#culture building

[angelynmoon]

Eldritch Steve

Part 11

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Eddie stared at Wayne, Wayne stared back, for several long moments neither one blinked but Eddie was human and so eventually he had to.

"Arg, remind me not to get into staring contests with Eldritch beings!" Eddie yelled as he rubbed his watery eyes.

"You never once won a staring contest with me boy, no reason to start now." Wayne said with a shrug, "You want coffee, Steve?"

"You're not mad at me for telling Eddie?" Steve asked, nervously.

"Surprised it took so long." Wayne handed Steve a mug, all of them had been replaced with the new two bedroom trailer.

Steve also knew that several soldiers had gone missing when they insulted Eddie in Wayne's presence, Steve had claimed he'd overheard them talking so he'd eaten them, which had the confronting soldiers cringing back and Owens blanching and making a quick escape.

"It wasn't my secret to tell, but he needs to know what being Mated to one of us means." Steve said, holding his mug in both hands.

"He is right here." Eddie reinserted himself into the conversation, "And I know what I'm getting into, Steve told me about spawning."

Wayne looked at Eddie and then at Steve, "How much did you tell him about spawning?"

Steve blushed, "As much as I know."

Wayne stared at him and then sighed, "Settle in, the both of you, we've got a long night ahead."

Because Wayne knew just how much about Spawning Steve knew or more exactly how little he knew. Spawning alone was different than Spawning with a Mate, and with the species difference, well, there were reasons that Wayne had yet to Spawn himself, and it wasn't just Eddie appearing on his doorstep.

As Eddie's adult he had a duty to prepare him, as the last Adult of his kind he had a duty to Steve too.

For all that Steve had killed their race he was, in fact, still considered a child of their race, not much older than those kids he'd claimed as his, if Wayne wasn't slightly afraid of Steve killing him like he'd killed all the others, he'd forbid them to even think of Spawning, but Steve was dangerous, though he did not appear so and Wayne doubted Eddie's affection for him would protect him for long if he stood in Steve's way.

So, Wayne would prepare them.

Because Spawn only appeared as eggs when one parent was involved, the embryo forming inside the parent and forming the protective shell on it's journey to the outside world.

Spawn that had two parent were born live and hungry, if Steve and Eddie Spawned they would need meat, raw and the fresher the better, ready for when their babies clawed their way into the world.

Eddie would have to distract them with the meat so Steve could heal, otherwise they might feast on his flesh, they ate their own for strength, afterall.

And Wayne would not be allowed near once Steve was expecting, Steve's instincts would see him as a threat to him and the eventual young, and Wayne couldn't say he wouldn't be tempted to eat the possibly runts, it wouldn't be the first time he'd eaten the newly born, he'd eaten several of his Spawnmates when he'd clawed his way out of his birth parent and his secondary parent hadn't been quick enough to fill his belly.

Wayne didn't remember Steve's Spawning parents, it was likely they'd abandoned him early on, expecting him to die quickly, some Spawning parents would eat their defective ones but others felt the need to let the other creatures have a taste of them. It was a testament to Steve's strength that he'd survived so long on his own.

Their race wasn't kind, not even to their young.

But maybe, Wayne thought as he looked at a waiting Steve and a trying to escape Eddie, he could change that, or at least Steve and Eddie could.

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A/n: like I said Ao3 is down and well, I still have nothing better to do, so enjoy.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48500452?view_full_work=true

Ao3 is back, so here's the link, I didend up calling it From the Rot, for now at least, thank you for all you suggestions though. <3

@addelyin @merricatty @lesbiabrobin @apuckishwit @0o-mushroom-o0 @starlight-archer @darkwitchoferie @just-a-tiny-void @swimmingbirdrunningrock @intergalactic-president-awesome @vampireinthesun @goodolefashionedloverboi @adhdsummer @purpleanimeoverart @space-invading-pigeon @lilaclilyroses @nohomoyesbi @plantzzsandpencilzzs @korixae @subversivecynic @flusteredcas @persnicketysquares @freddykicksasses @little-trash-ghost @cupcakesnwhiskey @cats-ate-all-of-my-pasta @planetsoda @paintsplatteredandimperfect @irregular-child @daydreamsandcrashingwaves @lifeisnotsobadonceyoustopcaring @steddieassheg0es

