#➤ v . s t a r b o r n ┊ ❛ twelve notes and the octave repeats ❜

[raythekiller]

Can I have a BEN drowned nsfw alphabet?

🗒 ❛ NSFW Alphabet ༉‧₊˚✧

Featuring: Ben Drowned

#Notes: what yall so horny for (← also horny)

pronouns used: none, gn! reader

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A - AFTERCARE

Gets super clingy. Doesn't want to let go of you, even if you just wanna get up to clean yourself. He just buries his face in the crook of your neck, holding you tight while asking you not to leave.

B - BODY PART

He's a chest guy, boobs or no boobs. Just loves laying his head on it or maybe playing with your nipples.

C - CUM

As mentioned above, since it's his favorite body part, it's also the one he loves coming on the most. Don't worry, he'll lick it clean after.

D - DIRTY SECRET

He gets off to hentai pretty regularly. He doesn't even know why and won't let ANYONE find out about it. He's pretty embarrassed, which is rich coming from him.

E - EXPERIENCE

Again, he died when he was like, twelve, so the most "experience" he ever got was from watching porn, which is... Not great.

F - FAVORITE POSITION

The classic cowgirl. Absolutely loves seeing you ride him, hands grabbing at your hips like his life depends on it. Might get a bit too desperate and thrust up if you're teasing him too much.

G - GOOFY

After he gets over the first-time embarrassement, he's back to being his silly and cocky self. Will probably crack a few jokes and you both just have to stop to giggle for a few seconds before continuing.

H - HAIR

Doesn't have much body hair generally, so he doesn't bother with grooming. It's still blonde, but a little darker than his hair.

I - INTIMACY

Honestly, though he doesn't admit it, it means a lot to him that you're willing to do something so intimate with him of all people, so while he seems to not take things so seriously most of the time, he genuinely appreciates it and is willing to do anything to satisfy you in return.

J - JACK OFF

Avid masturbator, to the point where it's a little concerning. Gets horny super easy, so he just takes it out on the socks.

K - KINKS

Here's my full post for his kinks.

L - LOCATION

Mostly his room, since it's more private and he doesn't have to risk anyone walking in, but honestly? If you're up for it, he'll do it just about anywhere. He can't say no to you.

M - MOTIVATION

In all honesty, anything gets him horny. A new outfit, a lingering touch, a seductive look or whisper and he's gone.

N - NO

He's pretty subby, so he wouldn't do anything to hurt you or that could possibly upset you, like humiliating you or being a bit rougher while domming. Even if you assure him that it's fine, he just isn't comfortable with it.

O - ORAL

Prefers receiving because he has no idea on how to give and is kind of insecure he isn't going to be able to satisfy you this way. Though, again, if you want him to, he just can't say no.

P - PACE

He's not slow, but definitely not fast either. He wants to savor every thrust, every bit of you squeezing around him. Unless you're the one controlling it, he's gonna go pretty easy on you.

Q - QUICKIE

Pretty big fan. Just a quick one in-between rounds of whatever game he's invested in at the moment. Loves it when you ride him as he's playing, too, trying to keep quiet so his teammates can't hear him whimpering.

R - RISKS

He's pretty reluctant to try anything new, honestly, and he considers you suggesting it a sign he's not satisfying you currently. He's a little insecure due to his lack of experience.

S - STAMINA

Can last for about 2 or 3 rounds. Anything more than that and he's crying from overstimulation, begging you to slow down.

T - TOYS

Doesn't own any, surprisingly (unless you count the body pillow he fucks every so often), but doesn't mind using them on you if you have any.

U - UNFAIR

He tries to be a teasing bastard, he really does, but his body betrays him. He has no self control when he's horny and will always budge before you do.

V - VOLUME

Oh, he's quite loud. More so whimpers and whines, but when he moans it's fairly high pitched as well as shaky and a bit breathy, he simply sounds desperate. W - WILD CARD

Jerks off thinking about you for months before actually trying to make a move, watching you undress before going to sleep through your computer screen while he strokes his cock. X - X-RAY

Not too big, about 7.5 inches. Pretty fair girth for the size as well. Y - YEARNING

Horny all of the time. Will beg to fuck you in the middle of any occasion, genuinely doesn't care if it's inappropriate for the moment, he's hard and he needs your help with it. Please? Z = ZZZ

Falls asleep minutes after coming, which is one of the reasons why he doesn't want to let you go once you're both done. He wants to wake up in your arms.

#creepypasta #creepypasta headcanons #creepypasta x reader #creepypasta smut #ben drowned #ben drowned x reader #ray.writes

[jorisjurgen]

World of Twelve dashboard simulator

🎆 halfalight follow

I think if I get knocked out while solo'ing dungeons oen more time local eniripsas will just euthanise me 😭 iop save me

🫂 shards-of-glass-in-the-bar follow

we all have that homie who's not gonna make it.

🎆 halfalight follow

You run an anti-recovery alcoholism blog tho ???

🫂 shards-of-glass-in-the-bar follow

way to be classphobic dipshit.

🐙 podapoda-2-3 follow

Idk i feel like posting about losing your home bc of it isn't very successful and happy pandawa of you.

🤹 mysteryrystery follow

Anyone in this thread smoke hemp

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🌌 somethingquietplace

Like a sworn knight, I serve you. You are my beating heart, my lifeline. Neither Bonta nor Astrub would be home, if you were not by my side...

Yet, why do my hands yearn for freedom, the way a butcher yearns for a wild animal?

🌛 quartziwindy follow

Are you ok op.

🕸️ osamodas-loves-spiders follow

isnt op that one guy with 50 side blogs who got accused of being a part of the bontarian royalty and classfaking being an ecaflip.

🌌 somethingquietplace

Do you swear on your heart that you can truly believe a person with a life and a career would post on this site.

#Mind your buisiness. #not osu

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🥧 amakna-news-official follow

does anyone know if the demigod goultard is still out there marrying people//...

i n;;eed h;im.

🍄 124-lancer-lancer follow

When you die and go to externam not even being hosed down will help clean your soul. You will not reincarnate for 999 years.

🆎 alphabetcounter follow

e: 13; n: 11; o: 11; l: 7; a: 6; r: 6; i: 5; t: 5; u: 4; d: 4; 9: 3; h: 3; y: 4; s: 3; w: 4; g: 2; c: 2; x: 1; m: 1; v: 1; b: 1; p: 1; f: 1

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🌌 somethingquietplace

Went on a fishing trip with my family.

Here are some photos I took there, including photos of the snappers the three of us caught. Sufokia is beautiful this time of the year.

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🌌 somethingquietplace

I'll delete this reblog a bit later for organization purposes, but I wanted to take this moment to thank you all for your comments.

Also, I did not know that there was a fishing community here, for all the decades I spent on this site. The more you know.

#It's nice to get back in the groove of things... #Such a hectic year. #I just need some peace and quiet. #And maybe then I'll feel better. #Though sometimes I do ask why I keep doing this. Just everything in general. #...A hot chocolate will fix me right up though. Always does. #Delete later

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🔰 noobdefencesquad follow

I know most ppl are like..,, 100% over talking about that one fuckin xelor that reversed time for like 20 minutes. like yeah hes evil but he saved my whole life. i spilled coffee on my passport and then WHOOM time reversed and shit. and i woke up 20 minutes earlier, threw up, and decided not to go anywhere near my documents with liquids ever again.

can i get a wahoo for grandpa genocide. like he really fucked up but he did do a solid one to at least me. i just feel like enough years had passed for me to speak my truth

🌒 ten-o-cock-and-a-half follow

It's not a laughing matter, people died. And it was a yet another case of media representing xelors as crazy and evil.

Try to put yourself in the mindset of the victims.

🔰 noobdefencesquad follow

im a xelor too and i think this is fucking hilarious soo yeah.

try reincarnating into a different class in next life! hope this helps.

🌛 quartziwindy follow

I agree with the second rb, but is nobody going to mention their url??

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👾 pixiiiii-piratika follow

I know we all have our role models for adventurers we'd like to marry or become or steal the gender of or whatever, but idk it haunts me that some of them may be on this site. Imagine someone like master Eva reading what ppl had written about her or her husband. scary.

🎁 doggrillsougi follow

I hope ush galash can feel when i post about sending him psionic shadow assassins. i hope he fucking feels pain. Every single time.

🎶 foggy-has-no-spoons follow

what did a random bontarian noble do to you. also isn't he dead.

🎁 doggrillsougi follow

OK SO. this made me realize that most people genuinely don't know about the murder dungeon allegations.

To summ it up, he lured in people to rob his house, put them in The Murder Dungeon (actually a tower, but... rule of funny. it sounds funnier that way), and Bontarian government did NOTHING about for years, and even placed a statue in his honor despite that.

wo2ww.bontanews.bn/articles/ush-galesh-allegations-of....

Now, this might sound like a conspiracy theory, but most of us in the demigod drama community know that Ecaflip demigods just... fake their deaths a lot. So there's a very big chance he's still out there. He's fucking out there.

And I want him to know, that I am sending psionic brain warriors to him. And to the king too.

THE ONLY reason this turned into a thing everyone knows is due to an anonymous leaker from within the palace. I fucking hate this kingdom.

🌹 theflowerofsadida follow

The city of good, btw

yet another reason i am a proud brakmarian despite not liking djaul LOL

🐙 podapoda-2-3 follow

WHAT????? HE HAD A WHAT ..

👾 pixiiiii-piratika follow

oh god what happened to my post.

🌛 quartziwindy follow

there are like, theories on who leaked it btw, considering a bunch of diplomats had access to the documents. Though I won't point any fingers towards anyone in the palace in particular. 👀

if it would keep him doing this, I could kiss that guy who did this, on the lips, I would. or like, give him a pizzlarva.

fr fr.

🌌 somethingquietplace

It's every Bontarian's civil duty to try and make the city a little bit better. I think these motivations are both unneeded and unwanted.

Though the pizzlarva bit is funny.

👾 pixiiiii-piratika follow

arent you that one guy with whos been here for like 20 years and got accused of being a part of the bontarian royalty and classfaking being an ecaflip.

did you do this tumblr user somethingquietplace. did you.

🌌 somethingquietplace

I'm running a combination OSU, photography, and fishing blog where I post poorly written poetry at 4AM.

Please stop with the "you're never beating the allegations" jokes.

#not osu

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#wakfu #dofus #krosmoz #this is cringe #but i had fun writing this #mymemes #there are only 2 canonical wakfu characters who would be on tumblr and only one of them is here. sorry. #you can guess who it is.

[pooma-english]

Grammar: The Unit of English 

Let us see these Units of English individually. 

✔1. Letter: 

There are twenty six letters in English language. 

They are: 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z . 

These letters have been written in Capital forms. 

The same letters can also be written in Small forms. 

They are: 

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y and z. 

All these twenty-six letters are collectively called ALPHABET.

So the alphabet of English language has twenty-six letters. 

These twenty-six letters can be classified into two groups. 

They are: 

I. Consonants 

b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z. 

are called CONSONANTS. That means there are 21 consonants. 

II. Vowels 

a, e, i. o and u

are called VOWELS. That means there are five vowels. 

✔️2.Word.

A word converts the group of letters into a meaningful one. A word plays a pivotal role in the Units of English. 

A word is a group of letters with a meaning. 

Ball, nation, ocean, boy, courage, install, save and organization are words. 

The word ball is having four letters b..a..l..l. 

The word organization is having twelve letters o..r..g..a..n..i..s..a..t..i..o..n. 

In this way all the words are collective forms of few letters. 

Every word carries a meaning. 

Let us see few more words which we use regularly in our daily lives. 

Son, father, mother, daughter, wife, husband, school, college, milk, street, bus, car, train, sky, moon, sun, note, book, university, love, language, skill, communication, motivation, can, will, no, yes, carry, on, down, up, color, white, red, computer, profit, business and knowledge are few of the words which we use in our day-to-day lives. 

It is must for one to know at least 25,000 words to become a very good communicator in English. 

Till you master that much of words and the Basics of English language, you have to keep on learning so that you language-skill will get sharpened day by day. Becoming thorough with the Basics of English is a matter of practice. 

Understanding the meaning of the words determines your progress. Among the Units of English, the unit word has its own place in understaning the Perfect English.The word-power is indomitable. Rote learning of words will not take you to understand the Perfect English.The meaning and the usages of every word should be understood. You should allot more time to increase your word-power.These Units of English will take you to the next level of learning process. 

✔️3.Phrase:

This is another important Unit in the Units of English. 

A phrase is a group of words without a subject and a predicate but with a meaning. 

(What are meant by subject and predicate? Let us see later.) 

The basics of English language should be understood in a comprehensive manner. keep on reading till all the lessons in the basics are over. Then begin once again from this Units of English, that will give you better understanding of the Basics of English language. 

Let us see few phrases. 

i. The leader of the group 

ii. The red ball 

iii. Your class-mates 

iv. Our family-members 

v. A very distant place 

vi. Business people 

vii. To make up 

viii. To get away with 

ix. To score more marks 

x. To attain fame 

If the most important word in a phrase is a noun (what is noun? Let us see later.), it is called a Nominal phrase or a Noun phrase. 

In the foloowing sections, you will understand these pharses very well. 

In the examples given above, the first six phrases have nouns as the most important words. 

“The leader of the group" has the noun “leader" as the most important word in that phrase. 

“The red ball" has the noun “ball" as the most important word in that phrase. 

So they are called Nominal phrase or Noun phrase.

Few more examples for Nominal phrases: 

i.  All the admitted students 

ii. Tax-payers from that state 

iii. The primary colors 

iv. Safe web-sites 

v. Only English teachers 

If the most important word in the phrase is verb (what is verb? Let us see later.), that phrase is called Verbal phrase. 

In the above-mentioned examples, vii, viii, ix and x have the verbs make-up, get away, score and attain as the most important words. So they are called Verbal Phrases. 

Few more examples for Verbal phrases: 

i. To cultivate the lands 

ii. To study into night 

iii. To go around the city 

iv. To donate liberally 

v. To be there in time 

✔️4.Clause

A clause is a group of words, with a subject and a predicate having a meaning. 

Note: 

A phrase does not have a subject and a predicate. But a clause has both. 

i. You are my best friend 

ii. It is not possible for him to do that now 

iii. When the train arrived 

iv. If you are qualified 

v. As the election is declared 

If clause is conveying the complete meaning, it is called Main clause. 

The clause You are my best friend conveys the complete meaning. So it is called the Main clause. 

Few more examples for main clauses: 

i. His letter is full of eulogies. 

ii. The magicians have not yet come. 

iii. The school-hour is over. 

iv. Red-colored cars have very good demand. 

v. Indians are religious by nature. 

If the meaning of the clause is incomplete, then that clause is called subordinate clause. 

The clause mentioned above “if you are qualified" does not have a complete meaning. 

So that clause is called subordinate clause . 

Few more examples for subordinate clauses: 

i. It is possible only when 

ii. Unless you score high marks 

iii. Since your age is below 21 

iv. As the time is not ripe 

v. Because of high blood-pressure 

Subordinate clauses begin with words such as: 

Who, whom, whose, which, that, unless, as, because, when, how, where, what, since, etc.. 

