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#I feel like devils advocate here but whatever lmao
iceman-maverick · 2 years
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@larsulrichburneracc and a handful of anon's who took the the x-coded, y girl west wing quiz asked for me to elaborate on the hot take about leo being the show's go-to antagonist so here's my semi-coherent thoughts on the subject lmao
(ty all for taking it and thinking about it, it means a lot <3)
Basically I think that Leo, unlike the rest of the staff, doesn’t actually have a defined code of character. Josh has ideals and you can anticipate how he’d react to a situation based on those, same goes for Jed or CJ or Toby or Donna or or or or pretty much anyone else. But Leo is different. He doesn’t have his own perspective- he’s simply reactive to those around him.
He’s the first to say “no”, the anchor to Jed’s idealism, the strong hand to reel in Josh, the devil’s advocate to CJ, etc. I understand that this characterization was deliberate, but I find it troublesome because it means Leo changes on a whim based on plot needs.
And what the plot needs more often than not is for a member of staff to put the brakes on the momentum of whatever pie in the sky bill/policy they’re going for. Further, he’s the presumptive roadblock for any initiative, regardless of where it falls on the liberal-center-conservative spectrum. We can anticipate CJ will resist policy that's brushing up against women's rights. We know Josh will fight anything that compromises too willingly with Republicans. We know Sam will fight anything that's the popular option but not the ethically right one. But with Leo, he pretty much rejects anything that comes his way just for the sake of it.
Just two examples I thought of off the top of my head of senseless antagonism:
In the Woman of Qumar, he’s completely unsympathetic to CJ’s significant concern about selling tanks and guns to a country that's regularly executing women. I went up and found the literal script direction which is → Leo makes a hand gesture like 'What do you want me to say?'. which is just like WHAT? If that was Jed, he’d go into a whole “ends justifies the means” thing. If it was Josh, he’d go into a whole “the world is awful why do we have to be the only ones held accountable”. Etc. but Leo just has nothing to say.
Throughout the entire shutdown Leo is just ????, he’s completely weak-willed and over eager to take the bullshit Republican deal and then fires Josh for being the straw that broke the camel’s back on that one Dem that flipped Republican, as if that senator wasn’t obviously just waiting for an excuse to flip. Not very “man in the hole” of Leo in that moment to completely sack Josh in a complete overreaction for a room that was on fire long before Josh walked in.
Leo’s lack of definable character makes him the easiest avenue for conflict within the staff. It’s an easy sell that he’d disagree with Sam’s solving cancer push, with Toby’s college tax credit, with CJ’s reluctance to lie, or with Josh’s literally anything because he disagrees with everything, just for the sake of it (read: cause the plot demands it). We know who Josh is, we know how he thinks and how he feels, and as an audience we can make assumptions based on how he’d react. We can recognize when he’s not himself in Noel because we know him.
Throughout my multiple viewings of tww, I personally feel as though I’ve never learned who Leo is beyond his alcoholism, his loyalty to Jed, and his inclination to roadblock literally anything that lands on his desk. This isn’t nearly as throughout or articulate as I’d like it to be but it’s 1:00am LOL but yeah
TLDR; Leo’s a blank slate character that is molded to whatever the plot demands which is typically unneeded and irrational tension/contrarianism with zero justification. And it fucking annoys me LMAO
okay that's just my take :) sorry if you read this long and he's your fav, i just can't stand reactive characters because there's no point in doing meta on them because everything is in character when there's no parameters to confine yourself to LOL
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whaleofatjme1920 · 3 years
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HEY B GIMMIE THAT SWEET SWEET RIVAL MATCHUP U ALREADY KNO
You already know who this is but ill still give u a hot rundown: My names Ally, im 20 years old 5’7’’ and a Leo/year of the dragon/INFP. She/They pronouns and im Pansexual but i dont think that matters much in this situation >:P. Appearance wise i have shoulder length curly red hair and green/grey eyes, suuuuper pale skin and freckles. Im def an ambivert, very protective of people who mean alot to me and kind of sharp tempered, especially when people start talking about shit they dont know anything about. Im also a pretty big perfectionist and people pleaser and will beat the FUCK outta myself if i feel like i let people down or made people upset when i could have helped it. But thats all about me, heres those wacky questions!
- Stated before, but im an August Leo! I would say my aura would probably be a pinkish/ purple color? For dislikes i def dont like bitter foods, being too hot, rumors, people talking behind my back, ppl who act like they know what theyre talking about, ppl cutting me off when i lose my train of thought, conservatives, not caring about climate change/the planet in general, tight or restrictive clothes, not having enough time in the day, capitalism, ect. Honestly the most off the wall thing for me that would make me throw hands on sight would probably be someone saying some shit about my close friends behind their back to me.
- Once when I was 14 me and about 10 other people squeezed into a mini van at about 3am and drove around the town, not a single one of us had a license or were over the age of 16, and we were all ridiculously drunk and high the entire time (except the driver. we were underage, not stupid). After driving halfway across the island we got pulled over by cop on the interstate, and he walked up to the car, looked at the driver, then into the passenger seat and saw literally 10 KIDS OBVIOUSLY DRINKING and the car absolutely reeked of bud, then looked back at the driver and simply told him “Your tail light is out. Get home safe” and drove away. Ive never seen god faster than that moment LMAO
- I could never willingly fight a raccoon, youre sick for suggesting that >:/ They are precious boys and ive saved too many from drowning in my pool for me to lay a finger on one. And as for dealbreakers? My biggest one in a relationship is cheating, but thats pretty basic LMAO. I would also say one that’s definitely second in rank would be expecting someone to stay the same through out the relationship and getting upset when the person changes. We are human beings and developing and growing, if you dont support me in that nothing is going to work. I explained a bunch of things i dislike in people above, but ill also add in here people who hurt animals in any way/ litter for no reason. If one of my friends throws a piece of trash out of my car im slammin on the brakes and youre getting out and picking it up. And god forBID you touch an animal around me il doing whatever you did to it to yourself no hesitation.
- I would hate being stuck in a room with anyone, i have decently bad claustrophobia and if we were in there for more than a day i would start bugging out LOL But probably the worst type of person would be someone who just doesn’t shut up and trys to act like they know everything. Those are like, the most insufferable people to me. ESPECIALLY if theyre wrong and refuse to admit it. Whenever i think of being locked in a room, somehow i always imagine like a dark navy blue room with one small window and completely empty floors and walls, everything made out of carpet. Dont ask me why, i have absolutely no clue.
my feed back is ily bitch gimmie a good one i wanna fight a bitch
Your enemy is… Eyeless Jack!
In general:
I told you this yesterday but I wasn’t expecting you to send this in and must've spent like 5 straight minutes wheezing reading this. My gut reaction was Jeff, but based on what you wrote about the room, I’m going to say your enemy is actually Eyeless Jack!
Things he doesn’t like about you and how he pisses you off:
EJ doesn’t like that you’re a Leo. I’m not elaborating on that. He’s such a cold, clinical, heartless bastard that everything you are just goes against whatever tf he actually believes and acts as. I feel like you being a perfectionist would just brush against his perfectionist tendencies and habits. He’d say everything you’re doing is wrong. Just a dick. EJ may or may not exploit your weaknesses but that’s just because he thinks it’s fun and doesn’t like you.
EJ is a god of knowing what he’s talking about and it leads to this cocky, know it all attitude. It’s gonna brush you the wrong way. He knows that and takes joy in it. He will always attempt to one up you in knowledge and grin when he sees you falter. On the other end, if you catch him off guard he’s gonna be SO MAD. He will purposely turn up the heat in your presence just to make you upset. He will breathe down your neck and get in your personal space just to make you more uncomfortable. EJ isn’t anywhere NEAR a conservative or a climate change denier but he will take those positions just to make you mad and laugh over your attempts at arguing with him. Like Jeff, he’s a huge devil’s advocate and will start shit just because he can. I don’t actually think he’d talk about your friends negatively in front of you though, but he would definitely say stuff about you to your face.
EJ thinks it’s stupid you drank underage and will poke that memory. He will use insults about alcohol and the brain despite drinking a ton himself. If you call him out on it, he will fold. Literally throw everything he says about you back at him and he will get puffy and fast. EJ can’t always handle change that well so like, he’s a stubborn guy. Despite how logical he can be and how smart he is, socially he is so uncouth!! EJ doesn’t litter so you don’t have to worry about that but he’s definitely gonna do things that push your buttons, mostly say things that put you off. He’s not claustrophobic. He will put you in situations like that just because he can. The dark navy blue of his mask is going to haunt you. EJ will act like a god in your presence and snarl when you dare question his abilities. CALL HIM OUT. HUMBLE HIM PLEASE.
He agrees on the raccoon thing ngl. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, but EJ has such a soft spot for animals - mostly birds - but he can’t fault you for the raccoon thing. He's also not too fond of litter so he has to agree with you on that one too.
Closing Thoughts/Other Things:
Knowing you for as long as I have, I was so, so ready to actually put you with Jeff. However, the more I read into this the more my intuition screeched that you would actually throw hands with EJ and I find that HILARIOUS. Just the arguments between you and this tall, muscular demon man is just - “what? What? WHAT” It’s beautiful. I’m serious, Merida vs. a literal demon. That’s all. Ily. <3
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ambivalent-anarchy · 3 years
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Body |Peter's Turn
Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 -> here)
Masterlist
Gender: Female
Pairing: Peter Parker x reader
Warning: none (suspicions of cheating but no actual cheating lol just a lotta funny miscommunication)
Anon requested- can I get a one shot where the reader does the body positivity trend with the new megan thee stallion song and the reader is insecure about how ppl will react to it?? Most importantly how peter will react to it?? K thanks
A/N- Part 2 cuz I immediately knew what I wanted to do with this the second I got the ask. (Peter's turn)
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When Peter heard that you'd been nervous about showing him your video, he freaked.
He thought he'd done something wrong. That maybe he gave off weird vibes or that he'd said something before that made you think he wouldn't have liked it. Which definitely wasn't true. He liked everything you did.
Well, except that one time you got bangs. He didn't really like the bangs.
Anyway, Peter felt like he needed to show you that he was okay with it all. That he was down with anything you wanted to do or show him.
He looked in the mirror early that morning and decided.
Peter wanted to show what he had to offer.
He looked down at your TikTok "body" video on his phone. He could do something like that, right? He was completely clueless, but he could at least try his best.
He pulled out his phone and texted the one guy he knew could help him out.
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PeterParkour🤟: i need u to teach me the lip bitey thingy
PrinceHarry👑: bro what
PrinceHarry👑: ???
PrinceHarry👑: what is that
PeterParkour🤟: like when u make yourself look all cool when u bite your lip
PrinceHarry👑: ...
PrinceHarry👑: oh
PrinceHarry👑: OH
PrinceHarry👑: 😂
PrinceHarry👑: lmao why do u wanna do that???
PeterParkour🤟: im trying to make a video for y/n
PrinceHarry👑: what kind of video 👀
PeterParkour🤟: NOT LIKE THAT
PeterParkour🤟: well actually
PeterParkour🤟: kinda like that
PrinceHarry👑: PETER WHATTTTT
PeterParkour🤟: ill explain later which penthouse are u at tonight?
PrinceHarry👑: the one closest to ur apartment
PeterParkour🤟: ok ill come over
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Now, on your end, school was kicking your ass.
You weren't failing, but the amount of make-up work you had was so far through the roof that you might as well be. And the teachers were hellbent on making it the hardest they could.
To put it short, you needed a break.
And the second MJ heard your tired, irritated voice over the phone, she was on her way over with chips, dip, popcorn, and movies. If there was anything to calm you down, it'd be a nice movie.
MJ had gone to your kitchen to make the popcorn and you were laying on your bed finishing up some homework, when you got a phone call from Harry. "Hello?"
"I didn't know you and Pete were sending nudes."
You paused. "What?"
He carried on in a nonchalant tone. "I mean, I never took you guys as the types to do that, but damn, you two really surprised me. Dude's really over here asking for tips and everything-"
You sat up in your bed, alert and highly confused. "Okay," you said, taking a deep breath" ....what, again, the fuck?" Harry continued to ramble but one sharp scolding tone stopped him. "Harry, shut up."
He paused on the other side of the phone and then suddenly his voice came back, extremely hesitant. "...wait, was I not supposed to say anything? Did I just fuck up?" He sighed. "Oops.."
"No, Harry tell me what the hell you're-" BEEP. You looked down and saw that he hung up.
Just then, MJ opened the door, hands full with freshly popped popcorn. "Okay, ready to get the movie started?" She walked to the bed when she noticed that you were practically frozen in your spot. "Um, [Y/N]?"
You looked up with glossy eyes and she immediately knew that something was wrong. "Dude, what happened?"
You frantically shrugged a bit, and then let out a shrill laugh, half confused and half preparing for the worst. "Peter's- um... apparently... sending nudes to...me....Harry... someone?"
"What?"
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Peter had finally made it to Harry's penthouse.
"So, nudes?," Harry chirped, very amused as he opened his door.
"What nudes?," Peter asked as he stepped into the living room. "What are you talking about?"
Harry paused. "Wait, what were you talking about?"
Peter only stared back in confusion, leaving Harry to pick through his own confusion fragments of information. He quizzically looked at him. "But-..the texts?"
"Oh!," Peter laughed, moving to sit on the couch. "No, I wanna make one of those thirst trap TikToks for [Y/N], that's all," he explained with a shrug and a bashful smile. "She made one for me, now I wanna repay the favor."
