#puberty pardon
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An amendment to the Family Medical Leave Act for trans persons going through medical transition.
Hello again,
I was away from social media for a bit to refresh myself. I am back and still trying to get more support for my vision - an amendment to FMLA that will award the same grace to transfolx that pregnant folx receive. If we work the neccessary hours, it should not matter what our FMLA is used for (within reason and qualifying criteria). Eligible employees should be able to get FMLA for the hard struggles they face during the first stages of second puberty.
First puberty was hell, but no one ever remembers that. Second puberty is hell on earth, but more so when you’re having to work for 8+ hrs a day on top of that. It doesn’t matter the physical demands of the job, what matters is the toll on the body as you go through those stages over again and the inability to get a grace period while you go through those changes.
Please help me get my vision through to the US Department of Labor for consideration as an amendment to the current Family Medical Leave Act.
#signsupportshare#human rights#transrights#Transman#transmasc#transmale#transguy#transgender#trans rights#petition for trans#petition for trans rights#petition#sign support share#lgbtqiia+#lgbt activism#puberty pardon#fmla
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The Best News of Last Year - 2023 Edition
Welcome to our special edition newsletter recapping the best news from the past year. I've picked one highlight from each month to give you a snapshot of 2023. No frills, just straightforward news that mattered. Let's relive the good stuff that made our year shine.
January - London: Girl with incurable cancer recovers after pioneering treatment
A girl’s incurable cancer has been cleared from her body after what scientists have described as the most sophisticated cell engineering to date.
2. February - Utah legislature unanimously passes ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy
The Utah State Legislature has unanimously approved a bill that enshrines into law a ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy.
3. March - First vaccine for honeybees could save billions
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the world’s first-ever vaccine intended to address the global decline of honeybees. It will help protect honeybees from American foulbrood, a contagious bacterial disease which can destroy entire colonies.
4. April - Fungi discovered that can eat plastic in just 140 days
Australian scientists have successfully used backyard mould to break down one of the world's most stubborn plastics — a discovery they hope could ease the burden of the global recycling crisis within years.
5. May - Ocean Cleanup removes 200,000th kilogram of plastic from the Pacific Ocean
The Dutch offshore restoration project, Ocean Cleanup, says it has reached a milestone. The organization's plastic catching efforts have now fished more than 200,000 kilograms of plastic out of the Pacific Ocean, Ocean Cleanup said on Twitter.
6. June - U.S. judge blocks Florida ban on care for trans minors in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’
A federal judge temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers, ruling Tuesday that the state has no rational basis for denying patients treatment.
7. July - World’s largest Phosphate deposit discovered in Norway
A massive underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock in Norway, pitched as the world’s largest, is big enough to satisfy world demand for fertilisers, solar panels and electric car batteries over the next 50 years, according to the company exploiting the resource.
8. August - Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99
If the claim by Sukbae Lee and Ji-Hoon Kim of South Korea’s Quantum Energy Research Centre holds up, the material could usher in all sorts of technological marvels, such as levitating vehicles and perfectly efficient electrical grids.
9. September - World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials
The ability to regrow your own teeth could be just around the corner. A team of scientists, led by a Japanese pharmaceutical startup, are getting set to start human trials on a new drug that has successfully grown new teeth in animal test subjects.
10. October - Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines. Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize.
11. November - No cases of cancer caused by HPV in Norwegian 25-year olds, the first cohort to be mass vaccinated for HPV.
Last year there were zero cases of cervical cancer in the group that was vaccinated in 2009 against the HPV virus, which can cause the cancer in women.
12. December - President Biden announces he’s pardoning all convictions of federal marijuana possession
President Joe Biden announced Friday he's issuing a federal pardon to every American who has used marijuana in the past, including those who were never arrested or prosecuted.
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And there you have it – a year's worth of uplifting news! I hope these positive stories brought a bit of joy to your inbox. As I wrap up this special edition, I want to thank all my supporters!
Buy me a coffee ❤️
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Aemond just wants his beautiful silver-haired cousin to sit on his face. That's it and that's all.
Mid-way through writing, I realized Rhaenyra’s kids were Aemond’s nephews/nieces. My mistake. His cousin would be...Daemon and Laena’s kids? I’m confused
Warnings: smut, oral (f receiving)
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Aemond was known to be a reserved man, but the things he kept the most secret were his fantasies. Especially the ones involving his older sister's daughter. He’s tasted her lips once when they were children — just a sweet and quick peck between kids —, before Rhaenyra moved her family Dragonstone. Now, she’s grown into a beautiful young woman and Aemond has been dreaming of tasting the rest of her ever since he saw her at court beside her brothers.
Unlike them, and strangely enough, unlike your twin brother Jacaerys, you had gotten your mother’s hair color and violet eyes. You were beauty and elegance — like your mother —, but also a skilled sword-fighter — like your father.
Although you didn’t need his help, Aemond was ready to pull out his sword at anyone who dared calling you a bastard at court during your visit. Who your father was was none of their business. Like your mother always said, you were a Targaryen and loved and that’s all that mattered.
‘’Would Lady Y/N like to accompany me for a glass of wine?’’ Aemond asked after dinner, the both of you finding yourself going up the stairs at the same time.
You raised an eyebrow, already giggly from the wine you had during dinner. ‘’More wine? I don’t think I’ll be able to stand on my feet if I indulge in another.’’
‘’We could…sit and admire the stars from my balcony? I have been blessed with one of the best views in the castle.’’
You and Aemond didn't do a lot of star watching. He showed you his balcony and the stars that littered the night sky, but seeing him in the moonlight glow made you want to do other kinds of activities.
Your mouth found his while he was telling you about a constellation. Your action took Aemond off guard, but he didn’t push you away, instead responding by putting his hands on your waist — respectfully. You didn’t want him to be respectful though. You wanted him to push you against the door of the balcony and unlace the laces of your dress before guiding you to his bed and taking your maidenhood.
‘’Sit on my face.’’
You pulled back a little, surprised such crude words came from Aemond's mouth. ‘’I beg your pardon?’’
‘’Sit. On. My. Face.’’ The blond prince cleared his throat, forgetting something. ‘’Please.’’
You erupted into giggles. His politeness always made you laugh.
‘’What’s funny?’’ Aemond asked, all serious.
Shaking your head, you stepped away, going back inside and taking Aemond with you. Slowly, you began shedding layers. Your boots and long socks, then your dress — with Aemond's help for the laces. Aemond removed his coat and belt, spent a full nervous minutes working on the laces of his boots, then peeled off his chemise, revealing his perfectly toned chest.
Your mouth water at the sight and you felt a wetness pooling between your cunt's folds, forcing you to clench your thighs. Fuck. He hadn't even taken his pants off yet…
Before he could do so, Aemond’s eye fell on you, admiring your woman's body. The last time he saw you, your breasts were flat and you didn't have hair in lower places — not that Aemond had ever looked there before. He just knew it grew there during puberty.
Taking a step closer, Aemond gently brushed his thumb over your peaked nipples. He had seen women’s breasts before — many, much to his disgust —, but yours were much prettier.
Your cheeks were burning from his touch. It was the first time a man saw you naked, the first time a man touched your naked body. It’s okay to be a little shy.
‘’Beautiful,’’ Aemond pointed, shifting his eye up to yours.
You avert your eyes away. ‘’Aemond…’’
‘’I speak the truth.’’ His hands descended down your sides, your skin so soft beneath his palms. ‘’You’re the fairest lady in the whole of Westeros.’’ He placed a kiss on your neck and then your jaw, making you melt into his touch.
You wrapped your arms around his shoulders and neck, trapping him into keeping going with his kisses. Your breasts were pressed against his chest, warm and soft. Aemond brought his lips to yours, and you let out a small, whiny moan against his lips.
Reluctantly, you detached yourself from him and sat on the bed, noticing how perfectly tucked the sheets were. You almost felt bad for creasing them.
You looked up at Aemond with innocent eyes, the ache between your thighs starting to get uncomfortable. ‘’Do you plan on standing there all night?’’
Aemond's cheeks flushed. ‘’I’ve never done this before,’’ he confessed, a little embarrassed. ‘’I just…really want to kiss you there, to lick you there.’’
‘’It’s alright.’’ You gave him a reassuring smile and reached for his hand. ‘’We can learn together.’’
