look at shua smiling the more he reminds me of a cute puppy.
pls this man has me breaking down hes literally so cute.
i have no reason apart from the fact im so very sure he would be a puppy. and also hes an extrovert which automatically strikes me as a dog!!!
he looks like a fancy cat on a lot of pictures but dont let him gaslight u.
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he told me himself hes a smiley shiba inu.
im a strong believer in puppy shua.
junhui : kitty coded
i feel like this is a very obvious answer but still
0% puppy in him. its all a very feral cat.
when i look at jun i think of a british shorthair kitty. a baby one in specific.
especially because hes playful as hell but also has his moments when he just prefers to be quiet and listen to the others.
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he alternatively could just be a white and black cat.. it did occur to me while making this. however i still feel like a british shorthair is more suitable.
jun is so cat coded and even he knows it!
hoshi : kitty coded ?????
okay see my issue is that yes.. tigers are in the cat family. but do u not also ever look at hoshi playing around w the members and think that he could be a puppy if he wasnt so obsessed w tigers..
anyhow, he is kitty coded for the most part I GUESS.
sometimes he really does remind me of a hamster more than anything though, but again this isnt the point of this post.
ill give him this win and say he is a toyger cat.
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HE LITERALLY LOOKS SO HAMSTER IN THE FIRST PIC ITS BUGGING ME.
look at him tryna convince everyone in that 2nd pic.. ok wtv he convinced me
wonwoo : kitty coded
so very calm, knows what his boundaries are, likes playing around once in a while.
wonwoo is THE black cat. one of those that are really well taken care of with short yet super soft fur.
same as jun.. u will never find any puppy energy in this man.
he has a dog too, but hes the most cat coded person u will ever see. this is why my cheol point was also correct.
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im giggling those photos r so perfect. 3 wonwoos ^^^^^^
bye u legit cant even argue with this one if u wanted to
woozi : kitty coded
SHUT UP U KNOW IM RIGHTTTT!!
WOOZI IS SO KITTY I DONT CARE. I DONT EVEN HAVE TO EXPLAIN.
just as i know wonus a black cat, i know ujis a white cat.
hes so elegant yet so fun and so cute pls someone tie me down
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the fact i already knew what photos im gonna use says enough.
i would also like to say that hes also very bear coded. like if hes not a cat hes a bear.
dokyeom : puppy coded
everyone cheered!!!!
dk has always been very puppy to me, even in interviews where hes speaking to people he doesnt know (which makes it difficult for him (and hoshi)), hes ALWAYS trying his best.
hes so cute!??!?!?! like, im really not good with dog breeds AT ALL, but he clearly is a pomeranian.
is he a grown 5'10 man? yes. is he also a very cute puppy breed? also yes. why? it just makes so much sense.
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the 2 glasses photos were a coincidence but they somehow make him look even more puppy coded.
him in curly hair.. dude it doesnt get any better than that!!!
mingyu : puppy coded
DUH!!!! hes the puppiest out of all puppy in seventeen
surprisingly, i always see everyone call him a golden retriever which, personality wise I SO AGREE!!! but something itches my brain when hes compared to a husky. IT MAKES SM MORE SENSE NO??
i lied btw ive never seen anyone compare him to a husky this is me trying to drop my opinion without getting dragged.
theres not much else to say apart from that his emoji rep is litch a puppy so u cant deny it!
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no matter what breed u wanna compare him to, itll still always be a dog
i truly wish i could see him as a cat but its just not right!
minghao : kitty coded
kitty coded through and through!!!!
i dont think i cld ever compare hao to a puppy?? his vibes r so cat.
SIAMESE CAT** let me say. dont u agree!!
hes so sassy and i feel like that rlly influences my opinion but also when have u ever looked at minghao and thought he was puppy coded. literally NEVER. i cant name u one time.
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give him blue contacts and hes that cat in the middle (pls dont)
i rest my case thank yew!
seungkwan : BOTH?!
seungkwans a really difficult one for me. because he quite literally is both.
he has moments when hes so puppy coded then the next second hes the most kitty coded man ever.
same in selcas.. i cant even decide thru them!!!
if i really had to pick, id lean towards a cat, but again.. its too hard to decide.
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therefore, he would be an orange kitty or a samoyed dog! :3
im sorry for cheating my way out of this one but i srsly cant decide.
vernon : kitty coded
chillest cat ever trust me.
vernon said himself he really likes cats and that made this even easier than it was before cause it just makes sm sense!
im aware vernon likes dogs too but him liking cats is so ?? vernon ??????
i always go back to that photo of him holding the baby kitty. hes such a cat person. literally look up vernon being a cat person on twt and theres a whole thread proving it!
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this is why vernon is a siberian cat! he looks like it sm and he is chill like that ong
vernon and kitties give me life
dino : puppy coded
surprisingly i originally wanted to say kitty coded but after a think abt it.. hes clearly puppy coded
a very loved puppy by his 12 older brothers lolol
he always loves the attention and enjoys smiling and making others laugh a lot too..
do u guys remember that puppy interview? yeah.
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his light brown hair was the prime border collie days!
i found that middle photo and immediately thought dino.
ok i originally didnt even mean to assign them all to breeds or wtv but it just happened... thank u for reading this is what happens when i get too bored!!! anyway i think i did pretty well so!
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Hey there, long time! Somehow, you're the only person I still follow who loves Star Wars, and I just wanted to share an article (link below) that came out today. Do you agree/disagree with the article's premise that Star Wars, the MCU, etc. serve as an outlet for folks who are looking for meaning outside of traditional religion?
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/3986205-a-new-hope-star-wars-day-is-about-more-than-just-a-movie-franchise/
Ok well you've got me going now. Not sure if you were expecting all this but I've been wanting to write an essay and this is a great prompt for me. I honestly don't know if I even answered the question, this is all just rambling. So first off I think it is very important for me to say all of this is my own opinion and I am not a researcher. Also this article is very pro-organized religion.
The article is a very good one. I found it really interesting but not for the reason the article is talking about . The article is basically speaking on the ways in which people are leaving religion, as things like Star Wars and the MCU become more popular. Now I want to make it very clear that I in no way think that Star Wars or the MCU or anything else of the sort are a religion. The article touches on this by saying “of course most Star Wars Day observants are not true believers of the Jedi religion.” 
The article says “even though the vast majority of fans …are not consciously seeking a religious experience, the fact that people in wealthy, technologically advanced nations are turning away from traditional religion may make them more likely to turn fandom into something that resembles faith.” This is where I really start to disagree with the article. This quote is basically saying that people are thinking of fandom as a religion because they don't believe in any traditional religions. They go so far as to say “…research suggests that the growing interest in these alternative beliefs is driven by the need for meaning that traditional religious faiths have historically helped meet.” It is very, very important to point out this research article that is linked is from a journal website and it is therefore not a reliable source. This is a statement saying that religion is a vital part of the human experience and we must feel the absence of it. Now I can say personally, the absence of religion is felt in my life but in a way that is keeping me from ever joining another religion (I was previously christian, it was not the best experiance). This article is so pro-religious that I don't find anything in the article to be an unbiased analysis of the connection between religion and fandom. 
Now, with all that out of the way, here in the opinion of a 21 year old college senior. Disclaimer, I was a hard core christian for the first 13/14 years of my life and have been out of the religion completely for the last 6 years. Also I am a fine arts major, neither writing or research is my specialty, I was just asked a question and had some big thoughts on it. 
So, to segway into this and quote the article one more time with possibly the only thing I agreed with, it says, “...function of fiction suggests content like “Star Wars” isn’t mere entertainment.” Even though the article was using this quote to say Star Wars isnt just entertainment because it was made to secretly be pushed into a religion, this is still true. Stories that people get so invested in are not just entertainment, but a community. I don't think people need religion to have a fulfilled life the way the article above says, but we do need community. With things like growing mental illness, and covid, make these community connections in real life harder than ever before. One way we make a community connection is with the shows and film themselves. People get invested in shows, we become part of the story, we feel anxiety over the plot, and we mourn characters that aren't real but that grief absolutely is real. Christiane Manzella is a grief counselor at the Seleni Institute for Women, she is cited in a TIME article stating “We create meaning and then experience actual grief when that connection is broken.” We love and lose with the people we see on screen just the same as if we knew the fictional people face to face. 
