#also its actually written for grownups!

[amygdalae]

honestly my advice to anyone whining about how hard it is to let go of Harry Potter. Shut the fuck up and go read some Discworld youll get your fix of goofy-ass british wizards but like its actually good and interesting and written with even a modicum of empathy

#also its actually written for grownups! #(he did write some discworld books aimed at younger audiences tho--the tiffanny aching series was my favorite as a kid)

[skulkerie]

An Uncle's Guide to Beginner Horror

We’ve all been there. Parents are out. You’re looking after your younger sibling/cousin/niece/nephew. They beg you to let them stay up past their bedtime and watch a movie their parents would never allow. You think about it, and yeah, sure, you could watch a movie. And the kid’s like 12 now, surely they’re old enough to join you for a Saw marathon, right? After all, you’ve been watching horror since you were a kid and you turned out fine. Right?

Well think about it this way buddy. How long are the “real” grownups gone for? Who’s going to be left consoling the screaming little [expletive] when they inevitably run screaming out of the bathroom because they thought Billy the Puppet was going to ask them to saw their legs off? You! That’s who! Is that really how you want to spend your Saturday night? Of course not!

That’s not to say you need to shield the little ones from higher rated horror. You’ve already shown them Coraline, Monster House, Beetlejuice (along with most of Tim Burton’s kid friendly horror movies), surely they’re ready now to move up a level. There’s plenty of 12 (PG-13 to the yanks) horror that is a perfectly thrilling way to get them invested in the genre that strikes fear into the heart of parents who love sleeping through the night everywhere.

The Ring (2002)

Okay, okay, hear me out. Yes, this is the first movie that scared the living daylights out of most of us. But the keyword here is first. We’ve all been there. Did I first watch this movie at age 7 and get traumatised for months and have to take the long way home from my friend’s house because that way was completely lit by streetlights? Yes, absolutely. But now look at me! Actually, wait-

But seriously, this movie is actually a great entry into horror, past the gateways of Paranorman and Gremlins. It’s got some good scares, but they’re few and far between, and at its core is a gripping mystery about an investigative journalist just trying to figure out what happened to her niece.

With enough genuine scares to ease you out of “kid-horror”, and enough plot to be a genuinely good movie besides, The Ring is a perfect way to begin your career as a horror fan.

Also, if your younger relation has a phone you have got to try calling them as soon as the tape ends.

I’m starting to see why I haven’t babysat my niece in a while.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

A more recent release, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was actually based on a children’s book series of the same name! See? Totally kid friendly!

The movie tells the story of a group of teenagers who wind up in a haunted house after being chased by a local bully. There they find a book of horror stories written by Sarah Bellows, a young girl who was accused of witchcraft. When leaving the house, they take the book with them.

Things go wrong when new stories start appearing on the book that previously weren’t there, and the teens quickly realise the stories are about them, and become true as they’re written by invisible hands.

This movie definitely errs on the side of spooky over outright scary, with creepy monsters and jump scares galore, making it a great addition to your babysitting watchlist.

Signs (2002)

One of my fondest memories is of me and two of my best friends sneaking this DVD out of the living room when we were maybe 10 years old and slipping it into my brother’s PlayStation when he was at work. That one shot of the alien coming out from behind the bush had us 6ft off the ground and closing every door behind us for days.

It tells the story of a former priest who lost his faith after the death of his wife discovering crop circles in his field and learning it’s the product of an alien invasion. He, along with his family, have to learn to deal with these new creatures invading their land with no knowledge of their abilities or intentions.

Looking back at it now it’s hard to see why I thought this movie was absolutely terrifying, but it’s still a very solid movie overall, and a great film to show that budding horror fan in your family. Watching it at 10 myself, I was scared, sure, but nothing too long lasting to make me leave the bedroom light on afterward. It was one of my first experiences of horror where the scares were pure enjoyment for the duration of the movie.

Scream (1996)

Yes, this movie is 18s, but a) I refuse to not put a slasher on this list and b) Scream is THE starter horror of a generation. Most of us first watched this when we were still single digits. I know I did, and it changed me forever, kicking off a lifelong obsession with the genre.

Scream is the perfect sleepover with a big bowl of popcorn movie from our youths, and a movie we all had introduced to us far too young if we promised to sit in the corner and be quiet while our older siblings/cousins watched while the grown ups were out.

An absolute classic that revitalised the entire genre in the mid-90s, Scream tells the simple tale of a guy (or spoiler alert: 2 guys) with a knife and a twisted love of horror movies. As a kid I made it my mission to watch every movie referenced in Scream so I could truly understand the “nuance” of it all, and I haven’t looked back since.

The opening scene shocked a generation with the killing of its biggest name within 10 minutes, the twist reveal of Ghostface’s identity and the introduction of the Final Girl to End All Final Girls one Ms. Sidney Prescott. This movie had it all.

I could write an article solely on why everyone needs to see this movie, but unfortunately, I have to move on or I’ll never stop.

Insidious (2010)

The sheer cultural impact this movie had. When Insidious first came out it was all you’d hear about for weeks. This was the horror movie to watch. At the time, everyone was calling it the “scariest movie ever” and for a near 13 year old Darragh, I won’t lie, it came pretty close.

That one shot of the demon is so deeply ingrained into the minds of everyone who watched this movie and for good reason. To this day it’s rare to see such an effective jumpscare. The only one that comes close, to me, is the one in The Haunting of Hill House. You know which one.

Telling the story of a young boy who slips into a coma as various demons battle for possession of his body, Insidious kicked off 10 years of nothing but supernatural horror. This is an effect I wasn’t such a fan of, but what a way to kick it off.

This movie is genuinely so chilling throughout, with masterful horror direction from Saw creator James Wan, and a perfectly terrifying entry into the ghost-flick genre.

So next time you’ve got to babysit, and you’re okay with the wrath of angry parents who have to deal with their kid’s nightmares, you’re ready for a spooky night in where you don’t have to ask them “so, have you seen Coraline yet” for the 11th time. Nothing kills you inside a little and makes you feel ancient like a 12 year old kid rolling their eyes at you.

#horror #halloween #scream #slasher #slasher movies #slashers #slasher fandom #horror movies #horror films #the ring samara #the ring movie #the ring 2002 #the ring #scary stories #scary stories to tell in the dark #signs #signs 2002 #scream franchise #scream movies #scream 1996 #casey becker #insidious

[syneilesis]

Unfinished Synfic #4

The afterlife is overrated anyway

Jujutsu Kaisen | Okkotsu Yuuta x Reader, ghosts, crack-ish, humor, silliness

“Are you a cursed spirit?”

Oh, please! AY★KA sniffs, turning her nose up. The only curse here is that I’m stuck with these two ultra boomers. Their tastes are so awful I can’t wait to move on to the afterlife.

You glance at the two ‘ultra boomers’. Komatsu Yoshitsune shifts from where he stands, an indication of awkward discomfort. I take offense at the accusation that we are a curse. There’s a pause, then he adds hastily, And an ‘ultra boomer’, whatever that means.

Yamashina no Sadatomo remains calm and unbothered. You’ve never seen him break in your entire life. A strip of shadow / across a bright flower field / radiance engulfs resentment.

“So that’s a no, too.” You return to Okkotsu, whose expression you want to chortle at. “You heard them. Not cursed spirits.”

He looks at you funny. “That’s not how it works.”

Notes: I've already written 4k words of this, but it's just the introduction of the OC ghosts, which I've enjoyed writing. Basically reader-chan can see ghosts and can help them cross the afterlife. There are three ghosts who's stuck with reader-chan, and this is where Yuuta comes in. He notices the ghosts and mistakes them for cursed spirits (I don't know if cursed spirits are ghosts or vice versa, but let's pretend they're different in this fic). The fic is divided into three parts: the first one is the introduction of reader-chan and the ghosts (already written); the second one is the appearance of Yuuta; and the third one is the conclusion/epilogue.

I don't know if I'll continue this actually; I haven't read jjk in a while, so what I know probably has already been jossed or something. But I actually like this concept, so should I continue this or not? (And post the first part in its entirety without concern about the second and third part?)

I. Dramatis Personae

There was once a child who was a little different from the rest: tiny little child with clean fingers and dainty little steps—and with the oddest sets of phrases directed to anybody who would want to engage in a little talk.

“Hello, there,” one would say, as the child sat alone in the playground surrounded by small plastic animals. A few ways away four children were playing tag, ignoring this little one who was also ignoring them. “Why are you playing alone?”

The child didn’t look up. The nearest plastic toy—a blue ostrich—was stuck halfway through the ground, its feet brushing against the child’s shoe. A breeze whipped by, bringing with it a cold flash that could cause goosebumps on one’s skin.

The child finally answered after allowing the joyful wails of the other children to fade away. “I’m teaching Sada-pyon the proper names of these animals. He’s a grownup but he doesn’t know what a dinosaur is and what a panda looks like. He says strange things but they’re funny.”

“I see …” There seemed to be no adults in the immediate vicinity. Perhaps this Sada-pyon just went to buy a drink from a vending machine? “Will Sada-pyon take a while to come back?”

“Oh!” The child finally looked up. Surprise flitted across those wide, innocent eyes. A couple of children ran past them, their laughter sharp and shocking in the sudden quiet.

The child blinked, tilting slightly askew, as though something behind was more fascinating. There’s a thin ringing behind one’s ears, like tinnitus, but it grew louder and louder and more unnerving with each second of prolonged silence.

