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xiaq · 3 years

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Hi, I have a question re:sex and Christianity. Small background: I still go to church, and I still live with my parents even though I'm not much younger than you, because housing is very very expensive where I live (pretty common here, I would say about 2/3 of my friends live with their parents and we are decently privileged kids)

Anyway. How does one get over purity culture? To be clear, I've never been told in church not to have sex, I've never gotten the gendered lessons that you got. But I am terrified of having sex. My first real, multi-year relationship just ended and while there was hand stuff etc, there was never any p in v sex (lol I feel 12). But I still had insane anxiety about being pregnant despite being on bc. And I think its because I know my parents would be so disappointed if I had sex. And if I was pregnant I could imagine all the gossip. And honestly I think im from a pretty open church, b/c one of our previous ministers kids recently got married at 8 months pregnant and lots of church people were at the wedding and supportive and her parents were there and everything.

I dont even think I particularly like sex, i might be on the ace spectrum, but how do I remove it from all the anxiety that's tied to it so I can even give myself the chance to find out???

(Asking because it seems like you've been pretty open about purity culture/removing yourself from it)

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How does one get over purity culture?

Oh man. That really is the million-dollar question, huh? Obviously, I can only answer re my personal experiences, and this is something you should talk to a therapist about, but I can tell you how I’ve tackled it with my therapist at least.

Purity culture is, at its core, an ideology that is perpetuated by shame. If you’re indoctrinated into purity culture when you’re a kid, the concepts become baked into the way you construct your identity, your perception of self, and your perception of your sexuality. It’s practically intrinsic, by the time you’re an adult, to feel shame any time you’re reminded you have a body, much less a sexuality.

According to the chapels I sat through every week as a kid, a girl's body could be 3 things: an intentional stumbling block for men, an accidental stumbling block for men, or unnoticeable. Women were to strive for the third option so as to keep their (and their male friends/authority figures) purity intact. After all, if a boy, or even your male teacher, had impure thoughts about you, it was your fault for tempting them (which, holy shit. I still can’t believe that was a thing I bought into for so long. If my 45 yr old grown-ass teacher had impure thoughts because he could see my 12 yr old collarbone, that sure as hell wasn’t my fault. But I digress.) The Only time a woman’s body can be something else, is when she gives it to her husband, at which point she must suddenly flip the switch in her brain that she is now allowed to be a Sexual Being and she must perform Sexual Duties despite living in outright fear of her own body and sexuality for years (decades?) up until this point. Jesus take the wheel.

Purity culture isn’t a thing you can just decide to walk away from if you’ve grown up in it. Because its ideology is insidious and internalized. So first you need to submit to the fact that you’re going to be fucked up about sex. It sounds like you’re there. Second, you need to interrogate what you believe. If you’re leaving religion behind entirely, you’ll approach removing yourself from purity culture differently than if you still identify as a Christian. It sounds like you might be the latter, which meant, for me, separating what’s actually biblical and what’s shitty, contrived, doctrine that I was told is biblical but is actually more political than spiritual. This helps you address the shame issue.

You need to throw away I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Lady in Waiting and all those ridiculous books you read and reread in the hopes of somehow obtaining impossible marriage perfection and look into actual scripture interpreted within its historical context. I could write a book on this, but the TL;DR is that the text of the Bible was written, translated, curated, and changed multiple times over thousands of years by human beings with human biases and, often, personal and/or political agendas. It contradicts itself! Reading it as it is—a flawed historical document—rather than some sort of God-breathed perfect document—is incredibly freeing. When you do, you’ll probably realize that purity culture is bullshit on a spiritual level. Which is a good start, if that matters to you. Because any time you start to feel shame or guilt you can ask yourself: does God actually care if I wear a bikini or touch a dick I’m not married to? Probably not. Wear the bikini. Touch the dick.

The most important therapy session for me was when my therapist asked what I would do if I got to heaven and God was actually the God I’d been raised to fear. What would I do if he condemned me for being bisexual and having premarital sex and becoming educated, for arguing with men, and failing to isolate while menstruating, and wearing mixed fabrics? If Montero had come out at the point, I probably would have said I’d pole dance down to hell. Instead, I said I would spit on heaven’s gates. If a god that cruel and that pointlessly demeaning really exists—a god who would create in me condemned desire—I won't worship him. The good news is, I’m 99% sure he doesn’t exist. At the very least, he isn’t supported by scripture.

Okay. The final thing you need to do is figure out what you actually want, sexually speaking. This bit is probably the hardest. I’m still in the early stages of this myself. You say: “I dont even think I particularly like sex, i might be on the ace spectrum, but how do I remove it from all the anxiety that's tied to it so I can even give myself the chance to find out???” Bro, I wish I had an easy answer for you. For me, whenever I’m feeling anxious about Sex Things, I tell myself: 1. My God does not equate my worth to my sexual habits. 2. My partner does not equate my worth to my sexual habits. 3. I do not equate my worth to my sexual habits. It seems silly, but reminding myself of those three things is massively helpful. If, after I’ve sorted through those, I’m still anxious or uncomfortable, I stop doing the thing. I evaluate. Am I overwhelmed and I need to try again some other time? Do I just not like the thing? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. Sometimes you change your mind. Sometimes you just don’t know. That’s why having a partner who you trust and who’s willing to patiently explore your interests (and respect your disinterests) is so important. Half the battle, for me, was having a partner who told me they’d be ok with no sex at all. Because that took the pressure off me. If the bare minimum they need is nothing, then anything more than that is a bonus! Hooray! This is maybe TMI, but let me tell you. I thought I was asexual* right up until I was able to have moderately non-anxious sex. Never in my life did I think I would initiate a sexual situation but… I do now. It’s a fun thing to do with a person I love and, holy shit. I am furious that I nearly missed out on it.

Finally, re birth control: I don’t know how you can approach that fear in a way that works for you. If you don’t want to ever have penetrative sex, that’s fine! If that’s a point of anxiety you can’t get rid of, then don't push yourself to do it. If you find out you like other sex things, do the other sex things! If you don't like doing any sex things, don't do any sex things! Also, have you considered sleeping with people who can’t get you pregnant? Always an option if it’s an option you want to consider. ;)

Okay. I hope this was even a little bit helpful. Sorry if it’s a little convoluted, I typed it up in bursts during my work breaks.

*This is not at all to say that asexuality can be “fixed." Rather, it’s to say that things like purity culture can drastically confuse your sexuality in general. If you’re asexual, then this process is still important to discover what you like/dislike. Then you can be explicit about those necesities and find a partner who’s a good fit (if you want a partner at all, that is).

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alphasmoonlit-selfships · 3 years

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Coffee shop AU, College AU, and Bodyguard AU for you and Atsushi in the OTP ask game!

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Hello! @rose-wine-selfships 🥰💖

Well,, these turned out longer than was probably intended and this is just a mess of writing, near the end at least, my scrambled brain was excited and said “J us T G O haM! LeT ‘E M H aVe I T!”

*A Note for at least Coffee Shop Au and Collage Au, as much I want to keep AtsuDany abilities, they are average people in those Au! Moonlight would be Atsushi’s stray Maine Coon cat he saved during a rain storm. While Estrella is Dany’s service dog, a Husky-German Shepard mix!

Alright, lets just in!

Coffee shop AU: Who is the barista, and who frequents the coffee shop?

Omg, Coffee Shop Au, this gives me a chance to daydream a bit more on Bakery Au! 💖🥺

It’s a coffee shop and bakery together! Atsushi is the barista/baking assistant! He was taken in for work and helping out the sweet elderly couple who run the place! While a bit nervous and unsure at the start, he is grateful to the kind couple who have been patient and kind enough to teach him everything (a quick learner he is)! He has grown in confidence and enjoys talking and immersing himself with the customers, making sure they enjoy everything the shop has to offer. He is rather cheerful and everyone loves him (as they should!), he always has good recommendations and maybe the reason why many younger and collage aged customers stop by 👀✨… Though, Atsushi is a bit oblivious to any flirtatious advances. Even when fellow coworkers point it out to him.

Who he hasn’t been oblivious too is the petite, unique violet-eyed, brunette, who stops by every late afternoon into the early evening, along with an alert service dog. She is quiet and normally a bit jittery when interacting with anyone, and seems rather lost in her own world when wearing a pair of headphones and seeming to work on a computer tablet near the back, away from the main front-of-house. Twirling her stylus for moments at a time and admire whatever drawing she was working on. But she is sweet and smiles kindly to him whenever he asks her for anything else she might like. Admitting her soft spoken tone was rather nice to hear, taking note of it more considering her more quiet demeanor. His bosses and coworker often poking fun at him for his attention towards her and flusters and stammers for once out of bashfulness.

Danielle may not voice it, but she is rather smitten and taken by the handsome, silver choppy-haired barista. She’s never been one to take courageous leaps in those she has a crush on, far too shy and self conscious of herself to make an attempt. But she admits, she can’t help admire him as he attends other customers when she's taking breaks to observe her surroundings; taking note of the small mannerisms he does, almost cat-like. How he smiles and attentively listens to orders and even make small talk with newcomers, making them laugh and seeming very genuine in his interactions with them. Making a clear impression on newer people and usual visitors.

The brunette ponders a moment, reflecting when he talks with her; how he smiles warmly, looks at her with his unique sunset eyes and facing his body too in attention. Often very attentive to her when her coffee or sweet is gone. He may have once or a few times asked her on her work or commented on how cute Estrella was (the silver dog unmoved by the comment or attention), which honestly made her smile and a bit bashful on the interest he showed… Maybe he’s just doing his job, her mind jabs at her for assuming. Estrella quick to nose her hand and rest her head on her lap when she is still and quiet for too long.

Nonetheless, Danielle snaps out of her thoughts when the other red-haired barista comes by to her to drop off her usual coffee drink. Smiling on gratitude, when she noticed a few numbers just under her name on the drink, recognizing that of a phone number, along with a sweet pastry she hadn’t ordered. The barista, Lucy, quick to explain.

“You maybe wondering why there is a phone number written and an extra on the house treat,” she begins with a smile, “Well, you may know my other coworker, Atsushi. He has been interested to get to know you for a while and has been struggling to come over here to do it himself for the past 30 minutes.” She huffs with a look over her shoulder. The coworker in question behind the counter and rubbing his face in embarrassment and exasperation, peeking through his fingers towards her with a weak yet charming smile (unintentional 👀 but Dany is like 💞).

Needless to say~ Dany was more then taken aback and a stammering mess of thank yous and flustered at the turn of events. Lucy pushing Atsushi on a late break to get him to talk with the petite brunette. The two seeming to calm down once they actually began to talk and laugh and giggle at similar and different interests 💖 they hit it off very well and Lucy has full regrets, cause Atsushi now won’t shut up about his petite girlfriend 🥺✨

Dany loves his lingering scent of coffee and the sweets and bread he helps make in the back of house UwU. She finds it cute how he is occasionally covered in some flour~ she wipes it away for him or kisses it off ☺️

Highschool/College AU: Who is the straight-A student, and who’s the backrow slacker?

I think Dany and Atsushi are both smart and intelligent in their own way of studying and in their grade point average. They do have that one class they both hate and just struggling to get by~ but I think they have a decent enough gpa for uni, definitely around or above 3.0! To an extent, Dany can be a back row slacker without intending too? She just kind of gives up some days and she hasn’t rested at all and takes it upon herself to sleep or work on another class’ work (reference to real life me coming into play here ;w; ).

Atsushi definitely is unsure on his major but is definitely leaning heavily into psychology and becoming a social worker (there is another word for it but…ahh slippery mind), especially for kids that have gone through rough situations especially in orphanages.

He is attentive in all his classes and takes frantic, yet really good notes in each one (except maybe that one class he’s practically done with 👀), many people often go to him for some clarification or if they didn’t show up. He takes early morning classes and is usually the first to arrive, very rarely is he late or skips (if he did once is because he wanted to make sure Dany got to her class on time after pulling another all nighter and refused to sleep, which she now has to deal with in a morning class of her own that she refused to miss). He also does go to office hours, only for a few classes in the beginning and got the hang of things after. Overall, good well attentive student, is definitely graduating with some honors he isn’t expecting 👀. And volunteers a lot around the community, boi got a lot of time on his hands, unlike his dearest tiny lover 😔.

Dany, ie me, is similar, taking attentive notes and jotting almost a lot of information…that she will likely never look at again… until like a final or something. Granted, Danielle is studying more art, design and architecture based classes, so a majority of the time she doesn’t necessarily have to study for an exam, rather pull many all nighters to be prepared for the final presentation and critique of her work 😩. This petite brunette is hyped on so much coffee and snacks she forgets to eat actual food, she is practically glued to her computer screen finishing plans and renderings or other art projects, which honest to heck are her stress reliever from studio ;;w;;.

But even so! Atsushi has to slowly nudge her or lift her off her seat to get her to at least give herself a break. She has been burnt out so much in the past because she neglects basic needs or breaks. The first time Atsushi witnessed her break down made him hurt and cry too for her, not having understood the amount of stress and anxiety she really felt till that moment. Feeling incredibly bad too for semi starting an argument with her about it that lead to Dany just sputtering out all her frustrations and emotions; having to hug her tightly until she passed out from exhaustion.

Needless to say, it worked… even if she was fussy and embarrassed about it… and she did just fine afterwards in her work. But now Atsushi is more understanding of her struggle and tries to make things more lighter for her when he can, such as giving her coffee, or a treat, heck even just sitting with her to work on things, maybe talk to her and slowly get her to unwind a little to de-stress her. Dany is very welcoming to this, even allowing herself to give herself a tiny break that leads her to at least clear her mind. Turning to getting a service dog after realizing how calm she was whenever Moonlight came by to mewl at her or climb on her lab to nuzzle her. She of course can't take Atsushi's cat, so she settled her mind on getting her own.

Atsushi, and Dany too tbh, is surprised by her high gpa. But she isn’t to frequent or keen to visit professors in office hours or partake much in activities that isn’t occasional volunteer work under her collage if she is free. The “IF” is important 😔.