This brings me to the next point; fandom. Fandom is another way that people create community. I don't think it is a religion, I don't think anyone in fandom thinks it's a religion but it is just as important to some people as religions are to others. All fandoms of all parts of media are a way for people to find deep connections with those that have like minds. We grieve together, we celebrate together and we create a sense of community surrounded by many of the same ideas. These are also things that most religions have but most people in fandom don't worship the fandom or blindly believe in the fandom with no critical thinking in regard to the bad things that inevitably occur in fandom. Now there is an increase in people, especially young people joining alternate religions but its not because of fandoms but more directed to the blind faith and support of the bad things that happen and are actively supported by religions.
@zuko-is-crazy I'm so sorry if I rambled myself right out of answering your question but this is an essay on the thoughts that sparked in my mind when I saw your ask.
Dockterman, E. (2015, April 24). 'grey's anatomy' Derek Shepherd: It's OK to mourn MCDREAMY DEATH. Time. Retrieved May 4, 2023, from https://time.com/3834589/grief-counselor-mourn-fictional-character-death/ 
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gwiazdowe · 2 years
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|| RP Sentence starters stolen from Star Wars Ronin (because I think they’re cool and you should read the novel. Ok to reblog!)
“I’m not sure I’d call any of you lot ‘Jedi’ these days.”
“You really are in terrible shape. You didn’t even hear me.”
“Listen. You’re underslept, underfed, and embarrassingly rusty.”
“Really? I near brained you mere hours ago.”
“If you’d like to do something about the truly tremendous amount of grime on your person, I suggest a visit to the tidy little room over yonder.”
“But a man’s word is only as good as his weapon, I’m afraid. Now where is yours?”
“We have reason to suspect the Sith might not be as disappeared as people like to think.”
“They say he was a Jedi first - a knight. But he was ill suited for the role.”
“You seemed in need of an exit strategy.”
“I’ve helped you leave, which I think we should consider a public service.” 
“It’s not the Force, dear. It’s just good preparation.”
“You talk like it’s a story. It isn’t. I remember.”
“Are you asking me if any other Sith got up after I killed them?”
“Jedi don’t leave bones! Not the good ones. The spirits take them.”
“The force - don’t say such things. It’s gruesome. Unlucky probably.”
“Well, what we really wanted was your help.”
“No! No, no! How many times do I have to say it? No Force nonsense on my ship!”
“What part of your rescue involved pointing me out to the local bounty hunters?”
“They cut down Jedi by every dishonorable trick imaginable, stealing their lightsabers and their kyber.”
“Yes, so romantic, the way they killed all those Jedi.”
“Oh, don’t tell me you’re getting excited about a propaganda piece.”
“If you’re going to entertain a conspiracy, then I’m going to need more wine.”
“___ says you’re sulking. Which, fine, I guess, I’d sulk too if everyone in the galaxy had a good reason to hate my guts.”
“What did you think to find in my room that you couldn’t find elsewhere? /// That you didn’t want anyone to see you looking at?”
“Oh yeah? When was the last time you bet on anything?”
“Aren’t you supposed to be concentrating?”
“The alternative is getting incredibly arrested.”
“Be clear or be silent.”
“Don’t suppose you have any useful skills here?”
“What is it about this that you can’t let go of? How do I bring you back?”
“It must have been a terrible strike, to leave a scar like that.”
“Oh, you can come down with a vision for one of any number of reasons, and most of them have nothing to do with the Force.”
“What’s victory worth if it's half won by another?”
“Maybe I’m looking for reasons not to throw myself down a very large hole.”
“Well, you tell them I’ll suffer no Sith heresies in the clans and then tell them where they can artfully shove their –”
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Immediately throws akechi and sumi at your for the relationship game.give me them
oh my god its them! im completely normal about them!
describe their canon relationship/dynamic
there’s um. not. a whole lot. they sure are people who know each other <3 i would love to see a compilation of Top 10 Times Akechi And Sumire Briefly Greeted Each Other In Passing And Did Not Have A Conversation. that would be so boring. that’s also like, most of their relationship, just the part that happens offscreen. there’s not necessarily A Ton to them in third sem either but They Are There! there is the part where atlus tries to say akechi just straight up Doesn’t Care about her and it’s. that’s misleading phrasing at best. there isn’t serious evidence that akechi has any kind of special affection for sumi, and it’s exacerbated by akira being there for comparison and akechi, like, has a lot of feelings about akira and akira is on the very small list of people akechi is remotely comfortable displaying feelings about even if just the “i want to hitting you over the head with a hammer” and “*experiencing jealousy + admiration + gay* this also is wanting to hitting you over the head with a hammer” feelings but like,. anyway. Akechi cares about sumi even if in canon it’s just the amount of caring you do about someone you’ve Kind Of Spent A Little Time With But Not Much.
Anyway in all that rambling my brain put together what their actual canon relationship is. God, it’s beautiful and incredible isn’t it. Sumi is sort of acquainted with this polite guy who goes on TV sometimes and Akechi is kind of acquainted with this polite girl whose dad works at the TV station and then one day sumi suddenly finds out that akechi is winning international Most Unhinged Ways To Scream While Killing Things awards and akechi suddenly finds out that sumi has been impersonating her dead sister for most of a year because she couldn’t bear being herself. And then they go beat things up together
your ideal/headcanon version of it? how does it differ from how it is in canon & why is this your favorite version? any other alternate versions of it you enjoy?
*bdg and his sister voice* SIBLINGS SIBLINGS SIBLINGS SIBLINGS!
To me they are that one shadow & cream(?) comic. To me they are the “if anyone makes fun of you for saying golly you will kill them” “yes boss!”. And so much more… oh god ive done a lot of talking, im getting tired, but its ok. i can make it.
They’re great because like. Sumi does her best to be Relentlessly Cheerful and subsequently is kind of immune to Akechi Being Mean. I think she would be good for him. She’s like “wow this guy is insane!” but also kinda admires & looks up to him the way she does with all the thieves and like… he’s stuck with her. He has no real reason or basis to project Ulterior Motives onto her, she doesn’t feel the urge to like, try to Fix Him or something, they can just. Exist. With her following him around and being sweet and nice and Sumire and he has to deal with it now. It helps, in a way, that while that one post was kind of off the mark calling akira “just some guy” it was spot on calling akechi and sumi The Two Most Mentally Ill People In The World. Sumi is nice & tries to be positive but she’s also. You Know. “They can hang out and be depressed together” is not remotely the correct way to phrase it, but, like… It’s that they’re not necessarily uniquely suited as people to understand each other, kind of the whole point of akechi is all the thieves can relate to him and his situation in a way, and obviously no one is exactly in a position like sumire but there r other thieves who could understand well where she’s coming from…. but like… They’re in maybe the best jumping off point to GET to, We Can Understand Each Other. Like actively making that a part of… not exactly their conversations but…. you know. Being aware of that and being intentional about it.
Ummm what else. I guess if I think of anything else before I post this I can add it. Oh yeah and I also think abt that one fic where marukis palace has a section that’s clearly trying to set akira & sumi up but akechi does it with her instead and they both use their Powers Of Deliberate Politeness and its just, like. Sweet and special to me.
what do you like about their relationship, why is it interesting or enjoyable to you?
*leaning really close into the microphone* i think goro akechi should have friends.
I just think everything about them is neat. The funny silly potential. The serious dramatic potential. The both of them having friends,
akechi and sumi hanging out really IS something that can be so funny silly <3 like for one thing their official canon dynamic of kind of knowing someone who seems normal and u spend any real time with them and suddenly it’s Oh! What the fuck! its awesome. and also sumire the sweetie darling that she is intentionally being nice to him and being his friend and spending time with him and akechi begrudgingly going along with it sometimes because he wants to protect it wants to see it grow up healthy but just will not admit it because goro akechi is, and i do not say this lightly, i believe no one should say this lightly, i say it only after majoring for the past year in akechi studies, a tsundere. i also think about the specific Sibling Angle a lot. i adore the concept of cringefail brother akechi so much. akechi sits up straight at 3am while reading reddit threads about himself instead of sleeping and realizes with horror that he has become A Brother and then goes into a panic for the rest of the week. how is he supposed to BE a brother? what do brothers DO? is there an inconspicuous way to take notes while akira and futaba are interacting? It does not occur to him that if he has already become a brother he must be doing OK at it.
That may or may not have gotten off track depending on how you look at it. The point is i like them because their whole relationship can be SO fucking funny.
what about the individual characters involved? what does this relationship mean to them, what makes it unique among their relationships?