Aemond nodded and gracefully climbed on the bed, then beckoned you over to sit at his shoulder's height. He swallowed a growl, your needy pussy so close to his face.
‘’What if I accidentally suffocate you?’’
The genuine worry in your voice was sweet, but Aemond was not worried one bit. He could handle it. He could handle you.
He placed his hands over your thighs and tenderly caressed the warm flesh, catching your attention and making you look down at him. ‘’You won't do such thing.’’
Despite Aemond's reassuring words, you were still nervous to sit on his face — as any first-timer would. You tried to keep your weight on your knees and over over him, your cunt directly on top of his lips, but Aemond saw through your plan and pulled you down. Before you could protest, he parted his lips and stuck his tongue out, swiping it between your folds and tasting you for the first time with a happy hum, double checking that fantasy of his.
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Beastars Incorrect Quotes #1 HAVE A NICE DAY~
Dragons In Beastars
...That...for dragons to be accepted into society opted to take a more...meek soft form...that they called "human", To dragons being human is like...You're still having your baby teeth...but once you reach the age of teenage 15-16...thats when things start to get puberty...instead of growing hair...your growing scales/feathers...your nails grow longer and sharper...For Females periods legit feels like there is a hot spikey rode claw in your stomach-thats your body finally changing to breath fire-
The secret of their existence can only be known by the Beastars, Usually, dragons kept to their own ...but you" Yeah I dont wanna live in a "cave" all my life so imma just taking a year off before I decide anything" So you decided to take one year abroad to Japan before returning home and deciding what to do with you life
...so here you are...in Cherryton Academy...still getting used to the changes in your body, being held by the generic bullies when your knight in dashin' suspenders comes to your supposed rescue-
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Legoshi*Sees a couple of his classmates teasing the new transfer student who is human* Pardon me, my good, classmates uh, uh, I'll have to ask you to release that young...
Dragon!Y/n*Glares at him *Keep movin', junior.
Legoshi*Eyes widen and his ears dropped*-lady. But you... Are-Aren't you a damsel in distress?
Dragon!Y/n*Rolls eyes and tries to get free from the grip the bully has on your uniform collar*I'm a damsel*Grunts* I'm in distress*Side eyes him*I can handle this!*Smiles at him with a mocking seductive tone* Have a nice day~
Legoshi: Uh...
If people like this I may consider making more...to be honest, I mostly posted this cuz I couldn't get this outta my head since last night and it was driving me crazy-
Besides who DOESNT wanna be a dragon in a beast world...who doesn't wanna be a mythical beast PERIOD.
#beastars#beastars x reader#beastars x y/n#dragon y/n#human y/n#legoshi#beastars legoshi#legoshi x reader#legoshi x y/n#beastars x human reader#legoshi x human reader#beastars incorrect quotes#beastars in the nutshell#incorrect quotes#beastars legoshi x reader
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ZHENYA ‘PSIKH’ BOGDANOV
(pardon the terrible lighting 😔)
Codename : Nyx, named after the primordial greek goddess of the night (yeah it's a feminine name, but does Zhenya give a damn? Hell no)
Nickname : His friends and family members know him simply as Zhen, otherwise in the underworld he is better known as Psikh Bogdanov, or the madman as some prefer to call him for simplicity
[ 20 || 6'1" || cis-male || demisexual || in a relationship with Ash and Rin ]
Appearance : Short midnight black hair, and emerald green eyes
His stats
(dudes here ready to go full on doomslayer on his enemies)
Some facts about him:
~ He likes smoking, and that too the best quality cigars
~ As a child Zhenya wanted to be a writer, maybe even a journalist. He liked journaling his days as a kid, writing small stories and frequently narrating details of his day with his father, uncle and Ash before the incident with his dad, following which he discontinued writing indefinitely. He never touched his little journal after that.
~ Once had a bucket list containing all the things he wanted to do as a kid. These included bungee jumping, going to the seven wonders of the world and hell, even riding an ostrich (overall he just wanted to do every crazy thing one can possibly do). One of the wishes in this list included going to Disneyland with his dad. Unfortunately it never happened and he refused to ever go there
~ is very fond of daffodils. Ash regularly buys daffodils to be put in a vase in the middle of the room where he can see them
~ he is very fond of Donna tartt's books, especially the secret history
~ during his (cringe) puberty phase, when emotions and hormones run high and teenagers become the biggest menaces alive, Zhenya had the misfortune of stumbling upon Twilight. Following that fateful encounter he became a hardcore Twilight fan, especially as a firm member Team Jacob. He even went as far as to get a wolf tattoo and got his ears pierced as a form of his teenage rebellion. Thankfully he got over his cringe phase quickly, and now everytime he thinks about it he can't help but feel embarrassed to the core. (I can say this with a guarantee that Rin tries to pull his leg every once in a while by mentioning his horrific past, just for the sake of seeing Zhenya blush furiously.)
~ also likes reading books and historical research papers on medieval punishments and torture methods, for science ofcourse he says
~ is a pretty decent cook
~ although he can only cook dishes related to chicken, Zhenya is experienced enough to debone a raw chicken blindfolded holding some of the sharpest knives ever. The countless scars on his hands and arms are a testament of his perseverance. Apparently he's ‘practising’...
~ “a balanced diet is very important.” also him, proceeds to carefully remove all the peas from his food
~ has never lost a single match of rock-paper-scissors, even against Rin. However, one cannot say the same for his terrible luck and history with UNO. My guy here can get almost all the power cards at the beginning of the game, yet somehow always manages to lose them all and be defeated brutally. It has come to the point some believe he's intentionally losing, he's not.
~ likes watching and listening to true crime podcasts
~ Zhenya has a very bad habit of smiling whenever he's lying, making it impossible for anyone to figure out when he's lying or not (except those close to him who can see the discrepancies between his real and fake smiles)
~ can hold his liquor very well. The most he can go with, is 23 shots, which is his highest record so far, until he eventually passes and wakes up to the absolute worst hangover of his life
~ will call you a moron if you were to ask him the classic “would you still love me if I was a worm?” but still answer with a yes
~ sorry no Pixie cameo this time 😔, on another note, Zhenya actually adopted Pixie from the streets when he accidentally stepped on her on his way home. Feeling guilty he brought her home and the kitten that was barely a month old became a part of his small family. Now refuses to let anyone even touch her without his permission, talk about being overprotective
MIKHAIL 'MICKI' VICTOROVICH LANG
(this is @headdaze's MC, btw all comments are made by them-)
Codename : Tisiphone (he’d probably get a kick out of the nicknames he could make– like he picks up the phone and goes “hello? This is tisiphone answeirng the phone at avengers speed-” OR EVEN BETTER “hello? Tis me, tisiphone–”)
Nickname : His close ones simply call him, Angel, meanwhile the rest just go along with Micki
[ 20 || 5'5" || agender, he/they || demisexual || working on getting Ash, will work on Rin (when they meet each other as adults which they haven’t yet LOLOLOL)]
Appearance : Slightly long brown hair, with grayish, green blue eyes
Some facts about them
~ after destroying a microwave, ruining a meal, burning a few items, and other travesties, micki resigned himself to simple dishes… no five star courses (later on Zhenya takes it upon himself to cook for Mikhail, after keeping him 6feet away from the kitchen ofcourse)
~ loves nothing more than a good book and as such gets heavily irritated when something good disappoints them
~ very pro-healthy food but still eats unhealthy
~ vision is ABSOLUTE SHIT, wears either ridiculously thick glasses or contacts
~ usually sweet but can have a scary side too (people like to call him the wolf in sheep’s clothing)
~ his dream is to go around the world, eat the things he wants, and buy the things he wants without feeling guilty about spending money
~ a MASSIVE penny pincher
~ “ZHEN CAN YOU PLEASE STOP RUINIG YOUR LUNGS WITH THOSE FUCKING BEAUTIFUL CIGARS” “No.”
~ comfy > fashion, the man is not going to strut outside on a winter day in an outfit even if he looks good in it because if it gets him a cold it is GAME OVER
~ literally cannot stay up for the life of them, alwAYS gets irritable when sleepy so prefers to get their hours of sleep in
(why is a majority of this basically just me)
IF : VENDETTA BY @vendetta-if
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Scruffy?!
pairings: formula 1 grid x fem driver!oc
warnings: none
a/n: sorry for being inactive, the hunt for a new apt isn't going well. should've done this weeks ago, but i'm back at it with another part of my driver series hope you like this as much as my other ones!!😌
“Lando!” Valentina screams his name for the second time since her stream had started.