Dany is very thankful for Atsushi, less she would be in the hospital for whatever lack of food or stress will bring her there. He helps her stay calm and feeds her good comments and critiques for her work, even if he does know heck what it is if she didn't explain. He went to one of her reviews and clapped the loudest for her ;;w;; and he is there to hold her when she celebrates with a long nap after all her hard work, buys her dinner too to celebrate. 💖

While Atsushi doesn't encounter a lot of stress under his own studies, he does appreciate it when Dany takes the time to help him study, even more so when she asks more on what he is studying and asks him to inform her. So he better understands his own information presenting it to someone else. Dany is someone who is very attentive when it comes to other majors she doesn't know about and is always listening when Atsushi goes off on a tangent about his psych classes. She does sets aside her own things when something concerning his past rises to the surface and Atsushi needs some comforting, it happens unexpectedly and she quick to take notice of it from his exhausted tone and almost lack of concentration in what he's doing. They both have a certain balance together when it comes to helping the other through their mental burn outs and inner struggles.

How they got together was rather out of the blue and just casually 🥺 which is so unlike Dany of course. But it might have been her lack of sleep that gave her the bravery to just, peck Atsushi’s lips and he was like 😳. But of course kissed her back after 🥺💖 it just became normal for them to hold hands or just cuddle together and kiss each other cheeks UwU. Again, it was like one day it all changed for them and they didn't notice it until like after a month, someone in Dany's uni circle just kind of asked her and poor dear was like ??? I guess we are. Am hella soft now and just in a big state of longing ;;;w;;;

Bodyguard AU: Who is the bodyguard? Who are they protecting? Which one is secretly pining for the other?

Okay, listen,,, Y’all may not at all be astounded by this executive decision, but like,,, too bad!

Dany is bodyguard >:3 Look,,, I know y’all laughing at this small petite little lass, but you won’t be laughing when your world starts spinning cause a 4’9" young woman flipped you on your ass 😤 (and you know what feck it, I’m knocking Dany down to my height too, she had 3-4in’s on me, but no more, your smol size with me now! Her wolf is taller than her though at 5’4).

I have a separate Au for this, stemming partially from a… bad dream and anguish sadness with Atsu and it hurt ;;w;;, but it’s kind of a break off from it in a more positive, only AtsuDany exist forever, light 💖 because I am the one who says what goes 😤

Anywho~ In this Au, Dany never went to Yokohama and rather returned to her place of birth. So she never met with anyone in the Agency, or Port Mafia either. However, she couldn’t keep herself hidden for so long, even living in the countryside. She was found by an UK based Armed Detective Agency who went ahead, all mysterious and authoritative, to recruit her to join after delving into disclosed information that she was an animal gifted. She wasn’t keen on the beginning at all knowing how the Guild was with Francis.

Though nonetheless they persisted until a much a kinder gifted (prop. Suzanne or Lewis) came by to ease her into it and what the group does. One with an Animal gift too, more manifestation, but animal gifted’s are a small percent of the agency's ability users. This alone was enough to slowly draw in Dany even more so offering her some closure with knowing who exactly was targeting her father when she was younger.

Which is the main plot of this Au involving underground trading ring that essentially steals rare animal gifted's or children of them to be able to draw out the animal gift from them. It often leads to other types of destructive gifts because of the bad environment these young children are in. It is in this bad environment that gave Dany her Shadow Ability, which is delved into more. They won't target such a big organization as the UK-ADA, who has at least 2% of their members as Animal Gifted, but rather do their dirty work with kids who are unknown, impressionable and no one will give a thought about.

This Au is also why Atsushi is suddenly in Europe. At this point the Agency itself has grown and developed, that they have become very well known around the world and many other organizations contact them for assistance overseas and all that good connection building. Atsushi, himself is rather infamous too, as well as his good working partnership with others! A charmer UwU well Dazai puts him to a pedestal at the start and Atsu-Kun just naturally does the rest~

So he is sent off to an overseas mission in the UK ADA, where he meets everyone and is assigned a bodyguard to show him about the place, inform him about the mission and the stakes of it and also keep him safe as per his infamous reputation.

((Now I’m going to say this here and now but man was I snorting hecking laughing in the shower just envisioning Atsushi, and just fecking anyone, just looking straight ahead expecting someone of his height and stature 👀 only to cast his eyes downward to this tiny tiny lass— *snorts loudly*))

Let’s just say his speechless and doesn’t know what to say outwardly until he is introduced to her and she holding out her hand. So stoic and calculating gaze…and can feel the presence of her ability. Glowing a violet shade around her as a wolf towers behind her. Glaring in intimidation.

It surprises Atsushi, his own tiger…not at all intimidated and rather cooing under his skin in curiosity! ✨ (poor big kitty doesn’t meet other animal gifted’s like him 🥺 and is in awe of this pretty she-wolf 👀... Honestly, my interpretation of Moonlight is that he is kind of like Toothless, big rare growly boi but a big kitty)

Welp, his tiger is instantly infatuated, with her~ Atsushi follows soon after witnessing her actually like…flip a whole man onto the ground without so much effort 😳 he is literally like mouth dry and flustered to heck like “Wooow,,,” and like really struggles to say something to her after. But honestly, just her overall personality when she lets her guard down and smiles at him genuinely.

Dany is more hidden in her own feelings for him, rather drawn and curious about his ability, while Estrella is like “No!” And tries to Will her to not show interest… yet at least. She does find him so cute and endearing like, she is more than relieved he didn’t automatically make fun of her or berate her superiors for putting her in charge of him. Which honestly is very unlike Atsushi, she comes to learn, he is much more genuine and actually sees more of her strength and capabilities than many would brush off cause of her stature.

Atsushi does tend to sometimes pull her into safety~ like he may forget sometimes that he’s the one she’s suppose to protect. They are very compatible together in that regard, always protecting each other. It all comes full circle I swear! 💖

Also…not gonna lie, bodyguard Au do get spicy 👀✨ in like the sexual tension (😏 for now) 😘 I had a whole ramble about it already but like their animal abilities for one and like the second is like uncover things where they in a cramped space and just— oh my they kissing 👀 Dany of all people took the leap in! She is hella embarrassed and like “feck I’m suppose to protect not engage >/////~////<“ but Atsushi isn’t listening as like he leans in to kiss her too and just UwU 🌸... guys please its been a few minutes you have a mission to do! 👀😳

Ah just like the fanfics I’ve read back in the day, wow good ole times,,,

Man, Rose am sorry for the hecking rambles like, if I was brave enough to just record myself and go off like you’d get the extent of my rambles that I can’t but spazz write here, no matter how much I want to but like, ain’t no one want to listen to that 👀

Lol,, but I had so much fun with these and had to include some doodles 🥰💖🥺 cause I miss my AtsuDany ;w; I think about my sweetest Tigre a lot but I work full time now so am busy all day till I’m home and sleepy ✨

Thank you so much for listening to my rambling and I hope you enjoy it and the draws 🥺🌸

We hope you enjoy a look into our alternative selves! 🐯💖🐺

#atsushi nakajima #atsudany #danielle mika mason #bungou stray dogs #self shipping #self shipping community #self shipping ask #alpha howls #alpha's art #alpha's writing #tag: we are of the moon and stars my dear

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ghostbassist · 4 years

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28 with Reggie where they tripped into a lake because things got a little heated?

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Pairing: Reggie x Reader

Prompt 28. “Why are you two wet?” “I don’t want to talk about it.” Prompt 25 (Self added). “Why do you hate me?” “I don’t hate you, I like you so much it pisses me off.”

Warnings: A little suggestive content maybe?

Summary: You and Reggie never got along, but maybe it wasn't for the reason you thought.

A/N: I changed the request a little because I have an imagine similar to this already, but it still has the same premise. I also added prompt 25 because it felt like it was a good fit for the imagine. Much Love 🌻

You and Reggie never particularly got along. It wasn’t that you loathed each other it was just you guys constantly bickered. Due to this, the boys tried to keep you as far apart as they could, but sometimes you two were forced to be near each other which led to another fight.

Today was one of the days that you two were forced together. The boys had agreed to help your mom with some stuff around the house. She had always oved all the boys. Reggie in particular was her favorite. You had told your mom multiple times that you and Reggie never got along, but she always believed that if you spent enough time together that it would get resolved.

“Thank you boys so much for helping out. So, Luke you and Alex will be organizing the garage. I’ll be cleaning the attack, which leaves Reggie and Y/N to do the shed and the garden.” You mom says as she turns to head upstairs before anyone could protest.

“Listen, we get this done quickly then we wont have to worry.” Reggie says looking at the boys, who looked nervous then to you.

“Whatever,” You grab the gloves and broom, “lets just get this over with.” The four of you part ways. Reggie opens the shed and starts to grab the things inside trying to figure out how to clean it.

“I say we pull everything out, clean the floor, and then just restack everything better.” Nodding, you start to grab the stuff and pull them out. It took the two of you only about 30 minutes to clean the entire shed, which only left the garden.

All you had to do in the garden was water the plants then you were done. Reggie had other plans though, he looked at the hose before studying you for a few seconds. As you were about to ask him why he was staring at you like that, the pointed the hose at you. You let out a yelp as you ran at the boy trying to turn the water off. In the fight for the hose Reggie tripped backwards, causing you to fall on top of him.

It was if the world stopped moving, the two of you were just there looking into each others eyes. You had always thought that you had done something to cause Reggie to hate you. After what felt like forever, you clear your throat and stand up offering a hand to Reggie. Grabbing your hand, you pull him up. The backyard fell silent as you wring out your shirt.

“Why do you hate me?” The words came out in the smallest voice. The thought had been gnawing at you for the longest time and because of what happened, you figured maybe now was the time to bring it up.

“What? I don’t hate you.” Reggie looks as confused as he did when Alex tried to explain photosynthesis to him. Reggie had always believed that if he stayed away and was standoffish that his feels would go away. Sighing, he turned off the hose and looked up to see you already looking at him. “I like you so much it pisses me off. It’s like any time I see plushie I think of you because we get them for you every year for your birthday, since for some reason, you love them.”

It was true, you had fallen in love with stuffed animals when you were a kid because every time your father would go somewhere on work he would bring you home one. The boys started getting you one each on your birthday after they found this out.

Before you could say anything, you notice Reggie moving cautiously closer to you. His hands go the the back of your head bringing you closer, he pauses right before your lips were to touch allowing you to pull away if you wanted to.

When your lips touch its like you have been missing this for your whole life. His hands wrap around your waist and your hands grab his face pulling each other closer than before. Pulling apart for air, the two of you look at each other like you’re each others missing pieces.

“Hey, guys can you come here a second?” Before your lips were able to touch again, Alex screams from the garage. You and Reggie reluctantly pull apart and start heading towards the voice.

“Good, we need,” Alex pauses as he takes in your appearance as you walk into the garage. “Why are you two wet?” He says cautiously as if you were going to explode if he said it to fast. You look over to see that Reggie’s shirt was damp, most likely from when you kissed.

“I don’t want to talk about it.” You say trying to get the attention away from the topic. Reggie, on the other hand, had a different idea.

“I sprayed her with the hose, we kissed, and now I’m wet too.” He says sitting down and acting like it was nothing major. Luke and Alex had a shocked look on their faces before they burst out laughing.

“Yeah right, you two would never kiss. We would have a better chance of hell freeing over.” Luke’s laughing gets harder as he falls on a bag off clothes. From the house you hear your mom calling you to come help with food. Frustrated enough, you turn to just leave, but Reggie stops you.

“They can really be dicks sometimes can’t they?” He says nodding to the boys who were still laughing on the floor.

“Well,” an idea had popped into your head. They don’t want to believe it, then let’s just show them. “we could always make them believe it.” A smirk grew on Reggie’s face when he realized what you were suggesting. In a second, his lips were back on yours, the room growing silent. This kiss lasted for only a few second when he pulled away.

“That was unexpected.” Alex said from his spot next to Luke. Their shocked faces were back.

“Yeah, didn’t you guys hate each other yesterday?” Luke pipes up as you walk out the door with a smile on your face, leaving Reggie to answer the boys questions.

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spookyboogie3 · 4 years

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MY FAVORITE AH MOMENTS W/O R*an H*yw**d

Also keep in mind some of these moments i picked Bitch Face r*an may have been present for but this aint about his stupid ass.

The straw bit on Off Topic

Fiona and Trevor’s “Look at us” “Look at us” “Look at us” in TTT

Drunk Jeremy inhaling helium, followed by Jack and Trevor on Off Topic

“Krusty KrAYAYAB!!!” TTT

Jeremy trying to slam his face through a table, followed by Michael doing the same thing

“my god…… the munchdew” “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!” Minecraft: Skyfactory

Actually all of Simple Farmer Geoff from Skyfactory

Whatever those sounds were that Jack was making in the beginning of GTA video

Alfredo screaming as he continues to fall down a steep tube in a GTA race

DESTROYING THEIR OFFICE DEAR LORD

“How did he drown though?” “UNDERWATER, MATT!”

Anytime Fiona starts to RAGE in TTT (bonus if others join in)

The time Gav was the phantom in TTT and he kept dying and being brought back and Jack spitting water and then trying to catch it

Alfredo’s Magoo moments in Minecraft

Geoff laughing in the background of a video hes not in

Lindsay fucking around with Chef Mike on Harecore Minigolf

Lindsay fucking around in general

Gavin and Fiona playing Animal Crossing and laughing at the stupidest shit

The Fish Tempura incident on Wheel of Fortune

Lindsay’s reasoning for why her and Michael should have 4 kids

Geoff’s fucking ad reads (my favorite is 23&Me)

The whole thing during Push the Button where everyone especially Michael gets mad at Fiona because she said the best candy to get while trick or treating was lollipops

Matt’s fucking desk in the corner of the room

Anytime Millie is in a video

Everyone falling off the pink ladder during TTT and dying repeatedly because of it

Alfredo “the two-time champ” Diaz dying very early in YDYD 3

Gavin and Michael fucking up almost every game they play on Play Pals

RAY OR NO and then RAY OR NAY on Off Topic

Reddit Roasts Geoff

Gavin asking if someone could kill 20 cows with their bare hands and the proceeding so say he could rip out a cow’s veins by reaching into its neck

Ify’s narration during Let’s Roll Ave Caesar

The internet losing its shit when Jeremy shaved his head years ago

“We need a knife” Gavin comes back with a hammer

Griffin chain sawing the Off Topic table up

“How do I put the boat in the water??” “Right click you animal”

As of 2020, 8 years of playing Minecraft, certain people still do not know how to play the basics of this fucking game.