GOD… GOD… Sumi is technically not the ONLY person remotely in his age range akechi knows that he hasn’t also tried to kill, because, like, he goes to school, but. “Akechi makes friends with his classmates” yeah that’s not gonna happen. no way. there’s 500 different reasons that would never happen. So like. Sumi. This is the most important part. the Lack Of Baggage. they did not have very many interactions, in their lives, before third sem at all, and none of those interactions involve trying to kill each other. there’s sort of the sumi in january trying to kill him a little bit thing, but, that’s not much. that can be pushed aside. akechi has someone who has not interacted with Detective Prince akechi much, and also, again, has not been the recipient of attempted murder, so she can just, like, know him, if he’ll let her.
now SUMI on the other hand has had her traumatic backstory put on blast in front of all of the phantom thieves and especially akira and akechi but i dont remember if she, has anything to say about that at all in canon, and she probably would have Thoughts about that but my brain has not quite made a Full Sumire Dissertation as of yet so i dont have the specific thoughts on hand and besides thats a little off topic.
I think a lot about the Akechi side of AkeSumi Friendship. I kind of think about the sumi part a little less. off the top of my head i dont have much on her part of it and what she thinks of him besides mostly, like, she looks up to him a little bit the same way she kinda does with all the thieves. Although i think there’s a lot of Mystery to unravel for her. She doesn’t know much about Akechis Life, i think, and doesn’t necessarily want to learn about that, or try to DIY Therapy him, or anything else like that, but, like. She does know that there is some kind of Major History between akechi & the phantom thieves, and she only knows the vaguest, sweeping version of the details. she just wants to know what the fuck Happened and why he’s being like that and why everyone’s like that… i guess thats all i have to say on that!
favorite interaction they have in canon
one: the Ruthless Sort Of Person convo. two:
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that’s it that’s all they are. “don’t be fucking USELESS to us” “okie dokie :D! see you tomorrow!!! <3”
favorite interaction they have in your head/a situation you want to put them in
We have had so many conversations about them how am I supposed to pick through the World Heritage Posts Of My Brain.
I still think abt the dumb scenario I made up of sumi joining the thieves for shidos palace and they put together a plan to try to gaslight akechi into thinking she was always there and he’s so fucking thrown the akechi boss fight doesn’t even happen because he’s just going What the fuck is this. Also sumi + akechi in strikers. Both “actually in strikers” version and “strikers sequel where they yell at akira for going on a road trip without them and then drag him off” version.
I think with the inevitable influence of akira & futaba sumire can eventually join the “texting akechi stupid memes” club. She tries to rickroll him. I don’t know what he’d do about that honestly. There’s too many potential funny reactions. “Great prank, Yoshizawa-san.” “thank you!!! oh do you want to see the picture i took of a great dress i saw the other day” and she sends an attachment and its another rickroll but she also sends an actual picture of a cool dress too.
Ok. Guess thats all. For now. Took me like an hour. The royal DUO is something that can actually be so personal.
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like... to get an idea of what all id need to do. for anyone curious ig and also to just... totally beat the allegations of yucky little beast:
survey the damage... bc shes obviously in VERY bad shape. so id need to see if i could even get her eyes out or if id maybe. need to dremel into them to get them free so i could start on faceup removal
get the eyes out. this is very scary bc of the hot glue and also the mysterious gray substance. if it IS apoxie sculpt like i think it is then good god. thats going to be the worst 7 bucks ive ever spent or smth
clean the head. im really hoping that its dirt and not.. the alternative on the forehead and other parts of the face. if it IS some mold or fungus, ive got pony experience here (as in. i have dealt with that a few times on MLP) so I'm not... too worried? My guess is its surface level grime that should go away w the faceup being removed.
attempt to remove the faceup. the paint rly looks like it goes ALL the way around her head (poor thang) so ill probably test with acetone at the back of her head. for whatever reason i feel very much like her head has to be fragile so id rather test the more strong/easy to use chemical in a lesser seen spot. i really do not want to be scrubbing with rubbing alcohol for 5 years. bc the faceup looks like at LEAST a few layers of paint with a bad sealant so (as someone whos removed two full body resin paint jobs) i know acetone would be quickest (but alcohol is safest. but we will see)
assess the damage AGAIN. i predict that she is severely yellowed (due to the cracks on the cheek) but the question of if it is either just. in those spots where the faceup cracked or if its all over is really unsure. i mainly want to get her to try retrobrighting (which ive done on older MLP with great success and it seems to be something that works for this kind of vinyl as well) on her and just. fix up a doll that is beyond repair for most people lol. from what ive experienced with resin, i think the yellowing could either be all over (and the head was painted to try and hide this. although this clearly did not go well lol, altho i think its a sealant issue and not a paint issue, as it kind of looks like when ive fucked up with MSC (a common sealant for bjds)) or it could be just... shes been in sunlight and where the paint cracked got unevenly yellowed (i experienced this most recently with my big blue boy, where all the blue paint kind of. protected his resin and the non covered parts got more yellow). so its kind of a toss up. or a mysterious third thing you never know.
once shes all clean (which i assume will take a while due to well... how bad of shape that she is in), ill probably sit with it for a few days and then get milliput and sculpt a new nose. this will not be fun for me i think because I just... am not a sculpting fan (funny thing when this project WILL have a lot of sculpting) and much prefer sanding. I'm not too mad about the chin being sanded down (as the original had an INSANELY pointed chin which I really didn't like. I hate sanding vinyl so this works for me) or the eyes being opened (other than.. having to figure out the size on my own and pray for the best). Most of the mods are not... bad to me and are partially why I'm drawn to miss yucky bc like... the diseases but also the fact that the mods do mostly make the head cuter for me
Redo the faceup. I would love to keep the elements of the original with the big eyelashes as I find them cute, but the BIGGEST order of business is eyebrows good god. I'll have to paint over the mod that I did but I'm not super worried about it (maybe falsely I've never painted a vinyl head in full bc I have exactly one vinyl doll) and then hope i can get the head right on the first try. depending on how bad the yellowing is (and if im able to retrobright her to a lighter skin tone, as the body i have is pretty light (altho it doesnt match any skins from this company so. its a whole thing its ok)) i might just paint the whole head (or even come up with a story or reason why its mismatched. I have a lot of heads and bodies like that so I don't mind fully lol). It's just kind of a scary tossup on how bad of shape everything is.
Done <3 i really dont think itll be TOO bad but i also like... think i wont know fully until i get my hands on her if i do. She would be pretty tiny too (as in 45 cm or so, or for the americans, 1.5 ft) but I do love that scale of doll so. it could work.
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waywardsalt · 5 months
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gonna ramble a lil bit abt loz au stuff so uhhhh
okokokokok. i cant go tooooo indepth abt bellum atm (iykyk) but im gonna. talk abt linebeck stuff specifically within au stuff bc hes fun to play with in aus esp since i hold the belief that he would be a bit different in aus on account of them tending to be very drastically different from canon. ofc the au set in space with hi tech and space travel and his backstory being that [REDACTED]. dw abt the space au idk if ill even get around to spilling the beans on that one any time soon lmao
like ok i have a whole bunch of aus and linebeck teeeends to play a major role in a lot of those aus bc Of Course and bc i think hes interesting
anyways heres the list of aus (took me ages to find this in my archive) but like. it is fun to experiment and be like ok how would this character act in work in x setting with y circumstances and z goals. theres a lil bit of nudging/shoving out of character w/ linebeck in some of these that im trying to wrangle back under control while keeping the story intact while some are fine cuz its like. vastly difference circumstances understandable. gotta keep some staples the same tho
like… without spoiling too much about any of these, crimson king au linebeck is like… hes similar to canon personality wise, if a bit more ruthless, while space au linebeck is just. Out There with some of that same greed and jumpiness, gimmick au linebeck is very much the same but with loftier ambitions and more of a willingness to risk getting hurt for something, in the modern au(s) hes going to be a bit different due to. well. technology going through full schooling meeting different people.
a lot of the fun differences are best expressed through how he fights or what kinds of conflicts he comes into contact with, and i usually try to think to myself how canon linebeck might prefer to fight and then somewhat sticking to that idea while branching out to fit circumstances and setting. crimson king au has him using a pair of knives and fighting in a style that keeps him dodging and moving quickly and aiming to dispatch as quickly as possible. space au linebeck is first and foremost a sniper, with some ‘fights like a cornered animal’ flavoring tossed in. gimmick au linebeck has to learn to fight, but fights dirty and takes every advantage and cheat he can find.
