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aka-indulgence · 4 years

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So I wanna get back to writing but I’m not yet ready to tackle the big stuff or asks just yet and i was recommended to write a oneshot/short thing so.... yet again, conversations with @llamagoddessofficial brought an idea to life and I’ve been kinda obsessed with it <u<

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Space.

Vast, hauntingly beautiful...

lonely.

Even though you’re far from alone on this station- there was a huge crew of humans aboard with you- being on a station always left you with this feeling of... isolation.

You were on lone station, far from the planet whence it was launched, circling the star from a distance. There was no obvious motivation for why you were in one right now- living in space has become commodity, just another way of living. But to say you and the crew were living in space “just because” wasn’t quite the correct answer either... a lot of the people onboard were researches, and you were simply a mechanic on the ship.

You’re distracted a little from looking out the window, at the stars, when you hear a little clank from the outside.

You can’t quite see what’s directly out the station from where you are, so you took a few steps further from the edges of the window and lean a bit into it. You can see a metallic leg, blue sparks from a torch... S4-N5 was out there, his eight legs firmly gripping onto the outside of the station while he was making some kind of superficial repair. As he did, he seemed to notice you, as his “skull” turned to the side, his artificial eyes with “lights” as pupils fixating on you. There was a glare so you couldn’t see him completely... he must’ve caught you in his sensors. You give him a little smile and a wave before he turned away from you to focus on the station.

Yes, humans weren’t the only crew members... there were also robots on this ship. They assisted in managing most of the ship to make sure nothing was falling apart, in order, and generally making the humans; lives much more comfortable, doing things that were deemed too risky for humans to do. They were categorized by intelligence, conveniently titled in three levels, at least on this ship. There were the I-1s, which... to be honest doesn’t seem to be “real” intelligence. They just remember what kind of coffee you like, for example, catering to your tastes, delivering things to your room, the roombas and toasters, those guys. I-2s has a more managing role, controlling the locks, the doors, gases, air, and all the calculating needed to keep the station stable. They have an AI, but they were mostly fixed to their programming.

Then there were the I-3s.... like S4-N5.

Much more intelligent than the other two, they’re mostly mobile, can react to things they didn’t originally have in their programming, do tasks, solves puzzles and problems... advanced learning AIs. Affectionately called “big three” by most people since they’ve become... slightly more common than before, they’re one of the most intelligent AIs created. S4-N5 (who you called “Sans” for short that everyone else picked up- “Es Four En Five” was quite a mouthful to say) was a mobile, mechanic robot. He was made to fix the major fixes in or out the ship, with eight legs to provide grip while he was outside to stop him from floating away, and two arms for all the fixing. He had tools stored in pretty much every part of him, including his legs- another reason why he had so many, er... limbs.

He had a head and upper body that looked strikingly similar to a human’s skeleton- despite having thick “bones” and a very rounded skull. Black “sockets” with lights serving as eyes... and a permanent, wide grin on his face. You’re not even sure why it’s there- but then again why did his upper body part have to look like a skeleton? Maybe it was just a design choice to make him less spider-y but... yeah he still looks like a robotic, spider skeleton.

What did S4-N5 stand for again? “Station something something”-?

“Hey how’s it hanging? you’ve been staring out for a while there. What, trying to tan your face?”

Your lips drop into a lopsided grin at the voice, feeling annoyed before you even see his face.

“Hi... Robert...” you turn around, straining your smile, “Yeah, I was just, thinking...”

“Oh yeah? What about?” You took a few steps back when Robert stepped uncomfortably close to you, leaning back on the window. You know the glass is made to endure but you start to play with your fingers looking at him.

“Oh just... hey, do you remember what ‘S4-N5′ stands for?”

“Ugh... the robot bug thing?” Robert’s “charming” smile turned into a frown at the mention, “Why do you wanna know?”

“I was just wondering because I saw him, I- nevermind...” guy probably has no idea...

“Those things don’t matter anyways, they’re probably just a bunch of numbers and codes to track which model and version of the robot is..” Robert made a pout with his mouth, looking like he wanted nothing more than to steer the conversation away from Sans.

“Hey do you wanna know what me and the boys did earlier?”

... Riiight back to him.

But that’s hardly just a Robert thing... everyone on the ship doesn’t really like talking about Sans. They seem to barely want to do ANYTHING with Sans. He has a reputation for being the creepiest robot on the ship, almost entirely silent, walking around with his eight legs like a giant spider, with that upper “skeletal” body with the grin that now that you’re thinking about it again may be so he’d look friendlier... instead doing the opposite.

You tune out of him for a while as he regales you with something stupid he did on the ship that has you wondering how he even got assigned to this station when you perk your head at the sound of the air-lock door hissing open, the sounds of metal clinking against metal.

“-and ah fuck, speak of the devil. You talk about him and there he is.”

You turn around and see Sans as the doors close behind him in all his glory. Standing almost at twice your height, a shiny, metallic spider. His legs resembled knives, sharp with pointed joints, dividing a leg into three parts. His plated “abdomen”, equipped with machinery, energy storage, and a compartment for supplies suspended above the legs, holding up his torso.

You knew those legs are for mobility, grip, and tools, while the abdomen served to keep all of his body parts in check... but even you had to admit his likeness to spiders could be a bit unnerving.

“Ugh, look at that thing...” Robert whispered to you, as if Sans would take offense to whatever he was about to say, “he’s so fucking creepy, c’mon, why don’t we go somewhere else?”

He looked like he was about to take you by the arm before you jerked away from him.

“Why? He’s just doing his thing, he’s not made to hurt us, just relax!” you hiss at him. You knew Sans could be pretty creepy to some people, but he’s just being childish right now.

“Are we looking at the same thing? I- look, now it’s staring at us,”

You took a glance behind and sure enough, Sans was facing you, with only his head turned to you. You saw how his “pupils” focused, fixating on the nearby humans.

Is it just you or did his eyes look.. more intense than usual..?

“Do you see that? It looks like it’d fucking kill you in your sleep, don’t go out the ship with it (Y/n), it’d probably snip your tether, sadistic fuck.”

“What is wrong with you? He’s just doing his job can you just leave him alone?” You knew Sans was an AI but... it just felt wrong to be talking about him that way in front of him.

“What, because he’ll listen to me?” Robert scoffed, before his definite scowl turned into something less confident. “... actually yeah I don’t like that, so come on let’s go get some food or something.”

“You can go ahead and do that, I...” think of something think of something, “... need to go to the supply room for a moment. I think I’ve got something to fix and I’d rather finish it now rather than later.”

You walk on ahead without letting Robert reply, hearing his slightly distressed sounds of frustration.

“I- ok fine, I’ll be in the cafeteria.”

You hold your sigh until you get into the supply room, for once wishing you had a task to do as you look at your E-Pad.

One lose pipe at Section 8... least priority... what’s is it I need...

You don’t really have to do it, it’s hardly a human-specific maintenance job, but you didn’t want to just be hanging around outside while you wait for Robert to clear out of the cafeteria, because you’re starting to feel peckish.

Your mind goes a bit blank, staring at some spare pipes in front of you. You pick them up with no real intention in your mind, your mind just throwing around the word ‘pipe’ in your head and your hand just grabbed the nearest thing related. It was mostly quiet in the room, aside from the sound of air flowing out of the ventilation system and providing white noise in the background. You completely lose track of what you’re doing, just killing time in the most useless ways possible when...

Clink. Clink.

You hear... Sans’ legs clanking around outside. Something about the sound makes you go still, gripping tighter onto a pipe that just so happened to be in your hand. It was slow, deliberate movements... your heart rate quickened. Something about that quiet noise, sounding so loud when the room was so quiet felt you with this primal dread. You could hear your heart beating in your ears.

He was approaching the door...

Why were those legs so chillingly horrifying to you sometimes?

... No no, it’s ok he’s just... walking by...

The clanging stopped right outside the door while you bore holes into the pipe with your stare. keenly aware of Sans’ movements.

...

The hissing of the sealed doors opening almost makes you jump out of your skin, goosebumps suddenly breaking everywhere all over your skin as you make the mental note that: Sans opened the door.

As he steps inside, those quiet, tapping noises... you shake off your discomfort, ignoring the uncomfortable chill climbing up your spine the closer he sounds.

You said it yourself earlier. He’s harmless, he’s just doing his job... probably needs to take something. You’re in the supply room, remember? He may be a robot but treating him like he’s a monster just didn’t sit right with you when his sole purpose is to keep the ship intact.

You mess around with the pipes some more, trying to make it look like you’re busy gathering supplies, or something. He’s probably come to get supplies himself, he always resupplies the spares in his abdomen for future fixes before going to neutral mode.

You hear his movement doesn’t stop, every step he makes sounds like a whole second, and he keeps coming closer and closer and closer... until he’s directly behind you.

You sweat a little, the proximity making you a bit nervous, feeling like you’re being scrutinized.

He’s completely silent, and the silence stretches on longer than you’d think... what’s he doing? His shadow fell over you, unmoving, stationary. After a while you couldn’t stand it and turned around to see what he was doing-

Squeaking a little when you saw he had bent down so he was at your eye level, finding yourself face to face with him.

“O-oh hey Sans!” You greeted him cheerfully, though your heart threatened to leap out of your chest just a second earlier.

“Hello, Crew-Member 55.” He tilted his head to the side a bit, like he was confused by your reaction.

“I’m... sorry, you surprised me, I didn’t think you’d be that close. Did you... need anything?”

You’re so close to him that you could hear his eyes as his pupils widened and narrowed, focusing on you, see all his individual “teeth” of his, looking like a big, wide cheshire grin.

“... tool set complete.” He says, one of his automated responses. “It seems that you need something, 55. Do you require assistance?”

You looked at the pipe still clutched into your hand and drop it back into the latch. “I... yeah, actually. There’s a... a loose pipe in section 8, can you help me get the tools I need?”

“...” Sans tilted his body back, and you could hear again the whirring in his eyes as he focuses.

“... no tools required.” he finally says, surprising you a bit. “I can manage it for you, 55. You do not need to fix it.”

“Huh?” You checked your E-pad, and sure enough, the task was labelled as “taken by S4-N5”.

“Oh.. thanks Sans, you didn’t have to do that.” you smile at him, and... was it just you or did his grin widen a bit?

“I’ll uh... leave you to that then...” you slip out from the end of the room he had you cornered in- not going to lie, being trapped by a giant metallic spider didn’t seem very comfortable to you. His head faced you the entire time, his head turning 180 degrees. You almost rushed outside a bit to escape his gaze, but then you stop right at the door.

“Oh Sans, can I ask you a question?”

He’s silent. You take it as a ‘yes’.

“I... haha, sorry I forgot... what does S4-N5 stand for?”

“Station 4, Neurocognitive 5.” He responds as soon as you’re done speaking. “Station 4 refers to the station I am assigned: a star revolving station. Neurocognitive refers to my AI: Cognitive. I don’t have real neurons, however I am named so because I simulate one. Was that clear and concise, 55?”

You stagger a bit, for some reason you had.. human expectations for him? You didn’t think he’d reply you with such a detailed explanation of his name.

... you smile at him.

“Yes it was. Thanks, Sans, I appreciate it.”

“A pleasure, 55. Have a pleasant day.”

Of course, his response was robotic but... he is a robot. And... maybe you’re anthropomorphizing him a little but it sounds like he had emotion saying it.

You come out with a little spring in your step. Guess you’ll just check the cafeteria... if Robert’s there you can just go to your crew room and wait him out there. At least you didn’t have anything to do today.

You hear the sound of Sans shuffling around the supply room, probably getting what he needed to make the maintenance before he shuts the door. You hear him stepping away from you to Section 8. You hear another door open, his metallic legs coming to a halt.

“Oh hey whoah- hey!” You hear Robert’s voice, startled, staggering back to the door. You hear Sans skitter back as well, much faster than you heard him walking earlier.

“Please step away.” His voice, suddenly much colder and robotic sounded. “Please step away.”

You turn around and see Robert grasping the toilet door (guess he hadn’t immediately went to get food), trying to make as much space as he can from Sans, while Sans was pressing himself to the other side of the corridor, his eyes... much sharper than you saw them before. They looked almost.. hostile(?).

“Man I’m trying- move!”

“Please be at least 1.5 meters, or 4 feet away. Please be at least 1.5 meters, or 4 feet away.”

Everything becomes static again as you focus on what Sans is saying.

Please be at least 1.5 meters, or 4 feet away.

"This is a safety precaution. Please step away.”

