#models enter rehab

[limeade-l3sbian]

Who was Kagney Linn Necessary?

(the gofundme for her memorial/funeral will be at the end.)

Kagney Linn Necessary was born in Harris County, Texas in 1987, and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri and in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. [x]

In her early years, she moved to California with ambitions of becoming an actress and a singer but entered work as an exotic dancer before signing with LA Direct Models, a pornographic agency. Karter entered the adult film industry in September 2008.[x]

But that wasn't the entirety of who Kagney was. At face value, the only information I could find with a quick search was the basic information above from Wikipedia. All anyone seemed to know about her was who she was when she was in the "industry." I wanted to see what I could find about her, the person. Not Kagney Linn Karter, but Kagney Linn Necessary.

I raked through interviews she had, her personal social media accounts, and any other articles that I could find just to find any little facts about her that I could.

I thought about omitting her time within the porn industry to focus solely on everything else except that. But I feel it would be tasteless to keep it out. I think it needs to be mentioned. I think it is important to show that women pulled into the porn industry are not these separate beings from any other woman with dreams. This was a 36 year old woman who was just like any other woman who was preyed upon.

Necessary released an EP, The Crossover, in 2018. In 2022, Karter released her debut album, titled The Take Over. [x] She would post clips of her singing covers of songs as well as songs from her upcoming EP on her Instagram.

In 2022, she began learning how to play the piano, even posting a video of her progress.

Necessary was also a recovering addict. In 2021, she posted about the things that helped her stay clean and how she was pleased at having a second chance at life. In an interview, she was intentionally vague about the substances she used, only referring to them as "candy" and "a little bit of everything." But with no insurance or money for rehab, she opted to detox herself at her parents home, working at their tanning salon for free in exchange for "produce."

She moved from Los Angeles to Ohio in 2019 and got involved with pole dancing fitness studios before being involved the opening of one in Akron, called Alchemy Pole Fitness. She posted many videos of herself having fun and practicing new/old moves.

In November 2023, she was posting pictures of her new house and how well it was coming together,

[their website leads to a website called Alchemy Space Studios and says that it was founded and run by a separate woman. But upon looking up the LLC for the business, Kagney is named as the registrant and she is named as the owner of the space in two separate articles.]

In 2015, Carter claimed musician Chris Brown paid her $2,500 to be his escort. She reportedly tweeted things like 'I WILL NEVER F*** A WOMAN BEATER EW DISGUSTING' and 'HE IS PURE EVIL' about Brown.

I just felt like adding that because what a queen.

From her students from the studio and friends, she was known to love animals, including her dog, Murphy, and had a deep devotion to the community she was cultivating in Ohio. She was known to be fearless and empathetic, creating her studio as a place for people to feel safe and accepted.

These were the things I could find of her from her personal accounts and the people who loved her. She wasn't an object that will be missed for what "uses" it had. She was a woman who had dreams, who had a community who love her, who had a husband who loves her, dogs she cared for and loved who loved her, and a mother who loves her. I didn't want her story to be another reblog of a lost life.

I know this post is sporadic and clunky, but I wanted to just grab any information I could without crossing boundaries (ex. contacting the family or something tasteless like that). I just wanted to share what she had already shared with the world.

Her friend, Megan Lee, has posted a gofundme that has already surpassed their goal. But I would still suggest donating if you are able. Rest in peace, Kagney Linn Necessary. 💜

#worked on this all morning trying to find sources #got emotional #gonna take it easy for the rest of the day #rest in peace

[1stthingsfirst]

This is the Ray side of my previous post about the portrayal of his recovery, in part prompted by @quaintrelle17's comment about Thai rehabs (Thank you! I didn't ignore you, I just took forever to respond).

Note: I use "sobriety" as shorthand. Not everyone who abuses alcohol needs to go sober. Some can drink in moderation. Some need to abstain for their whole lives.

I originally only briefly addressed Ray drinking in rehab. So, the two general ways to stop drinking/go sober are:

Cold turkey -- You go from your current alcohol intake to zero, no steps in between.

Tapering off (aka weaning off) -- You decrease your daily alcohol intake over time until you reach zero/a desired amount.

From this tweet and Jojo's comments, I believe Thai outpatient rehab programs follow a harm-reduction model using tapering and deemphasizing abstinence unless deemed necessary.

Tapering off aims to both decrease the severity of and prevent withdrawal symptoms. Chronic alcohol abuse alters your brain chemistry. Tapering off helps your brain adjust to functioning with less and less alcohol and decreases the likelihood of severe withdrawal symptoms such as seizures and delirium tremens, which can cause disability and death.

Issue #1: Lack of Clarity

Ray is a good candidate for tapering. He carries a flask to drink on the go and his hands shake when he doesn't drink, a withdrawal symptom. It makes sense for Ray to drink while he's in rehab.

However, tapering is a systematic process. You don't just slowly drink less. A professional may determine a tapering schedule specific to you, but the general recommendation is to decrease by 2 drinks per day. When tapering, you should track what drink you're on and even measure to ensure you stick to one standard drink each time.

I would not expect to see this level of detail in the show. However, as is, we see Ray enter rehab at the end of episode 10, and then in episode 11, we see no visible change in behavior. He still goes to bars and drinks beers in the bath and has whiskey in the pool in a tense almost-threesome. We're supposed to intuit that he's changing simply because he says he is.

The show could have made it clearer without dedicating much time to it. It's as simple as a lingering shot of a handout from the rehab center or Ray saying, "last drink of the day" in the tub. Responses to Only Friends have highlighted how little the general public knows about addiction. It's unreasonable to expect us to know that people may drink as part of rehab.

This is a "show, don't tell" error. We have been told that Ray is in rehab, but we have not seen behavior indicating that he's in rehab.

Issue #2: Tone and Narrative

I'd be surprised if Ray's support team encouraged him to casually drink with his partner while trying to go sober. I could be wrong; they could be fine with it. A person could maybe healthily drink a beer in the tub with their partner if it aligned with their tapering schedule, but it doesn't feel appropriate tonally or narratively.

We have seen how destructive alcohol has been in Ray's life: his mom's alcoholism ruined his childhood; he blames himself for her alcoholism-related suicide; he nearly lost all his friends and his boyfriend multiple times; he drove drunk, crashed his car, and had to be hospitalized for his injuries; he was charged with a DUI and has to complete social service (legal consequences); and so on.

Tonally, it does not make sense to show Ray drinking casually at this point. It could make sense to show him drinking, but not in the settings shown in episode 11. Drinking should be portrayed as weightier by now, if not for Ray, at least for Sand when he's with Ray (see my original post). Sand has said multiple times that he worries about Ray's drinking, so it feels odd to see them to chat in the bath over beers while Ray is in rehab. Ray may be allowed to drink then and he may be able to drink for pleasure in the future, but week one of rehab is not the time for drinking for pleasure.