its fun to tinker with his relationships with returning characters too. i have a lot of wiggle room with his relationship with bellum, but i always like to root it in the idea that bellum finds him interesting and ends up being some form of beneficiary due to circumstances. it’s interesting with link, too, they’re usually close or grow to be close, kind of sticking with the idea that they make a good team, in the crimson king au theyre adoptive brothers, in space au theres a sort of (one-sided) rivalry going on, gimmick au is uh… complicated so its fun, in a few aus like the modern or… one of the ruined hyrules they only know each other in passing, and in some theyve never met before. other characters that are fun to play with are zelda, ranging from being enemies to close friends, ganondorf, extremes being an au literally centered around ganonbeck and then an au where they are enemies in a sense, midna is fun to play with, so is ghirahim, it’s fun to see how his relationship with other characters can be taken in different aus
the different designs are also a lot of fun, but theres not a ton i can say here (some aus hes pretty much the same as canon, but a few have him with alternate designs, or both. his space au design is prob my favorite lol. that au is fun)
a few times i have to forcibly put him in a background spot or smth so i cant constantly focus on him while hes still important (murder mystery au is a good example, hes important but not generally to the larger plot, hes kinda just a character who ends up somewhat helping in investigation, other examples being the amnesia link au where hes [REDACTED] and therefore not present for like. half of the story, or the gimmick au, where he has his own stuff to do apart from link and co, or the general modern one, where that one is generally meant to have a larger cast so i. just cant focus on him lol)
au stuff is fun with linebeck i get to put him into highly varied and highly specific Situations
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pesterloglog · 5 months
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John Egbert, Dave Strider
Act 5, page 2737
-- ectoBiologist [EB] began pestering turntechGodhead [TG] --
EB: hey dave!
TG: hey
EB: wow, it's been a while since we talked, hasn't it.
TG: has it
EB: i think the last time i talked to you, i was doing exactly what im doing now...
EB: which is blasting off from my house.
EB: or was it?
EB: wow, i can't remember...
TG: man who cares
TG: i mean thats great and all
TG: but i talked to you plenty more times since that from where im standing
TG: ive got to make this quick
EB: oh.
EB: you mean like the trolls?
EB: are you using the troll time chat gizmo?
TG: fuck no fuck that trollian horseshit
TG: its just regular old time travel
TG: im from the future
EB: oh ok. is this dave sprite?
TG: no
TG: just regular ordinary dave from the fucking future nothing special dude come on
EB: well, excuse me, but i still think time travel sounds kind of special.
EB: sorry you are so jaded by awesome shit!
TG: yeah ok it is awesome but im in a hurry
EB: what is it?
TG: i need to borrow some boondollars off you
EB: boondollars? i thought they didn't do anything.
TG: no they do do something
EB: what do they do?
TG: what do you think they buy shit its fucking money
EB: what do they buy?
TG: i cant answer all these questions dude youll find out anyway its not like youll even really need your money
TG: you you might as well give it to me
EB: uh...
EB: how much do you need?
TG: all of it
EB: oh, fuck that!!!
TG: man you just said you thought it was useless why do you care
EB: but you just said it wasn't useless!
TG: ill pay you back
EB: really? when?
TG: in the future
TG: if theres one thing im not short on its the fuckin future
EB: how far in the future are you from?
EB: i thought we only had something like 24 hours until, like...
EB: game over.
TG: yeah we do
TG: but chronologically ive been around for at least triple that
EB: wow. how...
EB: i don't get how that works!
TG: no shit your deal is wind not time
TG: youre on easy street what is there even to think about with wind
TG: like what angle to blow it at to fly a damn kite or how gentle its gotta be to make a picnic go swimmingly
TG: its kiddie bullshit time is serious fucking business
TG: leave it to the pros ok
EB: but, doesn't going back in time make an alternate reality?
EB: i thought that's what happened with dave sprite, he came back to make sure i didn't die and this is a new timeline now.
TG: yeah it can work that way
TG: or not
TG: ive been very careful
TG: this whole operation is strung together with stable time loops
TG: no timeline offshoots cause thats when daves start dying and that isnt no good for nobody
EB: daves, plural?
TG: yeah
TG: there are a bunch of daves running around the timeline
EB: oh, man.
TG: but they are all me
TG: i mean they will all become me and ill become them one way or another
TG: thats how stable time loops work shit takes a lot of planning and precise choreography
TG: ive got some help though
EB: help?
EB: sounds like you have been talkin' to some trolls!
TG: yeah
EB: they seem to be getting more talkative lately.
TG: man dont even get me started with that
TG: the 24 hour span of the reckoning is like some kind of critical spike in us dealing with troll bullshit
TG: i guess its just when the most shit is going down so they figure thats the best time to mess with us
EB: yeah, that makes sense.
EB: i guess since you've lived three days in one day, you've just been hassled that much more?
TG: i dont know man they seem to flock to me
TG: ive been laying waste to chumps nonstop
TG: its like they heard somebody over here was handing out asses and theyve known nothing but years of bitter ass famine
EB: heheh.
EB: so what is the future like?
EB: or uh, the 3x future...
EB: do we win???
TG: oh you know
TG: noirs outta control
TG: rose is crazy jades crazier and youre
TG: well youre you
TG: and together were up to our bulges and miscellaneous bullshit alien physiology in hot sloppy shenanigans while hatching plans under our feathery asses like a bunch of cage free farm fresh motherfuckers
TG: but im not about to get into specifics cause this is complicated enough as it is
TG: and if i started ranting too much about the future id start sounding like one of these smug alternian shitheads and im not about to drop that retarded science on my good bro
TG: so im staying on track here
TG: speaking of which
TG: give me your money
EB: but...
EB: i worked hard saving up that money!
EB: i have a whole boonbuck now.
TG: oh christ
TG: only one
TG: well fuck nevermind then
TG: i thought youd have more by now but thats goddamn peanuts
EB: :(
TG: i mean
TG: ill take it anyway but damn
EB: tell me what you want with it!
TG: im working the system here
TG: using time loops to manipulate the incipispheres financial sector
TG: making a goddamn killing in the lohacse
EB: lohacse?
TG: lohac stock exchange
EB: um...
EB: lohac?
TG: my planet
TG: land of heat and clockwork dude come on
TG: you know like gears and lava and shit
EB: oh, huh.
EB: that sounds unpleasant.
TG: wrong it kicks ass
EB: your unpleasant face is what kicks ass!
EB: or DOESN'T, more like.
TG: egbert stfu and give me your goddamn boonbuck j3gus fuck
TG: ill turn it into a boonmint in an hour and youll get it back ok
EB: j3gus?
EB: *narrows eyes suspiciously...*
TG: no comment
EB: i don't even know how to give it to you!
EB: they are just more weird gaming abstractions, how do we do this?
TG: you can wire it to my account
TG: ill send you the app
EB: i'm really pretty busy you know. i have to help jade!
TG: i know
TG: but this takes like two seconds
EB: bluh...
EB: fiiiiiiiine.
TG: dude
TG: dont do the vriska thing ok
TG: shes messed up we talked about this
TG: or will talk
EB: who?
TG: whatever
TG: alright app incoming
-- turntechGodhead [TG] sent ectoBiologist [EB] the file "virtualporkhollow.exe" --
TG: gotta go later
-- turntechGodhead [TG] ceased pestering ectoBiologist [EB] --
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theleakypen · 2 years
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hey, this is a bit of an unprompted ask but i saw you‘re a librarian and i was wondering if you knew how libraries used to work before computers could help you search for key words to find the right book and check out books etc. i did google it but what i found about card catalogues and microfiche and so on only confused me more. i‘d love to ask our local librarians but i‘m a bit scared of them tbh. sorry if this is a weird ask!
Hey anon! Sorry it took me so long to reply. It's kind of a big question and also I have been completely lacking in brain for the last, like, month.
First off, I'm sorry your local librarians are scary! I would still urge you to go chat with them because I bet they'd love to geek out about library shit with you.
Secondly, tbh it was confusing, in the days before the internet. If you wanted to get a book from your local library, you'd have to check the card catalogue (assuming they had one) or, if you weren't confident in searching the card catalog, as a library worker to do it for you. Usually, there were two or three separate card catalogs, so you could look in several different ways (think of it like deciding which thing to search for): subject, author, and title. This is where talking to an actual library worker would come in handy, because figuring out exactly what subject a work might be might be a little hard, because subject headings are a very specific vocabulary. This is not a bad summary.
