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Richard Swift / The Shade x reader

If there was one thing Swift was good at, it was being an absolute menace. He knew how to push the right buttons, manhandle the abuse he garnered in return and threw it right back in whomever’s face.

He was good at that, being sneaky. It was part of his alter ego, some of him thinks, and the other part, well? He’s half-minded to call it desire, but, that’s neither here nor there.

It’s at the Zarick’s home where he’s entreated, momentarily delighted to see a figure sitting on his front porch. Their knees bent, phone in hand, the instantaneous idea that pops into his mind is hard to ignore.

Swift’s gotten very good at scaring you. Well, he’s great at doing it to everyone, but, he longs to see the way your face looks first, then contorts into an embarrassed smile, happy to see him nonetheless.

So he does it. Disappears then reappears, all without making a single sound. The feeling almost consumes him, ready to feel his heart skip such a beat, when his eyes flit down to your phone, which he can easily see over your shoulder from behind.

He’s aghast, and suddenly the excitement he once held dissipates.

It’s that blasted application that he’s seen far too many times over, the one that has seemingly consumed all of your attention in a manner he does not appreciate.

Dating apps.

He shudders at the sight. Courtney had attempted to explain the phenomenon to him, possibly ushering the man to use one, yet, he could hardly be bothered.

He was fine.

Well, fine until he met you.

He watches intently, no longer eager to get you all riled up. This, he was offended by.

You’re swiping, almost mindlessly, scrolling to read then back and forth. His brow furrows, and he can’t help it.

“What in gods name are you doing?”

It’s out of his mouth before he can stop it, and the pleased feeling he’s so accustomed to never comes into fruition.

You shriek, shoulders jumping to you ears are you nearly topple off the steps, spinning wildly to stare up at the man.

“Mr. Swift—!”

“Richard, please, y/n. I thought we’ve been over this,”

“Not when you always do that, why,”

You heave, hand coming to cover your beating heart as you stand, shoving your phone back into your pocket. Richard’s eyes follow the device until it is out of sight.

“May I ask what’s caused you to arrive at my doorstep, when you really should be at work?”

He’s not shy to admit he knows your entire schedule, and as much as you stare him down, the more entertaining it becomes for him.

What’s nice, is, you don’t know about him. You don’t know that he’s The Shade, you don’t know a single thing about the ISA or the JSA, other than the usual public knowledge. You’re realistically you, and it’s somehow an admirable trait.

“Huh. I was called off, and I was wondering…”

Your voice travels, eyes moving upwards to look at the man’s seemingly pained expression.

“Wondering what, y/n? Out with it.”

“Oh, fine. Here.”

You pick up a book that’s been on the step next to you, something he didn’t notice earlier.

“For me?”

He asks incredulously, and is hesitant to take the book from you. You nod, continuing up the steps until you’re right in front of him, looking up at him expectantly.

“You’d said you were bored, the last time we talked. I know that you enjoy history, so.”

You shrug, and Swift takes the present, carefully reading over the cover once it’s in his large hands.

A Comprehensive History of Nebraska.

When you’d first met, his accent took you by surprise at bit, as if you’d never expect him to have such a dialect.

It was charming, he’ll admit, to see you so surprised and amused. It was a funny feeling, the way his chest tightened when you smiled at him, happily chattering away.

He’d laughed, waving you off, saying that he had not been in the United States long, yet, it was a complete lie.

He didn’t enjoy lying to you, and he decided that after that white lie, he would keep no more secrets from you, well, other than The Shade.

“My, y/n, thank you. That’s kind of you to think of me.”

You shuffle, weight shifting from foot to foot on his porch.

“Yeah, no worries. Since you are new to Nebraska, thought you’d like to know more. See ya around,”

You begin to turn down the stairs, when a hand comes to your shoulder, stopping you.

“Leaving so soon?”

“I wouldn’t dream of bothering you, Mr. Swift.”

“Richard,”

He corrects, and you roll your eyes playfully.

“Might I ask you a little favor?”

You swallow, intimidated by the man when he was so close.

“Sure,”

“Stay off that dreadful application.”

“What are you…oh. You saw?”

“Yes. You are a kind influence, you do not need to seek the comfort of those people, they’ll just corrupt you.”

A thought passes that he’s likely just looking out for you, yet, the indication on his face says otherwise. He’s…jealous?

Sure, dating apps had their ups and downs. The occasional bad apple, absolutely, you’d be the first to admit. Yet, it was something else you longed for, and it appeared the app was the only way to keep your mind off a certain someone else.

A certain unattainable someone else.

“Can’t help it, looking for someone to have on my arm,”

You joke, eyes drifting down to his hand that still latches on to your shoulder. The jest is to get the attention off your rosy cheeks, laughing softly as he pulls away, as if he’s been burned, yet still glowers down at you.

“Plenty of people who’d fancy your time,”

He fixes his collar, fiddling with his shirt.

“Alright, I’ll bite. What’s the matter with me using a dating app?”

He’s wanting to tell you the truth, yet, it can’t ever seem to get past the first syllable.

“I think…agh, well, y/n. I’d like to fancy your time.”

He’s acting as if he’s awaiting your rejection.

“Oh…well, Richard,”

You start, smiling softly as you reach for his arm.

“I’d really like it if you would.”

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crxsh40 · 1 year

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“DDD.FM”

Genre: comedy

Fandom: Kirby, Hoshi no Kaabii/Kirby of the Stars/Kirby Right Back at Ya!

Characters: King Dedede, Escargoon, Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, Chef Kawasaki, Waddle Dee, Meta Knight

Audience: last.fm users

Words: 1572

Date Published: November 24, 2022

Summary: The residents of Cappy Town hop on a new trend, Last.fm. King Dedede wants to become the top scrobbler.

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“So these things are called scrobbles, huh?” Escargoon shelved his hands to his hips as he looked down at the mobile device before him. He had stopped a Waddle Dee in the castle out of pure curiosity, and the Waddle Dee had been showing him his favorite app, Last.fm. The Waddle Dee nodded and averted his eyes from his phone to Escargoon. The Waddle Dee wore large on-ear headphones, Beats by Dre, regardless of his lack of external ears. Escargoon grabbed hold of the phone and scrolled through this Waddle Dee’s scrobbles. “And the Cappies are really into this stuff?” The Waddle Dee nodded and looked back to his phone. Escargoon perked up. “I’ve really gotta tell the King about this!”

Escargoon promptly entered Dedede’s lounge area with the stolen phone in-hand. The Waddle Dee struggled to chase after him. King Dedede loudly laughed at what he was watching on the big screen. On the big television above, the King was watching an episode of Himouto! Umaru-chan. At the moment, this was his favorite anime. Umaru-chan enjoys potato chips and cola, just like him. His loud voice bellowed through the halls of the castle before he turned to notice Escargoon. He wiped a tear of laughter from his eye before he spoke. “Whaddya want, Escargoon? You’re interrupting Umaru time!”

“‘I’m sorry, sire, but I recently came across this new phenomenon. It’s the hottest thing in Cappy Town right now. I think you’re gonna love it!” exclaimed Escargoon.

“And what’s that?” said the brash King.

“Last.fm! You listen to music on a phone or a computer and as long as you link your account to it, it logs it for ya! You can even install applications to log when you listen to mp3s!” Escargoon detailed.

“Hmmm…music… Haven’t we done this before?” asked Dedede.

“Don’t fret, your majesty! Cappies farm these logs as scrobbles! They see how much they listen every week and compare. There’s even Discord bots they use to compete.” responded his henchman.

“Scrobbles? Ahahaha! Why didn’t you just say so? I’m ‘onna be the king of scrobbles!” The King pressed a button on his remote, instantly calling Nightmare Enterprises. Escargoon rounded the King’s chair and the Waddle Dee shook with nerves. At this point, he wasn’t getting his phone back.

“Long time, no see, King Dedede!” said the salesman.

“No more talkin’! I need scrobblin’! You’re gonna get me a scrobblin’ monster!” spat the King.

“We don’t have a monster that scrobbles for you, but I think I might know a fancy tool that can help you…” the salesman insisted. Next to him on the screen, a popup window appeared. “This, King Dedede, is Open Scrobbler.”

“Hubba hubba!” the king rubbed his hands together.

“This website lets you scrobble songs manually, so you can scrobble anything you hear without having your account all linked up,” the salesman paused before slyly speaking again, “or, you can scrobble any type of entry you want.”

“Alright, sire! This is big! You’re gonna rack up scrobbles in no time!” Escargoon couldn’t hide his excitement at the King’s vision of success.

The King wore a wide toothy smile on his face and laughed, “That sounds great to me, N.M.E.!”

“One more thing, king; Open Scrobbler isn’t part of Nightmare Enterprises. So we can’t help you if you catch repercussions for your actions. That being said…Au revoir!” The salesman signed off and the TV went black.