#steddie #eldritch monster steve #upside down creature steve #mpreg mention #wayne is the real mvp here #the birds and the bees talk #mentioned cannibalism #mentioned child abandonment #infantcide of sorts #culture building #if i can't read fic i will write it instead #ao3 is down #part 11 #From the Rot

[peculiardollart]

Some Jin sect hairstyles

Jin Ladies

Nie Men and Women

Jiang Men and Women

#MDZS #The Untamed #Jin Sect #gonna tag the jins just for visibility reasons #Jin Zixuan #Jin Zixun #Jin Guangshan #Jin Guangyao #none of these are supposed to be any specific Jins #worldbuilding #culture building #MDZS Worldbuilding Project

[whereserpentswalk]

Centaurs do not view humanoids riding them as an act of dominance or even as a neutral act. To them its an act of pure submission. They do this to humans they conquere, oftentimes to serfs from lands they rule over, or hostages takes from human noble houses they vassalize.

Humanoids can't control a centaur that they're riding, the human is purely along for the ride. What a humanoid can do is utilize weapons to help the centaur fight, useally a lance, bow and arrow, or battleaxe. This basically gives a centaur two sets of hands while they're fighting at all times. There is useally an element of closeness between the human and the centaur, but it's always clear the centaur is in the dominant role. This is actually so deeply etched into centaur culture that sexually males who are "riding" other males are seen as submissive.

Before centaurs had a chance to conquer the humans on their borders they utilized malfunctioned centaurs for this. Since centaurs don't reproduce naturally, sometimes the spells they use to create more of themselves fail, and this can lead to centaurs with bad combinations of man and horse. Back in ancient times, it was useally a creature with a humanoid body and horse head riding a centaur. With their empires shrinking, mabye they will again.

This is important information. It may come in handy on your upcoming quest.

#centaur #my thougts #196 #mythical creatures #my worldbuilding #fantasy worldbuilding #worldbuilding #fantasy #fantasy races #culture building

[kasama-builder]

When you’re building that community, make sure to set aside a small amount of capacity to maintain relationships. Community cohesion is dependent on folks having points of contact with one another. The capacity to do so will vary for everyone, and it’s important to only work with the capacity you have, with guaranteed time set aside to rest and recover. No time to rest and recover usually means you’ve taken on too much work.

For me, I try to set aside some time each Friday and Saturday to reach out to folks in my community. For everyone this will look a little different but taking time to eke out these rhythms help open folks up to synchronizing their open capacity with you. Which means capacity is just a little more open at the same time. I also try to float a conversation to someone during the week, so I’m having conversations with folks outside my rhythm too!

It is a lot - but it is also a small step to building resilient community!

When I call, we share the highs and lows, kvetch about the state of the world, and try to leave the conversation refreshed. My goal when having these 1:1s is to tend to the ecosystem, and make sure organizers in my community don’t feel burnt out and we’re continuing at a sustainable pace ☺️. One burnout that a lot of organizers face is feeling daunted in the work, and checking in and seeing us work a step or two steps to lasting radical change helps keep the ecosystem of organizers healthy. By having knowledge of where people are at, we can help connect organizers and community members to resources they might need.

Ultimately, we are here to develop our social webs in sustainable, healthy ways, to steward the people towards revolutionary action! By building stronger connections with those in relation to us, we can get ever closer to building a better world for all of us!

#join local orgs #join an org #organizing tips #education #local organizing #anarchism #dsa #anarchist #theory work #culture building #organizing theory #communism #movement builders #Build a Movement #organize your block #relationship building #community organizing #community building

[femmefatalevibe]

Hi, I grew up in a UK working class background and have just started working in academia which is predominantly middle class. I recently went to a conference and during the day when it was all work talk I had no issues fitting in and have a number of people who wish to collaborate with me due to my unusual skill set.