Additionally, from a storytelling perspective, it doesn't make sense to include Ray accepting that he needs to go to rehab with two episodes left unless you then show him either improved or struggling. By showing Ray drinking after entering rehab, it suggests to the viewer that Ray's drinking will continue to be a major plot point.

But I don't know if it is because we have one episode left, two other couples' stories to wrap up, Ray's already in rehab, and they just introduced Boeing to Sand and Ray's dynamic. By introducing Boeing this late in the show, with this little time left, it's pretty clear Boeing is Ray and Sand's final conflict, not Ray's recovery.

I'm normally all about nuance, but filmmakers only have so many opportunities to convey information to their audience. Unless they do want to keep Ray's recovery a main conflict, it is more logical, for both tone and storytelling, to simply not show Ray drinking at this point. Is it less realistic? Yes. But is it clearer? Yes.

TL;DR

There are scientific reasons why Ray would drink during rehab; however, most people don't know that and it was never explained in the series itself, so the scenes of him drinking in ep 11 landed poorly for many viewers. This is a problem with how the show told the story of Ray's alcoholism and recovery. The show would have benefited from prioritizing clarity over realism, unless they plan to take the time to explore Ray's recovery in detail.

#only friends the series #only friends #ofts #ofts ep11 #only friends episode 11 #ray only friends #sand only friends #khaotung thanawat #first kanaphan #raysand #sandray #raysan #sanray #ray x sand #sand x ray #thai bl #thai drama #asianlgbtqdramas #gmmtv #gmmtv series #firstkhao #alcoholism #addiction #rehab #meta #i love many aspects of this show #which is why i want to criticize it #i've been thinking on this for days #and i don't know if it makes any sense #so don't hesitate to ask for clarification

[bcysdontcry]

SILAS LOWE for World Burn's AU Event — a story of what happens when you actually go to therapy.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT:

During his early to mid 20s, he struggled heavily with addiction, however still managed to graduate. Shortly after acquiring his bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering, he agreed to enter rehab and start going to therapy.

Over the course of a few years, he steadily got sober and swore off of both drugs and alcohol, and stepped away from his partying lifestyle.

After talking with a therapist and working through his childhood trauma, finding the source of his addiction, etc, he cut contact with his immediate family. This gave him a newfound peace of mind.

He never tried to model or enter the journalistic field, finding stability in working in a medical environment.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT:

He has a successful career as a manufacturing engineer and has maintained it since the age of 28, putting his hard-earned degree to use instead of letting it rot.

He is no longer hedonistic party animal extraordinaire, staying away from the party scene and maintaining a wariness around those who do partake in drugs/alcohol for fear of a relapse.

Takes life a little more seriously, maybe a little more uptight than he needs to be, tries to have healthier relationships, etc.

Speaking of healthy relationships, he met Asa Holland at a bar one night and instantly found himself attracted to the man's charming weirdness. It started casual at first but late nights of pure fun blossomed into something more. Eventually, Silas began encouraging Asa to pursue a business degree, supporting him every step of the way. This closeness between them snowballed from there, from getting an apartment together and adopting a dog to outright marriage (and more pets, namely the cats Asa insisted on having). Silas is vaguely aware that his husband gets up to unscrupulous activities but doesn't know specific details, operating on a don't ask, don't tell basis. To this day, he still jokes that he married him for tax purposes, but the adoration in bright blue eyes is unmistakable.

THE SIMILARITIES:

Parents still moved to New York at the age of 21, after on and off living there when he was 19 and 20.

Still chain-smokes cigarettes but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day and he needs something or else he'll go crazy.

Still non-religious, still going to heavily badmouth Catholicism.

Undeniably still fucked some people over, especially in his early 20s when he was deep into his addiction.

Doesn't have contact with his sister (except he was the one to cut her and his parents out of his life).

#wb.event #wb.au #// very real possibility this might get updated/edited but this is the rough idea for the au #〈 🔬 〉— ; to have and to have not.〈 au event 〉

[niigata-division]

Lyall's Thoughts on Kanazawa Division

Wataru Sasaki

“Why I didn't know the Chief had a brother out there.” Lyall laughs as he stares at the photo of the police officer. “I’m kidding but from what I know Sasaki-san and the Chief have known each other since their training days in the police academy. I can see why Sasaki-san is just a shorter version of the Chief. Personally, I've worked with Sasaki-san only a few times, and every time I am reminded of a line of poetry that goes  “Cold had sunk to my soul, and there kept hold” and while I understand that the job of a law enforcer is a heavy one Sasaki-san seems to have completely hardened himself to the world.” 

Kyler Aaron

Lyall whistles. “An FBI agent huh? Didn't think I would ever meet a real one. Can't say I have much against the U.S. Feds but Kaoru….well saying she dislikes them is putting it lightly. The mere mention of them makes her go absolutely feral.” Lyall smirks. “However she has told me why Kyler is over here in the first place beyond his role guarding the U.S. Ambassador. All I have to say is that good luck you’re going to need it if half of what Kaoru tells me about “The Commission” is true.” 

Joey Kurusu 

Lyall smiles at the photo of the blond detective. “Oh, it's Joey. We go way back ever since both of our stints attending rehab. He was in for his gambling addiction and I was in for my drug addiction. Usually, we wouldn't have met considering we were in different areas of the rehab center but I guess Joey got lost while looking for his room and well I found him. I’m pretty sure Joey thought he was dreaming because the famous model and actor Lyall Shiba was in front of him.” Lyall smirked at the memory. “But once he got over being starstruck it wasn't too hard to bond with each other, especially over our desire to be homicide detectives and our shared love for the macabre. We’ve even managed to work on a case together recently although I could've gone without the car chase.” Lyall sighs. “No, but when Joey first told me he was joining the DRB I was concerned especially when he told me the reason why he was joining. Now, it appears that we’ve swapped spots he's the one worried for me and to be honest?” Lyall rubbed his arm. “...He might have reason to.” 

Justice Shield

“Like I've mentioned before Kanazawa is one of our allies in this tournament. Don't get me wrong I'm pretty grateful.” Lyall sighs. “It’s just….I know we’re here to help Sasaki-san with his case but it's pretty obviously why I joined. Anyone with half a brain cell can tell you that. I also know that the Chief has his own reasons for entering something that I'm not privy to. I just hope this doesn't blow up in all of our faces when it finally comes down to it.”  