“Sada-pyon never left,” the child said. A pudgy finger pointed to something that’s not there. “He’s just there, smiling at you.”

#unfinished synfic #jujutsu kaisen x reader #jjk x reader #okkotsu yuuta x reader #jjk x you #jjk imagines #jujutsu kaisen x you #jujutsu kaisen imagines #okkotsu yuuta x you #i love ghost AY★KA #i'm committed to having Sadatomo speak only in tanka poetry

[the1975attheirverybest]

I'm throwing you a concept, but feel free to ignore it if you're not in the mood to write bc I didn't ask if you're ok with this.

Having established Matty is super hot, do we think he gets days/moments when he feels shit about his looks? Would he tell his gf or would he ignore how he feels? How would she react?

Yeah, actually, for sure. I kind of had a tiny bit of it in my one and only full length Matty fic that I've ever written. I think it's in the second chapter that I wrote it where he's like uncomfortable with the way he looks. The story is set just before Notes, so I was kind of imagining him as recently clean from Heroin and just hitting thirty and realizing that he's a grownup now and being just down about it.

The reason that I wrote it was nothing but my own hot take. I'd thought about "give it up for my legs" and then that same day he was onstage for a show, i think in the uk?, and somehow...he managed to take off his shirt and lose it. he was chill for a few minutes but then he wanted to put it back on and couldn't find it so he started asking for it and gestured to someone to bring him a shirt from back stage cuz "i look like a wanker without a shirt on." he also once made the joke that fashion is essential cuz we all need to get dressed and if he went out into the world totally naked people would throw rubbish at him. I COULD just be projecting my own insecurities onto him and maybe hes totally chill about his body (im certainly not. i fuckin hate mine. not in a "poor me" kinda way. it's just true. im just being honest.) but i always felt that he makes a joke of it to deflect/ overcompensate. Part of the whole undermining the rockstar image thing. But its because he doesn't think he looks hot.

ALL THAT SAID, i obviously think he does have bad days. or maybe he did, cuz....recently....i mean he must see the results of his hard work are showing. quite literally. but I think if he were ever insecure his gf would knock that out of his head instantly by reminding him just how beautiful he is, and that everything he sees as a flaw is part of who he is and thats why she loves it. she would then list all her favorite things about him. like his little blemishes and birth marks. his hips, legs, arms. his long and thin fingers that....im sure are capable of a lot. Maybe she'd watch him get dressed/undressed in their room and just make a point to be extra vocal about how hot she thinks he is. give him tons of compliments. and of course pepper kisses all around his face, neck, and stomach

[redgoldblue]

i just realized that i sent in that last message as a submission instead of an ask. i was thinking that was a strange look for an askbox. um. oops. ANYWAY for the ao3 wrapped (in an actual ask this time): 1, 5, 29

skdfh yeah that's on my theme for being very unclear in its ask vs submit symbols.

1 How many words have you written this year? hhha. i'm not even gonna try counting all the words that aren't posted (I'd estimate there's at least 20-30k of that in fanfics, plus there's another ~40k in original work) but apparently my posted word count on AO3 is 40,407. However, that's gonna increase by at least 25,000 before the end of the year. that can't be right. good god there's a lot of words in the advent calendar. (that is right. not all of it is advent calendar, some of it is the fic that's getting posted Christmas Day, but most of it is advent calendar). So all up that gives a conservative... 130k? If I could just focus all of that on a single project I would've almost written two entire novels.

5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Ykw, Calling The Shots (S&H), which is at least partially down to you. I am very excited about the idea of a podfic. Also, I posted it last year, but boy, it's nights like this that I know why (NCIS: LA) got more engagement than I expected this year, given it's a titchy fandom and one I'm not really otherwise active in.

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

okay, technically I already answered this one for ACL, but I am going to take the chance to throw another one I really love into the pot, bc I remembered it last night. From Come Take The Wheel:

“C’mon,” Starsky said, before he could finish. “We’re the grownups, aren’t we?”

Hutch turned an adorably baffled little frown down onto Starsky. Starsky reached up for his arm again, tugging him back. He waited until Hutch was once again sitting next to him, and he had a firm hold on Hutch’s bicep, before he explained, “You know, when you were a kid and you were playing with your best friend, just doing stupid shit but having the time of your life, and then your parents would come over and tell you it was time to go. And you’d hide and run and wheedle and pull out every trick in the book to stay just a little bit longer because the world always shined brighter when you were together, but eventually they’d always drag you away. Because they were the grownups, and they made the rules. Well, we’re the grownups now.”

ao3 wrapped questions!

#Starsky & Hutch #Starsky and Hutch #NCIS: LA #itwoodbeprefect #my writing #mine

[hangingfrommylips]

The over-headcanonization of things. Pt I: Remus

Being immersed on internet fandom since the ripe age of 12 (not something I’m proud of, perhaps on another ranting sessions we can talk about that), I’ve definitely seen some weird things when it comes to fanfiction. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love it, think it’s a beautifully creative way of interacting with a piece of media (when it’s inherently fictional and not based of real people or events, and, of course, when it’s well written and thoughtful), but it can also be very damaging on the ones consuming it.

Taking the Marauders fandom as an example, the amount of actual canon information we have on them is infimal. The ability an entire community had to create a very complicated backstory and practically entirely new characters out of thin air is amazing, especially once its main source is a racist transphobic hag, and the fandom is so detached from it that it's composed of the very people she claims to hate. We took literal 0 information from old and plot-hole-full books and made it our own.

For another, since there’s no actual foundation on what the characters originally were like, it’s very hard to sort wrong from right when it comes to characterizations and creating material for the stories (I refuse to talk about shifting here cmh). There are also very bad headcanons, in which completely change the essence of the character to satisfy some personal goal or even comes from some intrinsic fetishizing. A perfect example of this is Remus Lupin, who ever since 2005 was a very recluse, shy, lanky and depressed character, turned into this breathtakingly beautiful, horrifyingly tall, toxic-angry jock. A roadman, really? At first it was ok, only a different POV on a widely loved character. But then it became the only thing about him, and when he wasn’t, people started complaining. What? When did being toxic to your boyfriend and treating him like an incapable and fragile human being (which is exactly what some fans are doing to Sirius nowadays btw) became the standard? We used to be so much better than that. Not to mention when, just by being bookish, people treat him like some sort of all-knowing god that nothing goes past. C’mon!

Talking about the role “All The Young Dudes” by MsKingsBean89 had in the modern generation of the fandom, it being really groundbreaking and a real work of art. I think this is where the current RJL vision came from. The difference, however, is when the lovely author put in the very beginning notes that his personality was heavily affected by growing up in a boys-only care home, not having a mom or dad or good authority figures to relate to. 

That‘s why, in that very specific scenario, Remus was sort of a douche. But he got better-ish, even as a traumatized grownup. People run with that through every treadmill ever, and, no backstory to build the character on, just took the specificity and banalized it to the fours. It’s actually an insult to MKB that people would read her hard work as such shallowness. 

To sum up, it’s very important to analyze and criticize the media you're interacting with, via reading, writing, reviewing or whatever. Is that really the healthiest this storyline can be? Do I feel compelled to that relationship and not wonder about the dynamic or the unintentional flaws in it? Why do I want my favorite character and the one I relate to to be toxic? Is this really the way said person would react to the situation? And in the end, when you don’t recognize that chr. anymore is when you know you lost them to the deep filth of the internet. I’m not saying every character or world build should be flawless and almighty, far from that actually, just that sometimes you need to know when things have gone too far. It’s very hard to want realism when referring to Harry Potter fanfiction of all things, but even fantastic worlds have their batch of decency and, in the human side of things, reaching a byline.

[marigoldsays]

Marigold Says... 

Random thoughts on travelling and life in general. 

Our blog didn't win Blog of the Year. Again. That's three consecutive years it's been on the Shortlist and all it has to show for that feat is three 'Highly Commended' awards.  Not even a rosette! 

Oh well, que, sera, sera.

We have over 165,000 'unique' followers by now, it's over 167,000 actually now,so we're not too disheartened. 

What's different this year is having not one but two separate blog posts being singled out for a 'Best Single Blog Posts' award. They're on very different subjects but recognition of any kind is welcome. Feed the ego; body and soul. That's never a bad idea.

If you're interested in what critics think (!) the two posts they selected for special praise are:

Hippie Life in Spain

and

Party for Grownups

You'll find them and much else besides in the list of titles, almost 200 separate postings on a wide diversity of subjects and locations.

As for awards... Well, as we've had well over 165,000, yes, that's ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND individual readers by now, we must be doing something right. Anything over ten thousand readers meant we'd arrived in the Bloggin' Premier League, so hitting a hundred and sixty fivethousand plus is just WOW!

Who needs awards anyway?

G regards himself as an ex-writer these days, but a pandemic brings many surprises in its wake. He's written a new book, quite the departure from the style that brought far too much fame and far too little fortune as compensation for all that life disruption, hence the ex-writer tag.

The new book is a Young Adult novel about a pandemic, written a year before most people even imagined such a thing. More details and a link to this book and a few others long hidden from public view are in the recent blog post, Staying Alive.

Stop Press.

We may not have won Blog of the Year, but our blog post Only the Lonely, written during Covid-19 Lockdown, has been chosen from a few million other offerings as the Best 'Pandemic' Blog Post by the very clever people who judge this sort of thing for a living. We like critics! 

This isn't Marigold. Far too sophisticated.

