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bonefall · 2 months

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ITS SNAKE O' CLOCK!!! yay yippee wahoo! have you decided what you're doing with him or are you just thinking abt him :O?

Rotating him in my mind for my own sanity because I got to the part in Path of Stars where they've just. Completely retconned everything about him for the sake of forcefully making everyone of value forgive Clear Sky. The only person who stays mad at Clear Sky forever actually just liked One Eye better

Even though we saw him, on screen, looking at the camera and being like, "I Do Not Like Clear Sky Because His Bad Judgement Caused Us To Be Permanently Branded By A Tyrant Like We Were A Herd Of Texas Steers."

They did him SO dirty, man!! SO SO dirty!!!!!

On that note though, I HAVE decided on a few things!

So, on the note of defectors, Snake is going to be one of the very last ones. While I absolutely adore him, I think it's very important and meaningful that he is one of his most loyal cats.

Snake is a Mountain cat, and it's looking like he is going to be part of the Claw Family.

The Claw Family consists of Fox Claw and Petal Claw to begin with. I have an inkling of an idea that Petal Claw actually leaves while pregnant-- possibly escaping someone unsavory back at home.

I feel like she doesn't really enjoy romance. She's ambitious and ferocious, and whoever her lover was, was quite controlling.

Unfortunately it's a big reason why she's so committed to Clear Sky. She has that sort of unaddressed mindset that abuse often leaves you with.

"No, I know what an awful person is because of what I went through, and I'm telling you, Clear Sky is not that. YOU'Re actually the problem."

And, in turn, Clear Sky rewards her a lot. She is one of his favorite cats, she gets a TON of benefits for her loyalty. Tyrannical, terrible two of them.

Besties (threat)

Snake Claw and Red Claw would have been the first births in the forest, but Bright Storm gave birth early because of the stress and thus Thunder Storm came first.

So Snake and Red were brought up by Petal Claw and Fox Claw, in early Sky's Clan.

Fox and Petal were ADAMANTLY loyal to Clear Sky. They remained behind in the Shadow/Sky split, hissing and spitting at those who chose to follow Tall Shadow.

I feel like Fox was actually their primary parent. They call him Uncle, but he acted a lot more like a dad. It gave Petal more time to go do bad bitch things.

When Clear Sky murders Misty, much much later, Petal is given the kittens as a reward for her loyalty. Having more kits is a point of status, and she's very happy to accept the reward.

So, the Claw family becomes "huge" in a short period of time on this evil action. Petal Claw, Fox Claw, Snake Claw, Red Claw, Alder Claw, Birch Claw.

For Snake, he's raised accepting all this as good and normal. At some point, Fox Claw is killed in some kind of frighteningly violent, unnecessary, bloodthirsty skirmish that Clear Sky aggrieves, and Snake Claw doubles down right along with Petal.

He also does a lot of the WORST things on behalf of Clear Sky. He IS going to have a body count-- though he will no longer be killing BB!Frost (now Sunlit Frost), he does bite him on the good paw during The First Battle.

This bite goes septic, after Sunlit REFUSES to sit out gravedigging, helping to bury his friends and family with an open wound. He already has nerve damage in the other arm from his severe burn.

This choice, because he wouldn't take a break when he was told to, ends up MASSIVELY disabling him. Once a master builder and inventor, he loses his dominant paw and has chronic pain in the other one. He can't build anymore after this.

After Snake Claw defects, I actually really want them to struggle with this. Snake doesn't feel like it's fair to blame him for what Sunlit did to himself, but he's also NEW to Thunder's Clan later, and there's not a lot of people on his side.

And Sunlit is a person who holds grudges... but it's also true that it's kinda not fair, since Snake Claw is trying to apologize for it.

Somehow it's unsatisfying and frustrating, knowing that Snake Claw is only apologizing because everyone wants him to. But how can you expect him to be sincere about something the BOTH of you feel is not entirely his fault?

It's like Sunlit wanted to have him to blame, but that's hard when he's not Clear Sky's Minion anymore.

In the past, I'd gone back and forth on if Red Claw or Snake Claw defected, and now I'm realizing.... por que no los dos? Por que no los TRES?

Since I've committed to adding a third group and expanding on the Forest cats, this is going to mean that Snake's younger "adopted" siblings NEED to have full arcs with this.

While one of them will remain with Clear Sky, becoming a cultural "justification" for the practice of Kitten Stealing, which will plague Clan culture for generations, I think something is fascinating in the idea that they're the ONLY Claw to remain with SkyClan.

Petal Claw and Fox Claw die in battle, "honored" for their sacrifice.

Red Claw defects for ThunderClan first, after falling for the charms of Acorn Swoop

Alder Claw likely follows later... reconnecting with Misty's mate, Milkweed, who has been fighting for MOONS for this very moment

And, lastly, Snake will follow.

(It is also bitterly funny to me that it means Milkweed loses Misty, but then ends up gaining all of Petal's biokids. Never speak to me or my daughter or my son or my son or my daughter or my daughter or my daughter-in-law ever again)

Because Snake Claw will be the very last of the Claw family to defect, I'm thinking it's after the end of BB!DOTC, and over in Thunderstar's Justice.

KEEP the fact that Snake Claw leaves because of Skystar bringing One Eye into the Clan. Even keep the fact that most of SkyClan is loyal to their tyrant-- Snake Claw has woken up to the truth, and realizes he has family elsewhere who loves and misses him.

Well.... hopefully they still do. After everything.

Snake Claw should have a ton of fights with Red Claw and Alder Claw, I think, before the First Battle. Have them all be covered in scars

Because the whole family defects, it's easy for it to become a sensational story about Nepotism/Scabforming. Other Clans probably don't hold Snake, Red, and Alder in high esteem in their myths-- but until Darkstar's Commandment which bans Kitten Stealing, Birch Claw was easily the most venerated.

Aaaand that's it so far! I know for a fact now that Snake Claw is going to be a member of the Claw family, and that he is going to be a MAJOR antagonist through BB!DOTC. In Thunderstar's Justice, he's going to join his living family after finally being able to realize that Skystar is not worth following.

I want to keep that he is a villain for most of the story, because that's what I like best about the way he turns on Clear Sky from canon. He was everything Skystar ever wanted, he did every awful command, the blood is already dried under his claws forever and he was rewarded only with a permanent scarring.

Then, told it's "MY way or the HIGH way," he chooses the high way.

#Since BB!DOTC is the most changed and has had TWO very large changes as time goes on...#I really need to make a new summary post for it #Sorry to followers who are confused dfsfs I'm aware of it #BB!DOTC #Snake Claw #Better bones au