Note: 

A. There can not be a sentence without a Main clause. 

B. In few sentences, the subordinate clause may occur between two parts of a main clause

✔️5. Sentence

A sentence is a group of clauses, conveying a complete meaning. A sentence is the form which carries all the five Units of English by remaining one of the five Units of English. 

Examples: 

i. It is possible only when all the members support this project. (1 main clause and 1 subordinate clause). 

ii. Do not try to be smart (1 main clause). 

iii. When you come to my house, please, bring that book. (1 main clause and 1 subordinate clause). 

iv. He is intelligent but he is lazy. (2 main clauses). 

v. Since the students have not yet paid their fees, the exam was not conducted yesterday. (1 subordinate clause and a main clause). 

These are the basic Units of English. Here after you can enter the next area of Perfect English. 

So far we have clearly understood the following terms. 

i.  Units of English language 

ii. Alphabet 

iii. Consonant 

iv. Vowel 

v. Letter 

vi. Word 

vii. Nominal phrase or Noun phrase 

viii. Verbal phrase 

ix. Main clause 

x. Sub-ordinate clause 

xi. Sentence 

These are the utter basics which constitute English language. From the first unit of the five Units of English language, we have come to the unit of sentence. 

Go through this page once again so as to understand all these 

Units of English without any doubt. This slow-approach will give you strong foundation to go ahead with your journey of learning of the Basics of English language. 

NOTE: 

Understanding the Basics of English(Grammar) very clearly will give you the strong foundation needed to become a very good communicator. 

[maincs]

tag dump.

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[the-littlefangirl]

TFATWS episode 2 rewatch commentary

We should've guessed John Walker was going to be an asshole the moment it was revealed he played football in high school

That remix of star spangled man is my villain origin story JEEEEEEESUS i want to punch something

They literally mass produced a Walker action figure in two weeks what the fuck

"Your new Captain America" GAAAAAAAAAAh * angry noises *

"For those who aren't familiar with John's resume" thank you GMA lady

My face during that whole speech: wtf and indignation intensify

Bucky's face: yep same.

Imagine being Sam and everywhere you go you're seeing your one (1) mistake spit in your face overandoverandover again that's g r e a t

Tbh that sambucky reunion was anticlimatic as fuck but i actually liked that, it was like WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN they can’t look at each other for 5 seconds before they need to start bickering

"You think it didn't break my heart" SAM SWEETIE

YeAH TELL HIM SAM

The way I know this clip by heart help me. It's still hilarious but it's even better now that I know that they literally just met and they're already bickering can you PLEASE stop you children

T H E  B I G  T H R E E

Spoiler it was a thing

Love how nonchalant Joaquín is about this entire situation lmao

"You sure about that"

*Fakes smiles* yeah, * screams *

Congrats at least you didn't rip your arm off this time that's what I call progress

is he… is he wearing high wasted skinny (jeans) combat pants?

Redwing i'm sorry for what's about to happen :(

"Look at you all stealthy" PLEASE

"it's white wolf, actually" n e r d

SAM MATERIALIZING OUT OF THIN AIR SAFHAJSFHA this is the second time that happened it’s so funny

H E LLO H O W A R E Y O U?

GOOD! WHAT DID I MISS! NOTHING

They're literally 5 CHILDREN CHILDREN PLEASE STOP

AND I CAN FLY WHO GIVES A SHIT fsdjhfadjkfh

L e t  m  e   s e e

Four

Yeah

Five!

YeaH

“So they're strong. W h a t e v e r”

SFHJDASKFA we're superheroes ma'am vibes

3 supersoldiers what could possibly go wrong

REDWING MY BELOVED FAREWELL

"I always wanted to do that" *gets punched in the face* you deserved that

YEAH BABEE look at those wings

Why do the knockoff duo have a special handshake jesus fucking christ i hate them

“SAM JOHN WALKER CAPTAIN AMERICA” Sam: *Glares harder*

Sam is having a very shitty day

So are we going to ignore that Bucky did t h e  t h i n g with the shield? Ok? Ok.

You can't tell me he wasn't thinking of just grabbing it like a toy and not returning it in the middle of the fight sfj

LOOK AT THOSE W I N G S

*whispers* t h e e arm thing

*Stares at the wall* I CAN'T WITH THAT SEQUENCE WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO MEJSFHJASFAH PLEASE they didn't have to go that far with the grunting noises PLEASE

John Walker getting his ass served is something that can be so personal<3

Also, I like that they've now established that he CAN lose a fight, which makes me wonder if he's also going to use his political influence as leverage against sam and bucky once he goes berserk

"It's one of the big three" "Aliens, androids or wizards" "pretty sure" lmao yeah I don't think that's the vindication Sam was looking for

"Look, I've done the work, okay" SHUT THE FUUUUUUCK UP

"You ever jump on top of a grenade" bucky finding out about it in the middle of a briefing during the war fic trope intensifies

"It's a reinforced helmet" well you're fucking losing the point there then you naive clown

Captain "Kind of the government" America??? NOPE NOPE GOODBYE N O P E NOOOOOOOOOOOPE

"Usually said by the people with the resources" daaamn

“I'm Battlestar. John's partner" A clown that’s what you are

Bucky: YES I'VE REACHED MY LIMIT STOP THE FUCKING CAR

"It'd be a whole lot easier if I had Cap's wingmen on my side" FUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUU

"It's always that last line" yeP

Erin Kellyman is??? So pretty???

"The GRC care more about the people who came back than the ones who never left" love how they keep putting those random bits since otherwise their position sounds??? Extremely reasonable?? BUT THEY ARE V I O L E N T  R E V O L U T I O N E R S fuck off

"Let's take the shield, Sam" oh you BET he's been spiraling thinking about 3224 strategies on how to steal the shield during that flight

Sharon name drop:)

YES I KNOW YOU WERE ON THE RUN FOR TWO YEARS I'D REALLY HAVE WANTED TO SEE MORE OF IT JFC @marvel i hate you so much

The whole Baltimore sequence * chef's kiss *

ELI SWEETIE

Friendly reminder that Isaiah Bradley won a fight against the Winter Soldier. Proceed.

"I'm not a killer anymore" bucky sweetie

"You think you can wake up one day and decide who you wanna be" OOOOF

Carl Lumbly's acting f u c k

"How could nobody bring him up" SAM SWEETIE

I'm going to go ballistic now excuse me:))

This whole scene is so well written jesus fucking christ

Have you praised Anthony Mackie's performance today?

Twitter is this clear enough for you?????

Tbh i'm actually surprised marvel allow them to go there even if the situation didn't escalate.

They put the tiiiiniest handcuffs on bucky lmfao

How many more "bucky"s from Walker's mouth until someone punches him?

"He's too valuable of an asset to have tied up" YEAH BEEP BEEP ALARMS GOING OFF RIGHT THE FUCK NOW UHM THOSE WERE SOME… WORD CHOICES… THAT WERE USED… fuck you Walker

"It's something I use with couples" oh coME ON

SFHAJSDFH this is ridiculous i love it

Malcolm Spellman: * agressively takes notes on Stackie's interviews *

SOUL-GAZING EXERCISE LMFAO

THEY'RE SO STUPID I HATE THEM

Sambucky: *chaotic leg positioning*

Dr Raynor: WOW ALL RIGHT

I love that the staring contest thing is the conclusion of the bucky staring joke lmao

AND DON'T SAY SOMETHING CHILDISH

this is literally not about you bucky

"Maybe this is something you or Steve will never understand. But can you accept that I did what I thought was right?" YEAH!!!! 

Why is everyone, on the show and outside of it too, acting as if Sam made that decision of out the blue and didn't think about it for six months straight, and look what happened! He got fucking played! He's feeling enough remorse as it is jfc

"Thanks Doc for making it weird I feel much better" LMFAO

Oh you KNOW that the shoulder clap is going to come back unironically and it's going to be soft as fuck

"I feel better" "I feel awful" props for the honesty boys!

"It wouldn't make sense to work with you" more like you're the fucking government's lap dog and we wouldn't touch that with a twelve feet long pole. Let's fucking go Sam let's fucking go

10/10 building of Walker actually being a fucking asSHOLE

The Power Broker name drop!

Yes Bucky SHOULD beat the SHIT out of Zemo. As a treat.

"We're going to go see Zemo" *CLASSICAL MUSIC STARTS BLASTING IN THE BACKGROUND*

Oh I love that last bird eye's shot at the end of the scene

Overall thoughts: This episode was MUCH MUCH better on second viewing. I do think it’s a little bit too fast paced so a lot of things keep happening and there’s not enough time to process them in between?? Again the best moments are the quiet ones like the flight back and the Baltimore scene, but mad props to everyone from jumping between comedy and drama so fucking well. Even though there are, in tone, some very opposite atmospheres in the episode it never feels chaotic, and the situations that happen are very well connected and don’t feel disjointed at all.

The highlight of the episode was definitely the two different ways Sam and Bucky are (avoiding) grieving over Steve, and how his legacy hangs between them at all times. It makes so much sense for Bucky to take the entire situation so personally because Steve was the One thing he knew he could trust, while Sam is trying to see the bigger picture and not just what Steve demanded of him.

Hope that makes sense!

#tfatws commentary #tfatws #tfatws spoilers

[lilibetts]

Someone within a twenty feet radius loves you!

(Part 2/3, Theme 1)

Betty was going to delete LoveAlarm from her phone.

She should have deleted LoveAlarm off her phone.

But come Wednesday afternoon, she still hasn’t, and she couldn’t have told you why. A glutton for punishment, probably.

>>No, you’re just a hopeful romantic! Veronica texts her while she’s in the library during study hall, working on an English essay.  >>The app is all about proximity. You don’t know who you simply haven’t been within twenty feet of yet. Or maybe they just haven’t downloaded the app.

Maybe so, yet Betty can’t help but feel like there is a fine line between hopeful and masochistic. She wants to text Veronica back with a passive-aggressive message about how Veronica has it easy with a bunch of pings and *at least* two people around the school who love her. But she doesn’t because that would be shitty.

The point is, LoveAlarm is still on her phone and she’s doing her best to forget all about it and her unexpectedly complicated feelings about Archie. That’s when it happens: she feels her phone buzzing across the wood table.

Frowning, she checks it, assuming it’s Veronica with more encouraging platitudes. Betty can scarcely believe what she sees, however:

1.

Someone within a twenty feet radius loves you!

The red heart on her screen is practically vibrating off the phone as she watches in shock. Her eyes dart up and around, landing on every face surrounding her. There has to be what, twelve people in the library that could be within twenty feet of her? It’s a popular location for study hall, after all. 

Someone is in love with her.

Was it Trev? Chuck? Sweet Pea? Alex C.? Tyler? Dilton? Of course it occurs to Betty that it could be a girl, but she isn’t up to date on who’s Out and who Veronica and Kevin are convinced are closeted. It definitely isn’t Ethel Muggs, who has started scowling at her every chance she gets lately.

The number on her phone goes back down to zero, so either the person turned their phone off or they just left her radius. Another frantic glance around only shows her the front doors swinging shut. Frowning, Betty realizes that Sweet Pea is no longer in the library and Trev has gotten up and walked over to a shelf in the back. Nobody seems to be doing anything with their phone.

Biting her lip, Betty considers her options, but there’s really only one solution.

                       *********************************************************

Jughead is in the Blue & Gold, fingers clacking away at the typewriter Betty had gotten him for his 16th birthday, Sweet Pea’s teasing words echoing in his ears, when said Hitchcock blonde comes bursting into the room.

“Juggie!” she exclaims a little breathlessly. She has one of those determined grins on her face that make his heart go pitter-patter. 

Thankfully, his phone is off, so it can’t tell on him.

“I need your help.” She drags another chair up to his desk and sits down primly, spine straight and ankles crossed. /If you have the time./

/Of course. What’s up?/

Betty hesitates then, biting her lip. /I downloaded LoveAlarm,/ she says finally, arms and voice tentative. /Someone pinged it in the library earlier and I want you to help me find out who./ With that, Betty slaps down a piece of paper with a list of names on it. Jughead swallows hard.

He’s not an absolute moron, he did expect this. When presented with an unknown suitor, of course Betty Cooper would immediately start to investigate. 

He could just tell her, but again, vulnerability is scary. As Tim Kreider wrote, “If you want to enjoy the rewards of being loved, you also have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.” It’s a certainty that she’ll figure it out eventually. Maybe he’s being a coward, but hey, Betty *loves* solving mysteries.  

Jughead doesn’t expect her love in return, he’s just flattered that he was the first one she thought of to help her figure out who pinged her LoveAlarm.

/Why are Sweet Pea and Trev’s names starred?/

/They left my radius around the same time my LoveAlarm went from 1 to 0./

When Jughead had decided to sneak into the library earlier and make her phone ping while he hid in the stacks behind her, he had been counting on the other students around her as cover but now, seeing that she’s zeroed in on two guys in particular has a pit opening up in his stomach.

“You’re a fucking idiot, Jones. Just tell her,” Sweet Pea had told him.

His hands feel clunky as he tries to sign. /And if it’s one of them, how would you feel?/

The question stymies Betty, who shakes her head and shrugs, gathering up her things. /I don’t know. Let’s just figure out who it is and I’ll figure out how I feel then./

“Okay,” Jughead ends up saying to her retreating back.

Thursday is simultaneously the most fun and the most torturous. In the morning, Jughead finds himself helping Betty stalk Sweet Pea down G Hallway, chatting him up to stall him near the Chem classrooms and surreptitiously waving her over once he ascertains that Sweet Pea has his phone out and turned on. 

“Hey, Sweet Pea!” 

Betty practically bounces as she comes to a stop next to him, eyes bright but biting her lip nervously. She’s balancing a 13”x9” tupperware container in her arms, and her phone is in her left hand, turned away from them so they can’t see LoveAlarm open on the screen.

Of course Jughead turned his own off as soon as he arrived at school. What do you think he is? An amateur?

“'Sup, Coop?” Sweet Pea doesn’t know a lot of sign language, but he smiles down at her easily. Jughead is overwhelmed by a sudden urge to kick him in the shin. “Are those for me?” Sweet Pea approximates sign with some basic pointing from the cupcakes in the tupperware container before pointing at himself.

“Uh…” Betty’s sneaking a glance at her phone and for a moment, Jughead is worried. “Yes, you can have one. They’re Boston Cream Pie cupcakes.” 

He groans on the inside. Those are his favorite.

“Don’t mind if I do,” Sweet Pea murmurs, grabbing one and peeling away the liner so he can take a bite.

This time, Jughead’s groan may have been audible.

Betty catches Jughead’s eye and shakes her head. Great, that’s one name scratched off their list. To Sweet Pea, she says: “I better be off, or I’ll be late. Bye, guys!” 

Jughead watches her leave, ponytail swishing from side to side. Sweet Pea watches him watch her leave for a moment before he clears his throat.