Honestly it took over 200 episodes for some of them to figure out how the compass worked. You know after they decided that the sun was setting in the wrong direction. (this was in 2016??)

Flynt coal still is a joke they make

So is Day 2

Whatever happened in that GTA lets play where someone called a mugger or a hit on someone and the game glitched and 50 guys showed up and lined up on the street below from where they were playing

Anytime Gavin gets mugged, it’s an old running gag but it’s a classic

The time a mugger fucking started driving the fire truck away after mugging Gavin with Michael and Jeremy still in the truck thinking the other is driving and it takes them like 2 minutes to realize what happened while Gavin’s yelling “come back��

They got a water jug and immediately started water boarding each other

“It pinged and went dingle”

“Hey Trey-Boi” “Hey Gay-Boi” Immediately realizes what he has said

Jeremy’s website puns

(OLD) Ray jerking off in the corner during a let’s play

(OLD) the world in Minecraft never loading and everyone screaming about as Geoff says its fine for him

Jeremy’s “I AM MONSTER TRUCK”

Jack taking AH to Disney……in Minecraft

On Twitter, Gavin asked about recommendations for a computer mouse and Fiona starts sending him pictures of actual mice.

“Its not ghey, if its on the moon”

Literally anything Fiona does as Po

Jeremy saying the heterosexual flag is boring

UNO THE MOVIE!

Geoff fucking cackling the whole time.

“here’s looking at you kid”

the video was almost 3 hours long

“you know what my favorite color is? blue” “oh really? You know what my favorite hand is? Yours

They all want it to end but no one wants to lose and so they fuck each other and that prolongs the game. Also they put on more rules, so they just keep getting more cards if they don’t have a card to match the previous

Alfredo saying he won’t participate in ghost hunter because he knows what happens to people of color in horror movies

Fiona walking in on Off Topic with a protein shake and Gavin asks if shes drinking milk and she says without missing a beat “ah no that’s cum” and everyone laughed not expecting the answer

(OLD) “SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER” *falls in hole*

(OLD) Ray and Gav running in a panel dressed as X-Ray and Vav and Ray running the whole way around the room before he got to the stage

Duck taping Jeremy to the wall

(OLD) All of Minecraft Episode 3 Plan G (This was the very first AH video I watch and why I know who they are)

Geoff and Gav creating Achievement City and giving everyone houses just to prank Jack into burning house down with lava.

Ray’s house is a dirt block with no furniture and single torch

Geoff’s giant ass house next to Ray’s tiny house

Jack tries to destroy everything with lava throughout the episode

“lets be honest, I realistically didn’t lose anything”

Michael stealing art from Gav’s house “NOO! I want nice things”

The sign to Michael’s says “Awaiting Approval, Awaiting Approval, Awaiting Approval” he runs into house and say “I’m home”

Ray also steals this sign at some point

Plan G – The failsafe.

“Oh whats this? Is this a button? Whats this? (pushes button) Yeah it was a button”

“Did you push the button?”

“Yeah”

“okay”

“wh-what does it do?”

“uh…”

Cue Achievement City beginning to explode as Michael starts screaming

Rays reaction “NO, MY SHITTY HOUSE JUST GOT EVEN SHITTIER!”

Not something funny but something VERY IMPORTANT. AH admitting that they all fucked up and how shitty their behavior was when dealing with harassment in the fanbase. People were racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, and just downright horrible to a lot of the employees at RT and AH. This came up after Mica Burton left the company and talked about it publicly and how nothing was done about it. Fiona who also experiences these same things, along with Lindsay and other employees, but Fiona took the charge on the Off Topic talking about people can’t continue to get away with that behavior. She got to sound off her feelings to a group of white men who all respected her and LISTENED to what was saying and how she felt. She cried; Geoff cried. They all want to do more, so this doesn’t happen in the future and they’re not tolerating the racist and horrible comments. AH taking a mature moment to talk about how they failed to stop these comments and Geoff was right when he said the company has a long way to go.

Outside of AH each member has more to them than just all of the comedy and laughs and dumb shit they do

Geoff helped found Roosterteeth and Achievement Hunter. He has a beautiful daughter in Millie who is awesome in her own right. He’s a recovering alcoholic. Currently doing F**k Face podcasts. Was in the fucking army. Takes accountability for every mistake he makes.

Jack also helped start Achievement Hunter. He does so much work for charity. His twitter is full of things to help people go vote. He’s like the dad to AH, especially Fiona. He’s happily married to his wife Caiti.

Michael was an electrician and has a lot of handy man experience. He made a few videos online about him raging at games and that got the attention of RT. He’s currently married to Lindsay who he met because of RT. They have two kids together.

Gavin is an expert at high speed filmmaking and know how use and edit footage from a slow-motion camera. He has worked on actual films. One of the creators of the Slow Mo Guys. Worked his ass off to get to work for RT. Currently dating model and cosplayer Meg Turney

Lindsay flips between being the mom of the group and a complete chaos queen and we all love her for it. She started as an editor for the RT podcast and then AH stuff. She is an incredible voice actor, most known for Ruby Rose (RWBY), Space Kid (Camp Camp), Hilda (Xray & Vav) just to name a few. She also has a degree in finance

Jeremy started as a fan who made videos on the community page. He took over Ray’s place after Ray left to do Twitch full time. He is a self-published author and a skilled rapper and singer. He’s currently married to his wife, Kat.

Matt also started as a fan making videos on the community page. He actually interacted and made stuff for the guys in really early Minecraft episodes. Seriously this guy is like king of Minecraft. He has a degree in electrical engineering. He also has pretty decent singing voice.

Trevor is THE BOSS. Has a degree in aero-space engineering and is getting paid to babysit AH. Currently dating Barbara Dunkelman, RTs queen of puns.

Alfredo worked at IGN before RT and is a well-known streamer. He is the best when it comes to first person shooter games. He and Trevor look so similar.

Fiona. Po. Her majesty. Host of This Just Internet. A Twitch streamer. Baby of the bunch. Grew up in Europe. Her and Gav act like a pair of siblings. She has stated and showed time and time again she will fight for people to have safe spaces for anyone who needs them.

Ify, our new guy. He is wonderful and I want to stay forever. He’s a comedian, a writer, and an actor. Co hosts F-ing Around with Fiona. Has his own film podcast, Who Shot Ya? I look forward to more content with him in it, cause everything he’s been in so far has been great.

Were all hurting but well make it through this

We have all these wonderful moments and a lot more that I didn’t list and this incredible team of personalities with their own accomplishments and achievements. Not to mention old team members who were also great additions and the entire crew behind the scenes editing and making videos look the best that they can.

Here’s to Achievement Hunter and to this community. We need to be here for each other in times like these.

@theonyxranger gave me the idea for this based on their own post they made about the fans giving their favorite moments without bitch face and there were just too many. Oop.

#Achievement Hunter #Jack Pattillo #Gavin Free #geoff ramsey #michael jones #lindsay jones #alfredo diaz #trevor collins #fiona nova #jeremy dooley #matt bragg #ify nwadiwe #roosterteeth #yes im calling him bitch face now

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fandomtrashwhoops · 5 years

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Fool’s Tears Pt.2

Chapter:| 1 | 2 |

Word Count: 1699

Summary: Eliana Lynn Gothel is sought to be the lost daughter of Rapunzel and Eugene. What happens when an evil girl is caught between two words?

Author’s Note: this is very self indulgent to me, and you can tell lmao

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Mother wouldn’t let me leave the house in the following week. I stayed inside, day after day, wondering when she would let me go. I sat atop of the crate in front of our dirt covered TV, flipping through the channels. I saw Auradon, freezing in place. No, today couldn’t be the day, right? My heart sank when I watched the live footage of the limousine pass through the barrier and into the land of Auradon. What I saw next shook me to my core. My best friends got off the Island, and out of the vehicle to meet the king.

Nobody even said goodbye to me.

This was the exact moment my hatred began to grow, my blood would soon turn into a boiling sea and nothing was ever the same from the second they stepped foot into Auradon and shook hands with King Ben.

My focus snapped back to the TV as I watched who I thought to be my best friends step foot into Auradon Prep. I shut the TV off, fighting back the tears that were forming. For what felt like the millionth time this week, I cried.

“They’ll be back. They will come back for you and everything is gonna be okay.” I kept repeating these words to myself but somewhere in my heart I knew they weren’t true.

“Honey, you don’t need to be in Auradon with them. They’re no good for you.” Mother stroked my hair, attempting to comfort me.

Ever since they left, I’ve been a hopeless wreck. Mother does her best to comfort me in these times, but I can tell that she doesn’t really care. Only keeping up the act until she finds someone and gets rid of me.

I never in my life expected to be invited to Auradon, and should have fully expected mother to say no. I never should’ve gotten my hopes up.

“You’re right mother, and I know you’re right.”

“That’s what I like to hear, darling. Now, go clean up the house. I’ll be back in a week.”

“Where are you going?”

“I said I’ll be back in a week. It better be done by the time I return.”

“Yes, mother.”

I watched as she walked up the stairs, glistening tears still rolling down my cheeks. Putting on a brave face, I began my work. Every day felt more and more hopeless. Would they ever get the wand and set us free?

The second she was out of sight, I sprinted up the stairs, through the alleyway, and onto the roofs that Jay and I used to race across. I could still see our footprints across the sand covered rooftops, and the streak of Jay’s shortcuts. I never knew how he did it, but he always seemed to get there a split second faster. Maybe he just ran faster than I did, or maybe I let him beat me. Either way, the reminder was brutal. I didn’t want to cry, really. But crying felt like the only thing I could do right anymore.

Their parents were still around, though. Right? I’ve always been welcomed into their space. Confirming my decision, I ran the route that Jay and I would always race on, straight back to the door. I decided to take an alternate entrance, since I’d heard voices yelling. At the back balcony, I peered into the room, seeing the faces of my 4 best friends on the screen of their TV.

For a second, I thought I saw Jay’s eyes widen, but he’d already pressed the button when the screen went black. My imagination must’ve gone crazy.

“Knock, knock.” I said, entering the room.

“Eliana, dear. You’re not in Auradon with them?” The Evil Queen asked.

I shook my head, masking my sadness. “Mother refused.”

“Soon enough, that won’t even matter!” Maleficent exclaimed. “We just spoke to the children. Friday, at ten AM there’s a big coronation. The wand will be ours.” Everyone in the room cheered triumphantly.

“I can’t wait.” I couldn’t tell if I was sincere. Did we really want Maleficent to be our leader? To make so many people suffer?

It was Friday, 9:30 AM. I’d cleaned the entirety of the house more than three times this morning. Mother still hadn’t returned, and I eagerly waited in front of the TV. Today was the day I could finally see them again. Maybe I could find out that them not saying goodbye was all a misunderstanding. My head wanted to believe that, but my heart knew I was wrong.

I paced around the house, double checking everything before looking at my shattered clock, running back to the TV. The sound wasn’t perfect but the picture was almost crystal clear.

A beautiful woman appeared on the screen, and I recognized her appearance as Snow White. “At last, here we are, broadcasting live from the coronation where Prince Benjamin will soon be crowned king! I’m Snow White,” She continued to speak for a moment, and I went into a daze for a moment. “Oh! And here comes Ben now!”

I looked at Ben and Mal in the carriage together. Mal was in a beautiful purple dress, fitting every bit of her perfectly. “King Ben. Huh, never would’ve thought.” I said quietly to myself. They chatted quietly to each other in the carriage before the scene switched back to Snow White.

“Here comes Ben with Mal, looking like a princess!” Snow White grinned as she spoke. “Now let’s see who this beauty is wearing.” She looked down to read the card. “Evie! Someone named Evie designed her gown.”

Evie always did have a knack for fashion. She designed all of our outfits specially for us. Mine was a beautiful wine red halter neck top made of leather, and black leather pants with gold accents along the edges in delicate shapes of suns and flowers. In her clothing, you could always tell she was destined to be in Auradon. It was the land of opportunity, after all.

I fiddled with my bracelet nervously. It was a black braided bracelet with a fading charm with the letter ‘J’. Jay had given it to me the day he declared us best friends. Slowly our relationship deepened and if it hadn’t been for them leaving to Auradon, I almost think it could’ve been more.

The cameras switched to them about to crown Ben as the king. My heart was racing and my palms were sweaty. Something in my heart told me this was wrong, but every other part of me needed to get off this Island.

“Do you solemnly swear to govern the peoples of Auradon with justice and mercy as long as you shall reign?” Fairy Godmother asked, holding the wand in her hands.

“I do solemnly swear.” Ben looked calm. He had no idea what they were about to do.

“Then it is my honor and my joy to bless our new-” Fairy Godmother couldn’t even finish her sentence as the camera quickly panned to the wand being grabbed. But the only thing I wasn’t expecting was that Mal hadn’t grabbed the wand. “Child, what are you doing?!”

“If you won’t make me beautiful, I’ll do it myself!” A girl I didn’t recognize, evidently the Fairy Godmother’s daughter, spun around as she tried to use the wand on herself.

It was only then that I watched Mal grab the wand from her. Ben stood back in horror, slowly trying to approach her.

“Mal, give me the wand.” He said.

“Stand back!” She responded.

“It’s okay.”

“Ben, I said stand back!”

I watched the others run down to help her, my mind in a daze. This was actually happening..

“Do you really want to do this?”

“We have no choice, Ben! Our parents-”

“Your parents made their choice. Now, you make yours.”

Mal froze for a moment, her voice trembling as she looked at Ben, to the wand, and back to Ben. “I think I want to be good.”

“What?!” I stood up from my crate, backing away. My mind was in a daze, my heart racing as I watched further.

Mal was talking again, tears coming from her eyes. “I want to listen to my heart, too. My heart is telling me that we are not our parents. I mean, stealing things doesn’t make you happy.” She was talking to Jay. “Tourney and victory pizza with the team makes you happy.” She was right, stealing never made Jay happy. Running long the rooftops and beating me in races made him happy.

