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staneros · 3 months

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water.

you need water.

You've been running around teyvat for what seemed like days, weeks, or even months/years, but whatever you do, you had to keep running...

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You had to keep running you had to YOU HAD TO no matter how much your legs hurt, your body aching, the lack of proper hygiene, just lack of ANYTHING you had to keep on running.

If you hadn't opened your device and actually TRY and farm this wouldn't happened but noooo, nooohoHO YOU JUST HAD TO TRY AND ACTUALLY WORK TO ONLY LOSE YOUR 50/50 TO QIQI

If ONLY you hadn't gone out of your way to farm for lyney. If only, IF ONLY!! BUT yet you just HAD to farm from him and now you're in liyue running through the grass of Guili Plans by the mililith, the qixing, the fatui, AND EVEN THE FUCKING ADEPTI + THE ARCHON HIMSELF

'But why?'

'Why would they chase you FOR NO FUCKING REASON being an ordinary person-ish'

Oh I'll tell you why,

ITS BECAUSE YOU LOOKED LIKE FUCKING CREATOR

While you were running trying to process all this bullshit happening, you accidentally ran into a cliff. How convenient...

"Come back here, imposter!" Ganyu yelled as she kept trying to chase you with other adepti following in pursuit of you while there were meteorites being shot towards you.

So far, the only ones who knew your actual identity was only dainsleif, the traveller(s), and Alice or so, you thought.

You reached a dead end, and out of pure instinct (and stupidness), you jumped off the cliff (wow, so smart)

You thought you were gonna die, but suddenly, you felt arms around you and got a weird ass feeling because the atmosphere felt different now...

so imagine your fucking surprise when you ended up at Mt. fucking HULAO carried by THE adeptus xiao

"Are you ok..?" asked xiao, which is now completely out of pocket, so of course, like any person would do in the hand of the fine ass adeptus, you tried to break free from his grasp despite being 10000000 feet in the air

"WHO ARE YOU??" You yelled since you could barely focus on anything, which is not the best idea when being chased by anything.

"not the right time." Xiao strictly said before teleporting the both of you to the Wangshuu Inn

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"Verr, please allow me to make them reside here." Xiao side whilst hiding your face as Verr ,being the kind woman that she is, let him

As you got out of a fresh shower, Xiao had immediately set you down to tend to your wounds

"You aren't gonna hurt me, are you..?" You asked nervously, uneasy that he was gonna surrender you to the authorities to get you killed

"You saved me.. I would never do that. My Everloving Grace..."

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Creator's Note: hi yall saurrrrr i haven't posted in a long time now ikkk BUT in my defense my life has been busy since last year (no i did not get hospitalized like the classic author curse) but yk i was graduating my grade, going into a new one, meeting new friends, relapsing last last year and so on and so forth. Anyways I first started working on this since last year and just procrastinated till now.

most likely yall have forgotten me already (I don't blame yall) but since I'm still very small please expect more coming!!

#sagau #genshin impact xiao #genshin sagau #eroswrites!#genshin impact #genshin x reader #genshin creator au #genshin xiao x reader #xiao x reader

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mousedetective · 2 months

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Help A Mostly Queer Disabled Family Get Out of Homelessness?

PAYPAL | AMAZON WISHLIST | KOFI | GOFUNDME

VENMO: @penaltywaltz | CASHAPP: $afteriwake23 | ZELLE: DM me for email address

02/18/24 - New Post

So we were recently blessed with $2,000 to pay bills, get hotel stays covered for the rest of this month/part of March and get food while I wait until the local county office opens to find out why I never got my food stamps. I almost started crying, for real.

I paid off the money my mother owed to PayPal so we can send each other money again (it will take two to three business days for the payment to process, then another day or two for her to regain access to her PayPal account), I paid off/paid down some of the PayPal 4 In 4 payments I needed to make (I've been ignoring them in favor of paying off other things), I got us a room every day from February 28th to March 13th except the 2nd, when we have to go to another hotel (we do that one via the hotel website, and I make sure we pay that one on-site because they charge a $50 fee for anything that might happen to the room that gets refunded after we leave) and I paid off one of my mom's loans down to $21

If we get really lucky, I can take the loan payments we have coming out on the 1st and 3rd and get them paid and not take out any more loans except for my and my mom's MoneyLion ones (I can take those out in increments as needed) and we can get closer to saving up for a down payment on an apartment. But I still have bills to pay. I owe about $500 to PayPal for the 4 in 4 plans still, my mother needs to pay $610 for a credit card bill we thought was under her debt consolidation payment (I'm going to try and add it later, and if they'll take it, then we only need $200 to get it up to date) and we still need to get Lena her glasses (around $150 there, since I pulled out the money for her exam in cash). Plus I will need to get us accommodations on the 13th for the rest of our 28-day stay.

I'm tentatively setting the goal at $2000, which should cover paying off all the bills we need to pay, the glasses, and the later hotel stay. Any help sharing or donating is much appreciated. If we don't have to take out the loans to cover stuff in March we can get the money together in April for a deposit. We're almost there! Thank you!

$135/$2000

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meowsequence · 2 months

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My Signalis experience

Seems like many people in community enjoy reading about other players' painful experience with Signalis. So here is the story of how Signalis wrecked me up, enjoy it you little sadistic junkies (just kidding of course, luv you all!)

[ ACHTUNG! Not really spoilers, but also kinda are… ]

I bought Signalis because of the meme I saw ("fucking a robot so hard they bluescreen" and blushing kolibri's face being only thing across the pyramid of individual needs). I was looking for something mildly fun to get inspiration from. Just so you know how legendary unprepared I was to be hit by that train.

In my defence of the way I chose games to play: the meme face was cute and lewd but the character's armour (to my pleasant surprise) wasn't, so I didn't expect Signalis to be dumb hentai game neither.

I'm not a very emotional type in my day-by-day life and I can't stop noticing when authors try to plant an emotional build-up in me so they can trigger it later. I see what they do and it softens the final impact on me. Fucking… Signalis… didn't go that way. Rose-Engine introduced bare minimum of scenes and conversations that was needed to tell the story. So I was too damn busy trying to understand what is going on and when I FINALLY found out enough, there was only one door left to open in the whole game…

There were no more puzzles to focus on, my mind was nearly blank. I went in. The game showed me short final scene (Promise), then kicked me out to the credits and then to the title menu. Rose-Engine didn't even bother to twist the knife in the wound yet again showing about bare minimum in the final scene. That was so painful. I haven't been sleeping for next 50 or 60 hours, I don't fucking remember... I wanted to play again and even started the game couple of times but I didn't go beyond title menu. Above hitting me on so many levels I was simply shocked by how good the overall story is! Was it always possible to make something like that?!

It was an emotional blast and new experience that triggered not only an avalanche of things to think about and revaluate, but also changed something in the very way I see and approach different things and topics now. And this process is far from being over. Besides that Signalis community keep introducing me different kinds of people I had not enough in common to share before.