Rushed steps are heard from the hallway leading to her room, “What is it?” He asks, hair disheveled making it clear to the viewers he just got up from where ever he was just a minute ago.
“There you are, well if you’ve been answering your phone in the past minute you should know what I was asking for,” she grumble before pulling Lando by the shirt.
“You’re streaming?” Asking as he takes in her current desk set up. “Yup, I mean a cancelled race wasn’t on my to-do list today so why not make an appearance, yeah?” Val answers before showing her phone to him.
Giving her a confused look, he takes the phone only for him to stand there silent. “What am I supposed to do with this?” Lando gesturing to the app shown on screen. “And why the hell are you sitting like that?”
“Like what?”
“Like you’re about to jump off of the chair.”
“Ok ok, first of all, I was cross sitting for quite a while before you came in,” she said as a matter of factly before sitting up properly. “And last of all, I need your help for the address.”
Holding back a laugh, “You need help with what?.”
“No, don’t laugh. I forgot ok, it’s too much for me to be able to remember that shit,” reasoning out, she looks up at him, who by the way is clearly entertained.
“Valentina, you’ve been living here for about two years now and you still don’t know the address?” His tone changes into a somewhat disapproving yet shocked one.
“Yeah but it’s not like I write my address all the time.”
User why is forgetting their address a very Val thing to do
User my favorite pair is back!!!
User now we know why lando has to pick val up from literally everywhere.
After the subtle confession, the room turned silent. The two drivers staring at each others expression, one who’s clearly entertained while one is quite the opposite.
Val slowly points her finger to Lando, as if threatening him would stop the high pitched laugh that’s now escaping his mouth. Covering the lower half of his face he slowly tumbles out of frame.
“Lando, come on. I need it now, like asap, right now, like immediately,” she said pulling him back before making him sit on the bean bag next to her.
“Fine, fine. But you’re still not pardon you shrimp.”
“Shrimp my ass, your comebacks are the reason you haven’t gone through puberty yet” she says pushing his face to the side as he began typing on the phone. Looking back to her screen, she read a few comments from her viewers.
User hi val!!
User VAL WHEN WILL YOU RETURN TO MALLORCA?
“Hello chat! Sorry for the wait, I was having some difficulty a while ago. That is if you just came in and you don’t know.” Waving to the camera before leaning in closer to the camera.
Lando’s ass subscribed
Her laugh rung out suddenly, making Lando flinch beside her, “What the hell, mate.”
She leans back on her chair before pointing at the latest subscription, “Landoooo” exaggerating, “I didn’t know your flat ass liked me that much.”
“Mate, none of me likes your bottom.” He teases her before passing back the phone.
“Oh, thank you!” She says softly, before reaching out for something behind her.
“You’re good,” he whispers back. Focusing on the stream who’s now screaming out his name in the chat.
User LANDOOOOOOOO
User What does Valentina think of the beard
User ARGENTINA SAYS HI
User I LOVE YOUR MIAMI HELMET
“Hey, someone asking what you think of my lovely beard,” he touches the hair on his chin as soon as she turns to look.
“ I mean it isn’t that bad, it-“
“Bad? You just told me it looks good a couple hours ago,” Lando places his hand on top of her head, forcing her attention to him.
Huffing out a breathe she turns her head to read some messages before turning back to him. Reaching up to poke his chin, Val pulls some of the hair before smirking.
“What I mean, is that it isn’t that bad for someone who’s just starting puberty. It honestly looks like you have a scruffy little thing on your chin. Don’t you agree chat?” She grins to the camera, happy that some in the chat agrees with her.
User Yeah
User it looks fine, honestly
User lando growing facial hair was not on my ’23 bucket list but I’ll take it
User I like vali’s way of thinking, it feels like I’ll have hundreds of ideas to share everyday
“Oi! do you know what else it looks like?” Mischievously she gesture him to come closer. The brit slowly tilts his head in order for her to whisper it to him. Widening his eyes he shakes his head in disbelief as Val once again falls back on her chair, laughing her ass off.
“Mate! No, you little!” he grabs her by the shoulder before jokingly putting her in a headlock. Val, who’s still having a laughing fit was now resting her head on his shoulder as she tries to escape his grip. Even though it was light, she can’t seem to move.
The chat goes crazy in curiosity about what their one and only favorite female driver had said that made Lando man-handle her. Knowing that their banter would take sometime before it tames down, all they can do is watch as the scene unfolds in front of them, like usual.
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top 5 antebellum politicians, not including presidents
For the sake of not making this response boring, Im going to personally remove all three of the triumvirs from the running. All three of them are now in Spot 0. Benton and Hayne can be there too.
Which leaves five spots for...
John Randolph of Roanoke literally the MOST fascinating guy. Hes wilder than a herd of horses hoarse on meth. literally created a slur. he brought dogs into congress and stripped in the house of reps and got into verbal and physical fights. he dueled everyone to the point where his contemporaries commented that he should be in a straightjacket. he asked the cousin of the person he was dueling with to be his second in the same duel. he was a dramatic bitch who ordered a european badge of honor to be made for him in honor of that duel. he bemoaned that no one would care about him when he died.
when he was near death he painstakingly made his way to the us congress gallery to hear henry clays beautiful voice one last time. whenever the wife of a congressmen he was insulting was in the gallery he doubled down on his insults. when he died he freed the people he enslaved but he did a piss poor job so everything just fell apart. he has tuberculosis but it was contained solely to his dick and so he suffered an inferiority complex and an inability to progress past puberty because of it. and also maybe he had klinefelter syndrome bc of a imbalance
either ways, my name on discord is john randolph hrt not because i GENUINELY think he would support hrt, but because the fact that there is a CHANCE he would is still higher than the rest of his colleagues.
Henry Wise also the most insane guy of the time period. like jror, got into fights, but this was way more about slavery. he picked fights with jqa all throughout the gag war. surprisingly woke on several topics including thanksgiving and the rights of native americans. he says some of the funniest things ever sometimes. he thinks abolitionist is a slur. he became a general in the confederate army but got kicked out for being a bitch. somehow flip flopped between every. single. political. party. of his era. including almost becoming a republican near the end of his life. his irreverence for law and order is astounding. he bullied john tyler and literally everyone in congress.
the fact that he was drinking buddies with franklin pierce and got him elected but also got pierces friend killed in the cilley graves duel is insane. the fact that in order to try and get henry clay the presidential nomination he literally bent his knee at hugh lawson white and did the equivalent of the uwu face is insane. the fact he more or less murdered john brown is insane. the fact that ralph waldo emerson said that if brown and wise were in a different life, they could have been friends is even more insane. like damn ralph waldo emerson now is NOT the time to be shipping abolitionist john brown and the slavery supporting secessionist governor of virginia who murdered him together. also not going to lie the fact that he never sought a pardon after his involvement in the confederacy is actually a breath of fresh air for this time period. go girl acknowledge that you are undeserving of a pardon or forgiveness for your crimes.
i honestly cant do this guy justice without just telling you gto look at my #the field of blood tag. this guy. also i will not lie i did not actually understand his violent tendancies (which to his credit he wasnt like a maniac or anything ) until i saw his photograph. and uh yeah. shaking hands meme between jror and henry wise and the connecting factor is looking feminine and having a serious complex because of it.
Hugh Lawson White his hair. the way hes the only antebellum politician whos wikipedia page actually says what his personality and style was like. fascinating.
Charles Sumner hes such a loser. he deserved so much better. once he fell of a train. he was called his great impotency. he got caned one time and thats all everyone ever remembers about him. his main biographer did him SO DIRTY. he might be ace he might be gay. the hermaphrodite by julia ward howe is probably about the love triangle between julia him and samuel howe, julias husband. he has incredibly modern beliefs about things!
hes funny and he has a three way benign rivalry betwen himself seward and douglas. he waxed poetic about daniel websters head and then felt betrayed by him. he once stroked his own head glumly. his eyebags. he got hit with a brick once. his handsomeness is the work of legends. hes awkward and gentlemanly and depressing and optimistic and so many many things its beautiful and he was beautiful and i love him so much! i love his friendship with mary todd lincoln and the way he was basically looming in abraham lincolns window every other night throughout the civil war.