Tiff and Tuff were hanging out with Kirby down in the square scrobbling together. They had a Spotify party going which allowed them both to scrobble the same song at once. Suddenly, Sober by Project Dani started playing through their bluetooth speaker.

“Tuff, what is this music?” asked Tiff, “I don’t really like it.”

“It’s an acquired taste,” answered Tuff.

“Why don’t we listen to something we both like, like Brentalfloss?” suggested Tiff. Kirby looked towards her.

“I don’t want to listen to Brentalfloss. It would be bad for my weekly scrobble report!” replied Tuff. Kirby looked back to him.

“Is that all you care about? What about just hanging out with me?” questioned Tiff in a rage. Kirby looked down. He was sad and worried about his friends fighting.

“Hey, Kirby, why don’t you decide what to scrobble with us?” Tuff handed his phone over to Kirby. Kirby then excitedly smacked the phone screen until a different song started to play. It was World is Mine by ryo (supercell), famously sung by Vocaloid performer Hatsune Miku.

“Poyo! Poyo!” Kirby smiled and jumped excitedly at the sound of the music. Just then, Chef Kawasaki came walking by.

“Hatsune Miku? She’s my favorite! I’ve scrobbled Vocaloid songs more than any other!” he said happily.

“Wow! You scrobble too, Chef Kawasaki?” said Tuff.

“Yeah! I’ve got over 1,300 scrobbles this week alone,” the chef beamed.

“No way! I don’t have nearly that many,” cried Tuff, embarrassed. His attitude suddenly changed. “Oh well, at least I scrobble gamer music.” He held up his phone to show his scrobbles. His recent scrobbles included the Sonic Heroes soundtrack and songs from various Friday Night Funkin’ mods.

“That’s great, Tuff!” Chef Kawasaki remarked supportively, ”It says we have high compatibility!”

Kirby stayed by the speaker amazed by the music, when King Dedede came strolling through town with Escargoon by his side. “Gamer music? I bet you I know a thing or two about that!” proclaimed the King.

“Huh? What do you mean?” whined Tiff. To her, it was disappointing to hear that Dedede had hopped onto the scrobbling trend. This meant he would compete.

“I got 52,000 scrobbles just this week,” he declared. Beside him, Escargoon crossed his arms and nodded. “And I’ve got more gamer music on my weekly report than you could ever listen to!” Dedede held his phone out with his Last.fm profile open for the group to see. Escargoon stretched to see over the King’s shoulder.

“The Persona 5 Original Soundtrack? I didn’t know you had it in ya, sire!” announced Escargoon.

Tiff examined Dedede’s profile carefully. “Hey!” she shouted, “It says here that you listened to The Home Depot theme for 18 hours yesterday!”

Dedede broke a sweat. “That’s because I did! You ever heard it? I could listen to it all day long! Heheh!” Dedede nervously smiled and turned his phone back to himself. Tiff’s feet scuffed the stone beneath her as she turned back to her friends.

“Can’t you guys tell that Dedede is faking scrobbles? There aren’t even 52,000 minutes in a week!”

More Cappies gathered round. Kirby and Tuff both looked up at Tiff and Chef Kawasaki looked confused. “How do you know how many minutes are in a week?” asked Tuff.

Escargoon was ready to bite nails he didn’t have. He then drew courage and gave voice to a brand new idea. “That’s because this account is for all the Waddle Dees at the castle! It’s a combined amount for all of us! We call it DDD.FM and we’re all connected!”

“Poyo…” Kirby turned confusedly towards Escargoon.

“That sounds like cheating!” pouted Tuff.

“We could do it, too!” said a Cappy from the crowd.

“Yes…you can,” said a mysterious figure. In the trees, Meta Knight was perched, watching the crowd.

“Meta Knight! Where have you been?” Tiff called out.

He opened his cape to reveal a bright golden trophy whose shine pierced eyes in the sunlight. “I was busy accepting my Grammy with the 8 Bit Big Band,” spoke the knight in a low voice. Through his mask, Meta Knight began to speak once more, “There is only one way for this to happen. The King is using Open Scrobbler to manually insert false scrobbles. But, if we are all allowed to go against him, you need to find a way to combine all of Cappy Town’s scrobbles.”

“How are we gonna do that?” cried Tuff.

Kirby looked determined to help his friends, despite his previous confusion. King Dedede rushed behind the crowd and opened Open Scrobbler in a panic. His plan was to add more scrobbles than the Cappies could possibly combine together. Kirby noticed this and stepped forward toward him, separating the crowd.

“Wait, Kirby!” shouted the dishonest King.

Before he could think, Kirby had sucked up his phone — and swallowed. Kirby flipped up into a transformation. He gained a reddish color with a white “as” last.fm abbreviated logo horizontally across the back of his body.

“This is Scrobble Kirby!” announced Meta Knight proudly.

Kirby turned back to the crowd and charged up energy from the Cappies’ mobile devices. He combined their scrobbles together, and their accounts all became one.

“This is not good for my scrobbles,” mumbled Tuff, disappointed to see that so many scrobbles would mix together into the same report.

Cappies scrambled to check their phones. A combined total of over 1 million scrobbles appeared on the profile. The weekly total read 302,407 scrobbles when Kirby finished charging his energy. He then dispersed the energy and returned to normal, granting Dedede his phone back.

To 302,407, Dedede’s 52,000 was nothing, regardless of whether or not he recorded false scrobbles. At the sight of it, the King’s jaw dropped and laid agape for the duration of the encounter.

Escargoon took Dedede by the hand. “Oh come on, sire. Let’s go calm down and watch Chi’s Sweet Home.”

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radicalacceptanceofwellness · 1 year

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If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. That is a phrase that many people know. Growing up in my household if I asked a “stupid question”, then I was ignored, and that happened often.

The term stupid is defined as having a lack of intelligence or common sense. It is subjective; not one person in the world knows everything. In addition, there is something called the curse of knowledge.

The curse of knowledge is a phenomenon in which after a person learns something, they forget not knowing it in the first place. This causes them to lose empathy for those who haven’t yet learned, which in turn, causes frustration from the expectation that others should know what they know.

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On occasion, my mother would make eye contact with me for a few moments to let me know she had heard what I said. But then, she would look away without responding. At times, I’d go into my room and cry. I didn’t understand why it hurt, but it did.

Psychology shows that ignoring someone activates the same sensory receptors in the brain as if they had just been physically hit.

Think about that for a minute.

That is to say that being ignored by my mother was traumatic. For years, I allowed myself to fade into the background.

I never spoke up because in my head, I had nothing valuable to say to anyone.

When dating, I found that I had replicated my mother’s behavior towards my partners.

If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all, right? But why couldn’t I say something like, I need a minute, can we revisit this? I simply did not have the tools.

How did I heal?

✨ Meditation and Affirmations ✨

Over time, I have utilized a variety of meditative techniques. However, on the app Insight Timer, I found benefit in a guided meditation for inner child healing.

Link to Insight Timer ⬇️

In this meditation, I envisioned my younger self and she always appeared to me in a red dress that I had worn in elementary school. We often met on a playground, although once, she showed me her bedroom. She was afraid in that place because it was dark and lonely.

I turned on all the lights and assured her I was there now. I told her she was heard as many times that was necessary to overcome that childhood trauma.

Because of this, I have developed enough personal power to share my voice on platforms like this.

I’ve also cultivated more empathy towards myself and others which helps to heal trauma not inflict it. 🌻

#healingjourney #mental heath support #mental wellbeing #self development #self discovery #self healing #wellness #writers on tumblr #inner child #meditation #meditative #healing #mentalwellness #mentalwealth #mental health #healer #self improvement

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tamaradoubraomonibeke · 6 months

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RSA (Defined User Human Flow) (LO3)

After a lot of research( mostly on practical skills e.g ux as too much research on the audience may stray me from doing the proposed idea)

This is why I’ve narrowed down the user human flow.

This will have the option of signing in with Google or Facebook too. After studying, logging in isn’t a natural phenomenon (we don’t log in for instance at a hospital, we sign in). A log is used for seafarers and when designing, it’s always good to relate to real-life than creating your own concept.

When signing up, the information needed will be; username/ telephone/ email, age, password.

The reason I ask for date of birth is to allow the audience see their peers. One of the main problems with social media as I’ve stated is how young people are influenced by an older demographic. However, they aren’t in the same life-stage and not all advice is helpful to the coming generation. The AI or algorithm will be fed appropriate information to suggest for a younger audience so they can still access information related to older audiences.

Before TikTok, Snapchat or Instagram, social media like Facebook required an age verification (I’m not saying I’ll do this as young folk inflated their ages). Back then, my mates would inflate their age as the required age for Facebook was 13, I believe. What I’m trying to say is, the younger generation, although exposed was less influenced than they are. For instance, I have younger siblings, the youngest being 12 (aside from him being a boy, our experiences are certainly different). It adds to the verification process but it’s worth it.