Here’s that Only the Lonely blog post, just as a sample…

Solitary Confinement - It's Not All Fun and Party Games

M Says'

I havedecided my hair needs cutting. I actually said to G, 'my hair needs cutting badly' and he of course jumped straight in with, 'sounds perfect job for me.'

I have two styles to choose from. It can either be Boris post virus locks or Michael Fabricant. To actually wear a wig like that needs an award. Love it. I haven't decided yet. It all depends on G's patience, and nifty use of a rather large pair of kitchen scissors. As their use is varied from cutting up a chicken, cardboard or old clothes for dusters, am sure they will be up to the task. 

As my hair is not a favourite asset it doesn't really matter. In fact I can't think of an asset I have got. Anyway need to work up to it when G isn't on his exercise bike or wandering up and down the path. 

Have started to think about waste a lot. Had loads of peelings yesterday and thought about making our own potcheen. Anyway, I thought about it and then put them in the bin. We have made all sorts of strange and varied things in the past. 

We had a spell making Kombucha when we lived in France. It was very successful. In fact too successful and we were left with lots of Mother pancake things and didn't know what to do with them. It was suggested you fry them and eat them. We in fact buried them in the garden. I wonder if any have grown into something that can't be identified. 

I also added cheese to olive oil and herbs. It went rancid. Buried that as well. Tried rhubarb wine. Awful. It would have been great as a toilet cleaner. We had grape vines, lots of them and the wine we made was a success thankfully. We had vineyard owning friends who were good teachers and we ended up with a quaffable product. 

I was in charge of labels and my only instruction was 'put them on straight'. Did they think I was going to put them on upside down? Why do people get bossy when they know more than you? We even had a wine bottle hedgehog. Look it up. Surprise, surprise. 

We have been walking up and down the path and G counts his steps. As I was borrowing his Fitbit and he claimed I was pinching his steps he bought me one. No stopping me now. Onwards and upwards. As it is a narrow path G starts one end with me at the other. We meet halfway and do a dozie-doe circle as in Scottish dancing to liven us up a bit. 

Marv. 

I have walked to Lands End and back. G said you would be better in shoes and not your slippers, but comfort is really important for athletes. 

Have had requests from family, friends, debt collectors and people I have never heard of to do a video something or other called Boom, Zoom or something or other. Can't think of anything worse. 

What does it involve? Do you have to wear make up, remove any rogue hairs, have an interesting back drop? It all sounds very stressful and have had to decline. What if we came on their screen and they screamed, or we screamed? Our conversation could be over in 3 minutes and then you have to revert to 'somebody is at the door' while G can clearly be heard shouting 'I don't want to talk to them'. Then you are trapped in a cycle of daily non goings on. 

I imagine it is like visiting someone in hospital and saying 'what did you have for lunch' or 'are you sleeping ok'. I would rather people imagine we are having lockdown parties and doing handstands. 

A friend said she started to do a diary. Day 1 Got up, had breakfast Had walk for an hour Had lunch Had tea Had shower Went to bed 

Day 2 -ditto-. She won't be doing it anymore. 

On the Thursday night clap session a woman over the way from us was clapping in an upstairs window, well actually a bit more energetic than that; she hangs out of the bathroom window with a large saucepan and a plastic veg drainer. Anyway, saucepan went flying and would have killed the old geezer underneath if he'd been there at the time.

It is still on the lawn. I have got my eye on it, as it looks better than mine. G said she could be lying on the floor having fell off backwards off the stool shouting 'the clap has killed me'. 

Just off to do steps and catch up with G. I need to win. 

After I made such a brill job of cutting his hair G came at me with large wallpaper scissors, a tin basin and said 'put your legs in the stirrups' and guffawed. He is not taking it seriously so can bog off.

Yes, I'm sure they mean well, but...

A bit more nonsense now...

G Says'

I don't go in for Zoom or any other type of video conferencing malarkey. Quite apart from having to make a bit of an effort with my appearance there's the absolute certainty I would be miles away, both literally and figuratively, when faced with the distraction of someone else's living room in the background. If there's a bookcase in view, forget conversation, my attention is elsewhere.

Even television presenters work from home now and I find it hard to listen to what they're saying as their furniture, fixtures and fittings become my main focus.

Actually, I prefer it like this. Something to occupy the mind while they waffle inanely on, just like they always did, but now I have a valid excuse for tuning them out.

Even in real life situations, whatever they used to be, I constantly found myself contorting my head and neck to read, sideways on, any books on a shelf. Talking to me under these conditions is a waste of breath. Oh, and no, of course I can't concentrate on more than one thing at a time. Multitasking is not in my DNA. I struggle to cope with one task at a time.

I messaged a friend a week ago, just to say hello, and asked 'what are you up to anyway?' She hasn't replied. I can't believe it requires so much thought. A simple question, surely?

Is overthinking yet another byproduct of our recent isolation? Or am I reading too much into this? Did she just forget to reply? Even worse, is she ignoring me and my fatuous remarks? I wish I hadn't mentioned this now. I may not sleep tonight for worrying'

The same friend moved house 18 months ago and she's still got numerous taped up boxes in the 'spare' room. Getting sorted out after a move, that's just asking for an onset of prevarication, isn't it? Some 'stuff' gets unpacked and put away virtually straight away. By which I mean, within the first week. Or so. After that, it's bye bye box, see you whenever.

I find the best removal system (and we've moved house many, many times) is to incorporate the science of random selection. Obviously, one should never write on a box what it contains - where's the fun in that? When its time comes to be opened, possibly far into the future, there's a frisson of excitement about the process.

There's about an equal balance I find between, 'oh, finally, there you are' and 'why did we ever imagine we'd need that?'

Best of all are things you really needed, couldn't find and so went out and bought a new one. Now, inside the box you finally got around to opening is that most precious of all items, 'a spare.'

I see Marigold has referred to our 'French' period when we grew, nurtured and cherished the many grape vines on our land. We became confirmed oenophiles in the process, but not everything went smoothly all the time. I developed a condition related to tennis elbow, namely secateur wrist through pruning about a million vines.

The vast wine press in the cellar of our isolated farmhouse took all our combined strength to operate - we only learnt later that the previous owner used a mule to provide the muscle power - and Marigold, for all her many virtues, having briefly and unsuccessfully tried every other aspect of the wine making process was finally relegated to sticking labels onto the bottles.

Easy? Not as I recall. Getting a wine label to attach to a bottle and look anywhere near level must be harder than it looks. Perhaps the major chateaux have a ready supply of spirit levels to hand as our finished wine bottles would never be snapped up by the head buyer of Majestic Wine.

I heard someone on the News this morning saying how much they're missing their grandchildren. They come over to wave and shout hello occasionally and the proud grandparents throw them down a Magnum each as a treat.

'Sorry we can't come down to give you a cuddle,' they shout.

'Don't worry,' the kids reply, 'we'd rather have the Magnums anyway.'

Marigold has now started saying 'I'd rather have a Magnum' to me every time I give her a kiss or a squeeze in passing. It ceased to be funny five hours ago.

In retaliation I have threatened to withhold all future aspects of intimacy, but that strategy seems to have backfired. Oh well, as long as she's happy.

The modified sheep dip pit I ordered to protect us from people calling at the house hasn't been entirely successful. Our postman wears shorts, winter and summer, and yet is still insistent on blaming me for the full body rash he claims to have contracted by his very brief immersion.

Yes, I fully accept I made an error in not realising he was relatively short of stature before filling it to the brim with Domestos, but if he carries on complaining for much longer he'll be risking missing out on the usual 50 pence tip come next Christmas.

Marigold was dead against the plan from the start and continues to complain about my choice of Domestos when Tesco's own brand bleach is so much cheaper.

'Have you even glanced at the comparative efficiency ratings in this Which? Report,' I ask, but Marigold has always shown very little interest in my extensive research material.

I suppose I shall have to just carry on digging the moat as a back up now the Council have taken up such an unreasonably antagonistic stance to my outline planning request for a minefield.

'High explosive devices not allowed on domestic dwelling units within the Borough' indeed.

If they had bothered to read all 96 pages of my dossier they should have realised the mines would be concealed underground and therefore not visible at any time.

It's bureaucracy gone mad in my view.

The news flash along the bottom of the television screen just said, 'Greater Manchester Police attended 500 house parties last weekend.'

Well, that's not setting a very good example, is it?

My latest NHS letter, my third since the decision was made, presumably at Cabinet level that my life expectancy if exposed to 'other people' or other equally dangerous entities starts off by saying' 'Persons like you in the clinically extremely vulnerable cohort will continue to be advised to shield themselves for some time yet, and the Government recognises the difficulties this brings for those affected.'

Wow! Last time I was classified as being in the 'clinically extremely vulnerable group.' Now it's the 'clinically extremely vulnerable cohort.'

Is a cohort better than a group? More selective? Even more special?

Who writes this stuff?

Pubs, bars, nightclubs, snooker halls, Burger King and gyms are all closed. Hordes of people have apparently had their lives ruined by the enforced absence of these recently deprived pleasures.

But, even allowing for this devastation, it appears my own routine will be completely unaffected.

That can't be right.

It's now day something or other since we entered the deep hibernation of lockdown. Not every day is a bundle of laughs. I'm finding it a bit upsetting to see Marigold with her nose pressed against the window, tears streaming down her face making whimpering noises.

It's heart breaking, it really is.

I've even considered letting her come back inside, but after she went out and collected that Amazon parcel left on the path we'll need to wait a few days yet to see if she starts coughing.