However in the evenings when we went for dinners/drinks I felt out of place as conversation topics were more general. I know that I need to become more well versed in politics and history, but I was wondering if you could recommend any other topics I should start learning about to make conversations at these events easier?

Hi love. I'm not from the U.K. but have some friends from university/clients/special friends who live or have lived in London, and it seems like these hobbies & subject matters tend to be of interest:

The art market & general art knowledge/art history

Tennis/Football/Rugby/Polo/Cricket/Equestrian sports

Knowledge of social clubs, restaurants, museums, where to shop, etc.

Significant or trending books, social media trends

Best places for traveling during different times of the year, hot spots in these destinations, general cultural knowledge of these areas

Buzzy television shows, movies, celebrities, media events, etc.

General understanding of the real estate market/social climates of different regions and their social scene groups

Anyone from the U.K. in this community, please feel free to add anything or correct any of my outsider observations.

Hope this helps xx

#social interaction #socializing #social skills #workplace culture #professional growth #coworkers #upper class #etiquette #high class #classy life #social class #culture shock #culture building #femme fatale #dark femininity #dark feminine energy #it girl #high value woman #the feminine urge #high value mindset #female excellence #dream girl #female power #queen energy #uk culture #femmefatalevibe #q/a

[monorayjak]

Worldbuilding Nelvaurnis: Elephas

A new series I hope to make many entries in as time goes on, “Worldbuilding.” I’ve long enjoyed creating my own worlds, I mean, I’m literally a writer and want to publish a novel someday. But I always find myself losing track of things. A while back, well before I started this blog, I started designing a world to hold all of my odd ideas: “Nelvaurnis,” which is shown below. I want to make this…

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#ADHD #Build #Comments? #Create #creation #creative writing #Creativity #culture #culture building #design #Elephas #exploration #exploring fantasy #Family #fantasy #fantasy culture #Fantasy Race #fantasy worldbuilding #fictional culture #Fictional race #Gender #gender roles #Idea #ivory #Life #long #lore #lorebuilding #Loxodon #Nelvaurnis

[girlzoot]

Her upbringing had imprinted her with an unwavering belief that family was everything and anti-Blackness was everywhere, which meant that family had to stay together no matter what happened. These are the puzzle pieces that got my mother to agree to the Community, the belief that she would be able to make something whole. —N. Jamiyla Chisholm/The Community: A Memoir

#N Jamiyla Chisholm #The Community #puzzle pieces #culture building #family

[mind-and-body-style]

Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few - Full Book Review

Book Resume “Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few” is a book by Patrick Bet-David, the founder of Valuetainment, a media company that provides practical advice for entrepreneurs. The book is a guide to help entrepreneurs create a business plan that will help them achieve their goals. Bet-David shares his 12 Business Building Blocks, which will teach you how to…

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#Audacious Few #Big Thinker #Book Review #Business Building Blocks #Business Planning #Choose Your Enemies Wisely #Culture Building #Emotion and Logic #Entrepreneurship #Exponential Growth #Financial Services #Haters and Doubters #Long-term Vision #Patrick Bet-David #PBD Podcast #Practical Advice #Successful Business Plan #Sustainable Success #Valuetainment #Visionary

[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Guide to Building A Culture

Culture is defined by a collection of morals, ethics, traditions, customs and behaviours shared by a group of people.

Hierarchy and Social Structures

Within every culture, there is a hierarchy. Hierarchies are an important part of any culture, usually do ingrained that one within the culture wouldn't even question it. Hierarchy can be established either by age, gender or wealth and could even determine roles within their society. Sometimes hierarchy can may be oppressive and rigid whilst other times, ranks can intermingle without trouble. You should consider how these different ranks interact with one another and whether there are any special gestures or acts of deference one must pay to those higher than them. For example, the Khasi people of Meghalaya (Northern India), are strictly matrillineal. Women run the households, inheritance runs through the female line, and the men of the culture typically defer to their mothers and wives. Here are a few questions to consider:

How is a leader determined within the culture as a whole and the family unit?