...

You were much, much closer to Sans when he had you trapped in the supply room.

#sinister thoughts #theres.... a lot more to it #it just #HAS SO MUCH PLOT #i try to condense it but hmmmmmmm #im #<u<#i hope you like it? dklsjkldj #*is afraid bc i havent written anything in 2 weeks and i feel out of shape*#robo skider sans

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beyondthecosmicvoid · 4 years

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"What you're talking about is manifest destiny."

"You can call it whatever you want, Tom. The fact remains that if the human race needs to do something to survive and lower orders don't have the power to stop us, we will prevail. It is not right ir wrong, it is just the way things are. You've got to stop projecting human motives and es onto other organisms. Everything is merely what it is. A mongoose that tries to steal a cobra's egg isn't evil -- it is just trying to survive. But the cobra is trying to survive too. And if it catches the mongoose in its nest, there's going be a fight. Fortunately for the mongoose, it has faster reflexes and a more efficient metabolism. Whether that's fair or not isn't event part of the equation -- it's simply the way things are."

"Yeah? Try telling that to the cobra. But for the sake of argument, we'll ignore the question of ethics. Still, all you're saying, Scott, is that it's all right to do whatever we want. To exploit any ecosystem, any species -- as long as we don't run into anything big enough to kick our butts."

"If you want to phrase it that way. Yeah. That's the way nature works."

"Sure, on tutoring disks, but not in the real world. Every part of an ecosystem is dependent on every other part. It's that interdependence that makes interfering with existing systems so chancy. Even the smallest components are vitally important."

“Who could have guessed that millions of ‘killer bee’s could spring from a handful of escaped African bees? Or that a few Brazilian fire ants could make the Southeastern portion of the U.S. virtually uninhabitable in just over seventy years? And what about the ‘oil-eating’ bacterium the gene-splicers at the petroleum companies developed to clean up their spills? Remember how they thought they had it completely in their control?”

“Come on, Tom, the oil would’ve dried up sooner or later anyway, and I hear the new repro-inhibitors they’re using are making a substantial dent in the fire ant populations. Sure, we suffer setbacks, but we’ll always find ways around the problems that nature throw at us.”

“Will we Scott? I’m not so sure, mankind never seems to learn. We get our hands slapped on a regular basis, but we still can’t seem to keep them to ourselves. The tighter the grip we try to get on nature, the more nature pushes through the cracks in our technology. And with some of the things we’re encountering in the settlements, we have no idea what kind of trouble we may be letting ourselves in for by messing around.”

“Well, so far we’ve done okay. On all of the life-supporting planets we’ve come across. The worst thing we’ve ever encountered has been the ‘blood willies’ of epsilon INDI TWO. And I hear they’ve got a vaccine for that now. If I were you, I’d put my faith in science and stop worrying about the bogeyman. And I’d watch what I said around the corporate types, Tom. All any of them care about is their jobs, and you’ll make them nervous with talk about problems that don’t exist yet.”

“I don’t care. This is my last long haul. I’m getting out while the getting’s good. All of the monkeying around the corporations are doing out in the settlements may not bother you, Scott, but it does me. We’ve had a long run of good fortune –longer than we’ve deserved there’s a major league turd coming down the pike, mark my words--- and I don’t want to be around when it hits the fan. I’m telling you, we shouldn’t be messing with mother nature. She’s a real bitch. We have to learn to work with nature. This reliance on technology is getting to be too much for me, Scott. It’s no longer a means to an end. It’s become an end unto itself. We use it like a wall between ourselves and our surroundings … between ourselves and who we really are. We’ve come a long way in the past three thousands years but I can’t help feeling that we’ve lost as much as we’ve gained.”

“So what’s your solution Tom? Give up modern convenience and go back to stone knives and squatting in caves?”

“You’re reaching for extreme again, Scott, but that just might be what it takes to put us back on the right track. And I’m not talking about austerity or deprivation. I’m talking about the challenge of putting away the crutches of our technology and going back to relying on our own strength and cunning. These days we’re so insulated that we make heroes out of anyone who dares to face up to a challenge. But it wasn’t always like that. Life of death challenges used to be an every day thing and real men didn’t wait for adventure to come to them. They rushed out to meet it not like the generals and corporate heads these days who send out the little guys to do their dirty work. It used to be that a man’s standing as a leader was determined by how he handled himself in the face of danger.”

“Yeah, yeah – very nostalgic, Thom. Very macho. But it’s not very practical in this day and age. Can you see a bunch of corporate VPs duking it out for the right be CEO? Or maybe you and me going at each other with knives to see who gets a better pilot’s rating?”

“Hey, every culture observes its own rituals for establishing status. Look at the infighting and back-stabbing that goes on at every level of our society. And we’re still fighting over the same things: property, leadership, territorial rights. The only difference is our methods have become more subtle, less direct. Somehow the old ways seem more honest.”

“You’re an idealist, Tom. What happens when the wrong guy wins? Then you’ve got the neighborhood bully calling the shots: You’re back to pack mentality.”

“There are checks and balances in every system, Scott.”

“Yeah, but your way leaves them all up to individual initiative! Without some kind of sanctioned avenue for dissent. A guy would have to be a real hero or a real fool to butt heads with the chief.”

“So? Are things really so different for us? You’re the one that’s always telling me to watch what I say around the desk jockeys. Where’s my ‘sanctioned avenue for dissent’? At least if I bust a gay in the chops, he clearly understands that I don’t like what he’s doing.”

“There you go with your idealism again. You’re trying to romanticize this into two tigers brawling to determine dominance or rights to a favorite hunting area. In the same situation humans would just kill each other. We’ve ‘out-grown’ the instinct for species preservation that prevents that in the lower orders but we haven’t truly grown into the morality that you’re so fond of citing, Tom. The society we’ve built isn’t perfect. Granted. But it works, probably more because of our level of technology than in spite of it. How many guys wouldn’t want to trade their boring, earthside job for yours: a job made possible by technology? But if you want to get back to nature, there are ways to do it. Go on one of those ‘wilderness’ safaris to Alpha C. I understand the gene-splicers now have something that almost looks like an elephant. Or, if you want real adventure, sign on for a hitch as a ranch hand at our next stop; plenty of fresh air, hard work, and not much else. Maybe that’s your idea of fulfillment. Though I can’t imagine anyone envying you the job. Me, I can get enough adventure from the vids. God bless modern technology!”

(...)

“You’re awfully quiet, Tom. What’s the matter? YOu mad at me?”

“Huh? Uh, no Scott. I was just thinking.”

“Look, I know you said it as a joke. But maybe I should go on one of those safaris or sign on as a ranch hand. Maybe it’ll turn out that you’re right, and I wouldn’t like it. But I should at least give it a try. A change of scenery might be just what I need ... Get back to the land and living things ... Get some adventure and uncertainty back into my life. Did i ever tell you that I went hunting once? I had an uncle who was wealthy. He took me qual hunting when I turned fifteen -said it wuold make a man of me. But all I could think about was how big my shot gun was, and how small the birds were. I guess I oculd understand the potential for excitement in the hunt, but for me the thrill was missing. The contest seemed so lopsided. I wondered what it would be like to hunt something that was capable of hunting me. The challenge. The Danger. To put yourself on an equal footing with nature, that’s got to be the ultimate thrill! To risk everything on your own skill and strength ... I mean, look at what we do for a living - access the computer, punch a few buttons - all of the work is done for us. Anybody could do this job, with the right training. I guess that’s what I meant by m anti-technology tirade. It’s not that technology is evil in and of itself - but once in a while we have to put it aside and do something to remind ourselves that we’re alive - prove that we can accomplish something by relying solely on ourselves. I can’t help but think an experience like that would change a person. Maybe not in a way that other people would notice, but it would be something you’d carry with you for the rest of your life.”

“I know what you mean, Tom. Kinda like the first time you get laid, right? Did I ever tell you about that? I was at this party, see, and ...”

“Oh, brother ...”

~ Conversation between Tim & Scott from ALIEN VS PREDATOR #1

^It’s this type of existentialism that makes Dark Horse comics and other graphic novels set in the ALIENS/PREDATOR universe some of the best stuff in science fiction. It has a little bit of everything. Philosophy, cosmic horror, with occasional degrees of theological abstraction.If Disney wants to add more money to their pockets and wants to be true to their motto of inclusion and so on, keep this universe. Don’t erase it. Everything that it preaches, are in these comics. Not only that, but there is also a diversity of ideas where it subtly criticizes every school of thought via different characters and storylines. These are the types of stories that attract every fan, regardless of what their politics are. It’s entertainment, pure escapism (without preaching or self-serving, shaming BS) and world-building at its finest. And it remains respectful of ALL the ALIENS/PREDATORS films, while still offering something new.

Take Tom and Scott’s conversation here. These are two space truckers, blue collar workers like those from the first ALIEN movie, that are bringing up two very interesting points. They don’t fit into any neat box we assign a certain ideology. BOTH of these guys make good salient points. There is also a reason why the first issue of the AVP series starts with this conversation of technological dependence vs the old ways that Tom keeps going back to. While these two argue to disprove the other’s point and defend their own, we catch a brief glimpse into Yautja (Predator) society. It is a violent hierarchy where might becomes right. This is the type of meritocracy that Tom keeps defending. At the same time, it is also opportunistic and more technological advance to the point that they use their technology and survival instincts to hunt other species they deem worthy. This is done at the back of other species they consider inferior or worth risking for the ultimate hunt to prove their worth. Everything that Scott defends is part of the Yautja culture -with the obvious exception of divisions and over-dependence on technology and a corporate conglomerate controlling every aspect of daily life. Then there are the Xenomorphs (aliens). They are the other that is constantly being used as a coming-of-age rite for the predators, It’s an interest dynamic which hasn’t (yet) been explored in the films. This, among other things, makes this universe one of the most fascinating in the science fiction and horror genre.

#alien vs predator #graphic novels #comics #yautja #predator #alien xenomorph #one of the best openings in comic book history #science fiction #scifi horror

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mdelpin · 5 years

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Natsu Smiles - Chapter 2

Gratsu Bingo 2019 Prompt: Glass(es) AO3 | FF.Net | Tumblr: Ch1

Chapter 2

Gray slammed the door behind him, throwing his gear on the floor and pacing across the room.

Lyon opened the door more carefully and put his gear down. “Dude, chill. There was nothing you could have done,” he ran his fingers through his hair in a nervous gesture. “You heard the Coach, Bix is gonna be fine. Besides, you don’t even know if it’s true, doing something would only have put you at risk.”

Gray turned towards his roommate, glaring at him in a way that made Lyon take a step back and raise his hands up in a placating gesture. “For fuck’s sake, I’m just trying to help here.”

“You don’t get it.”

“You’re right, I don’t, so explain it to me.”

“That could have been me.”

Ever since school had started, Gray hadn’t really had a lot of time to make any friends. There was weight training in the morning, courses during the day, and team practice at night, followed by hours of homework. His teammates were pretty much his entire social life outside of talking to Natsu on Discord a couple of times a week.

There were four other freshmen on the hockey team: Lyon, Hibiki, Loke, and Bickslow, and they all got along reasonably well. They ate their meals together, and if they had any free time, they usually spent it playing online games while chatting on their Discord server.

“You wouldn’t have done something that stupid, “ Lyon protested, still trying to calm his friend down.

“Don’t you get it? Neither did Bix, Invel was just being an asshole cause Bix didn’t stop that goal in the second period.”

Lyon seemed to think that over as Gray continued, “Bix has a scholarship too, he can’t afford this shit.”

“I still don’t understand why you’re reacting this way,” Lyon’s brows were furrowed as he tried to follow what Gray was getting at.

“Just forget about it,” Gray threw himself on his bed covering his face with his hand. He felt like shit, and he was worried. They had taken Bickslow away in an ambulance, and despite their coach’s assurances, in his heart, Gray knew this wasn’t over.

No, it was just getting started.

He heard a beeping noise coming from his desk and got up to check it out. He had the beginnings of a smile as he saw it was a call from Natsu, although it quickly turned into a frown when he saw there were notifications for 5 missed calls.

He plopped on his chair and answered, happy to hear from his boyfriend right when he was so upset and needed to talk to someone who would understand. He knew Lyon was trying his best, but he saw the world differently.

Natsu’s face came into focus, and Gray studied it for a moment. It looked like something was bothering him, his expression fragile, like a sheet of glass that could shatter at any moment. But Gray’s face must have shown something of what he was feeling because in the blink of an eye Natsu’s face molded into a smile, making Gray wonder if what he’d seen had been nothing more than a trick of the light.

