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wing-ed-thing · 5 months

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Childhood Friends to Lovers Relationship Headcanons

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𓆃 It's a very natural progression, especially if you're in the same age group as Iruka and remain moderately involved with the village growing up.

𓆃 Iruka is friendly enough to be able to bond with just about anyone, and given you're in similar circumstances after the Nine-Tails attack on the village, you're bound to be drawn to one another.

𓆃 Especially if you're left with few loved ones, being around others who share your circumstances makes your situation feel less lonely. At least, that was the idea when the Third Hokage implemented the youth programs for those who lost family stability.

𓆃 It was an awkward series of after-academy and weekend activities thrown together by a bunch of volunteer shinobi who didn't know much about kids, but you and Iruka wouldn't know better until you were older.

𓆃 These programs were also open to children whose parents were now working around the clock to assist the village, so even if your circumstances didn't resemble Iruka's, you could naturally find yourself in similar spaces.

𓆃 You probably couldn't even recall the exact moment you and Iruka became friends at all. You just always remembered him there and could hardly think of a time where Iruka wasn't in your life.

𓆃 (Iruka remembers. He's told you once before. Something about helping him out when he was new to the program and grieving, but you don't actually remember any of that.)

𓆃 He's always the first person you invite to your group outings with friends and he always makes time for you. He actually always makes time for anything you invite him to, whether you explicitly ask him or hint that you'd like him there.

𓆃 For a lifetime, he's been at every graduation, performance, and new life event you could ever ask someone to be at.

𓆃 Iruka was also always at your place, and if he wasn't at yours, you were at his.

𓆃 Any family you have surely already considers him one of them, your more sentimental— or otherwise slightly ditsy— family forgetting that Iruka isn't another blood family member.

𓆃 As you get older, your friends or extended family will constantly assume that Iruka's your partner. From your teenage years on, everyone will assume that you're a couple whether you are or not.

𓆃 And, well, you practically are a couple. You see each other every chance you get; you talk to each other every chance you get; you work in complete and utter tandem, that even people who don't know you very well assume that you're a couple.

𓆃 With his proximity to the people closest to you, it's an appropriate assumption and when you do finally get together, no one's surprised.

𓆃 Hell, even if you decide that marriage is for you, no one would be surprised about that either.

𓆃 "I thought you were already married," practically every shinobi in the village will most certainly say upon your announcement.

𓆃 Children will be a large part of your life whether they're yours or not, strictly because of Iruka's status as a teacher. His students mean the world to them, and by extension, it's probably for the best if you get as least a little involved.

𓆃 Your dynamic will work best if you show a level of dedication on par with his, whether you're another teacher, a sensei, or even simply drop by with treats every so often.

𓆃 The students think that ANBU warriors are fascinating and giving demonstrations of your superior kunai skills never fail to impress.

𓆃 "You'll only be able to do that if you do all your homework on time!"

𓆃 Your relationship is village-centric. Perhaps you won't be setting off on any crazy joint-mission anytime soon, but you will have a close, natural relationship and a village full of people who absolutely adore you.

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motsimages · 4 months

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Since that article about physical contact vs non-physical contact in different countries, here are some experiences I've had about it:

Usamericans are, by far, the most different from my experience. They are the only ones that get physically tense if you unexpectedly touch them, the only ones that would make a step back if you get to close so as to keep their personal space safe. The first time I met a Usamerican, he was my age (17 at the time), and he was staying in my house for a week as part of an exchange program. My mother felt that he was always very tense, that he needed to relax and so she did what every Spanish mother in her place would do: hug him, hold him, touch him and feed him. He would only get tenser, to my mother's frustration. Nobody explained us or him that the reason he was so tense in our house was the incredible amount of physical contact he was seeing and experiencing all the time by everyone. I have also met very huggy and physically affectionate usamericans and I wonder in which circles they usually move or where are they from because they are an exception. It was on the internet that I first saw "PDA" (public displays of affection) as something negative that people shouldn't do. I guess it comes from the US, it may also be a UK thing?? I don't know. It was confusing because people seem to get angry at it and I am like "what are you supposed to do then? How do people know you like them?" Also, learning that teachers are NOT (never ever) supposed to touch their students, I was in shock. What do you do with toddlers? They need physical affection and they will come up to you for it. What if a 12 year-old is crying? Aren't you going to at least confort them? How do you confort someone without touching them? Now that I know more about US culture, I wonder if white people are more distant than black people, or if religion plays a role.

Chinese and Japanese people I've met tend to keep their distance and may feel uncomfortable but, the ones I've had more contact with, soon get used to it and even enjoy it. I guess many won't or will find it invasive, but I have met some who went all in the moment they saw a world where you could hug people just because. I particularly remember two Chinese girls who, upon meeting a lot of Spanish people in France and seeing we were always hugging and touching, started to do it *way too much*, touching body parts you are not supposed to touch (like ass or boobs) because I guess for them it was all equally accessible/non-accessible, so we had to teach them to control themselves a bit. There was also a Japanese young man, a friend of a friend, who was shocked at first but then travelled around Europe and came back like "nobody was touching me :((((". He thought it was a European thing. He told me that back home in Japan, nobody would hug him, not even his mom.

Northern Europeans always keep their distance and won't hug you unless there is a need for it (and depending on the country/person, maybe not even then). Any other physical contact that is frequent in Spain, like grabbing someone's shoulder, is weird and could be interpreted as flirting. I have seen hugs and physical closeness in Sweedish series in situations that US series won't do, but I still had to tell my Northern European friends in Russia that, now that we were friends, I expected hugs and would ask for hugs frequently. Even with that, I once asked a Swiss friend for a hug and he went "why?". I was in shock. "What do you mean "why"? Because I want a hug? You shouldn't question hugs!". A Spanish friend in Switzerland told me that when she broke up with her boyfriend, her Swiss friend was there listening and giving company but not once did she got close enough to touch her. Not even for a hug. A Sweedish girl who couchsurfed at my place for a couple of weeks said that Madrid was the city of love because people were always hugging, snogging, kissing and touching each other everywhere (particularly couples).

A UK friend once told me about a girl he knew was feeling sad and he left her crying in her room and I was like "what the fuck. why would you leave her crying" and he said "that's what you do, if she wants to cry, you give her space" and I was like "listen to me: if a Spanish, and I would go as far as saying a Mediterranean, is crying, you better stay around. You keep an eye on them, you hug them, hold their hand, give them food. You do not leave someone who is crying and having a bad time alone unless they ask for it, and even then, you keep watch and check on them later on". He told me that you should leave English people alone when they are feeling blue (I can't promise I would do that but fair enough, I'll keep it in mind).

The UK is the only place where I don't know what is it that I do that people think not only that I'm flirting, but that things are happening between us, when I'm just there. I'm usually very good to know when I'm flirting and when I'm not but somebody may be interested. In the UK, it has happend a couple of times that we were having a normal conversation and then suddenly there was a certain complicity and I was there like "whaaaaat.... oh shit, I got in too close, didn't I? I may have touched their elbow on my way to the toilet or something".

Russians are surprisingly similar to Spanish, culturally and in character. There wasn't that much cultural shock there. They are not as touchy as Spanish people are, but they enjoy it, they hug people easily and they like physical closeness. Particularly, young girl-friends are very tactile, they often hold hands in the street, hug, etc. I have seen teenagers sitting on each other in public parks, I have seen couples hugging and kissing in the street. When travelling by train with my Spanish friend who lives in Switzerland, we chatted with some 50 year-old men in our wagon. She joked to one of them (in Spanish, I translated) and touched his arm to help drive the joke (he mentioned weaponry and she said "are these the Russian guns?"), and he didnt' bat an eye, he laughed and nodded. "Oh, they don't mind being touched" she pointed out.

Latin Americans seem to me just like Spanish, but they feel Spanish are cold and distant.