"Dude!," Harry hissed out. "You should've just said that!"
"Well, how about you just need to stop making assumptions," Peter said with a slight frown, not understanding why his friend was so wound up.
"Well, I had to since you kept being so vague!"
Peter rolled his eyes and started towards the refrigerator, if not to actually get something to drink, getting away from a crazed Harry for two seconds would be enough.
When he sat back down, Harry started to speak again. "So, what did you need me for?"
"Oh," Peter mumbled, shifting in his seat. "Well, you know how to do that sort of... stuff, right?"
"You mean looking like a fuckboy?," Harry snickered. "Yeah I'd say that's well within my reservoir."
Peter gave his typical bashful look. "So... teach me your fuckboy ways?"
Harry grinned. "Peter. You have no idea how long I've been waiting to hear you say that."
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You held your phone in your handle, looking at Peter's contact number hesitantly.
"Just text him," MJ said with an eyeroll.
"But what if it's nothing?! I don't wanna be the crazy girlfriend!"
"But what if it's something?," MJ added. "Cuz if you put it off now, and it actually ends up being something, you'll be even more miserable than you would be if you just found out now."
You took a long breath and nodded. "Okay then I'll text him."
"But if it is nothing, you'll look pretty stupid jumping to conclusions like that."
You sighed. "So, no?"
"But then if it's something-" she continued, getting deeper underneath your skin with each word. "-you'll look even more stupid because you could've found out sooner and you didn't."
Finally quieting down from her rambling, MJ noticed you glaring at her. You sighed.
"So...do I or do I not text him?"
"Oh nah, dude. I mean, I wouldn't. After all, I'm not saying that I think it's something," she said with a shrug. "I'm just saying on the off-chance that it is, you'd be in bad shape."
"Okay can we please stop playing devil's advocate with my life?!"
"You know I love watching you squirm [Y/N]." "Anyway, I'm sure Peter's not cheating. The boys were probably just doing something dumb and Harry just explained horribly."
You bit your lip. "You sure?"
She shrugged. "Pretty sure."
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"Okay, now lower the camera just a little," Harry instructed. "You gotta show the v-line, but still leave enough for imagination."
Peter dropped his arm and his posture and shot Harry an incredulous glare. "Harry, if you focused this much in school I wouldn't have to tutor you."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just keep going."
This was the third picture taken and though it was out of his element, Peter strangely felt very confident with what he was doing. He never saw himself as ugly, but he certainly never saw himself as hot either. Not like Harry. But looking at himself now, with Harry's corny chain necklaces on and his hair scruffed up in a way he's not used to, he knew one thing for certain.
He looked good.
"Okay," Harry said. "Now the last one, actually needs to be some dumb picture someone took of you in your gallery."
Peter frowned. "Huh? But I'm on a roll here."
"Yeah but the whole point is that all of these pictures weren't supposed to be taken directly beforehand," he pointed out. "Since you're breaking that rule, you gotta throw in a cute dumb one to throw off your scent." He smirked. "Also, you gotta show the ladies and gents that you have a softer, funnier side."
Peter stared for a moment. "..why do you have this down to a science?"
"Says the science geek?," Harry retorted.
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Peter spent the night at Harry's and they drove to school early in the morning. He was glad that it was Tuesday because your schedules made it so that you'd both have lunch together every other day.
"You sure she'll like it?," he asked Harry as they walked down the halls before lunch.
Harry rolled his eyes with a laugh. "You know, she asked me the exact same thing for you when she made her video?"
Peter nodded quietly, still feeling a bit down about you feeling bad about showing him that video. "Yeah, I know."
"Jesus," Harry laughed. "You insecure little dweebs are made for each other!"
"I'm gonna take that as a compliment..."
"As you should," Harry said with a shrug, as nonchalant as ever.
The two boys walked into the lunchroom and to the table they knew best. You and MJ were already there.
Peter could tell just by the look on your face that something was wrong. "Hey," he greeted cautiously. "Is everything okay?"
MJ glared at him and he looked to Harry, whose clueless face was not helping.
Finally, you looked up and sighed. "Pete, be honest. Are you cheating on me?"
What.
"What?!"
You examined the utter shock and terror in his face. It didn't look fake. He looked saddened and scared as he began to ramble. "No no! I would never! What even made you think-!"
His eyes caught yours as you looked over towards Harry sittting next to him. Peter turned toward Harry and then looked back to you in confusion. "Wait, you think I cheated on you with HARRY?"
MJ bursts out laughing next you. "Jesus..."
Harry scoffed. "Well don't sound so excited Peter, jeez."
You let out a small chuckle but kept your eyes on Peter. "It's just... Harry called me and...said something about nudes and-"
Peter's face grew even more contorted with bafflement. "Nudes?!"
Harry hit his forehead, finally understanding what was happening. "Ooooooooh, me and my big mouth..."
All eyes turned towards him. "What, Harry?"
He sighed. "This is all just a big mix-up." Harry nudged Peter. "Just show her the thing dude."
"What thing?," MJ asked.
Peter fished through his pockets. "Okay," he mumbled, a bit shaken up by what happened. He took his phone out and handed it to you. "Here."
You looked up and saw Peter looking down at you, waiting for your reaction.
"So, this is what you were doing yesterday?"
He nodded.
You blew out a long breath of relief. "You're not cheating."
"God no, babe, I'd never cheat on you," he cooed, stepping over towards your seat. "I know you were really nervous when you showed me yours, and so... I thought I should repay the favor."
He didn't even have time to breathe before you were on him, wasting no time in bringing your lips to his. He kissed you back, mildly aware of the people in the lunchroom around the two of you, but he still didn't care.
Peter pulled away with a smitten smile until he noticed blood on his lip. He wiped it away with his hand and frowned when he realized it was not his own.
You almost asked what was wrong when you noticed him looking at you strangely, but MJ beat you to the punch.
"Dude, you have a bloody nose!"
You gasped, picking up a napkin from the table.
Harry laughed. "Did you really just get a horny nosebleed?"
"Horny nosebleed?," MJ snickered.
"That's not a thing," you scoffed. "...is it?"
"It actually is," Peter corrected, blushing profusely and rubbing his neck. "Just glad to know you thought the video was hot."
"It was really hot," you gushed.
Peter grinned and pulled you close. "Aww babe."
MJ rolled her eyes. "Okay lovebirds, get a room."
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Lol I know this was pretty trash but I was just trying to get to sleep while I was finishing this
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angelhummel · 3 years
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I just don’t understand how everything Kurt and Blaine do wrong gets pinned on them still being young, immature or having trauma or whatever but for example Rachel cheating on Finn is just also the fact that they are young and dumb and don’t know how to deal with stuff (I hate finchel but just for the purpose of this) or Santana manipulating Brittany doesn’t get pinned to the fact that she too, is like barely 16/17 and immature, scared of coming out, being afraid of being bullied or loving someone and thinking she might not be loved back, also canon body issues and eating disorder sooo.
Like all of the -they are young and dumb or have trauma- excuses go for many couples I feel like. None of them were particularly healthy, and I think Klaine was the most realistic too. I’m just saying that stuff that goes for one couple goes for others too.
BUT, Klaine is still superior and the best couple on that show and nobody can change my mind. Look at them!!! They love each other so much. And they get to have negative feelings and work them out and be real with each other. I’m just playing devils advocate here.
Okay well I 100% agree with the last part for sure lol
And yeahhh I mean yeah. They are all young and dumb and immature. But like I said before, it’s just that everyone else’s young and dumb offenses are just so much worse to me than anything Klaine does
Like I said, going downtown to yell at a guy for thirty seconds doesn’t equal flying from Ohio to New York to beat a guy up. I don’t care how dumb Finn is lmao
But honestly like Finchel was ruined for me way before then. All the back and forth between Rachel and Quinn, and even Britt and San. The cheating, the getting other people to cheat, the lying. It’s just exhausting and I was literally never a fan of them
And I know Santana was young and stupid and scared but ugh. Manipulating Brittany into cheating bc she literally thinks she’s too dumb to know better is just gross to me. Same with Brittany releasing their sex tape ugh eww. Idc how you try and slice it. There’s nothing you can blame that on that will make me think it’s okay
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evermoredeluxe · 3 years
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wait but i truly don’t understand why we can’t print more money. like i understand the concept of inflation but money is just paper? it only has value because we say it has value. like we made it up. so why can’t we just print more money? also who are we in debt to? how is every country in debt? like how can every country owe money? i just don’t understand. i’m not trying to be annoying or a devil’s advocate i truly don’t understand.
hahah no its fine. i can answer. if anyone feels my answer is wrong/not good or whatever pls add on in the replies :)
okay so think like this, if everyone is rich, no one is rich. and it doesn’t only has value because we say it does. well, yeah it does but there is a WHOLE way how a certain amount of money came to have certain value. every amount of money can buy you some gold and its compared etc etc(even idk the details, im in hs). so, first of all, idk WHAT would happen if every country printed more money simultaneously and that too the equivalent amount(not equal, equivalent) but since that doesn’t happen and only one country at a time prints more money because they may need more money, the value of that money in comparison to other countries drops. and everything in the country becomes more expensive. now WHY does it become expensive? since people have more money, they demand more, rise in demand = rise in price. now this is ROUGHLY what you call inflation(not exactly but yeah). now, next ques is, if there is more demand, then more people can be hired and hence unemployment solved, right? no. since there is more demand of workers, they demand higher wages cause 1) competion, the company needs you so you demand more 2) since the price of the product increased, you need to to able to afford it, hence higher wage and this is an ENDLESS cycle. since price of EVERY SINGLE thing in your economy increased cause of this endless cycle, more money buys you less amount of stuff and that means that more money has less value and hence the value of money dropped. and this is the MOST basic answer, there is a whole thing about how then that country deals with other countries and foreign exchange that it NEEDS and etc etc. read about zimbabwe and what happened with that country :)
now we have established that printing more money is not the best option BUT countries still need money so what do they do? there is a world bank(read about IMF - international monetary fund) which is like a normal bank EXCEPT it deals with govts of a country rather than citizens. so a country goes to them and asks for money and they give it! and every country has needed that extra money at some point so every country is in debt lmao. now this doesn’t cause inflation cause this money is generally, in most cases, NOT circulated in the economy, its just used to solve any financial problems a country is facing. you know how you need to show assets and credit to your bank before taking home loan or whatever? countries have to do that too and hence some countries can’t get loans so they take loans from OTHER countries and are then in their debt and the country who gave the loan, gives it despite all the downsides to gain power over them etc. there is a whole thing china is doing like this and its HORRIFYING! 
i hope this answers SOME of your ques and helps a bit, if not, message me! and if you think im not good at explaining/im not right or WHATEVER, im sure other people on here can help you! or someone can!
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in-tua-deep · 5 years
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Your TUA au with five and soft Luther are giving me life tbh. I honestly love it so so much. Would you think of doing something with them all being there for vanya when her powers start coming out again (however that happens) but because they’re all together as a family the apocalypse never happens cause they’re there for her and help her and yeah. Idk I just feel like your au could have such a happy ending. With vanya and klaus able to grow their powers in safety and with love and support 💕💕
asdfsgdDFSGH thank u i didn’t realize the responsible luther au would be as popular as it got?? sometimes i make a post and am just surprised by how many people seem to like them lmao
(other responsible luther au things can be found here, here, and here)
not exactly a snippet like last time but here’s my stream of consciousness rambling style y’all should be used to at this point wheyy >;3c (except of course I end up doing a snippet in the middle of the stream of consciousness so BEST OF BOTH WORLDS I GUESS)
So you have Five, who has been doing a lot of research into psychology things since he’s, you know, seeing a psychologist. So he’s interested, and at a family dinner he asks Vanya what her medication is for. Of course, she responds that it’s for anxiety which is usually where the conversation ends.
Except Five wants to know what it is and what dosage she’s taking, and she tells him. And he’s either “That’s not an anxiety medication” or “That’s a dose large enough to take down an elephant I’m pretty sure” or hey maybe Vanya even frowns and is like “Actually you know what? I don’t know.”
and Vanya in the show says she used to see a therapist, so maybe she’s still seeing them? Except Five insists that clearly something is wrong, and demands she switch to the place where Five goes. Vanya is starting to get an inkling that something is wrong, so she decides to go off her meds. 
Not cold turkey - but she goes off them regardless. And she feels… better. She feels more happy, like she’s more connected with life. Maybe she decides, with her new therapist, to switch to a different medication that’s actually for anxiety after her therapist looks at her current prescription with such absolute bewilderment because what the fuck and immediately is like “Yeah okay something is super weird here’s a new prescription and we’ll see if you feel less of the emotional numbness that you’ve been describing to be.”
So Vanya goes off them, and odd things start happening. But it’s not until she’s in Luther’s apartment and they’re eating dinner and Diego just made a stupid comment and the TV is going in the background and suddenly everything just starts shaking and Vanya is so surprised she snaps out of her anger and everything goes still and they’re all just like ????????
Meanwhile Luther is running on like, two hours of sleep because he has an early shift at the garage today and Five got tangled in the blankets again and woke up screaming and generally inconsolable so he’s just like. Done. He picks up the cutlery that fell on the ground when the table shook and is like “I don’t care who was responsible for that, please don’t do it again or at least not during dinner. Also Diego I saw you draw that knife you know my rules about weapons at the table. And in my home.”
and Vanya is just looking at her hands all wide-eyed like, “Was that me?? What the FUCK guys.”