“Listen, Jones, I don’t mean to rush you and all, but...having a cute girl come up to you all smiles and offering you a cupcake—a damn delicious cupcake at that—might make a guy catch feelings. Just saying.” With that, Sweet Pea takes another bite of the cupcake, getting chocolate icing smeared all around his lips. Every chew he takes seems like a threat. A helpful threat.

“Lima Charlie,” Jughead sighs. Message received and understood. Sweet Pea’s older brother had been in the army and thus, he and Jughead had spent years using military jargon over walkie talkies as they snuck around Sunnyside. With a nod, Sweet Pea gives him an unnecessarily hard pat on the back and heads down the hallway.

When Jughead ducks into the Blue & Gold in between the next classes, he sees the tupperware container on his desk, next to his typewriter, a sticky note on top:

The rest are yours! I made your favorites, after all. -B

God I love you, Betty Cooper.

Lunchtime is nearly a disaster. Betty had roped the two of them into helping the Theater Club finish some set decoration for a production of Almost, Maine. All for nothing, because as it turns out, Trev is out for a dentist appointment. Still, Jughead manages to have fun being half-heartedly helpful while he eats his lunch—two ham sandwiches Betty brought in for him as a bribe for helping her with this—and Betty’s having a good time too, as evidenced by the fact she’s smiling so hard her eyes crinkle, and even when she tries to scrunch up her face to be mad at him eating more than painting, it just collapses into another giggling fit.

It’s when lunch is over and they’re heading up the aisle to where they’d left their things that Jughead remembers he left his phone on. Betty has hers with her, since she thought she would be testing Trevor’s phone for pings, and she’s barely five feet behind him.

Crap.

He hurries ahead and grabs it, depressing the power button. Just before the screen goes black, he could have sworn he saw his LoveAlarm app begin to open.

He doesn’t let himself think anything of it. In the rush, his thumb had probably hit the app button.

                  **************************************************************

Thursday night finds Betty pondering the mystery that still remains: the identity of the person who loves her. Sweet Pea has been eliminated from the list of possibilities, but Trev Brown remains a question mark. 

Curled up in her thick socks and comfiest sweatpants, hair wet from her shower and starting to curl, Betty stares at her laptop screen as she contemplates their next step. Her and Jughead had bonded over their mutual love of The Baxter Brothers and Tracy True books as children, and they’d conducted more than one investigation together over the years, so it’s natural that Betty had gone to him for help with this, even if it’s a little embarrassing.

But why, a niggling little voice asks at the back of her mind. Jughead’s question comes back to her: what will she do if it’s Trev? She doesn’t know. 

Trev’s...nice. He’s cute, and smart, and Betty doesn’t have the faintest idea what she’d do with the knowledge that he’s in love with her. Go on a date with him, she supposes, to at least see whether there is something there before she...breaks his heart? That’s what you do, right? You go to dinner at one of the few nicer restaurants in town or you go see a movie at the Bijou.

She doesn’t really want to think about this, Betty realizes, as her attention wanders from her Sleuthster search results to the ads along the column on the right. One ad catches her eye and she gasps, straightening in her chair and grabbing her phone. Her thumbs fly over the keys as before she hits [send].

<<Do you still have the reels for Rear Window?

>>Yes, why?

<<We should set the projector up in my basement and watch it this weekend. I’ll supply the snacks.

>>Capital idea, Betts, but how are you going to get all that junk food past the K9-level olfactory senses of Alice Cooper?

<<It just so happens that my mom and dad are going to visit Polly in Boston this weekend.

>>Cambridge. Just say Cambridge.

<<As long as we dispose of the evidence and air out the basement with some Febreeze, mom will be none the wiser. I’m sure Archie will donate his trash bin to the cause.

There’s a longer pause before Jughead replies.

>>It’s a   plan

>>Speaking of plans, what do you need me to do tomorrow re: Mission Pings?

Betty grins and taps out the basic framework of how they’re going to corner Trev before the pizza party at lunch, but Jughead will have her phone on him so he can feel for her ping, and listen for Trev’s ping. A thought occurs to her and Betty suddenly feels selfish for insisting that Jug help her.

<<I meant to ask you...have you downloaded LoveAlarm?

>>What do you think?

>>Besides, I already know what it would say.

A terrible feeling, like a vise in her chest, takes her over as she reads and re-reads those words. How can Jughead believe this? Almost immediately on the heels of that thought is the reminder that Betty herself had been despondent on Tuesday when she allowed the melodramatic thought  that ‘nobody was going to ever love her’ to take hold.

<<That’s bullshit. Any girl would be lucky to fall in love with you!

She means her words. Jughead may be antisocial, he may wear that crown beanie practically all the time, and okay, yes he can be the most extra fucking weirdo on the planet...but he’s also clever and passionate, she’s seen firsthand how caring and considerate he can be, and of course he’s objectively attractive. 

Betty stares at the window that faces the Andrews’ home, with the roller shades that are always pulled down lately, and pictures Jughead’s face in her mind, how he’s a bit on the pretty side, especially with that mouth. She thinks about how jealous she’s been of that wild head of dark hair in the past, when she’s seen him with the hat off, and how over the past year he’s shot up another inch or two and seems to have filled out, especially in the arms—

>>From your thumbs to God’s ears, Betts. Night, I’ve gotta be up bright and early to help you catch the worm.

She lets out a huff of laughter and rolls her eyes even though she knows he can’t see her.

<<Night, Juggie.

#bughead #riverdaleevents #avarosier writes

[lokidokiliteratureclub]

Frostbitten (Chapter One)

Loki x Reader

Prologue

Y/N L/N is a child of a Jotun and an Asgardian. She spends her life hidden in the dungeons of Asgard, with no one to talk to other than one of the princes- a man who seems completely incapable of leaving her alone and entirely unable to give up on helping her. Y/N and Loki Odinson have always been inseparable, it seems- even when there is a cell wall, or a village, or an entire kingdom between them. 

Even when he disappears, even when you run away, and even when his world falls apart; you are inseparable. 

Oh lordy the first part of this fic got waaayy more attention than I was expecting If you want to be added for tags in this series, leave a comment or send me an ask, and I’ll add you for the coming parts. Thanks so much for reading!!

P.S.: This part is not action-filled or anything. The interesting stuff starts the next part.

P.P.S: Normally I don’t update this quickly- I just wasn’t doing anything else today.

________________________

Twelve Years Later

Loki Odinson has not been down in the dungeons for two months. That's two months of being alone. Two months of not speaking. Two months of you wondering what's wrong on the surface. Three times so far you've gotten too close to the barrier. Those three times are hardened burns on your blue arms. Small welts on your soft palms. Scratches on your bare knees. The lady who brings you food in the morning noticed the wounds but said nothing- simply laying a tub of ice on the table next to a soft washcloth.

The fact that they actually gave you an unassembled ice pack for your injuries makes you want to laugh. It sounds like something you’d tell Loki about. You add it silently to the list of things you’ll tell him when he comes back.

If he comes back.

Loki has left before- usually with a warning, though. Usually only for a week. It has been eight.

One day he’s sitting outside your cell, applauding you on how far you’ve advanced in magic and droning on about how he wishes he could see you without the yellow film between you- maybe even touch you. Shake your hand. Touch your shoulder. Things that people can do when they’re not imprisoned under a giant castle or unable to control whose arm they freeze off. One day, you two are dreaming of what could be, completely absorbed in each other's thoughts and words, and the next, the inseparable become separated.

And even though it’s possible that he left you by choice, you’re more worried for him than you are about yourself. 

"Hey, Njord," you speak aloud, targeting one of the head guards on patrol. He doesn't stop to look at you, not even shifting from his position outside your cell. "Hey, Njord," you say, louder. "What's the buzz? How's the royal family?"

Njord heaves an annoyed sigh but doesn't respond. You scoot closer to the barrier so that you and the guard are only really about a foot apart.

"Hey, Njord,"

He makes a huffing noise.

"I'd like a book. Or a cup of tea. Is that arrangeable?" You tilt your head, fiddling with a couple spare strands of hair. "Your beard looks rather nice today. Very clean."

Njord gives a slight swell of pride and raises a hand to caress his beard, but then he realizes he doesn't have a beard. His face falls. He looks sad. You almost feel bad, but you don’t. So you laugh.

"Don't tease him, he lost the beard in a bet," says Lady Sif, descending into the prison in a bit of haste and sparing you a quick glance. "Haven't you anything else to do, prisoner?"

You shrug, rolling onto your back and staring at the ceiling. "I'm a twenty-two-y-year-old Jotun-Asgardian hybrid in prison, whose only companion has been inexplicably absent for two months. Njord won't get me books. I haven't seen the light of day in fourteen years. I have literally nothing to think about and nothing to do, so no."

"Njord, get her a book or two so she'll quit talking," Sif grumbles, and footsteps let you know that he is leaving.

You roll onto your stomach, staring out at her. She's dismounting a shield and removing a sword from one of the upper shelves of the guard's stock. She's a bit flimsy with the weapons from what you can see, but Loki had insisted that she showed promise in the combat field. More than meets the eye, you suppose.

You watch her fasten the shield to her arm and prop yourself up on your elbows. "Will you be joining the staff down here?"

She sends you a pointed glare. "No. I'll be joining the staff up there." Sif nods toward the stairs leading out of the dungeons and grabs a sword sheath from another shelf, attempting to fasten that on as well. 

"Joining the army? How patriotic."

She ignores you, sheaths the sword, and heads back up.

"Hm." You exhale. "Rude."

Moments later, Njord arrives back in your cell, stepping through the energy barrier like it’s not even there. He drops a single hardcover down in front of you, then strides back out and resumes his post. The book is long- which is probably what Njord was going for when he found it. It’ll take you especially long since you really have only known how to read for three years- courtesy of Loki, of course. The gift of literacy is one of the many you’ve received from him. Hopefully, it can save you from dying of boredom or worry while you wonder where the hel he is.

The first thing you notice when you look at the book is that it’s completely tattered- sometimes with entire pages missing out of it. The pages that remain are yellowed and reek of a musty, almost moldy smell. You wrinkle your nose, looking back to Njord.

“Where did you get this?” you ask, shaking your head.

Njord finally gives in and responds with a grain of salt: “The book cart outside the dungeon. Last one.”

There’s no book cart outside the dungeon. They keep the area empty to ensure there aren’t any messages being passed between the outside world and the world down here.

Could Loki be trying to... no. Well, maybe. Maybe he’s banned from the dungeons. Maybe this is his only way to contact. Maybe he hasn’t abandoned you, and he’s been trying to contact all this time. The thought of it gives you the tiniest shard of hope.

You look back down at the book, then very carefully open it. The title is Where You Will and it appears to be romantic fiction. A picture of a girl and a boy are drawn next to each other, the boy wrapping the girl in a shawl. There’s a smeared fingerprint beside the title, and a small note is written in the margin in sloppy, rushed lettering.

I’m cold.

You frown, moving your thumb over the words.

That turned out to be exactly what you needed to do.

In the places where your finger met the page, you see pieces of discoloration. Your heart starts to beat a bit faster, twisting in your chest. You press your entire palm to the page for a moment and then lift it.

It’s a drawing of a snake and beside it a lightly sketched snowflake.

Ok, this is definitely Loki. And unless he’s communicating with another Jotun prisoner who happens to be able to read and happens to have the audacity to ask a guard for books, the message in this book is for you.

You turn the page and grip the side of the book, spilling frost over the surface of the parchment. There are no notes- instead, there are very slight, nearly hidden underlines under some letters. You read over them, putting them together in your head.

y o u n e e d T o l e a V e

And then you flip the page, giving it the same treatment. 

c o l d Is t h e a B s e n c e o f e n E r g y

Then the next page.

t r Y t o d I S s a p e a r

Then,

I w I l l f i n d y o u w H e r e v e r y o u a r e - L

You flip to the next page, and then the next, and the next, until you’re absolutely positive that you’ve seen every message. 

If this is Loki, which it has to be, how long have the books been there? Weeks? A month? How old is this message? And why should you hide?

Cold is the absence of energy.

You at least know what that means. The barrier is pure energy. Loki seems to be implying that you can freeze it, or suck all the juice out of it, or something similar. He clearly thinks you’re more powerful than you are. Not a surprise. That’s kind of his signature move: overestimating you.

It’s charming in a disappointing way. 

Your lips curve into a smile, but it fades into a frown at the thought that whatever Loki is trying to get you away from you cannot escape. You might never see him again. That’s a bit of a dark thought. To never see his sculpted face or charming smile, his dark hair or bright eyes- it leaves a sort of hole in your chest. 

You can’t ever see him again. But can you talk to him? There’s no invisible ink for you to use, but...

You squeeze your eyes shut, wincing, and then bite roughly down on the inside of your cheek until you taste blood. You slip a finger inside your mouth and, using the same communication strategy Loki did, wipe a faint smear of blue over letters on the page, spelling out what you want him to see.

You set down the book and stand up, moving toward the small bed in the back of the cell. Your fear moves through your body and crystalizes on the floor, leaving a trail of ice in your wake. 

You repeat your list of things to remember, your list of things you’ve been told, as you lie down, coaxing yourself into sleep.

You are going to be okay, and nothing can stop that from being so. Not the princes. Not the armies. Not the guards or the walls or the bars that hold you in. Not the ice in your blood or the dark in your eyes. You are safe. You will always be safe. You are not a monster. You are not alone. You can control yourself. I will watch over you.

----

Loki Odinson has not been down to the dungeons in two months. That’s two months of wondering what could be going wrong. That’s two months of hoping you know he hasn’t abandoned you. That’s three attempts at contact, this last one being the most obvious. Writing in a book with ink that can only be seen in the cold. He just has to hope you ask for books, and hope the guards comply.

He does not enjoy being apart from you, and even though he was fully aware that it was going to be hard- suddenly not having you in his life, that is- he could not have anticipated just how hard it was. He actually spoke to his brother, for Odin’s sake. That wasn’t even the hardest task of them all.

You are an echo inside his mind. A song that plays over and over and over, no matter how infuriating it can be. Every time he thinks he can think about something else, you creep back into his mind and he becomes restless again. He buries his head in his hands and tries not to rip out every strand of hair, failing not to picture the worst that could happen if you aren’t prepared. If he can’t get you out of the castle before something.. before it happens. And it’s happening. 

When he sees that the book is gone from the cart, his heart nearly stops. He takes a deep breath, puts on a scowl, and confronts an annoyed Njord as he exits the dungeons.

“Hey, Njord,” he speaks, trying his best to sound uninterested. “Where’s my book?”

Njord stiffens at the sound of Loki’s cold voice and turns deftly toward him. “Your book, your highness?”

“I left it on the cart outside.” He signals to the empty cart, and Njord goes a shade whiter. “You were on guard, yes?”

“The book was yours, sir?”

“Did you give it to someone else?”

“One of the prisoners, sir. Forgive me, I thought it to be meant for-” he breaks off, noticing Loki’s disinterest in the conversation. “I’ll retrieve it at once.”

Moments later, he returns, grasping the book in his hands. He holds it out to Loki, and the prince swiftly takes it from him, huffing to keep from bursting into tears. Njord looks like he might go into cardiac arrest, on the other hand, so Loki adds: “If the prisoners are in need of some form of entertainment, I’ll gather a collection of books personally.”