Not a bad deal for 20 bucks, right? Thanks, Rose-Engine.

#signalis

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risingphoenix87 · 2 months

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URGENT: Need $185 by TOMORROW (March 11th) or my Internet will be SHUT OFF!

I'm going to stop moping and actually be upfront about what I need.

As I've mentioned many times in my own mutual aid and fundraising posts, my Temporary Disability Assistance) Program (TDAP) benefits were canceled and I was given a billion mixed messages as to why, had my caseworkers switched in the middle of this from some guy who barely communicated with me to another guy who's basically ghosted me and is under the impression that I've not applied for SSI at all (a requirement for you to qualify for TDAP assistance and that I HAVE fulfilled). As a result, I'm currently behind on ALL of my utility bills.

I've been a month behind on my Xfinity (Internet/cable/home phone) bill for months and was only able to buy myself more time to make an arrangement to pay the rest of one month's bill ($185; I paid $50 toward it so far and just need to make up the difference) by tomorrow, Monday, March 11th. If I can't pay, I'll lose my Internet.

I did receive a $200 donation to my GoFundMe on Friday, but that takes at least two business days to process, so it will probably not hit my account by tomorrow. It's urgent now! Any and all help is appreciated. Please donate to either my Ko-fi, Venmo, or CashApp, as those will hit my account faster!

Please and thank you!

#mutual aid #community care #black lives matter #signal boost #ayudame #sos #URGENT #please boost #please spread #anything helps #emergency #help needed

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i-am-the-oyster · 3 months

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This is probably an insane ask because obviously we will never know, but do you think John and Paul would’ve made up if he was still alive today ? Would him and yoko still be together? Or would he and Paul become something more ? Genuinely curious to hear your thoughts !

I'm 100% convinced they would have made up by now. John was well on his way to mellowing. There was a lot of water under the bridge. And things that seem insurmountable when you're 29 and traumatised just don't seem that impossible when you're 50 and have taken some time to yourself and processed your shit.

I think, over the years, that Paul has somewhat exaggerated the degree to which they had reconciled by the time of John's passing (Just based on the way he tells the story in '81 vs how he tells it now). But I do think it was heading that direction, and I won't begrudge him imagining they got the chance.

I believe the various hints and implications that John was planning to be in England in late 1980, early '81. And I think it's very likely they were at least going to try working together. Maybe the reason Paul has never said anything about those plans is that John swore him to secrecy and never got to lift the ban?

If I could indulge in a little fantasy:

The recording studio was available in Dec 1980, so John was in London. The Jerk chose another target, and was apprehended. The sessions went really well, and they started working on a new Beatles album. John stayed with Paul in Sussex for the duration, and discovered he got on really well with Linda. Yoko stayed in New York to take care of their business interests.

When John got back to New York, Yoko explained the concept of Conscious Uncoupling to him and they decided it was exactly what they needed. They had an amicable divorce, with John taking majority (but not sole) custody of Sean. He and Sean moved back to England and got a place in Dorset (near Mimi) and became avid sailors.

George had no interest in touring, but the four of them eventually decided that they'd like to do very occasional small gigs, so when all four schedules came into alignment they would do a tiny gig on short notice. These concerts would become absolutely legendary. There were all sorts of rumours about how you could figure out where the next one would be. But the truth was there was no system. Whenever they were together they would argue about where to go. More often than not picking a place based on how silly the name was.

The songs performed were just as unpredictable. Beatles songs, solo songs, Oldies but Goodies from their Hamburg days, something current from the radio. Whatever they felt like that night.

When Linda got sick, John started spending a lot of time at their place. That was when Linda discovered that John and Paul had never shagged. She laughed her ass off and called them "ridiculous boys".

Shortly before the end she took John's hands in hers and looked him solemnly in the eye and said "he's going to need you. I picked up the pieces after you, now you pick up the pieces after me" and poked him hard in the chest.

A year later, immediately after the Concert for Linda, John declared it was time for Paul to learn to sail. Paul being Paul, and John being John, they took John's boat out in worse weather than was advisable. And so it was that they were soaked with salt-water, and utterly exhausted, when they finally kissed.

#sorry #got a bit carried away there #sniff

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annelaurant · 3 months

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ANNE'S ART ATRIUM: COMMISSION SHEET 2024

► NEWS

Slots for February: 0/4

SINGLE CHARACTER COMMISSIONS are 50% OFF until June 2024 or until further notice!

► ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Anne! I'm a writer and artist from the Philippines. I love fashion, fantasy, and bright colors in my art, and if you fancy my style, please consider me for your next commission!

► MY SERVICES

Please check back here once in a while to check if other types of services are available!

Palette Busts

This is a style wherein I only color-pick from a limited range of palettes to create a character bust. You may specify your preference of colors, symbols, and motifs to include in the piece. (You may request for cell shade, soft shade, or both.) Turnaround time is around 2-5 hours or 1-2 business days.

$25 - A palette bust with one character.

Character Art

This is a regular piece of character art for your OC, your faves, or both. Turnaround time is around 2-8 hours or 1-3 business days.

$30 - Bust

$45 - Half body

$60 - Full body

Character Outfits

I love fashion, so let me help you give more wardrobe options to your character! This will come as a full body option. Turnaround time is around 5-8 hours or 2-3 business days.

$45 - A single character outfit. Comes with the character in sketch and the outfit in clean sketch. Flat colors will be applied to the piece.

+ 50% - Alt versions that come in the same style.

Custom Character

Want a quick ref for your character? Need your mind blorbo to finally have a portrait? Customs are the way to go! Here I will assist you through the process of creating a character! Turnaround time is 1 month real time.

$ 75 - Front view

+ $30 - Back view

+ $15 - Expressions

+ $15 - Extra details

Add-Ons

Want some extra options? Here are the add-ons I can offer:

+ 30% extra character - All prices listed above are based on only one character. Not applicable for outfits or customs.

+ 50% clean lineart - I will add a clean lineart like my avatar in the comm sheet above.

+ $5 simple background - It will be as simple as the ones you see on my comm sheet.

+ 50% detailed background - While I do not have samples on hand, these backgrounds will be referenced and hand-drawn like your character. Not applicable for outfits or customs.

- 50% sketch - For half the price, I will give you a clean sketch.

???% complexity fee - Depending on how detailed your piece will be, I will add to or subtract from your total cost.

Nope List

This includes things I will outright refuse to draw. The short of why is confidence, faster turnaround time, prevention of burnout, and a wish to show my folks my work.

Feral and mecha

Background only

Romance and sexual

Semi and full nudity

Gore and body horror

Hate and political art

Select fan content

► COMMISSION PROCESS

If you are interested in a commission, please DM me! You may provide as many or as little references as you got, since I can work with or without them. I will also give you an estimate final price and due date.