“No swearing at the table.” Luther automatically corrects her.
“Well I guess we figured out what the fuck was up with your meds.” Five comments, reaching over to steal some potatoes off of Luther’s plate. 
“Language, Five.” Luther doesn’t comment on the theft of his food, instead just scooting his plate closer to Five’s because hey at least it’s getting the kid to eat something. 
“Why am I the only one freaking out about this?” Vanya sounds very stressed out right now, and the knives and forks rattle ominously.
“Actually I’m pretty freaked out?” Diego interjects, raising a hand. “Like, what? You had powers this whole time? When the fuck did you start taking those meds then?”
Klaus shrugs. “Honestly at this point do you really think our lives could get any fucking weirder? Shouldn’t we have been more surprised that Vanya didn’t have powers?”
Luther sighs deeply. “I’m going to actually buy a swear jar.” He tells the ceiling very seriously, “Because clearly this family cannot go one minute without swearing in front of a child.”
“I’m not a baby.” Five scowls, punching Luther in the arm which does exactly nothing except make Five feel a little better. 
“Yeah Luther, he’s not a baby.” Klaus sticks his tongue out at Luther and reaches out to ruffle Five’s hair. Five only allows it because Klaus just took his side.
“I don’t really remember a time when I wasn’t taking them.” Vanya attempts to get the conversation back on track. 
“I feel like giving toddlers anxiety medication isn’t something that’s generally done.” Five point out mildly, mercifully actually addressing the issue which would be good except he sounds very unconcerned and is still stealing the rest of Luther’s potatoes. Luther, for his part, just gets up and goes into the kitchen to get himself more because this is one dinner battle he’s not picking.
“So what? Dad just suppressed my powers?” Vanya asks.
“Why not?” Five shrugs, “He’s done some other seriously fucked up shit I don’t see why he’d draw the lines at drugging one of us.”
“I mean he for sure didn’t really care that I was drugging myself.” Klaus points out, “He definitely knew about it, right? Like I was seriously fucked up for the majority of our formative years or whatever.”
There’s some rattling from the kitchen.
“So you’re saying that if Vanya has powers, Dad knows about them?” Diego asks, waving a knife in the air that Luther definitely expressly forbid from appearing at his table. 
“But why would he mess with my powers?” Vanya asks, very confused. “Maybe they’re dangerous?”
Diego snorts, “More dangerous than Ben’s?”
“Ben takes issue with that!” Klaus protests.
“No he doesn’t.” Five rolls his eyes, because Five has gotten alarmingly good at figuring out when Klaus was accurately reporting their deceased sibling’s comments. 
“Maybe it was for my own safety.” Vanya says, looking doubtful but willing to play devil’s advocate.
“When the fuck did Dad care about our personal safety?” Klaus asks incredulously, and Vanya nods to concede the point easily enough.
“Shout out to when Dad threw me off the roof.” Five mutters before shoveling more potatoes in his mouth.
“OKAY.” Luther says, walking back from the kitchen. “We are going to address that very concerning comment later Five, don’t think we won’t. And also - ” He takes the opportunity to slam a jar on the table which has a piece of paper with ‘swear jar’ hastily taped to it. “ - I am 100% serious about no swearing at least at mealtimes if nothing else.”
“God Luther, you’re such a stick in the mud.” Klaus whines loudly and Diego is pulling such an offended face at the sight of the swear jar that Luther is tempted to tell him his face is going to stick like that if he isn’t careful.
“Guys!” Vanya exclaims, actually looking a little frustrated. “Can we get back to the subject of my mystery powers, please? This is seriously stressing me out.”
“You know,” Five says thoughtfully, “I bet Dad has some journals or something - ”
“No.” Luther vetoes immediately. “Absolutely not.”
“You didn’t even let me finish my thought!” Five protests.
“Dad has genuinely sent armed gunmen to kidnap you.” Luther points out, putting his foot down on the issue. “I just got our door fixed from the last time he decided you were the antichrist or whatever. You are not getting within a mile of him if I can help it.”
“But he is the antichrist.” Klaus grins widely, wiggling his fingers at Five and making the kid roll his eyes. 
“Only on alternating Tuesdays.” Luther says gravely, sparking a laugh out of Klaus.
“It’s still kind of weird that Luther has a sense of humor now.” Diego says, looking at Vanya who just has her face in her hands. She has given up on getting this family to actually stay on topic. It’s like herding cats.
“Aww Vanya,” Klaus coos, “It’s okay. I know figuring out you have a new power is pretty freaky - ” And Klaus would know, since getting sober his powers have been somewhat alarming in their progression. But at least sometimes they can talk to Ben, now? “ - and you can always train with me and Benny boy!”
“Really?” Vanya sniffles.
“No one is practicing anything in my apartment.” Luther says, aggrieved. “There is a bowling ball shaped dent in my wall from the last time Klaus practiced. I still don’t know where he got a bowling ball. And Diego I swear to god if I find any more knife marks in my walls - ”
“Some of those are Five’s!” Diego protests, pointing an accusing finger across the table. 
“And where is Five getting throwing knives, Diego?” Luther scowls.
“Five can speak for himself.” Five interjects absently, gesturing with a knife that looks awfully familiar. Diego pauses to check his knife holster before standing up.
“You little shit - ”
“Swear jar, Diego!” Klaus crows triumphantly. For his part, Diego grudgingly snags a dollar bill from his pocket and dumps it into the jar without any real protest, still glaring at Five who is only offering a shit eating grin.
Luther plucks the knife out of Five’s hand while the smallest sibling’s attention is focused on Diego. “I’m keeping this. Diego, you can come and get it from me before you leave and not a moment before. And for the last time stop bringing your knives into my apartment.”
“You were just saying about Dad’s attempts to kidnap Five!” Diego crosses his arms across his chest. “I need my knives in case there’s another attempt.”
“You can have one, one knife on your person.” Luther concedes grudgingly.
“Two.” Diego bargains.
“Guys!” Vanya interrupts, the table rattling again as her hair lifts around her face.
Diego sighs as if put upon. “I know an abandoned warehouse downtown. You and Klaus can practice there, I guess.”
“You can stay here tonight, Vanya! And then go train in the morning!” Five pipes up enthusiastically.
“This is not turning into a sleepover.” Luther says, completely ignored by the rest of the siblings.
“Sleepover!” Klaus cheers loudly.
“I can sleep on the couch.” Diego offers, “Vanya can have the air mattress in Klaus’s room.”
“Or I can sleep on the couch.” Vanya bats her eyes innocently, “After all, wouldn’t want my powers to go off in the night and hurt someone.”
“That’s not fair.” Diego sounds awfully accusatory. 
“You guys are so rude.” Klaus sniffs in mock offense, “Just because I rolled out of bed that one time - ”
“This isn’t turning into a sleepover.” Luther repeats himself, just a little louder. He is still ignored.
“We could all camp out in the main room.” Five bounces in his chair, “We could make a blanket fort!” Without another word Five vanishes in a flash of blue, probably to go and retrieve as many pillows and blankets as exist in Luther’s apartment.
“Five!” Luther raises his voice to be heard from the other room, “No jumping from the table!” He doesn’t get a response.
“I’m calling Allison in the morning.” Vanya states simply, because clearly her sister will be the most sensible one of them all and will actually have some decent suggestions. And also because Allison should probably know about the whole “Vanya has powers” thing going on
so YEAH that’s how it goes they figure out Vanya has powers and once they eventually get on topic enough to figure out what they want to do they agree that Vanya needs control and to figure out What the Fuck her powers are to begin with
that snippet got away from me mainly because the Hargreeves talking really is like herding cats and all of them at the same table minus Allison?? absolutely terrible
They skype Allison and Allison remembers the whole rumoring Vanya in the basement and everything rattles but Allison is miles and miles away and with the others there they can point out how absolutely fucked up it was for Reginald to demand that of both Allison AND Vanya because they were both what, four? They’re going to blame the man responsible (Reginald) and Vanya is going to have a very interesting next therapy session
so there you have it there is my opinion on Vanya’s powers in the responsible Luther au she finds out about them and decides to train them and she trains with Klaus and Ben and sometimes Diego to figure out that they’re linked to sound waves and all that and she doesn’t go straight up white violin because how are you supposed to be furious when your siblings keep going off topic about swear jars and table manners and kidnapping attempts?? 
so there you have it Vanya is fine because the power of the Hargreeves to derail any and all conversations they take part in is used for the greater good
honestly at this point after everything they’ve already dealt with (including said attempts by their dad at kidnapping Five because for some reason Reginald thinks Five is the cause of the apocalypse) they’re all just kind of like “this might as well happen, adult life is already so goddamn weird.”
on the bright side I’m having a lot more fun with dialogue scenes now than when i first started writing fanfics wheyyyy go me
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ethereal-lix · 5 years
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Ahh i don’t think i could throw it back in your face 😓, i feel like that’s not the point of letting you rant and vent, the point is to give you a moment to let it off your chest and let you breathe! Whether you want advice, my opinion, me to just listen, or even if you want me to play devil’s advocate i can do that!Regardless, up to you, i’m all ears if you ever need it! 🥰 Ahh a grocery store i bet that’s busy as hell and physically demanding 😫😫
Thank you sooo much. I really appreciate it and you.
I’ll vent under the cut and before the cut will be my response to other things. Lol.
Yes!!! It’s very physically demanding !!!! That’s how I hurt my back, but all’s better now !! But I have to be able to lift up to 50lbs consecutively and woah buddy it’s tiring some times lmao
So basically my friend is a know it all, I’m right and you’re wrong type of person but she’s not the typical I’m right and you’re wrong. So like you could tell her that she’s wrong and she’ll be like no I’m right bc of this and throw some “facts” around that seem pretty legit you know ?? She’s also very cocky with certain things. So that gets pretty annoying and it’s kinda important that you know that about her bc of what she says and maybe it’s just me being overly sensitive me but like it really pissed me off.
So basically I hate my job. The management sucks and they don’t do their job and then you have the managers that are great and do their job and they try to get everyone else to do what they’re suppose to but bc people are stuck in their old ways they know they can get away with whatever and they have favourites so it makes it even harder to manage those certain people. And I get that I complain about my job a lot and all but I can’t just pack up and leave you know ?? And I try not to complain too often about my job to her cause I’m so sick of her saying “I can help you find a better job blah blah blah” I can’t justnpack up and get a new job. First I need to be qualified for the job, second I need to be guaranteed a minimum of 32 hours a week and the same pay I have now or better so that way I don’t take a hit when I get a new job. Plus I just dyed my hair blue I can’t just leave. I paid 255$ for my hair and it’s not gonna be a one and done type of thing. So I was venting about how I’m always working 5/6 days a week to have one day off to work another 5/6 days and I just saying that I was frustrated and tired of it and just venting. Just saying that I hate that and I shouldn’t have to tell my managers that I don’t want to work 5/6 days for one day off to have to go back in for another 5/6 days and she’s said and I quote “not trying to be that person, but that’s your choice. You won’t leave.” Like excuse me ??? First I didn’t ask for advice or input I’m frustrated and just wanted to get that off my chest !!! Second she’s always complaining about her job and the drama that goes on down their and the same 5 people so why can’t I vent to you about the same problems?? I’ve never once said “well that’s on you. You have the power to change that. But you won’t.” I sit there and I listen and I offer advice when I think it’s necessary. But the one time I actually vent she tell me that ??? But then she’ll try rn around and be like “you know I’m your friend and I’m here for you so you can vent and etc etc etc it’s not good for you to bottle up your emotions blah blah blah” but when i finally open up, she’s like “oh it’s your fault” like bro are you serious ???? And Idk man that really irritated me.
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ispywaldo · 5 years
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For those of you who STILL think women be out here complaining about “all forms of intellectualism, opting instead for stupider men and not for men who care about the mind and the development of our thoughts and whateverthefuck” (TLDR: we ain’t)
Let me preface this by saying that both me and my current boyfriend go to one of the top universities in America, that we met each other through the honors program of our school, and are generally very smart people in the subjects we care about. We both care about learning. We both care about figuring stuff out we didn’t before, solving problems, and Doing Shit (tm) 
The characters: 
Me: A History Major
My Toxic Ex: A Math guy, did coding 
My Current Bf: A comp-sci/math double major
Me: (Jokingly) ALL FOOD IS CORN. ALL HAIL OUR CORN OVERLORD, OUR CORN KINNGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!
My Toxic Ex Bf (TEB): actually though, it’s not just corn. It’s various forms of corn. You can’t just say all corn because that isn’t really what it is. First of all, there are various different plant species of corn. Then there are also various different kinds of corn products like corn syrup and cornstarch aren’t the same thing (bla blah balaaadibaladkfl) 
My Current BF: ALL HAIL ALL HAIL ALL HAIL THE CORN KING!!!!!!!