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tiimelydeath · 2 months

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softpine · 2 days

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📩 Simblr question of the day: Choose as many sims/ocs as you'd like for this question, What's something INCREDIBLY obscure and/or out-of-pocket about your sim/oc? Something that nobody (fellow sims and/or your followers and mutuals) knows 👀 (This could be things about their social skills, physicality and/or birth defects, or it could be something they vaguely remember, a dream they had that actually predicted the future, etc etc... whatever you come up with)

oooh i have SO many

shortly after caroline and beth got married, caroline got a tattoo of a bee for her. and well. it's a pussy tat 😌 she might have become less impulsive with time but she missed having someone's name on her, so she compromised. and beth loves it lmao (i actually did draw it and added it to her tattoo overlay even though you'll probably never see it)

mikaela is incredibly good at finding people's veins. whenever there's a patient who's scared of needles, they always have her do it because it'll be super quick and painless

casper didn't have a bedroom until he was like 6 and even then, he slept in his parents' bed until he was 12

coco was born with a broken collarbone but it's the only bone she's ever broken to this day (also, even with that, coco was the easiest birth her mom had out of 5 children, so... that poor woman has been through a lot 😬)

stevie likes going to concerts and musical festivals with the friends we don't see on-screen because they're irrelevant. they're older, so they're able to get her into places she wouldn't normally be able to go. she's taken elaine a few times and they had fun, but it's not her scene (and elaine is always worried about getting in trouble)

even when he was just starting out in the music industry as a teenager, danny has never gotten starstruck meeting celebrities. they're all just Some Guy to him. but if he met tony hawk he would literally lose the ability to speak

asa is perceived by strangers as just... a weird guy. he talks to himself under his breath (sometimes he really is talking to himself, sometimes he's talking to finn or another ghost), he's kind of shaky and twitchy because of the meds he takes, he gets lost in thought and can drift in and out of conversation, he paces around, etc. kids used to be really mean to him around middle school age, but as everyone got older they started to mostly feel bad for him and avoid him (it helps that stevie and elaine are well-liked and won't tolerate anyone saying rude things about asa)

#thank youuuu <3 i don't think i've ever gotten the simblr question of the day so this felt nice #asks #anonymous #nonsims #brandi answers

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hannahssimblr · 2 days

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( p.s I'm [the SQOTD anon] planning on starting a separate SQOTD blog for these asks/questions, and I'm open for input on this :) ) ( p.p.s freely share this SQOTD around, anon or not, and use the # SQOTD ~ 💛 )

hmmmm! this is a really good one! I'm going to choose Jude (obviously)

He once broke the screen of the family TV at great aunt Maureen's because he tried to shoot Skeletor from He-Man with a pellet gun

#simblr question of the day #sqotd

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yellowcry · 16 days

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Cornplate

I heard about Encanto from one of my friends. Luckily, my local shop just had cheap copies

A crack fic because why not?

I remember it as if it happened yesterday. Probably because it happened yesterday.

I was shopping in our local cheap convenience store, when my eyes spotted something. A CD with Encanto. A Disney Movie my friend didn't stop talking about. I was somehow intrigued as she really praised it. Part of me was surprised. It was 2024, who the hell uses CD disks in that time?

Luckily, my parents hadn't update our PC since before my birth, so it wasn't a problem.

For my huge relief, it was at markdown. How could anyone miss a chance like this?

The first thing that made me feel uncomfortable happened when I unpacked the box at home. Some idiots decided that, apparently, putting two covers was a brilliant idea. They looked exactly the same, only that the second was black and white.... Okay, maybe it FAR from exactly the same. But anyway, it was cheap. There probably would be some defects.

So, as I had beaten up the computer system unit to make it run and inserted a disk, the image immediately floated. CRAP! It's a virus... PC is probably dest—

"Hola," I froze, staring at the screen. Seeing a young man in here. "You had found a true version of the movie. The one that Disney had tried to destroy." Okay, what the heck? "Please, spread this version, the world has to knpw the truth about my wife and descendants."

Okay, why does it sound like I'm in some cheap creepypasta story?

I had leaned back in my chair, opening a pack of snack. Well, I had to do the best comfort, right?

A corn growing in a pot appeared on the screen.

"Open your eyes." An old woman asked, holding a girl. The magic corn of the Madrigal family? What? What are stories are they doing these days...

The visual was showing a young old woman (not really old then) and a man that I had seen in the beginning standing in a burning field. The entire food was destroyed. But then a man dropped dead because why not and one last corn grew bright and created a huge field.

"When my children came of age, the corn had given them magic gifts to serve our fields!" I listened to the explanation, intrigued. I wonder what would a girl's gift be.

Time switched to a years later. Pacing through the routine where a Tía Pepa rains on the crops. Julieta cooks. Dolores listens to the parasites. Camilo shapeshifts to have better physical strength. Isabela grows corn and Luisa plows the land. Such a good strong family! Everyone has a... What do you mean Mirabel doesn't have a gift??

Apparently, her door had dissapeared! Poor girl, but at least her family does really good even so. Mirabel is really sweet! She's such a good prima to Tonito! And she had even make a plush corn for him!

Gladly, Antonio got a gift. I breathed out with relief, knowing that the family was good.

But then... The family took a picture with corn... They took it all and Mirabel hadn't get any! Really sad... I wish her all corn in the world!

WHAT?? THE CORN IS WITHERING?? Oh no! What if they'll be left without any food? But once Mirabel calls everyone, everything looks fine. But it was definitely wrong ten seconds ago?

Honestly, this family just couldn't't catch a break. Abuela confirmed that the corn is indeed in danger. And at the next morning Luisa acted really off.

Oh, I guess being forced to work all day wasn't fun. I thought she was happy being useful, but she is breaking from the weight of a plow on her shoulders. At least we now knew about a vision.

Bruno's room looked awful. So abandoned. You can't grow anything in here. And lots of stairs! Too many for it to be legal! And the vision has Mirabel. Of course, it's always the protagonist in the centre of everything.

Tía Pepa told how her brother ruined her wedding corn but making ber rain too hard. She ended up flooding it. And while Mirabel was bisy with a vision the family did... something. Either preparing for the dinner or crying because her gift and corn are withering.

Mirabel in a empty field. Crap, it so tense! I bit my finger, waiting for the outcome.

The dinner was disastrous. All corn is rotting! Everyone saw Mirabel in a vision. And rats grabbed it taking it into the walls! Whre a strange man lives. Honestly, if I was Mirabel, I would immediately move the hell outta here. I mean, sure, it's her Tío. But why the hell does house have an apartment inside its walls??

No, dude, I understand everything, but how tf did you manage to live in the freaking walls for ten years? Oh, well, I probably should had expected that.

They take another vision where Mirabel hugs Isabela. Honestly, Isa was pretty rude through most of the movie. But that's what siblings are for.

Their talk grows into another musical number where Isabela makes a corn that looks like somebody had injected drugs into it. Pretty normal, I'm seeing it every odd Tuesday.

The moment where Mirabel and Abuela are arguing are literally makes me cry. And the corn is all dead! NO, NO, MIRA, SWEETY, DON'T GO!

At the next morning we get to see Abuela's story. The loss of her husband made her too closed and protective. And feeling like thay have to deserve the food. I had never thought Abuela had suffered so much...

But, together the family can make a new field even without their gift! And, what's even better, the entire village goes to help. They wanted to pay back after all those years of food supply from the Madrigals.

In the end of the day, they are family. And they are in it together. This movie needs to stop being so damn sweet, or I'm gonna flood my floor with tears like I'm Pepa.

The magic returns? But, now, the Madrigals are imperfect! I hope they will get even better!

How could Disney lie about the true version? They so annoying! No, listen, guys, how about we sue them to make a true version of Encanto get the fame it deserves?

#encanto #fanfic #ao3 author #the madrigals #crack fic

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 1 year

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A ‘twisted’ experience: How KY’s abortion bans are depriving pregnant patients of health care

BY ALEX ACQUISTO

On the way to her 20 week ultrasound, Amy English texted her family group chat inviting guesses on her baby’s biological sex.

“Baby boy English muffin!” her father in-in-law texted.

“I thought boy at first but I’m thinking girl now,” her sister-in-law said. “My official guess is a girl :).”

It was December 28. Earlier that morning, Amy, 31, her husband David, and their 20-month-old daughter Annie had celebrated a belated Christmas at their house in Louisville with family visiting from out of state.