#hypnosis microphone #hypnosis mic #hypmic #hypmic oc #hypnosis mic oc #niigata division #valor guard #lyall shiba #kanazawa division #justice shield #wataru sasaki #kyler aaron #joey kurusu

[mrslittletall]

So, it is the last day of the year... Let's reflect, shall we... You probably all know what happened at the end of last year. My husband got sick, I brought him to the hospital thinking it is an easy fix and then he was basically dying with sepsis. So yeah, that was... not great. Especially with all the complications that arose. He is home now, but he is not healthy yet. We have at least one surgery left and it will happen in January and then I hope he can finally go into rehab for good. The good news are, he is getting better and better at home, he even can stand for a few seconds, so I am positive a proper rehab can be done towards the end. He will be disabled for a good while though. Anyway, this year has been a challenge, both emotionally and physically, because I was suddenly alone and had to handle things that my husband normally does. I kinda realized I am stronger than I look then because carrying two sixpacks of 1,5 l water bottles was impossible for me once. It isn't anymore. I tried being creative when I found time, but I had to admit to myself that it isn't happening somewhen in Summer, so I went on hiatus, only writing when I truly had nothing else to do and going on a complete art hiatus. I miss it though. I want to write and draw regularly again, but there are still too many things in my mind. Mainly the stuff with my driver's licence because for some reason me running to my husband in hospital while in distress and accidentally damaging a car while parking which I didn't even notice is a warrant to punish me really really hard. I am still salty about that, yes! So how did I cope? Easily with indulging myself in video games: Let me put that under the cut:

When the thing with my husband first happened I barely was able to do anything. I was mostly cleaning and tidying up the apartment and then watch videos on Youtube because if I broke out in tears during this it was easy to pause and blow my nose. It took a few days and my husband getting better so that I could try and do other stuff again. And I really really indulged myself into Pokémon Scarlet. The games were pretty fresh during that time and I played them a little but not much, but now... I was hooked. I had days off work and if I wasn't visiting my husband, I would sit in front of my Switch and play Pokémon Scarlet and my god, did I love it! The story, the characters, the open world, the music... yes they are technical not well programmed, but I did never mind because that game gave me a peace of mind. Even after I finished the story I sat there each evening doing the Tera Raids. I love the Tera raids. Gen. 9 games are easily my favourite Pokémon games since Gen. 4 and funnily enough, when Gen. 4 came out I also had a hard time in my life, so I guess Pokémon is like my therapy game now... But of course I wasn't playing Pokémon the whole year. After I was done with it, I decided to finally finish Darkest Dungeon with a little help of one of my Discord servers. I pretty much only had the Darkest Dungeon left, but it takes a while because a group that went into it will never enter it again, so you basically have to level up four teams for each quest and that only if you don't fail it. Anyway, I had the game on hiatus for a whole year, so it felt good to finally finish it. And then I was like "Oh, I remember Anno 1800. I bought the History version a while ago but never played it. Let's do it." I then installed the game and was like "Hmmm, maybe I should get the other DLCs as well?" and they were on sale so I just got the last pack and started Anno 1800 with all DLCs activated.

And I got hooked for the first part of 2023. God, I played this game a lot. I also streamed it to friends so they could indulge in the towns that are being build up. Me and my friend Panda called it the "Autism game" because it basically is like building up your own miniature model town, only that everything is alive and moves around. The game however, can get overwhelming, especially with all DLCs, so I wasn't able to play it lately. I want to come back to it though. I also got myself into the Cooking Mama games when I was depressed and browsed Amazon for used DS games to see if I can get some nice deals. I bought the first Cooking Mama, tried it and was hooked. After a while I decided to buy the rest of the series and had five games to play for my DS and 3DS. I finished them all and they were a really good time. They also renewed my interest in trying new recipes at home, but that has to wait until my husband is better. And then I downloaded Final Fantasy 14, in an attempt to connect better to my husband because he played this game a lot before he became sick. I quickly got hooked, mostly because of the music. I upgraded to the full game even before I finished Heavensward (which is included in the free trial) and am currently at Endwalker and wow, just wow! There are flaws of course, but this story has been a roller coaster and I really have fun with the group content like the dungeons and the alliance raids and stuff! I hope my husband can go back to his character soon (his hands bother him still so he doesn't want to play) so we can play together. And that after I was like "Nah, after WoW I will never play a MMO again." Whoops... Speaking of Final Fantasy, in February TheatRhythm Final Bar Line released and I played the shit out of that game! I love the FF music, I love rhythm games, it is a match made in heaven. I even tried my hand on the supreme scores and they are truly super duper hard! Could only clear them with a full healer team, but playing them also meant that ultimate felt easy... I also played a charming indie game named Ato at the start of the year. It is basically a Metroidvania bossrush, but a really really good one with hidden lore you can find in the world. The final boss had me in tears and the music was so so good! I wholeheartedly recommend this game. It isn't super long either, you can finish that game in eight to ten hours depending on your skill.

In summer there released the new Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons games, but I kinda wasn't hooked with them. I will probably play them more once my husband is better. Instead, however, I got hooked by Rune Factory 3. I bought both 3 and 4 Special Edition for my Switch and decided to play 3 for and this game is so charming and I love the characters a lot and the gameplay loop is fun and ugh, why didn't I play these games sooner?! Yeah, I played RF3 a lot and I still have to finish it, but my husband mostly has the Switch at the moment and he deserves it after being away for a whole year ^^ Speaking of the Switch, Metroid Prime Remastered! My birthday gift for myself. The game is as fantastic as ever and even though I didn't 100 % it, I got a lot of the items and then beat the final boss. And speaking of big Nintendo IPs, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Like BotW it needed a while to grip me, but once it did, I was fascinated! I still have to finish it however, it is a big game and it will keep me busy for a while longer. Now it is the end of the year. I am still busy with FF14 and Zelda ToTK. Pokémon DLC released and I wanna play that. And I bought Lies of P for my PS5 and love it so far! I am updating you guys about Lies of P regularly and sometimes about FF14 and Zelda. Also, I decided to use my Steamdeck more, so I play a dungeon crawler named Silent Hope on it (from the Story of Seasons developers, that got me interested) and I started a cozy game named Potion Permit. Of course I threw my Laurence into it. Feels fitting for him to be a chemist xD What will the new year bring? Hopefully my husband will be better and will be able to walk again. Other than that, I hope that I keep my licence. And then... I just hope that I can continue being creative and if not... I keep playing my games.

#little's end of the year rambles

[theytistic]

Do you already have the whole script of your AU or are there still some things you need to figure out?