OK so, say you wanna get a book on a particular bird or some particular aspect of ornithology. Depending on how specialized your library is, the subject catalog might be as general as 'birds' or as specific as 'wood warblers' or 'ornithological illustration. You go through the catalog and see what's there on the subject you want to read about
Alternately, if you want a book by renowned ornithological illustrator Louis Aggasiz Fuertes, you can search by author (family name search) and find his works in the catalog under Fuertes.
OK but what if your library doesn't have the book you want? WELL THEN
Then you descend into the wilds of Interlibrary Loan. If your library doesn't have the resource you're looking for, someone somewhere surely does.
I actually don't know much about ILL so I went looking for information about how interlibrary loan worked in the days before the internet and found this fascinating Quora page.
if your library is part of a consortium, they may have a separate catalog including books that other libraries in that consortium have
one person on Quora described their process as follows:
"…batches of [loan request] forms would be sent to a library that I thought might have the book. If they did, they would send the book to me and I would give it the user who had requested it. However, if the other library didn’t have the book, they would mark the form to say that they could not provide the work, and they would then send the form on to another library that might have the book."
As you can imagine, regardless of what the procedure was, it could take a very long time for patrons to be able to get a hold of the resources they needed, in these cases.
As for checking out books, there were physical records of patrons that were kept in the library, and cards like these were used to track loans and returns.
I hope this helps! And again, sorry for the delay.
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kinzavskpop · 3 years
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rings || w.js
alternatively known as: the one where jackson reconnects with a childhood friend when they compete in the winter olympics pairing: jackson x figure skater!reader genres/AUs: childhood friends to lovers, idiots to lovers, sports!au, fluff, angst, brother’s best friend!au warnings: lots of about diets, weight, body image!! a/n: I wanted to write this au for sO long and was actually about to scrap it until Jackson did that video introducing the Tokyo Olympics and then I was like ‘well now I kind of have to do it because the universe literally gave me a sign’ so uh?? also this is a figure skating!au because I used to competitively figure skate and was always petty that my country wasn’t a part of the FSU so I could never make it to an olympic level (I tried to make this as understandable as possible but made a glossary post just in case, which you can find here!!)
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anyone who has ever remotely been interested in Jackson Wang knows he’s an athletic guy ok it’s not hard to tell
his mom was a national level gymnast and his dad was competitive fencer, the man practically grew up breathing sports
he took after his dad and got into fencing and was basically going to be an olympic fencer at the 2012 london olympics if he didn’t join JYPE when he did
this ain’t news people
what IS news, is that Beijing is hosting the 2022 winter olympic games
you wanna know what the winter olympic games and Jackson Wang have in common?? 
you
you’ve known jackson since you were a kid, but not because y’all were neighbours or whatever maybe you were what do I know
you knew him because he was your brother’s closest friend when they met at the Junior Olympics in 2010
your brother and jackson hung out a lot when they weren’t practicing or competing, which was fun because you got to hang out too since you were a snow bird
and sure, your brother probably found hanging out with his younger sibling a little annoying but it was fun being your own little trio!!
why am I thinking jackson’s mom called you guys the three musketeers hehe
but while jackson used to stab people for fun, you preferred to make them dizzy
yes you read that right
anyway the point I’m trying to make is that you were a figure skater and did winter sports so you got to see your brother (and consequently, jackson) whoop some butt as teenage [summer] olympians ooooo
but it’s been twelve years since then, and life happens
Jackson moved to south korea two years later to became part of one of the biggest boy bands on the planet, started a solo career and company at the age of 23, hopefully got a new plant
Your brother got married to his s/o from college, decided he would rather help younger kids achieve their dreams and started a sports academy
and you... you felt like the only person in your trio who still had an itch to scratch, and BOY were you ready to relieve that itch
if it hadn’t been for an ill-timed ankle injury you probably would have made it onto your country’s skating team and actually tried to meet Jackson in Pyeongchang 
and he certainly wasn’t subtle about it when asking your brother
“please tell me your sibling hasn’t retired” “why” “because south korea just won the bid to host the winter olympics in 2018″
and jackson was absolutely crushed when the news came out that you couldn’t even compete in the qualifiers for the olympics because of a stupid stage two fracture
so much so that one time jackson couldn’t perform Crash & Burn without almost crying because he remembers how when it came out you said that given the opportunity you would want to use it in a competition and make him as proud as he had made you
but when he found out the next winter games were in Beijing?? he went n u t s
“heyyyy~~” “what” “did u know that u absolutely have to make it to the next olympics” “I mean yes that would be my job but why are you telling me this??” “IT’S BEING HOSTED IN BEIJING” “jackson this isn’t new information” “YOU KNEW?????”
And this goes on for the entirety of the four years between pyeongchang and Beijing because Jackson has no sense of shame or personal space
“Drink my protein smoothie before you start today!!” “Please tell me you stretched properly before attempting any jumps” “what kind of outfits are you wearing for your routines” “bambam wants to know if he can pick your outfit but I said no” “do you want me to pick you up from the airport when you arrive? I’ll bring you food since you’ll be hungry” “how many spins can you do in a row without getting dizzy bc I said you could do 8 and mark said he’d buy me food if I could get proof”
The epitome of the meme that’s like “he a lil confused but he got the spirit”
Even your brother is like “dude you’ve got it bad” and Jackson, who isn’t perceptive to his own feelings whatsoever, is like “I’m just encouraging them to do their best!!”
But as much as Jackson’s constant texting is annoying, some days it’s the only thing that keeps you fighting
His little reminders to “eat this it’s good for your bones” or “drink water so you don’t almost pass out like you did at worlds that one time” keep you smiling and on track
Because as much as you want to win gold, you really want to see Jackson in person again
So you push through and ultimately it does pay off because you manage to make it onto your representative team!!
And without fail Jackson starts losing his mind, both privately and publicly
He sets google alerts for figure skating news, posts about his favourite routines you’ve done, he even manages to find old photos of the three of you and you basically have to yell at him to not post them
“Jackson please I look awful” “shut up you were so cute what even happened to you” “HEY” “I’m just kidding! OH I know I’ll ask my mom if she has-“ “WANG JIA ER” “oKAy fINE”
It’s actually quite cute
And when you finally start looking into logistics of when to book your tickets for, Jackson tries everything in his power to get you to stay a few nights longer than the ceremony
“Jackson I can’t stay, worlds is less than a month after the closing ceremony” “I’ll buy you fried chicken” “I can’t eat fried chicken it has too many calories” “ok fine we’ll get Peking duck” “Jackson” “final offer: Peking duck, a box of fēnggāo, and my mom’s jiǎozǐ” “if I get to see your mom too I’ll do it” “you think you’d come to china and get away with not seeing her?” “Fair point”
the media is EATING these cute interactions up, and the amount of fan edits you find are surprisingly high
like they’re very obviously moments taken out of context but it’s adorable how excited people are for you two
and when you do touch down in Beijing and get through immigration, your manager has to pull you through a different exit so you can avoid the crazy paparazzi and questions
you and your teammates settle into your olympic house and you get to know the other sport competitors and it’s somehow worse than the paparazzi because you can’t avoid your teammates when they ask you about jackson
especially when you come up short to questions like “oh do you like him~~” and everyone loses their shit
and when the games actually start it only gets worse
mainly because you start receiving exclusive packages from Team Wang
it just weighs on you that yeah, maybe you do like him but you can’t
you’re one of his best friend’s younger sibling, it would be weird and break the bro code
your brother is in a group chat with both yours & jackson’s moms like “I’ve been trying to set them up since 2018 idk how they haven’t noticed yet”
and the night before your first event, jackson facetimes you to cheer you on “in person”
“look at you!! the olympic figure skater to watch out for, a shoe in for the gold!! ass kicker extraordinaire!!” “jackson omg please calm yourself” “no thank you :^)”
you can hear your coach snicker from one of the other rooms and your only thought is ‘this is why the entire world thinks we’re dating smh’
but he can tell the pressure is getting to you because you’re kind of spacing out and not really answering him
so he acts like everything is fine before telling you to be ready
“hey, do me a favour and be ready in ten minutes” “ready for what” “we’re getting fried chicken and figuring whatever that sad face is about” “JACKSON WHAT”
it basically makes you feel like a teenager when you have to find a way to sneak out of your dorm and into his car without letting everyone else to notice
and he sees you running to his car with a mask on and a team wang beanie and he just,,, he feels his heart bust a GIANT nut and he can’t stop smiling like “omg they actually snuck out to see you stay calm OH GOD THEY’RE WEARING THE BEANIE RED ALERT”
like the scene from inside out in the boy’s head where all his emotions are screaming and running around lol
you hop into his car and the first thing you do after buckling your seatbelt safety first kids is glare at him
“the fried chicken better be worth breaking my diet” “only the best for the ice princess”
and the childhood name makes you smile because he really hasn’t changed
and it’s when you guys are tucked away in some tiny family restaurant on the second floor of a duplex, eating some of the best sweet and sour sesame chicken you’ve ever had in your life, does jackson ask you what’s really up and the only real response is
“I hate myself in the mirror”
and in that moment, when jackson sees how scared you are, his heart just. shatters.