Is Auradon really where he belonged?

She turned to Carlos. “And you, scratching Dude’s belly makes you happy. Who would’ve thought? And Evie, you do not have to play dumb to get a guy. You are so smart. And I don’t wanna take over the world with evil. It doesn’t make me happy. I want to go to school, and be with Ben.” She held up her hand, a ring showing on her finger. “Because Ben makes me really happy. Us being friends makes me really happy. Not destroying things. I choose good, you guys.” She put her hand out, waiting for everyone to respond.

To my heartbreak, Jay almost immeditely put his hand on top of hers. “I choose good, too.”

“I choose good.” Next was Evie.

Carlos hesitated, his hand hovering. “So, just to be clear, we don’t have to be worried about how really mad our parents will be? Because they’re gonna be really, really mad.” He laughed nervously.

“Your parents can’t reach you here.” Ben smiled at the group, internally I was screaming.

Don’t do it, Carlos. Please.

“Okay, then. Good.” He put his hand in.

“No!” I ripped a wood panel off of the crate next to me, breaking it over my knee and chucking it.

I cried.

When I brought my attention back to the TV, I saw Mal and what looked to be Maleficent in her dragon form on the screen. There must’ve been a small enough break in the barrier for her sceptor to work and get to Auradon.

“Leave my friends alone! This is between me and you mother.” She began to chant, her eyes lighting up more green than I’d ever seen them before. “The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one. The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one. The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one.”

Just like that it was over. Maleficent was defeated and Mal was in control. I watched Fairy Godmother speak to Mal. “She shrank to the sizeof the love in her heart. That’s why she’s so small right now.”

“Is she gonna be this way forever?” Mal asked.

“Well, forever is a long time. You learned to love. Maybe she can, too.” I shut off the TV, fuming and heartbroken.

I couldn’t believe this. First they leave without saying goodbye, and now they’re staying in Auradon forever? To be good? I moved without thinking, rage boiling inside of me as I ran out of the house and straight towards the docks.

If anyone was going to be as mad as I was, it was going to be Uma. She had to understand.

There were fireworks that night. We could faintly hear the music from the ship. The lights were beautiful, and I was livid.

#descendants #mal descendants #harry hook #jay son of jafar #carlos de vil #evie grimhilde #Disney #fanfiction

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bookmanclan · 6 years

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🔤 meme!

I was tagged by @eau-de-low-budget. Thank youuuu! 💖

(A)ge: 20.

(B)irthplace: Santos, Brazil.

©urrent time: 6:00 pm.

(D)rink you last had: Chamomile tea, I’m a tea freak.

(E)asiest person to talk to: My 3 closest friends 'cause I can just be my weird self and they're totally ok with it.

(F)av song: I hate having to choose a favorite something, so I kinda just checked what songs I’ve been listening to the most: sit next to me by foster the people, pied piper by bts, rose-colored boy by paramore, my propeller ep by arctic monkeys, new heroes by ten, sweet dreams tn by the last shadow puppets, pink lemonade by the wombats, i can't quit by the vaccines, don't let me go by 10cm, switch by nct 127, honey by kehlani, beautiful time by nct dream, cover up by taeyeon, volcanic love by the aces, under the gun by the killers AND THAT’S ENOUGH ALREADY, OH GOD.

(G)rossest memory: I was gonna say people throwing up bc that triggers me to another dimension, BUT one of my grossest memories is actually one of a teacher mocking me in front of the whole class. I have social anxiety so that really fucked me up.

Don’t do that, kids. Don't be dicks.

(H)ogwarts house: Ravenclaw 💪

(I)n love: With NCT Dream's new album, yo.

(J)ealous of anyone: Never ever.

(K)ill anyone: I wouldn't kill anyone but I'd gladly punch rude people real hard. Watch out, I'm coming for ya.

(L)ove at first sight or walk by again: Attraction at first sight, love is a very difficult concept.

(M)iddle name: Salgueiro.

(N)umber of siblings: 2 younger siblings.

(O)ne wish: To stop doubting myself so much.

(P)erson you last called: My mom 'cause I needed a ride.

(Q)uestion you ask the most: "Is this really necessary?"

®eason to smile: I'm having ice cream!

(S)ong you last heard: Foreigner's god by hozier.

(T)ime you woke up: 8:30 am.

(U)nderwear color: White.

(V)acation destination: Anywhere cold, I can't stand this hellish weather anymore.

(W)orst habit: Not trying to do something new just ‘cause I think I won’t be good enough at it. (does it even count as a habit?)

(X)-ray: If this is about the actual xray stuff, god, I'm REALLY clumsy so I’ve probably hurt every single part of my body already. I've broken some bones and sprained every single thing that's possible to be sprained so yeah... xray, my dearest buddy.

(Y)our fave food: Pasta???? Pancakes????? EVERYTHING??????

(Z)odiac sign: Aquarius.

I’m that mutual who’s probably never talked to you before and I’m tagging: @michigaysoo (come back, gi), @space-conqueror, @thehatlady, @brokuro and @dongsookiesmain.

#answered

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monolid-monologues · 5 years

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What’s so scary?

#10.

My name is rose i live on roseton ave my mom owns a flower shop.

Believe it or not, all three facts are unrelated.

I'm an artist. Apparently, we're in the business of making meaning.

We are supposed to make meaning, find meaning, point at the meaning, echo the meaning, run to every neighboring house and car in traffic and SCREAM the meaning so that NOBODY MISSES THE **MEANING!!!***

i used to think so. That art is meant to serrrrvvvve that shit up.

How i see my art has discombobulated. into sparks, sparks that will feed off of almost anything. These sparks will catch fire, feed fire, without having to mean j a c k j o h n j i m m y shit. yet they are not meaningless. Without my projections, they’re still full of their own physics. phenomena.These sparks are fragile; they ask me to play with, not grab at; i send air to turn sparks into flames, not my latest Mental Circuit.

Fire is fire is fire is fire is fire. Water is water is water. Air is air. and the Earth, is our earth. They have causes and effects - relations - which can be hard to discern, or breathtakingly obvious. We can talk about the earth or i can dig my toe into the damp brown dirt. We can read about the ocean or i can stare at it, hear its crashing, for hours.

Our cognition is interesting, to an extent. Our subconscious, or the trajectories of every birthed living and killed impulse in the gut, or the coalition of all our 5 senses into a lively living feeling breathing entering/exiting full-fleshed literal body, THAT excites me AND confounds me, without end. That's my pulse as a performer right now.

...............

But, not necessarily as, just, rose.

In fact, in real life, it's hard for just rose to just shut up. As curious of a cat as i am, i know i know i know that THAT CAT IN THAT STORY DIES. Knowledge is power - this is the perverse takeaway from my years in Presbytarian Sunday School: the people eat the apple, know too much, and suffer- somehow, i still grow up with the understanding that knowledge protects you. Knowledge.....allows..control. And control is like godliness.

When it comes to practicing my art, i am in love with how little i know. how much i may discover. how much i might forget. How much lives with me, and leaves me, that i might never notice. or that i might, if in one small temporary moment of cutting clarity. I am in love with the corporeality of our universe. When i enter rehearsal, i am there because i LIKE to look into the eye of that bottomless pit of everything we don't know, can't know, may never know, bracing myself to embrace the unknown. I will trust the infinity of what i cannot know, in order to open the way - and keep open the way - to creating something bigger than myself. This "something bigger than myself" demands Discovery.

You need time, to grow. If, in time, you desire your work to grow, you must grow. How can we grow without honoring our potential? How do we honor our potential?

From my work, i've learned to honor my potential, my work's potential, with Real Digging, Real Searching, Real and Relentless probing.

By real, what i mean is: not digging for the answers you want to prove. not searching for self-fulfilling prophecies. honestly, eagerly, letting yourself Not Know What's to Come even as you search for some answer.

And in doing of all this, i am choosing to hang out in that damned abyss. vulnerable to What Could Happen.

How is it possible that i can let go of so much certainty in my craft, and insist on such a tight reign on my own life?

Sometimes i am convinced i am a wild, wild woman. Sometimes i am more busy than wild. Sometimes, i let myself get so busy that i am wild with restlessness but my spirit is trapped in my own flurry. Sometimes, i realize that rest sets my spirit free. Sometimes, i need to admit to myself (for the umpteenth time) that i am a control freak and i have a control problem.

When i am an artist, i am fearless. When i am just rose, i can quiver. i can quake. i can forget my own power.

What is so scary?

For me? The pain. the duration and recurrence of an overwhelming pain. Actually what's way scarier than that: choosing the pain over the peace. You know what i mean. That moment we decide we're going to hang out with our Pain a little longer. That moment that may begin that habit. That's fucking scary.

Pain is only a reaction. So it could become a lot of things. Peace is available in the carrying. The holding Pain's hand and taking it for a walk so it can soften. Carrying on, even if that means your objective has to change. from whatever original agenda, to Wanting Yourself to Be Well.

The month of March is looking a lil scary, i'm not gonna lie. There's A Lot To Do. I am organizing my first event at my anaheim studio - letting people into my work Mar 31st for a workshop/preview performance. I'll be travelling a good deal. I am procrastinating a very serious decision with a very clear and impending deadline (lol). I may put myself out there in someone else's space for the first time in a long time - maybe sharing something at a theater that i'm so thankful to know in LA.

I re-watched one of my favorite Red Table Talk videos today. "Making Mr & Mrs Smith", where Jada and Will talk about their relationship. But the real tea, brothers, is they talk about themselves. Jada shares what it's like to be missing a piece of herself in a relationship with the love of her life. Will shares what it's like to co-opt your loved ones into Your Personal Fantasy in an effort to grease the realities you're dishonoring.

When shit resonates with you, it reminds you of who you are, or who you want to be (same difference).

These episodes remind me that it takes a strong person to have a strong relationship. That it starts with Me, no matter who "you" are.

and altogether, i understand that even these two people never knew WHAT the HELL was going to happen to them in their lives. and they are sincerely better for it. they were better off, going through what they went through, to emerge with their strengths in hand.

Maybe i don't know who you are, but i know you are full of potential. Yours, mine, theirs, our, potentials, are simmmmmering underneath all our lives' bullshit. I can SMELL IT. IT IS BUBBLING. It is brewwwwwwwing. you are simmering.

Of course, i don't know how, or why, or when, or what. To what purpose? And How will We?

but control doesn't always help. & directions barely help.

commitment? is TO YOURSELF.

and with your valuable principles (go get you some), are - you - ever - really - lost?

in the deep........lulls....of life.... something inside us is merely getting ready. in the rapid shots, we are put to the test. so even the lulls are a test.

breathe easier, you are loved. inhale deeper, we need you full. exhale slowly, you have much to offer.

Can't you hang out in how much you don't know, knowing you know the little you need?

I'm asking myself that. I'm searching. I'm eating it all up. I'm spitting some of it out. Some of it tastes bad but it'll swallow quickly. And some of it, i might end up chewing forever. WOw that's kind of a gross metaphor but bitch i ain't gonna control it.

When i loosen my grip, the funniest thing happens.

I relax.

And then, I can feel myself. I can feel what i want. i can feel who i am.

When i let go, i'm really just calling Me back to Me.

Let’s take a second for the irony of me, writing, to know, about what i don’t know. Lol. Wat.

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i’ve committed to being vulnerable in writing every week.

previous letter: #9.) One last stupid fucking love letter. My heart’s final scream.

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Coming home to the smell of dinner is not at all a rare circumstance for Pin, but that dinner being burgers is. Much easier to make than he'd originally thought, and nice 'n quick!

Her weariness lifted as she approached the house the aroma of cooked meats wafting through the entry hall. She would always be grateful that she'd fallen in love with such a thoughtful man. Opening the door, she put her things on the hall table and called out. "Hey! I’m home!" He probably didn’t need the call but she liked to give it anyway.

She may be startled to notice one of his delivery boxes--the good insulated kind--next to the hall table, closed but not clasped. "'Ey! 'Ope yer 'ungry."

"Always, love." She considers taking a look, but shrugs instead, walking to the kitchen. "Sending something out?"

Rather than setting the table, he's in the middle of assembling a couple burgers onto buns with all the fixin's already included, and from there, placing them onto a small serving tray that fits comfortably into those boxes. There are already three burgers on it. "I was actually 'opin' t'take y'somewhere."

"Oh, feeling a picnic? Been awhile since we did one of those." She gives him a smile, walking up to hug his leg with one arm. "Sure, let me get changed real quick?"

"Li'l bit dif'rent than th' standard, but yeah. Thought we could eat on th'way. Bring stuff y'kin walk in a while."

"Alright, will do." She was curious, but also eager to ditch her uniform. It took five minutes or so before she descended the stairs in some hiking gear, a brown button shirt, comfy pants, and her casual boots. She decided to wear a short sword in its scabbard as well, tied to her belt, just in case. "There we go, where're we headed?"

When she returns, he's crouched by the box, packing all but finished. Like her, he's wearing utilitarian gear, noticeably earthy in color compared to his standard, save for a sprig of lilac at his chest. "Been thinkin' about a few thin's. Loose threads, thin's undone. I...want y't'meet 'em. My fam'ly."

That took her a bit of time to absorb, at first, she thought Gilneas, but then remembered the day she took him to meet her parents. "Oh." She said quietly. "I’d... I’d be honored."

His smile is grateful, but also apologetic. "I wanted t' give y'time, but... well, me 'n' stallin'."

She smiles and shakes her head. "Hey, took me twelve years to bring someone to meet mine, so I can’t exactly judge."

"Thought y'might say somethin' like tha'. So. Wanna fly?"

She nods. "Yeah, be the dead of night if we walked."

He chuckles softly and hands her the strap on the box, then heads out into the street. He pulls the tie from his hair, shakes it out, and explodes into the form of the sandstone drake.

"That will never not impress me," she says with a chuckle, noticing a few passersby in the distance do a double take. She shakes her head at the silliness before mounting her fiancé, gripping the box tightly.