I think, amongst the Mediterraneans, we are all more or less the same, whether it's Europeans, Maghrebians, Balkans... I have a feeling that some Asian countries and some African countries might be similar too, but I don't have much experience with them.

I'd say the way it works in Spain is this: we touch people to communicate with them. It serves the purpose of showing we are there, we like your company, we are listening. If you paid attention, you could see who gets along with whom, who are closer friends or family by how they stand next to each other and how they touch each other.

I will end with an anecdote. I am currently interpreting psychological sessions for Russian refugees. We were in a session and the psychologist received a phone call, she excused herself saying that it was the doctor and maybe something had happened at school with her daughter. She apologised herself, she was only picking up in case there was an emergency. It wasn't the doctor so she asked to be called later but she was quickly given some good news before hanging up. She said "I apologise, but I need to share this with you." She shared the news with us, crying because she got emotional. My first instinct (that I noticed only because there was a Russian person there who may not be familiar with Spanish ways) was to touch her arm so she knew we were there. I asked her "do you want a hug?" and she said yes. So we hugged and the patient came to hug her as well, copying us. We stopped a professional work environment to hug a person who was celebrating some happy news, to help her regain composure and feel accompanied.

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knickynoo · 8 months

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Back to the Future: The Animated Series, s02ep04 “Marty McFly PFC” Review and Commentary

Previous episodes linked here.

In this episode: Lots of jitterbugging, Marty accidentally joins the military, and using German words is strictly verboten.

Another green screen opening! Our good friend Doc is in the 1940s, where he's entered a jitterbug dance contest. He's having a blast watching the other competitors.

A few things here...

There was a missed opportunity to have Doc's contestant number be 88.

Also, you can't just drop information about Doc apparently being able to jitterbug well enough to enter a contest and then NOT show him dancing. This is Doc Lore that shouldn't just be glossed over! The man can jitterbug??! Show. Us.

Why did this form of dance ever go out of style? I LOVE swing dancing. We should still be doing this.

Doc leads us into the cartoon by reminiscing about the time that Verne, who was taking dance lessons, accidentally entered a jitterbug contest as well in 1944.

We begin at the Hill Valley Dance Academy, where we quickly learn that Verne is not a very good dancer. He's attempting to waltz with his partner, but keeps stepping on her feet and messing up the footwork. His teacher is quite displeased with his lack of progress over the previous three weeks.

Look at Vernie with his slicked back hair and fancy little outfit. Adorable.

After a terrible class, Verne goes home to beg Clara to let him quit. She tells him that it's important to finish what you start. Also! We've got a new and improved Clara this season! First of all, her character design is much better—her features aren't quite as wonky as they were at the start of season one—and she's got some new clothes! It seems that Clara has been adjusting well to living in the early 1990s.

I love that we never see Clara not wearing purple. The girl knows what she likes and sticks to it.

After realizing he isn't getting anywhere with trying to convince his mother, Verne goes to Doc to vent about his dance woes. Doc says that he, too, took dance lessons as a kid, and that it was, "a humiliating experience."

To help Verne out, Doc digs through a trunk for an old invention: a pair of boots that are programmed to help the wearer perform certain dances. Unfortunately, as with most of Cartoon Doc's inventions, they malfunction pretty much right away, making him dance too quickly before spinning him out of control and then exploding.

Doc searches for the blueprints to repair them, but he can't find it anywhere in his files. Using a different invention to help jog his memory, Doc has a "flashback" to where he had stored the original blueprints.

We learn that Doc lived in a small apartment above a gas station in 1944, and he tells Verne a bit about World War II and all the fear and uncertainty of the time. He recalls hiding the blueprints under some clothes in a drawer just before the siren announcing a blackout sounded. This is 1944 Doc, by the way.

Not sure why he has such dark hair. There was that episode last season where we met him as a four-year-old, and he had very light blond hair. By 1955, his hair is still a light blond, heading toward white. Did he dye his hair at some point? Hmm.

Anyway, Doc goes on to tell Verne that the dresser holding the blueprints was lost the next year in a fire. Verne suggests they just take a quick trip back to 1944 to nab the blueprints, but Doc doesn't want to take the risk of running into his past self. Verne is not pleased.

We cut scene to Marty, who is rummaging through the Browns' fridge like a starving man since he apparently doesn't have a family of his own to feed him. Verne promises to buy Marty a big, greasy burger if he'll go on an "errand" with him. This is enough to get Marty to agree, and he and Verne set off for 1944. And this right here is another major difference between Movie Marty and Cartoon Marty. Movie Marty wouldn't be swayed by the promise of food. That kid doesn't even need food. He'll go through all sorts of exciting and nightmarish adventures on a completely empty tank—no food, no water, no sleep. He's just built different.

After arriving, our little Chaos Duo partake in some breaking and entering and find the blueprints.

Just when it looks like their errand is already done and they're in the clear, Marty and Verne are stopped by a Blackout Warden, who questions them on why they had lights on in the apartment during a scheduled blackout. Were they trying to signal enemy planes?

The warden then finds the DeLorean, which he assumes is some type of advanced weapon. He goes to inform the military while Marty and Verne take off running. The two hide out in some bushes overnight in a victory garden, and are found in the morning by a girl named Rosie and her little sister, Dorothy.

We then meet Sergeant Frank Tannen, who obviously has a thing for Rosie and, in typical Tannen fashion, starts being much too forward and handsy with her. Marty intervenes, and Frank chases them for a while before they manage to get the upper hand.

But if you think that this is the end of the trouble for Marty and Vernie, you're wrong. The warden shows up then, announcing that he's placing the both of them under citizen's arrest. They take off running again, with both Frank and the warden in pursuit.

Verne, who is smart, takes cover in a movie theater. Marty, who is a doofus on a good day, runs straight into a recruiting center. For some reason, he thinks it's a restaurant?? And when he asks if people are on line for food, the guy in front of him says they'll get three square meals a day. Marty, who is still very hungry, is thrilled and asks what he has to do to get some food. He's told to sign a form, which he immediately does.

Marty has accidentally joined the Army.

This all could have been avoided if he'd been able to find some food in the fridge earlier. Or even if he'd had a granola bar stashed away in his pocket or in the car.

After learning of Marty's predicament, Verne starts trying to figure out how to rescue him. While he's out in town, he runs into Rosie and Dorothy, who ask him if he'd like to come to their house for a Salisbury steak. "Nah, but a hamburger would be great!" Verne replies, promptly getting a hand clamped over his mouth by Rosie. He's informed that he shouldn't say "The H-word," or people might think he's a Nazi spy.

At their house, Dorothy asks Verne to stick around and be her partner for the jitterbug contest (if you hadn't guessed, Dorothy is Verne's dance teacher as a little girl). Verne says he can't possibly hang around; he's got to save Marty.

"You kidding?" Rosie replies. "The Army will make a man out of him."

Immediate cut to this scene:

Poor guy.

Returning to the "H-word" scene for a moment, I'd like to point out that in the initial scene with Frank Tannen, he keeps using German phrases and catching himself. He calls Marty and Verne "wisenheimers" (great word that isn't used nearly enough, by the way. It means a smart-aleck/wise-guy), as well as "dummkopfs."

If people aren't supposed to be using German words, Sergeant Tannen isn't doing a very good job. Maybe...he's a spy!!

(side-note: I don't know for sure, but I'd assume Frank is Biff's uncle? Maybe he's Irving "Kid" Tannen's brother?)

Okay, back to Marty. He's—

Wait, wrong piece of media.

After eating some very questionable food in the mess hall, Marty is rescued by Verne, who is dressed as a medic.

They run off to the town square, where the dance contest is being held. Frank and the warden from earlier are both there searching for Marty and Verne. Marty dons a wig and poses as one of the "Anderson sisters" up on the stage, while Verne goes with Dorothy to dance. Using the power of swing-dancing, Verne and Dorothy basically beat up Frank and the warden. Verne also discovers that he really likes to dance!