In a nutshell, I still need to define a few things, such as: I'm still seeing the powers of the miraculous, I need to see who the other holders will be, I only have 4 defined (disregarding the 2 main ones), most of them are in the clothes and character designs, like: they are 2 years older (except Max), and the clothes are a slight mix of the style of the person who switched, but keeping the essence of the character. But also the hair, I'm still not sure whether to do Juleka with natural hair, or keep it dyed (she swapped places with Chloe), or Adrien with dyed hair (he swapped places with Luka). There's also the personality of the characters, there's a slight change in their personality, like: Kagami is no longer centered, she's looking for hobbies, since everything she learned to do in life wasn't something that gave her pleasure, apart from dishonor and fear (she gave up fencing). Or Luka, who met his father as a child and instead of being inspired, was "disgusted" with who he was, never entering the world of music, becoming a model from a young age, with his mother's permission and his will. Many have changed personality due to a small change, Marinette isn't even in Paris; The timeline is set, but in things to happen rather than set episodes, as I may end up changing the order at any moment, but I think 47 chapters (counting the separate parts of the origin), so a lot can change until I start drawing. Not to mention that some events are canonical, even if the original episode is bad or poorly executed, the case of Derision, and unlike Canon, the actions of this ep will have consequences, and so much so that Chloe is in rehab and doing community service, because due to one event, the joke post, ended up becoming something more tragic.

#miraculous au #miraculous dimensional error au #au #miraculous ladybug #ask #miraculous ideas #spoiler #story ideas #still ploting but hope you enjoy when I make this happen

[crazy-dog-lady-81]

Love Thy Neighbour

Chapter 3

With lunch eaten, it was back to The Sister House for Amelia and Scout. The movers were prompt and arrived on time. While the youngster enjoyed an unusual whole afternoon of Play Station, Amelia was kept busy directing the placement of her furniture throughout the rooms.

She loved this house. Always had done. Derek, her late brother, had re-modelled the house for Meredith and for the family that the couple had hoped to have together. With his own hands, he had crafted it into an ideal family home and no matter where she stood within it, Amelia could feel Derek’s presence. He was in the walls, floors, fixtures, and fittings that surrounded her, something that brought her a sense of peace and calmness.

Also, the house had always been Amelia’s safe and happy place. On her arrival in Seattle from Los Angeles, Amelia had been a mess. Grieving the loss of her fiancé James and their son, Christopher, she’d been a shambling mess, struggling with her addictions to OxyContin and booze. Eager to help, Mer and Derek had offered her not just a room, but a home and it had been in this home where she had learned to be sober, achieving a new normal for herself.

Plus, it was where she had raised Scout for the first three years of his life. He had taken his first wobbly steps in the living room of this house. He’d spoken his first words there too. Marks indicating his height, and those of his cousins, could still be found on the wall of the kitchen.

With so much of their history here, having the house fall into the hands of strangers, who would never fully appreciate it, was not something that she could live with. So, when Meredith had told her about wanting to sell it, she’d agreed a price with her adopted sister and bought the sentimental pile of bricks herself. Then, before she knew it, Amelia and Scout were going home.

Standing looking at her small sofa, she wondered if she would ever be able to fill up its large spaces. Her pieces of furniture were few in number, coming as she was from a small apartment. In places, they were too small for the much larger spaces they would now be occupying, meaning that they would need to be replaced in due course. Remembering how the house was before her life was turned on it’s head, Amelia feared that she’d ever be able to replicate its homely, lived in atmosphere.

Never in the houses history had so few people lived in there. It had always been a collection point for Grey-Sloan’s waifs and strays. At some point, almost all of the hospitals interns and residents had lived there. The trend had begun with Mer, Alex, George, Izzie and Christina and had ended with the most recent crop of residents. Even then, Shepherd blood had been present here. Her nephew, Lucas had only moved out, having taken up an oncology fellowship in New York, alongside his new bride, Simone.

Amelia didn’t feel inclined to open the house up like that again. Living alone had been an awakening for her. Living with other people, she’d never had to learn how to fully care for herself. For example, up until three years ago, she famously hadn’t been able to cook. Meredith and Maggie had always prepared her meals or she ate in the hospitals canteen or she’d grabbed herself a takeaway. Even when she’d first moved into the apartment, Maggie had batched cooked enough to see her through the week.

Living alone had also forced Amelia to take responsibility for her own mental health and addiction management. She’d had to learn to be able to identify early warning signs that she was entering a spiral. Spiralling was a one way street back to rehab and with her key support figures no longer on her immediate doorstep, she couldn’t afford to let herself slip.

So she’d gotten herself a good therapist, attended regular AA and NA meetings, enrolled in a cookery course, and had thus started the process of taking control of her life. With a lot of hard work, she’d learned to become self-sufficient. For the first time in her life, she hadn’t needed to rely on anyone and it was a pretty good feeling. It was also safe. If you could do it all by yourself, then you didn’t need anyone or anything. It was a neat way to ensure that she couldn’t be hurt anymore.

With the furniture sorted, Amelia realised that it had been hot and thirsty work. She plucked chilled bottles of ginger ale from the cooler box she’d packed, knowing the fridge would be empty in the sister house. The movers gratefully accepted the cold drinks, along with a generous tip as they prepared to leave. Having waved them off, she flopped down on her compact sofa, next to Scout. She watched him play his game for a few minutes before gently but firmly insisting it was time for him to shut it down.

“Let’s get some fresh air. How about a picnic in the garden?” she suggested.

He didn’t look convinced. “Picnics are for babies. I’m a big boy now, Mom.”

She chuckled at this. “You’ll always be my baby, squish”, she thought.

“You are getting big. If you keep growing so fast, I may have to stack some of my big, fat, heavy textbooks on your head. That ought to do the trick.”

Scout looked at his Mom sternly but when he saw her laughing, he gave in and laughed too. He loved her to bits, even if she made really bad Mom jokes sometimes.

“So what about that picnic? You must be hungry?”

He couldn’t disagree and so they set up a blanket on the ground in a shady spot in the yard. It was near where the old swing had been, the one where Kai had left her the first time, after telling her that they didn’t want what she had – a child.

“No, no, no, Shepherd. Stay in the present. Going back there will only hurt you”, she thought.

Putting her focus back on her current reality, Amelia set about pouring a cool drink for Scout and then offering him a paper plate of salad, cold meat, and bread. After she’d prepared her own plate, they’d gotten comfy and told each other jokes as they ate. Peals of laughter filled the air, causing a blackbird that had been perching on the fence to become startled and take to flight. It was a wholesome, heart-warming scene, one that Amelia wished she didn’t have bring to an end. But, with work still to be done, she had no option but to do so.

Together, which really meant her working with Scout watching, Amelia got their beds made and unpacked some essentials such as clothes, underwear, and toiletries, along with towels and Scout’s green frog plushie. Link had bought it when he’d first learned that she was pregnant and it had always been Scout’s favourite toy. He couldn’t sleep without his battered old froggy tucked safely under his arm. Next, she ordered a home delivery of groceries and when it arrived, she put it away. After, she made an executive decision that that was enough for today. Everything else could wait until tomorrow.