Resisting the impulse to startle people on purpose, Leon takes off into the evening sky toward the border of Duskwood and Stranglethorn. Given how long the trip is, even on the back of a dragon, it's a good bet the food was mostly for her. By the time the destination is apparent, he's already circling downward, but the graves aren't quite visible until he's actually touched the ground. Once Pin (and the box) is safely off his back, he returns to his correct body, and holds out his hand.

It's a secluded clearing at the base of a single, massive tree, and the ground near the two grave markers is so covered in lilacs that the markers themselves are nearly hidden. He makes a bit of a face when he realizes how out of hand the flowers have gotten. "...need t'clean up again, soon."

It was a lovely flight, with a quite lovely in flight meal. She actually had a burger and a half before calling it quits, not wanting to tempt fate with air sickness. Letting him escort her, she takes the time to admire the spot. "Yeah, I should clean for my parents before... everything, myself."

Leon practically squares his shoulders before smiling again, and gently leads the way around the graves themselves. Once they're close enough for her to clearly make out the names and dates on the markers, he clears his throat.

"...Nothin' as... as ritualized as yours, love, but... but this's my mum 'n' dad. Mum, dad... this's my wife, Pin. ... Fiancée. But might as well be wife. Y'know."

She waves, actually looks sheepish, as if she were actually meeting them. "H-hello!" She starts, a flash of embarrassment at her voice cracking. "It’s nice to meet you both... Leon's told me a lot of lovely stories of you. You raised a fine son. I... love him, very much."

His hand drifts down to settle between her shoulders, neither pushing nor holding. "I like t'think y'both would've loved 'er, as good t'me as she's been."

"I try my best at least," she admits. "I hope I make a good wife for him, I think you have a lot to be proud of, he's... made a lot of people happy."

"Mostly with food, but that's what they taught me t'do." He smiles weakly at her, then looks back down to the piles of flowers. "...There's ugliness 'ere again. Dunno if it ever really stops. But I'm gonna go 'elp this time."

Pin frowns a little, but nods. "We are, yeah. I’m hopeful that the tide will be turned, maybe for good."

"...Me too." He's quiet for a moment before taking a short breath. "An' if it's not, well. There's... there's somewhere pretty t'go after."

She nods solemnly, looking at the graves. "I promised myself I wouldn’t try and second guess this... but you're sure about this, yes? This is what you want?"

"...fightin' is never what I want, Pin."

She hesitated. "But it’s better than staying behind? Being there, being able to know?"

Now he's looking at the graves again, specifically his mother's. It's a good bet that he's not actually seeing the wooden marker. "I wasn't there when they died." His voice doesn't break, but he does pause to inhale again immediately after saying the d-word. "If I 'ad been... I'd likely 'ave died with 'em."

She nods, slowly. "Yeah. I think you're right, wasn’t much that could have stopped that."

"It's tha' bit that makes it all th'arder t'accept that they're gone." One hand comes up to rub at his good eye. "I couldn't've done anythin' t'stop it."

Pin looks drained, looking down at the dirt. She picks at blades of grass as she speaks. "My parents were in the vents when the bomb went off. They made it out, mom was real sick during the travel, but we made it to Ironforge. Dad was becoming erratic, but we both tried our best to help her. I would read to her every night, until... it was just me and dad... he scared me, began to shiver in the day and ramble. One morning I woke up with a punch to the jaw, apparently he thought a trogg was wearing my skin, and he wanted to take it back. They took him away and I was alone."

After an initial, and horribly lame, "I didn't know," he can't think of anything to say, only kneeling next to her and wrapping his arms around her.

"I didn’t tell you. I... it felt wrong, like I would have been trying to compare our pain." She brings her knees up, resting her arms on them. "You're not me, Leon. And I... I’m concerned that I’m trying to make you more like me."

"You wanna 'elp me be brave, Pin."

She shakes her head, sighing. "I... maybe, but... cogs..."

"But?"

"You're coming because of me, aren't you? Because I’m scared." She looks up at him, with a timidity he's likely not seen in her before.

For once, he's actually looking her in the eye. There's the faintest hint of relief to his face, but mostly, he's just sad. Not pitying, not self-mocking, just...sad. "I said I'd give you anythin'."

Shame. She was completely ashamed, that wasn’t what she'd meant to do but...why had she said those things if not to push him? "I.... don’t think I’m a good person for you, Leon." She finally manages to say.

Well that wasn't what he was expecting to hear. His eye goes wide and perfectly circular, and after a second he rips off the patch to at least try to see her face through both eyes. "What?"

"The only thing you've done since we met is accept me, everything about me." She averts her eyes to the ground, unable to face him. "Am I even making you happy?”

“Pin…”

“All the things I’ve done to try to force... to change you?”

“Pin--“

“The stunt with your brother, and all the times I tried to get you to be a soldier?”

“Pin!”

“What is wrong with me?!"

"Stop. Stop!" He shifts from kneeling to crouching, both hands gripping her shoulders. "Pin, I've never been anythin' less than 'appy with you. Never. If we're about t'start tallyin' up fuckups, I'm pretty damn sure I've done more than you an' you've still forgiven me.

"I've tried t' change you. An' I did. Y'do realize tha'?"

Blinking back tears, she looks up at him. "How? You've always supported who I am, what I do..."

"D'you still look at yerself in th'mirror an' think about 'ow much prettier you'd be if you were three feet taller?"

It takes her a little while to digest that, if for nothing else but to calm down. Her heart was beating so fast. "Leon, that’s... different."

"'Ow is it dif'rent? I saw it, you 'ated it about you, an' I've been tryin' t'show you th'way."

She looks over at the gravestones, guilt in her eyes. "Could you look at the graves of my parents and tell them that you used your worry and fear to convince me to quit being a soldier, even though it’s not what I wanted?"

"I could if it's what I thought was actually wanted, b'cause my wife never said 'no.' I'm... Pin, I'm...you're so much stronger than me. In ev'ry possible way. It... it 'urts a little knowin' I can't protect you. I can't even watch you."

"I’m a fraud, Leon."

"Th'fuck you are. I've seen every part o' you, lit'ral an' fig'rative."

"You've seen the brave front I put on to convince people I have any idea what I’m doing. I’ve stumbled into my entire life, given opportunities I never earned, I’m not even all that smart, just been winging it with things I picked up." She sighs, " I don't deserve it, any of it, certainly not you."

"Pin, 'ow kin you possibly think you're not smart?"

"I didn’t even get to finish school before they kicked me out. I wasn’t good enough, and now? A four-month stint at an officer academy and I pretend to have the authority to make these calls that could kill everyone I care about?"

"Alynore dumber than you, then? 'Ow about Wes? 'Arrigan?"

"That’s what I’m saying, they should be making these calls."

"That's not what I asked you, Pin. If you're not smart, but they've been trustin' you--an' survivin' by what you tell 'em I might add--tha' means they're not as smart as you. Are you gonna tell me Alynore, Wes, 'Arrigan, an' ev'ry Dragoon that's ever listened t'you is dumber than you?"

"I.... I don’t know."

"Am I dumber than you?"

Pin looks completely out of her element, both ashamed to be acting in this way in front of him and for the choices she'd made. "No... but... I don’t think I’m what you think I am."

"I think you're a scared li'l girl 'o 'ad t'grow up b'fore she was ready, lost too much too soon, an' stumbled 'er way exactly where she needed t'be. An' instead o' runnin' from it, ran with it. Am I wrong yet?"

"... Maybe. It’s still running, though."

"Runnin' is only bad fer people 'o 'ave nothin' t'run to. Nothin' t'save." He sets a hand on his chest. "I did five years o' that kind o' runnin'. Five years o' runnin' away, while you were figurin' out what bein' a hero actually is."

"I... found out that wasn’t me, and I found peace with that for a while. Be content doing what I could, just trying to be a good person." She looks up at him again. "I’m not sure that's me either."

"Nobody else seems t'be with y'on that'un, 'ellcat. If I r'member right, 'Arrigan was th'one 'o said y'became one in spite o' yerself."

She sighs, leaning back against him. "Right now the only thing I feel confident about being is a massive pile of... " She looks at the gravestones, "Someone who doesn’t deserve you."

"...Pin, we were ranchers. We were cursin' as soon as th'sun came up."

She actually smirks a bit at that. "Fine, I’m a real piece of shit."

He kisses the top of her head. "D'y'know, Terry's smarter than me?"

"How so?"

"'E just is. Always was. Lazy, but smart. Y'know, lazy people work 'arder than th'workers just t'keep bein' lazy, that kinda thin'.

"'E was th' talker, th' back-row ringleader, th' quick learner. If 'e'd ever wanted to, 'e coulda run circles 'round most people. Prolly run thin's, if there were still somethin' t'run."

"Yeah, he's got a knack for analysis. Actually was thinking if bringing him into tactics, even though it’d be awkward. That being said he's pretty dumb when it comes to people."

"That's where I was 'eaded, yeah. See, 'e's really smart. But 'e's blind. 'E's arrogant. It's worse nowadays, which only makes sense. 'E doesn't..." Leon's hands make a slow, circling, grasping motion as he struggles to find the right words. "...There's a point where y'get so smart that it just doesn't occur t'you what's a smart-people thin' an' what's not. An' 'e's proud, so 'e gets mad about it, an' that's where it all goes t'shit.

"I'm... I'm better at people than 'e is. I'll never be that good a judge o' character, maybe, but I understand. An' I like t'think I kin fix a lot o' what's broken, when people'll let me."

"I’ve seen you do it, yeah. Like the kid you hired."

"Or this gnome girl 'o'd only just recovered from somethin' tha' nearly killed 'er, an' really needed a box o' candy."

He squints at his hands. "...Or were they cupcakes? Somethin'."

"Pastries. They were raspberry. I ate the whole box in one sitting. First thing I got to eat that wasn’t in a tube. I was so delighted."

Leon nods. "Right. I r'member agonizin' over spellin' yer name fer a solid twenny minutes."

She smirks, "that stupid e. It should be there, but now the actual correct word looks odd to me."

He chuckles softly and squeezes her around the shoulders for a second. "Anyway... Th'only reason you'n'me are you'n'me? It's not cuz I sent y'food. I send ev'rybody food. I din't even know you, I just knew this person ev'ryone I knew liked was 'urtin', an' that food usually 'elps. 'Specially after a long stint with medical food.

"You'n'me are you'n'me because o' you."

She takes a series of deep, deep breaths. Closing her eyes, just like he taught her the other day. When she's finished her body has visibly relaxed. "Crow, I’m not brave, not really. Or maybe it’s just that I’m cowardly about different things."

"I don't fear the battlefield, and... I’m not afraid of death, which... I’m sorry for, it’s going to add a lot of fear and worry into your life. I’m afraid of letting others down, of failure. And... you saw today that I’m afraid that somehow, all that I’ve done is just one grandiose trick, on the verge of being exposed."

"Nobody's brave. Brave people die young an' stupidly. You oughta know tha' better'n' anybody, Major."

She nods. "Yeah, but that didn’t stop me from manipulating you. I thought... it would help us, but that’s just an excuse. Especially because... you're not some actor in my story, there to make me look good and mirror my choices. You're a good man, and I love you, exactly as you are."

"Pin... I love you an' I'll never let you forget tha', so keep that in mind when I tell you: Don't lie t'me. There are thin's about me tha'... tha' need t'change. They do. I've 'urt you before an' I will again, unless that 'appens."

She sighs. "I’m no good at this."

"You wanna say th'right thin' a lot, Pin."

"I do."

"So tell me somethin' without runnin' it through th' filter. Tell me why y'want me with you. Why y'really do."

She sighs, "I thought it would be good for us. The reports about the Nightmare and you looked promising, and I was feeling guilt about leaving to fight again with how much you worry. You seemed really proud of yourself when you joined the Dreamweavers for your valor. I... also... there's a lot of couples I know that fight together, probably my most inconsiderate motivation.

"And I am feeling the pressure. I’m scared that this operation will fail, and what that means."

"I was. I am. Sort of. Proud, I mean." He sprawls abruptly out into the grass with a quiet grunt on impact. "...When I came out 'ere t'lay dad's marker down, I told 'im two thin's. That I wanted t'be th'kinda 'usband 'e was t' mum, an' that I'm...not okay with me.

"I... when I first found 'em all in, in Dusk'aven... 'e was on top o' mum. 'E'd died tryin' t'save 'er life.

"I've got images in my 'ead, grand ones, some less grand. I thought, 'You protect your wife, that's what you're for.'"

She nods, "I lived a good chunk of my life on grand images in my head. Still am struggling with them, it would seem." She places a hand in his. "I probably haven’t been an easy person to be in love with for that."

"Nothin's been easier fer me than tha', Pin, an' yes I know 'ow corny tha' sounded."

"I fucking love corny, I’m sure you know by now."

He smirks. "Corncob Peppercog."

She chuckles, "But... yeah, let’s be honest. We... both aren't quite done growing up yet, and it’s caused problems, we've hurt each other."

"Not quite s'bad as we've 'urt ourselves, I think." He curls his fingers around her hand, lifting it (and sitting up) enough to kiss once. "You can't tell me a lie about yerself that's greater than th'ones I tell m'self about you ev'ry day. It's not your fault."

"I... can accept that." She says, with a bit of conviction in her words, "But we're gonna have to check for each other, in that. I think... we've been trying to weather a lot for each other's sake."

"Maybe." His thumb brushes across her palm a few times. "Plenty o' time t'see what's real on th'shore."

She looks a little baffled. "Wait, what?"

"I want t'go. I want t'go." He looks down at her, clearly afraid, but earnest. "...Rhis asked me why I was goin', an' all I could say was that you needed me. An' y'do still. But I need t'see you. Really see you."

She looks at him right in the eyes, searchingly, and then nods. "Alright then. We won’t exactly be wading through the demon hordes, not unless everything goes to shit, which it might, and since this is a siege we won’t be on the front all the time. So... well. There'll be time to talk, make sure it continues to be what you want. And there won’t be a shred of judgement from me if you don’t."

He lifts her up a little bit so he can kiss her forehead, then sets her back down and rubs at the back of his neck. "Y'should know... I... th' times I've called you? T'ask if yer okay? Those're... they were only th'worst times. No matter where we are, I'll be worried. That's not gonna change."