The pair win first place in the contest, and Marty and Verne then steal the DeLorean back from the men who were guarding it and return home.

After seeing the blueprints, Doc says he doesn't approve of the trip to the past, but it's okay as long as they didn't interact with anyone or interfere with anything. Verne and Marty trade mischievous smiles, then Verne runs off to his dance class.

We return to Real Doc, who leads us into a fascinating lesson about center of mass, and shows us a very interesting experiment demonstrating how men and women have different centers of mass (due to the way a woman's hips are positioned), thus allowing women to easily perform a maneuver that involves taking a certain number of steps back, leaning forward with the top of your head against a wall, picking up a chair, and standing straight up—something the majority of men apparently can't do. Here are gifs of a woman (in a spectacularly 90s outfit) and Bill Nye demonstrating.

I actually was so interested in this that I searched up several videos of people doing it on youtube. All the women could do it easily, but only one guy could, lol.

Looks like a fun game to play at a party or family get-together!

This was an enjoyable episode. Lots of silly Marty and Verne shenanigans. I would like to start seeing more of Clara and Jules, though. They're not utilized nearly enough in this cartoon. I think that's because they both have too much common sense, so it's easier to leave them out of the picture and let Doc, Verne, and Marty run wild.

Join me next time to see Marty and Verne throw caution to the wind and let Verne's friend in on the secret of time travel.

#back to the future #bttf: the animated series

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prettyboysdontlookatexplosions · 1 year

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i do love that like whenever people who have not been brainwashed by ed school see like a summary of the things that teachers get taught are real they are instantly like, "wait what the fuck? this makes no sense. obviously it is wrong." i was saying to a friend of mine who is a fellow ed school apostate that i literally feel like my master's degree made me dumber and that's true. like i feel like while i was there, and this is the case even though at the time i felt like i was constantly mentally or out loud picking fights with the school about things!!!!, i also was constantly either like somehow rewriting my own memories and perceptions to make them fit what i was being taught, or else deciding that, well, i was just kind of an outlier and a freak and so probably my visceral reaction to or opinion about something was just irrelevant or wrong and i should suck it up and deal, because everyone around me seemed totally fucking on board and also because yeah i assumed my INSTRUCTORS in a GRADUATE PROGRAM leading to STATE CERTIFICATION would be people who were conversant with recent research and were passing on to me stuff that was true. like it feels kinda dramatic to say but i really seriously earnestly non-jokingly feel like i understand on a first person level now how people join cults. sometimes on twitter people are like "why is emily hanford being so mean to teachers' colleges :(" but IMO she is not coming for them hard enough. they committed the total fucking atrocity of making me functionally agree with conservatives that the purposes of teacher prep programs is to brainwash their students into a particular ideology rather than to teach them how to teach. it's just that like conservatives think the ideology is marxism or whatever but actually the ideology is a series of romantic notions about how tiny developing brains work and what the purpose of the classroom is in american society and also what counts as research ("stuff teachers wrote about their teaching" doesn't count as research but you would NOT know that going by what ed schools put on their syllabi). like i feel like i complain about this all the time but i still have never fully articulated the depth of just what a fucking shitty stupid anti-intellectual waste of time my ed degree was, partly because some of the shit i experienced defies belief or comprehension (one time in my childhood development class we played a teambuilding exercise where we had to build a house from plastic straws to learn about the impact of childhood trauma? i'm not making that up that really happened. i paid money to have that happen. GOD.) and partly because i feel like i have not yet completed processing emotionally the extent to which i wasted thousands of dollars, uncountable stores of emotional energy (both what i put into the degree and what it has taken out of me to unbrainwash myself), and three years of my life.

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Borrowed Time | One

Summary: On her first day, Crystal learns about the reason why she was called to help Maverick on the mission, which leads them to a much needed talk.

Warnings: cursing

Word Count: 2k

Author's Note: I promised me I was going to post this only after I had everything ready but I have no self control. So here we are, hope you all enjoy it. Special thanks to @zablife for being a constant supporter of this story.

◄ SERIES MASTERLIST | NEXT CHAPTER ►

If there was one thing that Crystal hated was being disrespected, yet, being her father’s daughter and choosing to be in the military made her more than used to it. That’s why she ignored the buzz when arriving at the base. Some people greeted her, some did their best to avoid letting her know they’ve seen her. Nothing new.

An ensign is waiting for her at the entrance to escort her to Admiral Simpson’s office. When they arrive there, he opens the door for her to enter. Inside she found Maverick standing in front of the desk where both Admiral Simpson and Admiral Bates were sitting.

She salutes them, taking the spot beside Maverick, as appointed by Cyclone.

“Lieutenant Commander Kazansky,” Cyclone says.

“Admiral Simpson, sir.”

“Do you know why you’re here?” He asks.

“Commander Madden briefed me, sir.”

He nodded, focusing on Maverick and something inside you said that shit was about to hit the fan.

“The hard deck is 5,000 feet above ground level.” Cyclone started. “A parameter is set not just for the safety of our pilots, but for the safety of their aircraft. 5,000 feet is not just a rule. It is a law, as immutable as gravity.” He exclaimed.

Crystal had been working in the base for a while now under the supervision of Commander Madden. When her superior explained to her that Admiral Simpson had personally requested her to participate on this mission she had been confused.

Of course she knew that Maverick was there, they hadn't seen each other but her father had told her about it. Besides that, there was the gossip about Pete “Maverick” Mitchel being back at the Top Gun program as a flight instructor again.

Now she understood that Cyclone wanted her to watch over Pete. The only problem was that Crystal knew him well enough to know he would always find a way to bend the rules, many times with her father’s aid. Her being there would do little to tame him.

“The hard deck will be much lower for the mission, sir,” Maverick says.

“And it will not change without my approval!” Cyclone exclaimed energetically. “Especially not in the middle of an exercise.” He added. “And that cobra maneuver of yours? That could’ve got all three of you killed. I never want to see that shit again.”

Things were worse than she expected. Maverick was a teacher for only a couple of days before getting himself into trouble—with another Admiral, may she add. Maybe that was the reason why he only lasted two months as an instructor at Top Gun back in the day, after both he and Ice graduated.

“What exactly do you suppose you were teaching, Captain?” Warlock asks, looking at Maverick.

“That as good as they are, sir, they still have something to learn.”

“You are talking about the best fighter pilots on the planet, Captain.” Cyclone objects.

“And they’ve been told that their entire career, while they’ve been dropping bombs from a high altitude with little to no dogfighting,” Maverick says. “The parameters of this mission call for something they have never encountered.”

“And you agree with that, Icebreaker?” Cyclone turns his attention to Crystal.

“With all due respect, sir, when you believe that you are the best that is, you also believe that there’s nothing you can’t do. You lose track of your limits, of your weaknesses.” Crystal pondered. “This mission will push them beyond anything they know and, although I don’t know them personally, they would need to know that there’s always something that you’ve never done, something you have yet to learn.”

Cyclone seems to take her words in for a minute.

“Okay.” He agreed, focusing on Maverick. “You have less than three weeks to teach them how to fight as a team and how to strike the target.”

“And how to come home.” Maverick cuts in, making Warlock look at Cyclone that visibly gets uncomfortable. “And how to come home, sir.”

Cyclone sighs, leaning back on his chair, his next words are solemn.

“Every mission has its risks. These pilots accept that.”

“I don’t, sir.”

Looking down at her feet, Crystal reflects on a few things: what was at stake at this mission, both Cyclone’s and Maverick’s responsibility, the life of these pilots… It was too much. She understood where Cyclone’s motivation came from—protecting the country; but she also understood Maverick’s motivation, she understood the place he was coming from.

“Lieutenant Commander Kazansky will accompany you in every class from this day on. She’ll assist you and also prepare in case she is needed on this mission.”