Njord nods, swallowing. “Yes, sir.”

“Don’t do it again.”

“Of course not, sir.”

“Good,” Loki turns on his heel, away from the guard. “Oh, and your beard is looking swell today, Njord.”

He strides, perhaps a bit too quickly, over to the library, and drops the book on the table, flipping to the opening page. It’s empty. But turn another, and smears of blue appear, clouding over certain letters. Loki’s pulse quickens. He finds his grip tightening on the table as he strings the words together.

I m n O t t h a t s t r o n g

an awful lie, followed by

w h a t  a m I h I d i n g f r o M

Loki exhales and rips the pages from the book, shoving them into his pocket and throwing the damaged copy aside. He’s moving to another shelf, reaching for a book to reply with when his eye catches that of his mother as she passes by. Her shoulder brushes gently against his as she moves to stand next to him, staring over the sea of books along the shelves.

“You’re stressed,” she comments, looking over him. “Is something bothering you?”

“No, no, nothing,” he mutters in return. Frigga looks at him skeptically. “I promise, mother. It’s just that I’m a bit-”

“Don’t lie to me, dear,” she interrupts, reaching into her pocket. Loki’s eyes follow her hand, and she sets a small key on the shelf in front of him, smiling slightly. “It’s perfectly alright to worry about someone. Especially when that person may be in danger.”

She knows.

Loki just stares, first at the key, then at his mother. He opens his mouth and then closes it, and then says: “How long have you...”

“How could I not?” She finishes for him. “Your eyes light up when you speak of someone you care about.”

There’s a heavy silence.

“Thank you,” he says.

“Don’t thank me until after you find what you’re looking for,” she replies.

Then she turns, and she’s gone.

Loki picks up the key, leaves the books, and rushes to his room to prepare for the worst.

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[queenlnss-a]

ALTERNATE  UNIVERSE  :  Hogwarts    (  tag  /  timeline  ). AGE  :  Sixteen  to  twenty - seven  years  old. BLOOD  STATUS  :  Part - human    (  quarter - Veela  ),    posing  as  Pure - blood. FACE  CLAIM  :  Dianna  Agron. TRIGGERS  :  Violence,    death,    war,    alcohol  consumption,    blood,    possible  torture,    expletives,    sexual  content.

P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T

The  Fabrays  are  well - known  for  being  a  very    t r a d i t i o n a l    Slytherin  household.    Russel  works  for  the  Department  of  Magical  Law  Enforcement  at  the  Ministry  of  Magic,    meaning  their  family  has  a  fairly  HIGH  status  within  the  wizarding  community.    Quinn  grew  up  knowing  families  such  as  the  Greengrasses  and  Malfoys,    and  was  brought  up  to  share  their  opinions  and  values  as  they  expected  her  to  end  up  in  Slytherin.    However,    she  wound  up  being  placed  in    Ravenclaw    and  thus  had  to  ADAPT  herself  in  order  to  fit  in  and  make  friends.    Her  relationship  with  her  parents,    from  her  first  year  onwards,    is  therefore  rather  shaky  and  continues  to  be  that  way  in  her  adulthood.

Much  like  my  Beauxbatons  verse,    Quinn  is  a  QUARTER - VEELA,    and  while  she  is  technically  classed  as  a  half - breed,    she  has  been  taught  to  say  that  she  is  a  Pure - blooded  witch  if  asked.    It  is  a  very  important  part  of  her  characterisation  and  a  lot  of  how  she  behaves  is  owed  down  to  her  background  and  genes.    It  also  makes  her  incredibly  lonely  and  feel  ISOLATED,    as  she  can  never  tell  if  someone  is  being  nice  to  her  because  of  her  supernatural  charm  or  because  they  are  genuinely  friendly.    She  has  a  lot  of  walls  up  because  of  this,    and  is  incredibly  aware  of  the  world  around  her.

Following  her  education  at  Hogwarts  School  of  Witchcraft  and  Wizardry,    Quinn  went  on  to  work  at  the  Daily  Prophet  as  a  journalist.    She  remained  with  the  Daily  Prophet  until    November  1997,    when  it  became  apparent  that  the  wizarding  world  was  heading  into  war.    The  majority  of  Quinn’s  time  during  the  Second  Wizarding  War  is  spent  in  hiding,    keeping  a  low  profile  so  that  she  won’t  get  captured  by  Snatchers.    She  makes  a  reappearance  to  fight  in  the  Battle  of  Hogwarts  alongside  many  of  her  old  classmates.

M A G I C A L    C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S

FIRST  WAND    (  pre - war  )  :  

WOOD  :  Wand - quality  ASPEN  wood  is  white  and  fine - grained,    and  highly - prized  by  all  wand  makers  for  its  stylish  resemblance  to  ivory  and  its  usually  outstanding  charmwork.

LENGTH  :  Eleven  and  a  half    (  11  ½  )    inches.

CORE  :  Unicorn  hair.

SECOND  WAND    (  post - war  )  :

WOOD  :  APPLEWOOD  wands  are  powerful  and  best  suited  to  an  owner  of  high  aims  and  ideals  as  the  wood  mixes  poorly  with  dark  magic.    They  are  often  owned  by  those  with  great  personal  charm  and  possessors  usually  have  a  long,    well - lived  life.

LENGTH  :  Twelve  and  a  half    (  12  ½  )    inches.

CORE  :  Unicorn  hair.

PATRONUS  :  

WILDCAT  :  Wild  and  quick  thinking,    those  with  a  wildcat  Patronus  regularly  manage  to  outsmart  those  around  them.    They  are  often  quiet  and  reserved,    they  tend  to  be  solitary  beings  and  can  be  known  to  have  a  sharp  side  and  a  fiery  personality,    which  makes  them  formidable  compared  to  most  opponents.    Additionally,    they  are  tough  and  clever,    resilient  enough  to  withstand  events  that  others  could  not  and  intelligent  enough  to  excel  in  anything  they  choose  to  do.

BOGGART  :  The  vision  of    rejection.    Quinn’s  boggart  transforms  into  the  likeness  of  her  parents  telling  her  she’ll  never  be  good  enough  for  them.

H I S T O R Y

ONE  CAN  GET  AWAY  WITH          a  lot  when  they’re    beautiful.    It’s  a  matter  of  fact,    really.    The  more  breathtaking  a  person  is,    the  more  likely  they  will  be  SUCCESSFUL  in  life  and  forgiven  for  their  daily  sins.    At  least,  that’s  what  she  was  taught.

                    Born  into  a  long  line  of  PROUD  Slytherins  on  the    Nineteenth  of  January  1978,    Quinn  was  expected  from  birth  to  follow  in  her  family’s  footsteps.    The  Fabrays,    as  a  whole,    weren’t  the  most  friendly  of  people.    They  were  each  highly - opinionated  human  beings  who  thought  themselves  to  be  a  cut  above  everybody  else.    You  had  to  EARN  the  right  to  be  in  their  company,    and  if  you  were  Muggle - born,    you  might  as  well  have  not  existed,    despite  the  QUESTIONABLE  status  of  their  own  family’s  blood.    Quinn’s  mother  never  concealed  what  she  was,    and  never  wanted  her  children  to  either,    but  her  husband  was  obsessed  with  looks  and  insisted  that  she  and  their  offspring  proclaim  that  they  were  Pure - bloods.    They  weren’t  outright  followers  of  the  Dark  Lord,    but  Russel  always  held  him  in  HIGH  regard,    and  us  such,    her  mother  -----  the  terrified    sheep    that  she  was  -----  followed  suit.

                    Much  like  many  other  eleven - year - olds,    on  the  First  of  September,    she  was  carted  off  the  Hogwarts  on  the  Hogwarts  Express.    The  entire  journey  was  filled  with  the  BUZZ  of  excited  returning  students  and  students - to - be,  all  of  which  were  anticipating  the  busy  year  ahead.    They  arrived  in  the  Great  Hall,  and  one  by  one,    the  first - years  went,    eagerly    awaiting    the  moment  in  which  the  Sorting  Hat  would  be  placed  on  their  heads  and  they  would  be  sorted  into  their  Hogwarts  House.    By  the  time  it  was  Quinn’s  turn  to  be  sorted,    she  was  ready  to  take  up  the  family  honour.    To  her  left  stood  the  Slytherin  table,    sparked  with  shades  of  GREEN  and  silver  from  the  students’  robes,    each  other  carrying  a  sliver  of    pride    upon  their  chests.    The  hat  went  down,  her  eyes    c l o s e d,    and  then  her  world  got  turned  upside  down.

                    The  Sorting  Hat,    as  it  turned  out,  had  other  plans  for  her,    and  after  some  deliberation  she  stepped  away  from  the  stool  and  made  her  way  towards  the  RAVENCLAW  table.    Making  herself  at  home  among  the  sea  of  blue  was  not  an  easy  task,    and  after  everything  she  had  been  taught,    it  felt  like  a    betrayal    to  her  family  and  their  way  of  living.    She  was  very  quickly  blasted  the  dark  horse,  the    ‘  Fabray  family  let  down  ’,    and  in  the  weeks  that  followed,  her  parents  BARELY  acknowledged  her,    deciding  that    one    daughter  was  better  than  the  two  that  they  had  if  there  was  to  be  anything  but  a  Slytherin  in  the  household.    Suddenly,    it  was  like    n o t h i n g    she  ever  did  would  be  perfect.    She  could  share  their  opinions  and  try  to  PLEASE  them  as  much  as  she  wanted,    but  they  would  never  be  satisfied  with  what  she  did  as  long  as  she  was  a  part  of  Ravenclaw  House.

                    Over  time,  her  attention  turned  towards  her    appearance.    If  she  couldn’t  be  accepted  by  her  family,    she  could  at  least  be  loved  and  adored  by  her  PEERS.  

                    Quinn  had  always  been  a    c h a r m i n g    child,    and  the  older  she  got,    the  more  beautiful  she  became.    Once  puberty  hit,  all  hell  broke  loose.    It  was  like  nobody  could  get  enough  of  her.    The  boys  were  always  the  EASIEST  to  persuade,    and  for  a  while,    she  even  liked  the  attention,    but  it  made  the  girls  in  her  year    b i t t e r    and  jealous,    and  it  was  difficult  to  differentiate  between  true  friendships  and  HOLLOW  ones.    All  she  had  to  do  was  bat  her  eyelashes  and  say  a  couple  of  words,    and  everyone  would  go    crazy.    Making  friends  with  the  girls  in  her  dorm  came  from  the  promise  of  ATTENTION,    and  the  twinge  of  guilt  in  the  years  to  come  when  their  boyfriends    (  and  occasional  girlfriends  )    tried  to  flirt  with  her  right  in  front  of  them.

                    Being  beautiful  might  have  given  her  everything  she  ever  wanted,    but  when  it  wasn’t  genuine,    all  it  ever  did  was  make  her  feel  like  a  SHAM.    It  would  never  fill  the  gap  her  family  had  left  behind.    She  was  never  going  to  get  their  seal  of    approval,    and  all  of  her  relationships  were  a  lie.  Nothing  would  make  up  for  what  she  had  lost.

M A I N S    &    E X C L U S I V E S

EXCLUSIVES  :

WAESLIE      ♡      George  Weasley.

A D D I T I O N A L    N O T E S

As  it  is  never  really  touched  upon  in  the  books  as  to  whether  those  affected  by  a  Veela’s  power  were  strictly  of  ONE  gender,    my  general    headcanon    is  that  it  only  affects  those  who  are  attracted  to  the  gender  of  the  Veela  themselves.    So  if  your  male  muse  is  only  attracted  to  other  male  muses,    they  will  not  be  affected  by  Quinn’s  charms,    since  she  is  female.    This  is,    of  course,  a  personal  headcanon,    and  you  are  more  than  welcome  to  have  your  muse  be  affected  by  her  if  you  so  wish.    Just  note  that  Quinn  doesn’t  often  reciprocate  those  feelings  and  usually  feels  a  mix  of  guilt  and  repulsion  unless  she’s  doing  it  on  purpose.

#╰ *: † ❛ girl woven from the strands of her history. ❪ past. ❫ #╰ *: † ❛ your knowledge does not define you it is your wit and the size of your heart. ❪ hogwarts. ❫ #this only took me a good few hours holy crap #but hi. come and love my quarter-veela child #she deserves the whOLE WORLD

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Book Of Genesis - From The Latin Vulgate - Chapter 14

INTRODUCTION.

The Hebrews now entitle all the Five Books of Moses, from the initial words, which originally were written like one continued word or verse; but the Sept. have preferred to give the titles the most memorable occurrences of each work. On this occasion, the Creation of all things out of nothing, strikes us with peculiar force. We find a refutation of all the heathenish mythology, and of the world's eternity, which Aristotle endeavoured to establish. We behold the short reign of innocence, and the origin of sin and misery, the dispersion of nations, and the providence of God watching over his chosen people, till the death of Joseph, about the year 2369 (Usher) 2399 (Sal. and Tirin) B.C. 1631. We shall witness the same care in the other Books of Scripture, and adore his wisdom and goodness in preserving to himself faithful witnesses, and a true Holy Catholic Church, in all ages, even when the greatest corruption seemed to overspread the land. H.

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This Book is so called from its treating of the Generation, that is, of the Creation and the beginning of the world. The Hebrews call it Bereshith, from the word with which it begins. It contains not only the History of the Creation of the World, but also an account of its progress during the space of 2369 years, that is, until the death of Joseph.

The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter A. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament. B. Bristow, C. Calmet, Ch. Challoner, D. Du Hamel, E. Estius, J. Jansenius, M. Menochius, Po. Polus, P. Pastorini, T. Tirinus, V. Bible de Vence, W. Worthington, Wi. Witham. — The names of other authors, who may be occasionally consulted, will be given at full length.

Verses are in English and Latin. HAYDOCK CATHOLIC BIBLE COMMENTARY

This Catholic commentary on the Old Testament, following the Douay-Rheims Bible text, was originally compiled by Catholic priest and biblical scholar Rev. George Leo Haydock (1774-1849). This transcription is based on Haydock's notes as they appear in the 1859 edition of Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary printed by Edward Dunigan and Brother, New York, New York.

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Chapter 14

The expedition of the four kings; the victory of Abram; he is blessed by Melchisedech.

[1] And it came to pass at that time, that Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pontus, and Chodorlahomor king of the Elamites, and Thadal king of nations, Factum est autem in illo tempore, ut Amraphel rex Senaar, et Arioch rex Ponti, et Chodorlahomor rex Elamitarum, et Thadal rex Gentium

[2] Made war against Bara king of Sodom, and against Bersa king of Gomorrha, and against Sennaab king of Adama, and against Semeber king of Seboim, and against the king of Bala, which is Segor. inirent bellum contra Bara regem Sodomorum, et contra Bersa regem Gomorrhae, et contra Sennaab regem Adamae, et contra Semeber regem Seboim, contraque regem Balae, ipsa est Segor.