Amy and David had planned this pregnancy, and it was, in a way, perfectly timed. Their baby’s due date was five days after Annie’s birthday. Her children would be two years apart almost exactly to the day — a reality Amy was “ecstatic about.”

Sitting in a fluorescent-lit room inside Baptist Health Louisville, Amy looked for familiar shapes on the screen as an ultrasound tech probed her abdomen. Familiar with radiology in her career as a physical therapist, she has a baseline understanding of how to read ultrasounds: gray shapes usually indicate fluid, and bone shows up as white.

Amy remembers seeing her baby’s arms, legs and the curve of its back. But there was no recognizable outline where the skull should be.

“I couldn’t see the top of my baby’s head,” Amy said in an interview with the Herald-Leader. “I kept waiting for the tech to move the probe in a way where we could see what we should be seeing. I could tell she was searching for it, too.”

Amy had also learned in school about anencephaly, a severe fetal birth defect impacting the brain and skull. A lack of folic acid early in pregnancy increases the likelihood of this happening. This possibility flashed in her mind but she quickly batted it down; she’d been taking her prenatal vitamins, rich in folic acid, for months even before discovering she was pregnant.

The tech paused, then spoke.

“What we’re looking for here is an outline of the baby’s head, and right now I’m not really seeing that,” the woman explained before calling in Amy’s longtime OBGYN.

Over the next few minutes, Amy remembers the room blurring as she heard her doctor use the word “acrania,” which is when a fetus matures through pregnancy without ever developing parts of its skull. It can spur anencephaly, when the brain, too, is underdeveloped and partially missing. Pregnancies with either of these conditions are nonviable.

Amy’s baby, which they learned was a boy, had both. He would not survive into childhood, likely not beyond a few minutes after birth.

This, alone, was devastating news. Her dismay was compounded the next day when she learned that terminating her nonviable pregnancy, even by way of an early induction — a commonplace and provider-recommended method of treatment for such a diagnosis — couldn’t happen.

Even though Amy’s baby would never survive outside her womb, the pregnancy still had a fetal heartbeat — a technicality, considering the diagnosis. Coupled with the lack of immediate threat to her health, her doctors explained they couldn’t induce labor, much less give her an abortion. Kentucky laws forbade it, they said.

“I don’t know what was more shocking: to find out the baby had anencephaly, or that I would have to go out of state to get this care,” Amy said.

Kentucky’s abortion bans do not legally permit the standard of care treatment for a nonviable pregnancy like Amy’s. As a result, doctors must refer patients needing otherwise medically-recommended terminations out of state in droves, along with people desiring elective abortions, according to interviews with seven providers across four hospital systems. Providers who terminate pregnancies in violation of the trigger law can be charged with a felony in Kentucky.

Though this scenario is increasingly common statewide, it’s one arbiters of the state’s laws have yet to remedy, and one lawmakers are not publicly working to resolve.

Kentucky’s trigger law, enacted in late June 2022, criminalizes abortion except to prevent a “substantial risk of death,” or to “prevent the serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ of a pregnant woman.” The fetal heartbeat law also includes these exceptions but otherwise bans abortion except in a “medical emergency” once fetal cardiac activity begins, usually around six weeks.

Any time a pregnancy is terminated, each law requires a provider to document in writing why it was necessary to, in the case of the six-week ban, “prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.”

The law permits the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to audit any licensed health care facility to make sure its abortion reporting requirements are “in compliance” with the law.

Both bans allow physicians to use their “reasonable medical judgment” when deciding whether pregnancy terminations are medically necessary. But providers interviewed for this story said that guidance is antithetical with the rest of the law’s limits, which only permit terminations in medical emergencies. There are no exceptions for fetal anomalies, or for the gamut of conditions that may make a pregnancy nonviable but don’t pose an immediate or emergent health risk to a pregnant person.

Moreover, the lack of uniform guidance from the state on what’s considered an emergency means definitions across hospitals sometimes vary, the Herald-Leader found. This has created a legal thicket for health care institutions. As a result, the final say on some critical medical decisions affecting pregnant patients is falling not to medical experts, but to hospital attorneys and administrators, who are worried about legality, liability and reputation.

The Herald-Leader asked the University of Kentucky, UofL Health and Baptist Health for insight into how their respective risk management teams and providers are navigating the laws. None responded to multiple questions about respective protocols for deciding when terminations are legally defensible, or how risk management teams, administrators and providers go about deciding.

“Clinicians have a responsibility to provide compassionate, evidence-based care and counsel to their patients, and also comply with the law,” Baptist said in a statement.

“UofL Health is committed to provide comprehensive health care to all its patients and their families,” UofL said in a statement. “In the case of a nonviable pregnancy that poses a health risk to the mother, we explain options for care while complying with all state and federal laws.”

“Although we cannot discuss when or how our legal counsel gives advice,” UK HealthCare said, “in Kentucky, state law prohibits the University’s physicians and staff from performing abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger. In the case of a nonviable pregnancy, our health care staff work with patients to determine the best course of care for the patient that is consistent with state and federal law.”

‘WE COULD NOT PROVIDE THIS SERVICE HERE’

The morning after Amy learned her baby likely had a fatal birth defect, the diagnosis was confirmed at a second ultrasound with a high-risk specialist. The buoyancy and excitement of the prior day was replaced with dread and grief. Amy remembers the quietness of the room during the second ultrasound, the hollow clicking of the keyboard keys and the intermittent clicking of the computer mouse.

Baptist Health refused to make Amy’s doctor available for an interview. But their conversation was outlined in Amy’s medical records, which were provided to the Herald-Leader.

“I discussed this finding with the patient and offered my sincerest condolences — that this was not compatible with life and that I am so sorry she and her husband are in this situation,” the doctor wrote in her notes. “She was understandably tearful.”

Amy listened as her provider explained her two options: Amy could carry her son to term and deliver him via C-section. He would immediately be taken to palliative care, where he would live a few minutes, maybe hours. Grief counselors would be on standby.

Her second option was to terminate the pregnancy early by way of an abortion or preterm induction. “Choosing not to continue the pregnancy: we discussed that this is also a loving choice for a baby that will certainly not survive,” her doctor wrote.

Pre-trigger law, termination under these circumstances would’ve happened in a hospital, and Amy’s health insurance likely would’ve covered it.

“No part of me wanted to be pregnant anymore,” Amy said. “Every flutter and kick he gave felt like a literal gut punch reminder that I would never get to take him home.”

Strangers were already approaching her at the grocery to ask to touch her stomach. Her patients at work often asked how far along she was. It seemed emotionally unthinkable to continue subjecting herself to a life where, at any moment, she would be forced to repeat that her growing body was nurturing a baby that wouldn’t live, she said.

Termination was what Amy wanted. She erupted into sobs when her doctor told her that under her current circumstances (her life wasn’t immediately threatened, and there was still a fetal heartbeat) it wasn’t an option.

“We discussed that due to our current Kentucky laws, we could not provide this service here,” her doctor wrote in her records.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” Amy remembers the specialist saying.

She gave Amy a list of hospitals and clinics in surrounding states that might be able to terminate her pregnancy. Her doctor recommended calling Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, or another clinic in Illinois, where abortion is widely available.

“Am I just supposed to Google the number, call the front desk and ask, ‘How do I get an abortion at your hospital?’” Amy remembered thinking.

Over the next few days, she, her husband and sister-in-law cold-called a handful of clinics to request a dilation and evacuation abortion, common in the second trimester. But a combination of abortion restrictions in Indiana and Ohio, including gestational limits on when abortion is legal — Amy was 21 weeks along at this point — left her with few options.