Once I agree to take the commission, your piece will go through 4 phases:

Sketch - You will have 2 or 3 rough sketches to give you an idea of what I will draw. Pick from the sketches for me to render, or suggest one (1) completely new posing idea.

Blocking Render - The sketch you choose will be cleaned and its pose/s fixed.

Color Render - The lineart will now have colors, highlights, and shadows.

Final Render - A final few layers of effects will be added to the piece.

My turnaround time for a piece is about 3-8 business hours (2-3 days) from the time you approve a sketch.

During the blocking and color render stage, I will provide an update during which to let you know how far along I am. You may request up to 3 major revisions during which. Major revisions include:

Pose

Hairstyle

Outfit

Composition

However, once your piece reaches the final render stage, I will only entertain minor revisions. Minor revisions include:

Color corrections

Brightness/contrast

Basically anything you can do on your first photo editor software

During the commission process, please feel free to bump your message, reach out for concerns, or chat a bit if you'd like! You will be informed of estimated dates of completion, delays, and other concerns.

However, harassment over my work speed, art style, and terms of service will not be tolerated and result in your piece getting deprioritized, put on hold, or cancelled without a refund. The same applies for when you cease communication with me within one month without prior notice.

While I draw during nighttime, I have my DMs open during the day. I officially take Sundays and Mondays off, so inquiries during this period will be ignored until Tuesdays.

► PAYMENT

My payment channels are through Paypal (international) and GCash (Philippines) only. My prices already cover Paypal and other fees, so the price I charge is the money you pay.

I will expect 50% payment from the time of acceptance until the sketch stage. Please note that until I get the initial payment, your commission will be put on hold.

I will expect the other 50% when I give the final render. Tips are not mandatory, but they are appreciated. Failure to pay the other 50% will result in a ban.

Special Prices:

You can pay 200% of the price upfront for a priority order, provided that you inform me of a reasonable due date.

You can avail a kababayan discount if you pay with GCash.

Refund Policy

You are eligible for refunds provided that:

We had a conversation

I agreed to the commission

You already paid

You are not harassing me, and

A desire to cancel from either you (prior to being given sketches) or me (at any given point in time).

► USAGE TERMS

The act of commissioning me means that you have read and agreed to my usage terms.

I retain the rights to publish commissioned pieces on my social media and portfolios, unless discussed beforehand. I also reserve the right to decline a commission for any reason.

Commissioned pieces may be posted on your social media and other online galleries. For credits, please use "AnneLaurant" or "annelaurant.tumblr.com". Credits are appreciated but not mandatory.

Commissioned pieces and in-progress previews will be hosted on my end up until 1 month from the time I finish a piece. By agreeing to this, it will be assumed that I can delete these works from my storage and you have retrieved and hosted your commissioned piece on your storage.

Commissioned pieces can be requested to be put under an NDA. You must state this prior to the sketch stage. Failure to state this intent means that you agree to have your commissioned piece automatically published on my socials.

Commissioned pieces by default is assumed to be for personal use only and therefore will come with my watermark. You may not remove this watermark in any form of image editing, e.g. cropping, erasing, superimposition, photomanipulation, etc.

Commissioned pieces without my watermark can be requested. Failure to state this intent means that you agree to have your commissioned piece automatically published with my watermark.

Art commissions for commercial use is subject to discussion and a commercial use fee of additional 100-200% of the original price.

Use of commissioned pieces as your "own work" will result in a ban.

Use of commissioned pieces for resale, NFTs and crypto, and data asset training will result in a ban.

Use of commissioned pieces to promote hateful and inappropriate behavior will result in a ban.

If you received a ban, your commissioned pieces may be subject to removal from my socials and portfolios.

If you have commissioned me prior to an update of the usage terms, the new terms will still apply - with very rare and limited exceptions.

#commission #commissions open #commission sheet #art commissions #open commissions #annelaurant art

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literaticat · 4 months

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I know no author HAS to be on social media. But it seems like the most tenacious ones are active online in some way. If I'm a painfully shy person who is socially awkward-- could that be a potential roadblock for an author career?

First off: LOTS and LOTS of authors are "painfully shy and socially awkward." That's OK. Don't borrow trouble. Having a career as an author is already hard. There are LOTS of potential roadblocks out there. I'd suggest you not look for extra roadblocks to put in your own way. :-)

You don't need to worry about promoting your book if you don't even have a book. So if you want to get to a place where that's even a concern you MIGHT have, you start by doing the actually most important part: Write a great book. Then revise and polish it. Then look for an agent, or whatever your next step is. Etc. Just go step by step.

By the time you actually have a publisher and know that your book is really really coming out, a couple of things might have happened: The social media landscape might be totally different than it is today. And, more crucially, YOU might be different. I'm willing to bet that during this long process, where you wrote and then dug into this great book and got to craft and know everything about it, going step by step, you will have then had to talk to agents, then editors, then sales people, booksellers, other authors, etc about it. You will have interacted with increasing numbers of scary strangers lovely new people in a safe way, and realized that actually, book people are pretty much uniformly nice, they all LIKE you and your book, and you will at least feel pretty confident when you are talking about books, and your own work. You're probably never going to become an extrovert, or suddenly want to take on Open Mic nights at the Comedy Store -- but you'll be able to get through a normal business phone call or zoom, or quick back-and-forth email/text convo about book stuff, without really even thinking about it. You just WILL. I promise.

So then, at some stage, before your book comes out, whatever "social media" looks like at that time, you get a little account, and follow some of these folks. Follow your publisher and agent, as applicable, and authors you admire, and booksellers and librarians you meet along the way, and people who are interesting to you. Participate a little. If your friend is having a book launch, you can post about it. If you read a great book, post about it. If somebody says something funny or cool, like it. If somebody you like posts great news or an awesome review of their book, congratulate them. Take a cute picture of your pets. Then when YOUR book is coming out, you can add in talking about that as well, a little, and your buddies will like and post about that, too, because you are nice, and they are nice, and they like your book. And when YOU have good news or a book launch or a nice review, other people will congratulate YOU.

Aim for 15 minutes a day, just dip in and out. Think of it like the water cooler at work. When you work hard, it's NICE to take a break and catch up with your writerly colleagues for a few minutes here and there. You're not looking to be a Social Media Superstar or Influencer. The water cooler is NOT your job. But, just like when you work at an office, it's nice to be able to take a break, have a little corner of the internet where you can feel comfortable enough to wander over from time to time, share fun news or things that are interesting to you, briefly see what's up with your colleagues that day, share a laugh, or whatever, then go back to your desk to work. No stress.

If you can manage that (and I suspect you'll be able to!) -- well, you'll be in the top 50% of authors on social media without even trying too hard. And if you really can't manage it -- well, hey, you tried, it's not for you, at least make sure your website stays updated.