Oh, I know it seems harsh but rules are rules.

Just hope those Midget Gems in the Amazon box are okay out there. It's getting a bit nippy at night.

Marigold has decided to cut my hair. No fastidious micro examination of a stray hair, none of that two mirrors malarkey or inane chatter about inconsequential trivia, it's sit down, keep still and don't distract me.

As a result I have a haircut that will last several months without even seeing a brush or a comb, that takes moments to wash in the shower, is economical with shampoo and yet only took three minutes to create.

Salons of Britain, you can learn much from Marigold. Seat customer, switch on clippers, three minutes later shout 'next.'

I suspect Marigold watched a training video from the United States Marine Corps Induction Centre when honing her technique.

Oddly, my offer to return the favour and cut Marigold's hair has not yet been accepted.

Some say we need social interactions to maintain good mental health. Aristotle said, 'man is by nature a social animal.'

I yield to no one in my admiration for Aristotle. More than 2300 years after his death, he remains one of the most influential people who ever lived. He contributed to almost every aspect of human knowledge then in existence, and he was the spark, the founder of many new fields.

According to the philosopher Bryan Magee, 'it is doubtful whether any human being has ever known as much as he did.'

Even so, and far be it from me to offer an alternative view to old clever clogs, I know several people who are positively relishing lockdown.

There's a couple living behind our place - there's a ten foot hedge between us so I've never actually seen them and their entrance road is 'around the back, somewhere'' but they're obviously elderly and a bit deaf as I used to clearly hear snippets of their conversation on days when we were both engaged in that idyllic activity usually confined to warm, sunny afternoons known as 'sitting out'.

I only learnt the name of the unseen neighbour yesterday as I limped along my 25 step exercise path.

'Malcolm, are you coming in? I've got the thingie all set up to zoom the family.'

The enquirer was female, seemingly not in the first flush of youth, and with more than a hint of exasperation in her tone.

'No, 'I'm stopping here,' replied the unseen Malcolm. 'I've just got to a good bit.'

'The book can wait. Your grandchildren will want to see you.'

Malcolm was obviously having none of it.

'No, they won't, they're as fed up as I am of these wretched video things. Quite frankly I don't miss seeing any of them and if you're honest, neither do you.'

'No, I know, it's been lovely having time to ourselves and no need to pretend we enjoy having the whole tribe turn up on the doorstep, but they think we're lonely. They think we're at risk.'

Silence, then a deep sigh from Malcolm.

'Tell them I've croaked,' he shouted. 'I'm not coming in.'

Another long pause and then the woman said 'I'll say you're on the lavatory.'

I really want to meet this pair one day. Malcolm and I would get on very well. Imagine having to leave your place in a book just as you get to 'a good bit.'

Rules? There are no rules any more

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Therapy Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Throughout the previous numerous years, much has been written about a prep work contacted platelet-rich blood (PRP) and its potential efficiency in the therapy of personal injuries. For instance, one study disclosed that the product complete serum platelet-rich plasma (TM3) and plasma televisions plasma televisions TM3 were reliable for treating major traumas in males who were acquiring a long-term therapy (6–7). Several renowned sportsmens — golfer Tiger Woods, tennis superstar Rafael Nadal, and several others — have obtained PRP for numerous problems, such as sprained knees and severe ligament personal injuries. The federal government has recognized it has an incentive to provide the amount of money to the charity. "There is a great deal of work to perform," claims Michael Vassallo, director of the Health, Education, and Kinesiology and Exercise Trust, which check medical-science concerns. These styles of ailments have usually been addressed with drugs, physical therapy, or also surgery. But in instances of psychological illness and stressful human brain injuries, such as those of Cushing and his son, those who have been prescribed antipsychotic drugs, such as Naltrexone or Paxil, are handled by the doctor. It's not consistently rare for the drug to have a beneficial effect on people along with mental illness. Some professional athletes have credited PRP along with their being able to return much more quickly to competitors. But these athletes are attempting to help make notable improvement before taking their sport to the upcoming amount. "I'm not advocating merely for these athletes to go to any particular sport. There's too a lot stress. Everybody understands what they're doing. I strongly believe in some athletes who come in and have effectiveness and proceed the system. I'm not for or versus that. Also though PRP has gotten significant promotion, there are actually still lingering concerns regarding it, such as: What precisely is platelet-rich plasma? Can easily this be properly administered in low-density (LDCs) settings that are reasonably passive, at greater temperatures, such as in airships? Is the plasma an appropriate nutritional intake and can the plasma televisions be safely circulated one of pets? Are these concerns appropriate to the therapy of diabetes mellitus? How much is a platelet adequate for many individuals? What disorders are being treated with PRP? Public wellness devices possess a tough opportunity placing a deter to the spreading of hepatitis A. The health condition has been increasing continuously since its discovery in 1987. In 2015, additional than 25,000 brand new instances of hepatitis A were stated in the US. The ailment currently impacts more than 250 million US grownups. The CDC estimates the spread of hepatitis A to little ones every two years. One in 100 little ones will certainly develop the condition in their lifetimes. Although blood stream is generally a fluid (contacted plasma), it also consists of little sound parts (reddish cells, white colored cells, and platelets). Blood glucose degrees vary largely, so there's little control over how much you drink. Drinking water and eating veggies or fruits and fatty fish seem to be reliable in boosting sugar degrees in your blood stream. That's why scientists strongly believe that having whole lots of sugar creates you more blood insulin resistant, or that these nutrients raise your concentration of glucose without lowering blood amount. The platelets are well understood for their relevance in clotting blood stream. Along with the introduction of blood stream transfusion for blood-borne diseases, scientists are finding out this potential to restore destroyed blood cells and avoid blood stream embolisms. To create this innovation, scientists in Germany created a laser-guided platelet implant that simulated what occurs when some of your very own blood stream is tainted with clotting oral plaque buildups, the scientists mention in the clinical diary Circulation. Having said that, platelets additionally include hundreds of healthy proteins gotten in touch with growth factors that are extremely important in the recovery of personal injuries. These development aspects provide to the capacity of cells to re-build. But because platelets are small, they maynot stand up to all the air that happens from the neighboring sky, thereby having an effect on the tissue in order to preserve the recuperation process. Scientists have connected this method to some of the earliest vertebrate personal injuries; that is, in the bones of the first contemporary horses, the big intestinal tract. PRP is plasma along with many additional platelets than what is typically located in blood stream. Most essentially, plasma televisions coming from this kind is stashed in blood cell cultures through the endothelial cells. It is also a highly dependable technique to protect against the gathering of cavity enducing plaque that accumulates on endothelial cells. More In-Depth and the part of cholesterol levels Fecals, a popular form of cholesterol levels, are acquired from the feces. A usual resource of this component is a sizable volume of feces.

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Procedure Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) In the course of the past a number of years, a lot has been written regarding a preparation gotten in touch with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and its potential efficiency in the therapy of injuries. For example, one study reported that the product total cream platelet-rich plasma (TM3) and plasma blood TM3 were successful for handling primary concussions in men who were getting a long-term therapy (6–7). Many popular professional athletes — golfer Tiger Woods, tennis celebrity Rafael Nadal, and several others — have acquired PRP for several issues, such as sprained legs and chronic ligament traumas. The federal government has acknowledged it has an incentive to give the amount of money to the charitable organization. "There is a whole lot of job to carry out," claims Michael Vassallo, director of the Health, Education, and Kinesiology and Exercise Trust, which keep an eye on medical-science issues. These styles of problems have normally been dealt with along with medicines, physical therapy, or also surgical procedure. But in scenarios of psychological disease and terrible brain injuries, such as those of Cushing and his boy, those who have been suggested antipsychotic medicines, such as Naltrexone or Paxil, are managed through the doctor. It's not always unheard of for the medicine to have a favorable effect on individuals with schizophrenia. Some professional athletes have credited PRP along with their being able to return extra rapidly to competitors. But these professional athletes are attempting to create significant progress just before taking their sporting activity to the upcoming level. "I'm not advocating simply for these sportsmens to go to any type of certain sporting activity. There's too much stress. Everybody recognizes what they're performing. Related Source Here think in some athletes who happen in and have success and carry on the plan. I'm not for or against that.