Then, Amy’s sister, a nurse anesthetist at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in Dekalb, west of Chicago, stepped in. Her hospital lacked the equipment for a D&E, but they agreed to induce Amy.

On January 4, after driving close to 400 miles, Amy was induced and gave birth to a son she and her husband named Solomon Matthew. He didn’t cry. His heart beat for about two minutes before it stopped.

‘NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO’

The Republican-led General Assembly has made no moves to amend or further clarify either abortion ban since both took effect seven months ago, even though the combined impact has harmed patients, doctors have told lawmakers.

The Kentucky Supreme Court still hasn’t issued a preliminary opinion on whether either law infringes on a person’s constitutional right to bodily autonomy and self-determination. Deciding so would temporarily block one or both bans from being enforced. Convened for a regular session through March, the Republican supermajority has yet to file any bills related to reproductive health care access and likely won’t until the high court weighs in.

In the meantime, there’s disagreement about whether or not either ban infringes on providers’ ability to dole out the standard level of care to pregnant patients.

Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Michelle Keller and former Deputy Chief Justice Lisabeth Hughes raised this point during November oral arguments in the pending court case from the state’s two outpatient abortion clinics challenging the constitutionality of both laws.

The trigger law “doesn’t recognize an exception for women who are under the care of a physician who tells them that the standard of care would be to terminate the pregnancy,” Hughes told Solicitor General Matt Kuhn, arguing on behalf of the Attorney General’s office.

As a result, “What’s really happening is physicians in (hospitals) all over the commonwealth are calling the risk managers and attorneys for the hospitals not knowing what to do,” Keller added. “You’re obfuscating what this trigger statute says. There isn’t a strict life of the mother exception.”

The law’s proponents, including Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, have cited the provision in the law that allows for use of “reasonable medical judgment” as protecting doctors’ autonomy, and that any challenge to that fact is overblown.

“The law has an explicit health exception, (which) depends on a ‘reasonable medical judgment’ from physicians,” Kuhn told Kentucky Supreme Court Justices that day. There’s been “a lot of misinformation” suggesting the law doesn’t adequately protect a pregnant person’s health, he said, citing two advisories Cameron’s office has issued since both measures took effect. Both clarify that in vitro fertilization, and abortions as treatment of miscarriages, preeclampsia and ectopic pregnancies don’t violate the law.

As for the host of other conditions not mentioned, “we are continuing to work with Kentucky doctors giving guidance on that,” Kuhn said.

But no written evidence of that guidance appears to exist. In response to an open records request from the Herald-Leader, Cameron’s office said this week it had no written or electronic records of communication between the Attorney General’s office and licensed health care facilities or providers regarding the trigger law or six week ban.

‘AN UNNECESSARY PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK’

It was mid June when Leah Martin, 35, discovered she was pregnant with her second child.

Pregnancy at ages 35 and above is considered geriatric. Aware that her age meant she faced a heightened risk, she opted for genetic testing early on to gauge any abnormalities.

Her first ultrasound didn’t raise any alarm. At just over nine weeks, Leah took a prenatal genetic test. The results a week later showed “low fetal fractal numbers,” she said in an interview.

That result, her OBGYN told her, could mean there hadn’t been enough material collected to show a clearer result. It could also signal an abnormality.

Leah, wanting to be judicious, got a more exact genetic test just before 12 weeks. She quickly learned her fetus had triploidy, a rare condition that causes the development of 69 chromosomes per cell instead of the regular 46. It causes not only severe physical deformities, but triploidy stunts development of crucial organs, like the lungs and heart. It means a fetus, if it even survives to birth, will likely not live beyond a few days.

What’s more, Leah was also diagnosed with a partial molar pregnancy, which causes atypical cells to grow in the uterus and, as Leah’s doctors told her, could lead to cancer.

It was mid-July, and Kentucky’s trigger law and six week ban had been in effect for barely two weeks. Leah was familiar enough with what both laws restricted and assumed that because her pregnancy could cause her cancer and was nonviable, she would lawfully qualify as an exception.

So, she weighed her options with her doctors at Baptist Health Lexington, who included Dr. Blake Bradley, her longtime OBGYN.

Similar to Amy’s diagnosis, Leah’s doctors told her that even if she opted to carry the pregnancy to term, her baby “would live a short life in palliative care, most likely never leaving the hospital. It would really be a quite painful existence,” she said.

“I have a 2-year-old at home, and I’m 35, weighing how I would like to expand my family. It seemed like the safest option for me and the compassionate choice for my unborn child was to terminate the pregnancy,” she said.

Like Amy’s, a medically-necessary abortion under these circumstances would typically take place at a hospital, doctors interviewed for this story said. Leah’s health insurance had already agreed to cover it. It was also the quickest way to help Leah to her end goal: getting pregnant again in order to birth a child that would survive.

It was July 21 and Leah was just over 12 weeks pregnant when she learned that Baptist’s legal counsel had blocked her doctors from giving her a dilation and curettage abortion.

“I was told the hospital refused to perform the procedure while the case was being litigated. I was dumbfounded,” Leah said. Hospital lawyers cited an ongoing lawsuit from Kentucky’s two outpatient abortion providers that’s pending before the Kentucky Supreme Court.

According to Leah, hospital providers, relaying the message from administration and risk management, reportedly said if her fetus died on its own, doctors would be able to terminate her pregnancy. But their hands were tied as long as it had a heartbeat.

“People minimize that pregnancy, even under its best circumstances, is associated with life-threatening risks, life-altering risks and emotional impacts,” Bradley told the Herald-Leader. “So, to compel a woman to continue a pregnancy that is by everyone’s assessment, doomed, by definition places that woman at an unreasonable and unnecessary physical and psychological risk, period.”

Baptist Health refused to make Leah’s high-risk doctor available for an interview.

The following Monday, July 25, Leah had an ultrasound at the hospital to confirm what she already knew. As an ultrasound tech probed her abdomen, a wheel of dizzying emotions spun in her head: she desperately wanted a baby, but she didn’t want to birth a child into a painful existence.

Already faced with a gutting dilemma, she felt further burdened by having such an intimate choice ripped from her. And she was furious at now being forced to remain pregnant despite there being no chance for survival, despite the risks continuing such a pregnancy posed to her own body.

She remembers staring at the ultrasound screen waiting to hear the muffled heartbeat of her fetus, racked with guilt because she hoped she wouldn’t.

“It was such a twisted experience being pregnant with a baby I desperately wanted, lying there hoping its heart had stopped,” she said shakily. “It was horrible to have to wish for that in order to receive care. It just felt so unsafe and cruel.”

Leah had already arranged to drive to Chicago to get an abortion when a Jefferson Circuit judge issued a preliminary injunction on July 22, temporarily blocking the state from enforcing both bans. She immediately called EMW Women’s Surgical Center in Louisville — one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the state — and made an appointment.

On Wednesday, July 27, almost 13 weeks pregnant, Leah paid $950 out of pocket for her abortion. Her insurance wouldn’t cover it, since it was considered elective. The following Monday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned the circuit court injunction, reinstating both abortion bans.

After Leah’s abortion, she sent a message to her high-risk doctor. Her doctor responded the following day. Leah shared that correspondence with the Herald-Leader.

“You’ve been on my thoughts a lot,” her doctor wrote. “Words cannot express the dismay I feel right now. I’ve spent my whole adult life learning how to care for mothers in heart wrenching or dangerous situations like yours, and the politics now make it not only impossible, but to work to take care of patients like they deserve — with compassion and science — in these horrible situations is wrong and immoral.”