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sandersgrey · 1 year

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"Kit's silence treatment to Ty isn't healthy because it's stewed in shame" uh YEAH. Nearly ALL of Kit's relationships are.

He's JUST starting to figure out a healthier dynamic with his family in Devon, and they havent done anything to upset him yet, so he hasn't had any reason to try and figure out healthy forgiveness.

The only real, meaningful relationship Kit is shown to have before the Institute was his dad, who we never see him saying no to.

You think Johnny Rook was out there showing Kit how to establish and enforce boundaries in a healthy way? Fuck no.

Kit was, as far as we're aware of, not only obedient to Johnny's wants but also willing to go out and put himself at risk by pickpocketing as as ten years old. He's not even outwardly angry when he realizes his own father didn't unconditionally love him.

Kit is consistently shown to be people pleasing when it comes to people he's attached to.

He jokes but plays Ty's Watson nearly as soon as he realizes that's what Ty wants from him; he assumes he has to repay Jessa for the love they show him before Jem assures him he doesn't; this all stems from Kit's core belief that love is earned.

And yeah, he thinks he hasn't earned Ty's. There is some deep shame in there, born from internalized homophobia, but also from Kit showing vulnerabilty for the first time in his life and getting... nothing. The realization that he means absolutely nothing to Ty.*

Of course he doesn't want to be reminded of that. The sheer humiliation would've killed a lesser teenager.

That's the same kid who saw a werewolf transform in front of him as a child and had a breakdown so public his dad pulled him out of school and kept him at home for at least five years, and he still has werewolf friends.

He dated someone who he was 50% sure was a werewolf, and only broke up w her bc it was too awkward... to not know if she was or not. He never hints that her being a werewolf would be a problem itself. It's just the awkwardness of asking.

He jokes that his dad isn't in heaven, but that's as far as his anger there goes. When he finds out that Johnny lied to him his entire life, Kit is upset. He's not mad.

This is the same kid who grew up being told shadowhunters snatch children, who had a knife held to his throat in his first close interaction with one, and still was able to become best friends and eventually fall in love with the exact same shadowhunter.

Kit can't do confrontations. He assumes that whenever a relationship goes wrong, it's because of something that makes him unlovable. That's obviously untrue and unhealthy.

But Kit doesn't hold grudges. He might avoid a more intimate relationship if things are awkward, but he's clearly willing to be close to people who he would be somewhat justified in believing have hurt him in the past.

The fact that he doesn't want to see Ty is stewed in shame.

The fact that he's so willing to enforce that boundary that he'll tell his friend's ghost that he won't talk to her anymore if she keeps trying to bring that up? That he's not rude, or mean, but honest about his unwillingness to be around Ty when Ty himself shows up?

Honestly, I'm kinda proud of him. That couldn't have been easy.

* Btw, this isn't Ty's fault. Ty was trying to bring back his sister from the dead and was not prepared for Kit to just straight up tell him he loves him. He needed 3-5 business days to process that, but, of course, both of their trauma responses clashed. That's what trauma responses often do.

#alex wont shut up #tda #kit herondale #kit rook #sobh #twp #tda meta #fuck johnny rook all my homies hate johnny rook #i saw a post saying that Months ago lmao it just takes me a while to Marinate

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golbrocklovely · 8 months

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In regards to their editing yeah… I happened to watch that part of jc’s stream when Colby was explaining their editing process and it did not sit well with me. To be fair, maybe Colby actually enjoys his part of it and is choosing not to give it to someone else for his own reasons but even if that’s the case, Sam should be doing…something aside from seemingly just watching different cuts and giving notes.

exactly. like he basically is critiquing the videos, which is what i do every time they come out so… i guess i'm an editor too lol jk

what i think they should do, especially with the conjuring edit, is have colby work on day one and two, sam on three and four, and so on. like colby mentioned in a podcast today that just the first video alone, he had to go thru 50 HOURS of footage. by himself. and sam… just watches the finished product. he doesn't physically do anything besides input. and look, i get wanting a break from editing, god knows that sam bitched enough about editing all the time back in the day. taking a break is fine. but you can't just have your business partner do 49% of the edit, then give it to someone else who does another 49%, and then you add in 2% with just looking it over and saying whether it gets a thumbs up or down.

personally i would love for colby to get his own editor and then have all the time off to do literally anything else. but snc have made it abundantly clear that they need to have control over their videos, and having one editor is the most amount of control they will hand over. so… they aren't gonna allow someone else to cut the video. i just don't like that the man that was sick for half the year is literally doing most of the work. it's weird. and if i was sam, i wouldn't want him doing all that by himself. it's just very confusing.

#ask #personal #sam and colby #colby brock #sam golbach

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the-apples-were-monitored · 1 month

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this is going to be a very uncomfortable and potentially triggering conversation so i suggest you scroll past if you have a lot of empathy because this isn't fun at all

also wanna preface this by saying i'm not interested in spreading conspiracy theories or "truther" claims because i feel that's incredibly disrespectful and potentially harmful to the people that need the most help. any allusions to unverified rumors will be presented as uncorroborated, not as fact (only bringing them up because i know that's the kind of rumor floating around and i don't want to seem like i'm participating somehow in dismissing concerns). because we simply don't know. and it's not our business.

i've had this bad feeling about amanda bynes for the past decade. it's the same pattern we've seen with child stars over and over again. the drugs, the mental breakdown, the conservatorship. but i pushed those nagging thoughts away. i didn't have the bandwidth at the time because i was living in an abusive household when her most public battles were happening. i didn't have the time or the emotional understanding to put towards what was happening to her even as i felt it mirrored what i was going through or what my mom was going through. then i found out about dan schneider a few years ago. i didn't really engage with the rumor and speculation about him - i was in my early 20s when this all broke and i didn't know most of the shows he'd been involved with except by the fact that my younger siblings watched them. i'd been an amanda bynes fan - hugely into the amanda show and what i like about you. my siblings watched drake and josh, icarly, and victorious. i didn't have the emotional bandwidth at the time to look into what people were saying. i knew it would upset me if i learned too much. but i couldn't stop thinking about amanda.

i heard about quiet on set from news websites. i saw the headlines about drake bell. it shook me to my core. the things i was reading were horrific and immediately put me in mind of what my sister went through as a teenage survivor of repeated sexual abuse by a man who was trusted with our care. she'd had a huge crush on drake when we were growing up. i wonder if she's heard about this.

this immediately made me think about amanda again. this time i couldn't push the thought away. i guess i'm finally ready to process the way this whole situation has felt to me.

the way people talk about amanda reminds me of how people in the 50s talked about judy garland. child star with incredible talent, far beyond her years, with incredible charm and personality and the whole world at her fingertips. everyone loved working with her. until she became erratic and had a mental breakdown fueled by drugs. (you could even argue there were parallels because both women were frequently typecast as the wholesome girl next door and not really allowed to break out of that infantilizing box.) and no one could ever think why. why does this happen.