Even though PRP has gotten comprehensive attention, there are actually still sticking around concerns concerning it, such as: What specifically is platelet-rich plasma televisions? Can easily this be properly provided in low-density (LDCs) settings that are relatively passive, at greater temperatures, such as in aircrafts? Is the blood an acceptable diet intake and may the plasma be properly circulated among animals? Are these inquiries appropriate to the therapy of diabetes mellitus? How much is a platelet enough for the majority of individuals? What disorders are being addressed along with PRP? Social wellness units possess a tough time placing a cease to the spreading of hepatitis A. The illness has been increasing steadily since its revelation in 1987. In 2015, even more than 25,000 brand-new cases of hepatitis A were disclosed in the US. The ailment currently influences additional than 250 million US grownups. The CDC predict the spread of hepatitis A to little ones every two years. One in 100 children will certainly develop the condition in their life times. Although blood is mainly a liquid (called plasma), it additionally includes little solid parts (reddish cells, white cells, and platelets). Blood stream glucose degrees differ widely, so there's little bit of control over how much you consume. Alcohol consumption water and consuming veggies or fruits and fatty fish seem to be helpful in enhancing sugar amounts in your blood. That's why scientists feel that possessing lots of sweets helps make you additional blood insulin insusceptible, or that these nutrients enhance your focus of blood sugar without reducing blood stream volume. The platelets are most effectively recognized for their importance in clotting blood stream. With the advancement of blood stream transfusion for blood-borne illness, scientists are uncovering this capability to repair destroyed blood stream cells and stop blood clots. To make this innovation, analysts in Germany helped make a laser-guided platelet implant that imitated what happens when some of your personal blood is contaminated with clotting oral plaque buildups, the analysts mention in the clinical diary Circulation. However, platelets also have hundreds of proteins called development aspects that are really necessary in the recuperation of traumas. Most bone tissue fragments, lots of of which are current in the skull, are quickly destroyed or also destroyed if they are crushed. It is recognized that platelets include numerous protein receptors gotten in touch with the P450 kinase. In addition, the variety of p53's of this receptor have been implicated in the recuperation of accident in lots of lifestyles of bone tissue illness. PRP is plasma with lots of more platelets than what is usually discovered in blood stream. Blood stream samples coming from computer mice are split right into platelets or cells contacted blood stream cation cells. During the course of the very first week of lifestyle this number of cations can grow from a solitary singular tissue, to around 50 cations in a normal grownup, also when there is actually no task at the beginning of life. These cells are present around the physical body and are understood as the plasma-associated plasma televisions C-terminal tissues.

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JB Spring Fling – Movie Monday

Relationship: BJ x GN!Reader Fandom: Grudge Match Word count: 1405 Rating: T Summary: You just moved to Pittsburgh and meet your neighbor and his son. Prompt: None, really. I watched the movie again, this time for Jon, and fell in love with BJ. He's the sweetest.

Starting my week in the Spring Fling with some rarely written for character. Let the fun begin, folks!

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It’s early afternoon when you finally have most of the moving boxes inside your new house and only two left in the car. Swiping the sweat from your brow and stretching your aching back, you head back towards the car standing in the driveway to get the remaining boxes. 

You’re rummaging through the back of the car, searching for a few items that have fallen out of a box and slid to one side or the other, when a voice pipes up from behind you. 

“Are you new here?”

You jump in surprise and hit your head hard against the ceiling of the car. Rubbing your head with muttered swearing, you move back out of the car to look at the person. Or, actually, at the boy. 

“Oh, hello,” you say with a small smile, before grimacing as you realize that you’d cursed in front of a young kid. “Uhm, yes, I’m new.” You look around and notice that there’s no grownup with him. 

“Where are your parents?” 

The boy points at the house just to the left of yours. 

“Oh, so I guess we’re neighbors now,” you grin, introducing yourself to him.

The boy opens his mouth to probably give you his name, before he stops to consider you for a moment. He looks towards his house with a worried glance. 

“Dad says I shouldn’t talk to strangers but-”

“Oh, of course. He’s right. I’ll just come and  say hi later, yeah?” You pick up one of the boxes to finish what you’d been doing, but the boy twists his mouth in thought before he looks towards his house again. 

“Dad also said that it’s nice to help people.” He crosses his arms decisively and nods to himself. 

Chuckling, you look inside your car and nod towards the last box that has the word towels written on it. 

“If you really want to help without getting in trouble, then let’s do this: You bring this to the porch, and then you go straight back home. What do you say?” 

The boy grins and nods, leaning into the car and grabbing the box. You close the trunk and lock the car, then lead the way to your house. 

“Alright, you can leave it just here, and I’ll pick it up later. Thanks for your help.”

The boy smiles, looking proud of himself. 

“Off you go now before your dad sees you here.” You jerk your head towards the boy’s house with a light laugh and lean against the door jamb. 

Jumping down the steps and waving, the boy shouts, “Later” and runs over the lawn to his home. You watch until he’s inside before doing the same and start putting things away. 

Several hours later you are sitting completely exhausted in your new living room. Your bigger furniture, like couch, bed and so on, had thankfully arrived a few days earlier with a moving company, the people working for it helping you to put everything in its place. You still have a lot of heavy enough things to put here and there, however. Some of your friends had helped to pack, but you’re on your own today, and you’d never realized just how many books you own.

Dragging yourself into the kitchen to get something to drink, you spot the Tupperware full of homemade cookies that a friend had given you before you’d left this morning. Staring at it as you have some water, you decide to bring a few over to your little neighbor as thanks and a way to introduce yourself to his parents. Grabbing a smaller container, you put half of the cookies into it and head outside. 

Once you’re at the neighbors’ door, you ring the bell and wait, tapping your fingers against the plastic of the container in slight nervousness. You put a smile on your face as you hear footsteps approaching, and the door opens a moment later. Your mouth opens to greet the person, but no sound comes out of it after your eyes have taken in the man in front of you. 

He’s wearing a green shirt that highlights his trained body, over a pair of sweatpants that hang low but not enough to be called indecent. His hair is cropped short on the sides and slightly longer on top, looking good with the stubble on his cheeks and thick eyebrows. 

“Can I help you?” The man asks after you’ve been silent for too long, an eyebrow lifting curiously. 

“Oh – uh – I – Hi – um – Hi – I’m your new neighbor?” You stutter away. 

“You don’t seem so sure.” His lips turn up in light amusement, picking up on the way you ended your sentence on a question. 

You giggle awkwardly and promptly want to hit yourself with the container at the sound. Could you get any more embarrassing? 

You clear your throat. “I’m your new neighbor,” you state this time, throwing a thumb in the direction of your place. “I just didn’t expect to find you-” 

You manage to cut yourself off before you embarrass yourself even more with what your brain wanted to have you say. I just didn’t expect to find you so attractive.

“Find me?” The man tilts his head to the side, frowning. 

Trying to think fast, you thankfully find a good enough reply.

“Er, yes. I meant that I was expecting to see your son – at least, I think he’s your son? He talked about his dad so… Anyway, a boy – he was really nice – he-”

 Stopping you in your renewed word vomit, your name gets called before the boy from earlier appears at the side of the man. 

“You know each other, Trey?” The man asks, frowning down at the kid, who grimaces, realizing that he gave himself away. 

“I’m so sorry, it’s my fault. He just wanted to help me move in the last box, and I agreed. He didn’t come in, I promise. He didn’t even give me his name. Please don’t be mad at him,” you ramble apologetically. “I just wanted to come over and introduce myself and bring these to say thank you.” You tentatively hand the cookie container to the man, who takes it after a moment with a small nod.

“Okay, bud, you take them inside while I chat, yeah?”

“Can I have one, Dad?” Trey asks, giving his father a pleading look. 

“After dinner… What do we say?” The man says as Trey nods and starts walking away. 

“Thank you!” Trey exclaims with a wide grin and runs off. 

“Thank you,” the man repeats, turning back to you and giving you a friendly smile. Alright, so you might not have blown it. Yet.

“No problem,” you smile, before introducing yourself again. 

“BJ,” he replies, extending a hand for you. 

“BJ,” you repeat with raised eyebrows as you shake his hand, taken aback by the name, before cringing at your tone. “Shit, I’m sorry. I just didn't – it’s unusual and-”

BJ waves your concerns away with a hand – a large hand, you can’t help noticing – and laughs in amusement, the sound making you relax and smile.

“It stands for Bradley James, but I don’t like it.” 

“I guess that any man would prefer BJ,” you say without thinking, but the way BJ barks out another laugh takes away your embarrassment and makes you grin instead. 

Both of you are quiet after the laughter slowly stops, but it’s not uncomfortable. BJ stares at you for a moment and ducks his head with a small smile after you’ve grinned at him at his perusal. 

 “Right… Guess I should let you get on with dinner, then.” You take a step back, remembering Trey waiting inside. 

“Yeah.” He’s silent for a beat. “You wanna join us?”

“Oh, uh… I don’t want to intrude, I-”

“Nah, come on. I’m sure that Trey would like it too. It’s usually just the two of us or my mom.”

“Oh… alright then.” 

You want to groan at yourself as your brain jumps on the implied detail that BJ seems to be single. 

In any case, Trey is happy that you join them, asking you question after question about where you are from and what you’re doing and who made the cookies. He’s cute, and you’re having fun, but the way BJ listens in carefully and watches you doesn’t go unnoticed by you either. 

Pittsburgh might truly hold the new beginning you’ve been looking for.

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Hi!! I've been a fan of your writings! So very well-written and I absolutely love how you make stories! I could like actually flesh out and imagine them. And tbh, that's sometimes hard to do for me with most stories, but yours. Yours are amazing!

But I do wanna apologize if I sound dumb for asking this, but have you ever thought of how they'd react to an MC who keeps making mistakes / extremely clumsy / basically pathetic-like?

I keep reading MCs who are like, yeah amazing and confident and stuff which is great! But, I wonder, what if the Human they got is, like, you know, low-grade if there ever is a thing? How would they react?

I'm sorry!! This sounds like a downer, I'm just really curious how you'd flesh a story out of that ? But if not, still ok! I'm just happy and lucky you got to read my ask!

Thank you for taking the time to read my ask! I'll continue supporting you!

Awwwe thank you!! 😊 I honestly just kind of fell into this writing thing so it really helps my confidence to hear that people enjoy my storytelling (I get all smiley for, like, hours 😅). I'm bouncing through a lot of ideas right now, but I hope this is kind of a taste of what you were going for!

The Brothers with an MC Who's like… Just Below Average at Stuff

Lucifer

Well I see Lucifer going one of two ways: either he's frustrated to have yet another borderline competent charge to deal with or he actually likes their "weakness" if that makes sense.