Personalization

This will include three steps; your purpose for using the app and preferences

Using your purpose, the app is specifically tailored to you.

I believe true ‘personalisation’ is about anticipating how diverse your audience is even if they have a similar identity (age, gender, social-economic class, sexuality, race, disability,etc). If they have all this in common, I consider that people don’t have the same mindset, we may have similar experiences but chose to react differently. This is the same thing for my audience.

The three options given for purpose are; linking with others, expression (creating posts) and enlightenment.

After this is the second phase which is the preferences. I’m not sure if it’s appropriate in this context but there’s a principle of not allocating more than 7 options to overwhelm the audience (especially when they’re not in categories). Based on assumptions and research; I’ve analysed how the average user human lives and used this to tailor the preferences.

Home page

Regardless of preference, the user human will be redirected to the home page. There’s the for you page and page for your friends (links). On the right hand position, recommended friends (links) will be shown and below it is a create post button.

For responsiveness, I’ve chosen this as the default setting. However, the TikTok interface, I find it interesting. Same with Snapchat or YouTube. The feed pages on this social media allows the user to focus on the content (YouTube has a full screen feature, unfortunately I can’t implement this as the prime focus of this site isn’t for video sharing). The golden ratio being a rectangle (for beauty), a full screen layout is more aesthetically pleasing. In forums like Reddit and Quora, this feature isn’t applied.

Thus, I also want to apply this feature to my site. Yes, posts have an inconsistent layout compared to the mentioned social media. However, I want my audience to be able to focus more on the content if they wish to (no distracting elements) and swiping is a natural motion for users humans, not scrolling (e.g you flip to the page when reading a book, not scroll to the next page, this is why TikTok’s interface is quite good).

This feature is customised for users humans whom’s objective is enlightenment and awareness.

Your profile (space)

I obviously can’t rebrand everything but I do know people are used to the word ‘profiles’ but it seems too stiff. The priority of this site is to provide a safe ‘space’, a word now commonly used in this generation. Your profile (space) entails where the posts obviously appear.

Recommended friends (links)

The more interaction a person has, the more their algorithm is set for them. Using the preferences and ways they interact with the site ( comments, reposts, or me toos (likes)), the algorithm recommend ‘links’. The act of networking with other people is called ‘linking’ because I’ve found in this generation, with hook-up culture, Gen Z call their hook-up partners ‘sneaky links’. Obviously, this isn’t in a sexual aspect……

Minute keywords to how you relate or are similar will be displayed. Then, you can choose to interact with the other human. The usual circle will lead to their profile (space) page.

Messaging

Once the user human has linked with another, they are automatically directed to the chat box. This then pushes them to network. (If your preference is to network with others)

Your link’s profile (space)

However, if your purpose is to view content or create, it then directs you to their space page of content.

Settings

It will have the usual settings of editing your information on your space or purpose.

New Key Terms

Whilst I was researching on UX (I finally know the difference between UI and UX), I found making new terminology is shunned. However, Snapchat did it with stories instead of ‘post’. It’s good to stick with what’s there (that’s why most of my UI decisions are based on pre-existing social media), however to move forward, we must be able to make little tweaks or UI will remain the same (and that becomes boring).

Me too instead of Likes (I wanted to use the terms ‘relate’ or ‘feels’ but Apple has already used Me too so It’d be nice to recycle it. My only fear is with the me too movement……)

Spaces instead of profile (I want people to have a safe space, rather than a profile. A profile feels like submitting a job resume)

Links (As I’ve stated before…. Sneaky link)

I wanted to do more like posts being expressions but no-one uses that word. I also can’t change too much.

Conclusion

Once I’m done, I’ll show my prototypes to at least 2 people and not more than 5 as that’s the general rule of thumb. A small group can help influence in how I tweak things.

#visual communication #learning #brief #research #in your skin #competitionbrief #rsa #specialist practice

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The Conclusion

Throughout this blog and its posts, the focus has been on how the Internet impacts our relationships. How we build them, how they are sustained through the challenges of daily lives, how they falter and grow, and even how they end. All of these parts of relationships make up a crucial part of many individuals' daily lives. With the Internet’s similarly incredible impact on our lives, the curiosity behind how these two facets interact is justifiable.

Unfortunately, with much of the world remaining skeptical about integrating the Internet into our daily lives, there are fear mongering articles everywhere about online cheating, Internet addiction, and many more phenomenons that journalists claim will break relationships apart. The purpose of this blog has been to explore these impacts, looking at whether or not the Internet is a tool or a hindrance in relationships. The verdict? It’s not as bad as it seems.

Working chronologically through relationships, the Internet begins where your relationship does. Dating apps provide a valuable platform for individuals with similar interests and goals for relationships to meet in a way they have never been able to before. The skepticism around these apps primarily comes from speculating on the motives of individuals using it. The apps have become tremendously popular with the younger generations, Millennials and Gen-Zers. There has been criticism that many people on these apps are simply looking for quick hookups, or are creeps not to be trusted. Dating apps have unveiled new profile features that allow users to state exactly what they are looking for on the app, whether it be a hookup or a committed relationship. Additionally, there are several safety features on the app, and general awareness of safe dating spaces has been increased as a response.

Throughout relationships, there are several ups and downs. The Internet has proven to be a valuable tool in these times as well. Outside of its incredible use as a communication tool, new tools for relationships such as virtual therapy have been revealed and shown to have an interesting success rate. Online couples therapy is now being offered from several sources for relationships in need of professional help, but on a smaller scale there are several apps designed to help partners understand each other better, which is a goal in many relationships.

Even at the end of relationships, the Internet is still there. Many individuals complain about continuing to see their exes after a breakup on the Internet, whether it be through Instagram posts or smaller comments here and there, the Internet does introduce new challenges in cutting contact. The ability to mute, unfollow, block, archive and delete is a hallmark of nearly every social media site, and is an incredible tool for users going through a breakup. With a press of a button the images are deleted, the profiles unfollowed, and the comments muted. Even images that users don’t want to erase forever, but don’t want to be reminded of at a given time can be archived and re-posted at a later date.

The Internet is still evolving, and our relationships are learning to evolve with it. The Internet has become a vital part of our lives, and has shown incredible potential as it is integrated into our relationships. Of course, there are cautions to take, such as not allowing the Internet to pull us away from the individuals we love, but we have to learn to adapt and learn moderation, as with all things in life.

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December 15, 2022

Every time I tell someone that I don’t really play video games but that I’m really into video game music they always press and are like “but you must play some games, right?” like listening to vgm without the game is the wildest thing they’ve ever heard and like I’ll say “haha yea I mean I play Skyrim and Minecraft” but I play MC so so sporadically and I can’t admit to people that I haven’t played Skyrim in years because I didn’t like going into the caves where the draugur are because they scare me and I’d run out of quests to do aboveground. And nobody knows about Sky, so. Like, videogames as a medium are so amazing for storytelling, and I love those elements, but, as a woman, I simply am not good at them. Everyone knows that the gamer gene is stored on the Y-chromosome. The boys make gamer juice in their testes, and I simply cannot compete. The closest I can get biologically is liking vgm and I only do that to attract men, clearly, because I’m not like other girls.

I’m not actually mad about it lol. I actually find the phenomenon to be kind of funny.

Went out to get food with my photo-friend who.. reminded me once again that I should get out of my head when it comes to dating and stuff. Like,,, okay. I do not plan to be here after six months. I just can’t help but think that it’d be really selfish to try to find a guy while I’m here knowing full well that I don’t plan to stay, but my cello-friend and my photo-friend disagree. I guess... I mean I guess if I were on the other side, if I started dating someone who was planning to move away and we really hit it off, then I guess I’d try my best to keep it going if they were up for it too, but I’m such an out-of-sight-out-of-mind kind of person that doing something like that would be really hard for me, I think (when saxophone-guy told me to text him when I was bored during my study abroad, how could I explain to him that there is too much for me to do at any given moment to ever reach a state of boredom (and I know, I know the sentiment was more like “text me when you think of me” or “don’t forget about me” but my point still stands)). But it’s all about systems. I suppose if I had a system, specific times to reach out, then maybe.

Anyway all of that is super hypothetical anyway. Even if I wanted to try dating there’s no way I’d have the courage to download an app for the simple reason that my entire family can see when I do and even though they have never snooped on me in that way (that I know of) there’s also nothing stopping them.

Hold on. I’m gonna have to bring back the Detective Game because what I just said REEKS of insecurity (or something along those lines). Evidence: my parents have never, not once confronted me about an app or song or whatever that I’ve downloaded even though they totally could. Conclusion: they probably won’t ever check, and it’s fully unreasonable for me to think that they would.

K well even if I wanted to, I don’t have enough candids of myself to make a good profile, and in the same way that I didn’t have the patience to learn snapchat etiquette, I don’t really know dating app etiquette. I would not have the patience to wait for a man who I matched with to message me, for example. Ain’t nobody got time to wait. (There are easy solutions to both of those problems, but I am overlooking them on purpose, thank you for understanding.)