William Plumer Jr. LITERALLY my guy!! his anecdotes are all so fascinating. the time he had a very dramatic meeting with daniel webster about Fate and Destiny. his involvement with preserving american history from the very beginning. just lovely and wonderful and i basically yassify him whenever i imagine him in my head. just wonderful.
and these are basically all of them i think, though i like a lot of congressmen of this era.
Bonus, have a drawing of henry wise, a calhouny hugh lawson white for some reason, and fem plumer!
#biddle was never a politician so he isnt here#bbf would be here but he was never a politician lmao#god there are just so many good Background Congressmen TM in this era#need an slice of life with the antebellum us congress#john dawson. joshua giddings. the washburnes#teh triumvirs too but they dont need that muchscreen time#just so much...#fanart#my art#henry wise#john randolph#hugh white#charles sumner#william plumer#william plumer jr#misc#the congressional incubator#asks#thanks for asking!!
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Rescue Bots as Gravity Falls because I was bored
Uncle Woodrow: Hmm... This sounds like the kinda thing a responsible parent wouldn't want you doing.... Good thing I'm an Uncle!
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Dani: Kade, do you believe in ghosts?
Kade: I believe you're a big dork! HA!
(Dani shoves him off the couch)
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Kade: Graham, would it be wrong to punch a child?
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Cody after watching horror movies with blades: DANI!! DANI!!! DANI, I NEED TO BORROW THE GOLF CART SO I CAN SAVE FRANKIE FROM A ZOMBIE!!!!!!
Dani, not even questioning it: Try not to hit any Pedestrians.
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Cody: Is that legal?
Uncle Woodrow: When your dad's not around, Anything's legal!
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Kade: I will pardon NOTHING
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kade: Sorry, it's just hard to focus on what you're saying with that squeaky puberty voice you got there!
Cody: my what?
dani: It's nothing to be ashamed of, Cody, your voice is "hIlArIoUs!"
Cody: Are you saying my voice cracks? My voice doesn't crack!
Graham: Bud, no offense, but it cracks so much we already made a techno remix out of it.
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Dani: look, It's time we stop trying to be so "perfect", and be who we really are. We're crazed, angry, sweaty animals! We're not unicorns, we're WOMEN, and we TAKE WHAT WE WANT!
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Ranpo Edogawa x Y/N Fukuzawa
little spoiler: Your daughter asks you how did you met her father
warnings: Here may be bad grammar. Sorry guys
You were cooking for the dinner. Since Dianne was born, cooking dinner got a little bit harder. Only to please that little spoiled baby.
"Hey, mommy." greeted Dianne trying to sit on her chair in the kitchen.
You left all the utensils in your hand and helped her sit comfortably in the chair.
"Yes, sweetie?" your voice asked suddenly.
"I was watching a movie where two lovers were talking about how did they met each other. I am curious how did you met daddy."
Slightly surprised by her sudden curiosity you looked at her. Unfortunately she didn't do the same. She had cupped those rosy, chubby cheeks in her even smaller little hands as she admired the cookie jar. Sighing, you took a cookie out of the jar and handed it to her.
“How did I meet your father? Tough question,” you murmured trying to remember. “I think it all started when… HEY, DON'T PUT ALL THE COOKIES IN YOUR MOUTH AT ONCE. YOU WILL DROWN! I see, you inherited his sweet tooth pretty damn well, Dianne."
(15 years ago)
Yukichi Fukuzawa, your father, took him in. Since then he became your true best friend.
"Y/N, can I get a cup of tee?" Mister Fukuzawa looked right next to him. "Pardon, two cups of tee."
"It will be done in five minutes, father" you turned around barely looking at the new guest.
As for a few minutes your elegant and penetrating voice was heard from the kitchen.
"The tee's ready" you said as you placed a cup of tea in front of your father. "I didn't make it very sweet. I know you don't like it that way."
You turned to the right side where Ranpo was.
"I'm sorry sir…" you said awkwardly.
"Ranpo Edogawa, that's my name" he winked at you. "You don't have to tell me sir anyway, we're the same age." he continued in a slightly hoarse but manly voice. He was clearly in puberty.
"How do you know we're the same age?" you asked curiously when you thought better of it.
"I do not tell you." Ranpo teased you in a playful tone.
"By the way," he continued, "I like tea incredibly sweet so try to remember that next time" he winked again.
"Y/N, I want to talk to Ranpo about a mission so I'll ask you to go in your room" Fukuzawa said.
"Okay, father" you said disappointed.
You went to your room with your eyes tearing trying to not make your father nor Ranpo, looking at you in that state. But too bad, Ranpo noticed.
"So Ranpo..." Fukuzawa continued the conversation.
"Old man, I am sleepy. My brain does not work well if I don't sleep. May I stay out of this mission today?
"Fine" said Fukuzawa tired. "Go ask Y/N where you can sleep."
"Thanks, old man" said Ranpo rushing through your door.
Knock, knock, knock
"Hey Y/N, is me Ranpo. Open the door please."
The sound of your tears was replaced by the sound of your hurried footsteps towards the door.
"Ranpo, weren't you supposed to go on the mission with my dad?" Y/N asked trying to wipe the traces of tears from her eyes as she wished that Ranpo wasn't looking at her red eyes.
"Ah yes but I lied to him that I was sleepy to stay with you. I heard long sobs."
"Ranpo... There was no need to do that. I would recommend to not mess up with him."
"Y/N, this is moment where I got finally a friend my age who doesn't judge me for being too smart."
You smiled.
"I think you're kinda narcissistic, Ranpo-kun."
You pushed aside to make room for Ranpo to come in.
You two laughed for hours and late at night, after dinner (Fukuzawa bought some curry) you two went to sleep.
"Ranpo, I can sleep on the foton and you in bed. The couch is hard as a rock so I don't recommend to sleep there." you said sleepy.
"No, I refuse to sleep in your bed without you" Ranpo put the blanket over him really dramatically.
"Ranpo, we can't sleep in the same bed. It's too small and narrow."
"Still..." asked Ranpo with a needy voice and his doggy face.
"Fine" You gave in and laid down next to him. You closed your eyes and immediately started to fall asleep. Ranpo's hands straddled your waist as he settled his head more comfortably against the line of your neck.
"It's more comfortable that way. Goodnight Y/N." Ranpo said with a smile before promptly falling asleep.
"Good night" you said, running your hand through his hair thinking he didn't feel you, unfortunately he did.
So the months have passed since Ranpo entered your life. Although he was your friend, you couldn't deny the fact that you sometimes envied him very much. Your father only cared about him but, remembering about you? Just time to time. One day Ranpo asked you if you would like to go for a walk with him on the edge of the beach (let's imagine that Fukuzawa's house has a sea view <3). That was the moment when you were going to confess him the secret that for a long time you tried to drive away and not tell him about it but, you couldn't. It eats you from inside. And the only one to blame for that was Fukuzawa himself.
You and Ranpo walked around holding hands. Ranpo just couldn't keep his hands off you. The sea water reaches your bare feet. You flinched as the slightly cold water first met your fingers and Ranpo smiled slightly looking over at you.
"What a pleasant moment we chose to come here. The sun is setting and it's getting quieter here" Said Ranpo calmly.
"Indeed" you said just as calmly.
You continued walking for about 5 minutes until you let go of his hand. Ranpo looked at you confused.
"We have to talk." you whispered to him almost not hearing with your head down.
Ranpo fidgeted as he ran his thumb over your chin lifting it up so he could see you.
"What's wrong, Y/N?" he asked cautiously but worried.
"Everything." You said unable to take it all in. You were shaking with nerves.
You pushed Ranpo aside who was slowly trying to approach you. The poor man froze in fear. He didn't want you to cry, he doesn't like it when you cry since he first came to the Fukuzawa residence. "I'm tired Ranpo, tired of you and my father. I'm tired of seeing him so proud of you and so disappointed in me only when he remembers that I exist. Before you, I trained every day with katana even though at first I didn't like it at all,just to make him proud. But for you it's so easy to make him proud. When we had dinner together we hardly spoke and so on. With your coming nothing has changed in his attitude towards me. Look Ranpo, I like you but you took my only spotlight I could get from my father. You're smart, I'm not. You're useful, I'm not." Y/N had burst into tears.