you talk about everything you’ve been feeling; the pressure to be as small as you can ‘for the jumps’, how you’re one of only three representatives for your category of singles, the way you’ve been practically starving for months on end and if you even look at another smoothie you’ll kill someone-
and jackson just bear hugs you while asking for the bill bc you can already feel a panic attack coming on
and when you get back to the car with jackson you guys just sit in silence as he drives you back
and when he parks behind your building, he drops something in your lap
“remember when I was moving to korea and your brother came to visit me before I left? I was nervous and you told me that you were proud of me for following my dreams and that if I needed anything you guys were one call away. you told him to give me this ring and said it was your lucky charm so I could do well, and now I’m giving it back.”
“jacks-” “I’m not done. If skating is taking a toll on your health, you need to find a way out. I don’t want to find out that you ended up dead in a hotel room because you needed to ‘be smaller,’ or whatever other crap they tell you. You don’t have to change for anyone, and if I find out you’re not eating properly I will not hesitate to kick your ass. So, go out there and do your best, and when your events are over...”
"winner winner chicken dinner?”
and that’s what makes you and jackson lose it
because no matter how old you two get, you’ll still be those kids from the youth olympics with wacky traditions you created when you were tweens/teens
so when you do compete during the short program, jackson texts you some good luck texts that say he’ll be watching you live
only he neglects to tell you that he meant he boUGHT TICKETS TO PHYSICALLY SEE YOU THERE??!?!?!?!?
and honestly the only reason you even know he’s there is because you hear him scream ‘WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER’ and have to stop yourself from laughing so hard you fall over
but you get through to the free skate!! 
you’re not sure if your score is enough to really get you to the finals yet which is scary
but it’s ok because you realize jackson literally took so many photos and videos of your performance and updated his instagram story with no captions
except for a black screen at the end that just says ‘I can’t believe I got to watch this in person oh my god’
and when the results come out that you are competing in the finals he proceeds to lose his mind on twitter
one tweet that got a particularly large amount of traction was one that just said “if you’re not into figure skating unfollow me now this is gonna be the only thing on my brain for the next two days”
jackson is NOT subtle nor does he want to be lmfao
especially because your brother messaged jackson being like “did u kiss them yet” and jackson was like “why would I do that we don’t like each other like that” and then two seconds later went “I’ll do it after their events I can’t distract them rn”
and you have the day off the next day so you expect a ton of texts or calls from Jackson but you get none which confuses the absolute hell out of you
so you message the only other person you know who would know why he’s not annoying you like he usually would: your brother
“hey I need ur help” “omg an olympic figure skater needs my help!!!!1!1″ “shut up and help me” 
basically you annoy him enough to get him to tell you that jackson doesn’t want to distract you before your free skate
so you start spamming jackson like the good friend you are
“hello mr wang pls answer me” “jacksonnnnnnnn” “dumpling boy” “don’t make me call your mother” “geoul-a geoul-a jebal jom malhaejulyeomuna”
jackson, freaking the fuck out in the got7 group chat: “SOS I’m in love send help” “slfjslkd they just sent the opening line to just right what dO I D O”
all the other members are reading his messages and laughing because damn he has it bad
anyway he never messages you back so you kinda just shrug it off and make sure you stretch properly and relax because you have to do well to medal
the next day, you get a text right before you go on the ice from the ghoster himself that’s just a picture of the rink from a high pov
and you have to force yourself to focus because “wow,,,,, he really meant watch me live huh,,,,,,, he’s so cute I love him,,,,, wait WHAT”
and before your free skate, the program announcer calls your name and then says “skating to GOT7′s Crash and Burn”
does Jackson almost shit himself and have a heart attack at the same time??? yes
like he figured you meant use his songs at like nationals or something not the goddaMN FUCKING OLYMPICS?????????
serves him right for not warning you he was gonna show up to see you skate both times tbqh
but you make sure that you try and get in all your rotations in full and that your jumps are clean because if there’s one thing you’re not gonna do it’s ruin jackson’s song
the judges are deliberating and jackson is so proud he tears up a little
and then when you’re putting your guards on and talking to your coaches, you can hear commotion behind you
you turn around only to see jackson trying to explain that he’s not insane and he knows you and you have to explain that, yes, you do in fact know the crazy man trying to break into the box
so he does come to greet you but instead of congratulating you like a normal person, he just goes “I’m in love with you”
and you’re so shocked that you don’t even realize that you won’t medal because jackson is kissing you
the entire internet is on fire with headlines like “jackson wang dating olympic figure skater” or “olympic figure skater uses bf jackson wang’s song during their free skate performance”
it’s funny as hell when the internet goes crazy and the rest of your family gets questioned too
your brother takes full credit for the relationship
bambam jokingly tweeting about how you should let him help you plan the wedding sends aghases into screaming mode
jackson’s mom flies out to beijing to see you and you guys go for dinner together and she brings some of his baby pictures to show you 
jackson looks like he wants to crawl in a hole and die lol
you look at each other with so much love in your eyes and his mom takes like 50 billion pictures and sends them to the group chat she’s in with your mom and brother with the caption “mission accomplished” 
you get a text on your way out of the restaurant from your brother that just says “use protection” and you have to restrain yourself from blocking him lol
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thefanficmonster · 3 years
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Vulnerability
Karl Heisenberg (Resident Evil 8: Village) x Reader (Female)
Warnings: Mentions of blood and injury, Swearing, Spoilers for RE8
Genre: Angst, Romance
Summary: With the only person he’s ever truly cared about, the only person who can calm him down and force him to take care of himself and balance his life out is taken from him, it’s safe to say the takers are bound to pay.
Requested by Anon. Hi dear! Thank you so much for your request and I’m so sorry for the long wait you’ve had to endure but here it finally is - I hope you still come across the fic and take the time to read it despite the long time that’s passed. If you do so, I hope you enjoy it! Love, Vy ❤
“THAT BITCH DID WHAT?!“
The unlucky maid that was sent to Heisenberg’s factory as an alternate way to be killed rather than turned into wine cowers in fear as the metal-controlling man sends the majority of the objects around them flying across the room, crashing into against the walls in his state of uncontrollable anger that has the girl frightened to no end. Although, if she’s being honest, Heisenberg has every right to be furious right now. Who wouldn’t be after being told their enemy snatched their lover to use as blackmail.
And this poor maid was the messenger who had to deliver the news to Heisenberg about two days after the capturing of Y/N, Karl’s lover.
The two weren’t known to be a couple by anyone but rumors started floating around - especially among the rest of the Lords - when they kept seeing this woman around the factory and by Heisenberg’s side, sometimes even during the meetings of the Lords.
Leaving her out in the open and so vulnerable, so easy to be grabbed by the filthy, ill-meaning hands of the Dimitrescus, is a fault of his own he’ll never get over. He’ll never not regret not keeping a watchful eye on her at all times, even when she claimed she needed space after the two had an argument.
When that happens - though rarely, it still happens - Y/N tends to wander off, either in the village or in a complete separate part of the factory which is thankfully large enough for them both to enjoy their privacy without running into each other unless they want to. So, when Karl hadn’t heard from Y/N for a day and a half he didn’t think much of it, seeing as how she had a tendency of leaving him in silence for a day or two to cool her head and let him cool his and avoid further complications of their argument.
But when she didn’t show even after those regular forty eight hours of silence, Karl started worrying. And, as he’s come learn only minutes ago, he was right to do so - Alcina had snatched Y/N while the girl was walking around the outskirts, not far away from the factory itself. The girl barely had time to scream before being knocked out cold and dragged to the Dimitrescu castle.