[3] All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea. Omnes hi convenerunt in vallem Silvestrem, quae nunc est mare salis.

[4] For they had served Chodorlahomor twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they revolted from him. Duodecim enim annis servierunt Chodorlahomor, et tertiodecimo anno recesserunt ab eo.

[5] And in the fourteenth year came Chodorlahomor, and the kings that were with him: and they smote the Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, and the Zuzim with them, and the Emim in Save of Cariathaim. Igitur quartodecimo anno venit Chodorlahomor, et reges qui erant cum eo : percusseruntque Raphaim in Astarothcarnaim, et Zuzim cum eis, et Emim in Save Cariathaim,

[6] And the Chorreans in the mountains of Seir, even to the plains of Pharan, which is in the wilderness. et Chorraeos in montibus Seir, usque ad Campestria Pharan, quae est in solitudine.

[7] And they returned, and came to the fountain of Misphat, the same is Cades: and they smote all the country of the Amalecites, and the Amorrhean that dwelt in Asasonthamar. Reversique sunt, et venerunt ad fontem Misphat, ipsa est Cades : et percusserunt omnem regionem Amalecitarum, et Amorrhaeum, qui habitabat in Asasonthamar.

[8] And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha, and the king of Adama, and the king of Seboim, and the king of Bala, which is Segor, went out: and they set themselves against them in battle array in the woodland vale: Et egressi sunt rex Sodomorum, et rex Gomorrhae, rexque Adamae, et rex Seboim, necnon et rex Balae, quae est Segor : et direxerunt aciem contra eos in valle Silvestri :

[9] To wit, against Chodorlahomor king of the Elamites, and Thadal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Pontus: four kings against five. scilicet adversus Chodorlahomor regem Elamitarum, et Thadal regem Gentium, et Amraphel regem Sennaar, et Arioch regem Ponti : quatuor reges adversus quinque.

[10] Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs and were overthrown there: and they that remained fled to the mountain. Vallis autem Silvestris habebat puteos multos bituminis. Itaque rex Sodomorum, et Gomorrhae, terga verterunt, cecideruntque ibi : et qui remanserant, fugerunt ad montem.

[11] And they took all the substance of the Sodomites, and Gomorrhites, and all their victuals, and went their way: Tulerunt autem omnem substantiam Sodomorum et Gomorrhae, et universa quae ad cibum pertinent, et abierunt :

[12] And Lot also, the son of Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, and his substance. necnon et Lot, et substantiam ejus, filium fratris Abram, qui habitabat in Sodomis.

[13] And behold one that had escaped told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made league with Abram. Et ecce unus, qui evaserat, nuntiavit Abram Hebraeo, qui habitabat in convalle Mambre Amorrhaei, fratris Escol, et fratris Aner : hi enim pepigerant foedus cum Abram.

[14] Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan. Quod cum audisset Abram, captum videlicet Lot fratrem suum, numeravit expeditos vernaculos suos trecentos decem et octo : et persecutus est usque Dan.

[15] And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night: and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus. Et divisis sociis, irruit super eos nocte : percussitque eos, et persecutus est eos usque Hoba, quae est ad laevam Damasci.

[16] And he brought back all the substance, and Lot his brother, with his substance, the women also and the people. Reduxitque omnem substantiam, et Lot fratrem suum cum substantia illius, mulieres quoque et populum.

[17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodorlahomor, and of the kings that were with him in the vale of Save, which is the king's vale. Egressus est autem rex Sodomorum in occursum ejus postquam reversus est a caede Chodorlahomor, et regum qui cum eo erant in valle Save, quae est vallis regis.

[18] But Melchisedech the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God, At vero Melchisedech rex Salem, proferens panem et vinum, erat enim sacerdos Dei altissimi,

[19] Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth. benedixit ei, et ait : Benedictus Abram Deo excelso, qui creavit caelum et terram :

[20] And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all. et benedictus Deus excelsus, quo protegente, hostes in manibus tuis sunt. Et dedit ei decimas ex omnibus.

[21] And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself. Dixit autem rex Sodomorum ad Abram : Da mihi animas, cetera tolle tibi.

[22] And he answered him: I lift up my hand to the Lord God the most high, the possessor of heaven and earth, Qui respondit ei : Levo manum meam ad Dominum Deum excelsum possessorem caeli et terrae,

[23] That from the very woof thread unto the shoe latchet, I will not take of any things that are thine, lest thou say I have enriched Abram: quod a filo subtegminis usque ad corigiam caligae, non accipiam ex omnibus quae tua sunt, ne dicas : Ego ditavi Abram :

[24] Except such things as the young men have eaten, and the shares of the men that came with me, Aner, Escol, and Mambre: these shall take their shares. exceptis his, quae comederunt juvenes, et partibus virorum, qui venerunt mecum, Aner, Escol et Mambre : isti accipient partes suas.

Commentary:

Ver. 1. Sennaar, or Babylon. --- Pontus, Heb. Ellasar, perhaps Thalassar, as Jonathan writes, not far from Eden. --- Elamites, or Persians. --- Nations in Galilee, east of the Jordan, whither the conquered kings directed their course. Josue xii. 23. mentions the king of the nations (foreigners) at Galgal. C.

Ver. 3. Now, in the days of Moses. --- Salt sea; called also the vale of salts, and the dead sea.

Ver. 4. Served. Thus Noe's prediction began to be fulfilled, as Elam was the eldest son of Sem, to whose posterity Chanaan should be slaves. C. ix. 26.

Ver. 5. Raphaim, Zuzim, and Emim, were all of the gigantic race, robbers, like the Arabs. D. --- These dwelt in the land of Basan, or of giants. Deut. iii. 13.

Ver. 6. Chorreans, or Horreans, who dwelt in one part of that extensive range of mountains, which took their name from Seir; perhaps about mount Hor, where Aaron died. C. --- These also were auxiliaries of the five kings, and hence experienced the fury of the four confederates; who cut off all their opponents, before they made their grand attack upon Sodom. H.

Ver. 7. Misphat, or of judgment and contradiction, because there the Hebrews contended with Moses and Aaron: it was afterwards called Cadez. Num. xx. 11. --- Amalecites, that is which they afterwards possessed; for as yet Amelec was unborn. C. xxxvi. 16. M. --- Amorrheans, to the west of Sodom. C.

Ver. 10. Of slime. Bituminis. This was a kind of pitch, which served for mortar in the building of Babel, Gen. xi. 3. and was used by Noe in pitching the ark. Ch. --- Moses does not make this remark without reason. This bitumen would easily take fire, and contribute to the conflagration of Sodom. C. --- Overthrown, not all slain, for the king of Sodom escaped. v. 17.

Ver. 13. The Hebrew, or traveller who came from beyond the Euphrates, (C.) or who dwelt beyond the Jordan, with reference to the five kings. Diodorus.

Ver. 14. Servants, fit for war. Hence we may form some judgment of the power and dignity of Abram, who was considered as a great prince in that country. C. xxiii. 6. He was assisted by Mambre, Escol, and Aner, with all the forces they could raise on such a short warning; and coming upon the four kings unawares, in four divisions, easily discomfits them, while they were busy plundering the cities, and pursues them to Dan; which is either the city that went by that name afterwards, or more probably one of the sources of the Jordan, (H.) which the people of the country call Medan. Neither did he suffer them to repose, before he had retaken all the plunder at Hoba, or Abila, north of the road leading to Damascus. C.

Ver. 18. Melchisedech was not Sem: for his genealogy is given in Scripture. Hebrew xii. 6.; nor God the Son, for they are compared together; nor the Holy Ghost, as some have asserted; but a virtuous Gentile who adored the true God, and was king of Salem, or Jerusalem, and Priest of an order different from that of Aaron, offering in sacrifice bread and wine, a figure of Christ's sacrifice in the Mass; as the fathers constantly affirm. H. --- See Pererius. S. Jerom ep. ad Evagrium, says, "Melchisedech offered not bloody victims, but dedicated the sacrament of Christ in bread and wine...a pure sacrifice." See S. Cyp. ep. 63, ad Cæcil. S. Aug. de C. D. xvi. 22. &c. Many Protestants confess, that this renowned prince of Chanaan, was also a priest; but they will not allow that his sacrifice consisted of bread and wine. In what then? for a true priest must offer some real sacrifice. If Christ, therefore, be a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech, whose sacrifice was not bloody, as those of Aaron were, what other sacrifice does he now offer, but that of his own body and blood in the holy Mass, by the ministry of his priests? for he was the priest: this is plainly referred to bringing forth, &c. which shews that word to be sacrificial, as in Judges vi. 18. The Hebrew may be ambiguous. But all know that vau means for as well as and. Thus the English Bible had it, 1552, "for he was the priest." W. --- If Josephus take notice only of Melchisedech, offering Abram and his men corporal refreshment, we need not wonder; he was a Jewish priest, to whom the order of Melchisedech might not be agreeable. It is not indeed improbable, but Abram might partake of the meat, which had been offered in thanksgiving by Melchisedech; and in this sense his words are true. But there would be no need of observing, that he was a priest on this account; as this was a piece of civility expected from princes on similar occasions. Deut. xxiii. 4. 2 K. xvii. 27. H.

Ver. 19. Blessed him, as his inferior, and received tithes of him. Heb. iv. 7. This shews the antiquity of the practice of supporting God's priests by tithes.

Ver. 21. The persons (animas), the souls subject to my dominion. H.

Ver. 22. I lift up. This is the posture of one swearing solemnly, by which we testify our belief, that God dwells in the heavens, and governs the world. C.

Ver. 23. Woof-thread. The first word is added by way of explanation. Abram declares he will not receive the smallest present for himself.

Ver. 24. Their shares, due to them on account of the danger to which they had exposed themselves. The king of Sodom could not but accept these conditions with gratitude. In a just war, whatever is taken by the enemy, cannot be reclaimed by the original proprietor, if it be retaken. Grotius, iii. 6. de Jure.

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W. A. MOZART (1756-1791)

PIANO CONCERTO N.26 CORONATION K.537 IN D MAJOR

ALLEGRO

Piano Concerto N.26 "Coronation" in D Major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYq7iEBdseY

The piano concerto was one of the last Mozart's piano concertos, and one of only two that he wrote in the last five years of his life after the sequence of twelve masterpieces composed between 1784 and 1786, Mozart produced twenty-seven piano concertos, the first was written when he was only eleven and the last appeared less than a year before his death. The name of the composition is given after Mozart was performing the concerto on the same day the coronation of the new Holy Roman Emperor was being held in the city of Dresden, three years after the composition of the piece. On April 14, 1789, at the court of Prince Karl Lichnowsky After a travel to Frankfurt where the coronation of Leopold II took place, Mozart and his brother in law, a violinist, performed for the second time the concerto, but without any good financial results, the concerto was not performed again. Of all Mozart's piano concertos this is the only one that the solo part is not entirely of his own composition, the notes of the left hand in the second movement are missing but yet had been filled by an unknown hand and they had been accepted by all later editions. The concerto has been tagged as one of the more progressive and revolutionary pieces of all Mozart's works, the concerto was written on the lasts five years of Mozart's life. The published score, which appeared after the composer's death, has a piano part filled in by someone other than Mozart possibly the publisher Andre (the autograph manuscript with his very sketchy solo part is now in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York).

S t r u c t u r e Balance as the essence needed between the harmony and melody so that the structure is depending mainly on melodic succession, exampled with the opening ritornello, measure 32, that has long transitional athematic passages or phrases, in measures 56-59, that also are dividing one section from another or they come after a cadence, this is to mark the time until the next theme arrives giving the theme great character and to embellish until the melody comes again. These parts are usually left to the soloist for his musical expansion but here are given by the orchestra in the first state to kind of undo the structure.   Mozart is putting away rhythmic and harmonic structure to put tension for the use of an explosive and dynamic virtuoso of the solo part, measures 193, 194 and 195. These are the characteristics of early piano concertos of the Romantic Era, where melodic structure and the dependence on form to create tension are the characteristics of the early romantic style.   While the classic concerto was carefully balanced in its harmonic structure and shaped by the careful deployment of thematic material, the romantic concerto aims above all to project the themes. Therefore it is possible to suggest that k.537 has the style of the romantic period concertos.

The E x p o s i t i o n is based on the ritornello principle, (it became rondo form in the Classical period) within the sonata principle, ABA form. The opening is made by the tutti in the tonic D Major, solo joins in measure 81, and the opening material is repeated bringing to a double exposition. The two expositions are differing thematically one another. The second exposition, usually adds complete new material and sometimes omit some of the themes that were presented on the first exposition. The piano makes its first appearance with a decorated version of the main theme rather than with a new idea of its own. The first-movement ritornello presents all of the material to be heard in the movement except for the beginning of the secondary theme, measure 127, reserved for the soloist that with chromatic touches makes passes to the minor mode. The concerto first movement is structured in the ritornello form as follows: Opening ritornello in tonic finishing with a perfect cadence in tonic.   First solo starting in the tonic key and moving to the dominant key, A Major, measure 162, which is finishing with a trill on its dominant seventh. Short orchestral ritornello in the dominant key, measures 171 and finishing with a perfect cadence in the dominant. The fantasy section with modulations of the soloist and the orchestra, and ending on the dominant and switch to emphasize the return to the tonic. The themes are developed and recapitulated, the d e v e l o p m e n t of themes is presented by the soloist. The recapitulation brings together both, the soloist and orchestra, compared to the opening where they were separate. Harmonic succession of the development, in measure 226, is starting in a minor-F major- g minor- a minor- b minor- B major, lyric, dynamic and very fast, the mood here is of progression and embellishment. At the end of the recapitulation we can see a peak of virtuosi made by the orchestra (and pauses on the 2nd inversion of the tonic triad) this is the sign for the cadenza, for its style and for the accuracy of the musical text.

R e c a p i t u l a t i o n starts at measure 282, the key is D major, all the material here is together to give us the resolution with a reprise of the opening material. Like the first solo, this section builds up to a climactic dominant seventh trill (in the tonic key). The final ritornello also with a cadenza. This model, despite of not being a binary form, examines the sonata principle. In the first solo section, the music always moves to the dominant and a new theme is heard at this point, but after the tonally unstable fantasy section, all themes are recapitulated in the tonic. Topoi, music topics                                     The expressive quality of the composition is presented the use of different topics, Mozart liked to use topics as a plot of an opera or an idea for a tale or drama. Topics help to narrate a story and with the help of the expressiveness that these give to a composition we can make a connection or an analysis from another point of view. Topoi also relates to form some topoi are usually presented in the beginning of a piece and other at the closing sections. Topoi give profile to the structure. The combination of the topoi might give us rise to a kind of plot something like a coherent verbal narrative that is stimulated by both the types of topics and the nature of their disposition.                                              Number of topics used in the piano concerto no26, can go as follow:                                                                              Fanfare arpeggiated melodic configurations that create a degree of harmonic stasis and fanfare gestures lead frequently to a cadence, measures 200-213.                                                            Fantasy solo virtuoso parts of the piano, measures 89-97 and measures 296-307.                                                                        Mixture of Bourree and March, measures 5 to 8, the bourree has a short upbeat and an articulation after the third beat of the measure, the march is used in many first movements especially in concertos, measures 1-13.                                                          Brilliant style, rapid passages for virtuoso display or intense feeling. The piano solo 2nd exposition on measures 106- 111, passages of only 1 measure in length, here is present the idea of give and take, only between both hands of the piano.              Pastorale and sensitive empfinsamkeit style, measures 308-318, second theme of the piano.                                                              Storm and stress, driving rhythms, full texture, minor mode harmonies, chromaticism, sharp dissonances, measures 143-150, 183-190 and 352-359.