i've come to believe that mental illness always has a cause. brain chemistry fucked up by trauma, whether that's long-term stress or a singular event or repeated traumas stacking on top of each other. the mind can't cope. i really, truly believe something horrific happened to amanda bynes. and i know people will say, well, maybe it wasn't dan schneider. she was doing fine for years after she stopped working with him. i want to make one thing very clear. trauma doesn't always manifest symptoms immediately. not everyone comes out of a trauma looking shell shocked. i know from my experience because i didn't have my breakdown until a year after my abuser was exposed and i'm still feeling the consequences to my psyche to this day. and i think it must be difficult for child stars to process this trauma. the pattern i've seen is the child star endures something terrible, gets incredible fame and begins taking on more and more pressure, then when this isn't enough to make them happy they turn to drugs. you think because they got out that it would all just go away? no. they were raised to play characters so they played those characters. there was incredible pressure to just play those characters because that's what the fans want. having struggles isn't part of the brand. it had to be especially rough on nick stars because there wasn't much separation between them and the characters they played. it was the amanda show. drake and josh used their real first names. the separation between who they were and who the character was was probably a very blurred line.

i wonder how long this documentary has been in production. tracking down these people and petitioning courts had to have taken ages. amanda was supposed to be at 90s con last year but cancelled due to illness and had another psychotic episode. 90s con itself may have been a trigger for her, but if someone had reached out to her or if she'd heard about this production...i could see that triggering her and making her relive the horror she went through. there are so many unsubstantiated rumors floating around. i can't speak to whether she was high on adderall during that interview when she was 12 (she could've just been a hyper child but they could've been pulling a judy garland on her and i don't trust these people plus she's said she got hooked on adderall when she was a teenager for weight loss but she may not feel comfortable disclosing if the studio has her under NDA). i can't verify if that side twitter actually belonged to amanda. it could be some sicko thought it was funny to accuse her boss of knocking her up and forcing her to get an abortion at 13 or accusing her father of various things.

but i get why she wouldn't speak up because people won't believe her no matter what she says. i went through something and people in my hometown still debate whether i'm crazy or lying for attention. my family did everything they could to put me under control and get me diagnosed as paranoid or delusional so they wouldn't face justice. (really don't get me started on how the mental healthcare system is used by abusers to cover up their sins.) i wouldn't put it past her parents to do that, especially considering amanda had a bad relationship with them as a teenager which sent her further into that groomer's clutches. she doesn't owe us anything because it'll start a firestorm that could retrigger her as people debate if she's delusional or scrutinize her past mistakes to determine if she's a perfect enough victim to deserve sympathy.

which brings me to drake bell. i knew he was the victim before i watched the doc but it still gave me chills when he sat down in that chair. like it felt like the air drained from the room. it was so obvious that what he went through has affected him so deeply and that he had no one to turn to. my abuser had so much community support, so many people making us out to be lying opportunistic bitches. i can't imagine having to carry that secret. i wonder if the people around him can pinpoint it in retrospect when he started being different. i want the other kids on set to know that it's not their fault they didn't know and that they had a bad opinion of him at some point. my sister and i were pitted against each other by the man who assaulted her and it's only with context later that i can see what was going on. i have no doubt that schneider employed these tactics so no one would feel comfortable disclosing what happened to them.

i admit that i cried watching the drake bell episode. that had to be incredibly difficult for him to open up about it after all these years and i hope he can get some closure and that someone starts a support group for these former nick stars.

and to drake bell himself. you were a child. you had no idea what grooming looks like. most grown people don't seem to know what grooming looks like based on how they talk about these issues. you are not at fault for what that man did to you or not knowing how to handle it. you didn't do anything to encourage this and you're not at fault.

and to his father. i appreciate that you did what you could to try to protect him. my mother had a similar experience trying to protect us from my abuser but everyone assumed she was psychotic and had her put away. try not to blame yourself when you were the lone voice of reason and everyone else insisted you were in the wrong. i do have fault to throw on amanda bynes' parents to some degree depending on what part of all this is true, but i can't find fault with drake bell's father who did try when he saw something wrong.

and i'm sorry but dan being super nice to drake afterwards seems like an attempt to make himself look better and get another hit show. i don't believe for a second that dan didn't know anything or that he had any motives beyond making his own star rise. he wanted to churn out product, and couldn't have that product if drake bell was visibly distraught.

i want to know how many people have known it was drake for 20 years and said nothing. how many people were in peck's side of the courtroom and yet still had the audacity to think this child was at fault in some way. that's vile and utterly unforgivable.

i just want to end this by saying to leave these people alone. don't harass anyone who hasn't spoken up because they may not be in a headspace where it's healthy of them to say anything. they don't owe us any explanation of why.

#this hit me incredibly hard i'm sorry #quiet on set #rape tw #abuse tw #i'm not addressing the jamie lynn spears rumors because it's ghoulish to speculate when she wasn't even a subject of the doc #i hope she's found some healing and honestly it is unforgivable how the public slutshamed a 16 year old #finding out from my sources that people at the time joked that dan knocked her up like #i'm sorry? you slutshamed her and made jokes and made light of a potential rapist???#i will throw hands #also asking people to not bring up the past actions of drake bell or amanda bynes in this discussion #they're not perfect victims but nobody is #a vulnerable child is a vulnerable child and i would like to live in a world where we focus on prevention so people don't grow up disturbed

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lol-jackles · 15 days

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I enjoyed the first episode of Season 4 of Walker, it's no peak SPN but it's grown into itself. I'm not an avid watcher but it's easy TV and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

So my question is, what number of viewers need to be on live and +7 for it to stay on air and with what demographic?

The live figures and demographic seemed to be falling, but that is the same for all CW shows.

Are you still expecting an announcement of an extended series announcement?

FYI, there is a picture of Jensen in Vancouver having dinner with some of the cast of Watcher, so the rumour is yet another guest star gig is on the cards...

With over 50% of total (legal) TV viewers in U.S are now online and catch-up services, Live TV viewers are only a small chunk of what advertisers use. Live TV viewings do matter, but the networks also look at how a show does in DVR (up to 35 days post-airing usually) and on streaming. Part of the reason why CW created the CW app was so they could get better user data, and optimize their content based on that (similar to the OG Netflix model), so it would make sense if they put less weight on Live TV viewership, as the OG CW had already done. If one person watches twice on CW app then they would be counted as two content starts. And if one person watched the full 40 min duration twice then they would have contributed 80 minutes of viewing to the show. But if you want to a reach of unique non-duplicated viewers for a certain show, they’d be counted once. There are a lot of different metrics but multiple viewings factor into plenty of them. Same for actual true for linear tv - if you watch something on a dvr more than once they are all counted. It’d be cool if these streaming numbers were released, but unfortunately that’s a much less transparent process than Live TV, so non-industry people still base their ratings knowledge off of that.