Crystal’s eyes widened as the unknown information and exchanged a look with Warlock before Cyclone continued,

“There will be a problem for you to perform your task considering your connection with Captain Mitchel?” He directed the question at Crystal.

“No, sir.”

“Good.” He said, exchanging a look with Warlock before focusing on Maverick once more. “Every morning, from this day forward, you will brief us on your instructional plans in writing. And nothing will change without my express approval.” He orders

“Including the hard deck, sir?” Maverick asks.

Fuck.

“Especially the hard deck, Captain.” Admiral Simpson emphasizes.

When Mav puts the folder on the desk, in front of Cyclone, you have to fight the urge to smile—Crystal could bet a limb that that was a request to lower the hard deck.

“Sir.”

“What is this?” Cyclone asks, not touching the folder.

“It’s a request to lower the hard deck, sir, to practice a low-level bombing run per the mission parameters.”

Crystal could tell that Cyclone wanted to ground Pete then and there. She was even more sure that the only reason he didn’t do that was her father. That’s why she was more than surprised when he sighed and granted his permission, dismissing them.

“You could learn a thing or two about timing, Captain.” Warlock says as the three walk down the corridor to exit the building.

Once they’re out of the other officers at the parking lot, Mav is quick to engulf her in a tight hug.

“You were the last person I thought that Admiral Simpson would request as my babysitter.

“I’m not a babysitter.” Crystal protests.

“Yes, you are and we both know that.”

She rolls her eyes, saying, “I think he forgot the part of why I am in the Navy in the first place was you and not my father.”

He held Crystal at arm's length so he could take her in.

“Please, don’t tell me that I’ve grown since the last time you saw me.” she jokes.

“Okay.” He agrees with a smile. “I won’t.”

“Breaking hard deck on training, are we?” She raises a brow at him

Maverick scoffs.

“Let me guess, there’s more to it than just wanting to piss off Cyclone while you make your students learn something?” She asks, recognizing the discomfort in his posture.

He studies her for a second before asking. “Do you have a moment?”

They end up at the backyard of one of the military houses provided by the Navy for their personnel. It was quiet and almost cozy as he offered her a mug of coffee and sat beside her in the steps leading to the kitchen.

“Okay, spill.” Crystal says, taking a sip of her drink, watching as he takes the seat opposite from her.

“This mission… Is more than they can handle.” He sighs.

“You don’t know that.” She says.

“They’re not ready.” He insists.

“Okay, there’s more here than you’re giving me, what is it?” She asks, wanting to confirm her suspicions.

And then he tells her. About the project, how he pissed off Admiral Cain and how Ice got him to come back to Top Gun.

“There’s more than that.” She insists. “It’s Bradley, isn't it?” Crystal asks, making him look at her. “Yeah, I did my homework, I know who he is.”

Goose’s kid. She remembered him from when they were young and the kid was joined by the hip with Maverick. Crystal used to be jealous of him, it was like she was forced to share her godfather just like she had to share everything with her brother. If it wasn’t for the photo her father has of him from his graduation and the one from his profile, she wouldn’t have been able to recognize him.

She comments on the matter with an almost shy smile playing on her lips, trying to lighten the mood. “Used to be jealous of him because of it.”

Mav chuckles, “Always competitive.”

“I’m sorry?” Crystal feigns hurt. “I grew up with an older brother and military men all around me, what did you expect?”

Taking a sip of her drink she continues “Why is he mad at you, in the first place?”

Maverick sighs. “I pulled his papers from the naval academy.”

“You did what?” Crystal chokes.

“I know, I know.” Pete looks down in shame.

“God, ‘m not surprised that he is mad at you.” Crystal says. “I would too. That must have set him back years in his career.”

“Carole didn’t want him to fly.” He says. “He doesn’t know that.”

“His mother?” Crystal asks.

“Yeah.”

“I see.” She thinks for a moment. “You remember how mom never wanted me to go to the academy. Dad never said anything but even though he is happy now, I’ve always had the feeling that he also didn’t want that for me. But they let me, because it was my choice, not theirs.”

Maverick looks at her and says, “I know. I know.”

“Look, I know you must have him as a son, that you tried to fill this hole for him after what happened with Goose, but choosing what was best for him wasn’t your place, neither was Carole's.”

“He wasn’t ready.” Maverick says.

“You should’ve trusted him regardless.” Crystal exclaimed, voice a notch higher. “We have to learn from our mistakes because there will always be a time where nobody will be there to soften the blow.”

“Are we talking about Rooster or me?” Maverick asks with a raised brow.

“Both of you.” Crystal smiles. “Look, I know how much you love flying and that you will do whatever it takes to continue doing it but… Dad won’t always be here to be there for you. As you won’t always be there for Rooster.” She takes a deep breath. “It’s all the same for both of you—making your own choices and learning from your mistakes.”

She pauses, exhales loudly, taking a deep breath before continuing, “Look what trying to control his life got you. He still pursued enlisting and he ended up a fighter pilot, even though you tried to stop him.” Crystal looks at him and almost pities the way her godfather looks. “And you probably lost so much. Both of you. Graduation, conversations that you should’ve had, heartbreaks, bonding over the joys and pains that being a pilot is… I remember that dad had to step up and be there for him at his graduation, and although I know he was happy and it must have been an honor, all things considered, it should’ve been you. You’re probably the closest thing to a father that he has.”

Maverick doesn’t fight her or try to defend himself, his gaze fixed on the mug in his hands. He seemed to think for a second before a smile appeared on his lips.

“When did you get so wise?”

“That is all mom.” Crystal answers, making them both laugh. Knowing that he needed a moment of his own to think about what they just talked about, she changes the subject. “Any warnings you might want to give me for tomorrow?”

“Did you do your homework?” Maverick asks, a grim on his lips.

“Yes, yes I did.” She says. “You have some very interesting pilots there.”

“Welcome to the jungle.” Maverick jokes, making her chuckle.

Crystal couldn’t wait.

◄ SERIES MASTERLIST | NEXT CHAPTER ►

#bradley bradshaw #bradley rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw x oc #bradley rooster bradshaw x oc #bradley bradshaw x reader #bradley rooster bradshaw x reader #bradley bradshaw imagine #bradley rooster bradshaw imagine #bradley bradshaw fic #bradley rooster bradshaw fic #top gun: maverick fanfic #top gun: maverick imagine #amysteryspot #mystery writings

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Murder Drone Theories

Murder Drones is a series on YouTube made by Glitch productions and Liam Vickers and is currently my favorite series. With the new episode, Cabin Fever, I want to talk about my theories over murder drones. I've got my inspiration from the YouTubers Unhelpful Commentary, Tyromaniac and RemGames.

Many different systems are used to identify drones, murder drones, etc... here are the ones I know of:

Names. The most obvious one is that worker drones have given names to themselves (like Nori Doorman and Thad). I don't think that they had names when the humans were still alive on Copper 9, they probably started using names when quick communication was needed to escape from the disassembly drones and ideas of individuality started to form.

Planet naming. It is known that the planet where the worker drones live is called Copper 9. This name has two parts: "Copper", which refers to a metal and "9", which is a counting number. The full name, Copper 9, might refer to the ninth planet marked for mining copper. A less likely theory is that this is the ninth planet visited by the Copper team.

Worker Drone ID. At the time-stamp 9:19 of Heartbeat, you can see Uzi's teacher playing solitaire. If you look at the bottom-left corner you can see WDID: #2342. This is probably the name that is used for these drones before they were naming themselves. 2342 seems like a low number of worker drones given that at least nine planets have been visited and mined by drones before him. It is more likely to me that this is the 2342th worker drone on the planet Copper 9.

Designation. A murder drones designation consists of two parts: a single letter which is used for communication and a string of 1's and 0's with an x somewhere in the middle which is used for identification. Example are N-0X0010010 and S-010011X01.