B I B L I O G R A P H Y                                                        Rosen, Charles, The Classical Style (Faber, London, 1971) pp. 258-260. Robbins Landon H. C. & Mitchel Donald, The Mozart Companion ( Faber, London, 1956) pp. 380 Caplin, William, On the Relation of Musical Topoi to Formal Function, Essays 2005, pp. read 113-124, Cambridge University Press. Topics, table Wye Jamison Allanbrook, The Topical Universe.

[oziumactys]

Me A - Z

Tagged by @ellipsisobsessed

Rules: Answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to get to know better.

A note about the rules: It is way past my bedtime and I am not going to try to figure out 10 people who would be excited to do this. If you’re excited to to do this I’m excited to read your responses so do it.

A - Age: 25

B - Birthplace: Stow, MA (although the hospital may have been in a different town, I’m not really sure)

C - Current time: 10:33pm

D - Drink you last had: milk to go with my girl scout cookies

E - Easiest person to talk to: Boyfriend. I have never regretted telling him anything. Unless maybe the thing I said had the word Africa in it...

F - Favorite song: Oooh boy that’s tough. There are a lot of songs. And they are all very different so I’m not sure I can choose one. But I think as a default I would say “Alive With The Glory of Love” by Say Anything or maybe “Our Song” by Spill Canvas. Those are good songs and I would not know about either of them if not for @thegloryof.

G - Grossest memory: Hmmm. I am probably going to think of something really gross later when I’m falling asleep but the first thing that pops into my head is that one time when I was little and watching Who’s Line Is It Anyway and they were doing a greenscreen thing where the person had to guess what was going on behind them and behind them was just a bunch of cockroaches. I had nightmares for a long time. Bugs and I don’t get along very well.

H - Horror yes or horror no: Definitely not. Even trailers for horror movies give me nightmares. I have enough trouble sleeping without any help, thank you very much.

I - In love?: Deeply.

J - Jealous of people?: Deeply.

L - Love at first sight or should i walk by again?: Love at first sight seems like a dumb idea to me. How can you love someone you don’t know? But “connection at first sight” seems more reasonable. That could develop into love. I believe that.

M - Middle name: Wilks

N - Number of siblings: Two and they are both cooler than me.

O - One wish: I wish I didn’t have anxiety or depression.

P - Person you called last: I think I called Mom to ask her when to come over on Friday.

Q - Question you are always asked: “What’s your career plan?” For some reason people seem to think this is acceptable small talk. I don’t have a plan ok? I’m just trying to take it one step at a time.

R - Reason to smile: Boyfriend. Tobian (dog). My friends. My family. My therapist who calls me on my bullshit. Good food. Good books. Good music. Good movies. I have to go to bed soon so I’m gonna just stop there.

S - Song you sang last: I have had “Play That Song” stuck in my head all day today for some reason...

T - Time you woke up: 6:30am after twelve glorious hours of sleep

U - Underwear colour: Red with snowflakes. Christmas underwear = best underwear.

V - Vacation destination: Italy is big on my list. Japan too. Botswana seems nice. Boyfriend and I just met someone from Botswana and he made it seem like a great place to go. My parents are not convinced.

W - Worst habit: Picking at things I shouldn’t (like scabs). It’s just gross.

X - X-rays:  ? I agree with @ellipsisobsessed here. This is not a question. But in response I will say: No.

Y - Your favorite food: This seems like you are cheating with the letters here. I’d have to go with steak. I love steak.

Z - Zodiac sign: Pisces. I’m writing a poem about it!

That was fun. :)

#.i like doing these #.but i feel bad leaving long rambling posts about myself all over everyone elses dash #.don't you have anything better to do than read this?

[willag42]

Yuri!!! On Ice Fanfic Recs with Reviews  ["I” Authors]

Note: Doing some major reformating of the YOI fanfic rec pages. The pages that include my reviews are now having the posts separated alphabetically by author (see below). I am also creating separate page(s) that allow filtering the fanfics by category. It's a work in progress, but I'm having fun with it.

This page includes my YOI fanfic recs (with reviews) for authors whose names begin with "I".

Note: For any authors whom I don't know the gender, I refer to them with they/them. If any authors wish to correct me, please do so.

AUTHORS REC PAGES: #0-9 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

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Refer to this masterlist for all of my YOI fanfic recs.

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IDetestTragedy

Circus! on Ice (Series, 2 works)

Eventide Enchantment Rating: Teen -- Words: 14.8k -- Status: Complete -- Summary: For marketing’s sake, the lead star of the Circus! on Ice troupe wore a female disguise to hand out brochures. Finding himself surrounded by troublesome suitors in a bar, Victor fled while snatching a quiet bespectacled soldier. "Victoria" flirted with the soldier, jokingly asking for a kiss. However, the soldier affirmed that he wanted to kiss only the person he loved: Victor Nikiforov. Thus, "she" demanded him a dance as a compensation for their ruined date, and guess who fell in love for real during that dance?

The Ice Magician's Apprentice Rating: Explicit -- Words: 85.4 -- Status: WIP -- Summary: Becoming a new employee of the Circus! on Ice came with a lot of responsibilities. Could Yuuri live up to everyone's expectation as the apprentice of the world-famous Ice Magician? As for his sleeping arrangement, did staying in the same bed as Victor Nikiforov count as a privilege or a constant heart-attack? ❤❤❤❤❤  Words: 100.2k Status: Work In Progress Relationship: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Tags: Historical fantasy AU; Circus; Ice skating; Magic tricks; War; Espionage ❤❤❤❤❤  Review: An original world AU where the countries and time period share similarities to earlier time periods in our world, but have their own names, histories, and conflicts. There is no fantasy magic in this story, just the performance magic tricks that we're used to. This story is very down-to-earth, focusing on a circus troupe that is basically a jack of all trades. Victor, the star of the circus - ice skater, magician, and performer extraordinaire - takes on Yuuri as his apprentice after the two connect during a whimsical evening of dancing and shared secrets. Yuuri is the greenhorn, learning the ropes and building on his strengths. He is particularly talented with ice skating and figuring out the truth behind the magic tricks. The story spends a good amount of words describing the performances themselves, including Yuuri's insights behind the tricks. More than that, IDetestTragedy will link videos in the story that show how the trick is done. I have not come across a fanfic like this before, and it is quite well done. There are several things I really enjoy about this fic: Victor and Yuuri's romantic interactions; watching Yuuri grow more adept at sleight of hand; Yuuri bonding with different members of the circus troupe; the focus on the magic tricks themselves; the realistic lifestyle lived by these characters. This is a great AU for sure!

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Ilsia (@snowbouquet)

Not by Choice

Rating: Mature Words: 91.0k Status: Work In Progress Relationship: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Tags: Twelve Kingdoms crossover AU; Mythical beings and creatures; Slow burn ❤❤❤❤❤  Summary: When Yuuri was 10, he disappeared from the family onsen on a cold April evening, as if taken away by the unexpected snowstorm. When he was 18, he was found sitting on the blank surface of the ice at Ice Castle, the skating rink nearby. There was no snow, but he was covered in scrapes and completely naked, with his hair long and his eyes vacant. It took him weeks to start reacting to the world outside of his own mind. ❤❤❤❤❤  Review: You don't need to have seen the Twelve Kingdoms to understand this story. Ilsia takes care to clarify the important terms and details within the story or within the notes. I rarely see crossovers with the Twelve Kingdoms, so this was a special find I stumbled across. Once Yuuri regains his memories, about half of each chapter is spent in flashback showing his time within the Twelve Kingdoms, and the other half is spent present day in Japan with Victor trying to coach Yuuri in ice skating. Because of what happens to Yuuri, he is a lot more confident and rational in this story, less likely to panic. So the relationship between Victor and Yuuri develops differently from the series. We're treated to a lot more slice of life moments of the two, attending festivals and acting like tourists. It's pleasant to see these differences and watch these two lovebirds still fall in love. A recent plot development, while not surprising, promises a lot of interesting scenes to come, and I'm really looking forward to it!

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intertwingular (@abrcmhatford)

and this is the wonder (that's keeping the stars apart)

Rating: Teen Words: 21.7k Status: Complete Relationship: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Tags: Avatar: The Last Airbender setting AU; War and post-war; Politics; Enemies to friends to lovers ❤❤❤❤❤  Summary: Viktor Nikiforov, son, warrior, and now, ambassador finds that peace is harder than war - the war sings through his blood, his bones, his mind; never quiet, never silent, a constant scream in the back of his mind. Katsuki Yuuri, son, outcast, prince, finds that quiet and secrets are hard to keep, when you encounter someone so determined to draw them out. ❤❤❤❤❤  Review: There's no Avatar in this fic. It's basically a post-war fic where Yuuri and Viktor are high ranking individuals from either side of the Fire Nation/Water Tribe war that have to learn to trust one another in order to maintain a tenuous peace. There's some politics involved and a whole lot of tension - Viktor, a warrior uncomfortable with the politics, and Yuuri with a tightly kept secret, both sides skeptical that peace can be kept - but the two eventually reach an understanding and help one another, which gradually grows into love. The tense atmosphere is captured very well throughout the first half of the fic. The first buds of a truce between the two is shakey yet sincere, and the gradual blossoming of love is heartfelt. I'd love to see more from this world, how Viktor and Yuuri try to maintain a relationship while maintaining peace between their two nations.

#Victuuri fic recs #YOI fic recs #I authors

[kher4life-blog]

My Stalker - My best friend - 0137 Part One: Introduction: 37, 73, 137 and Qabalah

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 BY JAKOB THELEN

ciphers names of godCiphers and Cryptography: A Very Brief Foundation

The use of ciphers and subtle allusions in mysticism, philosophy, literature and religion, though generally ignored or unknown in modernity (by and large), are indeed well-established practices (such as the three literary practices in Qabalah, all of which involve some form of cryptography: transpositioning; substitution; skip-codes; re-arrangements of text into columns, as with the 72 Names of God; interpretation as number; etc).

“Ciphers are hidden in the most subtle manner: they may be concealed in the watermark of the paper upon which a book is printed…bound into the covers of ancient books…hidden under imperfect pagination; they may be extracted from the first letters of words or the first words of sentences; they may be artfully concealed in mathematical equations or in apparently unintelligible characters…they may be word ciphers, letter ciphers…they may be discovered in the elaborately illuminated initial letters of early books or they may be revealed by a process of counting words or letters.” – Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, p. 491.

Repetitions

Some of the more observant readers may have noticed in various books, films, TV shows and the like, a profound repetition of three distinct numbers: 37, 73 and 137. I offer the following examples:

Literature and Poetry: 1308-1870

Dante Alighieri’s Inferno (c. 1308-1321 AD): The 7th realm contains 3 spheres (this could be an allusion to the harmonic ratio 7:3) Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (1870): 37 and 73 are referenced no less than 7 times throughout (as is the Golden Section, no less than four times). For example: “Now, had it not been for the exceptional strength of the Moravian’s hull, she would have been shattered by the shock of collision and have gone down with all hands, plus the two hundred and thirty-seven passengers she was bringing home to Canada.” p. 16(It may be worth noting that the name Moravian could be read as the French “Mort a vient,” a grammatically flawed phrase yielding roughly “Death has come.” Jules Verne was French.) “In a smooth sea, with a favorable breeze, on the 13th of April, 1867, the Scotia, of the Cunard Company‘s line, was in 15º 12’ longitude and 45º 37′ latitude.” pp. 16-17 “It came, therefore, to $337,500…” p. 83 “About eleven o’clock in the morning the Tropic of Capricorn was crossed on the 37th meridian, and we sighted Cape Frio standing out to sea.”These are only in one book! Surely these numbers could not have been chosen at random, Jules Verne was a very intelligent, meticulous author that dedicated great effort to his work. Verne was almost undoubtedly initiated – as revealed by his novels, the two most obvious being The Green Ray and Robur the Conqueror (R.C., Rosae-Crucis). The company he kept also establish this connection quite conclusively (refer for example to Hetzel). Aside from these, examine his tombstone closely and you will see a definitively occult sculpture, showing him emerging from the grave with arm extended (not unlike Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam) shrugging off the veil of the material in aspiration. All quotes here given were taken from the Readers Digest edition (in English). Film and Media: 1984-2012

Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop III (1994): In the beginning it reads “Tuesday, 1:37 AM.” The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon asks, “What is the best number? -By the way, there’s only one correct answer…The best number is 73…it is the 21st prime number. It’s mirror 37 is the 12th…” Significantly, this appears in episode 73: The Alien Parasite Hypothesis (S.4 e.10). Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing: Tim’s boss says: “…on page 37 of Tzun Tzu’s The Art of War…” 21 Jump Street (2012): The police officer mistakenly says near the beginning: “37 Jump Street. 22 Jump Street (2014):During the football game a player on the sidelines is wearing jersey #37 (approx. 1hr in, center-background).There are countless other examples, but these few should serve to illustrate the on-going obsession. Though some of these are more subtle than others, all are intentional. What makes these numbers so special? What are all of these directors, producers, actors, writers and poets -spanning over 600 years- pointing to? Creation

2nd

Gematria: Wisdom in Number

Gematria is a Qabalistic practice that involves assigning particular numerical values to certain letters. It is one of the three literary Qabalistic practices, the other two being Notarikon and Temurah. It is most commonly seen in Hebrew or Greek, though there is substantial evidence both Arabic and Sanskrit have been similarly employed. In fact, the Vedic Katapayadi System proves without doubt that our current chronology for the discovery of pi is wrong (more later). Many attempt to apply similar cryptographic techniques – i.e. Qabalistic permutations – to languages of the Latin alphabet such as English, albeit with little success. There are two systems most commonly employed: The Ordinal, which is simply the placement value of each letter (1-22); and The Standard, in which the 11th letter becomes 20 and the 21st becomes 300 (1-400). Typically, in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic gematria the latter system is used, while in Mayalana and Sanskrit katapayadi the former is most commonly seen.

(An easy way to remember the Standard Gematria values is to simply add the two numbers and put a zero on the end. For instance, Mem is the 13th Hebrew letter and it has a standard value of 40 [1+3=4, add a zero=40]. If it is 10s, add one zero; if it is 20s, add two [Tau=22, 2+2=4, add 2 zeros=400]. For

those who may have difficulty, this ‘rule’ works invariably for Hebrew.)