"I know, love. And I am sorry." He is at least succeeding in relaxing her, plenty of tension there.

"Not why I told y'tha'." He runs a hand delicately through her hair, rather than whatever he ends up doing when his hand sits on his neck too long. "If I'm gonna worry, I'm gonna be able t'do somethin' about it. I won't...can't...be th' at-yer-side badass I know y'prolly dream of, but I kin be somewhere be'ind y', pickin' off th' fucks that'd run y'through once you're done cleanin' 'ouse."

"Actually from a tactical standpoint I’m going to insist you do, that’s your strength, and no less necessary than us metal buckets with arms and legs." Pin melds into her analytical voice just as readily as ever, even despite the dramatic reaction before. She actually looks a little pleasantly surprised at that.

He smirks a bit and snaps off a very half-assed salute. "Yes'm." After a bit of a pause, his bravado—false though it is—fades, and he looks down at his hands. “I survived in Tanaan. Me 'n' Kaewynn ran bounties tha' way. I... I kin do this."

She nods, "I don’t think there's anything out there worse than what was in the Nightmare. Just different."

"I spose I'll find out, hey?" It's a weak attempt, but it's an attempt.

"Just remember, this is your choice, and if you need to make a different choice, you'll still have my respect. Think you've got my love to the bitter end by now too."

He starts to say something probably corny and falsely certain, but rethinks it given their conversation, and closes his eyes. "I'll try t'remember tha'."

Pin takes a glance over at the gravestones, and unsuccessfully stifles a chuckle, which grows into a laugh. "Cogs, this is just the worst first impression, isn’t it?"

Smiling and finally laughing, he sprawls in the grass again. "Prolly better'n y'think. Like I said, we're ranchers, hey?"

She scoots over to lie next to him. "Thanks, for everything."

"I love you, Corncob."

"I’ve created a monster." She groans, but can’t help but morph it into a laugh.

"If it works, it works."

( @pinpep, @rhiswyn @shckaewynn for mentions)

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EXCLUSIVE: Why Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ Isn’t a Place for Playing Games

With an unyielding news cycle churning around President Donald Trump and other heads of state, like Turkish President Erdoğan, Trevor Noah has found his stride as host of The Daily Show, erasing any apprehension over Jon Stewart’s departure. Each episode, he leaps between topics like Erdoğan possibly ordering violence against American protestors on U.S. soil to Trump signing things that look like bills but are actually just memos he’d like to send to Congress with ease because, honestly, unrest often breeds the best jokes.

As a child in South Africa during Apartheid, Noah writes in his book, Born a Crime, that he was the product of an illegal relationship between his black mother and white father when interracial dating and marriage was outlawed. Instead of playing outside like most kids, he was kept indoors, and when he walked on the street with his mother, she dressed like his nanny to avoid questions. Noah credits his mother for her strength and sense of humor in the face of shocking situations like being shot in the face, after which she told him that he was now the best looking person in the family.

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With that influence, Noah made a career as a popular comedian on the world stage before joining The Daily Show as a correspondent. In September 2015, he was given the coveted opportunity to fill Stewart’s shoes -- a transition that was met with intense scrutiny and media attention. And in some ways, it was almost as if people had forgotten that Stewart, not much older than Noah at the time, had taken over the gig from Craig Kilborn.

Now, a over a year and a half as host, Noah is now drawing record viewer numbers, averaging 1.05 million during the week of May 15. As he continues to strengthen his stride, Noah has picked up a Writers Guild Award nomination and the MTV Award for Best Host in 2017, with the promise of adding more hardware to his trophy shelf.

“I acknowledge the prestige that comes with winning an award, whether it is an MTV Award or an Emmy, but I don’t only work for those things,” Noah says. “But I do acknowledge that recognition helps everyone who comes together to make the show. I don’t take that for granted at all.”

Following his record week on air, ET spoke with Noah about how to engage with those he doesn’t agree with, how he handles shifting public opinions and his responsibilities to viewers.

ET: At the beginning of last year, it was reported by some outlets that The Daily Show was floundering, and last month, you attracted more viewers than your debut week in September 2015. How do you handle the shift in public opinion?

Trevor Noah: I’ve learned that I can’t control what people think I’m thinking or what they think I think of the show; all I can do is make the show. The only people I have to be worried about are the fans; the press is going to press.

With so much breaking news each day, is your head spinning to keep the show timely?

If anything, I enjoy it. I used to get so sad whenever House of Cards finished, and now I feel like I’m watching House of Cards every single day. This is the pace of news that I’m used to in South Africa, my President Jacob Zuma has the ability, very similar to Donald Trump, to create a lot of news at one time.

Are you exhausted?

Oh, no. I tell people that if you’re doing stand-up right you should be chilling. That’s where I go to be by myself and enjoy myself with an audience. Stand-up is where I go to be completely at peace with myself.

You interviewed conservative online commentator Tomi Lahren, and some accused you of normalizing her views. Do you feel it was akin to Jimmy Fallon playing with Trump’s hair and normalizing his platform?

You’ve got to be careful. Are you giving a platform or are you engaging? There’s a distinction between the two; that’s often why we’re criticizing the news. If your views have not been challenged, then you were handed a platform. But if people now recognize you for the hypocrite you are, then I would safely say that’s what debate is all about. You can’t exist in a political space and not talk to people you don’t agree with -- then you’re in the world of self-congratulation, not in a world of engagement.

It’s different [from] if I was playing games with people. Then, appearing on my show could be considered a platform because there is no way that you’re going to walk away unscathed. But if you come on my show -- whether you’re John Kasich or Ben Carson or Tomi Lahren -- I will have you on the show because I wish to engage you and your views.

A lot of people are confident when no one’s talking back to them, and that’s what it’s about as well. You say we got flack for that interview, and I’d say that we got more praise for it. You need to be willing to go head to head with a person you completely disagree with, and if [their opinion] is the truth, it should be able to stand up.

Is there anyone else whose ideas you’d like to challenge?

There are a few, but now they don’t want to come on the show anymore. Before Trump was a serious contender and in [the White House], we had Republicans on and we’d have conversations that were really spirited about their views and ours. It was fun, but I won’t lie to you, once Trump got in, everyone became afraid. We had Omarosa booked and then at the last minute, she pulled out on us. I’d love to have Speaker Paul Ryan or Senator Mitch McConnell on, but I think we’re in an age where people don’t want to engage.

Is there a line you won’t cross when covering Trump?

I will always afford Donald Trump the respect of the presidency, but as a person, there’s still a level of respect he has to earn. When making the jokes on the show, I don’t set out to be particularly disrespectful, and if I can’t make jokes based on what he’s done or said, if I have to dig to a personal level, then I’m failing. There are so many real things that Donald Trump has done that I don’t need to make up anything to bolster my comedy. I stay in the space where I’m not trying to be mean for the sake of being mean, rather I’m using the comedy to say something.

Is it weird watching racism tear apart America in the same way colonialism has torn apart England?

It’s weird but it’s standard. People don’t often look at history; everyone acts like they’re living in an isolated period of time that has nothing to do with another period of time. When I see that, I can only laugh. Everything has a cause and effect.

When it comes to all of these conversations and what’s happening in America, the key is to provide context, because a lot of young people don’t know. For many, they are experiencing this for the first time. They don’t know the history of how things came to be or how laws come to be made. That’s a space I enjoy being in: I get to ask questions that everyone feels they know the answer to but oftentimes, they don’t.

What are the biggest lessons you’ve learned from your debut as host until now?

The biggest thing I’ve learned is the same thing I learned from stand-up comedy: You don’t let the good shows get to your head and you don’t let the bad shows get to your heart. You have to keep creating what you feel you would want to create and you have to strive to be in the place that you’d always want to be in. That’s all I can do.

Is that what sets you apart from the other Daily Show alumni?

The biggest difference between me and many of them is that I’m probably the only person that doesn’t share a distinct DNA with Jon Stewart. The way I see the world and how I’ve been trained in it is different. I remember Jon said his favorite thing about me was that I wasn’t going to try to emulate him in any way. I want you to watch The Daily Show in two or three years and say, “Man, that show is completely different. It’s trying to do something that is still similar -- in that we’re still calling out BS -- but in a completely different way.”

Have you thought about an end date at all?

I’ll know it when I see it. This is my journey, this is my world. It’s a responsibility and an opportunity. I don’t take it for granted.

I’ve got a platform and I have people who appreciate the many voices that are represented by the show. I remember one young man said to me in an airport, “Hey man, I just wanted to say thank you because if it wasn’t for you, I don’t know where I’d be seeing anyone in the mainstream talking about the police shooting black people, because you guys aren’t afraid to talk about it.” That’s a space that needs to be occupied and I’ve come to realize that it’s something I don’t have to be afraid of or ashamed about.

This conversation has been edited and condensed.

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theblueteletubby · 7 years

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get to know me

 I was tagged by the lovely @bleusarcelle, so here I am, a few days late

Five Things In My Bedroom: -books. so many books -the basics(my bed, dresser, a lamp) -my dream catcher got from my sis -flowerpot on my window -glow in the dark stars

Five Things I’ve Always Wanted To Do In My Life: -complete my bucket list -adopt -leave a lasting impact on the world -stop being a mess -become some sort of political figure so I can change and/or implement laws

Five Things That Make Me Happy: -the end of the day when I can hop into my bed and go to sleep -reading while listening to music -rain -when I can successfully talk to a bunch of people without turning into a joke to stop them from realizing I'm the joke -chickens

 Five Things On My To-Do List: -lol -I don't have a to-do list -I'm a big mess -probably make a to-do list

Five Things People May Not Know About Me: -I'm ambidextrous -a synesthete(spefically hearing-vision and mirror touch) -I have mild social anxiety, even though it may not seem like it, since I'm "confident and not self-conscious" -when people hate on me, it has no effect. Like, I seriously don't get hurt, even if my family insult me. Idk why. so I'm kinda apathetic? hmm

 Name?: Whale Nicknames?: WC, the worst™, and more recently, MJ Zodiac?: im a cusp. also I'm changing my birthday, so wait a bit lol Sexual Orientation?: ace. side note: my romantic orientation is going under some construction. all I know is that I'm a bit gay and also demiromantic Ethnicity?: all over tbh Favourite Fruit?: fruit and ora would kill me if I said apples/oranges. so pomegranates Favourite Season?: Spring. Favourite Flower?: frangipanis are the most beautiful flowers I've ever seen. Favourite Scent?: rain and apple blossom trees. One just bloomed near my house, so I'm in heaven. Favourite Animal?: chickens. this should be obvious by now lol Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate?: coffeee. I seriously would die without coffee. hnghhh Cat or dog?:Chickens. Dream Trip?: going on an around the world scavenger hunt, all expense paid. Number of Followers?: idk. It really doesn't matter to me. I haven't been to logistics since I edited my blog a few months back. What do I post about?: i shitpost, scream about my many, many fandoms(mostly voltron, Broadway musicals, miraculous ladybug, a variety of webcomics, dr who, sometimes video games and yoi, a lot of other things) Do I get asks on a regular basis?: nope. I don't really know what anyone would ask me about though? I don't really post my content. I will soon though Favourite Band?: Again, nope. I don't have a favorite band. I do like a multitude of genres though. Aesthetic?: nah. I don't really have an aesthetic. It's my mindset to see beauty in everything, even just a little. Fictional Character I’d Date?: don't really want to date them, but I'd love to be friends with a lot of them. probably pidge from vld, and Connor from dear Evan Hansen Hogwarts House?: I really, really dislike Harry Potter. I read all the books, but in my opinion it's not the best of the best. I don't believe in all its hype. So nope.

Rules: BOLD or star the statements that are true for you! 

APPEARANCE: I am 5'7" or taller (i really don't know. Last I checked I was 5'6. So yup, probably) I wear glasses I have at least one tattoo I have at least one piercing I have blonde hair I have brown eyes I have short hair (I cut my hair last summer after it got irritating. It's now chin length.) My abs are at least somewhat defined I have or have had braces

PERSONALITY: I love meeting new people(semi true. Depends on how much social interacting I'd done) People tell me that I’m funny Helping others with their problems is a big priority for me(borderline altruistic tbh. I would die for some of my really close friends. I'm sure of that.) I enjoy physical challenges I enjoy mental challenges I’m playfully rude with people I know well I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it(all the FUCKING TIME. it's like I can't stop, and it sounds so sincere people give me double takes) There is something I would change about my personality (so much)((but at the same time, I know I'm okay))

ABILITY: I can sing well I can play an instrument(I did piano for three months. And flute for a year. Does that count? I'm counting it) I can do over 30 pushups without stopping I’m a fast runner I can draw well(one day I'll post my stuff)(one day) I have a good memory(actually, another interesting fact. I inherited my moms photographic memory. I remember insanely well, at least things I see that are written down. It's been tested and stuff) I’m good at doing math in my head(i really hate math though) I can hold my breath underwater for under a minute I have beaten at least 2 people in arm wrestling I know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch I know how to throw a proper punch(im family friends with Muhammad Ali's bodyguard, Shaykh Neelain. He gave a bunch of us a class a couple years back, so that was fun)

HOBBIES: I enjoy playing sports I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else I have learned a new song in the past week I work out at least once a week I’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months I have drawn something in the past month I enjoy writing I do or have done martial arts

EXPERIENCES: I have had my first kiss I have had alcohol(I don't drink) I have scored the winning goal in a sports game I have watched an entire season of a TV show in one sitting(many times. Most recently, 13 reasons why) I have been at an overnight event I have been in a taxi I have been in the hospital or ER in the past year I have beaten a video game in one day I have visited another country I have been to one of my favourite band’s concerts

RELATIONSHIPS: I’m in a relationship I have a crush on a celebrity I have a crush on someone I know(hmm, kinda? Idk if it really counts as a crush) I have been in at least 3 relationships I have never been in a relationship I have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them I get crushes easily (it's hard for me to tell if I like people in a romantic or platonic sense, so I just let those feelings fester till I can't tell. In that sense, I crush easily) I have had a crush on someone for over a year I have been in a relationship for at least a year I have had feelings for a friend(platonic feelings! whoop whoop! hah no)

MY LIFE: I have at least one person I consider a “best friend”(yeah no. I have good friends, but there's isn't really one person I click with.) I live close at my school My parents are still together(separating, actually. It's really stressful because I can't really talk with anyone about it, so I just keep it to myself.) I have at least one sibling I live in the United States There is snow right now where I live I have hung out with a friend in the past month I have a smartphone I have at least 15 CD’s I share my room with someone

RANDOM SHIT: I have breakdanced I know a person named Jamie I have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce I have dyed my hair I’m listening to one song on repeat right now I have punched someone in the past week I know someone who has gone to jail I have broken a bone I have eaten a waffle today I know what I want to do with my life I speak at least 2 languages(trilingual, actually. Also, I'm learning Esperanto, so almost quadrilingual) I have made a new friend in the past year

And that's about it folks. Idk why anyone would want to know me better, but there we go. So I'm just going to tag anyone who pops up. If you want to get tagged, then just say I tagged you. Um @meemerd, @substantiallyhygge, @panicking-chemicals, and @auroraangel900

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meditationadvise · 7 years

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Stop the River of Time

Have you ever before considered that just the minute of Now exists really?