Heisenberg should’ve known showing off his vulnerability so openly would only bring him headaches and heartaches - he knew having a vulnerability in the first place would be a huge inconvenience and a risk, especially when said vulnerability is vulnerable in and of itself.
“What does that bitch want?!“ He growls at the girl who’s gone as pale as a ghost, looking so tiny and fragile in comparison to the enraged man towering over her. He’s already taller and bigger than her, but this anger only adds to his huge presence and intimidating appearance.
“S-she told me to tell you her and M-Mother Miranda knew of...your plans. They’ll give you back the girl when you agree to lay off the plans and...“ The girl trails off, terrified of the reaction she’ll receive for the last bit of the negotiation.
“And?!“ Karl has no patience for reluctance and most certainly has no time to waste when the girl he loves is in the clutches of one of the people he’d want to drain the life out of with his own two hands. 
“And, as proof, burn the factory down...with everything in it.“ The girl finishes, grimacing and hiding her face behind her arms when she does, expecting to be hit or screamed at or even killed. This man has never been in his right mind to begin with let alone now that the most important person in his life has been taken from him and is in grave danger.
The long moment of silence she’s met with surprises her. It’s gotta be the calm before the storm, she thinks to herself, slowly lowering her arms to look around in search of the man who she thinks has already left the room. But no, Karl is standing in front of her, wearing a smile upon his face. A menacing one. One promising that it is indeed the calm before the storm.
“Alright.“ He says in a scarily light-hearted tone of voice, one that is so calm it sends chills down the maid’s spine, “Return to your Mistress and report back that I agree to her terms as long as Y/N’s delivered to me by tomorrow morning.“
The maid cannot believe her ears nor her eyes but there he is - Karl Heisenberg, the most dangerous of the Lords, agreeing to drop his reputation in the water to save the love of his life. All with an unfaltering smile across his face.
                                                               *  *  *
“Mother Miranda? I’m calling with some great news to share with you.“ Alcina Dimitrescu smiles a pleased smile as she looks at her reflection in the vanity mirror before her, “Heisenberg has chosen to stand down. Yes Mother, you heard me correctly, the stupid man-thing has chosen the pathetic woman over his own reign which I’m sure he wouldn’t have had the chance to carry out anyway thanks to your unmatched power, Mother Miranda, but now it’s official. He’s taken the ultimatum and has agreed to all the terms we laid out for him. In exchange, he hopes to get the girl back by tomorrow morning.“ A reply comes from the other side and Alcina laughs a low, mocking laugh, “Oh, he will be receiving her tomorrow morning, he needn’t worry. I’ll make sure to send him the wine bottles she’ll help us produce.“ The other woman on the line laughs as well, filling the Vampire Mistress with a sense of pride and accomplishment. “I have no doubt the gift will find him we-“ The tall woman’s word die down in her throat when a sharp pain spreads throughout her chest, leaving her breathless and disoriented. The ache spreads to her head where the screams of her daughters echo like an agonizing chant.
“Mother! Mother please help us! 
“Mother these monsters will kill us!“
“Mother, save us!“
The hurting mother drops the phone, attempting to get up to her feet, just to be knocked back down by the intense pain. The pain of a mother losing her daughters.
The daughters that were about to gruesomely murder Karl’s lover in the dungeons right below the castle. The three vampire girls were no match for Heisenberg and his army of lycans which he unleashed upon the whole castle, sending them in search of Y/N who he was quick to find in the dark torture chambers, beaten and bloodied but alive nonetheless.
“Darling, please, talk to me. Don’t do this to me, Y/N, please wake up.“ Karl ducks down in front of the seemingly lifeless body of Y/N, taking her face in his hands, gently holding her head up after he unchained her from the cuffs and contraptions meant to ensure her escape impossible. “Look at me, doll, come on. You’re safe now, you’re safe. Those bitches won’t live to see the light of day tomorrow let alone thing to bring you harm again.“
Although exhausted and weakened past the point of a lifeless doll, Y/N manages to force her eyes open and look into the concerned ones of her lover, Karl. “You came for me.”
“And what else was I gonna do, Y/N?“ He asks softly, gently smoothing back the hair stuck to her sweaty and bloodied forehead, “I would’ve come sooner had I known...“
She cuts him off, “But you didn’t, and that’s ok, you couldn’t have known. I knew you’d save me eventually. I never lost hope.” Her voice is coarse and low, each word painful to push past her sore throat. “I knew you would never let me die.”
“I could never, doll. I don’t know what I’d do without you.“ He presses his forehead against hers lovingly, allowing her a moment to catch her breath before carefully swiping her up in his arms, “Come on, angel, let’s go home.“
Y/N may be his vulnerability, but she’s also his greatest strength. Without her, he would’ve never taken revenge on the Dimitrescus and would’ve never been this determined to end Miranda’s reign and ruin her plans. Without her, he would be half the man he is now.
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TLDR: I’ve had bad experiences with local doctors so I found a nurse practitioner who could be my PCP and manage my disabilities. The appointment was great, the car ride was awful and Mandana stayed home to nap 🐶
Medical trauma in the chronic illness community. (Rant)
I definitely have medical-PTSD from years of bad experiences with doctors. It’s self-diagnosed bc I’m avoiding doctors (duh) but it’s based on my legitimate PTSD diagnosis from unrelated events. This is pretty common for people in the chronic illness community and it makes appointments with medical professionals difficult.
I’m acutely aware of “red flags” that signal a doctor is going to be problematic. They ALL say they want to help and will do everything they can to find answers and there was a time when I was naïve enough to believe them.
Sometimes a doctor is problematic from the start (dismissive, untrusting, jaded, etc)
Other times the first couple appointments are ok but then they get burnout when they realize it’s not a problem they can fix (they become frustrated, accusatory, suspicious, etc)
Even more rare are the doctors who actually understand the complexity of the situation but their hands are tied by the system they work under. They can’t jeopardize their position by pushing for more tests or offering alternative solutions. I’ve actually met drs like this who are completely honest and will call out the injustice of it all. You can tell it’s something they realized too late in their studies and that it hurts them deeply, but it doesn’t make it any less distressing and it usually signals the end of care from that hospital/dept.
After years of grinding through the medical system while being dismissed, accused and experiencing the occasional medical malpractice it’s no wonder people end up with lasting trauma that affect their ability to traverse the medical system.
But todays’ appointment was actually a huge success! (Update)
I’ve previously posted how stressed I was with my current dr/patient situation. I love my specialist. She has all the qualities of a good doctor, as well as the freedom to deep-dive into an individuals’ health because she has her own private practice. The problem is that she is so good she is highly sought after and COVID long-haulers are in desperate need of her time and expertise. I’ve basically reached the end of the program she has available and from here on out it’s mostly management. She does a few things for me out of necessity which require extra effort on her part and it doesn’t make sense for me to tie up her resources. She’s going to continue advising me but I’ve known for a while that I needed to find a primary care provider who could take over management and deal with acute issues.
Since starting my new medication, I’ve finally been given some relief from my debilitating “brain fog” and can start being more proactive. It’s hard to have a productive conversation when you struggle to answer questions or form complete sentences. Combine that with advice I got from my specialist on how to approach a new doctor and it was a great success!
For starters, I didn’t see a doctor at all. My specialist advised me to find a nurse practitioner instead because they tend to be more compassionate and willing to work with you. The only good experiences I’ve had were with either nurse practitioners or doctors who opened their own practice because they got tired of the system. Doctors who stay and try to grind become jaded. They can deny it all they want but it seeps into their conversations and is reflected in their actions.
The third variable that made todays’ appointment a success has to do with where I’m at in my medical journey. I have my official diagnosis from a respected medical professional. I’ve done the research, the tests, the trials. We aren’t experimenting anymore. I know what works, why it works and I can prove it. Now I just need someone local who can accept that and is willing to continue the management.
So with all this preparation, I was able to go in there confident. I asked how many minutes I had and then I used the allotted time to map out exactly why I was there. I needed someone to give me referrals, prescribe me medications and address acute and chronic health concerns. There were a few times I had to go into details about what a particular disorder was, how it affected me or how a medication worked and that wouldn’t have been possible if I was struggling with brain fog. But because I came prepared everything ran smoothly and I got (almost) everything I needed.