The Nielsen ratings are still used and still matters and it helps that there’s industry transparency. Linear tv still sells mostly on C3 (commercial viewing live + 3 days). But networks will track digital viewing within the US. There's a lot of metrics to measure “success” on digital platforms beyond viewership - how many new subscribers it brought in, if they stayed to watch other things, how long they spend on the platform, etc

Of course CW app doesn't have subscribers but downloads. On Valentines Day CW app officially crossed 100 million downloads across all platforms and was #1 in the Apple App Store for 3 consecutive years during fall premieres.

The rule of thumb is if an app has 10 million downloads, on average 30% of downloads are active. So CW app has 100 million downloads, 30% are active, and a total of 30 million active users. With ads, it's easy money for the network.

For context.

Peacock = 31 million subscribers

Paramount = 37 million subscribers

Max = 98 million subscribers

Disney = 111 million subscribers

Netflix = 260 million subscribers

Of the Big 5's subscribers, we don't know the percentage of active watchers. But streaming services actually prefer that you don't watch because that costs bandwidth. Just like gyms make their money from memberships where most members don't go to the gym regularly.

At this point no, I don't expect series extension announcement. The whole industry is going, as they say in business downsizing, restructuring.

I said in another post, never say never to the idea of Jensen scoring a guest star gig on Tracker.

#cw

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hippolotamus · 7 months

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Every year I have this idea that I'm going to plan this out and write something profound. But it really just comes down to a few things, doesn't it?

❤️ There is no timeline (or requirement!) for coming out. Some people shout it from the rooftops immediately and some people keep it as their business forever. Both are valid and correct.

Ask yourself: Do I want to? Do I feel safe to do so? Do I have a plan if it all goes sideways?

🧡 Perhaps the most important point: nobody, and I mean NOBODY, gets to make that decision for you. That choice is yours and yours alone. Family, friends, partners, coworkers, teachers should never pressure you to come out.

💛 There is no timeline for “figuring it out”. Some folks just know and others figure it out later. Neither one is wrong. There’s zero shame in learning your sexuality in your 30s, 50s, hell even your 80s. The only “correct” time is when you say so.

💚 That being said… it can change! And that’s perfectly fine. No one would blink an eye because one day you declare you now like brownies instead of chocolate chip cookies. Or both. You learn more about yourself, you grow, you make more informed decisions. It’s all a process.

💙 Labels not required. Am I Gay/Lesbian? Bi? Queer? Aro? Whatever you decide, and are comfortable with, is a-ok. Even if that means no label at all. First and foremost you’re you. Not your preferences.

💜 A Special Lil note for the allies and supporters and others: This goes for anyone, but particularly those who didn’t figure things out (or feel like they could be open about it) until later. I say this as something of a late bloomer myself. Crying over Heartstopper? Suddenly adding all kinda rainbow merch to their house/vehicle/wardrobe? Going to Pride events? Making or sharing more pointed social media posts?

Yeah, they figured out they’re [insert label here]. Great, good for them but you’re sooooo over it. They’re X years old, why do all this now??? Like chill already.

Nope. You chill. Some of us are legit getting to experience this side of ourselves for the first time ever. And sometimes that is decades in the making. We’re unpacking a lot. So please hold your shaming and judgement. If it’s not hurting you or anyone else, for the love of everything just let them have this.

🩷 Resources! 🩵

The Trevor Project - thetrevorproject.org (Bonus: they have a Quick Exit feature built into their site for desktop or mobile in case you need to get out of their site pronto)

suicide.org - resources for US and International suicide hotlines http://suicide.org/suicide-hotlines.html http://suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html

GLAAD- glaad.org

OK2BME - https://ok2bme.ca/

PFLAG - pflag.org

#national coming out day #national coming out day 2023 #coming out #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtq resources #suicide prevention #suicide prevention resources #resources #be nice be kind #the trevor project #glaad #ok2bme #pflag #what did i miss?#okay here goes nothing #long post

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saltygilmores · 4 months

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THOUGHTS WHILE WATCHING GILMORE GIRLS: S3/EP4/ONE’S GOT CLASS THE OTHER ONE DYES (PART 4- THE KAREN-ING)

Lane's hair has now been sufficiently purpled, and the deed has been documented with a quaint Polaroid camera, but then she hears her mother's footsteps and descends into a panic spiral. She sends Rory back to the beauty supply store to buy black hair dye. Shane is on the phone with someone as a customer approaches (her manager, Cynthia, is chill with it). Let's listen.

Shane is clearly talking to Jess, Rory knows it, and the missing object in question is absofuckinglutely her discarded bra, because Salty says so. Salty declares that this is actualy a delicious nugget of foreshadowing to that future scene where Rory finds a bra in the backseat of Jess' car.

Rory! Cover your virgin ears! Your innocent little mind can't possibly process whatever filth you're about to hear!

She goes on to tell Jess that she feels too bloaty to eat, on the other end of the line Jess presumably disputes that bloaty is a word, , she insists to him that bloaty is valid because she says so. Jess says something on the other line that causes Shane to call him a jerk. Hearing Shane discuss this made up word makes Rory incredibly angry for some reason and she proceeds to go FullMegaKaren on her. Is that the real reason he offed Shane and fed her to the swans? An etymology argument or a game of Scrabble gone horribly wrong? Let's get ready to see Rory Karen like she has never Karen'd before.

Hang it up Shane, you have a Mini Karen at your register and she's clearly not interested in hearing about when, where, and how you like to get off. Narrator: Rory Gilmore did indeed, have all day, because she had no job.

Adult Rory in 2023: "This coupon for 50 cents off black hair dye expired in 2002, but I demand you honor it. *Reading name tag* Shane, is it? Well, Shane, I would like to speak with your manager." Rory never met a blond girl secure in her sexuality or another teenager with a job that she didn't like. I swear to god Rory, it would be in your best interests to be nice to this girl, because you know Jess is going to discard her soon enough (yeeting her into a lake) so if you want Jess for yourself that badly in the future, you should be asking her for advice. (failing that, Madelyn and Louise). In the greatest and as far as I'm fucking concerned only Slutty Philadelphia Jess fic, Stop Thinking You're The Only Option, Rory befriends a girl who gives her advice on how to give proper handjobs and blowjobs. And Rory listens. And Jess is grateful. She's not going to get that kind of useful information from Lane or her mother. I'm just sayin. Shane is a modern woman and she reads Cosmo.

Cynthia! Get in here! We have a Code Karen! Threat Level 5! And it clearly was a business call. When it comes to middday booty calls, Shane is all business. Seriously, what the fuck Rory? What set you off into this MegaKaren Mode? You can't handle a little friendly competition now, good luck at Yale, sister.