Natsu’s smile was dimmer than what Gray was used to, but for once, he decided not to question it as Natsu immediately began asking him what was wrong.

“Am I glad to see you!” Gray sighed dramatically, “You have no idea the day I’ve had.”

“Are you okay?” Natsu leaned forward in his chair, “You look really upset.”

“Today was our first game, and it didn’t go so well,” Gray began to explain, “We lost 3-2.”

“That sucks, but it’s not like you to be that upset about a loss. Did you make a mistake or something?”

Gray snorted, “My freshman ass never even made it onto the ice, we might have won if I had.”

Natsu rolled his eyes, “Nice to see your confidence hasn’t suffered.”

“Anyway, the coach was pissed, and he made us run drills for an hour after the game,” Gray started to tense up again, “We were all in the locker room when all of a sudden this junior accused my friend Bix of checking him out when he was changing, and when Bix denied it all hell broke loose. They took Bix off to the hospital in an ambulance.”

“Oh, crap,” Natsu commiserated, peering closer “Are you okay?”

“No, I’m not. I didn’t do anything, Natsu. I just stood there frozen,” Gray slammed his fist on his desk making Natsu jump, ” I should have said something at least, but when I saw the way some of the guys reacted I just panicked.”

“Is he gay?”

“I have no idea, but that’s not the point.”

“I know,” Natsu closed his eyes briefly, opening them a few minutes later to stare at Gray intently, “I take it they don’t know you’re gay?”

“Only Lyon knows, I haven’t told anyone else. They do know I have someone back home, “Gray hurried to add, not wanting Natsu to think that he had denied him or something.

Natsu blushed slightly, “You didn’t have to tell them anything, I would have understood.”

“Yeah, I did,” Gray said with determination, “You’re important to me, and I don’t want anything to come in the way of our relationship.”

“Were you worried about your scholarship? Is that why you didn’t say anything?”

“I don’t know, I just saw the way the guys were reacting to Bix when they just thought he might be gay and it brought back a bunch of memories.”

“I don’t get it, Babe, it wasn’t exactly a secret at school, no one ever messed with you,” Natsu puzzled.

“That wasn’t the first school I went to, I came in as a transfer student sophomore year,” Gray reminded him, “Plus we were openly in a relationship for the last two years, so no one felt threatened.”

“You were a year ahead of me, I guess I assumed you’d always been there.”

“I don’t like to remember it,” Gray sighed, “Something like that happened to me, except I was doing what they said. I was fourteen, I didn’t think he’d notice. They made my life a living hell after that until I transferred out.”

“And now you feel bad cause you didn’t stand up for your friend?”

“Yeah, I should have done something, but now I’m also worried because I can’t afford to lose my scholarship.”

“I don’t get it. Why would you lose it?”

“Because people like that don’t ever let up. They tease, and they taunt and pretend it’s all in good fun while they tear you apart in front of everyone, until you finally snap and fight back. If I got kicked off the team, I’d lose my scholarship.”

“If you feel that badly, why don’t you just go to the hospital and check on your friend? If he is gay, he might appreciate having a friend who understands what he’s going through, and if you guys have other supportive friends, maybe you can band together. People don’t have to be gay to be a friend, there are plenty of allies out there. At least that’s what Lucy tells me.”

Gray thought it odd for Natsu to say that, but he wasn’t thinking about his boyfriend at the moment, only his earlier words.

“I’m sorry, Gray,” Gray’s thoughts were interrupted by Lyon, “I’m sorry I didn’t get what this could mean for Bix. Natsu’s right, and you can count on me to side with you guys.”

Natsu smiled at Lyon, who waved at him, a little embarrassed to admit he’d been listening in on their conversation.

“It’s fine,” Gray shrugged it off.

“No, I shouldn’t have just looked at it from my perspective, I’ll go to the hospital with you if you want. It’s still early.”

“Yeah, okay,” he replied, “Just give me a few minutes.”

Lyon took the hint and told him he’d wait outside.

“Thank you for listening,” Gray placed his hand on his screen, something he no longer minded and smiled when Natsu did the same.

“No problem, I know you do better when you have a plan of action,” Natsu smiled, and even though this one rang a bit truer, it was still a far cry from his usual smile.

“Did you want to talk to me about something?” Gray asked, “I saw there were a bunch of missed calls.”

“Nah, it’s not important, I just wanted to see you,” Natsu looked down at something on his desk, “You should go to the hospital while the buses are still running.”

“God, what did I ever do to deserve you?” Gray wondered, wishing he could hug him. “I love you so much, I’ll call you when I get back, okay?”

Natsu nodded, “I love you too. Good luck!”

They said their goodbyes and hung up, but Gray couldn’t help but feel like he’d missed something important. He went outside to meet Lyon, and they headed out to the bus stop.

O-o

Lyon and Gray approached the information desk, and after being told what room Bickslow was in, they barged in. It’s what they were used to, and they never considered acting any differently.

Which is why they walked in on Bickslow kissing a man with very long green hair, which was tied back in a low ponytail.

“Sorry!” Lyon spluttered before looking away uncomfortably.

“If you’re here to start something I’ll have you know I’m an A-rated Fencer,” the green-haired man threatened as he turned to look at them. He glared, his arm reaching for something to his side, his expression switching to surprise when he came up empty.

Bickslow started to laugh, although it seemed to pain him to do so, “Seriously Freed, that wouldn’t intimidate a schoolgirl. No one knows what the hell fencing ratings mean. Relax, these guys are my buddies.”

Bickslow’s expression remained outwardly friendly, but his eyes watched them warily, especially as they got closer to Freed.

Gray immediately recognized the look, he was sure he’d worn it many times himself. It screamed you can fuck with me all you want, but if you try to hurt him, you will discover what real pain is.

“Hey, man, how bad is it?” Gray greeted, not sure what to make of Bickslow’s welcome.

“I’ll live, I just wish I’d gotten that asshole harder,” Bickslow cracked his knuckles earning him a disapproving stare from his boyfriend.

“Oh right, this is my boyfriend Freed Justine, he goes to MU too.”

Freed gave them a shy wave.

“These are my teammates Gray Fullbuster and Lyon Vastia, they’re two of the guys I’ve been telling you about.”

“Hey,” Gray smiled at Freed as he shook his hand, “I wish I could say Bix had told us about you, but he’s a jerk.”

Freed gave him a tentative smile, still not sure what to make of him given the night’s events.

Lyon waved and managed a “Nice to meet you” from the corner where he was trying to collect himself from his earlier embarrassment.

“For God’s sake Lyon, it was just a kiss,” Gray remarked, “Stop acting like you walked in on your parents fucking. What are you gonna do when Natsu comes to visit? We kiss a lot. Like, I can’t keep my hands off him,” Gray teased his roommate, enjoying riling him up.

“Fuck you, Gray.”

Gray laughed, ruffling Lyon’s hair good-naturedly.

“Him?” Bickslow raised an eyebrow, a playful smile on his lips.

Gray nodded, getting his phone out and looking for a picture of him and Natsu. Finding one he liked, he handed his phone over to Bix.

“I’m sorry, Bix, I should have done something,” Gray hung his head in shame, “Especially when I know exactly how you feel.”

“Nah, man, it’s cool. I get it,” Bickslow shrugged it off, “You didn’t have to come down here and confess your sins. Although your boy is quite cute,” he said, showing the picture to Freed who nodded in agreement. “Been together long?”

“A little over two years, he’s got a year of high school left, we’re hoping he can come here next year.”

Bickslow handed Gray his phone back and looked over at Lyon. “So Gray is fine with this, how about you?”

“I’m on your side, man. Just tell me what you need.”

Bickslow smiled widely, “Thanks, guys. I feel a little better, knowing I won’t have to deal with this alone.”

“What happened anyway? I know you weren’t doing what he said,” Gray asked curiously.

“Invel saw us at the mall last weekend, I should have known he was up to something when he didn’t say anything right away. Homophobic dick.”

“We’ve got your back, Bix. From now on, he’ll have to deal with the three of us,” Lyon assured him, “Loke and Hibiki are cool too, I bet they’ll be on your side.”

“Maybe,” Bickslow agreed, but he didn’t look convinced, and Gray understood just how he felt. Once the whole gay thing came out, it could be difficult to tell who your real friends were and who just didn’t want to appear homophobic.

All three of their phones went off, and they looked down to read a text from their coach, calling a mandatory meeting for the whole team the following morning to discuss what had happened. He sounded pissed.

Bix groaned, “I won’t be able to make it, they’re not letting me out until sometime tomorrow afternoon.”

“You might want to text him, he sounds like he’s on a rampage,” Gray suggested, “We’ll let you know what happens.”

They said their goodbyes, and as they opened the door, Bickslow called out, “Hey Gray, thanks for trusting me. I won’t tell anyone.”

Gray nodded and waved, walking out with Lyon and catching the last bus back to campus. Now that he felt a little better, he started to think about Natsu, wondering what it was he’d wanted to talk to him about.

He tried calling him from the bus, but the call went straight to voice mail. He left a message and hung up. He had a nagging feeling that he should have pushed harder earlier.

When they got back to his room he checked Natsu’s Discord status, and as it showed him online he tried video calling him but once again received no answer, so he figured Natsu must have fallen asleep and forgotten to log out.

He got a PM from Bickslow asking if he and Natsu would like to go on a double date with him and Freed sometime since Freed had a car. Gray told him he'd have to ask Natsu when he talked to him, but he was excited about the possibility of being able to see his boyfriend soon. He thought it might be just what they both needed.

Unsure of what else he could do, he decided to check if Natsu had published anything new. And that’s when he saw it. Some jerk had left a comment as a guest reviewer, not insulting the story but Natsu himself. It was full of malice, calling him all sorts of nasty slurs for pairing the characters in his stories and telling him he should do everyone a favor and go kill himself.

He looked through Natsu’s other stories and saw that the same Guest had left variations of the same message on all of them. He quickly realized that must have been why Natsu was calling him.

Gray was consumed with rage, but he didn’t know what to do with it besides lash out at the person, and although he was tempted, he couldn’t be sure the person would ever read it. All it would accomplish would be to upset Natsu further.

Damn it! He really should have pushed harder, instead of letting Natsu take care of him. Gray did the only thing he could that he knew would reach Natsu this night. He read all of Natsu’s stories he’d missed and made sure to leave long gushing comments to every single one, trying to fight the hatred with his love.

#fairy tail #gratsu #gratsubingo2019 #ftlgbtales #update #prompt: glass(es)#bicksfreed

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sceptilemasterr · 5 years

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ES Act 3, Scene 3 - Preparing the Defenses

Title: Endless Summer: The (un)Official Screenplay

Main Pairings: Estela x Ian (M!MC), Jake x Alyssa (F!MC)

Other Pairings: Craig x Zahra, Grace x Aleister, Michelle x Sean, Diego x Varyyn

Genre: Full Rewrite

Rating: PG-13 for swearing, violence, alcohol, and sexuality

Summary: The students, Lila, and Jake do what they can to prepare for the impending attack.

Previous Scene: Stranger and Stranger

Masterlist: Link

INT. THE CELESTIAL - DAY

The entire group has assembled in the lobby. Lila is standing, addressing the students and Jake.

LILA: We call them the “Hostiles.”

ALYSSA: Back up. You knew about these guys, and you didn’t say anything?!

LILA: All information on the Hostiles is strictly confidential! It’s categorized in the Rourke International archives as “Need-To-Know.”

JAKE: We were stranded here and there were a bunch of Star Trek aliens running around the whole time! I’d say we needed to know!

LILA: And now you do! So no need to worry, right?

Sean crosses his arms and leans back in his chair.

SEAN: If what Diego said is true, and he can understand them... then we definitely need to worry. They could attack us at any moment.

MICHELLE: Yeah. No offense, Grace, but I’m not willing to risk my life testing your theory that nothing will attack us as long as we don’t try to leave. I’m not going down without a fight!

GRACE: They have language and weapons, so these “Hostiles” must be intelligent. I doubt they would be beholden to whatever force is attempting to keep us here, anyway.

IAN: Lila, any other info you’ve got on the Hostiles would be great right about now.

LILA: Hmm. Unfortunately, the archives have little to say on the subject, and what there is remains classified to non-Rourke International employees.

ZAHRA: See? This is why I don’t trust authority.

ALYSSA: Screw it. We gotta seal this place up and get ready for an attack. Anything we can find would be helpful.