Is the culture matriarchal? Patriarchal? Or does gender even matter?

How would one recognise the different ranks?

How would one act around somebody higher ranking? How would somebody he expected to act around somebody lower ranking?

Can one move socially? If not, why? If so, how?

Traditions and Customs

Traditions are a staple in any culture. These can be gestures or living life a certain way or to the way a certain person should look. Traditions are a personal detail to culture, they are what make it important. Tradition can dictate how one should keep their home, run their family, take care of their appearance, act in public and even determine relationship. Tradition can also be a double edged sword. Traditions can also be restrictive and allow a culture to push away a former member if they do not adhere to them, eg Traditional expectations of chastity led to thousands of Irish women being imprisoned at the Magdelene Laundries. Customs could be anything from how one treats another, to how they greet someone.

How important is tradition?

What are some rituals your culture undertakes?

What are some traditional values in your world? Does it effect daily life?

Are there any traditions that determine one's status?

Values and Opinions

Values and Opinions are the bread and butter of any culture. This is the way your culture sees the world and how they approach different life hurdles. These may differ with other cultures and be considered odd to outsiders, what one culture may value another may not and what opinion another holds, one may not. There will be historical and traditional reasons to why these values and opinions are held. Cultures usually have a paragon to which they hold their members to, a list of characteristics that they expect one to if not adhere to then aspire to. The Yoruba people value honesty, hard work, courage and integrity. Here are some questions to consider?

How important are these ethics and core values? Could somebody be ostracised for not living up to them?

What are some morals that clash with other cultures?

What does your culture precieved to be right? Or wrong?

What are some opinions that are considered to be taboo in your culture? Why?

Dress Code

For many cultures, the way somebody dresses can be important. History and ethics can effect how one is meant to be dressed such as an expectation of chastity, can impose strict modesty. While other cultures, put more importance on details, the different sorts of clothes worn and when or what colour one might wear. The Palestinian people (من النهر إلى البحر ، قد يكونون أحرارا) denoted different family ties, marriage status and wealth by the embroidery and detailing on their thoub.

Are there traditional clothes for your world? Are they something somebody wears on a daily basis or just on occasion?

Are there any rules around what people can wear?

What would be considered formal dress? Casual dress?

What would happen if somebody wore the wrong clothes to an event?

Language

Language can also be ingrained as part of a Culture. It can be a specific way one speaks or a an entirely different language. For example, in the Southern States of America, one can engage in a sort of double talk, saying something that sounds sweet whilst delivering something pointed. Bless their heart. I have a post on creating your own language here.

Arts, Music and Craft

Many cultures are known for different styles of dance, their artwork and crafts. Art is a great part of culture, a way for people to express themselves and their culture in art form. Dance can be an integral part of culture, such as céilí dance in Ireland or the Polka in the Czech Republic. Handicrafts could also be important in culture, such as knitting in Scottish culture and Hebron glass in Palestine. Music is also close to culture, from traditional kinds of singing such as the White Voice in Ukraine and the playing of certain instruments such as the mvet.

Food and Diet

The way a culture prepares or intakes or treats certain foods are important to a culture. In some cultures, there is a diet yo adhere to, certain foods are completely banned. With Jewish culture, pork is prohibited along with fish such as sturgeon, along with shellfish and certain fowl. Meat must also be prepared in a certain way and animal byproducts such as dairy, must never be created or even eaten around this meat. This is known as kosher. The way one consumes food is also important to culture. In some cultures, only certain people may eat together. Some cultures place important on how food is eaten. In Nigerian culture, the oldest guests are served first usually the men before the women. In Japanese culture, one must say 'itadakimasu' (I recieve) before eating. Culture may also include fasting, periods of time one doesn't intake food for a specific reason.