"Y/N, do you realize that my parents died in a car accident? Do you realize that before your father took me in I was a street kid? I think you're just being selfish now." Ranpo said in a disgusted tone.
"Exactly. I'm selfish. That's why I'm leaving. It'll be better without me, for both of you. I promise." you said as you ran in the opposite direction of Ranpo.
"Y/N, I never wanted to hurt you, you know why? Because I love you idiot." Ranpo yelled after you.
But you were already gone.
Y/N's pov :
Now you had a taste of Ranpo's past life, you had nowhere to sleep, nothing to eat and no one would hire you for more than a day. After all, you are the daughter of an assassin. The bloodlust had to be kept at bay. With no luggage just a used katana and dried blood on it no one had mercy on you. Until one night when you entered an abandoned building hoping you could spend the night there but the building was already occupied.
"Um a visitor...?" a man's voice was heard not far from you.
"Please excuse me, I didn't mean to offend you." you fell to your knees in guilt.
The figure of a tall and slender man hidden in the shadows as he looked out the window finally showed himself.
"Oh you stupid child it's not that you came in here that bothers me but the state you're in now." the man was looking at your katana. "Wait, I've seen swords like this before. You're the daughter of that bastard Fukuzawa, right?
You blinked quickly not knowing what to do. That man had a dangerous aura.
"You don't have to answer me. You look a lot like him. The same messy hair and the same scruffy face. What are you doing on the streets?".
"I ran away from home, sir" you answered hurriedly and scared.
"My name is Mori Ougai. You don't need to feel scared." caress your hair. "I won't ask you anything else, you don't seem to want to talk about it. But I have a proposition for you. How about you join the Port Mafia? We'll pay you well, feed you well and treat you well. Of course if you don't want is your choice."
You immediately accepted. Mori took you into his care and since then you have suffered nothing but the longing of Ranpo. You wrote them letters but no answer, you didn't blame them.
Ranpo's pov:
After you left, Ranpo had become a little irritable. Not to annoy Fukuzawa, but he was still moody and depressed.
"Fukuzawa-san" Ranpo yelled nervously. His face showed despair.
"Ranpo, what happened to you?" Fukuzawa rushes down the stairs.
"What was Y/N to you?" Ranpo asked him sharply.
"What do you mean by that? She's my daughter." Fukuzawa replied confused.
"The way you treated her, I thought she was more like your slave. If she was your daughter, why did you treat her like a nobody?" Ranpo punched the table.
"Ranpo, what happened to you. What happened to my girl?" Fukuzawa asked worriedly.
"She ran away from home, that's what happened!" Ranpo roared in his earFukuzawa's cheeks had gone blank. Shocked, he sat down on the couch and let his tears flow. Strange to see a man as tough as Fukuzawa cry. Ranpo explained everything to him.
"I wanted her to become strong both physically and mentally Ranpo. I never wanted to push her away or worse make her run away from home. But if that's her decision at least I hope she's happy, from now on I don't have children anymore. The weeks were going by hard enough without you. Your letters were brought to your former home but never read by the one you most wanted to read them to you, your father.
They were all sitting on the fridge next to your dad's framed picture of you in your strawberry pajamas and Ranpo in your school uniform, with his face full of make-up and hair done. Whenever he went to the kitchen their eyes stayed fixed on your wide smile. You really loved Ranpo.
At the same time, the same Ranpo who read your letters secretly and who was hurt that since you left you didn't mention him at all. He didn't try to hook you up, he thought it would be better for you.
Ranpo was slowly getting used to you not being there.
(5 years later)
Fukuzawa had founded the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia already had plenty of employees and allies. There were two powerful agencies but they acted totally differently, some were stepping on corpses to fulfill their goals and the other was saving people so that the opposite agency wouldn't have a corpse to step on. A game of cat and mouse, that's exactly what it was. At the beginning of the Port Mafia, Mori thought that the detectives were just playing with his nerves so he didn't seem to get bothered by that but, Fukuzawa thought the same and with time the nerves gave way for both leaders and a kind of war has started between the two agencies.
Y/N's pov:
A black army car was crossing a country road. Y/N Fukuzawa, a young assassin was waiting for instructions from her superiors. The first step in defeating the ADA was to evacuate all important documents so that if a detective were to break into Mori's office they would find nothing but napkins. Y/N was not happy with the task she had been given. She could do more and she knew it for sure. Y/N wanted to fight, just like her superior Chuuya Nakahara.
"Y/N, Y/N if you can hear me I should let you know that I need you here and now at headquarters." Chuuya's voice echoed in your headset. He seemed agitated. "It's an ambush." he yelled before an explosion rang out.
You jumped out of your seat to tell the driver to turn the car towards the docks as fast as he could but in the driver's seat sat a well hunched over being.
"What did you do to Nakagawa-son monster?"you asked with your shaky voice.
"There is no way I will let you break up the detective agency. From now on you call me Kamui, not monster." said a distorted voice.
"I haven't heard of a member named Kamui in the entire agency you liar. What do you really want? If you want us to fight take off your mask and show yourself." you said almost screaming.
Kamui just started laughing lightly. "You hardly changed at all."
Ranpo's pov:
The agency was under threat. Mafia members had an overwhelmingly large number of talented people in front of the agency. They had to act even if it was reckless.
They each took their positions and began bombing the mob headquarters (information gained from Dazai). Only Ranpo believed that someone from there would help stop this nonsense. It was his long-lost love, the only friend who never judged him (apart from Poe, dear Poe<3) and with whom he got along wonderfully. Y/N, his own boss's daughter.While Ranpo was cooking a plan he saw her. Fukuzawa's long, tousled hair tied in a bow at the top, her elegant gray suit, and the angelic expression on her face, it really had to be her. But he knew, he knew that she was part of an organization that was destroying the welfare of civilians and creating only chaos.
Although Ranpo would flatly refuse to admit it, he found himself suddenly standing up from the table and thrusting his hands so hard that the waitress thought he came to the cafe specifically to break the table when he saw you.
"Death never dies." Y/N suddenly shouted.
“Come on Y/N, stop struggling. We both know you're not talented.” Kamui says dismissively.
- As if you were. Y/N replies just as ironically.
But when Kamui suddenly laughs, the corpse of the driver who was originally lying headfirst exhausted and lifeless in the child's seat is now looking at Ranpo as if he hadn't been killed.
"What the hell? Y/N what is this?"
"My ability has developed over time Ranpo-kun." Y/N says as she tries not to smile childishly. "I expected you to come. But as a smart man to a dirty man instead of meeting and talking like two normal people, I chose the scumbag." she continued.
Ranpo didn't understand any of this.
"I see you're still confused dear. Let me explain how my ability works. In short I can control and manipulate people around me to do whatever I want, but not the person directly attacking me, which is you in that case." you winked at him. "So now Nakagawa-san, kill this boy next to you" she says as she eases herself into the back seat.
The corpse goes to strangle Ranpo but somehow seeing Ranpo in danger because of you triggered a new feeling in your stomach, guilt.
“Stop it” Y/N whispers.
The driver's corpse returns to being a corpse.
"Look Ranpo, what's in it for me if I help you? You're manipulating me emotionally. I basically betrayed my family by letting you get away."
"Sure, sure blame me. Look Y/N" Ranpo says those last words seriously leaving his childish voice aside. "I missed you nights in a row, I slept with my pillow thinking about you. I refused to wash your favorite pillow because it still smelled of you. I read your letters, all of them. I wanted to write you back but I afraid that you don't want to hear about me anyway. But one thing I have to say and I hope you'll feel the same, I love you."
"You idiot ass, I hate you so much" you pulled his collar so hard and pressed his lips to yours. "But I love you too and I don't promise to stop doing that"
After your little conversation you two stopped the conflict and you and Ranpo started dating. Ranpo helped you reconcile with your father, but unbeknownst to him, he also became a father in time.
Author note: HEY GUYS THIS IS MY FIRST COMPLATE ONESHOT. I know it's a little bit too long but I hope you like it. Request open<3
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What was Dorien and Sofia’s childhood like?