You can't tell me this guy doesn't get an ego boost from being the most capable man in the room and people asking for help highlights that fact.

So like, he'd like them. But in a condescending headpat kind of way.

"Come here, you pathetic little thing. I'll help you" 😌 (They're trying their best, you prick...)

Mammon 

Like, bro. Same though.

I mean, for demon standards, Mammon isn't great all that much… Or at least that's how everybody sees him anyway, so a human who's also kind of a fuck up will get him right in the ol'chest thumper.

Gets kind of defensive for them, especially if they do the same for him. He can tell that they try their best…

Even if their best is like, not great, they're trying dammit!! Leave'em alone! 😠

Levi

Yeeeeah, he's going to tease them. Like a lot. But he won’t be an ABSOLUTE jerk about it…

Expect a lot of: "LOL, of course that sucked!" or "Well, that's a normie for you." comments if they fail at something.

But he doesn't do it to hurt them and will back off eventually if they say it hurts their feelings. He's a jerk, but not a monster (ironically enough).

Pointing out how clumsy they are though? Always fair game. It's such a… beloved trope after all. (Okay I personally dislike it, but other people don't and I can respect its relatability. He's going to poke fun of it relentlessly though.)

Satan

Honestly just takes pity on them more than anything else. It must really suck to be so pathetic… that poor human... 😔

So like, he'll help them out but it's always got that air of, "Oh honey, you're waaay over your head right now. Let the grownups take over here." to it.

Better than outright making fun of them, I guess… but still.

At least sometimes he'll TRY to teach them how to do things right and his patience isn't terrible as long as they're doing their best. He's less condescending than Lucifer if nothing else…

Asmo 

I mean. I'm not even sure how an entirely unremarkable human gets a pact with Asmo to start with… Man craves novelty.

A pity pact, maybe? Probably not. At best, he may try using his beauty skills to salvage something out of their completely unnoteworthy housemate.

Asmo could make a dead possum look Devilgram-able if he put enough effort into it so that might go somewhere, but they can't just ask him for it. It's gotta be offered.

Otherwise, he's nice enough but not nearly as all over them as he usually is... Take from that what you will.

Beel

Is kind if worried they're going to end up hurting themselves, tbh…

If there's zero chance they can take care of themselves, that doesn't bode well for them. He might be a little rude before getting to know them but after that they got themselves a guard demon.

Even if they're not the best cook, there's no way they can be worse than Solomon so he appreciates their effort if they try (and then pays for takeout so they both don't starve 😅)

Between him and Mammon, they'll find the most understanding ears for their totally average plight. If nothing else, they can seek refuge there.

Belphie 

Is 100% going to make fun of them and really doesn’t care about their feelings on the matter.

Okay that's only half true. Like Levi, he doesn't do it to make them feel bad, but his response if they bring it up would be along the lines of: "I'm not doing it to make you feel bad so you shouldn't feel bad about it." (Truly award-winning conflict resolution from Belphie, everybody 🙄)

From that point their only options are to hack it and grow some thick skin or let it go until they start crying. Tears would shut him up real quick.

Not enough to make him stop, of course, but enough to lighten the severity… Man he's such a jerk sometimes… 😒

#obey me #obey me shall we date #shall-we-date-obey-me #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #obey me headcanons

[falsegoodnight]

as per request, here’s a rec list of my favorite canon compliant and non-aus! 

note: based on the ask i received, i wasn’t sure if mpreg/abo were off-limits so i only included a few of those - it’s all indicated so you can avoid that if it’s not what you’re looking for!

also: some of these i read a long long time and only vaguely remember so keep that in mind! they’re marked with a *!

✰ burnt & tied up by @tllthesundies | E | 6k 

Come to the show tonight, Harry told him. Begged him. Pleaded with him.

Louis isn’t doing this for him.

✰ Makes Perfect by checkthemargins | E | 9k

"What if you practiced on like, a mannequin?" Louis presses. "Or one of those blow up sex dolls? Or even just like, I don't know, a pillow or something. Whatever it'd fit around."

Harry tilts his head thoughtfully, curls catching the light so entrancingly that Louis finds himself reaching up to push his fingers through them. "It's different, though, innit? When it's a real person. A pillow won't snog me."

"Why should it?" says Louis. "You can't even take its bra off."

✰ How’s About We Make A Baby? by @the-cheshire-pussy-cat​ | M | 12k | mpreg

Everyone always talks about how Harry Styles would very much like a baby. Louis would swear on his grave that he's doing everything he can to give him one.

✰ Just Let Me by @helloamhere | E | 15k | abo

The party was going well. So well, Niall had already sworn undying love to one multi-tiered chocolate cake, two friendly corgi-poodle mixes, Zayn’s hair, and the entire population of Los Angeles. So well, Zayn had only laughed and ruffled Niall’s hair and not even twitched towards a cigarette. So well, nearly everyone had spilled far past the boundaries of the night’s original plans, extracting bottles of vodka from the cabinets and losing a lot of clothes. Harry had proclaimed that he was finally going to throw a small and very grownup dinner party and of course here they were three hours later, fifty people half-naked in the pool. Soon to be full-naked, if Louis had to guess. Everybody in LA loved a heated pool. Everybody loved Harry.

✰ bang bang (my baby shot me down) by @thepolourryexpress | E | 17k 

Harry wants a little more in the bedroom and has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth.

✰ late night devil (put your hands on me) by @goodmorninglou | E | 20k | abo

Harry Styles has always put up with him. With every snip of attitude, every idiotic act of stubbornness, every harsh and sour word. Each time Louis thinks he's stepped too far, clung too tight, bitten too hard, Harry is there to forgive him, to protect him, to hold him. Maybe he was naive to think that, no matter how hard he pushed, Harry would never move.

Maybe he should have seen it coming.

✰ england has my bones by @tllthesundies | E | 24k 

The next time Harry thinks about calling, it’s 4.14 in the morning on a Parisian hotel balcony.

✰ Another Day Gettin’ Into Trouble by @crazyupsetter | E | 26k

Harry’s drunk when the idea occurs to him. He’s also a pop star, so sometimes his drunk ideas turn into actual things instead of just ideas. The clone-a-willy kit is one of them.

In Harry’s defense, when he first thinks about it his intention is just to buy the kit and give it to Louis to make his own dildo with, because that’s what he wants anyway, right? To have a penis filling him up?

Then he realizes that it would be weird if Louis made a copy of his own dick to fuck himself with. It’d be super weird. Louis fucking himself? That’s a weird idea. Harry’s pretty sure Louis wouldn’t like that.

Clearly the only solution here is to use his own dick for the mold.

✰ True North* by navigator & quitter | E | 26k

Altered-canon non-au set between November 2012 and January 7th, 2013.

✰ we can take the long way home by eleadore | E | 27k | implied mpreg

The band takes a break. Harry and Louis come together.

✰ the way this river runs by @soldouthaz | E | 27k

Louis is provided a chance to start over. He takes it.

✰ like a timebomb ticking by @infinitelymint | M | 32k

Louis loses everything. Harry's still there.

✰ what’s yours is mine to make your own by @soldouthaz | E | 40k

Sometimes, the closest Harry ever feels to home is Louis. It's their shared hotel rooms on tour, their shoes toed off in the doorway next to each other, jackets hung on the same post.

It's everything he doesn't notice until it's been taken away from him.

✰ Something in the World Today by @crazyupsetter | E | 48k

It shouldn’t be a surprise, the first time that Louis drops to his knees in front of Harry. It shouldn’t be, because it’s been something that Louis has needed for a long time. It shouldn’t be, because he’s been crawling out of his skin for weeks on end. It shouldn’t be, because Harry always makes him feel better. It shouldn’t be, because he’s needed this even when he didn’t know that he needed it.

Somehow, it still is.

✰ Swallow The Knife by @crazyupsetter | E | 76k 

“You came,” Louis says, still breathless, clinging to Harry, uncaring that his sweat is getting all over Harry’s presumably clean dad shirt, or that he’s making Harry hold up all of his weight.

“Of course I came,” Harry says. He shifts, one arm curled underneath Louis’ arse, the other spreading wide in the middle of Louis’ back. “If I ignored you every time you pissed me off we would have stopped being friends a long time ago.”

Louis already knows that, of course. It doesn’t do anything to stop the pleased squirm in his belly every time Harry proves it, though. They fight like nobody’s business, both of them too stubborn to pull their punches when they’re arguing, and it used to get them in trouble, but they always make up.

Adrenaline makes Louis loose-lipped, and they both know it. He tightens his arms around Harry’s neck, buries his face in his hair. “I missed you,” he confesses, quiet. “Doesn’t feel the same up there by myself.”

*note: i only included three fics from whoknows on this list but they have a whole bunch of canon-compliant fics, all of which are incredible!

✰ Untangle Me* by suicxne | E | 103k

The one where Harry and Louis finally get it right.

✰ the breaking of your soul (upon my lips) by @obviouslybecauselarry | E | 138k | mpreg

The one in which One Direction in 2015 still includes Zayn, and nothing has been right between Harry and Louis for a long time now. Louis is certain that the situation he finds himself in won't change anything at all - he doesn't want it to, if he is honest with himself, as he doesn't want this situation to be a situation in the first place.

✰ And Then A Bit* by @infinitelymint | E | 159k 

Harry and Louis fake a relationship for publicity. Eventually it becomes a lot less fake and a lot more real.