Me: (says something dumb I think is correct about computers or coding or something) 
TEB: (gives me a face to signal that that’s not remotely correct, and how could i not understand something so basic, despite knowing me for two years and understanding that I basically havent touched a computer in my life) that’s not true at all. (Proceeds to over-explain a concept I neither know anything about or really particularly care about learning, often using large and “intellectual sounding” words to signal his Vast and Superior Knowledge (tm) on the subject) 
BF: (fully understanding that I understand no technology past 1960 cuz im an old school hoe) LOL. NO. LMAO. Oh bby. Oh bby i love you so much but noooooooo. no. (proceeds to give me a very simple and quick explanation, laughing with me, and not at me) 
Me: bby i miss youuuuuu (sweetly, jokingly) 
TEB: listen, every time you say i miss you it honestly feels like you’re asking too much of me. Like i cant always be there for you. I don’t understand how you could miss me you saw me yesterday. What more do you want me to do
BF: lol youre so funny you saw me yesterday. I love you too you dumb butt
Me: (at a taco store) what the fuck is baja fish? Is that like... a place fish come from... or a specific fish Type... or like... a way of cooking fish... or 
TEB: (doesn’t matter if he knows what the fuck it is or not, he will give me some explanation of whatever it is he THINKS it is at the very least) (fully aware I grew up in a bilingual household and occassionally don’t know basic shit) 
BF: huh i have n o c l u e. It’s good tho do you want some of mine cuz im gonna order it. 
Me: I want,,,,, game on computer,,, compoop is bad
TEB: (complex reasons I can’t play games on my current computer and what specs are wrong and what specs i would need and if i want to buy a new computer i should do x, y, z) 
BF: (fully understanding that I already fucking know that my laptop is shit because if you look at it it’s literally falling apart) lol if you really want to invest in a gaming laptop i can look at some with you 
Me: (says an opinion on something that I’ve thought a lot about and would like to rant to my love about) 
TEB: I agree, but (plays devil’s advocate. like he always does. for literally everything) 
BF: hmm yeah I think you’re right. 
Here’s the motherfucking thing y’all: my current boyfriend is really smart. He’s really, really smart. He’s deeply passionate about what he studies, he loves solving complex problems, he’s into the things he loves and I’m into him. 
I’m also very smart. Like really really smart. i’m deeply passionate about what i study and i love solving complex problems. I’m into things I love, and he loves me. 
My ex boyfriend, who, in case you were wondering, knew me for and dated me for much longer and should have known me better than my current boyfriend, was also very smart. very passionate. 
so what’s the difference? My current boyfriend and I know that the other person is smart. It doesn’t matter if either of us says or does soemthing stupid. It doesn’t matter how many times we ask a dumb question, an “obvious” question. If we don’t know something that seems like common sense to the other, it doesn’t fucking matter, because we each respect each other, know the other person is smart, and any lack of information the other person might have doesn’t fuck with that or make it any smaller. we are each intelligent in our own ways, know our own specific information, have lived our own specific lives, and that’s okay. 
My ex though? He didn’t feel smart unless he was proving it, and he had to prove it by being smarter than others. He was “smart” because he was smartER. No matter what I said, whether it was a joke, or obviously something I might not know given my context, he would immediately correct me, immediately fix my ‘mistake,’ immediately argue the counterpoint (whether he agreed or didnt). He couldnt take a joke bc he was too busy thinking of ways to try to seem smart. 
Both of these people were smart, and i’ll admit that, as much as I hate my ex boyfriend, but one of these people is confident in their own intelligence and doesn’t feel the need to drag others down whereas the other was obsessed with belittling others as proof of their magical brain and passion for academia. 
It’s a red flag ladies, if you didn’t already know it. These are the kinds of people that need to make you feel small in order to make themselves feel big, and that gets ugly really fast. For example, my ex boyfriend ended up sexually abusing me. So yeah, I don’t fuck around with this, and neither should you. 
Never be with anyone who makes you feel small and doesn’t let you be stupid sometimes. You should feel safe in saying dumb things. We’re human. You can’t be perfect all the time, and you shouldn’t be expected to be. 
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wafflelate · 6 years
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Could I request some nice interaction between Shisui and Kako? Any verse. Work this week was UGH I want to read something cute and funny and Those Two are the best.
lmao i started writing something else for this this morning and it was so sad and serious i had to start something else for you instead
shadows under water verse! that’s the one where Shikako is born the same age as Shisui.
here is a short tale about a D-rank and probably the fluffiest thing i’ve written
word count: 1420
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“There are lots of chakra tricks you can practice while we do D-ranks,” Amano-sensei tells them. The next morning they’re due for their first mission, which Amano has already selected for them.
“My sensei was a fan of taking any D-rank that would make us water-walk,” Amano goes on. “We’re not up to that point yet, of course, but I have a quick trick to teach you that you’ll find useful for this mission.”
Shisui can see Shikako-chan lean forward just a little. She loves chakra tricks, he’s noticed — already he’s caught her at about ten of them, half of which he’s never even heard of before. The most impressive one was the one with the water, but she’d called it ‘basically useless’ even while changing a sphere of contained water into a cube and then a pyramid and back in an amazing show of control. Shikako-chan is very curious and very knowledgeable and very humble.
“This is the great secret of the Hyuuga clan,” Amano adds in that totally-serious way he has of being not serious at all. Uzume-ba says he got that tone from playing devil’s advocate for all the interpersonal client drama they’d stirred up on their C-ranks.
(Shisui can’t wait for their first C-rank, although he thinks Muta will be the one playing devil’s advocate and Shikako will watch like Aburame Shibi had. This Team 4 isn’t exactly like the last Team 4. And that’s good, because Yūhi-sensei was a real dick and a bad teacher, although Shisui is never supposed to say that out loud.)
Shisui flickers his Sharingan on to watch Amano-sensei’s chakra trick. His teammates watch closely, each in their own way — Shikako with her sensing, Muta with a faint buzzing noise.
“Tell me what it does,” Amano-sensei says, because he also needs them to learn how to gather intelligence on unknown techniques.
Shisui knows what it is the moment he starts using it, so he keeps his mouth shut like a good student. Muta and Shikako will enjoy investigating more than being given the answer. And it’s fun to watch them decide things like this, because they work off each other and they do it a lot different than Shisui would.
“It… surrounds you with chakra,” Shikako says. She sounds frustrated, like she can’t believe that’s the only thing she can tell with her chakra sense. Shikako-chan has really high standards for herself.
“So it’s not localized,” Muta says, and he doesn’t glance at Shikako or anything, but Shisui knows he said that only to make sure Shikako would know she’s provided him with information he likely wouldn’t otherwise have. “It also repelled the bug I had on sensei, and my kikaichu cannot land again, although it can feed.”
Both incredulous and uncertain, Shikako asks, “Amano-sensei, is this the first step of Kaiten?”
Amano blinks at her. “How do you even know about that?” he asks.
“What’s Kaiten?” asks Shisui.
(Of course Shikako-chan knows — all she did in the Academy was read. She maybe knows everything.)
“Are you allowed to teach us this?” Shikako blurts out, and then immediately her shoulders shrink again. Shisui gets the impression she was just trying to keep from having to answer where she’d learned what she knows.
Amano-sensei clearly thinks the same thing because he just gives her that secretly amused look he gets when Uzume-ba thinks she’s successfully stirred him into starting an argument she wanted to have but didn’t want to initiate.
“It’s a high-level Hyuuga technique that I don’t know how to do,” Amano says. “This is just a chakra trick to keep yourself clean. If you get really good at it, the transition to the scent-hiding technique is very easy.”
“Ah,” says Muta. “This is how you were clean after your spar with Uzume-sensei.”
Amano nods. “It’s a pretty common Hyuuga trick but it’s not clan knowledge or anything. If you can cover your entire body including anything you’re wearing, it works as a good stopgap for airborne and contact poisons. Unless you breathe in.”
Shikako’s eyes have lit up, her shoulders straightened out. She likes opportunities to learn new things, especially non-Nara things.Shisui’s not really sure what the deal is with her clan — isn’t she clan heir? — but he’s glad she got a kickass team to support her ambitious curiousity.
“We’ll practice this today and tomorrow you’ll have a chance to test it out in a controlled environment,” Amano says. “I’m sure you’ll all pick it up quickly.”
He activates his Byakugan and uses it to watch their progress, to tell them how to move their chakra. He tests them with little handfuls of dirt, too, probably just to be a jerk.
In the morning, they meet at Hironobu’s bakery and are surprised to find that their breakfasts are on the house.
“Oh, didn’t I mention?” Amano-sensei says. “Akimichi Hironobu is our first client.”
Shisui cheers and throws his hands up. Muta and Shikako don’t do either, but he can tell from the way Muta straightens and Shikako leans back, relaxed, that they’re really happy too. Or, he’s definitely sure about Shikako. Muta is probably happy, but maybe is just aiming to be vigilant about the details of their first mission.
As far as missions go, it’s kind of an awesome one.
“We’re rolling and cutting dough!” Hironobu announces. “My wife’s cousin Uchikatsu is getting married and wants a selection of cookies instead of a cake, but all my usual extra workers are busy with other wedding things.”
What follows is a crash course in baking a variety of rolled cookies, starting with basics like keeping the dough chilled and rolling it out evenly. Hironobu quickly reveals the reason Amano had taught them this new chakra trick: they’ll be rolling with powdered sugar and cocoa powder
It’s messy and it’s fun. They all have different cookie cutter shapes, and Shisui scores the butterfly.
“It’s an insect,” Muta says. He seems to be looking hard at Shisui behind his glasses.
Shisui clutches the cookie cutter. “It’s mine, client’s orders,” he says.
“But it’s the best one,” Muta says.
“Yes,” Shisui agrees, and doesn’t give it over. He gives the boar to Muta because he’s so stubborn about his bug theme and gives the deer to Shikako because obviously. Amano-sensei is helping, too, but he’s on dough-fetching and oven-watching duty, so he doesn’t get a cookie cutter.
“Ah…” Shikako says when they turn to their cookie cutting stations. She’s looking down at her deer cookie cutter. Shoulders hunched. Does not continue whatever she was thinking about saying.
Red alert! Red alert!
Shisui sighs theatrical, because over exaggerating the exchange is better than trying to minimize it. “You want the butterfly, too, huh Shikako-chan?” he says. “My one true treasure in this world? The only worthwhile thing I’ve ever held in my entire life? You’d ask that of me?”
“Shisui, you’ve only had it for about two minutes,” Muta says, sounding irritated but in the good way — like Amano gets irritated when Uzume does something dramatic and loud that he secretly finds hilarious.
“Love has no concept of time,” Shisui informs him. “But… in the spirit of teamwork… and since Shikako-chan is my favorite teammate…”
(“Thanks,” Muta says. Shisui beams at him, but then resumes his tragic character.)
“…you should have it, and I will just suffer through my feelings from a distance,” Shisui finishes, holding the butterfly cookie cutter out to Shikako.
He gets a smile from her, and a little laugh. A laugh! They swap deer for butterfly and get to work, Amano-sensei calling out to them when he sees their new chakra trick wavering. To Shisui’s surprised, Shikako is best at it — or maybe it’s not a surprise at all, given how often he’s seen her passing the time trying to fold paper with just her chakra, or get a marble to stick to her skin but slide around under the control of gravity.
At the end of the mission only Amano-sensei is spotless and they’ve made a mountain of cookies and each of them is given a small package of cookies to take home in addition to the money they’ll make. Amano will bring his to Uzume-ba’s house, but Shisui stops by the Uchiha clan orphanage house with his package.
Shisui is a real shinobi with a real team that he even enjoys taking D-ranks with. He’s gotta spread that good luck around as much as possible, because the clan needs it.
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therron-shan · 6 years
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Some thoughts on Scourge
Cause eh why not he's been on my brain a lot lately soooo here goes.
(And I mean it should go w/o saying but maybe it doesn't but this obvs all my headcanoning. If you don't agree with this that is absolutely totally okay. I just wanted to get my thoughts out there because i dunno why. Anyway. Also fair warning this is probably gonna be disjointed and all over the place and I'll try to keep it cohesive but no promises lol.)
(Includes minor, barely spoilers from the Revan novel. Gets a lil NSFW at the bottom).
So Scourge. I'm excited for the romance. Like way excited. And from what I've read of the datamined stuff - I, personally, think it fits him. I mean shit 300 years with no senses or humanity could probably really change a person. Yes before the ritual he was a dick. For a lot of reasons. I mean my main complaint with the Revan book (among many others) was that Scourge barely differs from the Scourge we meet in game. Like he has the same basic emotions and that's it. He's not all that different. Anyway the point is Scourge before ritual = dick. Scourge after ritual = dick but not as bad. He sees how the Sith are destroying themselves and he refuses to take part in it. He doesn't manipulate the JK - he comes right out and is like "I'm only saving your life and the lives of your crew because you're gonna defeat the Emperor." There's no tricking, no back-stabbing. Because he's grown up. He's been through 300 years watching so many powerful Sith fall to manipulation and backstabbing and trickery and he's tired of it. It's stupid and what does it accomplish? Nothing. (Though I will concede and say I can possibly see all his little quips about the Jedi being manipulation. Liiike "I understand why your council controls you. What I'll never understand is why you let them" or whatever the line is. Buuuut to be devil's advocate which is me all of the time I could also see that simply being a curious Scourge making comments. He's never spent this much time with a Jedi before. Never really had the chance to learn about the Order. You know? Anyway.)
Oppositely, he thought the Jedi were stupid too (for good reason but that's another convo for another day). Yet he doesn't go out of his way to change the JK's mind about Sith or Jedi. He may offer to teach them things about the dark side or make comments about the Jedi but that's all. Another neat thing I've noticed while playing an Aurelia recently. Scourge approves of you killing everyone because it's the dark side choice but in several moments he's like "just get it over with and let's move on". In the Revan book he was very - sadistic. Like a Sith should be (or so we're supposed to believe). He liked torture. Brutally killing his enemies, even weak-ass rebels who never stood a chance. Even after retaining anger (which is shown at several points in chapter three of the JK story; the one that sticks with me the most is Scourge swearing to the JK that the Emperor "will pay for what he's taken from me", or something to that effect [I believe it's the convo in which he discusses his first love and all that kind of stuff.]) he still is like "kill blah-blah-blah and move on." Which shows growth again.