They both come from a family with money and influence, so they had a lot of privileges growing up! There are a couple of pictures Sofia has on her desk that kind of hint at that
(pardon the old art)
Their mother always got them busy with extracurriculars like traditional dancing for Sofia and advanced studies for Dorien, but Sofia would often trick Dorien into switching places because she'd rather take his classes than hers. There's a pic on her desk about it!
They did that a lot until puberty wouldn't let Sofia get away with it anymore lol
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Puberty Pardon - Time Off for Transfolx for Surgery and 2nd Puberty
It has come to my attention that I have not been utilizing all of my reach on social media platforms. I will now be doing daily shares here as well.
I am a trans man. I am twenty eight years old. I began HRT (testosterone injections) on January 27th of 2022 at the age of twenty seven.
HRT is not an overnight fix. It is a life long commitment. It isn't something you do for a couple of days, months, or years and just stop. Unless, you find you've reached a point in your life in which you are comfortable with doing that. Typically, you do not just stop doing HRT.
Changes take time. Just like first puberty. You will not wake up the day after your first dose with the voice, face shape, fat redistribution, etc that you have always wanted.
Puberty is different for everyone. Just like first puberty.
You may see those changes quicker than others. You may not.
For example:
1/28/22 -- I experienced a spike in my previously near dead libido. I used to only be able to get off if the conditions were right and I hardly ever had the urge, but that all changed on this day. The day after my first dose. I suddenly had THE URGE. It was unnerving and unsettling and all kinds of weird, but also, nice in a way.
But that's not always how it goes.
Some people may not even experience a spike at all in their libido. It doesn't mean that it isn't working or you're broken. Some people just don't have much of one to begin with. That's alright. We support our ace bretheren in this household just as much as we support everyone else.
As glorious as those effects may be that you're so excited to get and have, there is a less glorious side to it all. Like with pregnancy. It doesn't mean it isn't worth it. It just means there's ugly parts that people don't like talking about.
I experienced night terrors as well as hypersomnia and insomnia. All at the same time. I was working. I couldn't function well. My concentration dipped out, my numbers dropped, my manager and trainer had damn near weekly talks with me about what they could do to help.
They didn't understand that it wasn't about work. It was about sleep and the quality of it.
If I was able to sleep at night, it was interrupted horribly by night terrors or nightmares. If I slept during the day, it was the same interrupted sleep that left me feeling angry at the world when I woke up.
I was a zombie. A horribly moody zombie with a cracking voice who couldn't do anything to help himself aside from taking time off of work to try to catch up on elusive sleep.
I tried taking melatonin, sleep aides over the counter, lunesta, and some other prescribed drugs. Nothing helped.
Nothing.
I just had to ride out the phases.
Jobs don't understand that. Employers don't get it. They never will. I worked for a unionized EOE. I told them on 1/30/2022 that I had begun my medical transition. They didn't understand in February or March.
I needed time. Grace. To get through the first stages of puberty again.
Everyone forgets what it's like to go through puberty. It was so long ago for everyone. They forget that teenagers have a right to be so gripey and moody. Teenagers need more sleep, but schools don't accommodate that and they should. People going through puberty need more sleep.
No one accommodates that as they should.
This is what Puberty Pardon is for.
Puberty Pardon is there to allow you the time you need to adjust during puberty. Through the night terrors, nightmares, hypersomnia, insomnia, migraines, etc. You should be allowed time off just like a pregnant person who is experiencing changes due to hormones. They get covered under The Family Medical Leave Act, why not us?
Not only that, but trans folx should be able to feel secure in their jobs if they choose to have a surgery done. Yes, we should also build up time for the surgery and recovery times, but we should also have some grace the same as pregnant people do with their time off.
That's what Puberty Pardon is about. Please sign, share, and support so that we can get this petition off the ground and start getting the attention of those who we need to send this off to.
Thank you for your support.
#transisbeautiful#transgender#transrightarehumanrights#trans rights#trans healthcare#trans health#puberty pardon#family medical leave act#amendment#amendment to family medical leave act#petition#petition for trans rights#petition for trans#sign share support#daily share
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OCTONAUTS SEASON 5 EPISODE 1 BLUEFIN TUNA SPOILERS THERE WILL BE PICTURES‼️‼️‼️
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I DUNNO IF THIS IS THE CUTOFF OF THE POST BUT IF ITS NOT JUST SCROLL RLY FAST ALRIGHTY
Ok so things I noticed:
Hehe smol peso :3
-Shellington saying “no worse for wear” HELP adorable ✨
-This had me CRYING CAPN WHAT WHY 😭💀😭💀
-The bluefin tuna remind me of the siblings from Ponyo AKNDJSJSND terrifying💀
-Kwazii was so salty in this episode I kinda loved it, I adore Tweak and Kwazii competitive banter cause they give me sibling vibes I love their dynamic sm💙 I think Kwazii had a right to be salty cause of emotional attachment to the Gup B, she (pretty sure Kwazii called her, “she”) has literally been with him forevsies since joining the octonauts and is probably like a rly important outlet for his energy, painted the teeth on himself, something special just for him to go zoom in, now Gup R is here tryna take that place🤨🤨🤨 And Gup B solos Gup R any day of the week💅💅💅✨✨✨ Also love that calico jack and Kwazii both thought to call it “Gup arrrrr” haha same braincell moment
-Also can we talk about how fatherly and praising shells was about the vegimals in this episode??? Like YAY but so random XD they had like 3 scenes and two of em Shellington introduced them by saying “Tunips wayyy ahead of you captain!” like it’s so out of character??? but I love it at the same time like yes worlds best dad beside barnacles but like ??? Ok dude XD
-Also Barnacles was so surprised when Tunip was waiting outside the door with the fish biscuits just as he was asking, almost like he didn’t expect they could anticipate needs before he took command. I dunno, I think this season is definitely leading up to their more independent and grown roles in above and beyond, and Shellington knows they are maturing. BUT THANK THE PIRATE KING THEIR VOICES ARE STILL NORMAL AND NOT PUBERTY 💀💀💀
-Hehe Tina the Tuna og Ryguyrocky daycare fans will get that one💀💀💀 #rockarmy4life ok I’m done JSKSK-
-On the subject of Tuna WHO IS FISHING??? I BEG THY PARDON?!?! TINA BARELY ESCAPED?!? CIVILIZATION LORE LETS GOOO!!! Also I agree with Tina a “hook-ectomy” sounds fkin horrifying😭💀
-Kwazii and Shellington struggling to rig up a hose is so real💀
-Finally, anyone think the bubble engine is gonna cause problems later on down the line of episodes?👀👀👀
And to whoever posted the episode on YouTube, Thank you SO much, May Almighty Brendon’s Powers Be Bestowed Upon Thou For All Eternity ✨💙💺 In the chair we trust amen /j
#I LOVED IT SM SEASON 5 LETS GOOO#IT WAS SO HARD TO MAKE IT THROUGH SCHOOL BUT BOY O BOY WAS IT WORTH IT#octonauts#octonauts a&b#octonauts above and beyond#above and beyond#octonauts season 5
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More than 20,000 Iranian Girls under 15 Got Married over Nine-Months
Statistics from Iran show that over 20,000 girls under the age of 15 were married off from the period of (about?) April/May-ish 2022 to January 2023. Aside from the obviously disturbing fact that this is in effect legalized rape of children, I have to wonder how many of these poor young girls will be subjected to a suffocating environment where they will suffer from all kinds of abuse.
In this post, I discussed the tragic story of Mona Heydari, who is an example of a child bride being married off to an abusive husband. Mona was married at 12 and became a mother at 14. She ran away from her abusive husband a few years later and ultimately was brought back to Iran... only to be beheaded at the age of 17 by her husband (presumably as punishment?). The kicker is that the perpetrators of these "honor killings" often do not receive the severe sentence they deserve (i.e., sentences that are typically handed down to murderers). In fact, in Mona's case, her parents, who had signed HER death sentence at age 12, apparently pardoned her husband and, thus, the already short sentence was further reduced to a mere 8 year prison term.
And you know, I cannot help but worry about how many of these 20,000+ new child brides will meet Mona's tragic fate several years down the line. (I obviously hope this isn't the case.) But then again, this is to be expected of a regime that sexualizes girls before they even reach puberty and clearly regards them as objects.