Anyway, that was a much longer tangent that I’d planned.

Today kind of sucked because I spent all of it working on applications, ugh. I mean I submitted literally four of them today, and I’m just kind of tired at this point, uhm. I think I did something wrong in every single one, probably. I mean I didn’t commit the cardinal sin of saying the wrong school’s name in an application, so that’s a plus, I guess. I dunno, I’m cautiously excited, but I won’t hear back for another four months or something like that which is torturous. Now I have to switch gears and finish all of my finals stuff.

Today I’m thankful that I only have one more application left to do. And I think my top school’s application was practically flawless (though maybe I spent too much time talking about my qualifications and not enough about why I like the program itself), so I’m thankful for that too.

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moneymoksh00 · 2 years

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Meditation A Way To Mental & Physical Wellness-Mindfulness

Meditation is not relatively a new phenomenon as it has been practiced for thousands of years. Often as part of a spiritual practice. But lately, mindfulness has become a popular way to aid people to manage their stress and improve their overall well-being.

The latest study proves that mindfulness meditation alters our brain and biology in positive ways, improving both mental and physical health.

Meditation when practiced regularly can act as a magical boon for the mind and body. The serenity and tranquility you experience in meditation and the elevated state of joy and diminished stress you experience outside meditation are so attractive and welcomed that you naturally teach yourself how to dive deep into that state of bliss each time you meditate.

How to Begin Meditation

The inception of meditation begins with finding a place where you can sit comfortably and quietly. Sit comfortably, shut your eyes, and do nothing for a minute or so. Thoughts will come and that is okay. It is natural to think perpetually during meditation. Then start to chant any mantra that you connect well with and continue saying your mantra quietly inside for a few minutes. Chant the mantra until you are done meditating.

The Ideal Length and Frequency of Meditation

Let’s assume that you have only ten minutes a day to devote to meditation, it’s not very reasonable to have high expectations of benefits through it. Twenty minutes would comparatively be more productive. Note, that if you are committed to meditating for only ten minutes, on any given day once you accomplish the 10 minutes, you can always upgrade to 20 minutes if you’re so inclined.

We must remember that the quality of time always matters rather than quantity. Remember the following tips to practice meditation fruitfully:

* Keep track of how often you meditate. Mark calendar dates with a marker, or use a tracking app.

* Remember, if you miss a day, it’s okay! Concentrate on how many times did you successfully meditate this week — or this month, rather than on the particular day when you couldn’t.

* If you’re falling short of your targets for being consistent, reduce your daily target. This will certainly help to reduce the pressure.

In deciding the length and frequency of meditation, keep these guidelines in mind. If you do, you’ll increase your chances of maintaining a regular and valuable meditation practice.

Reduce Stress and be More Productive

* Daily practice of meditation will no doubt help to heal all the mental and emotional agony one is going through. But note the key points that are going to work like wonder in order to reduce stress and depression.

* Give yourselves small goals or targets at the beginning of each day. The task may be as easy as watering your plant, getting a new haircut, reading an article, calling a friend, or going for a walk.

* Break the 24 hours of a day into living for 30 minutes at a time. For example, if you wake up at 7.00 am, so plan what will you be doing from 7.00-7.30a.m. Do not think and act beyond the stipulated time. This practice would definitely help those unwanted thoughts from intruding into your mind will certainly improve your focus.

* Don’t be hard on yourself. Take it easy and set a reasonable goal.

Common Mistakes

Do not TRY to meditate. Trying to meditate is a common flaw of people. During meditation, just do nothing. It is mandatory to do absolutely free mentally and physically during meditation.

Don’t just follow anyone randomly, who claims complete relaxation and fake benefits through Digital marketing and TV Ads.

The benefits of meditation come from meditating regularly. There is nothing you can do to make those benefits come. So avoid looking for particular experiences or signs of evaluation with your meditation because that will hinder your direction from getting into the path of meditation.

The takeaway from this piece is that meditation can make you happier, it can make you feel more at ease and calmer, and it can help you get along better with others. You may notice those changes soon, or you may meditate for six months before you notice any changes. So make meditation a regular habit, twice a day, and then be patient. Just in case you stop meditating due to unavoidable circumstances, just start back meditating again.

#meditation #spiritualgrowth #inner peace #spiritual awakening #spirituality

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Catching Child Predators

I dunno guys. I don’t think it serves a good purpose other than to make popular and line the pockets of guys (and gal) who clearly need to get off their asses and get jobs since they have all this free-time on their hands. Not only do they have an hour to kill while they go meet and film these pedophiles, but they’ve got countless hours to have ongoing online sexual-in-nature correspondence with them.

I mean what else is this really doing? For anyone? The accused (and clearly guilty - in the moral sense, not the legal) isn’t being locked up, medicated, or hospitalized in any fashion. So they’re not removing the threat.

The person isn’t guilty in the legal sense, because they technically didn’t do anything wrong, because there never really was a minor involved. These “hunters” as they call themselves repeatedly (in their online videos) say to the accused “you still did something illegal, because it was your intent to lure a child to meet you” and yet, there never was a child to begin with, just a group of unemployed amateur law enforcers. They have another name for that, and it’s called vigilantism, which, correct me if I’m wrong, isn’t actually legal itself.

The real issue is, who are the children pictured in these photographs they’re showcasing online on dating apps to lure these pedophiles? Are their parents aware that photographs of their children are being used to lure pedophiles? Pedophiles who, if really attracted to children, are probably using said photographs to satisfy their sexual desires while they’re having ongoing conversations with these creepy “hunters.” Talking sexual to a pedophile, and using a kid’s picture to do so, knowing it’s probably turning them on sexually, isn’t that the same as distributing child pornography? A child pornographer’s job is kind of the same: use images/videos of kids to turn on pedophiles.

The creepy amateur, self titled “hunters” aka law-enforcers claim they don’t condone violence of any kind, yet, like a mob of amateur mobsters, use name-calling tactics to the pedophiles in order to what, not be violent? Their hostility certainly isn’t very professional, and it begs for violence, both from the pedophile, and the video-viewers. They’re one step away from being one of those cops who shoot first and ask questions later, aren’t they? We get on the cases of our police force and scream “police brutality” like a loud, broken-record every time someone is shot (deserving or not), but we cheer on our vigilantes who appear to be even more unprofessional and violent than a typical cop.

So the only thing that happens to a person they’ve lured to meet a fictitious child is, well, nothing? Not many people watch these amateur YouTube channels, so the person’s identity would only be known by a handful of people in the general population, unless the accused is famous already, at which point, they’d probably lose their jobs, and be whispered about for awhile, until new scary news hit the wire.

Who knows where these groups began in the nation, but they’ve now become a nationwide phenomenon, and that’s scary. The more popular a group becomes, the more power they hold over the people. People will begin to believe anything they say. What’s to stop one of these corrupt groups from targeting an innocent person? Who’d among the viewers of these videos would believe the innocent person when they claimed “not guilty?” Probably no one. This is why I’d be A-Okay with these vigilante groups getting dismantled one by one. I’m just not sure it’s very helpful to anyone at all.

Or how about this: Say, I’m a bitter, resentful, vindictive ex of Joe Shmoe, so I take some of Joe’s pictures off his FaceBook, and post them to an online dating app to seek out a minor hoping that it’s one of these hunter groups. I know Joe’s life schedule, so I know exactly when he has the free-time to have conversations with a minor/hunter group. Then, when it comes time to meet said minor/hunter group in person, I’d also know exactly where to send them. I know that Joe stops at the gas station before work every Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. I know he works at Pandarosa weekdays from 6 to 11. I know he goes to the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4 and 6 p.m. and I know he leaves the bar after last call on Saturdays. So in the end, you have a jaded ex talking to a hunter group, and not a pedophile talking to a minor, but to the viewer, or even to the hunter group, guy looks guilty as hell, regardless. Could you imagine being this person whose crazy ex has done this to you? Could you imagine having a group of random strangers walking up to you saying things like “we need to talk fuck head!” Gives me chills. Sheer horror.

I wonder if tabs are kept by one agency or another of individuals who’ve been accused on one of their videos of pedophilia, because it just seems to me that not only is the “hunter” group breeding violence with their videos to a mob-mentality crowd, but by cornering the accused, they’re backing him (someone obviously mentally unwell) into a corner. What is to stop that individual from changing their tactics? So the digital thing got them busted. So maybe next time they don’t go digital. Maybe they just start lurking in the shadows awaiting an opportunistic victim. In doing so, they wouldn’t be able to build up to a relationship with a child, they’d just go straight for what it is to them: the sex... or in this case, rape, and everyone knows, the way to get away with murder is to destroy all evidence that their ever was a crime. Do you see where I’m going with this? If a person is mentally ill enough to arrange to meet who they think is a minor for the purposes of sexual gratification, is it too far fetched to presume that said person could also be capable of killing?