There is no past, just memories, as well as there is no future either, only creative imaginations - the past and also future are emotional concepts. Still, we often tend to ponder over the remains of the past, or stress over times to find. We are straying in the past and future, yet we are just unconsciously present at where we truly are: here and now!

Oh, how marvelous of a sensation it is to go treking on your day of rest after a stressful week of job. You play volley ball, football, stir and also taste the soup, your face is caressed delicately by the warm sunlight, the grass is soft and smooth, the birds are chirping, everything is wonderful. You are carefree, you delight in the moments of existence.

You do not ponder on the past, do not imagine the future, yet you exist, you live, you are radiating with joy. But just what pain it is, when the Sunlight sets, you show up house as well as the lovely experience ends. Your head is humming and loaded again with numerous responsibilities and also problems - the magic is gone.

When you completely surrender on your own to the existing minute, you become completely untroubled. However when your focus not embraces the here and now, you are mosting likely to be attracted again into the whirlpool of the mind's unclear thoughts.

Many individuals could assume, that today minute is quite brief, an interval lasting just awhile, as well as the entire timeline is composed of great deals of, possibly definitely a lot of these swiftly passing moments.

Actually, that is wrong.

The truth is: there is absolutely nothing else compared to the existing minute, the eternity of Now.

When you are asked the inquiry "Who are you?", you put your thoughts together and answer something such as this:

" You know, I'm a 28 years old woman, a workplace worker, mommy of 2. I have actually found out below and also there, after that I began functioning, and also now I'm doing this which. I invest my spare time with this and that. I like cooking, drinking delicious drinks and also seeing fascinating movies." The mind is given candy, confidence that it should describe itself as full and also as outlined as possible. It can speak about itself, concerning "my" story, in which "I" play the leading function, and at the exact same time "I" am additionally the center of my world.

The mind begins an unlimited jabber - it tells exactly what it believes to itself and regarding itself. This is me: my story. It recalls memories, and also from those that are considered as the most vital ones, it sets up, adds with each other an identity. It edits from the more crucial memories, a film of the "past" - this is me, this is my past. In fact, all that was remembered is only a memory - pertaining to the mind's fantastic capability to bear in mind. When we are remembering, we do it now, in today moment. We are remembering our memories now, not in the past. When the occasion, called the past occurred, it took place Currently, during that time. It has actually never ever happened that it had not been Now.

" At some time, when I have actually reached this goal, I will certainly be satisfied. If I have enough cash, I will be satisfied. When I will show up, when I'll be made." - daydreams the mind. Of course, the minute will never come, when the mind would say: "Every little thing is all. I am great, I could rest. Every little thing is ideal, whole and total. I am delighted."

The minds imitates that clever senior, for whom Fatality showed up with his scythe, yet the elderly intended to make an offer with him:

-Death, I will not opt for you now. Tomorrow I will surely opt for you. And to seal my guarantee, appearance, I write it here onto the door frame, that "Tomorrow I will go with Death."

Tomorrow never came, since the next day is additionally "today" - and "tomorrow" is constantly a day later, till eternity.

The future is a phantom, a collection of memories. When I'm planning the future, or fret about it, I'm doing it Currently, not in an uncertain moment.

I'm remembering the previous Currently, as well as I'm creating mind photos about the times in advance (concerning the future). The past is only made of dead memories, and also the future is only a personal imagination - everything happens Now. Every solitary thing, when they happen, they take place Now. Nothing ever has taken place at once, that was not Now, and also absolutely nothing will certainly ever take place, that would take place at a time other than Now. Life happens in the Now, all is Now.

The sole truth is constantly in the Currently. The Now is eternal.

And when you recognize the infinity of Currently comprehensive, you likewise understand that you need to look for happiness not in the future, now. Happiness is Now.

Because whatever is occurring Now, and also in this moment, with each thought of mine and with my body, I'm growing the seeds of the occasions of the "future", for that reason, the wisest point to do is to totally welcome today minute. The events are happening in this minute, Currently, everything is frequently transforming, as well as if I am not mindful enough, I will certainly miss out on the concealed experiences and possibilities of the existing moment.

If I guide my attention to the instant moment, emphasis on the existence, I will certainly take the entirety in, as a relaxed, cheerful onlooker, I will certainly view the modifications that took area in it, and I will smoothly assimilate, end up being a component of the changes. I will certainly come to be a part of life, a mindful individual of the Now.

In the Eastern spiritual trainings, the practicing of the presence is offered stressed focus. The Zen - which is just one of the purest branches of Buddhism - utilizes the symbol of a raised finger.

According to a Zen koan (tale):

The pupil was strolling along with the master on the field. He grew made use of to it, that during the strolls, the master was not ready to utter a single word, but instead concentrated on his elegant actions and also got lost in the observation of nature's beauty. On this day, the self-control shed his perseverance: there as well as after that, he quickly wanted to understand the trick of enlightenment.

" Master" the self-control imploringly damaged the silence "please inform me, exactly how can I be enlightened?"

The master didn't respond to, yet considered him with beaming eyes, he gestured with his finger in front of his lips: "ssht!" And afterwards he quietly increased his aiming finger, and advised his self-control:

" Pay attention! Simply eavesdrop silence!"

The discipline did not comprehend the message. He's been hoping for the trick of knowledge since years, and also his master - rather of informing him with trainings - suggests him to be quiet and listen. "This is unbearable!" he fulminated versus his master in his head.

“But master!”

The master answered quietly:

" Do you hear the whispering of the far-off stream and also the buzzing of the fly? Exactly what an impressive harmony!"

Another stunning tale likewise calls interest to the elegances of the current moment.

An average guy took a walk in the forest on a stunning, hot summer season day. He picked strawberries, collected mushrooms as well as looked mesmerized at the magic of the forest's shades as well as tones. But suddenly he listened to a substantial clomping originating from behind his back. As well as exactly what did he see? A massive brown bear stood encountering him, callous and also starving. Rapidly, our man jumps on the move, starts running. He runs as well as runs, up until he gets to the edge of the cliff. Exactly what could he do? What could he do? There's a savage bear behind him, and also in front of him is a rift. The situation is helpless. Yet suddenly, he saw a crispy ripe strawberry existing in the lawn. He chose it with his fingers, tasted it and stated:

" Oh, how flavorful this strawberry is!"

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bffhreprise · 4 years

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Entry 303

“I still am not accustomed to your speed these days.” admitted Alma with a small smile.

“H-He’s f-fast.” I agreed, mentally comparing how quick and neatly James had just placed the majority of our share of presents with how he had been when we met.

“Not compared with you.” he argued. “Emma’s going to be disappointed if she doesn’t catch you today.”

“C-Catch me?” I questioned, imagining her chasing me around the house with me in my kitty form. She’d be smiling beautifully, giddy as always. Emma was such a lovely person.

James nodded and said, “Today’s Emma’s birthday, and she apparently has a tradition of giving everyone a kiss. She got Marco when returning her plate after breakfast, and most of the rest of us beforehand.”

“I was her first target. She jumped me in the hall before she reached the kitchen.” added Mila with a hint of happiness in her voice.

I knew what had happened, having been able to hear the kitchen perfectly well from my room, but I didn’t want to try explaining things, knowing how many words that could take. Scenarios of James and Alma interrogating me exploded through my head. I knew they wouldn’t purposely be mean, but curiosity could drive people to ask far too many questions. Deyanira certainly had.

Deyanira had been popular at our school and hung around some of the biggest bullies there. She snatched me up all too quickly, like I was some interesting thing to add to her collection. Her “friends” picked on me whenever she wasn’t looking. She had to know what they were like… I remembered her laughing at some of their mean jokes. I could have avoided them easily enough, but back then I had assumed that being a good kitty meant fully pretending to be human at all times. Mom certainly seemed to think I shouldn’t transform, so I didn’t run even when I couldn’t be caught.

I never expected Deyanira to end up here. I didn’t expect to see her again, being able to hear her coming from a mile away easily if I paid attention. Brandon couldn’t have known what high school was like for me, and I was thankful he didn’t. He seemed so happy around her, despite her bullying him at times. Avoiding her here was easy enough, Even as she approached us now, I knew I had plenty of time to get away. Wait. Was James thinking I was avoiding Emma today!? I replayed everything he had said to me today in my head. Possibility found. Words needed!

“I-I b-bought her a p-present. I-I wasn’t av-avoiding her.” I assured him, watching his every motion to make sure he understood.

“I didn’t think you were.” he replied, smiling slightly.

Quest successful! Self-pat on back accepted for a later date.

Continuing on, he said, “I just wanted to let you know that she’ll expect to see you today even if Deyanira is present.”

Error in James’ statement. Must avoid and maintain everyone’s happiness. Avoidance engaged! “D-Deyanira’s her p-present!?” I teased, hoping to get him off the topic.

“Though I’m sure Emma wouldn’t be against eating Deyanira up, Brandon might take issue with that idea.” replied Alma emotionlessly. Her hand had approached me as she spoke.

Scenarios of her patting my head came to mind. We seemed to be getting along well these days. Deyanira was getting much too close. Avoidance Quest would need to be accepted within seconds and implemented very soon thereafter. Wait. Presence on wrist. Avoidance Quest failed!? No-no-no. Bad scenarios were playing out. Presence on wrist recognized as Alma’s hand. Evasive maneuvers at this point might sever the hand completely. Doooom. Must escape with words. Ultra-Difficult Quest: Use Words to Escape from Alma.

“B-But…” I started despite all scenarios showing a failed quest in my mind. Alma was stubborn on good days. She didn’t understand. I should have foreseen this and forced myself to make words sooner. Doom doom.

“Don’t worry, Raine. I haven’t seen her bite anyone yet.” insisted James, trying to reassure me.

Difficulty level of quest increased. If James wants me here, I should stay. He was so very kind… If he knew, he’d let me escape, but how to explain history quickly yet slowly enough that my words reached him properly. More failed scenarios. Doom. Quest was on the verge of failure. Initiating emergency startlement! I slowly shifted forms, being as careful as possible not to harm Alma. I faced her and grinned, knowing how terrible I would look in my hybrid form.

She didn’t even grimace, saying, “No. Stay here.”

Quest failed. Human form resumed. Sadness. Scenarios of things going wrong once Deyanira made those last few steps were increasing. Hope lost. I was about to ruin something again. “Y-You d-don’t understand.” I warned in one last ditch effort.

“Don’t understand what?” questioned James.

Quest had already failed. Head shake in response was enough. Door was opening. Couldn’t explain now. Damage control initiative needed written. Must be prepared for whatever quests popped up. I really hated failing quests, especially in real life, but… how to fight friends for the benefit of other friends?

“Heya, boss. We umm… yeah. We didn’t do quite as much as you guys did, but we got part of a hall done.” stated Brandon as he looked around appreciatively.

“Raine!? Is that you!?” questioned Deyanira as she stared at me.

I nodded.

“You’re the only person I know with that hoodie. What happened to you?” she questioned, stepping closer. “You disappeared before the second semester was up.”

Responses considered. No scenario showed a response that would satisfy her, so I chose silence.

“You know each other?” inquired James, obviously surprised.

Mila knew. Mila always knew. Why wouldn’t she have told him? Had she anticipated this? Was she helping me avoid this before? I found myself without enough knowledge to create good scenarios. Mila was… Kindred. I let myself play with the idea that Mila might actually understand me better than most, being very different than most of our friends.

“She was a freshman my senior year in high school, but she suddenly switched schools without a word.” explained Deyanira, sounding a little sad.

Words needed. Her sadness wasn’t my fault. Switching schools was necessary. “Y-Your friends were b-bullies.” I reminded her. I clearly remembered telling her this on six separate occasions, but she had never listened.

She didn’t smile and roll her eyes like she did in high school. She frowned and said, “Not that again. I wanted you to hang out with us.”

“I-I heard them.” I stated, frowning back. Two could play the frowny face game.

“Heard what?” she questioned, her face changing to that I know better expression she sometimes used.

“Y-Your friends… p-picking on m-me.” I replied, feeling we needed to get this over with. Maybe there was still a scenario where we could just avoid one another.

“They were just teasing. They didn’t mean anything by the things they said.”

I remember them making fun of my hair, laughing at how I dressed, and trying to convince Deyanira to forget about me. She probably should have listened. Monsters make poor friends. I was ruining things again…. No. Needed to not ruin things. Reminder needed. “T-They threw away m-my b-backpack.” I told her.

“No. Why would they do that?” she questioned, genuinely surprised.

I dove deeper into the memory and found that Deyanira had been stuck in a student council meeting at that time. By the time she was out, I had recovered my backpack and was cleaning it off. She probably didn’t notice that not all of the filth came off. Human eyes. Frustration. Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm. Shrugging, I said, “T-They weren’t very n-nice and y-you… y-you always y-yelled at me.”

“You were just too quiet. You’re still too quiet.” she scolded, raising her voice again.

Frustration. I shook my head, not ready to make more words just yet. I remembered every time she was scolding me before, trying to force me to talk to people. She even tried getting me to go on a date with a jock. Did she really not know what he was like?