Before we continue, I feel that a comprehensive chart of the Hebrew alephbeit will help (we will only be focusing on Hebrew for now). The esoteric meaning is bracketed, while the literal is written plainly: (Ordinal) (Standard) PALEO-HEBREW CELESTIAL YETZIRATIC

ENGLISH HEBREW VALUE SYMBOL CORRELATE DIVISIONS

A 1. Aleph = 1 = א = An Ox 1. Air 1 (Mother) (Father)

B / V 2. Beit = 2 = ב = House 2. Mercury 1 (Double)

(Mother)

G 3. Gimel = 3 = ג = Camel 3. Luna 2 (Double)

(Nature)

D 4. Dalet = 4 = ד = Door 4. Venus 3 (Double)

(Authority)

H 5. Hé = 5 = ה = Window 5. Aries 1 (Simple)

(Religion)

V 6. Vau = 6 = ו = Nail 6. Taurus 2 (Simple)

(Liberty)

Z 7. Zain = 7 = ז = Weapon 7. Gemini 3 (Simple)

(Ownership)

Kh / Ch 8. Cheit = 8 = ח = Fence 8. Cancer 4 (Simple)

(Distribution)

T 9. Teit = 9 = ט = Serpent 9. Leo 5 (Simple)

(Prudence)

I 10. Yod = 10 = י = Hand 10. Virgo 6 (Simple)

(Order)

K 11. Kaph = 20 = כ = Palm 11. Jupiter 4 (Double)

(Force)

L 12. Lamed = 30 = ל = Ox-Goad 12. Libra 7 (Simple)

(Sacrifice)

M 13. Mem = 40 = מ = Water 13. Water 2 (Mother)

(Death)

N 14. Nun = 50 = נ = Fish 14. Scorpio 8 (Simple)

(Reversibility)

S 15. Samekh = 60 = ס = Support 15. Sagittarius 9 (Simple)

(Universality)

O 16. Ayin = 70 = ע = Eye 16. Capricorn 10 (Simple)

(Balance)

P / F 17. Pé (fé) = 80 = פ = Mouth 17. Mars 5 (Double)

(Immortality)

Tz 18. Tzaddi = 90 = צ = Fish-hook 18. Aquarius 11 (Simple)

(Shadow)

Q 19. Qoph = 100 = ק = Back Head 19. Pisces 12 (Simple)

(Light)

R 20. Resh = 200 = ר = Head 20. Sol 6 (Double)

(Recognition)

Sh 21. Shin = 300 = ש = Tooth 21. Fire 3 (Mother)

(Sacred Fire)

T 22. Tau = 400 = ת = Cross 22. Saturn; 7 (Double)

(Synthesis) Earth Element

*Note: The English letters are meant to convey the pronunciation. The seemingly random arrangement of attributions (i.e. Simple, Double, Mother) is only apparent: when sorted according to the Sepher Yetzirah, or Book of Formation, the Elements emerge in the Three Mothers; the Planets in the Seven Doubles; and the Zodiac in the Twelve Simple or perhaps inappropriately named ‘Elemental’ letters. This arrangement was allegedly designed with the intent of mirroring the occurrence of God in Genesis: “God Made” 3 times, “God Saw” 7 times, and “God -” 12 times; “God said” 10 times, reflected in the 10 Sephiroth or Emanations of the Tree of Life.

(See: Adele Nozedar’s The Illustrated Signs and Symbols Sourcebook, Frater Achad’s Q.B.L., and the Sepher Yetzirah for sources of these symbolic attributions.)

The word Chokmah, meaning Wisdom, has two values – one according to each of the systems mentioned above. It has an ordinal value of 37(ח כ מ ה = Cheit8 + Kaph11 + Mem13 +Hé5 = 37) and a standard value of 73 (8+20+40+5=73). The latter is “the best number” according to Chuck Lorre, while the former is a religious and literary favourite.

Threes and Sevens Everywhere According to the gospel accounts, Jesus Christ performed exactly 37 miracles in his lifetime. The average pregnancy lasts between 37 and 42 weeks (42 being “The answer to life, the universe, and everything in it” to Hitchiker’s fans), and 37º Celsius is the normal human body temperature. The name Elohim (Heb. Lord, Ruler, God, Power[s]) appears for the 37th time in Genesis 3:3:

“But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”

To re-appropriate Revelation 13:18, “Here is wisdom.” How elegant that the verse containing the 37th occurrence of Elohim should be one with that which forbids man from eating the Fruit of Death! – This is indeed wise advice, as will be seen in a much later part (Part V).

Mathematically, 3 and 7 are the only two dimensions in which binary problems (i.e. defining vector products) may be solved. This in itself makes them incredibly useful numbers. 37 is the 12th prime number, while 73 is the 21st; 37 is the 3rd star number, while 73 is the 4th.

For those unaware, numbers are inherently capable of representing geometric forms: for example, 3, composed of 3 individual units [called counters] creates a triangle. 3 is technically the second [1+2=3], while 6 is the third [1+2+3=6] and 10 is the fourth [1+2+3+4=10]. The latter forms the Pythagorean Tetractys. There are squares, cubes, stars, indeed all manner of shapes, typically referred to as figurate numbers.)

If we add the star placement values of 37 and 73 (3+4=7), as well as their two prime-number placement values (12+21=33), we obtain the Days of Creation and the traditional lifespan of it’s Redeemer (many Christian traditions claim that this was the age of Christ at death, though Luke 3:23 states that he was “about 30”).

7 and 33

The Days of Creation and the age of Christ -derived from Chokmah- offer much wisdom. For one, 33-7=26, the gematria of Yahweh ( י ה ו ה = Yod10 + Hé5 + Vau6 + Hé5 = 26). Our modern week is exactly 7 days, and it takes exactly 33 years for the sun to rise a second time in the same spot over the Earth (this is the lifecycle of the Solar Man, partial key to 33 and its relevance to the so-called World Mystery – as Manly Hall puts it). There were 7 Classical Planets. The visible-light spectrum consists of precisely 7 colours (of which 3 are primary), the modern musical scale consists of 7 notes (do re mi fa so la ti; the second ‘do’ is the first octave [from Lat. Octavus, eighth], or double the first note), while there are 7 modes used in Western music (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Interestingly, in Carnatic or South Indian Classical Music, there are 72!). The frequency of 1:1, aka Unison or the C-note = 33 on a Harmonograph, and perhaps most importantly: the human head has 7 orifices and the human spinal cord has 33 discs (24 upper, 5 to the sacrum and 4 to the coccyx). These latter two are reflected in the Macrocosm of the ancients, the 7 Planets and the 33-Year Solar Journey. This surely would have been seen as profoundly significant. Shockingly, the ratio of Moon:Earth = 3:11. The median of these two numbers is 7, and their multiplied sum is 33 (it is quite likely that the ancients were aware of this ratio, as will be demonstrated in a much later segment).

There are 7 Chakras (from Sanskrit, meaning “wheel”), now believed to be the 7 major endocrine glands (there are also the parathyroid, hypothalamus and gastrointestinal tract -yielding a true total of 10-11, that are not considered part of the “major” endocrine glands). Surely a great many Vedic and Tantric sages would scoff at the notion that the whirling vortices of latent energy are material in nature; in many cases the body is used as an analogy to something non-material, as a Sacred Map of the ethereal realm. In any case their knowledge of human anatomy is certainly rather impressive.

(The Egyptians were similarly well-educated, performing incredibly daunting surgeries with tools still in use today. Herodotus and many other Greek historians have claimed that their knowledge was derived from that of Egypt, and there has been much speculation that the knowledge of Pythagoras was in fact Indian in origin. Take for example this quote from a 1775 letter written by Voltaire: “I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganga – Astronomy, Astrology, Spiritualism, etc.. It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganga to learn Geometry.” The former half of this statement is at least partially verified by Hadith Al-Halila – also referred to as the Islamic Tradition of the Myrobalan Fruit, or more recently, The Confutation of Atheism. In this text a Muslim preacher discourses with an Indian atheist physician, who describes that his people discovered and continue to practice Astrology – a science that is apparently unknown to the Imam. It is also known that Pythagoras had gone to Alexandria, but it is worth pointing out that the so-called ‘Pythagorean Theorem’ is seen in Baudhayana’s Shulba Sutra, a Vedic mathematical text that predates him by some two centuries.)

Note that the Kundalini Serpent resting in 3&1/2 coils in Muladhara (base), when awakened, traverses the 7 chakras along the 3 nadis: to the right, ida; the left, pingala; in the center lies Sushumna – Path of the Serpent of Awakening. Following a materialist line of thought, both ida and pingala may correspond to the spinal nerves that appear on each side (this would make Sushumna – the Serpent’s Path – the 33-disc spine in between). Here we see a Serpent traveling 33 discs along 3 nadis through 7 chakras.

In verse 2 of the Vedic Asya Vamasya (Riddle of the Sacrifice, Rig Veda 1.164), we read:

“Seven yoke the one-wheeled chariot drawn by one horse with seven names. All these creatures rest on the ageless and unstoppable wheel with three naves.”

The sum of all numbers in this verse equal 19, the number upon which both the Egyptian and the Mayan peoples based their mathematics (both used grids of 18:19; 18+19=37).

Given the omnipresence of 37 in so many religions (Jewish, Christian, Vedic), it should come as no surprise that, in the Buddhist Sambara-Mandala, we see exactly 37 goddesses – each being a personification of a particular characteristic or accessory to Enlightenment.

3rd

Illustration above: The 7 Major Endocrine Glands: 1 Pineal 2 Pituitary 3 Thyroid 4 Thymus 5 Adrenal 6 Pancreas 7 Ovary 8 Testis (from Wikipedia)

4th

Illustration of chakras: The 7 Main Chakras (from top down): 1 Crown: Violet, Sahasrara; Pineal; 2 Third-Eye/Brow: Indigo, Anja; Pituitary; 3 Throat: Blue, Visuddha; Thyroid; 4 Heart: Green, Anahata; Thymus; 5 Solar-Plexus: Yellow, Manipura; Adrenal; 6 Spleen: Orange, Svadisthana; Pancreas; 7 Root/Base: Red [often with yellow root-square], Muladhara; Ovaries or Testes.

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Group B Streptococci in sushi and sashimi

I have previously posted about a large community Group B Streptococcus (GBS) outbreak in Singapore (Kalimuddin S, 2017).

In that post I alluded to the fact that my original hypothesis was that people were getting GBS by eating raw tilapia in sushi and sashimi as a result of a trade practice known as fish species substitution, where a cheaper fish species  is substituted for a more expensive one and given a similar sounding name.

Somewhere on that plate is a serotype Ia ST7 GBS.

The GBS outbreak eventually turned out to be due to serotype III ST283 GBS found in bighead carp, giant snakehead and tilapia. People were getting sick consuming raw fish dishes in local Chinese stalls rather than Japanese-style restaurants.

However the question over whether GBS could be found in sushi and sashimi continued to bother me. I got a chance to study this when 2 students from Temasek Polytechnic were attached to our laboratory in 2015 (Koh TH, 2017). These students were required to do a small project so I set Terry and Fionicca off to purchase sushi and sashimi from the cheaper Japanese-style food outlets  and supermarkets dotted across Singapore. At the end of the day we collected 17 fish samples sold ready-to-eat. Twelve samples were salmon, 4 were sold as ‘Tai’, and one was actually sold as tilapia. The fish were processed according the method detailed in a previous post.

We isolated 2 GBS. One was serotype II ST1 GBS resistant to tetracycline from a Salmon sample. The other was serotype Ia ST7 GBS susceptible to tetracycline from the tilapia sample.  We were also able to find molecular evidence for serotype Ia ST7 GBS in a sample sold as ‘Tai’ even though we were unable to isolate the organism in culture. We did not find any serotype III ST283 GBS though this may be a limitation of the small sample size.

Besides serotype III ST283 GBS, there are two other types of GBS that are important fish pathogens, serotype Ib ST260 and serotype Ia ST7.

Serotype Ib ST260 (originally named Streptococcus difficile) is the original GBS pathogen of fish that was described as early as 1966.  They are characteristically non-haemolytic. This type affects many species of fish and is widely distributed. However, there is some data to suggest that this GBS type is not found in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, but may be found in Indonesia. When I first started looking out for zoonotic GBS infections in 2008, I was focused on serotype Ib ST260. In retrospect this was probably a mistake. This type is so niche-adapted that it has a reduced genome content, and so far has only been found in poikilothermic (cold blooded) animals like fish and frogs (Delannoy CMJ, 2016). It has never been described in humans and probably poses no zoonotic risk.

The origins of serotype Ia ST7 GBS are less certain. This type has caused human infections in neonates in Japan (Evans JJ, 2008), and adults in Iceland (Bjornsdotir ES, 2016), but on the whole is rarely found in humans (note both Japan and Iceland have populations known for high fish consumption). On the other hand, serotype Ia ST7 GBS have caused many outbreaks in fish, especially tilapia, in asia and the middle east. This type has also recently caused an outbreak locally in Singapore among farmed golden pomfret (Trachinotus blochii) (Chong SM, 2017). Interestingly in that manuscript, the authors say that GBS had not been detected in cultured marine and freshwater fish in Singapore prior to 2014. To confuse matters, an old American type culture collection strain of GBS (ATCC A909) was recently found to be serotype Ia ST7 (Tettelin H, 2005). This was isolated from a human neonate with sepsis in 1934! The genome of ATCC A909 was recently compared with that of serotype Ia ST7 GBS isolated from tilapia in China and found to be similar (Liu G, 2013).

So is serotype Ia ST7 GBS a zoonosis or do fish get infected as a result of human effluent polluting the environment? Delannoy et al suggest that serotype Ia ST7 and serotype III ST283 GBS that cause fish infections probably have a primarily homeothermic (warm blooded) host range and have acquired fish-associated virulence factors not usually found in human or bovine isolates (Delannoy CMJ, 2016). So perhaps an anthroponosis first then a zoonosis later?

What of the serotype II ST1 GBS resistant to tetracycline from Salmon? We think this was probably the result of human contamination of fish (human clones of GBS tend to be tetracycline resistant whereas fish isolates tend to be tetracycline susceptible).

Going back to the issue of fish species substitution and mis-labelling of fish. This is a widespread practice in the fish trade. Customers may not know the subtle difference between dory fish (Vietnamese catfish Pangasius spp. ) and the rather more prized John Dory (Zeus faber).

A butterfish (Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) in Singapore is not the same as a butterfish in South Australia (Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicas). It is important to know the difference! As a cautionary tale I refer you to a blogpost by MIPHIDIC.

One of the more interesting parts of our study was trying to identify the actual fish species that was being sold as ‘Tai’ which most people would probably assume was the fish you normally see on ‘Japan Hour’* which is the Red Sea Bream (Pagrus major).

We did this by a method known as fish barcoding. This involved sequencing the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene of the fish meat and submitting the sequences to the Fish-Bol database.

Of the 4 ‘Tai’ samples, 2 were indeed Red Sea Bream (Pagrus major), 1 was Crimson Snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus), this was the sample that had molecular evidence for serotype Ia, ST7 GBS. The other sample was a Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). So if you want to be sure of what fish you are eating, order the whole fish or go to a reputable restaurant (and be prepared to pay more).