Per The Oxford English Dictionary: "There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective bloaty. This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the early 1700s." Not only is Shane a future homocide victim, she's also a time traveler. But she is technically correct. The best kind of correct. Ready for one of the lamest AmyShermanPalladino penned insults ever put to paper?

It's no “I’m not fighting you, it would be like fighting an accountant! I’ll call you when I need my taxes done!” (Dean to Tristan) but it's up there. You know it's a good thing Shane doesn't work at Luke's or somewhere else that Rory likes to eat or she'd be spitting in her food (like what Jess does to Dean's food whenever he comes in to Luke's).

Moments after this incident, Shane calls her manager Cynthia and they slap up a sign next to the register with Rory's photo that says "Do not sell to this person".

#denise rewatches gilmore girls #gilmore girls season 3 #ogctood #rory gilmore #shane #queen shane #gilmore girls #don't beat Jess at Scrabble or its the bottom of the lake for you #The Karening #The episode where Rory became a Karen #bloaty #lame AmyShermanPalladino insults

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Hello again! I'm going to start a new job soon so I'm going to be really busy but I wanted to get one last part before I did. As for a name I never really thought about it before I always just called it Baby Mira Au but after thinking about it I settled on Rebirth Of A Miracle I think it fits well with what I'm going for. As always I hope you enjoy it! Rebirth Of A Miracle part 6!

The time it took for morning to come was too soon in Alma's opinion. She hadn't gone back to sleep, too busy trying to come up with a plan of action for the situation at hand while trying to process it at the same time. she sits on her rocking chair near the window of her room watching as the sun starts to come up and for the first time in a very long time she wishes the sun would never rise again. That there was no new day, that time would reverse and it would be yesterday and everything would be fine and good and Mirabel would be herself and fine and not a baby. But just like last time the sun continues to rise. She knows that she needs to go to Julieta's room and talk with her and Augustine about what happened and what they need to do before everyone else wakes up but she can't find the will to move at the moment. It honestly feels like all the will and life has left her body and all that's left is an empty tired husk.

She takes a deep breath in and sighs, forcing herself up before the sun gets any higher in the sky. She looks at her clock and it reads 6:50. The family usually is up at eight they would usually be allowed to sleep in because of the party the night before but given the circumstances they need to be woken up at the normal time. She quietly gets herself ready and makes her way to Julieta's room mentally preparing for the conversation about to take place. She gets to the door and raises her hand and knocks as quietly as she can and waits.

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Augustine doesn't know how long he's been pretending to sleep. It could have been hours or just mere minutes he wouldn't be able to tell you. He wants to say something and talk with his wife, but she's already freaked out enough, and something Augustine has learned throughout their years of marriage is that when Julieta is freaking out it's best to not join her and just try to support her. Really it's not that hard she doesn't freak out that often, and when she does it's not for very long so he usually gets his moment to freak out fairly quickly. But this situation is... Different

Juliet has always been very..... sensitive about their youngest daughter. Don't get him wrong he loves Mirabel and doesn't want her to be mistreated and hates the way she views herself. But Julieta is bothered by it on an entirely different level. He can't even count how many nights he's stayed up with her comforting her about their youngest and how everything will work out. Which is something that he truly believed, he understood where her worries came from but he never truly believed that Mirabel would end up like... him, but given the situation they find themselves in maybe he should have been a little bit more worried.

Because what was Mirabel thinking about that made Casita do what they did? Was she going to run away? Or maybe worse? And what's worse he can't ask her. She's a baby, not even 4 months old yet by the looks of it. He sighs heavily and opens his eyes to see Julieta laying across from him staring down at their infant daughter barely blinking, watching like if she takes one look away from Mirabel she'll disappear entirely. He needs to talk to her.

"Mi Vida? Are you alright?" She hums at him in response not taking her eyes off Mirabel he sighs and lifts himself up out of bed and turns to look at the clock it reads 6:50. He turns back to look at Julieta who has yet to look away from Mirabel sleeping little form he makes his way over to her side of the bed and sits down near Julieta's feet. "Mi vida, I know this is very hard for you and I can't even begin to imagine what you're thinking, but please talk to me, I need you p-please." His voice is shaky and breaks at the end of his sentence. He closes his eyes feeling the tears as he does so. He takes a deep breath in and out trying to keep himself calm, when he opens them he sees Julieta looking at him with a slightly worried look, the look changes from worry to fright as she quickly looks back to Mirabel and then, seeing her still laying there asleep, she breaths in relief.

Augustine waits a minute to see if she'll say anything. When she doesn't he opens his mouth to say something, anything, to get her to talk to him when he hears a knock at the bedroom door. He sighs before looking at the clock. 7:09. He gets up to answer knowing it's his mother-in-law here to talk to them about what to do before waking the others up. As he opens up the door to let her in he only hopes she can get Julieta to talk better than he could.

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Julieta knows she should talk to Augustine. That she should get up and deal with the situation at hand. But she can't. She's paralyzed laying here staring at her baby, her beautiful little baby girl who shouldn't be a baby and could disappear any moment. She knows shes being a little ridiculous, that Mirabel won't really disappear any moment. But she thought it had been ridiculous to think Br- he would leave and never come back and look what happened.

She knows who's at the door and what that means but she doesn't want to face it. She just wants to lay here and make sure her baby doesn't leave her. She hears the door open and Augustine says hello to her mother and let her in. She doesn't look at her though. Can't. She has to watch her baby. She hears her Mama and Augustine start talking to each other. Probably about her. She looks at the clock and reads 7:10.

She hears a sigh then a small call of her name "Julieta, Mija I know this is difficult but we need to talk about what we need to do before everyone wakes up." Her mama says this all very calmly and Julieta knows she's right. She sighs a little bit before moving to sit up careful not to move the bed and wake up her sleeping baby, she takes one last look at the tiny sleeping form before willing herself to turn to looks at her mama and Augustine.

"thank you, Mija I know this is... Difficult but we need a plan on how to tell the others." Her mama looks tired and stressed which given the situation is understandable. Augustine looks worried and a little lost she wants to comfort him but can't. How can she comfort him when she can barely comfort herself? And Dios Mio what is she supposed to do when her two other children are looking at her for comfort and she can't bring herself to because she's just so... Afraid. She doesn't realize she's starting to cry until she feels Augustine wrap his arms around her. She takes a deep breath and tries to compose herself.

"Thank you Augustine, I'm sorry for not answering you before." She says this quietly to him before moving away from his arms and looking at her mama she already has a plan for what they're going to do her mama is just going to have to go along with it. " I already have a plan, Mama." She raises an eyebrow at her but makes a motion with her hand gesturing to go on "Mama you will make breakfast while Augustine wakes up and gathers the rest of the family while I will be changing, feeding and caring for Mirabel. You and Augustine will tell everyone in the family what has happened and when they're done with the freak out they are more than likely going to have I will come out with Mirabel that way we don't have a screaming baby in a room full of panicked people."