“Raine could have killed them on accident if she had gotten angry.” stated Alma. She probably meant well, but…

“What?” asked Deyanira in disbelief.

“I can easily create a nuclear explosion that would destroy a city, and I’m no match for Raine. You’re berating one of the strongest beings on the planet, so tread softly.” continued Alma in warning.

Perhaps Deyanira would know to avoid me if she knew…. I giggled in some scenarios of how that could go, amused at ideas of popping out of a bag to literally “let the cat out of the bag”, but… I didn’t like Deyanira’s sad face. I had seen things go wrong for her before. She was better happy.

“You’re serious?” questioned Deyanira, sounding startled.

I glanced at her face and confirmed the startlement. Bad. Memories of her being happy and playful came to mind, but I pushed them away. Monsters made bad friends.

“Why won’t she just speak up for herself then?” demanded Deyanira whirling on me.

“Because she’s scared of what would happen if she did.” suggested James.

He was… accurate. I cringed inwardly. I really was a cowardly kitty. Being here, in our home, gave me confidence, but… so many things had gone wrong before, things I could have avoided if I acted. So many memories…

“Will you show her if Alma releases you?” questioned James.

Quest: Show Deyanira the Monster. I shook my head, declining the quest. No-no-no. I didn’t want to see her scared at me, and I was still… frustrated. She always gave me mixed emotions. She could be so sweet but so… bossy.

“Show me what?” asked Deyanira.

“James, are you sure this is a good idea?” questioned Alma. “Deyanira is only human.”

“Yes, I’m human. Show me what?” demanded Deyanira, sounding frustrated as well.

James ignored her. Still facing Alma, he said, “My parents were fine. Deyanira can handle seeing Raine’s other side briefly.”

Wrist released. I considered running immediately, but James… he’d be disappointed. Bad scenarios played out in my head. I couldn’t disappoint James.

“Just show her.” he insisted.

I almost did, but I shook my head. Bad… bad kitty. What if she screamed? Scenarios played out. What if she hated me? More scenarios. She’d reject the monster instantly, and who could blame her?

“I want to see what they’re talking about. Just show me already!” demanded Deyanira, stepping closer to me.

The darkness erupted inside me, and that little bubble of anger I had locked away for years exploded. With the explosion, I snarled and transformed. I nearly yelled back at her, but knew that’d kill her. Forcing my voice to be slow and calm, I told her “D-Don’t be a bully!”

Deyanira’s terrified face stung, but I wasn’t letting her get away. I moved behind her and caught her as she jumped back. When she started to turn, I casually moved away. I wasn’t going to see her that scared again. I mentally screamed at the darkness, at those countless terrible voices that whispered in my head. They fled.

“Raine, that’s enough.” ordered James. “You’re scaring her.” There was a slightly pleading sound in his voice that pierced me like an arrow through the heart.

I wanted to cry. James need never plead for anything. I gently caught Deyanira after I transformed back to a human. Very, very gently hugging her, I said, “I-I’m sorry. Y-You… f-frustrate m-me.”

She cried into my shirt, her body shivering violently. I could hardly believe that she was hugging me back. Where had this scenario been? She had just seen me… Memories confirmed. That wasn’t a scenario. She had seen me… and still could hug me?

Scent database was being cross-checked instantly. Scent was mostly human. Possible fraction of a percent not, though probably lingering scent from unknown on her. Might investigate. Heart rate was high, but she wasn’t at risk from it. Temperature was plenty human and well within the ranges I had seen for her. Sweating was reducing. Wait!? I had accepted a Comfort quest and was succeeding!? When!? How!? My mind started working overtime, making sure to watch Deyanira’s health while mostly focused on how this moment came to be.

“James, perhaps this was a bit much for her.” suggested Alma quietly. “I could try taking some of it away.”

Before he could reply, the front doors swung open, allowing the Princess to come inside. She had been coming here for a while now, traveling from her condo across the park. I had anticipated that this would all be over by the time she appeared, but… things didn’t go as predicted at all.

“Happy Valentine’s Day!” exclaimed the Princess. Catching sight of us, she said, “Ooooh. Deyanira’s visiting again! Is Raine stealing her from Brandon?”

“No. They apparently knew each other. Raine just showed Deyanira a little of what she can do.” explained Alma.

“Did you see them in the yearbook?” questioned Aaliyah. “So cute!”

She knew!? Of course, she knew. This was the Princess. She knew things. But… I was in the yearbook. Mila displayed pictures across the surrounding mirrors. Why were there so many of us together? I hadn’t been in the school that long. My mind verified each moment as I saw the pictures. A dusty, old door swung open in my mind. Deyanira’s room. There were bad things where she had been too abrasive with others, myself included, but… I had locked away all of the good moments too.

“I-I… n-never saw… these.” I admitted.

Tears leaked. I remembered all of the times she visited the small apartment Mom and I had. She was so kind with Mom. I remembered dancing together in the park and silly singing sessions at her house. She made me beat levels in games for her on her Playstation, and I pretended not to notice that she had barely touched half the games. I remembered why I had shut that door… For a brief time, I felt like someone’s friend. When I left, I didn’t want to remember what I was losing… only the bad.

“I missed you. You changed your number and never got in touch.” she replied. Was she the one who got so many pictures of us into the yearbook? Probably.

“I-I’m s-sorry. I-I d-didn’t… didn’t w-want to h-hurt you.” I told her, remembering how frustrated I had been when she wouldn’t listen. I knew how to fight the darkness in me even then, but… I blink as part of my mind exploded. Deyanira was still hugging me… crying and hugging. I wasn’t a monster to her.

“How’s your mom?” she asked.

No funeral… No tombstone… barely held back restraint at the thought. Even now, finding her killers would take me a fraction of a second if I were to really look. I forced the thoughts away as I saw them. Bad kitty thoughts. “S-She… d-died.”

“I’m so, so sorry. She was wonderful.” replied Deyanira sincerely.

I hugged her just a touch tighter, judging how much she could take by the squish of her body against me, like… like I did with Mom.

“Shouldn’t you two be going out on a daaate?” questioned Aaliyah, though she was thankfully staring at James and Alma now.

“James, perhaps we shouldn’t.” suggested Alma, motioning toward Deyanira and me.

“They’ll be fine. Let’s head out.” he replied. “Aaliyah can manage things here without us.”

“You bet, boss-man, sir! Tonight’s party will be amaaazing!” she exclaimed.

“You really do work here?” questioned Deyanira as she looked up at the Princess.

“Yep!” exclaimed the Princess, grinning at her.

Squeezing me tighter, she continued to look at the Princess as she asked “Care to help me study sometime?”

The Princess shook her head. “No. Mila would get all jealous.”

I was suddenly glad that I didn’t offer to help.

“Oh, Mother. I can’t blame anyone for preferring you.” insisted Mila.

“I can!” exclaimed Aaliyah with a giant grin. Pointing at Deyanira, she said, “You don’t pick on my baby girl, miss.”

Her adorably “stern” expression was added to her palace in my mind as a framed portrait.

“I wouldn’t!” insisted Deyanira.

“Y-You can’t h-help yourself. You’re a b-bully.” I teased, still hugging her.

“If you’ll all excuse us, we’ll be off.” stated James as he took Alma’s hand. “I’ve got an exquisite reservation for us. Something truly out of this world.”

“You can’t mean…” started Alma with wide eyes.

“Of course not. You’re not allowed in there. Carl is willing to cater for me though.” he told her with a wink.

We all wished them well as they walked off.

“So… are you sure you’re not stealing Deyanira from Brandon?” questioned Aaliyah with a grin.

I released Deyanira instantly, but she still hugged me for several seconds, possibly forgetting that she was.

“Brandon wouldn’t mind, right? Raine’s adorable!” teased Deyanira, kissing my head.

“Hey, now… Just… Wait. What are you suggesting?” he questioned, looking dumbfounded.

Deyanira laughed, stood, and offered me a hand. She looked surprised when I pulled her down a bit and gently wiped off her face with my sleeve.

“Eww… Raine! You’ll ruin your shirt!” she sputtered.

I continued, confused at how her makeup was suddenly fine. Did I…? No. Tear-proof makeup was the best explanation. Not wanting to think about it, I said, “N-New shirt w-whenever… I… m-move.” Words made. Distraction successful?

“Wow. Nice job, Raine.” stated Brandon like a dumb-dumb as he stared at Deyanira.

I mentally facepalmed and considered running. Many happy scenarios of me being anywhere else played through my head, but I forced myself to stay. I had my friend back. I had an old friend. The pieces of my mind which had exploded needed reformed, so I started working on that.

“What? What is… Wow. How is that…” started Deyanira as she stared in a mirror.

“G-Go! D-Date.” I mumbled, feeling like I might be blushing as I pointed to the door.

“Ah. Well… we haven’t finished the decor…” started Brandon, snapping his mouth shut when I finished his part. “Date, right. Deyanira, ready to head out? I actually did want to fit in something together if you’re up for it…”

“We should take Raine with us.” she suggested.

I moved them both out to Brandon’s car.

“I don’t think she’s coming.” he replied, opening the door for her.

I gave him a thumbs up, despite knowing he couldn’t see me across the house. Hugging one of my stuffed animals, I knew that sorting out feelings, thoughts, and such were going to take me a while. Now that the door was open again, I needed to remodel my mental room for Deyanira.

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I am a self-employed plumber. On Saturday 25th April I went to Maidstone with my grandson to see a guy called Mr RAMHAN. I have actually done great deals of work for him in the past, including constructing a restaurant for him. I existed to take a look at Mr RAMHAN's cooking area and to get some plans for another task for which Mr RAMHAN had recommended me. Mr RAHMAN lives in Chancery Lane, Maidstone. I showed up and parked on the concrete right in front of his house. My van has a sign saying "Bathroom Design and Installations". I looked at the cooking area and after that left Mr RAMHAN's home to pick up the strategies from his pal who lived round the corner.

Evaluation proposals, compare Kitchen area Tiling prices and select the best regional Cooking area Tilers for your task. We had Steven back to lay floor covering in our bathroom, he did a very first class job as soon as again, takes pride in his work at a sensible cost. Carl tiled my bathroom utilizing marble tiles and also returned to do another small tiling job for me. Very expert and tiling looks fantastic. Would advise and would utilize once again.

Any specialist you use must be taking part in the HRI plan. This indicates they are registered for Value Included Tax (BARREL) in Ireland and are tax-compliant. You can see if your specialist is a HRI certifying contractor by examining HRI online in Revenue's myAccount before the work begins, to see if they have actually gone into details of the works to be finished at your home. If a number of professionals, such as an electrical expert, a plumber and a home builder, carry out certifying work on your house or rental home, you can integrate the cost of the works to comprise the minimum qualifying amount - see 'Rates' listed below.

Stephen Spink - Tiler Stephen undertook our task within a week of him seeing our kitchen area. I would state this is quite quick. The work carried out was excellent. It was a 2.5 day task and he didn't stop for a minute. He is a totally credible tradesperson and extremely expert. I thoroughly recommend him. My other half & I can't believe how stunning the tiles look.

I had actually never satisfied Dave before he worked for us as we neared the end of a big renovation task. Quite merely I wish we 'd found him earlier! He is first of all and most significantly an outstanding tiler who really cares about the quality of his work and getting it right. He is likewise the most real and helpful man you might want to satisfy. So Dave will be the first name on my list for the next stage. No doubt in advising him to anyone.

Wayne is a really expert tiler, all his work was top notch, always on time very respectful, Really pleased with his work tiling our bathroom Fully advise. Kiwi Style and Build specialise in high end, superior quality house remodellings and extensions. We can help you realise the house of your dreams which provides design and substance. Steven Spink has just completed our bathroom tiling and has actually made an outstanding job. I would highly advise him to anybody.

For those embarking on a self-build or home enhancement project, HomebuildingRenovating is the go-to guide for skilled advice, every action of the every issue of HomebuildingRenovating, you'll discover: Informative guidance, ideas and buying guidance from industry professionals, helping you complete your job on time and within budget.Inspiring case research studies of genuine house restoration and structure jobs, tailored to be undertaken by all levels of experience.

Simply had Steven Spink the tiler to do some cosmetic work on our bathroom. What an expert!! Phoned, shown up when he said he would and did a wonderful task for https://avs-building-services.co.uk/wood-flooring/ us two extremely picky people !! Have definitely no doubt in highly recommending him. Have asked him back for another job. House Renovation Pros offered us impeccable service. We had design both our kitchen and bathroom. Our cabinets look wonderful. Our kitchen is reasonably little but the design actually makes and takes full advantage of the area everything convenient.

Another popular mobile home renovation has a lot more to do with the beyond a house than it does with the within. A big, open, addition to the beyond a mobile home is a great method to extend the whole house area. Screened-in patios and sunrooms offer a method to enjoy the outdoors, and these extensions also allow for extra home. If you are looking for to remodel your mobile home for resale functions, think about traditional remodelling areas such as the restroom or the cooking area. Even though mobile homes tend to be a lot smaller than regular homes, they can still consist of upscale restrooms and fantastic kitchen area spaces.

Total handyman diy encyclopedia: a compilation of brand-new and previously released special interest tasks and handbooks for the repair work and care of houses, auto, appliances, hobby devices. By the editors of Science & mechanics. Westport, Conn., H. S. Stuttman, c1983. 21 v. Steven Spink, Kitchen area walls tiled. Steven was advised to me by a good friend and I was so glad she did. He did a wonderful task of tiling our kitchen area. Steven was punctual, professional, neat and friendly. I can not fault his work at all. Will absolutely utilize Steven in the future and would not think twice to suggest him to anybody.

While there are a number of advantages to laminated flooring there are also a few downsides to think about prior to devoting to laminate. One issue is that some laminates may include chemicals that can be released into the air in your home with time and cause illness like formaldehyde. A small group of highly proficient, friendly & polite expert tilers.

Plan in advance and do not underestimate the huge time investment that home renovations demand. Prepare a clear schedule of works and ensure all specialists are lined up to the schedule and timeframes set out. Renovations can be a little bit of a puzzle and you require to make sure everyone comes together at the correct time to guarantee good flow on the task.

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