I dunno world wide web, I really think we need to rethink how we’re treating each other in our world today if we are to survive as a species.

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For the whole decade that Teen Wolf has been on, I’ve seen countless and countless comments on every social media app about how Scott was such a bad friend to Stiles and I’ll never understand it. I’m not sure if someone has brought up this topic to you before or have asked you this before but plz explain to me where they get this blasphemous statement from because it just doesn’t make sense to me, and this is coming from a huge Teen Wolf fan. HOW is Scott McCall a bad friend to Stiles?

I’ve given a lot of thought to this particular phenomenon, so I’m going to talk about it through three lenses. First, I’ll explain my take on why they believe Scott is a bad friend. Strangely enough, it’s hard to get parts of the fandom to explain themselves. Second, I’ll explain the flaws that I see in their belief. Third, I’ll talk about the underlying reasons for their belief.

Flawed Observation #1: Scott ignores Stiles’s emotional needs. I feel this is exemplified by Stiles’s complaint in Pack Mentality (1x03): “I don’t want to be Robin all the time.” The fandom takes Stiles’s insecurities about his own nature and his relationships with his friends and family and decides that Scott didn’t react to those insecurities properly. Since he didn’t spend screen time dealing with them, they conclude that Scott didn’t care; that he was, as one writer put it, self-absorbed with his girlfriends, his popularity, and his morality.

Counter Observation #1: Scott’s approach to Stiles’s emotional needs, while passive, is one of acceptance. Scott takes care of Stiles’ emotional needs by being present in his life and not being critical. For instance, Scott never brings up that it was Stiles’s idea to go out into the woods that night. The only person to do that in 100 episodes was Noah. Scott accepts when Stiles is angry with him in Heart Monitor (1x06) without arguing that it’s unfair or that punishing him endangered others. He doesn’t call out Stiles’s obvious lie about the Jeep when he’s crying over Lydia being with Jackson in Master Plan (2x12). Scott never mentions the sword torture in Letharia Vulpina (3x19) to Stiles. Scott’s immediately there for Stiles after Allison’s death in The Divine Move (3x24). What shocks Stiles in Lunatic (1x08) the most is that after Stiles teases Scott with that effin’ dog bowl, Scott, under the influence of the moon, goes ballistic. What destroys Stiles in Lies of Omission (5x09) is that Scott tells him to go talk to his father. Throughout the show, Scott almost constantly witnesses Stiles’s emotional extremes without comment and without judgment, which is what someone who’s afraid that he’s a bad person and will drive everyone away needs.

Flawed Observation #2: Scott takes Stiles for granted, ditching him for Allison, popularity, and heroism. To parts of the fandom, Scott used the Bite to become first line on the lacrosse team, sit at the popular kid’s table, and gave all of his attention to Allison. Stiles stuck by him, helped him learn control, and did all these things for him, but Scott became this big popular hero without acknowledging what Stiles had done for him. The big example they give is that at the end of Season 2, Scott didn’t tell Stiles about his plan for Gerard and then ignored the fact that Gerard had kidnapped him.

Counter Observation #2: While Scott has other things to focus on, Stiles is never left behind or forgotten. Even while Scott and Allison are dating, Scott still has more scenes and more screen time with Stiles; this never changes while Dylan O’Brien is on the show. For his part, Stiles never complains about being left out. Every single time Scott goes to a party, Stiles is there, even if he came by himself. Stiles is still on the lacrosse team with Scott and sits at the popular kids table with Scott. Scott acknowledges Stiles’s assistance several times. We know that Scott’s focus immediately after the lacrosse championships was on Stiles immediately, that poor locker door serving as evidence. The only person that Scott ever ditched was Allison: four times! In Wolf Moon (1x01), Night School (1x07), Co-Captain (1x10), and Abomination (2x04) -- the last instance for Stiles! As for not telling him about the Gerard-mountain-ash plan, Stiles didn’t seem surprised by it, did he? We, the audience, just didn’t see Scott tell him, but then again, we didn’t see Scott tell anyone, because the writers wanted to surprise us with Scott’s trick.

Flawed Observation #3: Scott never listens to Stiles. Stiles is highly intelligent and has a good eye for evil (if he does say so himself) yet Scott never takes his advice, which causes all sorts of problems. After all, there is Theo!

Counter Observation #3: Scott does listen to Stiles; he simply doesn’t obey without question. It’s amazing to me that they can say “Stiles helped train Scott” and then “Scott never listens!” in the same breath. But Scott doesn’t always listen to Stiles, and that’s a good thing. Stiles is sometimes wrong and he’s sometimes out of line. Deaton wasn’t the alpha; Kira wasn’t a psychotic killer; none of the people on Stiles’s Darach list were actually the Darach. Killing Jackson might have been more efficient, but Scott believed it was the wrong thing to do. Yes, Stiles was right about Theo, but he had no evidence, and Scott had plenty of evidence that Theo meant well, including saving every member of the pack, something the fandom expects to earn trust.

Flawed Observation #4: Scott neither respects nor compensates for Stiles being human. This is not a unanimous thing and tends to appear in different parts of the fandom. To some of them, Scott doesn’t recognize that Stiles, as a human, has limitations, expecting him to act as if he were supernatural like the rest of his friends, such as the situation with Donovan or ... (I can’t even think of another example). To others, Scott treats Stiles as fragile and useless because he is human, such as not bringing him to the fight with the Beast or not bringing him to the fight against Peter.

Counter Observation #4: Scott never requires Stiles to keep up with him physically, but he does rely on Stiles’s talents. Scott never insists that Stiles’s humanity should prevent him from doing anything; it’s Stiles who makes that shitty claim in Lies of Omission. From Scott’s response to Stiles’s saying “I can’t do the things you can do” in Battlefield (2x11) which was “It’s okay” to Scott’s speech to Kira in Eichen House about “no super strength or samurai swords,” Scott always shows respect for what Stiles can or can’t do. He doesn’t expect Stiles to fight werewolves but neither does he demand he stay at home. Scott takes the lead, but being the leader doesn’t mean he is dismissive of those who follow him.

Flawed Observation #5: In an entirely fanon invention, Scott would object to Stiles becoming friends with other people. Since Scott hates Derek, he would object to Stiles dating Derek. Since Scott hates Peter, he would object to Stiles dating Peter. Scott’s petty grudges would motivate him to stop Stiles from being friends with Derek and Peter (and Theo and etc.)

Counter Observation #5: I don’t know where they get this. Scott never hated Derek. He just didn’t like how he did things. There were plenty of opportunities for Scott to leave Derek to his well-deserved fate and he didn’t. The only person to express hope for Peter’s rehabilitation was Scott. Stiles despised Peter. They’re just making that up. There’s not a single indication that Scott, as one person put it, demands that Stiles be in the best-friend role and no other.

Where does this come from? For me, it can be summed up in two phenomena, which are independent yet also fundamentally intertwined.

Fandom entitlement: Fandom has told itself that it has the right to engage with only the parts of a production that it cares to. And it does! Yet, they also claim the ability to make pronouncements about the entire production, making blanket statements which don’t make any sense in the larger aspects of the show. For example, there are people who argue that Scott only resisted Derek because of his infatuation with Allison and so ignore the number of times that Derek hurt, stalked, manipulated and lied to Scott. They like Stiles or Derek or Peter, so when Derek and Peter complain -- even though they are antagonists and villains -- it is obviously proof of Scott being a terrible person.

Fandom racism: While they like to deny it, Scott being a minority character had a significant impact on fandom reception. I can (and I have) point out parallels in choices and behavior between white characters and minority characters, where one is lauded and one is rejected. As someone else put it, fandom has a tendency to stan a good-looking white male villain in every property. They focus irresistibly on the nearest good-looking white man and compensate for their flaws and roles by dumping on the nearest minority character. It’s not just Teen Wolf. This post is long enough without me listing it.

In the end, Scott is a Bad Friend is simply their way of rejecting the show for not giving them what they wanted, which was a show focused entirely on a series of alternative white men. Think about it. How many of these people have made an argument that Derek was a terrible person to treat Stiles or Peter that way? They haven’t. And they won’t.

#jayngb23 #stiles stilinski #scott mccall #scott mccall defense squad #fandom racism #teen wolf racism #teen wolf fandom problems #fandom problems

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how would the boys react if they found out mc was OBSESSED w dating sims? (what if mc’s virtual husbando is the literal opposite of them??)

Hello hello everyone! It’s been a while! I’m slowly getting readjusted to normal life, and that means.....RESUMING THE HEADCANONS!

MLQC Headcanon - I can be your otome husbando

*This is with the impression that there are only 3 main guys in the game (excluding Shaw)

Victor

You’ve recently been attached to this new otome game

Mr. Love Queen’s Choice (!)