She made a simple pasta meal for dinner, before getting Scout showered and ready for bed. They watched a movie on her laptop before Scout went up to bed. With his teeth brushed, she tucked him in and kissed him goodnight.

After cleaning up the kitchen, she made sure the house was safely locked up before heading upstairs herself. She took a long, cool shower, and put on her pyjamas. After looking in on Scout, who was out cold and snoring softly, she got into her bed and was soon enjoying her first nights sleep in her new-old home.

#greys anatomy #amelia shepherd #amelia shepard #kai bartley #kaimelia #scout lincoln #the sister house

[arabian-bloodstream]

Demi Lovato - ‘Skin Of My Teeth’

I had these initial thoughts based on the snippets about "Skin of My Teeth"

Yeah, I kinda totally absolutely wish this was not the lead single. It rather feels like repeating the pattern of DWTD...TAOSO. Demi wrote in "California Sober," that she is "tired of being known for my sickness." And yet the first song released from her next album is about... surviving her sickness. Just like the first single from her last album. [...] I think that entering a new era, a FUN song--even if dealing with what she's gone through--would have been the better choice.

 I take them back after listening to the full song. Re-introducing herself to the world (especially so soon after the--let's get real-disastrous D7 era), it really works.

Looking at the lyrics, I totally got it. It begins with:

Demi leaves rehab again/When is this shit gonna end

Let's be honest, how many times have we heard not only her detractors, but even her stans (although they are more gentle about it) say a variation of here we go again. Her whole California Sober phase had just about everyone calling out that it was a recipe for disaster, after all.

I survived but it got harder to breathe

This line is heartbreaking. She did survive, but the pressure to keep going, and probably that continued, stronger pressure to be a role model *and* to stay away from the stuff was even harder for her. And, yet, think of the image she presented to the world.

Asking why doesn’t make it easier/Go easier on me

Trying to think about it, I don't think that Demi's ever really asked for her detractors to just lay off, to just ever really stop and think: Look at what I've gone through, am going through, just go easier on me. Here she is, and I love it.

And, it's not just to her detractors, I think it's also to those who are trying to help, who love her too. Asking why, how isn't helping. It's just.... let her breathe, let her live, she's trying, but it's not easy, so just let her be.

The reaper knocks on my door/Cause I’m addicted to more/I don’t need you to keep score/When I’m the one who’s at war

And this whole verse is directed at her detractors because it's a clear call saying, yes, I know, I know I fuck up. Yes, I know that I keep failing and falling, but I KNOW THAT. I don't need you telling me. I don't need you reminding me. I'm the one who keeps falling closer and closer to the edge.

Aaaah, and then this, this, this bridge hits so much harder when hearing in the context of the whole song:

I’m just trying to keep my head above water I’m your son and I’m your daughter I’m your mother I’m your father

She's saying that there are SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE out there who are struggling with substance addiction. She's just one of millions and millions. Look around and your son, your daughter, your mother, your father is in the same situation. This epidemic is everywhere, which leads us to...

I’m just a product of the problem

Because, yes, drug proliferation is everywhere, effecting so many people. Too many people. Demi is just one of too, too many. She's just put a very public face on it.

And then:

I’m alive

Yes, she's alive. She made it, and there is a triumph there which we can all be happy about it, but it dives right back into that chorus which reminds us that it's still a fight for her. And there is one different line in that final chorus.

Won't you try and have some mercy on me?

So, yes, I take back my complaint for this is as a single, it's a brilliant bridge between D7, all of the messiness that happened and this new era. Like it or not, Demi Lovato has been known for her sickness, and because of that she's done a lot of messy things. In this song, she's reminding people of that and (for the first time) she's asking people to take that into account and have some mercy.

After all, she's alive by the skin of her teeth. But, goddamnit, she's alive.

Join demiheads

#demi lovato #skin of my teeth #holy fvck #D8 #I haz thoughts

[zee-has-commitment-issues]

Hi, welcome. We're entering Unhinged Hours, so here is an all-caps scream fest for you:

THEY CANCELED THE GOSSIP GIRL REBOOT.

I AM SO MAD. THEY CAN'T JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT OMG. THE SHOW WAS SHIT, YEAH, BUT IT WAS ENTERTAINING SHIT. WHAT ABOUT AKIMAUDREY? WHAT ABOUT JULIEN AND ZOYA'S AUNT? ZOYA'S DATE? WHAT ABOUT OBBIE'S SISTER? AND IS MAX OKAY? HE WAS GETTING JUMPED THE LAST TIME WE SAW HIM AND THEN GOING TO HOOK UP WITH A FACELESS MAN.

LUNA? IS SHE A MODEL NOW? I THOUGHT SHE WANTED TO BE A STYLIST. SHE SHOWED NO INTEREST IN DOING ANYTHING BUT STYLING PEOPLE UNTIL LITERALLY THE LAST FIFTEEN MINUTES OF THE SERIES.

AND MONET NEVER GOT HER EPIC SAPPHIC LOVE. NICK IS STILL IN LEGAL TROUBLE. KATE IS IN JAIL MAYBE? AND AKI'S DAD IS TRYING TO MAKE GOSSIP GIRL AN APP? AND AUDREY'S MOM IS STILL IN FUCKING REHAB.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? YOU CAN'T JUST CANCEL IT AFTER THAT.

#gossip girl reboot #unhinged zee hours

[dailybeastarsthings]

Chapter 55 – A Title That Means Nothing

Back at Cherryton, Louis was called to the principal’s office right after his release from the hospital. He didn’t really want to go as he was expecting to things to be discussed: his long absence and the possibility of him being appointed to be the school’s next Beastar by force. Either way, he put his best foot forward and decided to keep his act and behavior together upon entering the mahogany office of Principal Gon.

The tiger greeted him with a diplomatic smile and offered him a seat immediately. He then began a long monologue about the values of the school and society. Louis nodded and agreed out of discipline and diligence, even though he himself phased out at least twice. He wondered if he sounded the same during his speeches.

‘So, you want me to become the next Beastar?’ Louis asked after an hour of conversation with Principal Gon.

‘Exactly’ the tiger responded briefly. ‘It was the council’s decision that Cherryton’s next Beastar candidate shall be the student who solves the murder case.’ Louis smiled softly.

‘I see, however, with all due respect, you should give that title to the male who ate my foot’ he said, revealing his prosthetic to the headmaster.