Group ID. Each Murder drones group has their own group ID. These are written with the name of the administrator of the group first (like CYN and ISA) and then with four letters for which I don't know the meaning of. Examples of this are CYN-MYKX (with N, J and V) and ISA-MMAC (with S and others I don't know about).

Absolute Solver. The Absolute Solver program uses its own IDs for identifying its host. There are three-digit numbers. Known examples are 676 for J, 048 for Yeva (Doll's mother) and 002 for Nori (Uzi's mother). If Liam Vickers uses the same system as he used for his series Design, then that means that the first digit is used to identify the class. J and possibly all murder drones are then in sixth class, who are drones that are capable of producing poisonous substances, like nanite acid. The drones Yeva and Nori are in the zeroth class, who are known for matter distortion on the molecular level, we can see Doll doing this in episode three where she teleports and makes exact copies of knifes, which she probably got from her mother, Yeva. In episode four it is shown that the bugs also use this method of identifying drones and thus we can conclude that these bugs, or at least some of them, were made for the drones infected with absolute solver.

I think that these were all of them. If I missed one, please tell me.

I want to talk about the bugs a bit because no-one else will. There are robotic bugs that you can see frequently crawling around in various places in the series. Most of them are not cleaned, meaning that removing bugs from a place is part of cleaning a place. As shown in episode four, Cabin Fever, the purpose of some of these bugs are to help drones infected with the absolute solver virus. We can see some kind of emotion from these bugs like being afraid when Doll comes home, being surprised though I can't remember when and being grateful when Uzi repairs one. Further evidence for these emotions is the third option that a bug in episode four gave to Uzi, who was mistaken for 002 (Nori). The choice was to "end my suffering (promo discount expired)". The fact that it mentioned suffering means that the bug is at least capable of that emotion. What we so far know that the bugs can do is crawl on walls floors and ceilings and being able to chat with people. I can't make a good guess for what the purpose is for these bugs or why they exist in the first place.

My second theory is that Cyn has infected N, J and V with Absolute Solver while they were still in the haunted mansion. They were close to humans when becoming AS infected. These humans didn't execute them or used their normal method of getting rid of this infection, but they instead send them to Copper 9 after hearing that humans were wiped from that planet and that there is now no-one there to stop AS from spreading, possibly upon request from JC Jenson in spaaaaacee!!!!

This post is getting too long. Bye!

#murder drones #murder drones theory #glitch productions #liam vickers animation

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hsmtmtsblorbos · 8 months

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What Ricky Bowen means to me as an anxious former theatre kid (warning: long post).

Season 4 of High School Musical The Musical The Series completed Ricky's character arc in the best way imaginable for me. Ricky begins the series as a "skate rat," an outsider with a single friend, no community, no stable support systems, and an unstable home life. He doesn't have anywhere to vent about his feelings or turn them into something positive. Until he auditions for the musical. He finds community, a supportive group of friends, and even gains some confidence. I didn't realize how similar we were, though, until season 4 when he and the characters around him finally verbalize his feelings. Ricky's character arc for the first two seasons seemed so strongly linked to his relationship to Nini, in his devotion to a relationship that ended, and because so much of his character was tied up in that romantic relationship, I felt like I couldn't relate. But I was directing the same amount of energy and dedication to my academics as Ricky was to Nini in high school, and that often felt like a one-sided relationship for me.

Season 4 is when I finally realized that I am so much more like Ricky than I realized. Maybe I didn't want to see myself in him because I didn't like seeing Ricky get hurt or constantly "running away" and holding back his feelings. Yet, by the end of season 4, I realized how attached I've become to this character, how much he means to me, because we're so much alike. I switched high schools sophomore year and had 1 friend, and poured all of myself into my relationship with academics, obsessing over grades to dangerously toxic ends.

I also ended up put in the theatre class. I met people who were supportive and so fun! I'd never been surrounded by such a group of diverse and energetic people in my life. And my theatre teacher, like Miss Jenn, was amazing. She believed in each and every one of us. Like Ricky, joining theatre gave me a community when I had none before. And it gave me the chance to do something different, it pushed me out of my comfort zone, and I found a whole new person within me when I got onstage. My theatre teacher asked me to audition for the show after a few weeks in her class, and she kept pushing me to do it. I didn't think I stood a chance, but she cast me in multiple roles. Like Ricky, being on stage in a play somehow gave me confidence when I felt so muddled by fear every day of my life. My theatre teacher was the first person to ever call me "fearless," and I've never forgotten that. I never thought of myself that way before, and I still struggle to think of myself that way now. But somehow, when I got onstage, I could be fearless, or at least, detached from the constant anxiety I felt every day.

Like Ricky, I needed (and still often do need) to be pushed to do things for myself. When Miss Jenn wrote him a letter of recommendation that got him into college, I was so touched, because my English and Drama teachers were so kind and invested in my future that they did the same for me.

And like Ricky, I ran away from so many opportunities. I struggled imagining a future for myself. And I didn't tell people the way I felt about them—friends, crushes, etc. In episode five, when EJ tells Ricky that he needs to stop running away, and that he's only hurting himself, I choked up. Because I've been doing that for so long. Like Ricky, I struggle to be vulnerable with others and really open up about my emotions. When EJ said, "Who's gonna show up for that guy?" I got emotional. Because I suddenly saw myself in Ricky, the kid who keeps running away, who turns down opportunities out of not believing in myself, out of worrying I wouldn't belong. And I realized that no one would show up for me, no one would support me if I kept acting that way. And so did Ricky.

In the series finale, when Ricky says, "If this program hadn't found me, I don't know what would've happened to me," it was a gut punch. Because I don't know either. Without theatre, Ricky wouldn't have a supportive group of friends, a community, as much confidence. He wouldn't have people who believe in him enough to make him believe in himself. He wouldn't be the better version of himself he is today. And I wouldn't be who I am today without theatre. I never would've known that I could be confident at all. I never would've discovered that better version of myself.

I try to take more action for myself now, advocate for myself, and speak my feelings to the people I care about, but it's difficult. It's still hard at times. But seeing Ricky finally look forward to a future for himself and take concrete steps toward that future by telling Gina about his feelings and working towards college reminded me that I need to do the same. I'm not in high school anymore and I'm not in theatre anymore, but the lessons Ricky learned still apply to me, and his character means so much to me because of his growth. He's such a well-written and admirable character at the end of the day, both as a romantic partner to Gina and as an individual, and I wish I could convey to others who don't watch the show just how much this character means to me, and how much this show has impacted my life.

I am forever grateful to Tim Federle, the writers of HSMTMTS, and Joshua Basset for creating such a meaningful story and character.

#ricky bowen #joshua basset #hsmtmts #thank you hsmtmts #high school musical the musical the series #what ricky bowen means to me

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I would like to know as much as you're willing to share about the teacher jamie au please

buckle up Anon because I have A Lot To Say!!

So, the teacher Jamie au was born from me rewatching the series and thinking "what if Jamie did literally anything else but a reality show when he left man city" and then I combined it with my personal headcanon that Jamie would be a teacher were he not a footballer.

I have a lot of thoughts and theories about Why jamie quit Man City to go on a reality show when canonically all Jamie cared about in the first season was football, and being the best at it, that can be boiled down to the basic components of I think Jamie realized that he needed to get the fuck away from his dad and Manchester and took the first opportunity that presented itself for him to do so. So then I took it a step further and I thought "hey, what if Jamie quit football entirely because he thought he couldn't play and escape his dads influence"

So in this au, instead of going on Lust Conquers All, Jamie quits Man City, and just kind of drops off the face of the earth? He reconnects with his mum and reevaluates his life and makes the decision that he doesn't want to return to football and has to figure out something else to do with his life instead. SO, after a couple of months of being directionless and essentially hiding out as his mums house he decides to go to university and become a teacher for reasons I'll delve into in the actual fic!

the majority of the fic itself is actually taking place five years later, when Jamie is now a teacher at a school in Richmond and he's been actively avoiding anything to do with football for just as long. So obviously that's when the universe decides to fuck with him, and the Richmond team sign up for a mentorship program at the school Jamie is teaching at, which puts them directly back into each others paths.