It has everything (the art, the boys, the story, the BOYS)

All the boys are great, but your eyes are stuck on Kiro in particular

He’s so sweet? He’s so fluffy?

A. Literal. Sunshine Boy.

Victor takes notice of your new obsession

He’s a little frustrated at this (your attention is headed somewhere else now)

He blames it on the game (but of course doesn’t say it to your face)

One day he walks in to the room and finds you

You have your phone glued to your ear, smiling like there’s no tomorrow

Victor was planning on just ignoring this phenomenon (he didn’t want to know what was up anyways)

But a faint voice stops him in his tracks

“Miss Chips!”

Miss...what? (he hears a thud)

When he turns around, he finds you crouched on the floor (your hands are covering your face)

“MC!”

He dashes to your side, voice a little shaky

“Victor......”

He helps you get up, but your legs won’t cooperate (he crouches next to you instead)

“What is it, MC?”

“Victor.....he....he’s.....”

“Who’s he?” (Victor takes out his phone to call 911)

“Kiro.....”

Kiro?

“He’s so adorable, Victor! I can’t handle his cuteness!!”

.......

He hangs up his phone and gets up to leave the room

He lets out a huge sigh, rubbing his temples in annoyance

He contacts Elex the next day to discuss their......marketing techniques

Kiro

Lately Kiro’s been busy promoting his new comeback

So you weren’t able to spend much time with him nowadays

To ease your loneliness, he suggests you find some games to download (he thought you would play some Tamagotchi or something)

That was your plan too, at least in the beginning

You stumble across an ad for Mr. Love Queen’s Choice, and immediately go to the app store (sorry, Tama)

You start the game and are shooketh at the visuals

“Kiro, look at this!”

“? What is this?”

“Remember how you told me I should play some games? Well I found this one...and I really like it!”

“Hmmm......” (he looks intently at your phone screen)

You’re hoping the fact that it’s a dating game doesn’t matter

“You...don’t mind...do you?”

“Hmm? Of course not!”

He would regret this later

You become so immersed in this game that you basically have a second boyfriend

Lucien? Why is he only 2D?

He’s so suave and smooth (you were used to the bubbly sunshine Kiro, but not smexy smart professor LuLu)

Kiro’s so pouty now

He makes Savin play through the game so he can know exactly who stole his lady sunshine

He spends real money (that he earned!) so he can buy all the karma from events and top-ups

He has like 20K gems

You’re so frustrated at this

He spoils all the dates for Lucien (you have to literally cover his mouth to make him stop)

Now you’re the one pouting (he hands over his account as an apology you readily accept)

Lucien

He already knew about your otome life

And the fact that you played through every single game available at one point

He’s not someone who would judge you for that

But that doesn’t mean he’s feels no jealousy

So he does some research before you could try out this new one, Mr. Love Queen’s Choice

Little to his surprise, you fall head over heels for Gavin (something about that soft puppy just reels you in)

He actively engages in conversations with you about Gavin

After all, you’ve never looked so enthusiastic

He watches you play through MLQC

He already knows what’s going to happen in the main story, but doesn’t say a word to you

But if you’re having trouble understanding the plot, he’s more than happy to explain everything

As time goes on, you’re becoming more engrossed in this game than he would’ve liked

Every time it’s windy you keep saying stuff about Gavin

Gavin this, Gavin that

“MC, are you trying to make me jealous?”

“.....no?”

Actually you were (ever since he allowed that female professor to openly flirt with him)

He realizes right away, so there’s no point in bluffing

“Ah, I see” (he goes over to his phone)

“Hello Professor Evans, can I talk to you for a moment?”

Evans? Evans?! That woman from school?

“Yes, about that dinner date tomorrow—”

You take his phone away from him and go to press the end call button

His phone is off

“........Lucien”

He pats your head before going to the bedroom

“Good night, MC” (he’s not even trying to hold back his smile)

Gavin (Spoilers for recent chapters)

He didn’t like leaving you alone for extended periods of time (for more than one reason)

But he was assigned to a long-term mission with Eli and the other agents

There wasn’t anything he could do about it (it frustrated him more than you)

He finally returned home after a month, exhausted (and INJURED) as ever

He walks in through the door, half-expecting you to jump into his arms (he’s getting ready to catch you)

To his surprise, you’re sitting on the couch with your knees pulled to your chest

It looks like you’re on the phone with someone (you hardly noticed him come in)

He’s a little pouty, but completely understands that it must be an important call

He takes off his jacket and swoops down to give you a kiss

But he notices you’re not actually on the phone, but crying

CRYING?!

“MC! What’s wrong?”

“....Gavin....” (you wrap your arms around his neck)

He tightly hugs you back, brushing your hair in attempts to calm you down

“It’s okay....tell me what happened”

“He...he forgot me.....”

“He? Who forgot you?” (he was about to throw hands)

“Vi...Victor.....”

“Victor? Is he a friend of yours?”

“No....(you show him one of Victor’s karmas on your phone)....from Mr. Love Queen’s Choice”

Is this.....a 2D male?

“And after all we’ve been through....”

You cover yourself with a nearby blanket, leaving Gavin to take in this situation by himself

Birdcop is highly confused

He can’t explain this gut feeling, but this Victor guy seems like a jerk

It’s still going to take me a while to get used to writing again, but this was a good ask!

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Mystic Messenger - Little Bad Habits (Dating MC)

– Zen –

Litter. Everywhere. Not permanently, he’s not that much of a slob, he does do chores regularly and stuff. But he just ... tosses his clothes and cigarette wrappers and other things literally everywhere, and leaves it for ‘later’.

Since he’s so anal about his health, he kinda disrupts your own eating habits by coincidence. Grocery shopping can be a challenge when he’s forbidding all desserts and snacks from the cart even though he’s not gonna be eating any of it.

He's bad with technology, so good luck trying to get him to do stuff like answering emails, or paying bills online, or even using apps like Yelp or Uber. You end up in charge of most software in the house.

It’s sweet that he texts you with random pickup lines and pictures three times a day, but damn it I keep thinking it’s something important I’m expecting, and instead it’s just one of your bathroom selfies with a heart drawn in the fogged up mirror.

Zen, can you not have these bad tepid takes like ‘women look better without makeup’, or ‘being the man of the house is the mark of being an adult’, or ‘those who couldn’t work for every penny they’ve had don’t deserve it’? No, Zen, let me pout you’re being an idiot right now.

– Yoosung –

AXE bodywash, AXE bodyspray, AXE shampoo. He uses it because it’s ‘manly’? But god it’s so strong and synthetic-smelling. He needs your help in moving away from this brand.

He’s also prone to clutter, even more so than Zen. It takes a while before he stops leaving all his laundry on the floor and takes that extra step in hanging it up, or folding it into his dresser. And good luck trying to get him to wash dishes every day, rather than leaving it overnight.

It’d be nice if you were more enthusiastic about my interests, Yoosung. You may not enjoy visiting Sephora as much as I do, but I’d appreciate it if you didn’t abandon me at the doorway to hang out at GameStop.

He does a bunch of these little roommate mistakes like using up all the hot water, or not refilling the Brita, or always leaving the empty toilet paper roll for you. Yoosung, you gotta learn how to live with another person!!

He’ll always be prone to jealousy, which doesn’t cause a problem most days, but if you ever become a fan of some idol or celebrity, be prepared for some pouting, maybe even a cold shoulder or two. He can’t even side-eye the TV like he does catcallers or people on the street, so he’s twice as frustrated.

– Jaehee –

She’s bad at recycling. She didn’t even do it for a long time, and only started recently. Even now, she’ll toss random plastic bits into either container, paying no mind to whether it’s recyclable or not. She won’t rise milk jugs or tin cans before throwing them away.

Now that her hair is growing out, she sheds it everywhere. RIP the shower drain, the carpet, the furniture. The two of you gotta invest in rubber mops and lint rollers just for her hair.

She’s a very clean and organized person, except for her makeup, which all sits in a dusty old bag with old leaking bottles getting over everything, brushes and sponges she doesn’t wash, and literally every product is old and expired. And then she kisses you with her lipstick on and causes an acne breakout.

When she settles down to watch TV while relaxing, she likes to turn her flatscreen up waaayy loud, which is fine unless you’re working on something and the noise is just so distracting. Jaehee, I’m trying to do the books on the cafe, you gotta turn Zen’s musical down!

When she gets colds, she sometimes hides it as long as she can, which makes everyone around her get colds too. She may have been able to avoid a couple of boring sick days, but now you’ve got a sore throat. Thanks, honey, I love you too.

– Jumin –

He kept calling you in the middle of the day with full expectation that you’d answer every single time, especially during the beginning of the relationship. Jumin, I’ve got my own work. It’s okay if I miss a message or two, I’m not your employee.

He has a physical trainer, dietician, and physician regime that he follows rigorously, and he kinda expected you to do the same even if you didn’t want to. Even now, he brings up a nutrition plan once and a while, even if you are totally not interested in following a food calendar. “It’s for your health, love,” well, Jumin, my health calls for a big bowl of barbecue chips.