“I hope your procedure yesterday was smooth, though I know it was hard,” her doctor wrote. “I’m so sorry we could not (were not allowed, rather) to take care of you here.”

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moodooivy · 2 months

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My ship children

I made some headcanons for the Sanses. Now I wanted to list off some of my OCs. More specifically my ship children. I will draw them later. I mean I have, they were the first things I posted. These ship kids are a few years old, I made them maybe 5 years ago. Some of these ships I don't ship anymore, but I've already developed these characters too much to just get rid of them... So... Here.

Midnight 3' 0''. (Technically) Mom is Blue, dad is Error. She has Nightmare's powers because while she was being made or whatever you call it, Nightmare touched her soul before she was fully formed. The oldest even though she's the shortest. She had a birth defect. Loves flowers. Especially lavender and roses. Loves cute animals. Especially bunnies, puppies, and kitties. Her favorite animal is butterflies. Loves squishies and stuffed animals. Loves pancakes and cookies. Likes to write. Writer's brain. Scared of basically everything. Pegasister. I mainly ship with Ivan.

Ivan 4' 4''. Mom is Horror, dad is Dust. Acts like a doggo. Scares his parents. Has a long tailbone that sticks out. Has a good sense of smell. Can probably see in the dark. He is sensitive to smell and particularly dislikes the smell of gunpowder. He never went to school. He can't speak properly and he can't read. He is just by definition slow. He likes to watch cartoons. He'll watch anything on the TV screen. Get very upset when he's hungry. Major separation anxiety. Hates the world. I mainly ship with Midnight.

Chip 3' 5''. Mom is Blue, dad is Error. Nice and plump (Before anyone says "How, she's a skeleton", easy. Ecto body). She likes hugs, but it is just a natural reflex that she glitches out when touched. She hates being stared at and will get angry, even if you just trying to admire her. The stars on her head change shape and color depending on how she feels. I mainly ship with Zany.

Zany 4' 1''. He is made out of pure negativity and magic. He is technically not related to Nightmare. But Night and Cross love and care for him like their child. Zany is the prince of darkness. But he is the complete opposite of Nightmare. Probably the nicest guy you could ever meet. Hates his name. Likes head pats. Loves strawberry milk and the color pink... Good boy. Very strong. Scared of apples. I mainly ship with Chip.

Domino 4' 0''. Mom is Chess, dad is Mafia. Smokes. Good at card tricks. Probably gambles (He cheats and never gets caught). I mainly ship with Honeydew.

Mayonnaise 4' 0''. Mom is Classic, dad is Fell. Very laid back and chill... Except when it comes to Pitaya. Zany's bestie. They do pranks on the Bad Sanses together (Except Nightmare and Dust). Cheeky little prankster. I mainly ship with Pitaya.

Pitaya 3' 8''. Mom is Melon, dad is Sugar. Loves fanfictions and shipping (Like me). Cooks and bakes (Mayo loves her baking and will try to steal it). Can speak Spanish. I mainly ship with Mayonnaise.

Honeydew 3' 6''. Mom is Melon, dad is Sugar. Hates when Domino smokes. Nerdy boy. Can speak Japanese. I mainly ship with Domino.

Constellation 3' 5''. She is made out of pure positivity and magic. She is technically not related to Dream. But Dream loves and cares for her like his child. Spoiled brat. Not a good person. Mini karen. Will start a fight with anyone. I mainly ship with Casper.

Casper 4' 0''. Mom is Dust, dad is Killer. Bipolar disorder. Tiny little prick. Scared of dogs. Hates Ivan and will take advantage of his lack of intellect. The only two people he cares about are his sister and Constellation. I mainly ship with Contellation.

Desire 3' 4'' Mom is Lust, dad is Dance. Trans M2F. Dramaqueen. Loves ballet. Wears makeup. Obsessed with her phone. Very sensitive about her identity. I mainly ship with Abstract.

Dread 3' 3'' Mom is Geno, dad is Reaper. Goth queen. Has a pet jellyfish. Has the death touch. In a book club with Zany and Midnight. Loves voodoo and poetry. I mainly ship with Scarlet.

Scarlet 3' 3'' Mom is Killer, dad is Horror. Loves tea parties. Will eat anything. Has a pet spider. Spoopy bean. She is teaching Ivan how to speak from what she's learning at school. She's not the smartest but she tries her best so she can help Ivan. She don't like clowns. I mainly ship with Dread.

Abstract 6' 0''. Has no parents. They are just a drawing came to life. The youngest but tallest (This is in birth order btw). They have no gender (I will usually refer to them as 'he' as to not be confusing by constantly saying 'they' though). Likes drawing their friends (Hasn't gotten to draw Chip yet because she refuses to stay still). Can't talk because they don't have a mouth. Their pupils shape into words that fit what they're thinking. Doesn't like profanity or technology. Collects random stuff. Likes creepy crawlies. Hate cleaning up. Scared of erasers. I mainly ship with Desire.

I didn't assign sexualities or ages to my characters because I didn't want to restrict myself or anyone who wants to use them. You can change their heights and age order if you want. You can ship them with whoever you want, proship or not. You can do whatever you want with my characters. Just credit me.

Undertale: Toby Fox Blue: Popcornpr1nce Fell: Undertale community Ink: Comyet Dream: Jokublog Nightmare: Jokublog Geno: Crayonqueen Error: Crayonqueen Fresh: Crayonqueen Horror: Sour-Apple-Studios Killer: Rahafwabas Dust: Ask-Dusttale Lust: Nsfwshamecave Reaper: Renrink Cross: Jakei95 Melon: Missladytale Sugar: Sugartale Sans Dance: Teandstars Mafia: Undermafiaz Chess: Mintysammy Children: Me

#undertale #undertale ship kids #ship kids #tango #errorberry #killhorror #afterdeath #nightberry #killerdust #horrordust #kustard #crossmare #sugarmelon

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childlikegoblinqueen · 7 months

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SCOM Next Chapter Preview:

Hey. What happens if you're not sure who you can trust in your circle and someone you thought was charged with your security might have been targeting you, and your spouse has had a difficult pregnancy, and you have no idea if this is normal because you are part of an extinct species with no actual medical texts to draw from -- or if a child like yours has ever existed before...

[Redacted] is in jail. Willow wants to shut out the world for a week so they can take some time to nest...

AND Hunter gets this spam message from the local baby retailer like this?

He'll be fine right?

$pawn&$applings Tips: Welcome to the Third Trimester! In just ten short weeks your little bundle of terror will arrive! Of course, the third trimester is an important time for expectant mothers. Are you aware of the maternal mortality rate on the Boiling Isles? Have the baby’s organs developed correctly? Has the mother gained too much weight? Have they been screened for possible birth defects or gestational disorders? Are you considering a home birth? If not this is the time to tour the hospital and the NICU JUST IN CASE of catastrophe. Remember! A new baby is very fragile and requires a delicate touch. Spawns and Sapplings has a digital checklist of all the things that can go wrong and tips to prepare for what’s to come.

#hunter noceda #the owl house #toh fanfic #toh hunter #willow x hunter #willow park #huntlow #a03 fanfic #sweet child o mine #tw pregnancy #tw maternal mortality #tw mental health #tw pregnancy complications #tw pregnancy loss

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operaticsigh · 8 months

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supermarket struggles; a short piece!

WORD COUNT: 788

DESCRIPTION: inner monologue from the perspective of an oc of mine who loves tiramisu, wine, and probably has attention span issues. here she is in a supermarket. birthed from boredom at 1am!