‘I cannot do that’ Principal Gon said nervously It pained him to look at the amputated limb. ‘Besides, Legoshi isn’t even a student here anymore.’ Louis’ eyes widened at the news. ‘I know him eating your foot helped him solve the case, but there is no way I can make a juvenile predator the leader of this school. The police want to censor the incident. Your naïve actions would simply be too much for the adults of society to handle.

‘I see. So, I alone stopped the murderer at the cost of my leg and solved the case. That should be good enough for society, right?’ Louis said with a smug look. ‘I gave him my foot… and when all is said and done, I have to clean his mess, too!?’ he thought. ‘However, I don’t intend on becoming a Beastar because of something I didn’t do. So, as I see it, the title won’t belong to me nor Legoshi.’

‘Well, I knew you were going to say that’ the principal said, shaking his head in frustration. ‘I’d like you to, at least, do your part as the graduate representative, despite your long absence.’

Louis nodded silently. He knew that they were back to their original role with Legoshi, him being the “honor student in the light” while Legoshi was the “outcast in the darkness”. During his speech, he was looking for Haru in the crowd, but she was just too small to be found in such a large crowd.

After the ceremony, Louis visited Tem’s memorial, bringing flowers one last time.

‘Hello, Louis’ he heard from behind. It was Juno. ‘Congratulations on your graduation’ she said with a smile on her face.

‘Yeah… Thanks…’ Louis said smugly.

‘Okay, wow, what’s with this “Oh, it’s just you” look, huh?’

‘Oh, it’s nothing like that. I just don’t know how to face you now that we have a “bond”’ Louis replied.

‘A bond?’ Juno asked in surprise.

‘Well, you’re the only student who knows that I was loitering in the Black Market for half a year.’

‘Seriously… First you turn into a delinquent, then Legoshi drops out of school… Do boys think that acting rebellious is cool or something?’

‘Well… Is it not?’ Louis asked jokingly.

‘No, it’s stupid!’

Louis leaned against the wall, crossing his arms and rolling his eyes.

‘Anyway’ he said ‘have you seen my prosthetic foot?’

‘No, not yet’ Juno said awkwardly.

‘Want to see it? It’s pretty fascinating!’

With that, Louis pulled up his pants on his right foot, revealing the prosthetic limb. As his father promised, it was the highest quality model available on the market, built from titanium. Juno was impressed.

‘It looks amazing! But, can you walk with it?’ she asked.

‘Yeah. Turns out that after some rehab, it’s not as difficult as I thought it would be’ Louis replied.

‘I didn’t expect him showing me this…’ Juno said as she kept staring at the metal foot. ‘Now that I think about it, whenever we find ourselves alone, we expose ourselves and act in ways we would never act towards other animals…’ She looked up, her eyes meeting Louis’.

‘I shed my antlers every year, so I’m not hysterical about losing a limb’ Louis said a bit flustered. Juno didn’t say anything just kept staring. ‘I’m telling the truth, so you can stop feeling sorry for me…’ he continued with some annoyance in his tone.

Juno stepped closer without saying a word, grabbed Louis’ arms and kissed him. The world went quiet around them for a moment. They broke apart for a split second before Louis kissed back. After their kiss, Juno released his arm with lust in her eyes before gasping loudly.

‘Oh, I’m so sorry!’ she yelled. ‘Let’s forget this ever happened, tight!?’ she suggested.

‘Okay, I’ll forget about it’ Louis agreed.

‘Wait, why do you want to forget about this!? That was my first kiss!’

‘Because you told me to. Now calm down! I’m painfully aware of how emotional and forceful you wolves can be. You only kissed me because you wanted the satisfaction of being a compassionate wolf to an herbivore amputee. But you’re already nice enough the way you are. There’s nothing wrong with you. This discussion is over!’

‘Why would you say that? It hurts…’ Juno said, tearing up.

‘Because I want to hurt you…’ Louis thought before saying ‘I’m not saying that you deliberately thought that way as you kissed me… It was just your unconscious mind.’

There was a moment of awkward silence before Louis started to walk away.

‘Now, if you’ll excuse me… I have to go. Good luck with school.’

He headed straight to his dorm room, leaving Juno alone in tears. When he entered his room, he immediately collapsed on his bed, trying to calm down and figure things out. His heart was beating fast. But not because he was flustered. He didn’t have any feelings for Juno.‘Well… Now at least I know what I can expect when he’ll finally let me kiss him’ he thought. ‘But how on earth will I ever explain this to him?’

#beastars #beastars overhaul

[ultraviolis]

Super Models Enter Rehab (2007)

by Steven Meisel

#supermodel #coqette #girlblogging

[roblesgavin]

⸻ peter gadiot, 34, cis male, she/her // in the KITSILANO neighborhood of Vancouver, you’ll find GAVIN ROBLES who’s lived there for FOUR YEARS and they spend their days working as the OWNER OF THE HIDEAWAY. They’ve been described as COURAGEOUS, RESOURCEFUL, RESENTFUL, AND MERCURIAL by the people that know them. This is his story.

“Every time I think maybe I’m heading in the right direction, I end up in a place I never even knew could feel this bad.”

trigger warnings: car crash, alcohol and drug addiction  

As a child, no one thought of their dreams realistically, or at least that would be Gavin’s argument. Never did he see his dreams, whichever one he ended up sticking with and pursuing, amounting to anything. They were always these big ideas and something of grandeur and escape, since it also seemed that most people pretty much thought their hometown was boring. His first attachments to hobbies and likes were all things automotive, starting with collecting toy cars then building model cars and eventually working in the garage alongside his father. Gavin and his father got along best when they had a project they were working on together, and when his dad heard that he was interested in being a race car driver someday they got into building karts. He raced as a young teen and eventually grew into bigger vehicles as he grew along with his talent behind the wheel.

The graduate from karting was FIA Formula racing, and it was his biggest ticket out of the small town quaint life that Montpelier, Vermont offered Gavin. He was fortunate to travel around the states and even a few stops outside with his success in karting but with Formula racing everything became a bigger and grander scale. Gavin kept winning and it seemed as though there was no stopping his rising star until a crash during his chase for his second Formula 1 championship nearly took his life. The recovery process and the time it took not only for his body to heal but also his mind was costly, and Gavin never made it back that season. His attempt the following year was a near disaster as his mind simply wasn’t right for racing anymore. Gavin couldn’t shake the newfound claustrophobia he had being in the tight driving space of the car, and he couldn’t get past the panic attacks he would sometimes have — even in the middle of a race. It all prompted him to take time off, go back to karting and working on builds, rather than continuing to force his dream of greatness.