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#free iran#freedom for iran#woman life freedom#women life freedom#women's rights#feminism#end child marriages#child marriage#iran protests#iran revolution#and please pray for these poor girls
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The Age part 2
Here’s chapter 2
Wander over Yonder belongs to Craig McCracken
Story, doctor belongs to me, Steffie
Commander Peepers paced in the waiting room as he anxiously hoped the doctor would be able to save Lord Hater. He didn't care the people in the waiting room were getting irritated with his pacing.
After what felt like hours, Lord Hater finally stepped out of the doctor's office. The doctor whispered something before he waved goodbye. The commander of the watchdogs rushed to Lord Hater's side.
"And, what did he say? Are you alright? Will you be alright?"
"…" Lord Hater simply shrugged his shoulders. He looked ashamed; or embarrassed. He didn't even bother to look at Peepers in the eye.
"Pardon me, are you Commander Peepers?" the doctor broke the silence.
"Yes, I am."
"Follow me to my office, please."
Commander Peepers wondered if the doctor could hear how fast and loud his heart was thumping in his ribcage. Was it terrible news? Was it the reason why Lord Hater was oddly quiet and didn't dare look at him the eye? Oh no, oh no! Lord Hater's busy dying and the Skelettian was too scared to say anything. What will he and the watchdogs do then? Oh glorb…
"Mr. Peepers, are you alright?" the doctor's voice pierced his thought bubble.
"Yes, yes, I am fine. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Oh, well. You do look quite nervous for someone that shouldn't be worried."
"Oh?"
"Lord Hater's son will be fine. It's normal for Skelettians his age to lose his 'baby horns' before his adult horns start to grow. It's still good that Lord Hater wanted his son to be check up to be on the safe side; and that he wanted me to explain to you, his commander, what his son is going through."
"Uh…" What was the doctor talking about?
"I'm simply saying that Lord Hater's son will be fine. He's simply going through puberty; although he's an early bloomer…"
"…I'm sorry, are you saying that he's going through puberty?"
"Why, yes! You see, his race have long lifespans…so they hit puberty at a later age than you and I. They first start getting growth spurts, lose their 'baby horns', the voices of the males crack and they have better control of their powers.
"I see. So, him losing his horns isn't as life-threatening as that of a fully-grown Skelletian?"
"Nope, not at all. He may have headaches and may lose control of his powers, but he'll be fine."
"Great. Thank you, doctor. If I may ask, how old his 'Lord Hater's son', according to watchdog years?"
"Ummm, let's see…I'll say that he would be the equivalent of an eleven-year old watchdog."
"Thank you for your assistance, doctor." Commander Peepers gritted his words.
Commander Peepers took deep breaths as he left the doctor's office. He stopped dead in his tracks when he caught Lord Hater staring at him…anxiously.
"Did the doctor explain everything, Peepers?" Lord Hater whispered as the watchdog approached him. A curt nod answered him.
Even when they arrived on the ship, not a word had been spoken between Lord and Commander. The other watchdogs and even Captain Tim could sense the tension. Commander Peepers finally gained courage as soon as he was certain every watchdog had gone to bed. The commander rapped his knuckles on Lord Hater's door and was surprised when Lord Hater opened the door and gestured he must enter.
"Lord Hater, I--"
"Peepers, did you tell anyone what you had discovered?"
"No, sir. Didn't tell a soul."
"Did you post anything on the 'net?"
"Not a word, sir! Believe me, I won't tell a soul."
"…Good."
"Sir, I am just so confused. Are you really that young?" It explained so much about Lord Hater's personality, but he still couldn't believe it.
"Yes, I am actually a lot younger than I look. I am quite big and tall for my age as well. It really helped me stop bullies from picking on me before you found me back then…"
"Sir, why didn't you tell me? Didn't you trust me? Did you think I would use it against you?"
"I don't think you would respect me anymore if you knew. I was already hoping none of the villains on the Galactic Villain Leaderboard would figure it out either. I think Wander already figured it out; and that's why he doesn't seem to be that scared of me."
Oh, so could be the real reason why he's so obsessed with Wander?
"So, do you still want to work for me?"
"Of course, sir! It didn't change much. You were doing very well before I knew. I will be loyal to you. I won't tell any of the watchdogs, or any of our enemies at all."
"Good, let's go to bed. We will resume our plan to conquer some planets tomorrow; and hopefully stop Wander once and for all."
"That sounds great, Sir!"
It may have been odd to discover his boss is actually the youngest on the ship, but he was more than willing to help him. After all, someone needs to watch his back.
The End.
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"Another day, another adventure!" Chista said, rolling her shoulders as she finished up her morning stretch. The first rule of adventuring: one must be limber to face the day's challenges. The words from Fyodor's guide to traveling and exploration rang true as Chista felt much better after sleeping in the Inn's small cot. Well... small by Goliath standards.
With stretches completed, Chista grabbed her hat off the nightstand and stepped out of her room, stopping to avoid the door frame before rising to her full height in the hallway, almost bowling over one of the Inn's maids with her gut. "Pardon me, Didn't see you down there!" Chista said with a chuckle as peered down at the maid.
The woman was a petite human with dirty blond hair wearing a blue dress with a white apron and a bundle of sheets in her arms. The maid said nothing, frozen in place as she took in the sheer size of the Goliath that stood before her.
~°•°• GRRooOOOooooAaaAnnnnnn •°•°•~
A deep, bellowing growl rumbled from Chista's gut pulling the maid's eyes down to the fat heavy gut only inches from her nose. She stared down into Chista's deep navel as the terrifying implications of the Goliath's mighty girth slowly dawned on her.
"Excuse me," Chista said, placing a hand atop her rumbling gut. "Do you serve breakfast here? Can't go hunting on an empty stomach!" Another light chuckle as she gave her gut a few pats.
The maid swallowed nervously as she slowly nodded, too fearful of the massive Glutton to speak.
"Thank you kindly," Chista said, giving the maid a warm smile before squeezing past the maid, who flinched when she heard the wet sloshing from deep inside Chista's gut. Only letting out a relieved sigh when she heard those heavy footsteps moving down the stairs...
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The Glutinous Curse: From The Book of Curses, written by Luka Popov
The world is full of monsters, creatures, and dastardly things, but few are as strange and insidious as the Glutinous Curse. No one is sure where this strange affliction comes from. Some say it was brought up from the Labyrinth by foolish adventures who were the first to fall victim to the curse. Others say it is a punishment from the silent gods, or perhaps it was a "gift" from the mysterious Outsiders.
Wherever it came from, the Glutinous Curse has been with the world for over a century, if not longer. It is unknown what causes the curse to take hold in people, as its spread seems random, afflicting men and women of all races with no point of commonality between them save that it always afflicts people after puberty. Those afflicted may not know they are cursed and may go years unaware of the lurking danger they represent for their friends and family.
Those afflicted will feel what is called: The Hunger. A craving that slowly takes root in a person pushing them to consume more and more food. This compulsion differed from person to person, with some going years only having the mildest spikes in appetites and others driven to insanity within hours of the curse manifestation. However, the most disturbing aspect of the curse is the changes it brings upon those afflicted.
At first, the change is merely to one's appetite, but as The Hunger grows, the demand for more and more sustenances quickly overwhelms the body's natural ability to handle it. So begins the change into what we know as Glutions or "Predators," as some may call them.
At this point, the afflicted's physiology starts to change. Their stomachs become more prominent and far more elastic. Their esophagus mirrors the stomach's elasticity as their jaw muscles grow more robust and elastic. At first, it's a small change. One suddenly finds their capacity for food doubling overnight as they can cram more into their hungry maws and swallow down portions that would choke them before.
For most people, the curse does not get worse than this. However, as the hunger grows, so too does the temptation to seek out larger and larger meals. This 'ramping up' encourages more growth in the abdominal muscles and digestive organs, as well as with the afflicted gullet and jaws. Until it reaches the terrifying state where a Glutton can devour small creatures whole, and from there it's not long until they can start devouring creatures their own size.
Thankfully, the size of what a Glutton can swallow seems proportional to the Glutton's own size, but there are exceptions out there. What doesn't stop growing is a Glutton's stomach capacity, as it seems to grow ever onwards, reaching nightmarish proportions in time. Older more experienced Gluttons can swallow down three or four or more people in a single sitting, and digest all of it in a day's time.