So now Jamie is forced into confronting his past that he's been ignoring, and the team is forced with confronting a Jamie that has undergone monumental amounts of character development that they didn't get to witness and don't know if they can trust. The last time they all saw each other, Jamie was still the bully, he was a shit person who treated them terribly and now he is a year three teacher who is kind and trying his best to be a good role model to a bunch of small children. There's a lot of cognitive dissonance there, and I want this fic to really explore the relationship of forgiveness and redemption in a different light!

Jamie decided to be better independently, and he will continue to be better regardless of if the team forgives him for how he acted or not, because being a better person does not hinge on other peoples perception of you and that Is So Important To Me! It's about reconciling with the fact that sometimes, people change when you aren't around to see it and that you cannot always judge them by their worst actions!

I am obsessed with this story and also the idea of Jamie interacting with small children routinely, I think he'd be great at it!

#asteria answers asks #wip stuff #teacher jamie au #jamie tartt #ted lasso #to all the better places [fic]#anonymous

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languagedaemon · 6 months

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Comprehensible Input II: Where Progress Happens

I believe that the center, the node of the comprehensible input hypothesis can be summarized as follows: the only moment of learning is when the student receives and understands a message. That’s where it all hinges.

When I think back to my first years as a language teacher and student, and to my time in the diploma program for Spanish teachers at UNAM, before I became acquainted with Krashen’s work, I have the notion that there were three main conceptions floating in the air about how a language is learned. The first, grammatical, thinks that a language is above all a series of rules, and that once the student knows them he can also understand and express herself, that is to say, that knowing the rules of the game is equivalent to being good at it.

A second was to view learning according to the division between passive and active, and oral and written skills, as distinct dimensions of a language, as if reading/writing and listening/speaking were interrelated but ultimately separate competencies, and thus progress in them was an autonomous matter. So that to improve writing one had to write, to improve speaking one had to speak, etc. Practice makes perfect. This conception has some things in common with the input hypothesis, but the huge difference is that the latter views writing and speaking as consequences of reading and listening, not as skills to be developed on their own, so that putting too much effort into them is an unnecessary waste of energy and time.

A third, somewhat related to the previous ones, consists in the idea of memorization. As if a language were just a set of words to be memorized by force. This is the origin of lists of verbs, lists of nouns, vocabularies focused on different topics, and so on. Of course, for the input hypothesis there is also a component of memorization of words, of acquisition or assimilation of vocabulary. The big difference is that where the former idea relies on willpower and on separating words from their real contexts (putting them in a list), the input hypothesis considers that the best way to learn words is organic, progressive, always interacting with them in real and meaningful contexts.

What makes the input hypothesis different is its assertion that in speaking and writing there is no learning, that learning happens at the moment of receiving messages, decoding them, understanding them; as well as the idea that grammar is learned intuitively, without the need to study explicit rules. It is as simple as looking at a picture of an apple and reading the characters that form the word apple. There is an understanding of the message, and there, and at no other time, is there learning. More complex sentences, longer messages, actually just repeat the same operation.

This is why the input hypothesis recommends a learning program based on the reception of messages, that is, on reading and listening. Of course, the word “comprehensible” is also very important. It does not do much good to throw a Heidegger book at the student in his first week with German. The key, and this is one of the functions of a tutor although the student must also take matters into his own hands, is to look for materials that are challenging enough to stimulate progress, but simple enough to be, with some effort, understood.

#langblr #language learning

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superlinguo · 2 years

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Doing your own Linguistics Job Interviews

After eight years and over 80 interviews, the monthly Superlinguo Linguistics Job Interviews series will wrap up at the end of 2022. You can see the full list linking to the interviews here. I have learnt so much from the stories of people who have gone on to a wide range of jobs and careers, and who make use of their linguistic knowledge in their jobs. Thanks to Martha Tsutsui Billins, who has been running the interviews in 2022, I’ve enjoyed reading them as an audience member!

While it is the end of regular scheduled interviews, this is far from the last I will have to say about linguistics and its use in different workplaces and careers. There will be some updates in 2023, which I’m looking forward to sharing with you. I also want to encourage you to do your own interviews!

Why interview people about linguistics and jobs?

There are any number of good reasons to do them. Perhaps:

1. You studied linguistics and now you use those skills, insights and experiences in your current job, career, or life. Maybe it was a whole PhD? Or perhaps just one specific course/subject that shaped your understanding of language? You can follow the Linguistics Job Interviews process and share your experiences with your social media networks! I did this for the Superlinguo series and enjoyed the opportunity to reflect.

2. You are a student or worker who is thinking about jobs and careers and you want to talk to people to learn about different jobs and careers. You can do this for your own information, as an informal coffee chat, or maybe you want to publish and share what you’ve learnt for other students where you study, or other people online. This is why I did the Superlinguo series for the first four or five years, as I navigated study and then precarious employment.

3. You work in a linguistics program at a university or college and want to check in with your former students. Perhaps you want to ask them to share their experiences with your current students, or maybe you want to do some planning around the structure and content of your program. I’ve made use of the Superlinguo series for the last few years for both of these reasons.

As you can see, I have run the Superlinguo Linguistics Jobs Interview series for all three of these reasons at different times!

How to do interviews

I started doing interviews using my own networks, and those of my friends and teachers at my university. I have always run them as email interviews, because I was most interested in giving people the time and space to write answers they were happy with. If you are doing interviews for your own career planning you might find that asking someone for coffee or a phone chat that can go on different tangents is more useful.

You can also “cold” contact people. Sometimes people on twitter or linkedin will say they’re happy to be contacted about their careers. When you contact someone, even if they’re happy to be messaged, remember they’re doing you a favour and may not always have time. People often don’t get back to you, it’s nothing personal, people are busy with their own jobs and colleagues. This is why often an existing personal connection is so useful.

Always make sure that you know what you want to do with the interview, and that you make that clear to people when you contact them. If you just want an informal short chat, that’s very different to asking if you can share in the print magazine of your college or posting something to the internet.

These kind of interviews, where you ask someone about their experiences, are known as Informational Interviews. The Linguistics Jobs Resources slide set (bit.ly/ling-jobs) has lots of information and links to other resources about how you can run your own informational interviews, either for yourself, a careers fair at your institution or for sharing online.

What I put into my interviews

As I said above, I always conducted interviews by email. This was mostly because I wasn’t doing informational interviews for my own career planning.

I always ask the same set of questions. I appreciate the very different responses I would get from people in different jobs and different stages of their careers. Below I have bolded the bits I kept in the published interview, and which bits were there are prompts for the person being interviewed:

What is your job title? (used to title the interview and write the intro)

What did you study at university? (What was your degree? What linguistics did you study? What else?)

What is your job? (Fancy title? What do you do day-to-day?)

How does your linguistics training help you in your job? (Or, does it help at all?)

What was the transition from university to work like for you? (both in general terms and in terms of applying your linguistics in a workplace)

Do you have any advice you wish someone had given to you about linguistics/careers/university?

Any other thoughts or comments? (Also, is there anything I should be asking that I'm not?)

I added question five about the transition from uni to work only a couple of years ago, when I realised that was a gap in the interviews that provided useful information. You don’t have to use these questions specifically, but I have found they provide a good starting point.

Let me know if you do any public interviews so I can share them too!

If you share your own job experience on public social media, or if you interview people online about their linguistics job experience, please do tag me on twitter or email (superlinguo æ gmail dot com). I plan to keep sharing and aggregating job resources.