What are some traditional dishes in your world?

What would be a basic diet for the common man?

What's considered a delicacy?

Is there a societal difference in diet? What are the factors that effect diet between classes?

Is there any influence from other cuisines? If not, why not? If so, to what extent?

What would a typical breakfast contain?

What meals are served during the day?

What's considered a comfort food or drink?

Are there any restrictions on who can eat what or when?

Are there any banned foods?

What stance does your world take on alcohol? Is it legal? Can anybody consume it?

Are there any dining customs? Are traditions?

Is there a difference in formal meals or casual meals? If so, what's involved?

Are there any gestures or actions unacceptable at the dinner table?

How are guests treated at meals? If they are given deference, how so?

#Fantasy Guide to Building A Culture #As promised #If I fail my German exam I'm blaming ye #Culture #Building a culture #Fantasy Guide #WorldBuilding #WorldBuilding guide #WorldBuilding help #Writing help #writing #writeblr #writing resources #writing reference #writing advice #ask answered questions #writers #writing advice writing resources #spilled ink #ask answered

[worldbuilding-survival-guide]

I'll be trying to post fairly regularly here. A mix of advice, answering questions, and just rambling in general about my thoughts on world building and character creation. I'm a fucking idiot, don't expect any true consistency, but I'm definitely going to try. A personal tip that I use when trying to decide the general temperament of a society is to look at their access to resources, their level of technology, and the portion of the land they inhabit. A society with a truly peaceful temperament can only be achieved when all three of these things are at least decent for the population. Conflict over resources is very straightforward, conflict over land is still relatively straightforward but starts to get into issues of territories which is a relatively different portion of world building. Lack of technology in perspective of other societies can cause either envy or fear both of which will lead to different kinds of conflict. It's important to remember, conflict doesn't mean war necessarily, social conflict is just as important to shaping the beliefs and behaviors of a character.

#world building #culture building #oc worlds #fictional conflict

[emgpteltd]

Insights of Organizational Development And Essential Strategy

Organization and its development is a continuous process where the   learning has to be consistent and effective in order to perform on par with the changing environment of the industry. In such case it will not be enough if only a particular group of individuals within the organization learn new skills. To accomplish an overall development and progress every department of the organization needs to learn and update itself in its own way for a collective achievement of desired goals. A company that uses organizational learning looks at every problem as an opportunity to identify root causes and develop counter measures and this in turn results in a fortified strategic development and a collective progressive accomplishment. The far-reaching type of organizational learning is undoubtedly the learning which is carried out within the organization, which is the most common method of learning strategy especially in large business houses which have business at multiple locations. This type of learning basically advocates learning in a group especially with the management led learning process. This methodology emphasises more on a strategy that offers competitive advantage achieved by retaining the elementary and essentially unique knowledge and success formulas of the company while at the same time making sure that the company preferred mandatory operational practices are met. Organizational learning can be achieved and promoted by constantly seeking to discover innovative awareness about the trade, clients and necessarily the environs. Although this can to some extent be achieved by surveys, analysis, positive interaction with colleagues, sometimes it becomes very necessary to study and learn the advanced concepts through a qualified and experienced trainers. These trainers or institutions often referred to as management a consulting centre, which focuses on the systematic teaching and imparting knowledge that is most essential to the learners so that the awareness they acquire can be fully utilised by the organization for the overall development and progress in a positive way. EMG Pte Ltd is one such organization that helps organizations to groom their work force by updating and making them familiar with concepts like strategy development, culture building, and bringing about the required change in management.