8p.m:

tonight, i'm in a strangely imaginative mood. i think that boredom can do magical things to a person.

i enter my local supermarket, smiling weakly at my pixelated reflection on the overhead security screen, with dry lips that crave shitty tiramisu and even shittier wine. i gaze (weary but bewitched all the same) down the infinite rows of bustling checkouts, mostly staffed by young, underpaid cashiers. they all have dead eyes that betray their tired, mechanical smiles. “me too,” i think in wry sympathy.

all at once, an unpleasant, nauseating emotion detains me, as if the defective Trolley i've been pushing has unpredictably and very discreetly pressed a gun against my stomach, holding me hostage, whispering orders like, “one word and i'll shoot. push me to the bath and homewares aisle, understood, bitch? you think my wheels are squeaky? just wait until this bullet enters your gut!"

naturally, i comply, i ponder my invented dilemma, i whimper and push my captor around - who has undeniably squeaky wheels - like the cowardly hostage i am. fearfully perusing the towels and soap dispensers (for which i had no need, being that i still live with my parents), i feel a vague pang of injustice.

pushing my Trolley past aisle after aisle, my thoughts veer from feigned fear to half-assed anger at the theatrics my mind is conjuring. how dare my own trolley threaten me? cautious but indignant, i shuffle through rows of products totally disconnected from me. my eyes despairingly mull over highlighters (pack of 3), chicken breast (raw, diced, hung, drawn, and quartered), sunscreen (SPF 50, occasionally carcinogenic), and microwave pasta bake (1 for the price of 5).

at this point, i’m in a selfish mood during which any items that do not serve me immediately begin to look extremely dystopian and unnecessary. oh, the horror of more than one ice-cream flavour. this store is consumerist hell. perhaps the whole supermarket should just be constructed of tiramisu and cheap wine!

furthermore, if my fiendish trolley ever sets me free, i plan to awkwardly and avoidantly use the self-checkout. so why do the young cashiers have to be here, when they're clearly just as tired and disillusioned as me? “you egotistic bastard! of course the cashiers have to be here. who else is going to scan everyone else’s fucking items?” snaps the Scary Trolley. i ignore my irascible captor and continue thinking of myself.

a few minutes later, in the toilet paper aisle, a shining wave of enlightenment breaks over me, and i soon realise that i’m doing the poor staff here a real disservice, that i’m surely increasing their workload by entering the supermarket and walking about and mumbling like a madwoman. none of them are being paid enough to deal with me making up childish hostage scenes and ambling about so aimlessly. selfish, silly me. i beg the 4-ply rolls for salvation. as i walk - “forgive me, tinfoil and baking paper rolls, forgive me, for i have sinned, i beseech you; save me!” i weep silently, “…and i will repent for my wicked selfishness! definitely.”

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i really should just get my items and go. stop toying with thoughts of gun-wielding Trolleys and religion. i want to leave, anyways; the ambience of supermarkets has always repulsed me, mostly because i’ve always been a believer that supermarkets use hypnosis. harsh, numbing lights, no sense of time, winding and labyrinthine aisles, and a drilling, overenthusiastic voice eerily repeating, “Customer Announcement… PARENTS! Are You ALL SET for Back to School? Are you SURE you’re ALL SET? You’re not. We know you’re not. We know everything about you. You especially, Mrs Carter in Aisle 32, Baking Goods. So be sure to head to our clothing section for an Unmissable De-”

i remember how i once lost myself in this store for 2 hours and came out in a vegetative state, having bought nothing. if i stare long enough, the shelves of cereal (why am i here again?) grow to fantastical, gleaming, beanstalk-heights. maybe the cannibalistic giant at the top is the Supermarket God. maybe i just have to climb.

shaking away these ridiculous thoughts, i finally turn into the dessert aisle, and my shallow religiosity and overactive imagination escape me. quite freely, i grab my increasingly unpopular tiramisu, with an honest but fleeting worry that the supermarket may one day remove it. perhaps to be replaced with another variation of fruit cheesecake.

i keep my eyes riveted on the dirty linoleum, in fear of further emotional distraction or any other potential hostage situations. i choose a cheap merlot (probably poison), pay by self-checkout, and leave, abandoning my trolley with a vague sense of loss. i’m reeling from the passionate drama we’ve just acted in together. i’m faintly embarrassed that 30 minutes have passed.

#there is something profoundly wrong with me #this wip is literally insane #in a straightjacket way #writing wip #writing #writeblr #creative writing #writers on tumblr #wip #feedback always welcome!#spilled ink #spilled poetry #spilled thoughts

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theshrimpfather · 6 months

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Freshwater Breeding

Let’s breed some shrimp

Shrimp are some of the easiest animals in general to get to reproduce. Essentially you put them in a tank and wait. If the water if right and you start with a breeding pair then you will have shrimplets in no time at all. In this blog ill discuss some methods on how to have the most successful shrimp breeding setup.

The start

If you just want to have a few shrimp babies and move on, then you will not have to follow any of these steps. However, in a standard freshwater setup you will lose probably close to 80% of all the babies. A lot of them will just die naturally. Some of the deaths will be from birth defects and some will be from just being to small or getting eaten. But you can increase these odds greatly if you follow a few steps. The first of these steps is to check daily for pregnant shrimp. It is very clear to see when they have eggs as you can see all of the eggs in the back of there body. Once you have identified the pregnant ones you are going to want to set up a hatching tank. This tank will feature low flow with bottom substrate only. Make sure to not put anything in the tank that would give them places to hide. Also, in this tank you will place small amount of screen mesh. This mesh not only gives them somewhere to lay there eggs, but it also gives them something to clean.

Hatching time

Now that the babies have hatched you need to move to stage two. One reason you don’t want any of the shrimp hiding is for the fact that now you need to remove all of the mothers. If you leave them in there too long then they will start feeding on the baby shrimp. A mother shrimp’s role ends after she lays the eggs. After that point any shrimp that hatch are fair game in their minds. Since shrimp are scavengers, they will literally eat anything. Many people in the hobby like to call them sea cockroaches. While that name is not entirely accurate, they do share some commonalities with the common roach.

What to do with the babies

I’m sure now you are thinking “great I hatched 100s of little shrimp, what do I do now?”. Well, there are many options. One option would be to keep them. It is really hard to overcrowd a shrimp only tank. You could have 100 shrimp in a 10-gallon tank and would probably one see 20 or so on an ongoing basis. Another route you could explore would be to sell them. Many local fish stores have a buy back program where you can sell your shrimp and other live stock to them. The money may not be great, but as a side hustle it could make you a little extra cash.