Estela nods.

ESTELA: Weapons. Barricades. Traps.

IAN: Craig, Sean, think you could help me move some of this furniture? Block up the doors?

SEAN: Sure thing.

CRAIG: Chyeah, you’ve come to the right dude! Check this out!

Attempting to show off, he lifts up the couch that Zahra is sitting on. She glares at him.

ZAHRA: Put. Me. Down.

CRAIG: He said to move the furniture!

ZAHRA: Not the one with me on it, dumbass!

Everyone else laughs as Craig awkwardly puts the couch down.

ALYSSA: Estela, you and Jake know how to fight better than any of us. Think you could find some weapons?

ESTELA: On it.

JAKE: Nobody orders me around... but I’ll make an exception for you, Princess.

He pecks her on the lips. Ian raises his eyebrows but says nothing.

QUINN: Is there something I can help with?

DIEGO: Someone should keep watch from the roof. We can do that!

QUINN: Oh! Sure! I found some binoculars the other day and everything!

IAN: Awesome, you two.

MICHELLE: I’ll take stock of any medical supplies I can find. Just in case.

LILA: I’ve been trained in emergency medicine and first aid! I can help out with that!

IAN: Sounds like a plan. ‘Lyss?

ALYSSA: There’s gotta be plenty of stuff in this place to make traps with.

RAJ: Y’all have no idea how much random junk I’ve been finding around here. I’m in!

ALYSSA: Great! Grace, Aleister, we could use your help too!

GRACE: There’s a lot of information in the physics textbook I brought that could have practical applications for setting traps. I’ll help!

They look at Aleister expectantly. He crosses his arms and huffs.

ALEISTER: Count me out of this fool’s errand. This is a resort, not a military base; defending it from attack would only serve to delay the inevitable.

Grace frowns at him.

GRACE: Aleister...

Grace looks concerned as Alyssa gets a knowing gleam in her eye.

ALYSSA: You’re right. We don’t need your help anyway, asshole!

ALEISTER: I... beg your pardon?!

ALYSSA: We need someone intelligent. Someone smart enough to come up with ways of making effective traps out of everyday stuff. Someone with an extensive knowledge of physics. Like Grace!

ALEISTER: Excuse me, Alyssa, I’ll have you know-

ALYSSA: Somebody like you would just get in the way. We’ll handle this on our own.

She starts walking toward the ballroom, Grace and Raj following. After a moment’s hesitation, Aleister rushes after them.

ALEISTER (shouting): You absolute ignoramus, Alyssa! I shall swiftly prove you wrong! I will have you know, I have had nothing but the greatest of education in every field...

As his voice trails off, Alyssa shoots her brother a wink. Ian chuckles and shakes his head, amused.

IAN: Well, that’s that. Places, everybody!

Quinn and Diego head for the elevators. Lila and Michelle walk off toward the kitchen, with Jake and Estela following. Craig and Sean start lifting some couches as Zahra walks over to Ian.

ZAHRA: No job for me?

IAN: Like you said the other day. You hate jobs.

Zahra smirks.

ZAHRA: You’re damn right I do.

She picks up the inactive drone that Estela had left on a table nearby.

ZAHRA: I’m gonna see if I can get her working again. Might be useful.

IAN: You do what you want, Zahra.

ZAHRA: You know what? People suck, but you two... you two ain’t so bad.

[MONTAGE]

Jake and Estela wander from room to room, accumulating a variety of weapons from kitchen knives to baseball bats to iron fireplace pokers. Furball trots along behind them.

~ ~ ~

Michelle sits at a series of tables pushed together in the restaurant, with several first-aid kits, medicine bottles, herbs from the kitchen, cloths, tape, and vodka bottles scattered across the table. Lila leans over her shoulder as she inspects and sorts the various items.

~ ~ ~

Ian, Sean, and Craig finish barricading the front door with furniture; Craig carries an entire couch single-handedly, just to prove that he can. They move on to the first of several side entrances.

~ ~ ~

Zahra sits alone in her room, tinkering with the wiring beneath an open panel on I.R.I.S.’s drone. She taps two wires together with a look of intense concentration on her face, and there is a spark and I.R.I.S.’s hologram projects briefly.

ZAHRA (triumphantly): Goddamn shit!

There is a puff of smoke and the hologram vanishes. She slams a fist on the table in irritation.

ZAHRA (frustrated): Goddamn shit!

~ ~ ~

In the ballroom, Grace pours through her physics textbook with Aleister, who holds a fire extinguisher, several rubber bands, and a bowling ball in his hands. They chatter excitedly as Raj enters, carrying a picture frame and a can of Silly String. Alyssa sits on the floor, attempting to pry open a paint can with a butter knife.

RAJ: Got some more stuff! We could whack ‘em with this frame, and spray Silly String in their eyes!

ALYSSA: Uh... yeah, sure. Thanks, Raj.

~ ~ ~

On the rooftop, Diego scans the horizon with binoculars, then passes them to Quinn.

QUINN: Wonder what they’re waiting for? It seems so quiet out there.

Diego sighs and puts his head in his hands.

DIEGO: What are we missing? There’s gotta be more to this...

[END MONTAGE]

Next Scene: Revelation

Tag List: @brightpinkpeppercorn @mysteli @edgydepressedchoicesthot @bbaba-yagaa @endlesshero1122 @endlessly-searching-for-you

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skammovistarplus · 6 years

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Culture and Translation - S01 E01 C05-12

This post deals with cultural and translation concepts in clips 6 to 12, from episode 1. I also wrote about some things that I forgot to mention in the first post. I think this is it for the first episode, though. Let me know if there is stuff you’re still unclear about.

CLIP 5: Let us discuss ALEJANDRO

As I mentioned in the first post (just click the tag), in Spain groups are pretty stable through class periods. Therefore, and based on who we’ve seen in clip 3, Eva, Lara, Lucas, Amira, Viri and Alicia all go to class together. Amira may have met Nora in class, or during break. Cris may be part of the same group, since I gathered Viri is her class president as well.

Prior to the show airing, there was some discussion over what kind of vehicle Alejandro would drive. It is EXTREMELY unusual for a Spanish high schooler to drive a car.

You can only get a driver’s license when you turn 18.

It is a somewhat involved process.

A student turns 18 in his or her second year of Bachillerato, AFTER the New Year. This is similar to Norway. Chris Berg (born the 6th of January, 1999) and Sana (born the 24th of December, 1999) are in the same grade.

Even if Alejandro had the money and means to get a driver’s license and a car in as painless a process as possible, finding a parking spot in the heart of Madrid is a fucking nightmare. My high school teachers came to work via public transit.

We find out in clip 5 that Alejandro comes to school on a motorbike. This is fine; you can get a driver’s license for a motorbike when you turn 16. There are some limits on how powerful the engine can be, but it’s still a bike.

That said, when the profile for Alejandro went up, we found out he’s been held back a year (like Even) and he’s already 18. So he could theoretically show up with a car in the future. This factoid also implies things about Alejandro that weren’t a factor for the other Williams. All the other Williams haven’t had issues education-wise.

CLIP 6: In which Eva’s lineage is besmirched

Eva has already called Lucas a son of a bitch, but in this clip, we get the female form. Daughter of a bitch just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well as the male form, so I settled on fucking bastard.

I could’ve translated it as any number of slut-shaming slurs, but. Given the themes in Eva’s season, I think the actual slut shaming slurs will come out eventually, and I want to make a distinction between those and what Inés calls Eva in this specific clip. Right now, Inés isn’t making an issue of Eva’s sluttiness, but rather her mother’s. Who probably has no idea any of this is happening, but hey. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Inés also tells Eva, “Flipo contigo.” I translated this as the appalled, disbelieving, “I can’t believe you.” The literal translation would be “I’m tripping on [your attitude].” “Flipar” makes reference to the effects a drug has on your consciousness, mainly hallucinations. The construction “flipar contigo” can be positive or negative. They might be appalled with you, as is Inés, or they may think you’re amazing. They might think you’re boasting, or that you’re literally high! So many options!

CLIP 7: Jorge Is Concerned

Jorge has a Slytherin folder! I thought the snake was Lucas. Cute detail, though.

I know that shippers gonna ship, and you’re not going to want to warm up to a Jonas when Penetrator Chris is coming. Still, Jorge might be the most attuned to Eva’s emotions of all the Jonases. He knows something is wrong and insists that she tell him, over and over in this clip.

Hugo and Dilan are apparently doing some kind of Fortnite meme? They could be doing a Polish traditional dance for all I know.

Hugo congratulates Dilan on a dance well danced by calling him a “cabrón.” Literally, this word would mean that Dilan is being cuckolded. For a number of reasons, I will be translating “cabrón” as bastard or asshole, unless someone actually gets cuckolded.

You can check the shows happening in Madrid on the 14th of September, if you would like to make a guess as to where the boys went that was so packed: here.

CLIP 8: Endorphin hits

I already mentioned this on Twitter, but Eva taking off her jeans to put on pajama pants, yet keeping the top she wore to school, is peak relatable.

Eva ordered a pizza from Telepizza. I find them to be too greasy and prefer other chains, but it’s certainly Spanish as fuck.

Again, I can’t tell what she’s snacking on while she reheats the pizza. Some kind of squared-shaped crackers, yes, but the brand isn’t obvious. She also grabs a few ruffled chips.

CLIP 9: These three dumbasses

I’ve said elsewhere that my top 3 Skam characters are Eva, Isak and Sana. That said, I have a huge weak spot for the Eva/Isak/Jonas trio and their dynamic in season 1. It’s a friend group that starts out seemingly stable—a couple and their best friend—but one of the thorough-lines of season 1 is how it comes to disintegrate into lies, cheating and manipulation. All the ingredients for that eventual implosion are subtly interwoven in this clip, and deployed nicely for a wholly original clip.

Tomás Aguilera is doing some great work here, he genuinely looks and sounds like he’s exhausted. But it also means he’s slurring some of his lines. I have listened to them with headphones, had someone else listen to them with the speed slowed down . . . No dice. I tried for an approximation, instead. The lines that are giving me problems are, “el triunfo está siendo una puta ______ en el campo” and “_____ se lo compró sola, ¿eh?”

I love that both Lucas and Eva are wannabe football commentators.

Jorge calls himself “el puto amo,” an extremely common way of bragging. There are in fact og Skam parody subs kicking around on Twitter, where Eskild tells Isak to say that, “Eskild es el putísimo amo,” instead of a guru. A literal translation would be, “the fucking boss/master.” I think these are both valid translations, but I already used “master” for the first clip for a totally different word. “Boss” is good, but I find “badass” to be a much more common way to brag.

Jorge calls himself a badass, and Eva replies, “Te has flipado muchísimo.” This is, again, about “flipar” or tripping. Eva thinks Jorge’s bragging is so over the top that he’s actually tripping—on the drug that is his own ego. In this case, I did go for the literal translation. Their banter is fairly par for the course. Jorge wants to build Eva up, since he just bailed on her, and he succeeds at least at making her smile.

Lucas says of Eva’s hat that it “tiene estilo,” i.e. the hat is stylish. I translated it as, “the little hat is something.” I am aware that it loses some of the subtext about Lucas. I definitely wouldn’t fight a literal translation of the sentence. This is where I go full meta. Are the writers trying to say something about Lucas by having him say that? Or is that something any Spanish dude would say to be sarcastic? I’ve met a lot of straight guys who’d say something like that just to be funny, so I picked something that was a bit more subtle. Lucas is still commenting on Eva’s clothes, rather than Eva’s body or any number of things someone who was into girls would find attractive. He’s just doing it in a way an English-speaking straight dude would go about it. But this is a very personal take, so your mileage may vary. AM I STRAIGHT-WASHING LUCAS, especially since the people watching these subs will have probably watched all other remakes and know what’s coming? A question to ponder.

CLIP 10: Ye olde bait-and-switch pt. II

More thoughts on class trips. As I mentioned previously, I went to Majorca when I was 14. These girls will be turning 17 next year. Because of that, I find Majorca to be a bit of a destination for kiddies. When I did Baccalaureate, the class trip was to Prague, Czech Republic. This is still a thing. In fact, the high school where Skam España is filmed organizes a trip to Prague for Baccalaureate first years.

I’m not naming the school here because it took only a couple days for someone to learn where the show is shot, to go and crash the filming. Let’s avoid another Nissen situation, folks.