The more a Glutton consumes, the more powerful their digestion, as well as their bodies, grows. Gluttons can grow to be rather durable and powerful, more so than their physical may indicate, as their musculature grows denser. However, this does give all Glutosn the curious defect of sinking when tossed into open water, which some towns use as a 'test' to see who among them is afflicted. The effectiveness of this test is questionable as the most notable way to detect a glutton is the most obvious. Their bellies.
As a Glutton grows in appetite and power, so does their girth. A powerful Glutton will have a mighty pot belly that might rival a cauldron in size and weight or may be confused for pregnancy. A weaker glutton will have a smaller belly, perhaps rivaling that of a 'beer belly' or a muffin top. One should look upon any large belly with suspicion, and if one's girth is beyond a reasonable size, then extreme caution should be practiced.
This belly size attribute does allow us to 'rank' Gluttons.*
Category 1: A budding Glutton. Will not have a belly, but their appetite will have spiked considerably. Not a threat to those around them, assuming there is enough food to keep the Hunger at bay.
Category 2: As their appetite grows, so too does their belly. At this point, a Glutton's gut is starting to show, but it is still at a reasonable size that may avoid suspicion. However, the amount of food they eat is rising considerably. At this stage, a glutton starts to swallow food whole with only a little difficulty and may feel the urge to experiment with bigger and bigger things. At this stage, a Glutton is starting to become dangerous, but it is still manageable.
Category 3: It is now apparent that the afflicted is a Glutton. Their belly has swollen well past what one may consider fat. Their gut is heavy, round, and firm, challenging to cover and impossible to hide. Their appetite has spiraled into inhuman territories at this point, as they can now swallow small creatures half their size.
At this point, a Glutton has become a ticking timebomb. Soon their bodies will adapt to handle prey their own size, with their appetite growing to crave such meals. This is considered the threshold for someone to reign in The Hunger, as it is still possible to slate their appetite with normal foods. Albeit at insane portions.
Category 4: The afflicted have transcended into what we call a Glutton. Their physiology reflects this in their fat-heavy guts and their body's new astronomical caloric intake. At this stage, a glutton's belly swells past being fat into a whole other realm of size.
Their muscles become dense, doubling their normal strength and durability and upsetting their bodies' natural buoyancy. While they lose the ability to swim, they gain the horrific power to swallow a creature their own size whole. Their bodies also start to put on more fat, usually on their belly, but other fatty areas quickly expand, hiding their powerful muscles.
The changes do not stop at physical as mental changes are also noticed. The Glutton becomes far more accustomed to consuming live meals and will start preferring such meals over 'traditional' cooked meals. They will also start to view those around them as different, no longer as people but as prey. This shift can cause a radical shift in the afflicted morality and consciousness. However, this varies from Glutton to Glutton; some can retain their humanity by various means ranging from mental discipline or having someone else serve as their source of morality.
There is no going back at this point. The afflicted is now a Glutton in mind and body.
Category 5: The Apex of a Glutton's change. At this stage, a Glutton has become so accustomed to their new appetite that they have little qualms with devouring a person whole and alive. In fact, a living meal will be preferable to even a feat of 'normal' food. Though they will still consume regular food as well, at portion sizes, one could use to feed several families.
At this size, a glutton's belly is a massive bolder of flesh and muscle that is simply impossible to cover. It is also rather loud due to the powerful digestion happening inside and the groans of hunger from that ravenous hunger that is always present with them. Those near Gluttons at this stage claim to hear a constant 'sloshing' as if a heavy jug of water or beer were being shifted about.
That observation isn't surprising, considering how powerful a glutton's digestion has grown at this point. While their ability to Consume is limited by how wide they can open their jaws, their stomach capacity has grown to monstrous levels. Three to four people are needed to slate their hunger for a day or so and be fully digested in as much time.
All those calories are burned just as fast as they are gained at this point thanks to the Gluttons fiery metabolism, which allows them to heal from wounds rapidly. It also makes gluttons of this level rather warm and resistant to the cold but susceptible to heat.
The mental changes are far more pronounced as the afflicted will have detected all sense of morality towards creatures and even people that are eaten. In their minds, what's in their gut is food and little more. This mentality can extend to everyone they meet, but this isn't true of all Gluttons it is no doubt challenging for those who don't to keep that sliver of morality.
Gluttons at this stage are to be considered dangerous. Even the friendliest is only one craving away from adding you to their waistline.
Technically there is no range past a Category five, but there is one last change the Gluttinous curse can bring. Ghoulificaiton, which I shall discuss in briefly for now as this curse deserves a chapter of its own.
For now, it is sufficient to know that a Ghoul is not undead as many think, but someone who has been afflicted with the Glutinous Curse and lost themselves to the Hunger. This can happen to any Category of Glutton, with the lower categories more likely to succumb to The Hunger than the higher Categories. The reason is simple.
To even achieve a higher category, the afflicted must have achieved some sort of balance with The Hunger within themselves. Thus one is ironically safer around a full-blown glutton than with one still clinging to normalcy. A cruel and unusual twist, some may say, but perfectly fitting with a curse.
Embrace the monster it makes you, and it shall make you strong, hearty, and powerful as long as you can manage the price you must pay. Resist this curse or fail to pay your dues, and you will become much worse. That is the true curse at play here....
Authors notes:
Art is a commission from Damnitshuge, who can be found here: https://aryion.com/g4/user/Damnitshuge
Also, a little story and some world-building! Spooky stuff isn't?
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Orion and the Dark (2024) review
Woah, Jacob Tremblay under went some plastic surgery or something, as he looks mega-different! Was watching an interview with him and Paul Walter Hauser talking about this film, and the kid has hit puberty big time. Now looks like an annoying moody teen. If they reboot Twilight, we’ve found Edward.
Plot: The thing Orion fears the most is the dark. When the embodiment of his worst fear pays a visit, Dark whisks Orion away on a roller-coaster ride around the world to prove there is nothing to be afraid of at night.
What starts as a pretty basic by-the-numbers animated film about how every aspect of life can be scary quickly morphs into something that celebrates the unpredictability of it whilst exploring how balance is essential. The main kid Orion - he’s basically Beau Is Afraid for kids. He gets freaked out by everything, and honestly he was just really sad to watch, and Tremblay is almost too good at portraying the character’s inner fear, making me wonder how much of the real Tremblay is present within Orion. We are treated to an amusing scrapbook montage of Orion’s imagined worst case scenarios, after which the film briskly jumps straight into the nightly events where Dark comes knocking, featuring a delightfully narrated introduction by Werner Herzog. Paul Walter Hauser makes Dark so loveable, turning a concept that is scary for some into a gentle giant with his own doubts and insecurities. The interactions between Orion and Dark are entertaining and amusing, if a bit inconsistent, as every time you think they’re becoming friends, Orion goes back to his fears. It’s all easy digestible family friendly entertainment, even if there were a couple of surprisingly dark, pardon the pun, jokes included throughout.
However it is in the last 20 minutes when the movie does a mad 360 degree turn and switches genres into this crazy multi-generational escapade, as such in the last 10 mins me and my fiancée were questioning momentarily what just happened. Look, as a collective package Orion and the Dark is a basic animation that takes a lot from other movies of its kind, but those last moments or so jarringly mad and out-there that we were shook. That is until I saw who has a screenplay credit and then all made sense. That’s right, one of the writers of this film is Charlie Kaufman. As you may know, Charlie Kaufman’s films scratch at your head and mess with your mind, as his writing fundamentally deconstructs the ways in which it plays with and incorporates narrative structure of the story itself. In a nutshell, his films are surreal and weird, hence why Orion and the Dark’s ending makes all the more sense.
The animation style itself is fun, somewhat similar to Mitchell vs the Machines’ 2D to 3D blend, and a pleasing colour palette with the dark blue and purple environments, however you can tell this is a cheaper budget from DreamWorks, as many times the backgrounds looked too plain and simple, and even the character designs of the nightly entities were not that original or creative. In fact aside from Dark, all the other night sprits were really bland and unmemorable, and one of them was voiced by acting legend Angela Bassett, so that’s saying something.
Overall Orion and the Dark is enjoyable for what it is, but doesn’t really make a strong impression aside from its last mind-bending 10 minutes, and knowing now of Kaufman’s involvement I feel like this movie had the potential of going weirder from the start, but instead is really by-the-numbers and forgettable, and will not be seen as the cure to nyctophobia.
Overall score: 5/10
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