Resources

The Linguistics Jobs Resources slide set (bit.ly/ling-jobs)

Superlinguo Linguist Job Interviews full list

#linguistics #Job Interviews #lingjobs #careers #study #interviews #informational interviews

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thebreakfastgenie · 9 months

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Home WIP ask. Also also! Did you ever meet any of the Smith grad students at Smith? I find it really interesting that it has grad programs coming from someone who also went to a SLAC — I went to Vassar lol and they were all about undergrad stuff there

My tap teacher was a dance grad student but other than that, I only remembering meeting an alum of the school for social work while canvassing. The grad school wasn't right with the undergrad campus. It did feel like a whole separate world. But there were some at commencement and it was funny seeing so many guys because Smith is still all women*. We heard about the school for social work a bit because it's pretty well-known I guess but that was it!

Seven Sisters though!!

*There are some students with other gender identities but it's officially all women and still mostly women.

WIP ask:

Home is a Daniel Pierce POV fic I wrote a while ago, but I decided I want to incorporate it into a slightly bigger fic about Daniel Pierce throughout the show (ideally the first in a series about someone back home for each character: Peg, Louise M, Lorraine, Louise B, etc.) and there is one scene in particular I really want to write and add before I post it anywhere.

Snippet:

“When do you leave?” Hawkeye stares at the table. A sturdy piece of craftsmanship, natural maple, nearly thirty years old but as good as new. A good table will last you a lifetime, he’d said to his infant son, bouncing him gently in his arms. Most babies would have been sleeping, but Ben—he wasn’t Hawkeye, then—had been awake, his watchful blue eyes taking everything in as if he knew his parents were assembling his home. Hawkeye coughs slightly. “Two weeks.” His eyes—still as blue as the day he was born, though Daniel had been warned they would darken—rise slowly to meet his father’s, and Daniel can see everything in them. “They’re making me a captain,” he says, and smiles a little, as if there’s something funny about that. “They said I won’t have to fight. I mean—I won’t have to shoot anyone.” Now Daniel smiles, a little fondly, a little sadly. He’s sort of a laughingstock in this town come hunting season, though the people here respect him too much to be cruel. He’s sentimental. People find it strange, funny, even, his distaste for guns; after all, he calls his son after a sharpshooter. (“Why didn’t you just put Nathaniel on the birth certificate?” Hawkeye groused once, thirteen and ornery. “I didn’t name you after Natty Bumppo,” Daniel answered, older and wiser, but just as ornery. “I named you after Hawkeye.”) It touches him that his son seeks his approval, even now, but he knows the truth. In the army, even doctors are issued guns. “Do you know where you’re going?” he asks, turning the tack of the conversation away from weapons. Daniel reads all the papers—the Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News and the Globe, and the New York Times, when he can get it—and he listens to the radio, and he knows there are different jobs for doctors, in a war. There are hospitals, he thinks desperately, hopefully. Maybe Hawkeye can ride out his service on the relative safety of a US army base. His son’s lips purse into an O, as if to say, petulantly, Korea, but he stops himself.

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mini life update + poll <3

hi, friends!

here comes the big life update: i will be extremely busy starting in the month of june and i won’t have a lot of time to post fics. the reason you may ask? YA GIRL CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE: A BITCH GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL AND IS STARTING HER PROGRAM IN JUNE!! <3 i’ll be pursuing a masters in education + a teacher’s credential + will be student teaching at the same time so all of my focus will be on this intensive one year program!! i’m so scared but excited at the same time.

with that being said, i have a lot of works in progress and i adore them all. i keep switching from one to the other so i wanted to see which one y’all are most excited to read so i can finish that fic first!

pls let me know via this google form!

summaries for my upcoming wips are below the cut.

(note: all too well is not included in this because it’s a collab fic! met gala!johnny is not included in this because it is a smut fic. i want all my readers to vote.)

HESITATE: figure skater!jaehyun [oneshot]

SYNOPSIS. The many times Jeong Jaehyun hesitated in life and the two times he didn’t.

— or alternatively, in which Jaehyun realized that throughout the years as a pairs skater, the only constant he had in his crazy athletic life was you. He would never hesitate to say that the person who kept him going for so long was and always will be you. Jaehyun would never hesitate in admitting his love for you and as you complete your last short program together before retiring, he was determined to do it every day of his life.

GENRE. fluff, romance, slight angst, figure skating!au, winter olympics!au, friends to lovers!au, exes to lovers!au

WITH YOU: best friend!mark [4 part mini-series]

SYNOPSIS. There are many things Mark Lee wants to do with you. He wants to walk you home. He wants to dive into the deep blue sea with you. He wants to go on a drive with you at his side. But mostly, this crazy, head over heels in love boy just wants to make it with you.

GENRE. college!au, friends-to-lovers!au, tooth-rotting fluff, humor

(IT’S NICE) TO HAVE A FRIEND: fake boyfriend!jeno [4-5 part mini series]

SYNOPSIS. Best friends since childhood just don’t become lovers overnight. Sometimes, there are speed bumps along the way. Your life has two speed bumps. One is that you are secretly in love with Jeno who is smitten with someone else, more specifically, your pretty roommate. And the other is that he asked you to be his fake girlfriend in order to gain your roommate’s attention. No other sane person would say yes to a situation like this but then again, you weren’t sane, to begin with. In situations like this, you wonder how much of a fool you were for going through with this plan. In situations like this, Lee Jeno thinks it’s quite nice to have a friend like you.

GENRE. College!AU, Fake Dating!AU, Childhood Friends-to-Lovers!AU, Idiots-to-Lovers!AU, Slight Angst, Fluff

SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUNSHINE: celebrity!mark [oneshot]

SYNOPSIS. It’s been years since Mark Lee has become a household name and as much as the overnight sensation enjoyed being a recording artist, he misses the days when he could just be a normal person. Mark Lee is also a celebrity you could care less about. You are tired of seeing his face on the news, hearing his voice on the radio, and hearing his name coming out of someone’s lips. But someway, somehow, life (a.k.a Lee Donghyuck) found a way for you to meet.

GENRE. starstruck!au, celebrity!au, strangers-to-enemies-to-lovers!au, fluff, comedy, coming of age (?), slice of life (?), fake dating!au, secret identity!au

#nikki rants #life update!!!!

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secretly-your-history-professor · 1 year

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hello students <:

i wanted to try the 30 days of autism acceptance, so ill be combining all the first four days on this post, sorry for the long one! just as a reminder, autism speaks is a hate group, light it up blue and puzzle pieces are hate symbols, there is no "cure for autism", and (well-researched) self-dx is 100% valid <:

1 April: The typical introduction question! Tell us something about yourself. If you can't think of anything, try these: What do you enjoy to do in your free time? What music or series/show do you like? Are you happy with your current living situation/the people you live with? What's one of your favourite foods?

my name is elio, and in conjunction with autism i also have adhd and dyscalculia. im a gay trans guy in a committed relationship of 4 and a half years (so far). my favorite movie is gone with the wind, and my favourite food is toasted naan bread with goat cheese, pears, almonds, and honey on top <:

2 April: When were you diagnosed and when did you know that you're autistic? If you're self-diagnosed, when did you first suspect that you're autistic and when were you sure?

i don't have a formal paper diagnosis just because it was a very expensive and arduous road for me, and i was worried about workplace and medical discrimination since my dream job is in academia and im trans. i first suspected i was autistic around 14 or 15, and after talking to several autistic people, taking a lot of online screenings, and asking my sister (who has a degree in psychology), i was certain at the age of 17ish.

3 April: How good or bad is your memory for things people say? For example verbal instructions. If you're deaf: Can you lip read? Do you think your autism influences your ability to lip read?

its honestly atrocious. i have to repeat back the instructions multiple times, if i remember them at all. i definitely prefer to write things down or read them to retain information. are there any conversations going on around hyperlexia right now?

4 April: Were/are you in special education? Regular school? Home schooled? A private school? Did it change over time? Did/do you like it?

i went to poor public schools my whole life except for preschool, which was a free private program held in a nearby church basement (welcome to the south, i suppose). i was put in a lot of advanced programs for ela, but was very nearly held back because of math. by the end of high school i had taken 6 AP classes in english and history subjects and the AP Capstone program. i didn't mind school all that much, i was always a teachers favourite student because i was quiet and friendly and generous, etc. etc., but i never had friends after 4th grade until my senior year of high school.