It was another year before Gavin made it back to any kind of real racing circuit, only it wasn’t Formula 1 that he returned to. He began sports car racing and challenging for championships yet again. Success would be found and Gavin would win not one but two world championships before it would all be torn from him yet again with another horrible crash during a race. The road to recovery was difficult once more but even more so to his mind and spirit when the doctors advised he not race again, for damage done to his body and his head. His family and then girlfriend convinced him to take the doctors earnest requests in giving it all up, telling Gavin that he could manage a team or train other drivers. That he could open a garage and build custom cars and karts. Not being able to live his dream anymore and do what he loved had a dark effect on him, with a broken spirit and an unfortunate addiction to pain pills he began to drink too much. It took his girlfriend leaving him for Gavin to enter into rehab and try to make something of the shambles of his life.

There was a lot to regret and a lot of mistakes made because of his addictions, but he had one thing he could turn to and that was music. When he was a kid his uncle taught him how to play guitar and Gavin had fond memories of them sharing music together. Playing and writing music helped him in his darkest times and he had no desire to play in a band or perform, no desire to make anything of his own music. It was all personal enjoyment for him but with the money sitting in his bank account he decided to open up a blues club in the city he chose to retire to and once he had returned from rehab. He named it The Hideaway for too many reasons, likely obvious ones but it was something for him to do and music had a way of soothing the demons that laid under the surface. Despite his faults, his addictions and the way his broken spirit can lay out onto other people, the blues club has become successful and gives Gavin a bit of meaning.

#vcintro #about. #📌 pinned post

[rcpeterfan]

Lore Rambles [Enstars OCs]

MAJOR TWS: CULTS, ABUSE, CANNIBALISIM, MURDER

Smaller Tws: Spoilers

If you will read this post please take note that this may contain major trigger warnings. Proceed with caution.

Alright lore rambles. I have the urge to talk about the backgrounds of the characters so let me grab a drink and get typing /J

To start, if you are a huge Enstars lore enthusiast you would know that Kanata was a part of a cult called the Shinkai Cult. Mhm mhm, and he was basically the God they worshipped. So on the topics of cults- we got one for the !!! Era as well. Fun fact, Inei, Matsuru and Hoshi were all involved with this cult. Ah, but there might be more added or something will change because this is just a little idea floating in my head.

So basically, Inei was raised in a cult. And he was taught that he was a bad spirit and that he would be sacrificed to cleanse the world. And he really did believe that.

Matsuru on the other hand was treated like some sort of God? The “good spirit” that would cleanse the world. Like..he was tasked to slay thr “bad spirits” aka Inei. And he was terrified of that.

Hoshi was involved because his father started to get involved with the cult and believed Hoshi was an “evil spirit” because that’s how he saw him. A curse. So he almost sacrificed Hoshi to the cult but then the cult was busted.

Ayumu was actually involved with the Shinkai cult, he technically still is. He basically “followed” Kanata to Yumenosaki-? They told him he was a bit too young but he worshipped Kanata in a way and watched him because he hid in the vents when he couldn’t enter the school. And he somehow did? Yeah, we wont get into that yet.

I actually have some pretty messed up lore because I actually work for Happy Elemets and these are all leaks /J (I’M JOKING.)

First of all, Akuma’s mother killed his sister and used her dead body to make food and fed it to Akuma when he was youngee..due to this he’s afraid of people. He sees himself as a human eating monster and is afraid to be around people. He attended Yumenosaki because he somehow got a scholarship. Wacky right?

Arata’s dad actually pulled him out of school when he was half way in it so he was held back a year. His father doesn’t approve of his idol work and calls it a waste.

Oh and Rin, he was sold to a person that starved him and abused him. The person also used him for money, for modeling. I forgot to mention this about Inei, he was actually moved to an orphanage that treated him right and was adopted but he didn’t remember where the orphanage was or the name. So when he found out he went to visit but then learned that there was a mass murder at said orphanage…yeah..

Wakumi lore time. He was actually treated like a girl and a doll by his mother. Who was a part of a huge scandal for being a part of a drug ring. His father took care of him and helped him with his rehab..yeah

Hinako lore, he was kidnapped and was treated like a doll. He was believed to be one. He wouldn’t eat or talk he was just silent and waiting for orders. And finding idols was kind of like his trigger that snapped his senses and started to show a bit of emotions? And Hinako’s parents, (who found him btw) asked Arata’s parents if Arata could accompany Hinako to Yumenosaki.

So yeah, their lore is insane. BUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE ENSTARS LORE?? THIS IS LITERALLY…SUCH LACK-LUSTER COMPARED TO THE CANON.

#ensemble stars oc #ensemble stars #enstars #oc #enstars oc #oc lore

[niigata-division]

“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”

Timeline

Age 0:

Is born to Hiroki Shiba and Raquel Grayson in Quebec, Canada, alongside his twin sister Lyra 

Age 10:

Moves to Tokyo, Japan

Age 11:

One day, while out on the streets, Lyall and Lyra are scouted by an entertainment agency

After a long discussion with their parents, Lyall and Lyra agree to sign with the agency 

Makes his modeling and acting debut alongside his sister 

Age 12:

Lyall and Lyra get their big break after managing to land the lead roles, a set of alien twins who crash land on earth, on the drama show “Andromeda’s Children” which quickly becomes one of the most viewed shows in Japanese history 

Both siblings explode in popularity, rising through the modeling ranks and gaining more and more acting roles 

Age 18:

Lyall, along with Lyra, are considered some of the top models and actors of Japan

Goes to Niigata for the filming of a TV show

Meets and befriends a strange homeless teen who calls themselves “Momoka”

Eventually, filming wraps up, and Lyall tells “Momoka” he is leaving to go back home

“Momoka” does not handle the news well and attempts to kill Lyall, even trying to carve his heart out

Thankfully, they are unable to finish and run away, leaving Lyall to die in an alleyway 

Is found by Lyra, who came to visit him during filming and calls emergency services 

Ayumu Hayami is the first on the scene and manages to get him to the hospital alive, where he undergoes major surgery

After spending a week unconscious, Lyall awakens and learns that “Momoka” was actually the infamous “Sweetheart Killer” 

As a result of his surgery, Lyall is given opioids to deal with the pain. However, he soon develops a drug addiction using opioids to ignore the guilt of surviving  

Tries to go back to acting and modeling 

Age 19:

His drug addiction takes a turn for the worse, with Lyall overdosing several times 

His parents and Lyra stage an intervention begging him to get help 

Lyall agrees and goes to rehab

However, he chronically relapses 

Finds and saves an abandoned Eurasian owl chick who he names Isis

Age 20:

Lyall still feeling guilt for surviving decides to become a homicide detective

Begins to attend university to obtain his degree in criminal justice

Announces his retirement as a model and actor 

Age 21:

Meets and befriends Joey Kurusu during rehab

Learns that they both want to become homicide detectives

After years of battling drug addiction, Lyall is finally sober

Age 22:

Graduates university early with a degree in criminal justice 

Starts police training 

Age 23:

Moves to Niigata 

Becomes an official homicide detective for the Niigata Police Department and is quick to solve several gruesome cases 

Meets his boss, Seiji Tsukimoto, and often gives him trouble with how he solves his cases 

Reunites with Ayumu Hayami and thanks him for saving his life all those years ago 

Meets Kaoru Shinozaki after going to her for information and gains a crush on her

Learns that the “Sweetheart Killer” has been arrested and that their name is Touya Kisaragi  

Stands as a witness during the trial 

Watches as Touya is declared guilty of his crimes and sentenced to death 

Age 24:

Present.