✰ Hiding Place* by @alivingfire | E | 365k 

The canon compliant Harry and Louis love story from the very beginning, where the only difference is that the love between them is literally written on their skin, and there’s only so much they can hide.

If you read any of these lovely fics, remember to leave kudos and comment to show your appreciation!

*if i made any errors, please let me know :)

enjoy!

#my fic recs #canon compliant recs #non au recs #i was supposed to do this later #but procrastinating assignments is my talent

[marigoldsays]

Marigold Says... 

Random thoughts on travelling and life in general. 

Our blog didn't win Blog of the Year. Again. That's three consecutive years it's been on the Shortlist and all it has to show for that feat is three 'Highly Commended' awards.  Not even a rosette! 

Oh well, que, sera, sera.

We have over 165,000 'unique' followers by now, it's over 167,000 actually now,so we're not too disheartened. 

What's different this year is having not one but two separate blog posts being singled out for a 'Best Single Blog Posts' award. They're on very different subjects but recognition of any kind is welcome. Feed the ego; body and soul. That's never a bad idea.

If you're interested in what critics think (!) the two posts they selected for special praise are:

Hippie Life in Spain

and

Party for Grownups

You'll find them and much else besides in the list of titles, almost 200 separate postings on a wide diversity of subjects and locations.

As for awards... Well, as we've had well over 165,000, yes, that's ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND individual readers by now, we must be doing something right. Anything over ten thousand readers meant we'd arrived in the Bloggin' Premier League, so hitting a hundred and sixty fivethousand plus is just WOW!

Who needs awards anyway?

G regards himself as an ex-writer these days, but a pandemic brings many surprises in its wake. He's written a new book, quite the departure from the style that brought far too much fame and far too little fortune as compensation for all that life disruption, hence the ex-writer tag.

The new book is a Young Adult novel about a pandemic, written a year before most people even imagined such a thing. More details and a link to this book and a few others long hidden from public view are in the recent blog post, Staying Alive.

Stop Press.

We may not have won Blog of the Year, but our blog post Only the Lonely, written during Covid-19 Lockdown, has been chosen from a few million other offerings as the Best 'Pandemic' Blog Post by the very clever people who judge this sort of thing for a living. We like critics! 

This isn't Marigold. Far too sophisticated.

Here’s that Only the Lonely blog post, just as a sample…

Solitary Confinement - It's Not All Fun and Party Games

M Says'

I havedecided my hair needs cutting. I actually said to G, 'my hair needs cutting badly' and he of course jumped straight in with, 'sounds perfect job for me.'

I have two styles to choose from. It can either be Boris post virus locks or Michael Fabricant. To actually wear a wig like that needs an award. Love it. I haven't decided yet. It all depends on G's patience, and nifty use of a rather large pair of kitchen scissors. As their use is varied from cutting up a chicken, cardboard or old clothes for dusters, am sure they will be up to the task. 

As my hair is not a favourite asset it doesn't really matter. In fact I can't think of an asset I have got. Anyway need to work up to it when G isn't on his exercise bike or wandering up and down the path. 

Have started to think about waste a lot. Had loads of peelings yesterday and thought about making our own potcheen. Anyway, I thought about it and then put them in the bin. We have made all sorts of strange and varied things in the past. 

We had a spell making Kombucha when we lived in France. It was very successful. In fact too successful and we were left with lots of Mother pancake things and didn't know what to do with them. It was suggested you fry them and eat them. We in fact buried them in the garden. I wonder if any have grown into something that can't be identified. 

I also added cheese to olive oil and herbs. It went rancid. Buried that as well. Tried rhubarb wine. Awful. It would have been great as a toilet cleaner. We had grape vines, lots of them and the wine we made was a success thankfully. We had vineyard owning friends who were good teachers and we ended up with a quaffable product. 

I was in charge of labels and my only instruction was 'put them on straight'. Did they think I was going to put them on upside down? Why do people get bossy when they know more than you? We even had a wine bottle hedgehog. Look it up. Surprise, surprise. 

We have been walking up and down the path and G counts his steps. As I was borrowing his Fitbit and he claimed I was pinching his steps he bought me one. No stopping me now. Onwards and upwards. As it is a narrow path G starts one end with me at the other. We meet halfway and do a dozie-doe circle as in Scottish dancing to liven us up a bit. 

Marv. 

I have walked to Lands End and back. G said you would be better in shoes and not your slippers, but comfort is really important for athletes. 

Have had requests from family, friends, debt collectors and people I have never heard of to do a video something or other called Boom, Zoom or something or other. Can't think of anything worse. 

What does it involve? Do you have to wear make up, remove any rogue hairs, have an interesting back drop? It all sounds very stressful and have had to decline. What if we came on their screen and they screamed, or we screamed? Our conversation could be over in 3 minutes and then you have to revert to 'somebody is at the door' while G can clearly be heard shouting 'I don't want to talk to them'. Then you are trapped in a cycle of daily non goings on. 

I imagine it is like visiting someone in hospital and saying 'what did you have for lunch' or 'are you sleeping ok'. I would rather people imagine we are having lockdown parties and doing handstands. 

A friend said she started to do a diary. Day 1 Got up, had breakfast Had walk for an hour Had lunch Had tea Had shower Went to bed 

Day 2 -ditto-. She won't be doing it anymore. 

On the Thursday night clap session a woman over the way from us was clapping in an upstairs window, well actually a bit more energetic than that; she hangs out of the bathroom window with a large saucepan and a plastic veg drainer. Anyway, saucepan went flying and would have killed the old geezer underneath if he'd been there at the time.

It is still on the lawn. I have got my eye on it, as it looks better than mine. G said she could be lying on the floor having fell off backwards off the stool shouting 'the clap has killed me'. 

Just off to do steps and catch up with G. I need to win. 

After I made such a brill job of cutting his hair G came at me with large wallpaper scissors, a tin basin and said 'put your legs in the stirrups' and guffawed. He is not taking it seriously so can bog off.

Yes, I'm sure they mean well, but...

A bit more nonsense now...

G Says'

I don't go in for Zoom or any other type of video conferencing malarkey. Quite apart from having to make a bit of an effort with my appearance there's the absolute certainty I would be miles away, both literally and figuratively, when faced with the distraction of someone else's living room in the background. If there's a bookcase in view, forget conversation, my attention is elsewhere.

Even television presenters work from home now and I find it hard to listen to what they're saying as their furniture, fixtures and fittings become my main focus.

Actually, I prefer it like this. Something to occupy the mind while they waffle inanely on, just like they always did, but now I have a valid excuse for tuning them out.

Even in real life situations, whatever they used to be, I constantly found myself contorting my head and neck to read, sideways on, any books on a shelf. Talking to me under these conditions is a waste of breath. Oh, and no, of course I can't concentrate on more than one thing at a time. Multitasking is not in my DNA. I struggle to cope with one task at a time.

I messaged a friend a week ago, just to say hello, and asked 'what are you up to anyway?' She hasn't replied. I can't believe it requires so much thought. A simple question, surely?

Is overthinking yet another byproduct of our recent isolation? Or am I reading too much into this? Did she just forget to reply? Even worse, is she ignoring me and my fatuous remarks? I wish I hadn't mentioned this now. I may not sleep tonight for worrying'

The same friend moved house 18 months ago and she's still got numerous taped up boxes in the 'spare' room. Getting sorted out after a move, that's just asking for an onset of prevarication, isn't it? Some 'stuff' gets unpacked and put away virtually straight away. By which I mean, within the first week. Or so. After that, it's bye bye box, see you whenever.

I find the best removal system (and we've moved house many, many times) is to incorporate the science of random selection. Obviously, one should never write on a box what it contains - where's the fun in that? When its time comes to be opened, possibly far into the future, there's a frisson of excitement about the process.

There's about an equal balance I find between, 'oh, finally, there you are' and 'why did we ever imagine we'd need that?'

Best of all are things you really needed, couldn't find and so went out and bought a new one. Now, inside the box you finally got around to opening is that most precious of all items, 'a spare.'

I see Marigold has referred to our 'French' period when we grew, nurtured and cherished the many grape vines on our land. We became confirmed oenophiles in the process, but not everything went smoothly all the time. I developed a condition related to tennis elbow, namely secateur wrist through pruning about a million vines.

The vast wine press in the cellar of our isolated farmhouse took all our combined strength to operate - we only learnt later that the previous owner used a mule to provide the muscle power - and Marigold, for all her many virtues, having briefly and unsuccessfully tried every other aspect of the wine making process was finally relegated to sticking labels onto the bottles.

Easy? Not as I recall. Getting a wine label to attach to a bottle and look anywhere near level must be harder than it looks. Perhaps the major chateaux have a ready supply of spirit levels to hand as our finished wine bottles would never be snapped up by the head buyer of Majestic Wine.

I heard someone on the News this morning saying how much they're missing their grandchildren. They come over to wave and shout hello occasionally and the proud grandparents throw them down a Magnum each as a treat.

'Sorry we can't come down to give you a cuddle,' they shout.

'Don't worry,' the kids reply, 'we'd rather have the Magnums anyway.'

Marigold has now started saying 'I'd rather have a Magnum' to me every time I give her a kiss or a squeeze in passing. It ceased to be funny five hours ago.

In retaliation I have threatened to withhold all future aspects of intimacy, but that strategy seems to have backfired. Oh well, as long as she's happy.