#autism acceptence month #2023 #professor lectures #truly sorry for the long post yall i just saw this this morning and wanted to hop on the bandwagon

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Attention all superhero and horror fans!

We are excited to announce that Samantha Bryant will be a guest at Ret-Con 2023! Check out our Guest Q&A below to learn more about her novels, her biggest inspirations, and her recommendation on what to check out at Carolina Theater's Retro Film series this year. - - - - - ____________________ If someone was interested in your work, what would you recommend they check out first? - Since my novels are a series, readers should definitely begin with Going Through the Change, the first one. You can meet Flygirl, Fuerte, Flamethrower, and The Lizard Woman when they were Jessica, Linda, Helen, and Patricia, before the resident mad scientist Cindy Liu stepped in to “help” and changed their lives forever. If you want to try on the series at a lower commitment, The Good Will Tour novella stands alone well, too. ____________________ What is your most popular or best-reviewed work? - Besides the Menopausal Superhero series, I also write short form horror. One of my most universally praised stories is “His Destroyer” in Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire from Mocha Memoirs Press. It takes place during the 10th plague of Egypt, my Passover vampire story. It chilled me to write, and many readers find it disquieting. If you’re a horror fan, you should definitely check it out and all the other fine work in this unusual collection. ____________________ What are you working on right now, and will it be out by Ret-Con (the last weekend of February 2023)? - I’m writing the fifth and final novel in the Menopausal Superhero series. It won’t be out by Ret-Con, unfortunately, but readers can get the other four and the collection of shorts from Falstaff Books. Once I finish that, I’m excited to get back to my Gothic romance. I love trying on new genres and styles. Keeps the writing fun! ____________________ Who or what are your influences or inspirations? - My earliest influences were the tales of the Brothers Grimm and the Old Testament, mostly as recounted for me by my grandmother and great grandmother, who didn’t believe in sanitizing the stories for little Samantha. Later, I discovered Shirley Jackson. At the same time, I was reading comic books stolen from my uncles or bought in the used comic bin in my small-town bookstore and watching all the 1970s hero shows (and older ones in re-runs), with my dad. So, I’ve always had a mixture of horror and hero running through my literary veins.

I’ve been fortunate to have some great writing mentors in my life, too. Writer-teachers who gave freely of their time and energy in my college years, workshops through organizations and my public library, and countless supporters and friends found through convention life and publishing connections. I’ve been very lucky. ____________________ What are you reading, watching, listening to, playing, or otherwise enjoying that you'd recommend to Ret-Con attendees or your own fans? - I’m finally watching Supernatural. I know, I’m late to the party, but what a party it still is! I’m also finishing up some of the new speculative fiction programs out there: Stranger Things, Sandman, She-Hulk. On the big screen, I’m a devotee of the Retro Film Series at the Carolina Theatre in Durham. They’re having a Kaiju Quest this season!

I’m also an enthusiast of board games. Some recent favorites: Azul, Ascension (all the Ascension!), Gloom, Riftforce, Ticket to Ride, Lanterns, Qwirkle, Horrified, Forbidden Island. When I married my husband, I really leveled up in the games department. You should see our game hoard!

In terms of music, I have a teenager, and I let them choose what we listen to a lot of the time. Thanks to the kiddo, I’ve been getting into Will Wood (Dr. Sunshine is Dead). His music is sort of punk-klezmer. I’ve also been enjoying Penelope Scott (Lotta True Crime), and The Stupendium (The Fine Print). I’ve been revisiting Dolly Parton here lately, too. She’s still amazing. We could all do well by asking ourselves What Would Dolly do?

As for reading, I help run the classics book club at my library, so I read one classic novel a month. Recent choices were David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, and Sense and Sensibility. Otherwise, I try to keep up with some new releases, both on the indie and the mainstream front. Recent great reads: The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish, The Beautiful Ones by Sylvia Moreno Garcia, Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor, The Princess and the Peonies by Lucy Blue, and The Half Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang. ____________________ Is there anything you'd like to share with our social media followers that isn't included above? - I’m a nature enthusiast. Follow me on instagram (@samanthabwriter) for pictures of flowers, mushrooms, and other small beauties seen on my daily walks. Find me at Ret-Con to talk about Universal monsters, baking, superheroes, old movies, board games, books, and writing.

#local author #independent author #reading #bookblr #convention #superheores #horror writing

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runekeepershymnal · 1 year

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I don’t get nostalgic for a lot, but dang… 90s and early 00s animation programs. Like, not even necessarily a specific show, but there used to be these animation anthology shows at that time, which then became programming blocks.

There was a good chunk of time when a lot of us had no clue that the Japanese animation we were watching was from Japan. Like Voltron? Cartoons were cartoons were cartoons when you were in the single digits in the 80s and you had to physically change the channel yourself.

But there were two timeslots that were very dear to me: On Saturday mornings, the Sci Fi channel (long before it becamse Syfy) would air some anime movie or show (when I say show, I mean they’d pop the first VHS in a series in and air that, because that was all they had. I still don’t know what happens after the first bit of Record of Lodoss War).

But today, let’s start with the anime.

Among the things I first saw on the Sci Fi channel:

Akira. Yep. I mean, airing Akira at like 9 am on a Saturday was certainly a move, but I guess no one ever called them on it because it aired a bunch of times. Saturday morning body horror, baby.

Demon City Shinjuku. Again, another bold choice for 9 am on a Saturday, especially since this one always had the vibe that it could turn into hentai at any moment (this is one of those vibes that I only learned to identify later in life, in a “oh that’s why I felt vaguely suspicious” way.

Vampire Hunter D. I have to believe that this planted the seed for many dorks my age to become goths.

Lily C.A.T. (or was it L.I.L.Y. Cat?) Pretty straightforward Alien ripoff.

Tenchi Muyo In Love. Kinda hard to follow without context? Who are these people? What the fuck is Jurai? Why are all these women after that one specific dick? Thank you to all the Geocities and Angelfire pages who explained it to me.

Project A-ko. So… there are two women, one a freewheeling redhead and one an uptight bluehair, and for some reason they’re fighting over who gets to protect this extremely annoying blonde child.

I think Galaxy Express 999 might’ve been on there at some point?

Something involving police with tanks.

8-Man After, which was cool as fuck and I need to rewatch it.

Robot Carnival, one of the best fucking anthologies of all time, even though I distinctly remember some of it being problematic as fuck.

There was also zero information about what they would be playing. None. Like if you went to the channel that told you what was going to be on that day, and sat your happy ass down and waited for it to scroll around to the Sci Fi channel (a think you had to do because there was no manual scrolling), or looked it up in the actual physical little magazine that was the TV Guide, it would just say Saturday Anime with a two hour block. The selections were so unpredictable that it had the vibe of a substitute teacher just picking a tape at random. Sometimes it’d be the same movie or show multiple weeks in a row. There was a significant degree of only marginal fucks being given at best.

I so badly want to know how this block came about, because this was usually like, infomercial time. In fact, I think there might’ve been an hour long block of infomercials before and after. Like… who made this decision, that they would compete with actual Saturday Morning Cartoons kids blocks on network with whatever anime VHS they had kicking around at the time? Was this someone’s personal collection? Was this just what they happened to be able to get rights to? What the fuck happened to the rest of Record of Lodoss War?! Was volume two just always out of stock at Tower Records and FYE?

Eventually, Cartoon Network came along, with the Toonami block at first and then some things aired on Adult Swim, but I imagine that for a lot of people my age (so your parents… jesus, maybe some of your grandparents?) this was our first introduction to adult animation.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#sci fi channel #90s media #anime in the US #tangentially related to fandom

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