He’s surprisingly clingy in bed. The two of you fall asleep in the middle of the mattress, and by morning you’re hanging on for dear life at the edge of the bed while Jumin is pushing as close to you as humanly possible. More than once you’ve been rudely awakened by falling out of bed and hitting the hard marble floor.

Jumin, stop entering the bathroom while I’m on the toilet, or in the shower! I close the door for a reason. No it’s not like I wanna avoid you, I just wanna shit in peace

He sometimes makes plans without your input, which works for surprises, but not so much for dinner at the Galaria and he’s already downstairs waiting for you while you’re totally not ready.

– Saeyoung –

All that Phd. Pepper has to go somewhere, and it tends to escape out of both orifices, so to speak.

No joke, the boy is gassy. And he teases you with it, like making himself fart right when you decide to sit next to him on the couch just to hear you “EWW!!” and squirm away. You’re lucky you’re cute, 707.

Even when his work schedule becomes more normal, he still doesn’t keep a regular schedule. He does stretches of days where he stays up until 4am, then he spends the next week sleeping 14 hours a day. It can be hard to spend time with someone who’s either dead tired when you’re awake, or super hyper when you’re about to sleep.

He’s very particular when it comes to his cars. You can’t eat or drink in them, not even gum. You can’t put your feet anywhere except squarely in the footrests, god forbid you absentmindedly rest them against the dashboard. No picking at the leather, no scratching the carbon fiber, you can pet the soft velvet but you’re on thin ice.

Saeyoung, can you shower more, please? You smell like old ham and your hair isn’t doing so good either. Yes, I will give you a kiss, but only if you hop in the bathtub right now.

– Saeran –

Like his brother, his sleeping schedule is wack. He’ll spend several all-nighters and then clonk out for a long while, too tired to do anything. And not because of work, either, he just doesn’t have a good sleep schedule.

Loves to cook, hates to clean. Leaves all the dirty dishes, pans and pots, and countertops for as long as humanly possible, which means someone else is usually the one stuck cleaning it all up. It gets better when the household arranges duties for everyone so Saeran’s in charge of meals while another cleans up afterwards, but even then it can still get dirty.

Sweats in his sleep, which is further exacerbated by some of his medication. Sleeping next to him means sticky skin and wet bedsheets. He has to wash his pajamas every other day.

You gotta hide your sweets or else Saeran’s gonna steal them. He stress-eats during his worse days, and besides that he’s just got a monster sweet tooth, so he’ll finish his entire pint of ice cream and steals yours, too. Then he finds your hidden package of gingersnap cookies and oops, there goes your snack.

He hates having his hair cut, it’s a weird sensory experience for him and he gets anxious while having to sit still for so long. He won’t go to the salon so he tries to cut it himself, which hogs up the bathroom for two hours and leaves shed hair all over the sink. Once you start helping him, he feels better about the experience.

– Jihyun –

He cannot be trusted with the laundry. He shrinks all the knitwear, keeps forgetting to clean the lint tray, and all his whites are no longer white. You gotta be in charge if you don’t want your wardrobe to end up like his.

Jihyun, I know you grew up with money but when the toilet is clogged you don’t call the plumber, you take this plunger and try to unclog it yourself with bleach. And no, we don’t need a new refrigerator just because the light bulb burst.

He’s surprisingly tough to sleep next to in bed. You eventually get used to it, but for a while you kept getting kicked by his long limbs, or getting punched by a flailing arm. And he drools, too, sometimes onto your hair.

Why. Do you. Clip your nails on the bed. Ew, stop that.

He’s prone to getting caught up in hipster food trends, like superfood phenomenons. Jihyun, you know that apricot pits are poisonous, right? I know the co-op recommended them but I gotta feel like that’s a marketing gimmick. Please don’t eat them, put those down.

#mystic messenger #mystic messenger imagines #mysme #mysme zen #Yoosung Kim #jaehee kang #jumin han #saeyong choi #saeran choi #jihyun kim

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Ep 201: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich Part 3

“I am prepared to swear on oath or submit myself to any lie detector test to substantiate this, my statement.”

– Don Cox, who observed a triangle-shaped UFO for 45 minutes from his yard in Adelaide, 385 miles northwest of Valentich’s last known location, just 28 minutes after his radio fell silent.

Description:

As we wrap up our coverage of the Frederick Valentich story in Part 3 of our series, we'll continue our conversation with Melbourne resident Chris Tyler about his research into the case and other possibly related UFO incidents around the same time and area. We'll also examine the Australian Department of Transport accident report's remaining findings and discuss its conclusions. As you begin to reach your own conclusions, it's essential to keep several factors in mind which make the usual mundane explanations seem inadequate. The high number of independent sightings of aerial phenomena occurring in proximity to the disappearance suggests Valentich wasn't alone in witnessing it. The distance a Cessna cowling was found from a potential crash site and the lack of definitive markings makes its discovery inconclusive. Even if the cowling did come from Valentich's plane, it still doesn't account for what caused him to ditch, let alone other missing debris and Valentich himself. Perhaps the most surprising revelation comes from the summary of the report itself. Rather than dismissing the possibility of a UFO entanglement, an official government statement lists it as one of four likeliest scenarios. Remember that Valentich himself never suggested he interacted with a UFO in his last transmission, despite being painted as obsessed with them by his skeptics. When these factors and more are taken together, it's no wonder this incident is one of the most baffling and tragic in the phenomenon's history and leaves us all to wonder, what happened to Frederick Valentich and where did he go?

Location:

Moorabbin Airport, where Frederick Valentich took off from on October 21, 1978, headed for King Island across Bass Strait.

Reference Links:

“UFO suspicions still cloud disappearance of Frederick Valentich” from Melbourne’s Herald Sun

The strange noises heard on Valentich’s last transmission, posted on Facebook by A.U.F.O.A. – Australian UFO Action

“How the 40-year-old mystery of a UFO in New Zealand lives on” from news.com.au, about Quentin Fogarty’s UFO experience

The UFO Documents Index on NSA.gov

Cape Otway Lightstation

“What is the Aurora Australis?” on Universe Today

The Green Flash

“The Disappearance of Flight N3808H, Puerto Rico, 1980” blog post by “karl 12” on AboveTopSecret.com

“Disappearance of flight N3808H 28th of June, 1980” with pilot’s radio transmission on YouTube

“UFOs, USOs and the Island of Puerto Rico.” by “karl 12” on AboveTopSecret.com

“Jet Fighters disappear as they approach UFO in Puerto Rico” section of a documentary on YouTube

“Two F-14s kidnapped by UFO near Puerto Rico” forum thread on unexplained-mysteries.com

“The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved” by James McGaha and Joe Nickell on Skeptical Inquirer

“Spooky Space ‘Sounds’” from nasa.gov

“What Is This Flying Object??? Occurred at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - 1/7/2021” on YouTube by Wes Snyder Photography

The “PPRuNe” forum or “Professional Pilots Rumour Network” discussing Valentich's radio transmission

The Melbourne Marvels podcast and their episode on “The Unresolved Disappearance of Frederick Valentich”

“10 Truly Bizarre Incidents From The Bass Strait Triangle” from Listverse

The Unsolved Mysteries Wiki on Fandom.com for the Frederick Valentich episode

“Lost yacht mystery continues 30 years on” from abc.net.au

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race on Wikipedia

“Race Tragedy Tale / Oracle CEO tells all to St. Francis Yacht Club” from SFGate.com

“'Holy grail' or epic hoax? Australian Kelly Cahill's UFO abduction story still stirs passions” from ABC South West Victoria news

“Capturing the Light” – The true story of Dorothy Izatt on Amazon Prime

Close Encounters of the Third Kind feature release date information on IMDb

The Frederick Valentich case on the original Unsolved Mysteries, Season 5, Episode 2 on Amazon Prime

“Last Light: the Valentich Mystery” from The History Listen with Kirsti Melville on ABC.net.au

“Disappearance of Frederick Valentich” on Wikipedia

“What Happened to Frederick Valentich? Possibly the scariest UFO case ever” by OzWeatherman on AboveTopSecret.com

“Valentich Case Files Finally Released” by Kandinsky on AboveTopSecret.com

“The Valentich Abduction/Disappearance: 40th Anniversary” by MirageMan on AboveTopSecret.com

“The Abduction of Fred Valentich” from The Unexplained Files on Discovery UK – YouTube clip of Melbourne Flight Advisor Officer Steve Robey describing his radio communication with Valentich

Complete episode on the Valentich disappearance from The Unexplained Files on the Discovery Channel

Cessna 182 “Skylane”

Valentich’s missing aircraft report online, from the National Archives of Australia