Now on to romantic Scourge.
I disagree with some of the stuff going around about how a romantic relationship with Scourge would be possessive and abusive. Perhaps before the ritual, yes. But he's almost 350 years old by now. And more than 300 of those years were spent without humanity. He spent them watching his people, learning their flaws and downfalls. He spent them wishing he could eat his favorite foods and see the color of his first love's eyes again. That's sentimentality right there. Something that not all Sith have. He's grown up a bit more and I think after not having these emotions for so long he wouldn't take them for granted. He wouldn't take a relationship for granted. And yes a relationship with Scourge would be intense. Definitely sexually. I mean the dude is massive. Probably almost 7 feet tall. Things are gonna get rough. Plus after being forced to be celibate for three hundred years - I think the JK could expect several weeks/months of fucking to get it out of his system. But that doesn't mean he'll be abusive/possessive. I mean jesus. Sith can love. Darth Malgus fell in love. Serevin fell in love with that Voss lady (I think). Lana. The sith warrior and the inquisitor. Just because you're a big bad Sith doesn't mean you can't love. And it doesn't mean you can't love someone purely (and lemme just say I am in no way saying the feelings Malgus had for Elena were pure. Like no. Ick). The ability to love someone doesn't necessarily make you this cinnamon roll. For instance, look at Lana. She loves the Commander (if you choose to romance her of course). It isn't abusive or possessive yet she still kicks ass and is generally speaking dark sided. So I don't think a relationship with Scourge would be abusive and toxic. Intense? Yes. Would he have issues with all of his feelings in the beginning? Absolutely. But would he be grossly possessive of the JK? No way. He knows the JK is their own person (which is why he approves of them saying stuff about being their own person in chapter three. Whether that's about Jedi or the Emperor). And since he loves them he wouldn't try to control or manipulate them. Because he knows it won't work. Independence is a trait he's admired and respected in his Jedi for years and he would never take that away from them.
Jesus. This got long lmao sorry. And honestly I think I'm just trying to justify the fluffy Scourge I write. But here you goooo. This was fun lol. ❤
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AVERYYY
DOKI I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE SO VALID AND IM BLESSED THAT YOU SENT AN ASK THANK YOU
Full Name: avery jane couslandGender and Sexuality: female and straightPronouns: she/herEthnicity/Species: ferelden/humanBirthplace and Birthdate: avery was born in 9:10 dragon in the free marches.
Guilty Pleasures: she is a practised liar and thoroughly enjoys the weaving of a tale. this in no way makes what she says and does right. it’s certainly a guilty pleasure because she does feel bad for lying, she simply can’t stop doing it; compulsive lying.
Phobias: loss. this can be of people, of control, of control of people, etc.. she has high aversion to losing control or sight of what she wants and it is yet another thing that contributes to her downfall.
What They Would Be Famous For: she is famous and that is for her lies. how well she can weave a tail. to ferelden, she is the tragic young noble who lost her family to the corruption she was trying to stop in nobility. she embarks on a quest despite all the odds being against her, shutting down other evil in her wake, and then perishes to the ultimate evil before she can take the mantle of queen. these are all lies, of course, nobody but the party know how she is truly and what her intentions are as queen.
What They Would Get Arrested For: the real tale of her story, where she is a lying, murdering and tyrannical warden throwing a tantrum for not getting her way.
OC You Ship Them With: out of all my dragon age ocs, she isn’t shipped with anyway.
OC Most Likely To Murder Them: LMAO literally all of them, maybe with the exception to maria hawke, who would figure out a way to exploit and manipulate her. the most likely is probably alhorn lavellan or nolla tabris who would have NO time for her bullshit.
Favorite Movie/Book Genre: it would be a period dramas or murder mysteries, though for the latter she’s the type to skip to the last page.
Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: she’s not a fan of the unreal, dragon age’s version of fantasy or sci-fi. she already has everything she’s ever needed as a cousland - why would she need more in her leisure activities?
Talents and/or Powers: avery is a competent warrior, a wielder of a massive two-handed warrior. when she says, “talk shit get hit” she means it. it’s also worth noting the definition of “shit” which for her, is constantly changing, meaning she hits whatever she wants when she wants.
Why Someone Might Love Them: i want to say she literally has no redeeming qualities, but doki you still love her and i admire you. her ability to lie and deceive would make people love the version of her she is presenting. her ambition too, perhaps, which knows no bounds and does not stop at murder and genocide. questionable.
Why Someone Might Hate Them: i want you to imagine one of those contracts given to you, that roll out on the floor and out of the door. that’s why somebody might dislike her. all of the party do for their separate reasons but it mainly involves: she will murder, she will abuse her power, she will hurt others without remorse to get her way.
How They Change: she doesn’t. that is her key flaw and why she is killed in the battle of the archdemon. she had many opportunities to, and people around her who would help with this process, but she did not take up the opportunity. that is her fault and her fault along, to hold onto what she lost and be an absolute tyrant trying to get it back.
Why You Love Them: i do not support what avery chooses to do in origins, but i love her for the fact she’s conceited. i love creating devil’s advocate characters, avery was an extreme project in this regard, but she manifests well within origins canon. it was also interesting to consider the implications of classicism and its associated privilege in the dragon age universe.
THANK U DOKI FOR ASKING!!!!!! U ARE WONDERFUL
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ive been meaning to this forever as like a way to have my thoughts archived somewhere and also as a way to help anyone looking to get into this kind of stuff soooo. i think i’ve gone through three menstrual periods now in which i used exclusively reusable products (cloth pads and menstrual cups) and i’ll share the experience / my recommendations / the pros and cons of that down here in case that’s of any interest
one of my goals for 2020 was to get rid of my most preventable wasteful habits which, in my case, is using single use cotton rounds on my face and using pantiliners. still working on the cotton pads thing lmao quarantine has made me not do anything with my skin so i guess that counts but Either Way once quarantine hit i didn’t want to go into my stash of disposables bc i wasn’t sure i would be able to get more and i used a menstrual cup from 2016 to maybe 2017 anyway so i figured why not bring that out again. though cups placed right are pretty much leakproof i don’t like going to bed without backup of some kind (like legit this thing is not absorbent at all and my mattress deserves better) and i kept throwing out completely dry overnight pads bc the cup like did its job right but again didn’t want to go without so i looked into cloth pads instead and once quarantine hit i was like maybe this is a good time to take the plunge
also to make something very clear i bought a menstrual cup in the first place solely because my periods were unmanageable with pads and tampons alone and i wanted to be able to get through my college classes without having to leave every hour to change both a super tampon and a heavy pad. if your period is this heavy GO TO A DOCTOR LMAO i went on birth control pills which made my periods still a bit heavy but not nearly that heavy and for the first time ever my iron counts were in normal ranges without supplementation whereas before my ferritin had quite literally been negative. a typical reason i see people touting reusables is for environmental reasons but i would never push reusables onto people out of some kind of environmental reason bc so far as i’m concerned menstrual waste is medical waste and anyone who’s an asshole about your medical waste is basically just saying that the world would be better if you didn’t exist and i can’t get behind that. i don’t like marketing that says how many disposables you’ll avoid using if you make the switch bc it feels like just further shaming in an industry where shame is so huge anyway. personally i’ve found huge plus sides to switching to reusables (with my awful periods before birth control i could at least leave the cup in for four hours at a time and i didn’t have to set alarms throughout the night anymore so that i could change a pad and tampon and obviously that’s a major good difference) and i think advocating for those is a lot better than acting like disposables are an environmental devil. it’s your body don’t let anyone force you do to things you’re not comfortable with
okay so anyway
all of the stuff i own for this / my take on it:
lunette size 1 menstrual cup (purchased in 2015): great starter cup, definitely more on the expensive side but a lovely happy medium of all cups imo, worked perfectly when i was in my late teens, super easy insertion (i typically used the punch down fold), rarely any leaks. however, this year i started having leaks with the cup and after a bunch of digging on r/menstrualcups i figured out that i needed a firmer cup so i replaced it. i watched a lot of precious stars pads videos on youtube to try to figure out which cup to get and this one seemed like my best bet and i would definitely recommend it as a starter cup if you’re looking for a very happy medium. the price is definitely higher than most tho, and i’d offer an alternative if i had one. also i cut the stem off in its entirety because my cervix gets average height to low on my period and it’s uncomfortably long and pokey otherwise
saalt small menstrual cup (purchased in 2020): replaced my lunette cup with this, firmer but not too firm, also a good starter cup especially if you’re more athletic. for this one i used the seven fold instead. i did have some leakage problems with it at first but i’m pretty sure all of those were on me. i also cut off the stem on this one
saalt regular menstrual cup (purchased in 2020): okay it was a set of two and the small alone was sold out and i thought i might need a bigger cup anyway. this was a mistake lmaoooooooo. if you’re a 5′2 lesbian who’s never given birth then absolutely do not kid yourself, you will only ever need the small
saalt cup wash: originally i used the lunette one just cuz i added it to my online order when i bought the cup and honestly that and this feel identical to me. kind of hate the scent because it’s orange and i hate orange. the dot cup wash seems easier to recycle though it’s definitely more expensive so when i have to replace this i’ll probably opt for that instead. the lunette wash lasted me i think a year and a half and i predict that the salt one (which is smaller i think) will last six to nine months
5 aisle regular liners: really lovely! definitely like! thin, not bulky at all, comfortable. one of these saved my white sheets when i got my period early and it didn’t feel wet it wicked moisture away from skin well and NO LEAKS WHATSOEVER not even while i was legit just wearing this and underwear on top of white sheets. i have my doubts that any disposable liner could do that. however, five is definitely not enough! cost was prohibitive here, these are great but soooo expensive, i’d recommend trying something cheaper first to see if you like them. mistake on my part but i still like these a lot
1 aisle maxi pad: also lovely! for me personally this felt somewhere between a regular maxi pad size and an overnight size but that being said i’m finding that bigger or bulkier cloth pads are sooooo much more comfortable than their disposable counterparts. legit feels like a cloud. it’s just like a vagina pillow. it’s GREAT. i can’t stress how comfortable this is. again, super costly, definitely worth it but the cost is very prohibitive. would also recommend trying something cheaper first to see if you like them. i also have never bled directly onto this and instead have used it as backup for my cup at night so i can’t vouch for it as a pad alone
1 aisle mini pad: with disposables i liked shorter pads better so i thought buying one of these would be more comfortable but honestly i find it least comfortable of all! it’s about the same length as the liners and the same thickness as the maxi pad but it’s just not my cup of tea. still wear it, still nice, but i wouldn’t buy a pad in this size again. the length and bulk of cloth pads is not comparable to disposables imo, and if you’re worried about cloth pads being longer than you’d like, i’d say that the length isn’t a big deal at all and you’ll probably want them longer anyway. as with the others, this one was costly, and again, would recommend trying something cheaper first
how i’ve cared for these:
cups: boil for 7 minutes after my period, occasionally soak them in very diluted hydrogen peroxide if there’s stuff stuck in the suction holes, store in their little bags in my underwear drawer
liners: wash once a week, rinse and reuse until then (we’re on a budget okayyyyyy, i ordered cheap ones recently cuz five isn’t enough alskdjfalsdkjg learn from my mistakes). i usually change these once a day when not on my period. oversharing i guess but vag mucus is much harder to get out of these than blood is. after use i rinse them, hang them to dry, and either reuse them (I WILL STOP THIS THO LMAO) or toss them in the laundry. with these and with pads i throw them in with my load of laundry and wash on a cold cycle with regular detergent and then hang them to dry, then fold them into little squares using the snaps and keep them in my underwear drawer
pads: rinse out blood (surprisingly easy to do! just rinse under running water and squeeze out until water runs clean), hang to dry until i have a chance to put them through the washer
pros of reusables:
not having to purchase disposables during quarantine! very nice! it also feels kind of liberating to not entirely rely on capitalism or whatever for meeting this basic need of mine. though i wouldn’t say this is all cheaper (i’ll get to that in a second) i would say that it’s nice to not have to buy period stuff every month or stock up at costco or something. i am always prepared for my period without having to put in extra effort and that’s Nice imo
SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. i legit cannot stress this enough. cloth instead of disposable pad against ya bitz is SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. the pads are nice and soft and breathable and the cup imo is more comfortable than a tampon. it’s legit like a cloud. sooooo much more comfortable. comfort outweighs literally all cons imo. i can’t even describe how much better it feels
with a cup specifically, i feel as if i’m not even on my period. there are still cramps and such and i feel period-y but the suction seal means that you could wear underwear with no backup and not see blood again until you remove and empty the cup. personally i think this is the biggest pro overall. no blood in your pubes? sleep in whatever position you want??? NO WORRIES ABOUT LEAKS???? yes please and thank u. the no leaks combo from both cloth pads and the cup are well worth any cons in my opinion
zero clots. ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! zeroooooooooo. would i have ever thought this was possible? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cloth pads and liners have way less odor imo. i don’t think any odor for me was noticeable with disposables necessarily but legit the cloth ones smell like Nothing even when they’re bloody
you can change disposables a lot less often (i think the aisle maxi pad can hold 4 tampons of blood, and my saalt cup holds 3 tampons of blood) so even though i have ways to deal with reusables when i’m not at home i oftentimes never needed to deal with them while not at home because they’re changed less frequently