The fact that Viri wants to go to Majorca comes across, to me, as Viri being more immature than her peers. But, it might also be that she missed out on an earlier class trip at her former school. Or she knows that parents would absolutely not allow a bunch of high school girls to go to Prague without an adult to supervise them. Or that they won’t ever get enough money to subsidize an international trip, and she’s managing her expectations and ambitions. Or the trip is actually going to take place and it’s easier for the production team to film in Majorca.

At any rate, this trip, much like my trip to Majorca, is not supposed to entail any learning. They’re going to spend the whole day at the beach, and the whole night partying. As an aside, when Viri comments on how hot the guys are, she sounds like a divorcee ogling hot dudes. It’s hilarious because she’s so young. I tried to have that come across in translation.

There was some discussion about Cris in this trip. Og Chris Berg was someone who, while colorful in her own way, did her best to avoid confrontation. She’d much rather not say anything, rather than say something that could possibly offend someone. We see here that Cris Soto is a different kind of Chris. I could start rambling about the way the different remakes have adapted Chris, but I’ll keep this to Skam España. My impression is that, because Amira’s actress has been very vocal about the ignorance she encounters as a hijabi, Skam España is making more of an effort from the jump to show that ignorance. (In the og, we only really start to see this ignorance on the part of the whole girl squad when we get to Sana’s season. The previous impression was that only Vilde was ignorant.) I don’t feel that Cris is being intentionally rude, although Amira is certainly put off—and right to be, since Cris is making a joke about a piece of garment.

Cris just seems like she doesn’t know much about what Amira’s life is like. And although she doesn’t get it, particularly, she’s willing to go with whatever Amira feels is right for her.

As in the og, Cris brings Amira into the group. The difference is that it’s Amira who tips Nora. Of course, Noora only joined the bus group to get to know Eva, but also Sana. It works!

CLIP 11: Madison, Wisconsin

Mr. Wonderful is a Spanish enterprise that takes inspirational/cheesy/corny stuff you’d find on Instagram, puts them on all kinds of merchandise and sells them. As you might’ve gathered from previous clips, Spanish people are a bit more rough and tumble than the Mr. Wonderful products would suggest. So while popular among some, Mr. Wondeful stuff is also hugely backlashed. There’s an instagram account called puterful_es that takes demotivators and slaps them on merchandise, too. Hilariously, Eva follows both Mr. Wonderful and Puterful on Instagram.

I know that people who watched og Skam saw Ingrid and Sara as the popular girls. However, as the show goes on, we learn that Ingrid, Sara, and their crew, are first years, just like Eva. They’re only starting to build their rep at school. The truly popular and feared girls are Maria and her Rad Girls bus crew. This isn’t the case with Inés and Alicia (who earlier was a total idiot about Amira wearing a hijab). These girls are THE girls you want to have on your side, or your projects won’t ever get off the ground.

Amira thinks it’s notable that she was born in Spain, instead of being born somewhere else and moving to Spain. I guess that makes her identity more in turmoil, since she’s constantly moving between two worlds. I think all the Sanas were born in the cities the Skams are set.

Nora is from Madison! I know @lightsandlostbells finds it hugely amusing. So do I! You’d expect someone like the Noora expy to come from someplace glamorous or exotic. Noora, Manon and Mia came from Madrid. Who knows what red-lipped woman of mystery Eleonora has done with her life. Grace is from Dallas, so not that high in the exotic scale. So far, we don’t know whether Liv has spent time anywhere else. There’s some exotism to be mined just from the magic words “Estados Unidos,” but it’s clear the girls don’t find Madison hugely impressive. If Nora had come from New York or Los Angeles, the meeting would’ve gone off the rails because the girls would have so many questions.

In real life, Nora’s actress Nicole Wallace’s father is from the D.C. area, while her mom is Spanish.

Viri’s façade is torn to pieces when she sullenly mutters, “De puta madre.” This would be a sarcastic way of saying, “Fucking great.” I picked fucking hell, but in hindsight, I’d fix that. Subs are a continuous work in progress, I’ve found.

There has also been some discussion regarding house parties. House parties have not been part of my Spanish teenage experience. It is far, far more common to go to “botellones.” I know there’s some confusion over what a botellón is or isn’t, so I’ll explain. There are some public places in Spanish cities (parks, squares, basically any decently-lit place with space to accommodate hundreds of people) where teenies will gather every weekend. They will bring their own beverages and get drunk. They will mingle, perhaps meet someone new and hook up. Botellones are unofficial gatherings. You don’t need to get an invite. It’s a public place. You go there because you know other people are going to be there. You can hit botellones in other neighborhoods for a change of pace, and no one’s going to tell you to stay out.

It is much cheaper to buy some booze at a convenience store, than to buy a drink or several at a bar. Besides, the drinking age in Spain is 18, so the girls wouldn’t necessarily be able to get into a club, and they’d be carded.

I’m not sure whether we will see botellones in Skam España, simply because the logistics of filming one would be really complicated. You’d need about a hundred extras, each with an NDA, the willing participation and silence of a neighborhood, and to make sure no one’s going to wander in and find a camera crew filming everyone. That said, the trailer did contain some videos clearly shot at botellones. Possibly actual botellones, not ones for the show.

But back to the house parties. While they haven’t been part of my experience, I’m told they do happen, in neighborhoods that are way posher than mine. Alejandro and Cristián are implied to be that rich, so I guess it works. More on that in episode 2 commentary.

Amira implies she wouldn’t be successful at flirting, because her hijab would put guys off. This is a departure from the og, where the Penetrators were certainly into the idea of partying with Sana. I’m not sure I believe that plenty of Spanish guys wouldn’t want to hit that BECAUSE of the hijab, too. And let’s be clear, while Amira singles Eva and Nora out as pretty, none of these girls would have an issue getting hot dudes to consider them.

My parents wouldn’t have been happy to find I’ve been drinking their beer, while underage, and offering it to my similarly underage friends.

CLIP 12: Can’t miss that backpack

The microphones caught bits of a background conversation mentioning Ramadan, but I don’t think that was intentional. I didn’t include it in the subs. If a random conversation, such as the girl from the og that was hungover on Wednesday, seems relevant, I’ll include it.

Much like Jorge, Nora has caught on that there’s something wrong with Eva. She asks her if she’s fine several times. Also, I guess since Nora just came from MADISON, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES, she’s still not great with the bus system. She did get to the meeting late, after all.

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justanotherdumpingground · 6 years

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Grief

This fic is part of Day 10 of @choices-september-challenge focusing on Loss. I hope you enjoy and give me critique on how to improve.

Characters: Jake McKenzie, Sean Gayle, ES MC (Kevin)

Word Count: 912

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this fanfic. They belong to Pixelberry, the developer of Choices: Stories You Play, of which Endless Summer is one of its stories.

Rating: T for mention of death

Warning(s): angst

This was the day Diego and Varyyn will celebrate the success of their marriage after staying together for a year and a day. They had invited their friends, including Jake, to celebrate with them. If this was supposed to be a fun night-out, then why wasn’t he feeling it? After all, a part of his late husband Kevin was always with him.

“Damn it, Kevin. Why do you have to be such a selfless bastard?” Jake whispered as tears welled in his eyes. He wiped his tears and tried to remember the memories he had with Kevin, the adventure they went through with their friends, the enemies they fought together. It proved futile because the first thing that came to his mind was the fateful moment Kevin gave his life to Vaanu to restore the world, allowing his friends and husband to return to the outside world and live out their dreams. Granted, Jake cleared his name, reunited with his sister Rebecca, and continued to receive messages from Kevin, but nothing could compare to the warm embrace of his husband by his side.

Someone was knocking on the front door, and Jake checked to see who was outside before he could open it.

“Hey, Jake,” said Sean. “Ready for the party?”

“Just give me a sec, Cap,” he replied as he opened the door to let Sean in, and then closed it. “Feel free to make yourself at home.”

He went back to his room and opened his wardrobe. Even though the navy blazer he just wore over his white T-shirt and black pants felt no different from the green jacket, black shirt, and blue jeans he was used to wearing back in La Huerta, he could imagine Kevin nagging in his head that he had nothing else better to wear. Besides, it was a way to honor his memory for dressing in style, just as he continued to honor Mike’s memory by giving other people nicknames.

After Jake walked out of his room, Sean stood up and walked to him. “Looking sharp,” he said.

“Thanks,” replied Jake with a faint smile. “You too.”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Looking at the way you dress simply reminds me of–”

Before Sean could finish his sentence, he saw the smile gone from Jake’s face, and tears starting to form in his eyes.

“Hey, is this about Kevin?” said Sean.

“What do you know about us?”

“Look, I just wanna help you.”

“You can’t,” Jake’s voice was so loud that he nearly screamed. “You just don’t know how it feels like to lose two of the most important people in your life on a single night.”

Sean sighed. “You’re right. I can’t always succeed in helping others.”

Jake stayed silent. A part of him wanted to say that Sean’s words reaffirmed his belief that all efforts to comfort him were for naught. Nothing, not even the most reassuring messages from Kevin, could bring him back. Yet he kept silent in case he gets into another fight with Sean.

“But,” added Sean, “That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t do my best in what I do. I still struggle with my own worries of becoming like my old man, but if it wasn’t for my mom and you guys, I wouldn’t have made it.”

Jake’s mouth slowly curled into a small smile. He still didn’t say anything, but he could feel deep down inside that a huge weight has been lifted from him.

“You know?” he broke the minutes-long silence. “You sound like Boy Scout. Maybe I should call you that.”

“Actually, I’m fine with Cap.”

“Right.”

Jake’s phone suddenly rang, and he saw an incoming text message.

“Just hang on for a second, OK?” he said before turning around to read it.

My dear husband, it’s always a pleasure to see you again. I’m sorry to hear that you’re having a hard time getting by without me by your side every single day. In fact, I would also feel lost if I lose you forever. Like you, I yearn for your witty retorts, loving embrace, and, most of all, your concern for my wellbeing. Right now, as you and our friends celebrate the success of Diego and Varyyn’s marriage, please don’t feel jealous or lonely. I will always be with you and remind you that a part of me still lives in you. I’ll also remind our friends that I’ll also be with them no matter what happens.

Jake’s face broke into a smile. The entire message reminded him of the time when they were cornered by the Vaanti in the Celestial. Even though those blue and green folks weren’t as bad as he initially thought them to be, it was still a moment of satisfaction to fight alongside a bunch of brave college kids, including the one he would marry.

“Hey,” Sean’s voice interrupted Jake’s train of thought. “You ready? Michelle just texted me that everyone else is already at the restaurant, leaving us two left.”

Jake giggled and walked out of his house with Sean following him. After locking the front door, they stepped inside Sean’s car and went on their way to the restaurant.

“Feeling better?” asked Sean.

“Yeah,” replied Jake. “Just planning a surprise for everyone else while we catch up.”

Sean laughed softly. “As if we don’t know already.”

“Oh, shut up,” Jake softly punched Sean’s right arm as they laughed their way to the restaurant, setting whatever worries nagging them aside.

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twistednuns · 6 years

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April 2018

Rediscovering an old passion of mine: The ice. I went to another ice-hockey match the other day and the atmosphere was fantastic - tense, excited, the players were really going for it. Hannes bought me beer and a hot dog and I enganged in friendly banter with the enemy (I wished him a safe trip home to Karlsruhe after Mannheim had lost and he winked at me). I really hope we'll win the semi-finals. I desperately want to go to the final! Ice-hockey brings back childhood memories for me because I used to join my dad who had season tickets for the LA Cannibals. He was allowed to bring children under 6 for free (I think I must have been 6 until I was about 10 years old...) I also saw the movie I, Tonya about the infamous figure skater Tonya Harding on Easter Sunday, sitting alone in the cinema, enjoying my popcorn. I loved this film. The soundtrack is awesome, the acting and the humour are spot-on. A few days later I actually went ice-skating with Korbian (in the EHC Red Bull rink!) and even though my feet still hurt so much that I have to unfasten the ice skates every twenty minutes it was great fun. Water and ice - I'm in my element.

A small present from a sixth-grader: a sticker of a smiling bowl of ramen noodle soup!

I can see that I'm so much fitter now than a few months ago. I can run up a flight of stairs without being out of breath. Not even a bit.

Sewing together all the granny squares I had lying around. The size is still on baby blanket level so just give me a few more years to finish it...

The first warm days. Planting flowers in front of my window (primrose, forget-me-not, buttercups). Setting up the canvas chair. Hanging up the laundry on the balcony. Eating outside, walking over Viktualienmarkt just before sunset. Great light and amazing smells.