#aquascape #fish #tank #cool

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96percentdone · 5 months

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sorry i'm gonna be a hater out in the open for a bit but i am going insane at the common opinion that saito is like a threatening presence who has a lot of impactful screen-time no he doesn't he sucks he's so boring he's the most boring guy in the whole series rohan is more interesting than he is and rohan is also boring i literally. what??? you guys feel threatened and intimidated by saito?????? he's so bland! he's not even a good cartoon character! he has no charisma, and it's like not even on purpose, the voice actor in either version is trying SO hard, but like the material they have to work with is hot garbage.

like they want saito to simultaneously be a cocky spoiled brat and a calculating mastermind at the same time, but he already failed at the latter because his plan sucks and he's driven by impulse. you could do something interesting with that, like saito wants to feel more clever and in control than he actually is, but they like don't. the thing that enables saito to get away with everything, because he leaves evidence all over the place all the time, is he's using state tech he stole that allows him to swap bodies, and he hid it in a forbidden ward of tokyo, both of which happened before he started doing all this shit, and neither of which he would have gotten away with if he wasn't an impulsive jackass who wanted to swap bodies for funsies leaving both him and date incapacited, and then he got mad about it.

he fucking isn't even getting away with his og kills by his own merits he has yakuza backing and daddy's money. he had a whole year to figure out the people date is close to and he doesn't try to kill mizuki??? he is not clever, this is not well planned, nothing about this is intimidating, and i spent the whole game before the reveal just trying to figure out why all the sus people keep dying, because the new cyclops serial killer is more of a mystery than a threat. all this DOES work for establishing the rich brat angle, i'll give the writers that, but no one talks about saito like he's an brat who fails at everything he does (including the one thing he likes to do), upon the reveal they're too busy being fucking ableist for an hour about him like.

saito's motives that could be less ableist if they leaned into his beef with his dad more, but they don't it's treated as like a footnote, they go real hard on yelling "HE'S JUST CRAAAAAAZY MAN HIS BRAIN WAS BORN EEEEEVIIILLLL SO HE MUST DIE" and like. yikes. but also. BORING. the daddy issues would be more interesting, a lot of the first game is about family, they have hints of it, but it's absolutely drowned out by the rampant 'wow those birth defects really do make the worst people ever good thing we killed that one.' and this is his only real screentime too, because the rest of it is deliberately obfuscated bullshit in the name of the bodyswapping twist.

most of his screen time he's impersonating other people in a vaguely passable manner, and he only gets away with it is because odds are you don't really know what iris is actually like yet, and date sure doesn't on the entire red side because he doesn't remember his life as falco, and he only GETS his memories back by hanging around the real deal like. he's a garbage actor, something quite noticeable on a second playthrough and more proof he's an incompetent clown, but he has to pose as others for the sake of the plot cause he's the bodyswapping plot twist first and foremost. you don't even really see HIM in his ruse, other than he's bad at impersonating (which you only know after finishing) and does some hand movements, and also he acts sus, which is like a prerequisite in a detective story so it doesn't count as a personality trait of his. he can't be himself, he just has to be a bad version of iris, or sejima, or renju.

'but what about his somnia!' what about them? they're some of the worst somnia in the whole series. saito has three, three, somnia and like the red branch of vain is the only one that establishes anything about him other than bad vibes and murder and ohohohohohoo he's so CRAAAAAAAAAAAZYYYYYY, by which i mean it hints at his daddy issues that they neglect in favor of 24/7/365 ableism, so like. what am i supposed to say? they're lame! THEY ARE LAME AS SHIT. refrain is just fuckin: 'hey do you remember the murders from this side of the flowchart' with a dose of bad vibes, and chain is just 'hey look! look! these were the original body swaps!' with more bad vibes and a gay little dance, maybe the most interesting thing saito has ever offered. and you can't get to know him from other sources either. not even people who know him personally, like his dad (a much more compelling and better written character), talk about him as his own person for plot reasons. so then all you have left is end of annihilation route and resolution route, and like. its a snoozefest.

annihilation route saito doesn't work because the game seems to want me to believe he's really cunning, but i've seen everything he's done up until this point, so i already know he's a buffoon with no aptitude for crime and they're not going to convince me otherwise. 100% with his track record pewter just knocked his bitch ass out and then swapped them back and put his ass in jail lmao. and his behavior in the resolution route post reveal is like cookie cutter murder man 'i have your wife give me what i want or the girl dies' coupled with evil laughter and a vindictive streak. on their own, these things aren't bad, i like cliches when they're done well, but when he finally gets screen time of his own, a chance to speak from himself, once again he's just offering crazed serial killer murder man, no longer forced to pretend to be characters more interesting than he is. he's free to do the most generic shit imaginable! they can't possibly be well-executed cliches that say something meaningful about him when everything up until that point was NOTHING.

they didn't think about who saito is beyond crazed killer man with evil brain disease and a smidge of daddy issues. the gimmick of 'serial killer who swaps bodies' was a higher priority, and it makes for a fun mystery, but it makes for a boring character. saito is just a bad character because he's written like ass.

#hope.txt #how does this jackass have three somnia and yet only half of one has the slightest bit of character work/nuance #how is it a common opinion that saito is a better villain his fucking dad is a better villain than he is and he doesn't even kill anyone #get out of here man y'all are high on nostalgia bias #i swear if he's just riding off the fact that he kills in multiple ways in a game that's allowed to have blood in it im gonna kermit

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ECHOESSSSSSSSSSS Python, i'm sorry, but i'm not sure if i'm gonna use you. Tobin is cooler and has a lot more stats on you cause of the base villager class. Also i'm pretty sure the max unit count is 10.

ALRIGHT BOYS LETS GO KILL!

Goodness. He looks so punchable. Then again, thats kinda the point :p

Just realized that because hes blown up on my computer, Desaix looks like he doesnt have any pupils. Spooky

Alm, two apples tall: Damn, this bit is so versatile...

99% sure hes gonna defect. cause hes an ass.

See?

Cant wait to send you reeling on your ass Fernand... ...My VA sensors are tingling again, and its toward Desaix. Okay... lemme scroll down here... Spits out drink

Okay, what else...

A WHAT HOLY SHIT THATS AMAZING Talented man... I guess this is what would happen if Igor served Narl-[I am Shot]

Anyways back to Fernand complaining about his previous job to Desaix

GET ADOPTED IDIOT

Love the word dastard, its like bastard but less! Also new name alert!!!! Neato

Ohhhh i could make so many Persona Jokes...

WOAH CUTSCENE!

This guy get his armor made out of his hair or something?

YEAH I FEEL THE SAME WAY FERNAND WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE Good lord this cutscene is pretty, thank god my emu has a pause function...

They look kinda cute together ngl

LOUD CHEERING!!!!

Thats the spirit!!! He must have had a self-confidence arc off screen

Okay so uh im going to bring attention to the VA here, cause holy shit that read was so good?!?!? like just before the line i heard him doing a small breath in-and-out to psyche himself up???? Like ough... the boy........

MEANWHILE

Damn, you know he is a Scary Guy when he gets a whole intro cutscene and also his own theme with a harpsichord. Only Serious Business with Berkut.

:3 Famous last words :3 Also Berkut's Theme is so fuckin good what???????

I see, so hes like Evil Sigurd Loves his wife and is evil

Oh boy I love being a fly on the wall!!! Such wonderful things I get to hear!

I mean, birth is unknown, he could be a lost prince or something, knowing FE.

*sneezes in SMT IV*

@beantothemax I THINK I NEED TO TELL BERKUT SOMETHING RIGHT THE FUCK NOW....

Anyways Fernand and Berkut are Instant Best Friends out of their Classism. Im glad that Fernand found someone to be friends with

Clive divorce arc...

HUH so rudolf is the king of the evil place I forget its name, Rudel??

Allllrighty! that cutscene was pretty dense, so ill leave the battle and post-battle stuff for another ask. REGARDLESS! Lets take a look at the battlefield!

...This is what youre using to defend the castle? that is kinda hilarious tbh.

Thought there would be more.

Ohhh boy that looks like its gonna be Fun.