with disposable pads my period lasted 5 days but since switching to a cup my period now lasts 4. this appears to be a common occurrence for people regardless of whether they switch to a cup or cloth pads
i definitely wouldn’t use this as a reason to sway people toward reusables bc again it’s medical waste don’t shame that but that being said i do appreciate that these mean i create less waste overall. like looking at my bathroom trash and not seeing it heap around my period is actually really nice surprisingly. that being said tho, this is not a reason to convert imo so much as an added perk
cons:
i stressed this above but THIS IS NOT CHEAP. i think in theory if you go with the cheapest stuff available you could get a cup and a period’s worth of cloth pads for maybe $50 but again that’s still not cheap at all. it’s definitely an investment. with cups especially, it’s hard to figure out which one to buy bc you really don’t want to buy more than one, they range in cost from $20 to $45, and it’s very hard to find the right fit for a first cup (the most you can really do is measure your cervix height and think about your size and activity level, but that still doesn’t really help). it’s also hard to just buy these based on what’s least expensive bc if a $20 cup doesn’t work for you when a $45 cup would then did you really save any money? a lot of advertising for reusables says you’ll save like $1000 over the product’s lifetime and i think the accuracy of that is...minimal. sure, i’ll probably save money in the end, but the immediate cost is too high for me to every believe that you’re “saving money” with this. it’s kind of like buying a $100 espresso machine thinking you’ll save money on the starbucks you’ve been buying: it’s a lot of money out front for something you can’t guarantee
just because you buy a period’s worth of reusables doesn’t mean you’ll never buy period products again. for one thing, none of these are guaranteed for life (i think the pads i use are intended for 3-5 years of use, and though the lunette cup said it would last 10 years, the saalt ones i think only vouch for 5) and for another your body will change or your tastes will change. for me personally the lunette cup was perfect years ago but now is too soft for me. just life stuff, no biggie, but the initial cost doesn’t mean that you won’t buy period products ever again
reusables take more time to use than disposables and though there are certain tradeoffs people often mention i think those tradeoffs are not necessarily accurate to the actual experience. with my cup i’ll change it somewhere between twice and four times a day and each time takes five or ten minutes to do and though this might be equal to the amount of time i’d spend in a day using disposable pads and tampons it’s still more time than expected. it doesn’t matter if you have to change the product less if you can’t get the five minutes in the bathroom you need to change the product. i stopped using my original cup in maybe 2017 because my periods were lighter so i got lazy and didn’t feel like taking the five minutes so imo it would be wrong to overlook that it feels a little more labor-intensive
reusables are less convenient than disposables and i don’t think that will ever change. you kind of just need to grin and bear it. when i got my first cup i was using it in a dormitory setting and because the only women’s restroom had two stalls people caught me washing my cup CONSTANTLY lmao and of course that did Not feel great but like hey you do what you gotta do. though there are wet-dry bags for cloth pads for when you’re on the go, and though you can definitely make reusables work with a busy lifestyle, they’re never going to be as easy and simple as tearing open a disposable product and using it. personally i have no qualms about this but i think it’s more than understandable for people to take issue with the lack of convenience
the learning curve is steep and there aren’t any guarantees. some people find that a cup gets rid of their cramps altogether, other people find that cups make their cramps drastically worse. it takes a couple periods to get used to using a cup or cloth pads, and there’s minimal instant gratification. once you do get comfortable with them, i think they’re stellar, but it’s not an overnight success and no one should act like it is
my recommendations for if you want to start using reusables:
aisle pads are expensive but really great! their ceo is a woman of color! their website is completely gender neutral and they have products that would appeal to men and women! i absolutely ABSOLUTELY would recommend them but again the cost is prohibitive. here’s a referral link lmao you get $10 off i get $10. they haven’t paid me anything to say this or whatever obviously but also their products are in fact great and i would very much recommend them
if you can find a large set of cheaper cloth pads plus a wet bag, that’s probably a good place to start rather than what i recommended above. you could also just go for a couple of more expensive ones in case you don’t like them like i did but hey ur choice. you can also find pad makers on etsy but those are going to be close in cost to the aisle ones
this might sound kind of ridiculous but as someone who doesn’t like wearing black underwear i’ve found that the one black cloth liner i have is my absolute least favorite and that i don’t like it because i can’t tell if there’s blood in it / how wet it is by looking at it. if you’re especially squeamish this might be a nice feature / it probably won’t stain as easily but personally i don’t like it
when it comes to what size to buy for cloth pads, i am of the opinion to opt bigger and thicker bc cloth pads to me don’t feel too thick or too long in the way that disposables do. though i think i’m too small a person for the biggest cloth pads available i still would sooner buy a really big cloth pad than another littler one
cloth pads will have an outer layer that touches your skin, an inner absorbent layer, and a backing intended to prevent leaks. before buying any pads, make sure you know what these three layers are made out of because those will affect your experience with the pads and help you figure out what you like best. a flannel topper versus a cotton topper is going to feel different and though it’s kind of trial and error to figure out which one is best you’re better off knowing the composition regardless
for cloth pads i’ve heard that using polyester or “minky” pads first after switching over from disposables is most comfortable but also i’m more of the opinion that cotton is a lot more comfortable than that would be. most commonly i see charcoal bamboo fleece which seems soft and comfortable though i’ve yet to try it. cotton and bamboo will probably be more breathable but minky will feel more like the pads you already use. as for backings, you can opt for a fleece backing but i wouldn’t recommend that if you bleed really heavily. also check the reviews for the pads to make sure that there’s no middle stitching that goes through the backing bc those stitches can cause leaks. instead, there should only be stitches around the outside edge of the backing and not in the center
if you ever leave your house, GET A WET BAG!!!! in theory you could use and then throw away a ziploc bag or something but like. come on. get a wet bag. just do it. you’ll regret it if you don’t
a stain remover is probably a good idea. do i have one? no but also i’m a huge mess
if you’re thinking about a cup MAKE SURE IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH YOUR BIRTH CONTROL METHODS. this is a conversation to be had with your doctor especially if you have an IUD or any other inserted vaginal/uterine device
when trying to buy a cup, measure your cervix before your period and on every day during and write down all of those measurements. to do this, stick a clean finger inside your vagina as far as it will go until you reach your cervix, which should feel like the tip of your nose while the rest of your vagina feels like the fleshy inside of your cheek. if you can reach two knuckles in, your cervix is about an average height; if you can fit more, you have a high cervix; if you can fit less, you have a low cervix. cervix height can change throughout your period hence measuring on each day and beforehand. cervix height indicates how long a cup you can use and that, combined with vaginal size for a smaller or larger cup and muscular tone i think will be the most important parts for fitting a cup properly. put a cup in it’s website has good guides for this and charts to indicate which menstrual cups have which features, but their reviews are biased so i wouldn’t recommend listening to their reviews
shorter version of above: cervix height, vaginal muscular tone, and size are most important for cup fitting imo. use cervix height to determine which length of cup to buy (MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN TRIM THE STEM), muscular tone to determine which firmness, and body size (in the sense of term pregnancies and age) to determine if you’re a smaller or larger cup. put a cup in it has a good chart for menstrual cup comparison regarding size and firmness
for me personally the punch down fold for cups was easier for a while but i switched to the seven fold bc punch down stopped working for me. both are pretty small for insertion and open up well. also always make sure you squeeze the cup base to release suction, trying to pull it out by the tail is PAINFUL because the suction won’t budge
itsjustkelli on youtube has great cup reviews, she’s lgbt-friendly but isn’t always perfect with gender neutral language but still she’s a supporter so we stan, i would def recommend watching her reviews for whatever cup you’re interested in buying
you’ll have to work out the kinks in whatever reusable product you try so still keep disposables on hand just in case. sometimes the cup will just make you frustrated and you have to chuck a pad on and call it a day. no biggie. worst comes to worse, the disposable pads you keep in your bag Just In Case could be a lifesaver for someone else
so anyway Those Are My Thoughts haha. personally i really really REALLY like the reusable products i have and would definitely choose them over disposables but to each their own. feel free to use my aisle referral code if you want to buy their products! okay thanks bye
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kitten1618x · 7 years
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GoT Afterthoughts 7x03 The Queen's Justice (Jonsa Edition) SPOILERS
I’m sorry for the delay, but ffs this is LONG! Well ...now we know that this week's episode title was def. referring to Cersei, let's get to it. 
We begin this week with foreboding music -Jon and Davos riding the crashing waves onto the shores of Dragonstone -which I still highly prefer the exterior to the interior -though, I suppose it fits the "mood". Little bit of banter between the boys, and after a friendly introduction and a smiling face, Missandei asks for their weapons. A skeptical and non-to-pleased looking Jon obeys, then turns to watch warily while the Dothraki take their rowboat as well. Okay Gendry, you can row up at any time now ...we may need you as the getaway boat. 
So they proceed up the long winding staircase (which has more steps than Dany does titles) and not even a full 3 minutes into the episode, Sansa is already brought up in conversation. I'm dead serious - 02:30 minute mark on the dot. I actually only know this, because at this particular moment, I paused the DVR to grab a snack -but I like how in what is supposed to be such a J/D-centric episode (er-meh-gerd they're finally meeting!!!), Sansa takes precedence. Good call D&D ...I see what you did there. 
Now about that conversation -is it odd that Tyrion would bring up Sansa in passing conversation with Jon? No, not at all -she is a connection that they both share, but ....
T: Sansa, I hear she's alive and well? 
J: She is. 
T: Does she miss me terribly? (clearly he's attempting a bit of a joke here). 
J: *silence as he stares down at Tyrion like he damn well better explain himself*
T: *looks over his shoulder, to see that Jon is not amused, quickly explains* A sham marriage, never consummated. 
J: I didn't ask. 
T: Well it was, it wasn't. Anyway, she's much smarter than she lets on.
J: She's starting to let on. 
T: Good. 
So, what exactly was the point of this conversation? If Tyrion just wanted to know if Sansa was well, and the narrative wanted to establish how clever Sansa is, they could have done that without all that "missing me and marriage sham and unconsummated" banter in between. We as an audience already know all of these things, so how does that little nugget of information help in furthering the narrative? To put it quite simply -it doesn't. Again ..I see you D&D, I see exactly what you did there. 
A bit more banter between the boys -Tyrion's ironic statement about Starks not faring well in the South, as to which Jon replies that he's not a Stark (shut up baby, yes you fucking are!) and BOOM! Cue: Drogon swooping down over the crowd, and Jon and Davos hitting the deck like a bunch of dropped wet rocks. You will NEVER convince me that was coincidence. Dany is in full control of her Dragons now, and that was a total (cheap) intimidation tactic. 
PS: Jon is wearing leggings! Show me tha booty! 
Cut to Varys and Melisandre perched high above on a cliff and watching the welcoming committee march up the guests. Varys prods her on why she won't greet them considering she spoke so highly of Jon Snow. She replies with how she's "brought fire and ice together and she's done her part" -I believe this is a deliberate misdirection from the writers. We already know that Jon is fire and ice on his own -the characters do not, and you know the dark ship is going wild over this line right now, but don't any of you pay it any mind. It's like a magicians trick -slight of hand ..look over there, while we do this over here. 
Varys still has a healthy skepticism of this religion and these priestesses -and I'm still 1100000% with him. Melisandre is going back to Volantis (spelled right??) it seems -but will return to die -just like Varys. Ohhhh prophetic. And damn but these red witches get under his skin! Why???? I must know!
Poor Jonny-boy walking into the throne room looks nervous AS HELL, with the Mad Kings daughter perched on that wiggy-ass throne, and half of Dany's face is bathed in shadows, and she's once again cloaked in all black -shadows, darkness = symbolism at its finest folks. Hiding ones face half in shadow is a popular trope to emphasize that someone has a "sinister side" , and wearing all black is also a trope - "evil wears black." 
Now, for arguments sake (and because I like to play devils advocate -the Nights Watch also wear all black, and Jon did too -however, Dany's wardrobe went from bright white (innocence and purity) to black upon coming to Westeros.  
So as Missandei rambles off all 101 of Dany's titles (like I swear they do this purposely to annoy us at this point), Davos shoots back with "This is Jon Snow and he's King of the North". (See this juxtaposition they just shoved RIGHT IN OUR FACES???). LMAO -by the way, I just fucking adore Davos! He is a damn precious dewdrop, and I will fight you if you say otherwise! 
D: You are here to bend the knee?
J: I am not. 
Who else screeched with glee here? Huh? Huh? 
Bend the knee. Bend the knee. BEND THE KNEE. 
I'm not going to rehash this entire exchange, but a few important things that stuck out to me: 
Jon's primary focus is "us", "we" -he's concerned about saving people.   
Dany's primary focus is "Me, me, me!!"  
 It is interesting how she asked that the father's sins not be passed onto the daughter -reminiscent of Jon's own words regarding the Karstark and Umber children. I wonder if this is a sort of foreshadowing that by not being more wary of Dany's Targ temper, it just may bite him in the ass later.   
 Also Dany is a hypocrite. "Don't blame me for my ancestors -blah blah blah, but bend the knee because of my ancestors." Sigh.   
I'm insanely curious why Jon didn't want Davos to tell them he'd been resurrected -or why Melisandre left that little tidbit out too??? 
 Jon is now essentially Dany's prisoner.  