Rheumatologist appointment
Geneticist appointment
Thyroid Ultrasound appointment
Follow-up appointment with my new PCP
Rx for most of my medications (excluding fludrocortisone & LDN which she was inexperienced with and allocated to the rheumatologist or my specialist)
Based on our conversation, I think she probably has some patients with POTS (I’m not sure about the other disorders). She certainly wasn’t experienced but there were some good indications that she acknowledges the difficulties POTS patients have getting care. She is comfortable maintaining management as long as I have the guidance of an expert and to be honest that’s about as good as you can hope for in our current medical system.
What about Mandana?
I made the right decision leaving Mandana behind.
She certainly would have been helpful. Instead of relying on her to monitor me and alert, I had to bring my blood pressure cuff and check my vitals every couple minutes. There were a few times I had to find a place to lie down because my heart was causing problems. Even the doctor noted she could hear a murmur which was a first for me.
But the 30 minute commute was so brutal on me that alone would have stressed her out. I’ve always struggled with severe motion sickness and it’s only gotten worse as my health has declined. So having to take a Lyft to and from the hospital was the worst $60 I’ve ever spent. I don’t drive much and Hubbins has adapted his driving to accommodate me. Tbh the drivers were probably average, but I was still left in shambles.
When I got to the hospital I was almost late to my appointment because I had to lie down in the lobby to recover before I could get on the elevator and before leaving, I stopped by the Pediatric department to pick up some vomit bags. I’m glad I did but I couldn’t bring myself to use them in a strangers car so I asked to get dropped off a block away. Hubbins got off work minutes before I stumbled my way into the parking lot. It was worse than either of us expected and seeing me in such a miserable state was enough to convince him to take time off for future appointments.
So yeah, Mandana would have been stressed from the start and I wouldn’t have been in a position to manage her properly. I wouldn’t have had such a successful appointment and I imagine the ride home would have really damaged our working relationship. It’s better that she was asleep in her crate for a few hours and then reunited with me enthusiastically when I got home. Someday we will be able to handle that kind of challenge as a team but we aren’t there yet and that’s ok.
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dmc-tings · 3 years
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This is a bit of an alternate to the Long Lost Baker with the Four Lords request you had where, instead of the reader learning about what happened to their family after their deaths, Miranda brings Eveline to the village in hopes of using her as a vessel for Eva; Evie agreeing to come only if Miranda agrees to bring her family, i.e. Mia and the Bakers, along too and they find out that way. I’m not sure how Joe would fit into this but if you can figure out how to do it then I’ve got mad respect for you.
This one made me brain go brrr. Hope you enjoy it! I deadass fought with myself to get Joe to fit into this! Hope I did the homie justice. I did this as if the Bakers weren't infected with the mold. Hope that was ok
Alcina Dimitrescu
Mother Miranda had called a meeting
Apparently this little girl was the thing she wanted to use to bring her daughter back
It didn't mean much to her, the man-things could do as they pleased
So as long as they didn't disturb her Love
She accepted taking all of the Bakers into her castle
Making sure to keep them "safe" from her and her daughters
And promising not to eat them
To which she gave the maids the job of tending to them
And keeping them away from you
Which she did very well
You never questioned her after the meetings
And she never questioned you about your past
Until... one day... Chaos ensued, in the Castle Dimitrescu
Jack, Joe, Ethan and Lucas had gotten a hold of some gunpowder
And where currently blowing shit up
Alcina and her daughters at the front lines trying to calm the families: both the Bakers and Winters
You were told to stay in Alcina's chambers
Which you ignored, rushing to the fight
"HOLY SHIT!! THEY GOT (Y/N)!!" Lucas screamed, seeing you behind the ferocious Draculina
You quickly stepped inbetween the fighting men and vampires
"WOAH! WOAH!!" You calmed the two sides
"Darling, these MAN-THINGS-"
"Their my family. Alcina. Please calm do- Lucas!! Don't throw that pipe bomb!!"
You got the two sides to lower their hackles
And finally explained, the dynamic to them all
Eventually Jack and Joe, exchanged a look
"Well... I suppose I should thank ya for keepin my little one safe."
Alcina gave a scoff, "I knew nothing of you all and couldn't care... but..."
After a glance at you, she gave Jack a silent nod
After sighing with relief, you sat back in your chair, your families now calm
For now
Angie and Donna Beneviento
The pair stared at the little clan of people standing before them
Thanks to Angie's mouth, they where incharge of these people
Yes there was plenty of room in the estate for them... but...
How the hell were they supposed sneak these people past you?!
Donna looked at the doll, "Angie."
Angie waved her hand at Donna, "Its Fine! We got this!"
Joe made a face, then looked at his brother
"I have no clue..."
Lucas made his way forward, being sure to shove Ethan out of his way
"What the hell are you? Some kinda animatron?" He tried to poke at the doll
Receiving a smack on the hand
The pair led them to the estate
"Do not be loud." Donna warned, as you were supposed to be asleep
Which you where not, instead you wanted to surprise the woman with breakfast
Donna paused, making a face, no one could see
You smiled at her, "Donna!" You beamed, "I made-"
You stopped, looking at your family behind her
Zoe, who was standing awkwardly, holding her arm
Lucas, wandering around the living room
Jack and Marguerite standing side by side, wide eyed at you
And Uncle Joe, getting his cybernetic arm ready to blast the doll and doll maker away
You stepped infront of Donna, half shielding her and half trying to reach out to your family
"Momma? Daddy?" You struggled to keep yourself calm
Marguerite reached out to you pulling you close to her
The rest of thr Bakers' formed a protective hug circle around you
Only to be interrupted by Angie
"OI! GET YOUR HANDS OFF THEM!! THATS OURS!!"
Donna silenced her with a look
The moment tears formed in your eyes, Donna knew these people ment something to you
Though the Winters' stood nearby, awkwardly
Salvatore Moreau
Oh my damn.
What the ever-livng hell was he supposed to do with these, angry people?
He stood in the church, alone with them
Mother Miranda gave him the responsibility of watching over these people
He wanted to make her proud of him...
But didn't want you in any harm...
'FUCK' he thought, leading them to the Reservoir
Normally you where in the caves, chatting to a lycan or two
But TODAY, had to be the day you stood at the gates, ready to show him whatever shiney thing you found
As he opened the gates, you practically jumped into his arms
"Love! I found this miraculous thing!" You flashed the shiney in his face
Ignoring the group of people following him
He smiled at you happy that you had found something amazing!
The Bakers' stood wide eyed at you
"(Y/N)?" Jack took a cautious step forward, careful not to disturb you
You looked your father up and down, not recognizing who he was
"Yeah, hi how ya doing." You said then turned your attention back to Moreau
Lucas pushed his way forward, "(Y/N)!! It's us your family!!"
You looked up at the yelling man, your face scrunched up, then it hit you!
"Lucas!?" Then you looked at your family one at a time, drinking in the fact that their alive and ok
Then you spotted the Winters', "Ion know yall tho..."
Moreau smiled at you, "So these are you family?"
You nodded, you both had a conversation about them before hand.
Soon everyone was safe, in the caves and your fish man welcomed everyone!
Though they had a bit of time accepting the odd looking being
Lucas was the most accepting
Karl Heisenberg
Well shit...
'FUCK that giant Bitch, and fuck the Miranda bitch too.' He grumbled walking with the two families back to the Factory
He got tricked into taking in the Winters' (which was a plus for him) and the Bakers'
He didn't have a plan for the latter, but he WAS getting pretty pissed at the stares the families gave him
Joe, Jack and Ethan walked in the inside, creating a sort of barrier for the women
Lucas, whom didn't care one way or another, was taking in the scenery
Once he reached the Factory, he stopped, standing in front of the doors
"Look," he started, "I have someone very important to me living here. You hurt them, ill add your corpse to my army."
He didn't wait for an answer and opened the doors, calling our for you
"Kitten? I'm back an-"
You rushed down from upstairs, you had already seen your family from the window
Karl let out a surprised yelp when you did so
You threw yourself into your father's arms
"(Y/N)!?" Jack shouted, as he wrapped you in a protective hug
You ugly sobbed in his arms, not letting him go
The rest of your family, hugged or rubbed your back comfortingly
Karl stood to the side, eyeing the Bakers' surrounding you
He didn't know what to do, or how you knew these people
You finally calmed down enough to hug everyone in turn
Karl cleared his throat, "Kitten? You have-"
You cut him off, explaining that these people where your blood family
And that you had been missing them for a while
Karl lit a cigar, deep in thought
This... this had worked out for him...
And you
He took it as a win, and gratefully took the brownie points
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