Download of Valentich’s missing aircraft report as a PDF

Bass Strait

Moorabbin Airport

“'Truth' was out there after all –An accidental discovery sheds new light on the mysterious disappearance of a pilot in 1978, writes Miles Kemp” from The Advertiser

Australian UFO researcher, Keith Basterfield

Melbourne, Australia

Tasmania

King Island, Tasmania

Visit King Island at kingisland.org.au

“Biography of Bette Nesmith Graham, Inventor of Liquid Paper” on ThoughtCo.com

Bette Nesmith Graham on Wikipedia

Australian crayfish

The TCAS or Traffic collision avoidance system

“What C.S. Lewis and Martin Luther Would Say About Our Coronavirus Panic”

Black Death

Second plague pandemic

“Plague was one of history’s deadliest diseases—then we found a cure” on NationalGeographic.com

Suggested Listening:

Melbourne Marvels podcast – “a podcast about true stories from Melbourne” CLICK HERE to listen to their episode on “The Unresolved Disappearance of Frederick Valentich”

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Episode 201: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich Part 3. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel. Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer, and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2021 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

#199 #Frederick Valentich #Melbourne #Australia #Moorabbin #airport #UFO #Tasmania #Bass Strait #Unsolved Mysteries #King Island #Cessna #pilot #airplane #UAP #200 #201 #2021

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sooave · 4 years

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The Problem With Wanting: 2

It’s 2026, and an old celebrity crush comes to haunt your old and cynical heart. You’re doing great at pretending you were never obsessed with him, and finding things about him that you don’t like. Until you’re repeatedly forced to work with him. Until he decides that he’s in love with you.

Genre: I really don’t know what to call this, but it’s not an AU, Kyungsoo’s older and still a celebrity, and it’s friends-to-lovers.

Characters: Kyungsoo x Reader

Length: 1,484 words

Tags: Angst, Slow Burn

Part 1 | Part 2

The instant you got home, the first thing you did (after putting away your supplies and changing) was to sit down at your computer and do a quick Google search on Do Kyungsoo. It had been quite some time since you were actively following him (you could try to dig up your Twitter accounts but that wasn’t worth the time).

EXO as a band had not formally retired, and from time to time would release a song or two. And like their hyungs from Super Junior and SHINee, most of them remained relatively successful in the showbiz. This, you knew. But you had no idea what Kyungsoo specifically was doing.

You almost didn’t want to look. As if becoming informed would bring you one step closer to being obsessed. Guilt coursed through you when you saw the paparazzi shots that popped up from your search. It felt somehow… disrespectful, now that you’d actually “met” him.

A quick scan through the Career section on his Wikipedia page told you that he continued to act in various movies and dramas, but had also released a few solo albums. You raise your eyebrows when you see a few titles that you actually recognize as being critically-acclaimed, but you have never watched them yourself.

He was doing well for himself career-wise; that much was to be expected. Personally, the fangirl inside of you was happy that they all seemed to be doing well.

The Personal Life section remained minimized, and you stared at words on your monitor, debating whether or not to open that Pandora’s Box.

Your cursor hovered over it, and just as you were about to open it and take what you promised yourself to be a brief look, your phone on the table began to flash with an incoming call. A breath quickly escaped you and you immediately hit the shortcut to close the window.

Thanking the gods for the intervention, you snatch the phone up to pick up the call from one of your old-time clients. He was an owner of a Michelin Bib Gourmand traditional Korean restaurant, looking to open up a new location. Your gratefulness to him extended beyond the fact that he interrupted your unhealthy behaviour; he gave a chance on you when you first started looking for contract work in Korea, and it has opened up a lot of doors for you since.

“Hello?” You greeted automatically, even though you already know who called you.

“Ah! It’s me, Kim Yongsun.”

“Yongsun-ssi, how can I help you? It’s been a while.” The computer desk proves to be a dangerous place to be, so you quickly moved to the sofa and laid down, balancing the phone between your shoulder and head.

“Yes… thank’s for being patient, it’s been a little crazy here.” There were rambunctious shouts in the background and you heard Yongsun cover his mic to loudly scold them.

“Ya! Keep it down, I’m getting work done in here!” He hollers. The mic crackles as he returns.

“Sorry, new hires getting excited and all. Anyways… I’m ready to start talking about what you can do for the new location. What time are you free?”

This is one of your favourite parts of what you do. Sitting down with a client and getting to know their dream and understanding how you can help them achieve it.

“I have time tomorrow actually. I’m free anytime.”

“Okay…Hmm.” He seemed to contemplate something before continuing. “Come over to the restaurant at 3:30. I’ll have some food prepared for you,” Yongsun says proudly, as if he doesn’t always provide free lunch for you.

“Wow… you’re so generous,” you thanked sarcastically but couldn’t help but smile, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

You both said your goodbyes and hang up.

Riding on the high that was imagining the success of a client consultation, you scrolled through your phone and reopened the dating app that you haven’t touched in almost a year. It was a little tough to date in Korea, your age aside.

Relationships were successful if the two persons involved had mostly similar values. It was also a well-documented phenomenon that young adults in Korea are staying single longer, and weren’t prioritizing marriage. You certainly weren’t alone in that you were in your 30s and unmarried, but elders still held a strong bias against it.

Back to values. You were absolutely not interested in being a housewife, despite the fact that you keep an impeccably tidy house and enjoying doing so. Your art and career are important to you.

But whenever you happen to mention that you’re an artist and do most of your work from home, men seem to assume that you’d be a perfect for the role of a housewife. The men who were actually on these dating apps were usually looking for a woman willing sacrifice their career for the “home”.

In short, Korean men who grew up in Korea usually did not hold the same values as you.

Nevertheless, you swiped through a good number of men, excited by none of the prospects. And it ended the same, with you throwing your phone across the sofa and closing the app. But this time you didn’t delete the app, because you promised yourself you’d try.

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“Hello?” You poked your head through the door of Youngsun’s restaurant and called out cautiously. It was 3:20, and the restaurant was eerily dark and empty. Usually, the lights would be on and there would be a couple of chefs mulling about during the service break. You pulled yourself out of the door and checked your phone for the third time, double checking that you’d gotten the date and time right. You had said tomorrow right? Maybe he forgot.

A minute or two, no one had responded, so you reluctantly slipped into the establishment, tiptoeing your way to the back. The kitchen had it’s lights on, to your relief. Humming of the industrial hood fans and the noises of a knife on a chopping board comforted you.

Still paranoid that you had gotten yourself into a mix-up with Yongsun, you silently slunk your way towards the kitchen. There was a large pass-through window but there was no one visible through it, and you guessed that whoever was in there was towards the back of the kitchen. You poked your head around the corner and quickly shrank back in shock.

The heart in your chest was threatening to jump out of your throat at the sight of what looked to be Do Kyungsoo in his standard baseball cap, thick rimmed glasses, and plain t-shirt, cooking in Yongsun’s kitchen.

You weren’t even 100% sure it was him. But you knew you weren’t hallucinating.

With a growing horror in your chest, you pressed your back against the wall, contemplating your next move. Your two options were to run out of the restaurant and never contact Yongsun again, or to text him and figure out what was going on.

With slightly shaking hands, you pulled your phone out of your pocket and frantically dialled Yongsun’s phone through FaceTime Audio.

His phone began to ring in the distance, and you squeezed your eyes shut. The fear churning in your stomach was telling you that you had completely gotten the time or date wrong. What were the odds that you’d run into your old celebrity crush? Zero. So maybe that wasn’t him in there, but you could recognize Kyungsoo anywhere.

“Ah, hold on, let me get this,” You hear Yongsun say.

The realization that Yongsun or Kyungsoo might be able to hear you speak from outside the kitchen dawned on you, and you practically dove around another corner to get as far as way as possible before he picked up.

Why did I not just text him??? You groaned internally.

“Hey, where are you?” Yongsun skipped the pleasantries, not bothering to say hello.

You cleared your throat and spoke as quietly as possible, heart thundering in your chest and ears.

“Oh… sorry… I just came to the restaurant and no one was there. So I assumed I might have gotten the time wrong.”

“Ahhh,” he let out a bark of laughter, “I forgot to tell you that we were closing early today. Going to have the night off. It’s my wedding anniversary tonight.”

“Wow, congratulations!” You chirped, and immediately slap your hand over your mouth. That was dangerously loud.

“Thanks… but again, where are you? Did you leave?”

You looked around awkwardly. It was pretty much out of the question to tell Yongsun that you were behind his restaurant bar, splayed out on the floor from tripping on your feet.

“Just waiting outside,” you said nonchalantly as you stared at a dustball on the floor.

“Okay well come on in. I’m in the kitchen.” He hung up and you were left with nothing but dread and a dustball.

A/N: I finally finished Ch2, and ch3 coming soon!! I finally have it all planned out. Also, credits to my Apple Pencil breaking down so I couldn’t do any artwork. Who else is staying up right now to watch the musical xiusoo are in??? (hi, @lapetitefangirlperdue)

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