Dany's narcissism is growing by the day. I can't believe people don't understand what GRRM (D&D) are deliberately doing with her character! This is an actual quote: "Do you know what kept me standing all those years in exile? Faith. Not in any god, not in myths, and legends. In myself. Daenerys Targaryen. The world hadn’t seen a dragon in centuries, until my children were born. The Dothraki hadn’t crossed the sea, any sea. They did for me. I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms. And I will."  
Varys delivers the news that Dany's  fleet is gone, and then Theon is fished from the sea by his people. And let me slip in here that if you're one of the people bashing Theon for jumping overboard because he so clearly suffers from PTSD -you're a shit, and you need to stop. That's not something that just suddenly disappears ...he will struggle with that for whatever is left of his life. He's gonna rescue Yara ...I just know it. 
Now we're in Kings Landing and Euron is parading Yara and the Sand Snakes through the city. Like, I'm so torn, because I hate this dude, but I also kinda love him? His teasing of Jamie is PRICELESS, if not highly inappropriate. It's also pretty clear to me that Cersei has no intent on marrying him. In typical Cersei fashion, she'll keep him at arms length while she uses him, and then dispose of him when he wears out his usefulness -clever girl that she is. 
And now we're in the dungeon where the Sand Snakes are chained -after a bit of tormenting them, she takes Tyene the same way they took her daughter -with a kiss of death. As a mother, I truly feel for Cersei here as she talks about Mrycella -for both of these mothers actually. Say what you will about Cersei, but Lena is a fucking GODDESS! She owns this role so well. Like, I can't stand Cersei, and yet, I literally cheer for her sometimes. One thing is for certain -people better stop underestimating her ruthlessness. And my God, the Sand Snakes -magnificent acting with no dialogue!
After a romantic romp with her dear brother (and damn, Jamie has a sweet ass), she boldly allows the servant to see them together -she's queen now, and apparently has no more fucks to give. It's time for the Lannister's to pay their debts, and she's off to meet with a rep. of the Iron Bank. Using the sharp negotiation skills she inherited from Tywin, and the same "foreign invader/mad Kings daughter" approach that she used to sway the Lords, it appears she gets what she wants and the Iron Bank will extend her the credit she needs - "gold wins wars." 
We jump back to Dragonstone, where our brooding prisoner/hero is staring forlornly at the sea. He's a Northern fool who didn't listen (to Sansa). Tyrion tries to appeal to Jon's good side, and talks up Dany a bit, while simultaneously trying to help him. He's looking to strike an alliance -"use each other to further your own needs approach", and after a somewhat comical conversation with Dany (thank God because we need a bit of levity surrounding her scenes) -he urges her to let Jon mine the dragon glass. I think Tyrion does truly believe Jon is telling the truth. The knife in the heart comment comes up again -and again, I wonder why Jon didn't want them to know about his resurrection -but clearly, it's important because it was brought up again. 
Now Jon approaches Dany who's gazing off towards the sea and watching her Dragons soaring in the distance. Sounds kinda romantic, right? Well not really, as during most of this conversation they stood facing opposite directions, barely making eye contact -save for a few moments. Shipping goggles are fully affixed here, but compare this to the way Jon and Sansa are always staring into each other's eyes (usually in softly lit rooms). Just sayin'. 
Jon comments on Dany's Dragons, and she tells them that she named them for her brothers -Viserys and Rhaegar. This made me smile. And what I find so amusing about this, is just a few nights ago, I had a Nonny send me an ask referring to the general audience possibly forgetting that Rhaegar (Jon's daddy dearest) was Dany's brother --well, there you have it, Nonny, the narrative just delivered your reminder. Heh heh heh. ;)   I don't think that Dany believes Jon about the WW/NK yet (and really, we can't fault her) but he is getting his dragon glass, and in the meantime, it keeps Jon hanging around -more time to woo him to their side. 
And we head North to Winterfell (finally) to see that the Sass QitN is pretty freaking good at this ruling stuff. Like really, did we ever have any doubts? She's preparing for the enemy coming from both sides, because she's clever as hell (and I'm so proud of her!!!). Can't-take-a-hint Lord Creepyfinger is at it again -whispering in her ear with his creepy-creep-ness, and our girl once again, deliciously puts him in his place. Look, this constant talk of Cersei with Sansa, and the fact that she's lived and learned from her -plus this emphasis on how well she's taken up the helm at "ruling" and caring for her people, all while Tyrion, Jon and LF are all saying how smart she is ...I'm really starting to get the feeling that Sansa is THAT queen. Ya know -the one from Cersei's prophecy ...  
"You'll be queen, for a time. Then comes another, younger, more beautiful, to cast you down and take all you hold dear." 
I usually try not to get tin foilish in my recaps, but this is the Jonsa edition after all, so bear with me. Sansa has literally learned from the master of ruthlessness, and I truly believe all this emphasis on that this season, is setting up the fact that Sansa will be the only one clever enough to see through Cersei's scheming, won't underestimate her, and in fact, be the one to bring her down. Sansa, if not indirectly, could be linked to all of Cersei's children's deaths (all she holds dear): 
She was betrothed to Joffrey, who after he cruelly tortured her for a time, discarded her for Margaery. Being the clever old bird that she was, Olenna got Sansa to open up about Joffrey's cruelty, which ultimately led to his death.  
Thrusting Sansa into a marriage with Tyrion who then were both accused by Cersei of murdering Joffrey. Sansa escapes due to LF's scheming, leading to Tyrion's trial by combat with Oberyn as his champion. When he is killed by the Mountain, Ellaria exacts revenge on the Lannisters by killing Mrycella.   
Due to Joffrey's death, Tommon becomes king, and takes his brothers widow for a wife -the same family responsible for Joffrey's death -who only murdered him because Sansa confirmed his cruelness. Tommon falls hopelessly in love with Margaery, and upon her death, commits suicide.   
It's also important to note, that Cersei is technically the one to blame for the deaths of all of her children, although she will never see it that way. While I was studying up on this prophecy, I also stumbled onto this from one of the book wiki sites:
When will I marry the prince?
Cersei is talking about Prince Rhaegar, whom Tywin Lannister intended to offer her to for marriage. Maggy tells Cersei that she will never marry the prince, but will marry the king. This foreshadows King Aerys refusing Tywin’s offer, Robert’s Rebellion, and Cersei eventually marrying Robert Baratheon after he is crowned king.
I just find highly coincidental that Cersei was almost wed to a Targaryen prince (and Jon Snow's father, to boot), and if we're all correct in our assumptions that Jonsa is in fact endgame (it is, by the way) then Sansa will take that from her, too. Which also strangely ties Sansa to -going from in the beginning of the story, wanting the prince who was actually a bastard, to getting the bastard who is actually a prince. Just sayin' ....
Okay, back to the show. 
Bran has arrived at Winterfell! I repeat BRAN HAS ARRIVED AT WINTERFELL!! And we are treated to yet another beautiful Stark reunion -minus "the nuzzle" -I repeat MINUS THE NUZZLE!! 
They are catching up in the Godswood, and the first thing out of Sansa's mouth (when she's in what she perceives is a safe space, and she's allowed to be vulnerable) is "I wish Jon were here". Ship them or not, there's a reason that they both mentioned each other in this episode -if only to remind us (the general audience) that they are, indeed, on each other's minds. 
Bran is quite emotionless, and I guess I get it. He needs to disconnect and emerge himself completely in this whole 3-eyed Raven deal, because the NK is coming, and he doesn't have much time to hone his powers. In light of their reunion, the writers chose to have him bring up the horrors Sansa suffered at the hands of Ramsey Bolton -to prove his power. I've seen some speculate that this was in fact Bran seeing a future Sansa wedding, and this very well may be, as he admitted himself that it all comes to him in bits. Part of me REALLY wants to believe that, but I think this had more to do with choosing something that would shake Sansa enough to know that what he says is true (cuz come on, he does seem a bit eccentric and cray, peeps). Or maybe it's both? Take it for what you will. 
Jorah has been successfully cured of his greyscale, and he is off to find his Dragon queen -and just ffs, I ship them so hard !!! They (Jorah/Sam) will meet again -although, I hope it's not on different sides of the battlefield. *cough* Targbowl. 
Sam doesn't get rewarded, but you can def. see that the Archmaester IS proud of him. Oh my heart! 
And we're back to Dany's war room. Two allies are down, her armada is gone. She wants to take her Dragons and go burn Euron's fleet -oh, I'm so shocked! But, her wise council talks her out of it, and Tyrion narrates the scene of Casterly rock being taken, while quoting his bro, Bron (like -I can't wait for these two to reunite). The siege is successful .....or is it? Well, NO -because Cersei is a BOSS! 
Euron has effectively taken out the rest of Dany's ships, and trapped GW and the remaining Unsullied at Casterly Rock (which by the way, is gorgeous, and it's about time we see it) -with limited supplies, and no one to come to their aid, they will likely die. 
So where is the rest of the Lannister army? Capturing High Garden, of course (and now Cersei will have their riches, as well). The battle scenes are skipped, and we see Jamie seek out Lady Olenna, who admits to being outsmarted. She warns Jamie that Cersei will be the death of him, and calls Joffrey a cunt (lmao, I love her), before swigging down the poison Jamie offers her. And right before the credits roll, she SAVAGELY admits to Jamie that she was behind Joffrey's murder, and she wants Cersei to know that. Daaaaaammmmmnnn!
And that concludes my Afterthoughts  ...see you next week. 
Oh, and Jonsa is endgame -spread the word. 
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okay here we go, this is from some shitty mental health site ot whatever. i actually liked the site though. i read about aspd, adhd, autism, ptsd, bpd, npd etc. informative i guess
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somewhat true i guess. i dont want anything else than to love him. i dont know why i feel the need or want to but i need and want to (lol) love people. with all my fucking heart. i want to die for someone (wow) but they need to take care of me, and above all APPRECIATE my love. this guy cant even FEEL my love, how the fuck is he going to APPRECIATE it? it’s all empty and the only thing he feels like the... the sexual parts or smth ugh idk. 
he is a social predator. he once said i reminded him of a beautiful but innocent deer and now i cant stop thinking about it. idk, it used to scare me before but tbh now i dont even know if i should be offended or fascinated by how..... fucking smart and talented these people are. he said i was pretty desperate when we first met (still am oops) and little did i know i was. i was desperate wooow he could probably smell my desperation and vulnerability miles away that fucking monster haha. this article sounds a bit dramatic though. im pretty sure he would be amused by reading it, idk. amused and annoyed. i feel like this is his standard state lmao. annoyed, bored and slightly amused. 
the best way to receive love is to give love, yes indeed and he knows that. and loving him is amazing. i dont know how or why, i cant describe it and i refuse to actually admit that i love him.... I REFUSE: i dont even trust the guy, he stands for nothing, always playing the devils advocate fucking white boy, always provoking me but.... maybe its just cus he’s older and im just bored with life. well yeah probably that too. i mean.... if i was content with my life, my relationships and health i wouldnt need him lol. especially not considering how he treats me and hurt my feelings. but wow as i’ve said, i love loving him (or whatever the fuck it is) and theres nothing i’d rather do than loving him. he’s a drug
and yeah thats definitely exactly what it was like. i still cant believe i actually thought we were similar LMAOOOOOOOO and he’s like “yeah people think that we’re similar until i tell them otherwise”. we are NOT similar. okay yes, i have some abusive traits, some manipulative i guess. i guess that’s similar. but other than that.... nope
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uh, he says im emo all the time when im with him lol. trueeee. im so comfortable with him my emo just jumps out and i get really depressing wow. i wonder why he stuck with me for so long. i must be so boring. i mean it could be for the sex as i’ve said, but i doubt that. i wonder what the heck he thinks he can use me for. im always paranoid he’ll use me but at the same time i struggle with thoughts that im useless so.... bruh idk lmao
true that i stuck it out during the bad times because the good times are fantastic. true. true. idk, its not that fantastic. he’s pretty normal its not like im over showered with compliments and gifts and love but on the other hand i wouldnt want that either. hmm, idk im so curious how he’s acting with other people. if he’s similar or if he changes and adapts himself
im just svared of that “the honeymoon comes to an end”. what does that mean? will it be worse than this??? i mean is he bored now? what happens when he’s bored? will he just leave or do smth stupid? sometimes i think he’s starting drama bc he’s bored tbh that sounds more like me. he actually tried to “end” the fight by that “u owe me 5 blowjobs now” joke but i chose to continue bc he threatened to murder me and i was offended lol
yeah that may have been stupid. it was a choice of mine. he gave me a chance to move on and i chose not to because i thought i could make him apologize. LMAO NOOOOO. this bitch wont apologize for anything in the worldddddddd. makes me so FUCKING frustrated because i AM NOT going to apologize for trying to demand him to apologize. if anything i will just ignore that this ever happened. and i WOULD have, if it wasnt for the STI fact lol. it’s so awkward honestly i have nothing to say if i were to contact him. i dont know, maybe he got HIV now because of me LOL and why the fuck would i expose myself like that like why would he be with me if he publicly stated he wants to murder me if i transmitted it to him. i dont even know (yes i know, i obviously dont fucking have HIV) and i won’t know until he get tested. and he probably wont tell me so actually i should just block him before he gets tested considering he wants to kill me. ok he said he wouldnt etc etc. and i know he wouldnt but he would probably destroy my life in another way. 