Climbing the hill in Olympiapark. Lying in the grass, making out with K., enjoying a spectacular view over the Alps and the city.

Having painted toe nails for the first time after the winter. I especially like O.P.I's Tickle my France-y (and how every nail polish just looks so much prettier under water).

The Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would Twitter thread: Her breasts entered the room before her far less interesting face, decidedly maternal hips and rounded thighs. He found her voice unpleasantly audible. As his gaze dropped from her mouth (still talking!) to her cleavage, he wondered why feminists were so angry all the time. (stellar example by Jennifer Weiner)

Watching Gegen die Wand by Fatih Akin for the first time. And Frida - seems like I'm quite into biopics considering how much I liked I, Tonya.

Seeing how the cat reacted to Korbinian. She just rolled into a little ball in his palms and he held her in his hands for quite a while. Seems like she prefers men...

Amira Casar is very pretty.

He said I didn't snore!

Unter Glück hatte ich mir eigentlich was anderes vorgestellt.

A new double-ended eyebrow brush.

Talking about that one illustration in Janosch's Post für den Tiger (mole network!) and Lena knew immediately what I meant.

Walking over the playground with Lena and Alexandra. Trying out the seesaw, a carousel and the swings. Climbing a jungle gym, squeezing through the ropes, sliding down (my ass didn't get stuck!!)

Lying outside in the sun on a deck chair after one hour of swimming. Cold at first, very very nice after I was dry. It's incredible how much power the sun already has.

Sore muscles from ice-skating. Hill-climbing. Swimming.

Talking a walk in the Nymphenburg castle grounds. Taking a photo of Magdalenenklause (as always - I think it's fascinating how you can see the reflection of the trees and the blue sky as well as the interior of the chapel and the windows at the far end). Reading at Königsplatz. Buying food at the Asian market and some candy at Pomeroy & Winterbottom. Meeting Lena and Obi, having avocado toast with fried eggs at Holzkranich in Schwabing. All in all a really nice day even though I wasn't in a great mood to begin with.

Trommeln in der Nacht was the best play I've seen at the Kammerspiele so far. I really liked it. I mean, an Australian guy singing pop songs during a classic Brecht play - what can go wrong?

Swimming freestyle laps for the first time! My technique is probably shit but all that matters is that it gets my heart rate up.

Finding four tiny holo stars on a page in a librabry book.

Deciding to ride my bike down to Großhesselohe - I lay around in the sunshine in my bathing suit. And I needed sunscreen for the first time this year! I love the smell of the Garnier sun oil. Felt like summer! Isarkaribik... I also lay across from a nudist guy with a pretty good ass. Doesn't hurt.

Moser Roth lemon yoghurt chocolate.

Getting a bunch of Alstroemeria flowers at the supermarket. They were so pretty and stayed fresh for weeks.

Scene hunting.

The sound of the woodpeckers in the trees outside my apartment.

Delicious recipes for all kinds of wraps in the latest issue of Schrot und Korn.

Walking barefoot.

Meeting two huge, fat cats on my evening walk over the fields. Seeing the illuminated living rooms, watching people having dinner, wondering if they actually like each other. The smell of the first blossoming trees. The view over the forest after sunset, watching planes rise above the clouds. The sound of last year's leaves in the wind. Still some traces of light left. Seeing a hedgehog behind a garden fence.

How interested the cat was in the little blooming twig I brought home from a walk.

Reading so incredibly much.

Reading, yes, again - reading about Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in Connie Palmen's Du sagst es. It's a fictional autobiography of Hughes. All these feelings, so much drama and a life for literature.

Another evening walk (I like them best) - lying down in the big nest swing at the playground. Finding a pile of free give-aways on a bench, taking home paper plates (I use them for acrylic paints).

Trauringe have only one letter more than traurige.

Going to work by tram on a sunny morning. A book in my lap, eating fruit salad. Seeing the city in a different light and discovering places I had never seen before because I usually only go there by night (for example the square/monument left of the Isar near Müllersches Volksbad).

The fact that the laundry dries in a matter of hours on the balcony now.

Taking a random library book to read on my way to work. Reading the passage "Es war April, der Monat, der von T.S. Eliot zum grausamsten unter seinesgleichen gekürt wurde, und es war Freitag, der dreizehnte." in April, on Friday the 13th. The likelihood of this happening is approximately 1 in 2500.

Kunstautomaten.

Meeting basically everyone at Muffat-Biergarten. The Fabis, Claudia, Frank, Manu and Susa. Even Lucy the dog-lady was there.

Paying Rasmus a compliment which he was really happy about.

Hanging up some crystals in the trellis on the balcony.

Spending a day at the Northern part of the English Garden with the "family". Playing Kubb, somersaulting spontaneously, so much delicious food (pizza, chocolate fruit, chickpea salad, sushi, cold drip coffee, ...), exploring some old trees at the riverside, climbing, playing with cheeky dogs, reading Lena's graphic novel.

The Destiny's Child reunion at Coachella.

Ferrero is making mother-effin' Kinder Bueno, Milchschnitte and Kinderriegel ice-cream now! Deliiiish.

Going to a workshop about voice and body language. I actually got way more positive feedback than expected. Apparently my voice and articulation are quite nice and I keep eye contact much better than I thought. Also, I asked another girl from the group to join me for lunch. Yay, talking to people! Hello, new extrovert me!

Foldable silicon lunch boxes.

Playing badminton in the park. I want to do that more often!

Getting eight more books from the library even though I still had five at home.

When your book fits exactly into the handle on the seat in front of you and you don't need a bookmark.

Having a monthly ticket for public transport is surprisingly nice. Hop on, hop off.

Visiting some of my students at their work place on Girls'/Boy's Day. We went to Deutsches Museum and a kindergarden, for example. It was great to see how much the kids enjoyed their days.

The playoff final!!! Two goals in 10 seconds, omg. So EHC Red Bull Munich won for the third time in a row. There were gold glitter, beer showers, the players' children on the ice. And I flirted with a dude from Garmisch who kept calling me princess.

Woodworking. I'm currently carving a bowl and a small bird out of limewood.

Carrying a huge pot of flowers all the way home on the train.

That other kind of mango. The type you usually get in Asia. Less sweet, creamier.

Going to the market on Saturdays. Getting fresh bread, vegetables or flowers for the balcony.

Riding my bike through the forest in order to get to the garden centre.

A weird childhood flashback while washing my dirty feet in the sink: the memory of my grandma who wouldn't let us sit on the sofa in the summer if we didn't do that.

Spending a day with a happy-go-lucky woodworker. Playing games at the Starnberger See. Driving around in his Skoda. Eating pizza.

Wearing the &otherstories sunflower necklace with the one I bought in Portland and had always been to tight for me. And wearing the pink-blue checked pyjama pants in combination with a soft grey longsleeve shirt. Another thing that used to be too small.

The balcony!!! Tomatoes, yellow zucchini, pink poppies, multi-coloured petunias, I mean, YES. The light breaking in one of the crystals. Rainbow reflections.

#things i love #personal #present perfect #2018 #april #april 2018

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sassyhazelowl · 7 years

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Pairing: Momo x Bakugou for @bnhararepairweek Prompt: Day 5 - Hotel Rating: T for swearing and sexual harassment A/N: Honestly, keeping up this challenge is a lot more brutal than I anticipated right now, and I’ll probably have to tap out on the last two days due to health reasons. I wasn’t even planning this pairing but this is what happens when you let your brain do as it will.

The two students stared up at the uninviting building. It wasn't rundown or ugly or anything. In fact, the hotel front was fairly nice with hedges and big, glass doors. But the doors were snug in the dark car garage, and there was a shady feel to it.

The subtle sign announcing it as a Love Motel didn’t help matters but it was the only place available.

The young woman rubbed her upper arms nervously, biting her lip and shifting. Beside her, the slouching young man scowled rebelliously with his eyes narrowed and chin tilted.

"So I guess... this is... this is the place?"

A grunt answered her tremulous question but he moved slightly closer as he took a step forward to inspect the address on the door. Whoever thought it'd be great to send them at who-the-fuck-knows-o'clock in the morning when the drunks were about to find lodging in a strange city had their head up their ass. Not to mention, he'd been saddled with Ponytail girl, which, admittedly was not the most annoying person in the class by far but he'd rather not have to deal with it at all.

Well, whatever, right now, all he wanted to do was take a shower and fall into a bed.

"C'mon."

Stomping forward, he secretively checked out of the corner of his eye to make sure she was following only to find she was so close on his heels she nearly tread on him. Hunching forward more, he glared at the front desk through the doors, intent on the clerk and getting this over with.

"Woohoo!"

Both were startled, heads jerking to the left and a trio of businessmen half lounged and half sprawled across the bench. Faces flushed bright red with alcohol and suits askew, they were giving heavy stares at the two teenagers, mostly Momo. The man who spoke up licked his lips and gave a crude motion while his buddies cheered.

"Clear off, dickheads," Bakugou ground out through clenched teeth, not in the mood after the shittyass day he'd already had. Getting the police called for assault wasn't exactly something he felt like dealing with. Getting a lecture from whichever teacher answered the call, or worse his mother, was the fucking worst. "Go puke in a gutter and pass out in a bush then no one will have to see your ugly faces, trash."

The three chortled in a slur of gibberish as they talked over one another, "Oho, boyo thinks he sssssooooo toooough?" "Guess sssoooo. Brats ‘ese ‘ays." "Ah, but look at that piece of tail he's go with him, the lucky dog. Bow wow, puppy’s gonna get that pu--"

"Ignore those fuckers," Bakugou growled over the last one.

"Don't even have to imagine anything," the ringleader leered clearly referring to amount of skin being shown with her costume. "Niiiccccessuh."

That was fucking it. He didn't have patience at the best of times and wastes of oxygen like this deserved what was coming to them.

"Go inside."

"Wait, what are you..." he ignored the worry in her voice, not taking his eyes off the guys. They sensed a fight coming and staggered up, cocky. "You cannot fight them, remember what Sensei said..."

“Oy, jackasses, what the fuck? You’re just a bunch of sick old men being gross perverts on a girl. That’s her hero costume, you pricks, not a goddamn invitation! What kinda sick fucks perv on teenagers anyway, you old farts?”

As he stalked forward, knuckles cracking and the men falling back at the sheer aggression, he felt fingers curl around his wrist. Startled by the firm but gentle touch, he looked back.

“We should go; they are not worth it.”

“Scum,” he spat, “Go the fuck home and sober up, shitheads. And if you look at her again, I’ll rip your eyeballs out!”

Yelping, they bolted.

“A little excessive?” Her hand hadn’t left his wrist and he realized she was probably scared. Of him more than likely. He knew what he looked like in a temper. Trying to yank it free, she didn’t let go, “Thank you though. Who knows... who knows what would have happened if you were not here with me. You play the part of overprotective boyfriend really well!”

“Wha--”

“For the hotel, I mean.”

Snorting, he let her hang on and scowled, “Uggh, you want to do that dumb pretend dating cliche?”

“Yes! I always wanted to do some acting!”

She bounced back quick. Well, she wouldn’t be a good hero otherwise. Still, it left a nasty feeling in his gut and he wanted her close just in case. The lobby looked empty, but he couldn’t see all of it from where they were standing.

“Whatever.”

If he’d known there’s be busybodies and rumors he never would have slung an arm around her waist nor shared a room overnight. But he wasn’t thinking about that at the moment, focused on matching their stride and distracted by softness and warmth as she slid his hand down into his and leaned in, thrilled to death at the opportunity.

Consequences could be dealt with later.

#bnha #fanfic #bnhararepairweek #mine #bakumomo

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courtneyvbrooks87 · 5 years

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This Anti-Bitcoin Op-Ed Just Took the QuadrigaCX Dialogue to a New Low

Writing for Foreign Policy, David Gerard levies the following taunt: “Forget Bitcoin, try your mattress – cryptocurrency is about as safe as keeping your money in a sock under someone else’s bed.”

David Gerard Lays into Bitcoin

Clearly, David Gerard is not a fan of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, tell that to the guy whose kids are playing with his change for a cup of coffee.

You’re going to need a bigger mattress.| Source: Archives of Mount Holyoke College

No really. What if your money doesn’t fit under your mattress?

It’s happened to many people before.

Hyperinflation Happened in Germany after World War I

Hyperinflation destroyed the German economy after The Great War. | Source: Public Domain

And it’s no joke.

It’s very serious when something like this happens.

The French Third Republic levied its first income tax to pay for the war.