I'm 99% sure the game wants me to try splitting up my team, but i really dont like doing that. So i'll try not. But i mean, we have the power of the turnwheel if things get hairy, soooooo

Anyways, lets begin the fight!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

BERKUT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

RINEA AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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PRIDE AND ARROGANCE GOES HARDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

me going insane aside, that is my favorite cutscene in the game tbh, like animated cutscene. I also love Berkut and Rinea if you couldn't tell, evil sigurd is a really funny description, you're so right for that

And also, you're so right, the voice acting in this game is so fantastic, best in the series imo. Just you wait until you hear more Berkut, his voice acting actually goes so hard

Clives wife consoling him after Clives husband left him for a bigger classist

#asks #vinegaronmain #vinny plays fe15 #pie dni

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haleysapphicorner · 19 days

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Remembering

Remembering getting a crush on a girl in second grade and not knowing how to ask if she even likes girls so I said I heard a rumor she was a lesbian (to test the waters) and she was so disgusted and upset I said I was sorry maybe it was another ashley

Remembering how my heart skipped a beat for Estefany and her parents found out from a teacher and she wasn't allowed to play with me anymore at recess

Remembering crushing on Taylor and her cool braces in 3rd grade and being told I couldn't possibly like her, it must be because I secretly like Taylor Lautner (Jacob from twilight which I've never seen) I was given twilight gifts and a huge poster of him that year

Remembering my neighbor coming over to tell my dad i was a lesbian. My mother crying "I raised a daughter" my dad yelling at me for not being "normal"

Remembering Rachel, the girl with short hair who confused me. The one who i wasn't sure if she was a girl or boy. The one who made me sigh with relief when I found out her name. When i found out she was a she.

Remembering Rachel, a different one, one of the only butch adults I ever met. One who took t as a kid. One who was happily married to her wife. One who took some of my shame. Even if just for a moment. Even if it broke my heart to hear my dad fetishize them behind their backs.

Remembering the naked women lining my fathers walls

The lesbian ,basically porn, always playing on the TV (the l word for example)

The screen savers of women kissing

The sports illustrates swimsuit magazines kept in the bathroom

Remembering how I got sent to detention for kissing a girl in the hallway and being told I didn't have to go if I went to the schools Christian club, I went to the Christian club to avoid a mark on my record, I was prayed for

Remembering how I went fishing with Chloe and held her hand and was called gross and told that maybe I shouldn't hang out with her anymore so kids at school don't bully her too by her parents. She's with a Tif now.

Remembering how my first real girlfriend required my mom meeting her mom to make sure it wasn't "one of those pranks going around" where gay kids were asked out and beaten half to death

Remembering my aunts asking if my periods stopped when I decided to start liking girls. If my body had somehow masculinized itself to not be a defect, to be a man loving a woman. It hadn't. But not to worry, I was put on birth control and testosterone from a young age and never had to bother with periods until adulthood anyway.

Remembering feeling out of place and averting my eyes while passing the VS at the mall. Like people would look at me and know I'm a freak. A pervert for even liking a woman.

Remembering all the shame. All the forced dates with men. The sex to replicate the rapes. The coping.

Remembering the shame

the shame

Of being a woman unavailable to a man

Of being a woman who loves women

Of being a woman

Of being

remembering the shame of being

#vent #radfem #terf safe #idk gyns #remembering alot recently #cw #tw rape

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mdzs-owns-my-ass-i-guess · 2 years

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Time Travel AU in which it is Madam Yu that, instead of dying, returns to the past, on the day that Jiang Fengmian was supposed to bring Wei Wuxian to Lotus Pier - and she decides to "fix" everything.

It would be easiest to kill him off, but her kids took to him very easily, very soon and her husband is always looking after him, so Yu Ziyuan knows she has to go about this in a different way so she doesn't compromise herself (after all, even with her reputation, it would be highly questionable to just kill some random street child and be openly hateful of him within a few days of knowing him).

But one day, as she's reading, she overhears an interesting conversation between two of her servants: a woman they knew has forced her otherwise able-bodied child to crawl around the market and pretend he couldn't walk so that people would give him money out of pity.

Yu Ziyuan begins concocting a plan.

She brings some well-reputed doctor (but not the family's doctor, so very loyal to Jiang Fengmian) consult little Wei Ying to see if there are any ailments he's carrying from his life on the streets - and it is with a sober expression that the doctor delivers grave diagnosis after grave diagnosis: he is unable to develop a golden core or cultivate in any way because his body is so weak and has many birth defects, even if they're not visible; he cannot fight off illness nearly at all and needs to be immediately prescribed supporting medicine; his muscles are underdeveloped and movement must be very painful for him, no matter if he says it is not, he is just used to it; he needs to be as far away from others as possible, or he could become sick and die within days.

Yu Ziyuan maintains her composure, though her husband is visibly affected, nearly on the verge of tears. The boy seems so healthy and full of life, how cruel of fate to have bestowed so much illness on him!

Following doctor's orders, Wei Ying is moved into an isolated wing of the Jiang residence and only has two maids, handpicked by Yu Ziyuan, bring him meals and medicine several times a day. He is only allowed to stay in his room and once every three days, he gets to go outside for half an hour.

At Jiang Fengmian's insistences, a teacher is brought to him to teach him how to read and write, but all that is done through a special screen the doctor has built so that Wei Ying does not come into contact with his teacher and get sick. The teacher cannot see him at all beyond a vague silhouette, but Wei Ying sounds fine and is actually very smart.

Yu Ziyuan replaces the teacher soon after he tells that to Jiang Fengmian. The lessons were over anyway.

As time passes and Wei Ying keeps taking his medicine, carefully adjusted to his (very slow) growing up, he starts subtly feeling worse. A bad day every few months becomes a bad day every month, then every two weeks, then every day.

He begins having difficulty walking and all he seems to be able to do is eat and sleep. He can barely even read anymore and can't hold a brush to write anything either.

The doctor prescribes him even more medicine and food recipes and bathing oils - and Wei Ying usually doesn't bother to listen to the long list of ingredients, but he's already nearly 16 years old and it's quite obvious this doctor has no idea how to make him feel better.

So, at his next consultation, Wei Ying decides to pay attention to the doctor's orders. His memory is perfect (he's trained it so he could remember what outside is like and to retell himself the stories he read in books so as not to be bored) and with great difficulty, he writes down all the medicine ingredients the doctor has prescribed.

Then he asks Uncle Jiang to bring him some books about plants. The man doesn't question it, after all Wei Ying is stuck in his room all day and he doesn't get to see nature much, so it's normal to be curious.

Wei Ying stops taking his medicine after that. He throws it out his window several days in a row and his symptoms gradually disappear.

He can move and write and focus.

"I am not sick." He tells the doctor at his next appointment. "There's nothing wrong with me."

"I have been treating you for years, Wei Ying. Your illnesses are very much real."

"No! I don't feel ill anymore! I can walk and I can-"

"You can only walk here. If you were to go outside and do everything a healthy person does, you would collapse. You cannot exist anywhere but here."

"Yes, I can!" He almost shouts, desperate. "And it's your fault that they're keeping me here! I stopped taking those disgusting soups you gave me and I'm feeling better than ever! You're the one who's sick!"

"You have not. Medicine is put into your food every day. Even if you do not drink it, you are still being fed it. You are being delusional, which is another symptom of your many conditions."

He's shouting now, "No! No! That's not true, stop trying to make me feel like I'm crazy, this is all your fault! I should be out there with everyone, I should-"

Screams erupt outside. "The Wen! They're here, they're attacking!"

The doctor's eyes go wide and he quickly gathers his things.

"What's going on?! Where are you- don't leave me here!"

"You said you're healthy, right? Go prove it." The doctor laughs and runs off, but doesn't forget securing the double locks on Wei Ying's door.

He screams for help until his voice goes out. Nobody comes.

As rumors of the Wen's conquest spread across the land, there is another piece of information accompanying them: Wen Ruohan has a third son.

Wei Wuxian.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #writing attempts

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