*A popular TV programme in Singapore featuring travel and food in Japan.

Kalimuddin S, Chen SL, Lim CTK, Koh TH, Tan TY, Kam M, Wong CW, Mehershahi KS, Chau ML, Ng LC, Tang WY, Badaruddin H, Teo J, Apisarnthanarak A, Suwantarat N, Ip M, Holden MTG, Hsu LY, Barkham T; Singapore Group B Streptococcus Consortium. 2015 Epidemic of Severe Streptococcus agalactiae Sequence Type 283 Infections in Singapore Associated With the Consumption of Raw Freshwater Fish: A Detailed Analysis of Clinical, Epidemiological, and Bacterial Sequencing Data. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 May 15;64(suppl_2):S145-S152. (no free access)

Koh TH, Cao DY, Khoo BC, Ong LH, Teo F, Tan TW. Group B Streptococci in Sushi and Sashimi. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2017 Feb;46(2):74-75. (free access)

Delannoy CM, Zadoks RN, Crumlish M, Rodgers D, Lainson FA, Ferguson HW, Turnbull J, Fontaine MC. Genomic comparison of virulent and non-virulent Streptococcus agalactiae in fish. J Fish Dis. 2016 Jan;39(1):13-29. (no free access)

Evans JJ, Bohnsack JF, Klesius PH, Whiting AA, Garcia JC, Shoemaker CA, Takahashi S. Phylogenetic relationships among Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from piscine, dolphin, bovine and human sources: a dolphin and piscine lineage associated with a fish epidemic in Kuwait is also associated with human neonatal infections in Japan. J Med Microbiol. 2008 Nov;57(Pt 11):1369-76. (free access)

Björnsdóttir ES, Martins ER, Erlendsdóttir H, Haraldsson G, Melo-Cristino J, Kristinsson KG, Ramirez M. Changing epidemiology of group B streptococcal infections among adults in Iceland: 1975-2014. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Apr;22(4):379.e9-379.e16. (free access)

Chong SM, Wong WK, Lee WY, Tan ZB, Tay YH, Teo XH, Chee LD, Fernandez CJ.Streptococcus agalactiae outbreaks in cultured golden pomfret Trachinotus blochii (Lacépède), in Singapore. J Fish Dis. 2017 Jul;40(7):971-974. (no free access)

Tettelin H, Masignani V, Cieslewicz MJ, Donati C, Medini D, Ward NL, Angiuoli SV, Crabtree J, Jones AL, Durkin AS, Deboy RT, Davidsen TM, Mora M, Scarselli M, Margarit y Ros I, Peterson JD, Hauser CR, Sundaram JP, Nelson WC, Madupu R, Brinkac LM, Dodson RJ, Rosovitz MJ, Sullivan SA, Daugherty SC, Haft DH, Selengut  J, Gwinn ML, Zhou L, Zafar N, Khouri H, Radune D, Dimitrov G, Watkins K, O'Connor KJ, Smith S, Utterback TR, White O, Rubens CE, Grandi G, Madoff LC, Kasper DL, Telford JL, Wessels MR, Rappuoli R, Fraser CM. Genome analysis of multiple pathogenic isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae: implications for the microbial "pan-genome". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Sep 27;102(39):13950-5. (free access)

Liu G, Zhang W, Lu C. Comparative genomics analysis of Streptococcusagalactiae reveals that isolates from cultured tilapia in China are closelyrelated to the human strain A909. BMC Genomics. 2013 Nov 11;14:775. (free access)

#bacteriology #microbiology #fish #fisheries

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In a Forest of Real Illusions, I'm Fooled

A freeverse poem, best viewed on FFN or AO3.

Fic: "In a Forest of Real Illusions, I'm Fooled" [FFN] [AO3]

Pairings/Characters: Lysander Scamander/Scorpius Malfoy

Rating: K+

Words: ~440

Additional info: romance, slash, angst, poetry, freeverse, Next Gen era, 2nd person POV

Summary: The worst thing possibly imaginable happens: Someone is lost. How do you handle his loved ones?

"So take it easy

I'll make it so easy

You can lay your head down

And we'll leave it til tomorrow"

—La Roux, "Amour Love"

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

There's that

clichédsaying

"Your past always catches up with you"

For you, it never meant much

Mum's always been that insane

Da's always had that warm laugh

& Lorc's always had a scheme up his sleeve

But then there's

y_o_u

You don't have anything to worry about, really

You're "Saintly Sander,"

something that always made Lorcan & Scorpius laugh

But when faced with reality,

you're "Scrambling Sander,"

because Real Life has

n e v e r

hit so hard

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

They should've seen this coming,

even if it

was decades later

because once a Dark wizard,

always a Dark wizard

& owning a shop in Diagon Alley?

How absurd!

Draco painted a grand old target on his back that way

So it was

only a matter of time

before an old, no-name villain showed up

&& ZING!

Daddy Draco's gone

And so is poor Scor's whole world

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Scorpius came to his mates first

the t-w-i-n-s

But Lorcan couldn't stay

He scratched his head, got up, & left

because he never was one for drama

(hence his relationship with Roxanne)

But there Scor was,

shredded,

hollow,

&& wondering why this had to happen

(though the answer's plain as day to you)

You recall everything about your

Care of Magical Creatures class

Scorpius is a grieving wizard

He'll need…

-love

-attention

-a damn good pumpkin pasty

You work backwards

He looks a bit peaky, so you've got to feed him

result #1: he's got no a.p.p.e.t.i.t.e

(& you can't blame him)

but he thanks you for the effort

He looks so

d;e;s;o;l;a;t;e

so you provide him with company

He doesn't interact with you…

but he also doesn't push you away

Finally, you…

You understand why it hurts to

see him hurt

&& you ache more inside

but you'll give him time

Let him come to you

& then maybe it won't h!u!r!t so much

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

It's just this one night

This one, broken night

(excluding the broken knight you are trying not to be)

& you've never,

N—E—V—E—R

felt so distant

so estranged

from him

But when that clock strikes twelve,

you'll still be there

because he's there

&& he's got to know that there are some good things l…e…f…t in this world

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

You both hear the chime

It's now the Witching Hour

So you kneel beside him

Wrap your a r m s around him

Kiss his temple

& hold on as if you two are next

Because that embrace will ground you to

a b*r*i*g*h*t reality

That there is evil in this world,

but there is also

L O V E

& he touches your hand, because he both wants & needs it from you

I hope everyone who likes slash and Scorander enjoyed this piece. :3 Haha, that cliché in the beginning was inspired by episode one of season six of Supernatural. :P I don't think that's the exact quote…but other fandoms have used it, too; really, it's just a saying. But this freeverse was kinda inspired from seeing that episode…so thank Supernatural. XD

Thanks for reading, and feel free to leave an anon/unsigned review via the FFN link or comment via the AO3 link at the top of the post, especially if you enjoyed this!

~mew

2017 note: I guess I never mentioned it back in 2010 when I first posted this, but it uses some of the canon of the first Scorander, "Just My Way." Anywho. A Scorpius who is just a boy is the type of Scor I like to write best, and I guess that's always come thru in my writing. XD

#hp #harry potter #scorander #lysander scamander #scorpius malfoy #<1000 #romance #slash #angst #poetry #free verse #next gen era #rated: PG #2nd POV

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↪ b a s i c s ;

N A M E: Carly Lily Veatch A G E: 26 P L A C E   O F   O R I G I N: Las Vegas, Nevada G R O U P: None F C: Emmy Rossum

❝ In short, she is predictable in her unpredictability. ❞

↪ p e r s o n a l i t y ;

P O S I T I V E   T R A I T S: independent ; strong N E G A T I V E   T R A I T S: impulsive ; stubborn

↪ b i o g r a p h y ;

L I F E   B E F O R E   T H E   O U T B R E A K:

Carly Veatch didn’t have a good start to life; none of her five other half-siblings did. Nights often ended in hungry bellies and such frustration that Carly thought it would wreak havoc on her insides. Truthfully, Carly grew up angry; her mother was an addict who had absolutely no remorse for not caring for any one of her children. Carly and her siblings grew up having to not only care for each other but the responsibilities that no children should have had to. Carly got a job at a young age, wasn’t allowed to join after school activities or make any lasting, genuine friendships; it wasn’t because she wasn’t interested but it was merely because she had more pressing matters to handle. She had a serious need to help out her family, even with three older brothers. Carly was always trying to help, always trying to show her family she could pull her weight. She’d be the one to chase around every member of the family for a haircut or a possible new scheme on how they could make money, which usually ended up in laughter from her older brothers. Her ideas, at times, were a bit aggressive for a ten-year-old. Even with a mother who they all preferred to be missing, Carly wanted this family to work.

Her older brother, Kit, was her role model. Only a year older than her, he showed more responsibility and compassion for keeping the family together than any of the others. He went out of his way to take care of them, even if it hindered himself personally, and Carly took great pride in him. She was mesmerized by how well Kit handled it all. You could say Carly modeled herself after Kit for quite some time growing up. For a while, Carly genuinely believed the Veatch siblings could live this way; avoiding their mother and making ends meet. It wasn’t ideal but Carly loved her siblings so much that she didn’t care, as long as they were all together.

It wasn’t until she was twelve that child services came and took them from their home. Being told they would be kept together in foster care for a time, there was a great sense of relief but she knew better than to think it would last long. She knew her two younger sisters would have the most promising chance; they were still young, both cute, and didn’t carry the burden of all that they went through like the rest of them did. Truthfully, Carly never really thought she’d be adopted; she was angry and bitter, at an awkward age near her problematic teenage years, and she expressed that any time someone came to see her. She didn’t want to be away from Kit or her older brothers; she was trying frantically to stay behind with them.

She was taken in by a woman with three other children, all whom had been adopted. Her living conditions weren’t exactly picturesque, living in a three bedroom, cramped apartment on the outskirts of Las Vegas but compared to what she was living in with her mother, it was definitely a step up. The woman, Marta, was tough though; she had strict rules over how Carly should act, what she should wear, when she should go to bed; it felt more like boot camp than a new home. Marta wasn’t as violent as Elise but if Carly acted out in any way, a good whack usually did the trick.

At sixteen, Carly made the decision to drop out of school and study cosmetology. At first Marta wasn’t impressed with her decision but after discussing her options and Carly making mention of helping bring extra income into the home, who was Marta to argue? She’d be ‘pulling her weight’, Carly would say; it was good enough for Marta. She immediately joined into a course in a nearby community college and got her license in a little under a year.

Working part-time in a coffee shop to make ends meet and pay for her cosmetology supplies for a time, she grew close to a woman who visited the shop. She was an older woman, a small boutique owner by the name of Cora, and they grew close. Mornings were spent chatting and, twice a week, the woman would come to work on paperwork for a few hours. It didn’t take long after having met that they began sleeping together; the woman began giving Carly money, hearing limited details about the way Carly grew up. What first started as having fun became a business deal; Monday and Thursday nights were spent with her. The woman began paying for Carly’s schooling and supplies and even helped get Carly a job at a trendy salon downtown.

She had only been working for a few months when news hit that her mother had overdosed. It didn’t come as a shock but after years of not having seen her siblings, she was eager to go to her hearing to see them. Carly cried a lot that day, as hard as she did not to, but it wasn’t at all for the sake of her mother. Seeing the way her younger sisters had changed; clothes impeccable and manners to boot; The twins were scholarly looking, seemingly happy. How could they be happy? –After all that they went through, Carly never thought genuine happiness was in the cards for the Veatch family. She was almost green with envy for them and Kit seemed to be the only one that resembled any sort of similarity. She could always count on him.

With limited money in her pocket after her mother’s death, Carly continued what she had started. She continued working at the salon, moving up to the ranks of one of their best hairdressers, and even moved to a small apartment with the help of her income from her job and with the help of Cora. Everything, for the first time in Carly’s life, seemed normal. She’d never rid herself of the bitterness but she had improved; her mother was dead, she had a job that she enjoyed and had a woman that prayed at her feet.

Carly dated others, under the nose of Cora, but she never made any lasting relationships. The fear of losing them was too much to bear; her mother never being present, her siblings all were taken from her. How was she to ever truly care for someone when it was inevitable in life that they were be taken from her too? It was a bitter way to look at life but, alas, Carly Veatch had grown from bitter girl to bitter woman.

L I F E   D U R I N G   T H E   O U T B R E A K:

The outbreak happened all too quickly. Before she knew it, the city of Las Vegas was under military siege and there was nowhere to go. People were going missing, only to turn back up completely different. It was like Carly was in a daze but, truthfully, she was used to madness. Nights spent in cars, under bridges awaiting her mother’s return from a drug deal or strange men coming into her home to poke around to find her mother; madness followed the Veatch family wherever they went. Being protected by the military, Carly didn’t think it would get too out of hand. It wasn’t until she woke up one morning to hums of vans, the military deserting their post and leaving the population susceptible to the undead that she realized something was truly wrong. Carly immediately went to search for Cora and the two fled the center of the city to a nearby apartment on the outskirts, gathering supplies.

Weeks spent in the apartment, Carly couldn’t help but continue thinking about her siblings. She didn’t really know where they were, if they were still in their original homes, but she decided she’d go searching. Leaving a sleeping Cora behind, she traveled through the city, trying to wrack her brain on their whereabouts, only to come up short. Defeated, she returned home only to find Cora and most of their belongings gone. No note, no sign of warning; all she could tell is that Cora left in a hurry.

After a few days of pulling herself together, Carly left the apartment in hopes of finding other survivors. After a few days of heading north, she came across a small group; they traveled bit by bit, doing whatever they needed to get by. They managed to section off a very small part of a suburban neighborhood and made a society of sorts. Months went by and, finally, Carly thought they might manage to make a new life here. She knew the likelihood of finding her siblings was slim to none and, so, she did her best to move on and continue her life. Survival was something Carly was used to.

L I F E   A F T E R   T H E   O U T B R E A K:

It wasn’t until months later that her small group and society fell apart. Raiders came through, destroying everything they had built and killing people along the way. Managing to barely escape, she was split from the rest of the group and was forced to run further north. She kept going north, in hopes the cold weather would slow the undead down, and came across a few new survivors who mentioned Cheyenne. She entered the town quietly, wanting to make sure she was safe before integrating herself. She found a home on the outskirts, near the destroyed airport. She’s gathered enough supplies from her route to sustain her for a time and she’s shocked at how many residents there were in the small city.

Truthfully, her siblings came into mind at the population, but the thought left as soon as it came. She refused to hold out hope that any of her siblings were there, especially with how far they were from Las Vegas. Instead, Carly’s just trying to keep her head afloat. Losing so many people and not knowing where those she loves has gone, it’s hard to keep optimistic. Instead, she’s slowly reaching out to other survivors to get better acquainted with Cheyenne and those who live there. She’s only been in Cheyenne for a few weeks now and has absolutely no idea that Kit is also in town.

#emmy rossum #rp #rpg #semi appless rp #semi appless rpg #semi appless roleplay #tw abuse #tw drugs #tw violence #a. #f. #20 #rogue. #jess sr. #carly veatch.