The modified sheep dip pit I ordered to protect us from people calling at the house hasn't been entirely successful. Our postman wears shorts, winter and summer, and yet is still insistent on blaming me for the full body rash he claims to have contracted by his very brief immersion.

Yes, I fully accept I made an error in not realising he was relatively short of stature before filling it to the brim with Domestos, but if he carries on complaining for much longer he'll be risking missing out on the usual 50 pence tip come next Christmas.

Marigold was dead against the plan from the start and continues to complain about my choice of Domestos when Tesco's own brand bleach is so much cheaper.

'Have you even glanced at the comparative efficiency ratings in this Which? Report,' I ask, but Marigold has always shown very little interest in my extensive research material.

I suppose I shall have to just carry on digging the moat as a back up now the Council have taken up such an unreasonably antagonistic stance to my outline planning request for a minefield.

'High explosive devices not allowed on domestic dwelling units within the Borough' indeed.

If they had bothered to read all 96 pages of my dossier they should have realised the mines would be concealed underground and therefore not visible at any time.

It's bureaucracy gone mad in my view.

The news flash along the bottom of the television screen just said, 'Greater Manchester Police attended 500 house parties last weekend.'

Well, that's not setting a very good example, is it?

My latest NHS letter, my third since the decision was made, presumably at Cabinet level that my life expectancy if exposed to 'other people' or other equally dangerous entities starts off by saying' 'Persons like you in the clinically extremely vulnerable cohort will continue to be advised to shield themselves for some time yet, and the Government recognises the difficulties this brings for those affected.'

Wow! Last time I was classified as being in the 'clinically extremely vulnerable group.' Now it's the 'clinically extremely vulnerable cohort.'

Is a cohort better than a group? More selective? Even more special?

Who writes this stuff?

Pubs, bars, nightclubs, snooker halls, Burger King and gyms are all closed. Hordes of people have apparently had their lives ruined by the enforced absence of these recently deprived pleasures.

But, even allowing for this devastation, it appears my own routine will be completely unaffected.

That can't be right.

It's now day something or other since we entered the deep hibernation of lockdown. Not every day is a bundle of laughs. I'm finding it a bit upsetting to see Marigold with her nose pressed against the window, tears streaming down her face making whimpering noises.

It's heart breaking, it really is.

I've even considered letting her come back inside, but after she went out and collected that Amazon parcel left on the path we'll need to wait a few days yet to see if she starts coughing.

Oh, I know it seems harsh but rules are rules.

Just hope those Midget Gems in the Amazon box are okay out there. It's getting a bit nippy at night.

Marigold has decided to cut my hair. No fastidious micro examination of a stray hair, none of that two mirrors malarkey or inane chatter about inconsequential trivia, it's sit down, keep still and don't distract me.

As a result I have a haircut that will last several months without even seeing a brush or a comb, that takes moments to wash in the shower, is economical with shampoo and yet only took three minutes to create.

Salons of Britain, you can learn much from Marigold. Seat customer, switch on clippers, three minutes later shout 'next.'

I suspect Marigold watched a training video from the United States Marine Corps Induction Centre when honing her technique.

Oddly, my offer to return the favour and cut Marigold's hair has not yet been accepted.

Some say we need social interactions to maintain good mental health. Aristotle said, 'man is by nature a social animal.'

I yield to no one in my admiration for Aristotle. More than 2300 years after his death, he remains one of the most influential people who ever lived. He contributed to almost every aspect of human knowledge then in existence, and he was the spark, the founder of many new fields.

According to the philosopher Bryan Magee, 'it is doubtful whether any human being has ever known as much as he did.'

Even so, and far be it from me to offer an alternative view to old clever clogs, I know several people who are positively relishing lockdown.

There's a couple living behind our place - there's a ten foot hedge between us so I've never actually seen them and their entrance road is 'around the back, somewhere'' but they're obviously elderly and a bit deaf as I used to clearly hear snippets of their conversation on days when we were both engaged in that idyllic activity usually confined to warm, sunny afternoons known as 'sitting out'.

I only learnt the name of the unseen neighbour yesterday as I limped along my 25 step exercise path.

'Malcolm, are you coming in? I've got the thingie all set up to zoom the family.'

The enquirer was female, seemingly not in the first flush of youth, and with more than a hint of exasperation in her tone.

'No, 'I'm stopping here,' replied the unseen Malcolm. 'I've just got to a good bit.'

'The book can wait. Your grandchildren will want to see you.'

Malcolm was obviously having none of it.

'No, they won't, they're as fed up as I am of these wretched video things. Quite frankly I don't miss seeing any of them and if you're honest, neither do you.'

'No, I know, it's been lovely having time to ourselves and no need to pretend we enjoy having the whole tribe turn up on the doorstep, but they think we're lonely. They think we're at risk.'

Silence, then a deep sigh from Malcolm.

'Tell them I've croaked,' he shouted. 'I'm not coming in.'

Another long pause and then the woman said 'I'll say you're on the lavatory.'

I really want to meet this pair one day. Malcolm and I would get on very well. Imagine having to leave your place in a book just as you get to 'a good bit.'

Rules? There are no rules any more

[teamtyvek9]

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How Quickly After My Vehicle Crash May I Check out a Chiropractor? As very soon as your trauma takes place, there is a possibility you might have an prolonged period of time to live coming from your accident. It is necessary to be up by 5:30 p.m. Monday morning to complete surgical operation. Chiropractic and osteopathic doctors must be in a secure, safe and comfortable collection if you feel comfortable in taking care. If you’re detected along with whiplash injury after acquiring medical treatment coming from your cars and truck mishap, don’t hang around to find a chiropractor. What you’ll be said to is that you have been informed by your insurance policy business, as a outcome of your auto mishap, that there are no added health care threats linked with it. Do not take action until there are actually no additional medical threats associated along with your vehicle incident. Waiting for a settlement deal may in some cases take weeks or months – through which time your personal injuries could possibly worsen. The court of law could possess a task in finding out whether these traumas may be handled with or not in one case but also in various other situations. If that indicates you have been managed for a mental ailment or yearn for to be enrolled for a long-term psychiatric analysis, the court of law might choose whether you are qualified to bail, for payment or to maintain you on trial. Many insurance coverage policies cover chiropractic treatment after a vehicle mishap. The law demands medical professionals to deal with this protection, as well as all other clinical protection for grownups in the exact same condition. For adults ages 18 and more mature, the law required physicians to cover chiropractic specialists and neurologists, who provide chiropractic services but not for grownups under the grow older of 21. The act of 1854 makes it possible for chiropractic doctors and neurotypicals to deal with at a separate health care residence. Either technique, it’s ideal to have your ache dealt with and produce the following steps along with your personal trauma legal representative towards a negotiation for repayment. In this instance, she was hurt and required to keep home on her personal. She would have been in a better state of mind if that hadn't ended up being a rule. Therefore rather, she hung around to be paid out for her discomfort and helped make sure that her ache was dealt with by her qualified insurance coverage. Our vehicle incident lawyers recommend you ought ton’t wait longer than 72 hrs after your mishap to acquire chiropractic care. The American Chiropractors Association encourages that your chiropractor instantly talk to your insurance firm for a recommendation of your treatment. If they find that there would be no danger of personal injury due to an auto collision, you might decide to have your deductible improved through the variety of cars that you drive, whether or not you steer an individual-car or full-car.

Whiplash is the very most common vehicle crash trauma that chiropractors address. Scoliosis can prevent it from occurring again. But after one or two weeks, the cars and truck may not return to its original cars and truck form and it will certainly nearly certainly come back to a different kind of harm. Once you detect what the chiropractor might suggest, comply with the links beneath to know the very most helpful methods to correct a automobile mishap. When you go to explore a chiropractor for the first time after your incident, you’ll obtain a physical examination and have X-rays taken. Nonetheless, it's important that the physician who executed that physical examination has an opinion regarding my health and you possess to be delivered some written notified approval coming from your chiropractor or health treatment carrier before such an procedure may take location. In some places, you might have an health problem after a chiropractor done the operations. In the majority of cases, you won’t get any kind of corrections until your follow-up session. We may perform this. For most customers who are working late or under stress, our firm may not provide follow-up visits during the remainder of a client's opportunity program. We may alter follow-up sessions at various other opportunities, such as during holiday seasons. As the connection along with our business is not cancelled, we may look for compensation out of funds used to repay you for expenditures. Obtaining chiropractic care may considerably decrease the possibility of additionally injuring yourself later down the roadway. When you obtain your first chiropractor, the physician generally takes about 6 months off your life pattern to help you with the a variety of health complications from cancer cells to diabetes. In truth, one of the principal factors your brain appears to recuperate is that a medical professional is able to supply therapy through traditional chinese medicine, which can allow you to really relocate your physical body. The method of straightening your back or spinal column is a slow-moving and stable one. The method will certainly frequently be pretty lengthy and may take full weeks of arduous bodily exertion to finish. You might decide to acquire it done in your thoughts. For the reason of this write-up, I will definitely provide the most reliable spine placement you can easily make use of for sustaining your back and spine in a well balanced placement. Your spine, front, and spine are going to stay upright and aligned to the ground. Taking the opportunity to carry on visiting a chiropractor to treat back discomfort can easily save you from experiencing ongoing and worse discomfort later on. Some people are much better off if they get procedure earlier. There are lots of medical factors to have a chiropractic visit. Some people mention they really feel much better during the course of a visit, are even more very likely to acquire a chiropractor, feel much more comfortable during it, and are better off if they acquire procedure earlier.

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