But German Emperor Wilhelm II and the unanimously approving German parliament chose to suspend the convertibility of Deutschmarks to gold.

They financed the war with debt and monetized the government’s debt with paper notes.

The results were strange and ground German economic productivity to a halt.

Hyperinflation Happened in Zimbabwe in the 90s

That’s a lot of zeros. | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Look at the issue date on those.

And you thought the Fed made a lot of money in 2008.

An entire nation’s money worn so thin there’s nothing left after years or decades of state-run banks stealing their money’s buying power by making more of it to pay the lavish bills of whoever’s got the most guns. And a nation usually has to be in really bad shape politically, under the heel of a dictatorial government for its currency to debase so badly.

Hyperinflation is Happening in Venezuela Now

Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by million-plus percent inflation. | Source: Flickr

This image of Venezuelan bolívar fuerte 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000 Bs.F. banknotes is on Flickr with the caption:

“El dinero representa poder, también energía. Sólo que con él no se compra la paz.”

“The money represents power, also energy. Only with him peace is not bought.”

Power and energy cannot buy peace. It’s true. El precio de la libertad es la eterna vigilancia.

Sometime last year in late 2018 the Venezuelan government converted the bolívar fuerte to the bolívar soberano at a rate of 1 Bs.S. to 100,000 Bs.F.

So that 50,000 bolívar bill pictured above is now a fiddy cent piece.

The Strange and Terrifying World of Hyperinflation

It’s ridiculous and strange to be sure.

When hyperinflation hits, there is a sudden exponential growth in the amount of circulating currency including that in banks’ reserves and subsequent exponential growth in prices.

More and more zeros start getting added to the prices of everything, and then there is a government reaction and re-denomination of the currency that drops all the zeros back off again, acknowledging that adding the zeros to all the money didn’t make it worth more.

It made the money worth massively less.

While brazenly redistributing massive amounts of wealth from the people furthest downstream in the economy from the source of new fiat money flooding into it…

To the people furthest upstream and closest to the source of the new money, the ones who got to spend each new round of money first before it debased the currency.

First World Problems: Could Hyperinflation Happen to You?

Hyperinflation isn’t necessarily just a problem in third-world countries. | Source: FRED

Sure, maybe you’re reading this from a first-world country, wondering: “Could hyperinflation actually happen to me?”

Maybe.

People facing hyperinflation are the use cases for Bitcoin:

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Gerard says in his Foreign Policy op-ed:

“Bitcoin, its advocates keep saying, is the future. But in practice, it looks a lot like the distant past. Back then, you could lose your savings if your banker ran off with your money or died without revealing where it was stored. Today, there’s numerous protections in place for consumers—unless, that is, your cash is in bitcoin.”

For people who live in one of the many national economies of the world facing a currency crisis, they might be more likely to lose their savings or find the banker has run off with their money if they keep it in their national bank accounts or even its cash banknotes.

So Don’t Talk To Me About Mattresses, Mr. Gerard

David Gerard really shouldn’t joke about keeping money in a sock under a mattress. For 10 million Americans, something like that is the closest to a checking or savings account they have. They are the unbanked. You have heard of the homeless.

Some estimates place their numbers at around half a million in the United States.

But the FDIC estimates as many as 10 million American adults are bankless.

Rest in Peace, Gerald Cotten

Gerard goes on to say:

“In Canada, the Quadriga cryptocurrency exchange has gone into bankruptcy protection, leaving its customers bust. An exchange is roughly like a bank for bitcoin; they make your money easier to use in practice. But unlike a bank, there’s usually no guarantees, protections, or reassurances that your money and its holder won’t disappear to a remote island. Quadriga’s founder, Gerald Cotten, apparently died in December. Quadriga finally revealed the news in January, and shortly after the exchange applied for protection from nearly $190 million in outstanding liabilities as it scrambled to find any lurking assets.”

This was a very unfortunate turn of events for a lot of people, not least of whom was Gerald Cotten, who died at a young age from Crohn’s disease while running an important business.

Warning: Minimize Your Exposure to These Risks!

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security. | Source: Shutterstock

This amazingly proverbial story should serve as fair warning to people getting into the crypto space that you might want to think about how you minimize the exposure of your crypto assets to these kinds of risks.

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security, so that you would not have to trust any institution or third party to safeguard your own bitcoins for you.

Letting an exchange hold the keys to your cryptocoins and trusting them not to make a stupid mistake, not to get hacked, not to steal your coins and disappear, not to die – is missing out on one of the great features that make cryptocoins highly valued and sought after commodities.

Fiat Money Has Critical Bottlenecks Too – By Design

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value. | Source: Shutterstock

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value.

When their cash and savings disappeared because the banks stole it by relentlessly pumping reserves full of new money, the problem was a bottleneck problem like the bizarre policy of making Gerald Cotten solely responsible for extremely critical information for tens of millions of dollars’ worth of crypto assets.

In the case of these hyperinflationary events, the bottleneck isn’t an information bottleneck, it’s a bottleneck of control. Only a very select few elite financial bureaucrats get to control the total amount of fiat currencies that aren’t strictly backed by a one to one ratio of a reserve of some hard commodity like gold.

With Bitcoin, the total amount of bitcoins is limited by the protocol, and anybody with a computer capable of running the software can play by the same rules as everybody else to earn bitcoin (though these days mining is restricted to specialized computers).

Punching Down in the Wake of the QuadrigaCX Saga is Bad Form

Gerard proceeds to make the dubious claim that Bitcoin has failed over a cryptocurrency exchange owner dying and his customers losing tens of millions of dollars. It’s got to be one of the least considerate screeds I have read in the cryptosphere.

I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but boy does it show some lack of awareness. Or at least where I’m from this would be considered very cold and profoundly inconsiderate:

“This wasn’t a unique problem. Quadriga’s collapse follows from the nature of bitcoin and why it failed as an electronic form of cash, leaving people worldwide stranded in its wake. Most financial institutions with thousands of customers and millions of dollars in holdings have bureaucratic and technical systems in place for such misfortunes. Unfortunately, Quadriga did not—and that’s sadly typical of exchanges.”

“Does Gerard have anything better to say?,” I’m wondering at this point in the article, than to kick Bitcoin while a bunch of people are hurting and suffering from enormous losses from a terrible situation? What’s the lesson to learn from this?

I’ve already written what I think is an important lesson not to learn the hard way from this and given some practical advice to people interested in saving some of their money using bitcoin, as well as an overview of why people in many places around the world will be motivated to use cryptocurrency.

Does Gerard have anything better than a quip about stashing your cash in your bed?

Spoiler: He does not. He just thinks it’s a fine time to roast Bitcoin on Foreign Policy by calling out the terrible, costly mistakes of an exchange owner who just died and using that to gloat over the failure of Bitcoin. The dialogue has really sunk to a new low.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.

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mccartneynathxzw83 · 5 years

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This Anti-Bitcoin Op-Ed Just Took the QuadrigaCX Dialogue to a New Low

David Gerard Lays into Bitcoin

Clearly, David Gerard is not a fan of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, tell that to the guy whose kids are playing with his change for a cup of coffee.

You’re going to need a bigger mattress.| Source: Archives of Mount Holyoke College

No really. What if your money doesn’t fit under your mattress?

It’s happened to many people before.

Hyperinflation Happened in Germany after World War I

Hyperinflation destroyed the German economy after The Great War. | Source: Public Domain

And it’s no joke.

It’s very serious when something like this happens.

The French Third Republic levied its first income tax to pay for the war.

But German Emperor Wilhelm II and the unanimously approving German parliament chose to suspend the convertibility of Deutschmarks to gold.

They financed the war with debt and monetized the government’s debt with paper notes.

The results were strange and ground German economic productivity to a halt.

Hyperinflation Happened in Zimbabwe in the 90s

That’s a lot of zeros. | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Look at the issue date on those.

And you thought the Fed made a lot of money in 2008.

Hyperinflation is Happening in Venezuela Now

Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by million-plus percent inflation. | Source: Flickr

This image of Venezuelan bolívar fuerte 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000 Bs.F. banknotes is on Flickr with the caption:

“El dinero representa poder, también energía. Sólo que con él no se compra la paz.”

“The money represents power, also energy. Only with him peace is not bought.”

Power and energy cannot buy peace. It’s true. El precio de la libertad es la eterna vigilancia.

Sometime last year in late 2018 the Venezuelan government converted the bolívar fuerte to the bolívar soberano at a rate of 1 Bs.S. to 100,000 Bs.F.

So that 50,000 bolívar bill pictured above is now a fiddy cent piece.

The Strange and Terrifying World of Hyperinflation

It’s ridiculous and strange to be sure.

When hyperinflation hits, there is a sudden exponential growth in the amount of circulating currency including that in banks’ reserves and subsequent exponential growth in prices.

It made the money worth massively less.

While brazenly redistributing massive amounts of wealth from the people furthest downstream in the economy from the source of new fiat money flooding into it…

To the people furthest upstream and closest to the source of the new money, the ones who got to spend each new round of money first before it debased the currency.

First World Problems: Could Hyperinflation Happen to You?

Hyperinflation isn’t necessarily just a problem in third-world countries. | Source: FRED

Sure, maybe you’re reading this from a first-world country, wondering: “Could hyperinflation actually happen to me?”

Maybe.

People facing hyperinflation are the use cases for Bitcoin:

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Gerard says in his Foreign Policy op-ed:

So Don’t Talk To Me About Mattresses, Mr. Gerard

Some estimates place their numbers at around half a million in the United States.

But the FDIC estimates as many as 10 million American adults are bankless.

Rest in Peace, Gerald Cotten

Gerard goes on to say:

This was a very unfortunate turn of events for a lot of people, not least of whom was Gerald Cotten, who died at a young age from Crohn’s disease while running an important business.

Warning: Minimize Your Exposure to These Risks!

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security. | Source: Shutterstock

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security, so that you would not have to trust any institution or third party to safeguard your own bitcoins for you.

Fiat Money Has Critical Bottlenecks Too – By Design

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value. | Source: Shutterstock

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value.

Punching Down in the Wake of the QuadrigaCX Saga is Bad Form

I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but boy does it show some lack of awareness. Or at least where I’m from this would be considered very cold and profoundly inconsiderate:

Does Gerard have anything better than a quip about stashing your cash in your bed?

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.

Original Source http://bit.ly/2NfPEuk

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teiraymondmccoy78 · 5 years

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This Anti-Bitcoin Op-Ed Just Took the QuadrigaCX Dialogue to a New Low

David Gerard Lays into Bitcoin

Clearly, David Gerard is not a fan of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, tell that to the guy whose kids are playing with his change for a cup of coffee.

You’re going to need a bigger mattress.| Source: Archives of Mount Holyoke College

No really. What if your money doesn’t fit under your mattress?

It’s happened to many people before.

Hyperinflation Happened in Germany after World War I

Hyperinflation destroyed the German economy after The Great War. | Source: Public Domain

And it’s no joke.

It’s very serious when something like this happens.

The French Third Republic levied its first income tax to pay for the war.

But German Emperor Wilhelm II and the unanimously approving German parliament chose to suspend the convertibility of Deutschmarks to gold.

They financed the war with debt and monetized the government’s debt with paper notes.

The results were strange and ground German economic productivity to a halt.

Hyperinflation Happened in Zimbabwe in the 90s

That’s a lot of zeros. | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Look at the issue date on those.

And you thought the Fed made a lot of money in 2008.

Hyperinflation is Happening in Venezuela Now

Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by million-plus percent inflation. | Source: Flickr

This image of Venezuelan bolívar fuerte 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000 Bs.F. banknotes is on Flickr with the caption:

“El dinero representa poder, también energía. Sólo que con él no se compra la paz.”

“The money represents power, also energy. Only with him peace is not bought.”

Power and energy cannot buy peace. It’s true. El precio de la libertad es la eterna vigilancia.

Sometime last year in late 2018 the Venezuelan government converted the bolívar fuerte to the bolívar soberano at a rate of 1 Bs.S. to 100,000 Bs.F.

So that 50,000 bolívar bill pictured above is now a fiddy cent piece.

The Strange and Terrifying World of Hyperinflation

It’s ridiculous and strange to be sure.

When hyperinflation hits, there is a sudden exponential growth in the amount of circulating currency including that in banks’ reserves and subsequent exponential growth in prices.

It made the money worth massively less.

While brazenly redistributing massive amounts of wealth from the people furthest downstream in the economy from the source of new fiat money flooding into it…

To the people furthest upstream and closest to the source of the new money, the ones who got to spend each new round of money first before it debased the currency.