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#Organisational Development #strategy development #culture building #Management Consulting #Consultancy Service #Consulting Services

[classicslesbianopinions]

the other thing about being disabled in academia is everyone is like "yeah we can't do much about the buildings they're old :/" as if "old" being a synonym for "inaccessible" isn't just a constant reminder that the people who built the school did not imagine that someday someone like me might study there

#mod felix #obviously there's some stuff that's way more accessible with like. electricity. like. i can get to the second floor. for example #but like. it's still possible to have. for example. ramps. if you as a culture value disabled people and their work #i miss when i was at a school where 'these are old buildings' meant 'these buildings were built for cows instead of people' #rather than 'these buildings were built for students just not students like you' #and of course this is another one that applies to many marginalized groups and like. many groups more than disabled people #in the sense that like. my school was also built to explicitly exclude people of color. for example #but i speak from my own experience and my own experience is characterized by ableism more than anything else #but like . again if you read this and you're like 'this feels like it applies to me in ways unrelated to disability' #well it probably does.

[peculiardollart]

Some hairstyles for the Jin ladies Jin Men's hairstyles

Nie Men and Nie Women

Jiang Men and Women

#MDZS #The Untamed #Jin Sect #Lanling Jin #gonna tag the jins for visibility reasons #Jin Ling #Jin Zixuan #Jin Guangyao #Jin Guangshan #obviously these aren't actually supposed to be any of the Jins #though I could see #Qin Su #doing her hair in a similar fashion #since the Qin and the Jin sects are so close #worldbuilding #culture building #MDZS Worldbuilding Project

[m1male2]

Duomo Milán

#art #photography #culture #duomo di milano #ancient buildings #cathedrals

[kasama-builder]

Rep your people proudly, but never put down another.

#culture building #join an org #Organizers #organizing tips #local organizing #join local orgs #communism #movement builders #Build a Movement #organize your block #relationship building #community organizing #community building

[lifelonglearningacademy]

Progress Concepts To Be Accentuated in An Organization

Learning programs basically incline towards the usual techniques like using standard theoretical teachings and a set of selectively categorised and applied examples. Although these are relatively too straightforward and are by and large easily communicated, the necessary approach that has to be implicated, however, is rather a bit difficult to establish. Since accuracy and precision are essential keys for learning, training must therefore become more disciplined and refined and all the same the trainees must be more attentive to details and be in a position to question and enquire about the outcome of the applying of the concepts which otherwise, will render the trainee and the organization to remain a captive of gut facts and slack reasoning, leading to subdued results.

An organization's first action towards progress is defining its current path and making decisions accordingly. This in other words can be termed as strategic planning. Strategic planning is a prominent course of action in organizations and it has still remained as a key aspect. The implementation of the strategy and the other relevant actions however are executed by strategy development section or sometimes the strategists, who are involved in it as third-party advisers.

Though the term strategy has various definitions according to the situations, it basically involves planning tactical actions to accomplish the desired goals, determining suitable and feasible activities to achieve the goals, allocating a timeline, and organizing resources to execute the needed actions. The next important aspect that any organization should emphasize on is the organizational culture building.

Here culture of an organization defines and depicts the overall environment present in the organization. This may be the accomplishments, milestones, values, norms and general and specific benefits that are offered by the company and so on. Culture building is an essential aspect since it reflects how the company works and functions and the total work atmosphere. Organizational culture building trails the mission and objectives, business values, governance, worker expectations, employee and organizational performance, management and so on.

In order to accomplish the desired progress businesses and organizations must arrange for consistent guidance in decision making and other essential actions that energize the workforce, motivate and support in unleashing the full potential and work towards the growth and development. Although being an integral part of a business, organizational culture is not always perceptible by long-term employees, since it blends into their daily schedule.

Whether one notices it in the fast-paced environment around, organizational culture does exist and plays a very vital role in the development of an organization. In order to acquire this kind of valuable knowledge companies usually approach a learning program training centre, one such institution is the The Lifelong Learning Academy Group. A Singapore based educational group is dedicated to make available learning prospects for organisations, both locally and internationally. Aiming to impart cherished knowledge and skills that enable the work force and the organisation to be equipped, the institute offers training in strategy development, culture building, relevant consulting services, management consulting and much more.

#Strategy Development #Culture Building #Consulting Services #Consultancy Services #Management Consulting #Training and Consultancy #consulting #Training Services