uh idk, i guess i have to get myself tested again and this time HIV AND AIDS INCLUDED. only then i have a reason to text him and its to say that im clean. what a pathetic reason, i will see right through it. he KNOWS i want him. thats why there’s no reason for me to contact him at all because he already knows i’ll always want to be with him sigh
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ok so as i’ve said i’ve thought about this a lot. like what the fuck does he want from me? actually he’s ignoring me right now so idk if he still wants anything sigh. but i guess thats why he wanted to meet so fast irl. i get it now though. at first i was like “NO WE NEED TO TALK FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS” but now im like ugh lets just get it over with. i really thought he was a typical charmer, a slut, but hes been very firm that he doesnt let anyone touch him and that he’s not always up for a second “date”. i guess its smth with their boredom? 
ok i guess it’s...... charm? and also sometimes threatening and coldness. 
and yeah idk. either he’s ignoring me bc he really lost interest. he’s the one who overreacted though for real... i cant fucking believe he got so pissed over something like that and then just straight out REFUSES to apologize for THREATENING TO MURDER ME. uugh its so annoying it makes me so pissed. he said he’s not the one to block people though. guess he will just let me message him like a fucking pathetic idiot and then leave me on read lol. like he did with my cringe snaps
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LMAO YEAH I KNOW TELL ME ABOUT IT. rage.... boy can this sweet angel become angry. he’s always so rational and calm yet he lets himself get triggered over such nonsense. maybe he’s just faking it though to scare me or smth honestly i dont really know, i just know he pissed me off. he’d make a great james fallon, james fallon is a neurobiologist who studies. too bad jo wants doesn’t want to be a scientist or researcher in that matter but actually WORK as a psychologist WITH PATIENTS
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fuck i cant help but be attracted to his intelligence though :( wow it makes me feel like such a dumbass typical girly girl and i hate itttttttt. i told him i’d like to see him cry haha. idk. im just curious. im happy he haven’t cried though like used it as a manipulative tool or something. im just rambling idk what the fuck im writing lol
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cyclone5000writes · 7 years
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Hey! I just stumbled across your Disney AU for the Chosen Children from August - and they're all perfect! Would you mind making a second part as you were hinting that you had more? It would be much appreciated. Kudos from a fellow Digimon enthusiast ;)
I’m sorry I’m getting to this so late! I wanted to get to this ask sooner but I just got so busy… 
But I’m glad you liked the first Disney AU list I wrote out ^^ I do feel like they can be rambling from my end, but hey, if you don’t mind listening, I don’t mind sharing!
I tried making this list with different ships and stuff, for the sake of variety. But if you want to hear about a specific ship or certain AU setting, just let me know! I can go on and on about these things. 
Of course, the full list of random disney aus is under the cut. 
Taichi + Hikari with a slight hint of Taiyama. - Lilo and Stich AU
Taichi, the overprotective brother who is trying so hard to be an adult as quick as possible in order to take care of his sister. However Hikari is having trouble adjusting and fitting in with her surroundings as there are so many changes happening. Taichi feels bad that Hikari is struggling to make friends and stuff, so they go to get a cat (because they used to have Miko) and…it’s tailmon! 
Because I think it works so well!  Tailmon, coming into their lives as Hikari wishes for a guardian angel and instead gets a ‘monster’ that has trust issues and has a lot of destructive power??? I think it’d fit well! Especially when it came down to Hikari bonding with Tailmon. and the two of them having a relationship unlike anything else. 
lol the ‘slight’ hint of Taiyama comes from the idea that Taichi and Yamato used to attend school together and that their siblings are the same age so they know each other well. But I won’t lie. it’s entirely because I think it’d be funny if Yamato was trying to impress Taichi, only for it to go badly and then he feels embarrssed and Hikari just goes, ‘It’s okay. Onii-chan likes your butt. and he thinks your hair is fancy. I know because I read his diary’. 
Taichi, Yamato, Koushiro -Three Cabelleros AU
This makes no utter sense other than it’s what I like XD. Growing up, Three Cabelleros was my favorite movie, I love it to death, I watched it more than anything else. And don’t test me on how well I know the songs lolYamato is Donald Duck. The guy just celebrating his birthday but winds up losing his temper multiple times yelling ‘WHATS THE BIG IDEA!!!’ over and over again as his birthday is full to the brim with craziness. 
Koushiro is José. He just shows up randomly going ‘you haven’t been here before? Well let’s go! You got so much you need to learn!’’ and winds up dragging Yamato all over the place just to teach him a thing or two. Plus Koushiro looks good in a bow tie so why the fuck not. Taichi is Panchito. In this case, Yamato is probably about to eat his birthday cake only to have Taichi jump out of it screaming and hollering and shooting off a bunch of guns before grabbing Yamato and Koushiro and yelling “WE’RE THREE GAY CABELLEROS!” 
lol its completely impractical. but just imagining them singing the three cabelleros song together makes me smile.
Aristocats-Daisuke/Takeru
You know. The main reason why I wanted this kind of AU for this pairing is because I think it’d be so cute???
Like. Takeru, as the ‘duchess’. Someone who comes from a lavious lifestyle and then gets thrown out of his cozy life and is forced to have to make due with the skin on his back. 
Daisuke, the ‘alley cat’, who only approaches Takeru at first because he thinks it’d be funny. 
At first Daisuke tries to show Takeru the ‘ropes’ but Daisuke himself is a little bit of klutz and Takeru isn’t so dainty as he may appear to be. And the two wind up learning a lot about each other as Takeru tries to find his way back home. 
Idk I’m a sucker for daikerus where its about the two of them coming from polar backgrounds and them reaching a middle ground. Add a dash of social classes, cuddling ontop of the rooftops under the moonlight and walking along the edge of a dribbling stream and I’m happy!
Taichi/Jyou -Rescuers
Taichi is a field operative for a rescue task force. Because of his reputation and success record, he’s often sought for. And during one of his mission briefings a lot of people are scrambling to be his partner…
And then he chooses Jyou! A simpleton who isn’t actually part of the agency! Why?! Because Taichi “needs a plain guy who’s not gonna bother him!” Jyou doesn’t want to go but Taichi drags him along. And all of a sudden Jyou’s safe and routine lifestyle is swapped with near death experiences, crossing massive hazardous terrains and wishing that Taichi didn’t have to opt for the most stunt crazy airplane pilot every time. 
Through some miracle, their first mission together is successful. And when it’s all over Jyou is just absolutely exhausted and kinda happy that it’s all over. 
But Taichi took such a liking to Jyou that when he jumps outta his mission detail and grabs onto Jyou’s arm going "guess who’s now gonna be my new partner from this point onward!!” and Jyou silently weeps as he wishes his pleasant common life goodbye. 
Yamato/Mimi- Hercules
Again another AU that is extremely self indulgent on my end. Ever since I saw all of those Hades/Persphone AU fanarts concerning this ship I can’t help but associate Mimato with anything remotely close to Greek Mythos lmaoBut I gotta admit. Yamato, having one goal ingrained in his head, so much so that he is really socially awkward and is especially bad at dealing with Mimi because she just always plays the devil’s advocate?? I just picture that scene where Mimi is leaning in trying to be sexy and then Yamato just pinches her dress strap back up on her shoulder lol. Hercules is another favorite Disney movie of mine. They’d so be cute in this setting. 
Sora/Mimi -Tarzan
I think this is just me drifting off into dreamland but like hear me out. just. let me explain. 
So there’s a study on gorillas and stuff, and the team of researchers is Koushiro, Jyou, Mimi and Taichi. Jyou is actually there as like a medical professional, Koushiro is the one manning the research. Taichi can be the bodyguard or something he’s not a scientist. And Mimi is a botanist who was brought along cause she works under the same grant as Koushiro.
Now they are there doing their research. However while studying gorilla packs and stuff, they start noticing oddities which they have trouble explaining. Which get Koushiro up in a tizzy even if the rest of them aren’t too focused about it. 
One day, Mimi like wakes up early, and starts walking around to the stream nearby. While at the water front, she sees a colorful flower near her. When she talks toward it, she finds another flower–same type slightly different in color. She starts following them down the river before actually noticing they were placed there, they aren’t naturally growing, which makes her want to see who’s placing them down. At the end is a bunch of beautiful flowers but, these ones are special. Mimi specifically remembers seeing the laid out flowers earlier in her expedition but didn’t have time to draw and take notes about it cause Taichi was yip yapping about the sun going down and how they had to head back to camp and stuff. 
Mimi of course likes the flowers, but then starts wondering why they were there. When she heads back to camp and Koushiro has been going on and on about his theories about how the gorilla pack they are studying must be raising something that’s not a gorilla (lol jyou is just feigning interest at this rate and taichi is trying to go back to bed) Mimi can only think about the flowers so she actually starts siding with Koushiro and wants to learn more about what’s going on because her gut feeling is telling her that this is important. 
However, as they try to research this it doesn’t yield the best results. Whatever is going on, its elusive to them. And its hard to keep track of. It gets to the point where Jyou reminds everyone *why* they are all there and stuff. And even Koushiro is forced to resign his theories to focus on their jobs. 
And Mimi feels oddly upset by this and takes away from camp to cool off (Taichi offered to go with her, but Mimi refused wanting to be alone). While she’s sitting by herself feeling really defeated without knowing why, she finds another flower. This time she’s like driven to find out *why* she’s being given these gifts. (as she’s now convinced this is no accident) and then runs after this trail and finds!!! Sora!!!! :D Who has been out in the wilderness ever since she was young and was raised by the gorillas and stuff. Sora tries to run but Mimi manages to approach her. (Mainly cause Sora is both curious and feels calm around Mimi) The two of them are about to make contact before Taichi comes swinging at foliage with a machete yelling out Mimi’s name (cause she hasn’t come back to camp) which scares Sora and gets Mimi mad. Then of course the rest of this AU is spent on them trying to ‘find’ Sora. Even though Sora is kinda only comfortable around Mimi. At first its just the two of them, learning things about each other slowly  and then its all disney magic fromm there LOL
annnndddd. I think that’s enough for one list. lol I’m sorry I tend to get caught up when I start thinking of these AUs. I hope that you enjoyed some of them though! Thank you for your patience and for the ask! 
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(gargoyle anon) A few interesting points about this chapter. Ciel sais he's been to Bath before for a recuperation, wonder if that's going to impact the story later on. Why did a pair of furry hands show up when Othello mentioned supernatural beings with knowledge? I thought we dispelled werewolves existing?? Unless demons are confirmed to be furries??I hope the reason Grell is so confident they'll meet again because it has to do with Lizzy or Claudia, though I'm really hoping for Lizzy.
And sure, people call them evil or whatever, but Ciel backs himself up with his twisted logic. I want to see Lizzy counter that logic. And it’s not like she suddenly hates him or becomes an annoying villian or anything. Just, she start’s playing the devil’s advocate (haha ugh) to all of Ciel’s reasonings. Mostly, I want her to point out why didn’t he cut off all ties with her and her family and isn’t actively searching for his parent’s murderers if he supposedly only cares about revenge? 2/3
(and some people give reasons that “oh, waiting for them to come to him is the best plan” and whatever, but I think he’s just being lazy, hesitating a little, or yana’s plot convenience). I feel Lizzy could play this role well. Or better yet, have Soma do this in the brilliant turn of events where Agni did have some character development and trusts that the prince is a mature person to handle the truth and Soma decides to stay in London to help Ciel, but also stand up against at times. 3/3 
And let’s have Lizzy run off with UT because for an arc that’s suppose to surround her more, she doesn’t have enough appearances for a good wrap up of her subplot. This arc is good to introduce the problem in her and Ciel’s relationship, but not enough chapters to wrap it up, let’s save it for another arc. (sorry, I ranted so much I needed another part. Honestly don’t care what Yana does, as long as it’s written well unlike these past few chapters). 4/3 
Not sure if I’m missing part 1 of your ask, gargoyle anon, but I think I can answer with what I have!  I’d love for Bath to have an impact on the story somehow (if it somehow connects to the Phantomhive family), but I think it’d be too much to hope for it lol
Yeah, the illustration with the werewolves was weird in context, but I think it was meant to be a callback to the furry scientists in the Green Witch arc. Same for Grell! Really hope she’s hinting at something dear or close to Ciel.
On your Lizzie scenario: holy shit, yes! I’d also like it if Lizzie surprises the whole fandom by calling Ciel out and pulling out all the flaws in his reasoning. I don’t think it’d be ooc- if she thinks his life is in danger, she’d pull out all the stops and hit him where it hurts- she’d drag out that part of him unwilling to find revenge, by force.
It’s probably plot convenience LMAO, but I also think Ciel’s just a lazy shit trying to prolong his life and Sebastian’s also a lazy shit who doesn’t mind. But to be fair, I think we’d all do the same and stretch shit out as long as possible in his shoes lol. As for Soma, that’d be such a slap to Ciel’s face haha, if Agni told him everything because of character development TM and Soma stays of his own free will to help save Ciel from himself. That’s such A+ shonen friendship right there.
I have the same gripe on Lizzie. Really thought she’d be the center of this arc, but apparently it’s boybands and Ciel’s agnostic twin, and we’ve had so many chapters without knowing anything about her. It’d be nice of Yana had another arc in mind to wrap up the Ciel-Lizzie conflict, preferably filler free. 
Don’t be sorry- you’re not the only one who feels this way! Same here- anything can happen, literally anything, and I’d be fine with it so long as it’s well-written. Just have aliens come and abduct Edward- we’ll take anything.
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