First World Problems: Could Hyperinflation Happen to You?

Hyperinflation isn’t necessarily just a problem in third-world countries. | Source: FRED

Sure, maybe you’re reading this from a first-world country, wondering: “Could hyperinflation actually happen to me?”

Maybe.

People facing hyperinflation are the use cases for Bitcoin:

youtube

Gerard says in his Foreign Policy op-ed:

So Don’t Talk To Me About Mattresses, Mr. Gerard

Some estimates place their numbers at around half a million in the United States.

But the FDIC estimates as many as 10 million American adults are bankless.

Rest in Peace, Gerald Cotten

Gerard goes on to say:

This was a very unfortunate turn of events for a lot of people, not least of whom was Gerald Cotten, who died at a young age from Crohn’s disease while running an important business.

Warning: Minimize Your Exposure to These Risks!

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security. | Source: Shutterstock

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security, so that you would not have to trust any institution or third party to safeguard your own bitcoins for you.

Fiat Money Has Critical Bottlenecks Too – By Design

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value. | Source: Shutterstock

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value.

Punching Down in the Wake of the QuadrigaCX Saga is Bad Form

I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but boy does it show some lack of awareness. Or at least where I’m from this would be considered very cold and profoundly inconsiderate:

Does Gerard have anything better than a quip about stashing your cash in your bed?

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.

Original Source http://bit.ly/2NfPEuk

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vanessawestwcrtr5 · 5 years

Text

This Anti-Bitcoin Op-Ed Just Took the QuadrigaCX Dialogue to a New Low

David Gerard Lays into Bitcoin

Clearly, David Gerard is not a fan of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, tell that to the guy whose kids are playing with his change for a cup of coffee.

You’re going to need a bigger mattress.| Source: Archives of Mount Holyoke College

No really. What if your money doesn’t fit under your mattress?

It’s happened to many people before.

Hyperinflation Happened in Germany after World War I

Hyperinflation destroyed the German economy after The Great War. | Source: Public Domain

And it’s no joke.

It’s very serious when something like this happens.

The French Third Republic levied its first income tax to pay for the war.

But German Emperor Wilhelm II and the unanimously approving German parliament chose to suspend the convertibility of Deutschmarks to gold.

They financed the war with debt and monetized the government’s debt with paper notes.

The results were strange and ground German economic productivity to a halt.

Hyperinflation Happened in Zimbabwe in the 90s

That’s a lot of zeros. | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Look at the issue date on those.

And you thought the Fed made a lot of money in 2008.

Hyperinflation is Happening in Venezuela Now

Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by million-plus percent inflation. | Source: Flickr

This image of Venezuelan bolívar fuerte 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000 Bs.F. banknotes is on Flickr with the caption:

“El dinero representa poder, también energía. Sólo que con él no se compra la paz.”

“The money represents power, also energy. Only with him peace is not bought.”

Power and energy cannot buy peace. It’s true. El precio de la libertad es la eterna vigilancia.

Sometime last year in late 2018 the Venezuelan government converted the bolívar fuerte to the bolívar soberano at a rate of 1 Bs.S. to 100,000 Bs.F.

So that 50,000 bolívar bill pictured above is now a fiddy cent piece.

The Strange and Terrifying World of Hyperinflation

It’s ridiculous and strange to be sure.

When hyperinflation hits, there is a sudden exponential growth in the amount of circulating currency including that in banks’ reserves and subsequent exponential growth in prices.

It made the money worth massively less.

While brazenly redistributing massive amounts of wealth from the people furthest downstream in the economy from the source of new fiat money flooding into it…

To the people furthest upstream and closest to the source of the new money, the ones who got to spend each new round of money first before it debased the currency.

First World Problems: Could Hyperinflation Happen to You?

Hyperinflation isn’t necessarily just a problem in third-world countries. | Source: FRED

Sure, maybe you’re reading this from a first-world country, wondering: “Could hyperinflation actually happen to me?”

Maybe.

People facing hyperinflation are the use cases for Bitcoin:

youtube

Gerard says in his Foreign Policy op-ed:

So Don’t Talk To Me About Mattresses, Mr. Gerard

Some estimates place their numbers at around half a million in the United States.

But the FDIC estimates as many as 10 million American adults are bankless.

Rest in Peace, Gerald Cotten

Gerard goes on to say:

This was a very unfortunate turn of events for a lot of people, not least of whom was Gerald Cotten, who died at a young age from Crohn’s disease while running an important business.

Warning: Minimize Your Exposure to These Risks!

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security. | Source: Shutterstock

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security, so that you would not have to trust any institution or third party to safeguard your own bitcoins for you.

Fiat Money Has Critical Bottlenecks Too – By Design

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value. | Source: Shutterstock

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value.

Punching Down in the Wake of the QuadrigaCX Saga is Bad Form

I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but boy does it show some lack of awareness. Or at least where I’m from this would be considered very cold and profoundly inconsiderate:

Does Gerard have anything better than a quip about stashing your cash in your bed?

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.

Original Source http://bit.ly/2NfPEuk

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bobbynolanios88 · 5 years

Text

This Anti-Bitcoin Op-Ed Just Took the QuadrigaCX Dialogue to a New Low

David Gerard Lays into Bitcoin

Clearly, David Gerard is not a fan of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, tell that to the guy whose kids are playing with his change for a cup of coffee.

You’re going to need a bigger mattress.| Source: Archives of Mount Holyoke College

No really. What if your money doesn’t fit under your mattress?

It’s happened to many people before.

Hyperinflation Happened in Germany after World War I

Hyperinflation destroyed the German economy after The Great War. | Source: Public Domain

And it’s no joke.

It’s very serious when something like this happens.

The French Third Republic levied its first income tax to pay for the war.

But German Emperor Wilhelm II and the unanimously approving German parliament chose to suspend the convertibility of Deutschmarks to gold.

They financed the war with debt and monetized the government’s debt with paper notes.

The results were strange and ground German economic productivity to a halt.

Hyperinflation Happened in Zimbabwe in the 90s

That’s a lot of zeros. | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Look at the issue date on those.

And you thought the Fed made a lot of money in 2008.

Hyperinflation is Happening in Venezuela Now

Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by million-plus percent inflation. | Source: Flickr

This image of Venezuelan bolívar fuerte 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000 Bs.F. banknotes is on Flickr with the caption:

“El dinero representa poder, también energía. Sólo que con él no se compra la paz.”

“The money represents power, also energy. Only with him peace is not bought.”

Power and energy cannot buy peace. It’s true. El precio de la libertad es la eterna vigilancia.

Sometime last year in late 2018 the Venezuelan government converted the bolívar fuerte to the bolívar soberano at a rate of 1 Bs.S. to 100,000 Bs.F.

So that 50,000 bolívar bill pictured above is now a fiddy cent piece.

The Strange and Terrifying World of Hyperinflation

It’s ridiculous and strange to be sure.

When hyperinflation hits, there is a sudden exponential growth in the amount of circulating currency including that in banks’ reserves and subsequent exponential growth in prices.

It made the money worth massively less.

While brazenly redistributing massive amounts of wealth from the people furthest downstream in the economy from the source of new fiat money flooding into it…

To the people furthest upstream and closest to the source of the new money, the ones who got to spend each new round of money first before it debased the currency.

First World Problems: Could Hyperinflation Happen to You?

Hyperinflation isn’t necessarily just a problem in third-world countries. | Source: FRED

Sure, maybe you’re reading this from a first-world country, wondering: “Could hyperinflation actually happen to me?”

Maybe.

People facing hyperinflation are the use cases for Bitcoin:

youtube

Gerard says in his Foreign Policy op-ed:

So Don’t Talk To Me About Mattresses, Mr. Gerard

Some estimates place their numbers at around half a million in the United States.

But the FDIC estimates as many as 10 million American adults are bankless.

Rest in Peace, Gerald Cotten

Gerard goes on to say:

This was a very unfortunate turn of events for a lot of people, not least of whom was Gerald Cotten, who died at a young age from Crohn’s disease while running an important business.

Warning: Minimize Your Exposure to These Risks!

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security. | Source: Shutterstock

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security, so that you would not have to trust any institution or third party to safeguard your own bitcoins for you.

Fiat Money Has Critical Bottlenecks Too – By Design

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value. | Source: Shutterstock

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value.

Punching Down in the Wake of the QuadrigaCX Saga is Bad Form

I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but boy does it show some lack of awareness. Or at least where I’m from this would be considered very cold and profoundly inconsiderate:

Does Gerard have anything better than a quip about stashing your cash in your bed?

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.

Original Source http://bit.ly/2NfPEuk

#IFTTT #Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin

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adrianjenkins952wblr · 5 years

Text

This Anti-Bitcoin Op-Ed Just Took the QuadrigaCX Dialogue to a New Low

David Gerard Lays into Bitcoin

Clearly, David Gerard is not a fan of cryptocurrency.

Yeah, tell that to the guy whose kids are playing with his change for a cup of coffee.

You’re going to need a bigger mattress.| Source: Archives of Mount Holyoke College

No really. What if your money doesn’t fit under your mattress?

It’s happened to many people before.

Hyperinflation Happened in Germany after World War I

Hyperinflation destroyed the German economy after The Great War. | Source: Public Domain

And it’s no joke.

It’s very serious when something like this happens.

The French Third Republic levied its first income tax to pay for the war.

But German Emperor Wilhelm II and the unanimously approving German parliament chose to suspend the convertibility of Deutschmarks to gold.

They financed the war with debt and monetized the government’s debt with paper notes.

The results were strange and ground German economic productivity to a halt.

Hyperinflation Happened in Zimbabwe in the 90s

That’s a lot of zeros. | Source: Wikimedia Commons

Look at the issue date on those.

And you thought the Fed made a lot of money in 2008.

Hyperinflation is Happening in Venezuela Now

Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by million-plus percent inflation. | Source: Flickr

This image of Venezuelan bolívar fuerte 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000 Bs.F. banknotes is on Flickr with the caption:

“El dinero representa poder, también energía. Sólo que con él no se compra la paz.”

“The money represents power, also energy. Only with him peace is not bought.”

Power and energy cannot buy peace. It’s true. El precio de la libertad es la eterna vigilancia.

Sometime last year in late 2018 the Venezuelan government converted the bolívar fuerte to the bolívar soberano at a rate of 1 Bs.S. to 100,000 Bs.F.

So that 50,000 bolívar bill pictured above is now a fiddy cent piece.

The Strange and Terrifying World of Hyperinflation

It’s ridiculous and strange to be sure.

When hyperinflation hits, there is a sudden exponential growth in the amount of circulating currency including that in banks’ reserves and subsequent exponential growth in prices.

It made the money worth massively less.

While brazenly redistributing massive amounts of wealth from the people furthest downstream in the economy from the source of new fiat money flooding into it…

To the people furthest upstream and closest to the source of the new money, the ones who got to spend each new round of money first before it debased the currency.

First World Problems: Could Hyperinflation Happen to You?

Hyperinflation isn’t necessarily just a problem in third-world countries. | Source: FRED

Sure, maybe you’re reading this from a first-world country, wondering: “Could hyperinflation actually happen to me?”

Maybe.

People facing hyperinflation are the use cases for Bitcoin:

youtube

Gerard says in his Foreign Policy op-ed:

So Don’t Talk To Me About Mattresses, Mr. Gerard

Some estimates place their numbers at around half a million in the United States.

But the FDIC estimates as many as 10 million American adults are bankless.

Rest in Peace, Gerald Cotten

Gerard goes on to say:

This was a very unfortunate turn of events for a lot of people, not least of whom was Gerald Cotten, who died at a young age from Crohn’s disease while running an important business.

Warning: Minimize Your Exposure to These Risks!

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security. | Source: Shutterstock

Bitcoin was envisioned primarily as private digital coins with built-in bank security, so that you would not have to trust any institution or third party to safeguard your own bitcoins for you.

Fiat Money Has Critical Bottlenecks Too – By Design

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value. | Source: Shutterstock

People holding currencies that are devalued like those banknotes above have also put their trust in a third party to safeguard their money as a reliable store of value.

Punching Down in the Wake of the QuadrigaCX Saga is Bad Form

I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but boy does it show some lack of awareness. Or at least where I’m from this would be considered very cold and profoundly inconsiderate:

Does Gerard have anything better than a quip about stashing your cash in your bed?

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely those of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to, CCN.

Original Source http://bit.ly/2NfPEuk

#IFTTT #Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin

0 notes