Her mama nods after a moment "That sounds completely reasonable. I'll get started on breakfast" she turns and starts walking to the door "you two get ready for the storm coming our way." She gets to the door opens it and mumbles the next sentence talking more to herself than at her and Augustine "Literally knowing how your sister is." With that her mama closes the door and leaves. Julieta sighs before turning to her husband and gives him a tired smile which he returns in kind "Time to face the rainstorm I suppose?" She keeps her tone light trying to stay positive for what is to come. Augustine chuckles slightly and nudges her side a little, as he gets up to get ready for the day.

She looks over to where Mirabel lay sleeping on the bed, after making sure she's still asleep Julieta gets herself ready as quietly and quickly as she can after she's done the clock reads 7:25. Not too long now. She carefully and quietly grabs her sleeping baby and makes her way down to the nursery to get her ready.

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Mirabel wasn't fully aware of what was happening around her at the moment. She was very sleepy. The sudden feeling of cold changes that quickly. She immediately starts whimpering, why she doesn't know but it feels like the right thing to do so she does it. Instead of the cold feeling going away like she wanted she got a shushing sound and the cold feeling got more intense. She opens her eyes and blinks a little while yawning needing to see what that cold feeling is, she comes face to face with her Mami who is looking down at her with a smile.

"Why hello there Mi Mariposa, how are you this morning? Mami is so sorry she didn't mean to wake you up yet, she was just trying to get you into something dry and some new clothes to start the day!" her Mami is standing in front of her as she lays on.... something as she looks down she sees that her Mami is currently... changing her diaper. 'what, what is-' and then it all comes flooding back. She's a baby. Casita turned her into a baby because the candle gave her a gift but didn't really give her a gift. Before she can really react, Mami continues talking to her moving from changing her diaper to getting the clothes on her "Everything is going to be ok Mirabel. Your Abuela is making breakfast and you papi is getting everyone up for the day. While Mami gets to put you into these nice clothes, and gives you a nice warm bottle and then me and you will play together until we have to make our way to the dining room and let the rest of the family see you." Her Mami finishes dressing her as she says all this picking her up and holding her against her chest after finishing.

'Wait, wait no please I don't want anyone else to see me!' She tries saying all this to her mami but it comes out as random noises and babbling which her Mami giggles at "That does sound fun doesn't it?" She bounces her slightly as she says this 'What!? No, no it doesn't sound fun!' She makes more babbling noises which her Mami seems to mistake for excited noises "I know I can barely wait to play either, let's get you fed first though Mi babé." She can do nothing as her mami makes her way over to the door where a bottle sits on a stand "... Thank you Casita..." Her Mami reluctantly says this as she grabs the bottle and makes her way to the rocking chair sitting down on it, she moves Mirabel to cradle her and puts the bottle into her open mouth before Mirabel could really protest she suckles on the bottle on pure instinct. She's almost done with the bottle when a very familiar loud crash of thunder can be heard in the distance. It scares Mirabel so much she spits out both the bottle and the last bit of milk from the bottle out of her mouth and on her mother. All her Mami does in response is sigh deeply and mutters "the rainstorm is here." To herself. Mirabel immediately starts to cry.

Ok first, CONGRATS ON THE NEW JOB ❗ Get that bag bro 🤏🏾👓👴🏿 happy to wait, focus on that j o b LOVE THE NAME <333

And two. I love this. A lot. Poor Julieta, she was stressing 😭 homegirl couldn't look away, BUT...CAN YOU BLAME HER...like she was struggling. And. At least Agustín tried bro, but he's probably just as stressed. And then bro was tasked with TELLING THE FAMILY. And then Alma. She still probably trying to comprehend everything, tbh she's way more calm than anticipated 🤠

And Mirabel is just. Trying not to cry every ten seconda, but obviously that's not working. And I assume there was Pepa's thunder (i assume), scared the crap outta her 💀 like can these four catch a break 😭

Can't even imagine what the family's gonna do. Like ain't no way they all gonna rush upstairs, cause that would probably only freak her out more 😨

Anyway. Rad as always. Can't wait for the next part <33

#my asks are open #my asks #encanto #encanto au #au #encanto mirabel #encanto alma #encanto agustin #encanto julieta #rebirth of a miracle #rbfam au

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xplrvibes · 13 days

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on a serious note, are the boys actually okay? they seem so distant and they look drained. and let me just say, i'm sure this isn't the girls' fault. the boys aren't being held at gun point to stay with them. like you said, if they're making snc miserable, they wouldn't be with them.

I truly don't know. They aren't very forthcoming on xplrclub these days, either; the party line seems to be that they just have a lot of moving parts in their lives and are very busy.

If you want my honest theory, they should've taken a long, serious break after Colby recovered from chemo last year. There shouldn't have been a hell week or anything like that. They should've been on a hiatus.

Colby was declared cancer free at the end of June(ish?), and they were back to filming, editing, and traveling full-time by early July. That is just not enough time, physically or mentally, to adjust or process the whirlwind of everything that had happened.

They dove headfirst into grinding at the same level they were at pre-cancer and I just don't think that was a good idea.

Couple that with all the other crap going on right now - the Conjuring shit, the fans, the constant travel, the fact that Colby is still doing over 50% of the editing when he damn well shouldn't be, etc - and I honestly just think they are treading water and spinning plates.

Especially Colby. Sam...I don't know. It's hard to get a read on him. That philosophy he's always spouting really never actually says all that much, if you truly look at it sideways. The message he seems to be throwing out there is, "Everything sucks but also everything's cool and I'm just gonna focus on the cool and keep it moving," which...ok. Have fun, I guess, but that approach to life has to be exhausting after a while.

Then again, Sam does seem more animated and interested in their recent appearances on public podcasts and interviews, whereas again, Colby just seems to be checking out mentally. So, idk. Maybe Sam's just having an easier time putting the "Sam and Colby LLC" mask on right now, but I noticed it with Colby way before I noticed anything with Sam.

As for their distance - to put it plainly, the internet sucks. Colby has made it apparent for years that it's hard for him to see the things said about him online, to the point where he admitted to having a breakdown about it all about a year or so ago, and has recently said he can't even look at comments anymore. Even Sam, who always seemed to have a more healthy wall up between him and the uglier side of social media, has recently made a few comments suggesting that he, too, is sick of it. So, that coupled with just being busy and having a lot of shit to do in a day - it's really easy, if something needs to be eliminated from your daily schedule for you to have more free time and a better quality of life, to cut social mesia from the roster.

I also lowkey think they are starting to be sick of the paranormal stuff, but that's just me.

I think they need to take a break, sit down, and really work on restructuring their business and their lives in a way where it isn't so go-go-go and the onus for everything isn't on them. They need to take a break from social media and the rat race that it can be, and they both need some serious therapy.

But I'm sure they will do none of that, so this cycle will probably continue in perpetuity.

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