Learns that Touya Kisaragi has been released and has become a contestant in the DRB due to a deal with Chuohku

Learns that his boss, Seiji Tsukimoto, is forming a team to enter the DRB and more or less forces him to let him join his team

Lyall ��� █ █ █ █ █ █ 

Joins the Niigata Division rap battle team, Valor Guard, alongside Seiji Tsukimoto and Ayumu Hayami 

Schedule

12:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.: Works on his cases

2:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.: Calls Kaoru to talk

3:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.: Asleep

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.: Awakens and gets ready for the day 

7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.: Gets coffee and breakfast 

7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.: Arrives at work 

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Collects and studies evidence 

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Lunch 

2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Investigative work 

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Fills out case reports 

9:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.: Returns home  

9:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.: Eats late dinner 

10:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m: Relaxes 

11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Freshens up for bed

Character Hashtags

Regular Hashtags

#The Dead Deserve To Be Remembered 

#Love Of The Occult 

#Please Do Not Bother Me During Work

Trauma Hashtags

#I Can Never Forget The Look In His Eyes

#The Feeling Of Being Carved Open

#Another Needle To Stop The Memories 

Other Info

Hobby: Reading poetry 

Weakness: Obsessiveness 

Trauma: “I was nearly murdered.”

Twitter: @DetectiveShiba

Drinks: Yes 

Smokes: Yes

Special Skill: “I can act so well that no one can tell that I'm lying.”

Intro Quote: “The name is Lyall Shiba. Former top model and current homicide detective for the Niigata Police Department.” 

Trauma Quote: “M-m-momoka…I’m s-sor-r-ry. P-p-please…s-stop…..ack…”

#hypnosis microphone #hypnosis mic #hypmic #hypmic oc #hypnosis mic oc #niigata division #valor guard #lyall shiba #paradox live #trauma #get more info

[link-london]

A Rough Timeline:

For those of you who know I’m working on a Spider-Man fic, I decided I needed to really specifically hammer out a timeline of events to make sure I stayed consistent as I wrote and as the story gets more complex with flashbacks and present day segments.

Thought I’d show you what I have so far, and reward you for giving me a follow!

***SPOILERS*** FOR CERTAIN PAST SEGMENTS IN SPIDER-MAN: RED AND WHITE, BLACK AND BLUE

———————————

12 years ago:

Sophomore Year of High School.

-Pete (15) gets the spider bite, uncle ben is shot, spider-man appears.

-Harry’s (15) Mom dies in a car accident.

-Peter fights the vulture.

11 years ago:

Junior Year of Highschool

-Pete (16) and Gwen (16) become friends

-Pete (16) meets Mary Jane (16) on a blind date.

-Pete starts working at the Daily Bugle after money issues hit Aunt May (61)

-Pete fights the shocker, electro, and the enforcers.

-Pete briefly dates Liz Allen

10 years ago:

Senior Year of Highschool

-Pete (17) becomes aware of Wilson Fisk.

-Mary Jane begins modeling.

-Pete (17) starts dating Mary jane (17)

-Harry becomes addicted to drugs, enters rehab.

-Pete (18) faces tombstone, the chameleon, and more.

-Pete (18) breaks up with Mary Jane (18)

9 Years Ago:

Freshman Year of College

-Pete (18) and Gwen (18) enroll in ESU, Pete wins a full scholarship from Wilson Fisk, which he refuses.

-Pete faces the Scorpion

-Pete (18) and Gwen (18) sleep together.

-Dr Curtis Conors becomes the Lizard

-Pete (19) faces the Lizard

-Pete (19) and Gwen (19) begin dating.

-Felicia Hardy (16) launches her first fashion line in partnership with fashion mogul and family friend Rodrick Kingsley.

8 Years ago:

Sophomore year of college

-Harry (19) returns from rehab.

-Peter (19) meets Dr Octavius.

-Pete fights the Rhino

-Captain Stacy of the NYPD is killed saving a child from falling debris. Eddie Brock (22) gets pictures that implicate spider-man in the murder.

-Mary Jane (20) comforts Gwen (20). Gwen encourages MJ to be friends with Peter again.

-Pete (20) reveals his identity to Gwen (20) to convince her that spider-man didn’t do it.

-Gwen (20), against peters wishes, comes out publicly as a witness in support of Spider-man. JJJ directs some fans to harass her.

7 Years Ago:

Junior Year of College

-Norman Osborn becomes the green goblin.

-Wilson Fisk and Tombstone begin a gang war, secretly influenced by Norman.

-Pete (20) and Daredevil (26) avert the gang war with the help of Luke Cage and Robbie Robinson. JJJ steps down and editor and Robbie takes his place.

-Norman Osborn discovers Peters (21) identity and murders Gwen Stacy (21).

-Norman and Peter (21) battle in Norman’s Penthouse, with Harry (21) has witness and hostage. Norman is seemingly killed.

-Harry learns the truth about his father and checks back into rehab preemptively.

-Felicia (18) and her childhood best friend Michael Morbius (20) agree to be married when he returns from europe. Morbius vanishes shortly after leaving.

6 Years ago:

Senior Year of College

-Walter Hardy, the orignal black cat, steals the last remaining copy of Captain America’s super solider formula.

-The Chameleon forces Walter to test the completed Serum on his daughter, Felicia (18).

-Felicia (18) frees both herself and her father, and Nick Fury takes Walter into “protective custody”, faking his death and recruiting him to Shield.

-Pete (21) and MJ (21) reconnect

-Spider-Man no more

-Doctor Octavius invites Peter (21) to work with him after graduation. Pete starts to intern for him and Doctor Connors.

-Doctor Octavius goes mad and Doc Ock is born

-Peter (21) Resumes his work as Spider-Man and faces Ock.

-Mary Jane (22) moves out west to try to make it in hollywood

-Pete meets Flash Thomson at the homeless shelter

-Peter (22) meets Felicia Hardy (19) while she was trying to steal from a museum.

-Peter (22) and Felicia (19) sleep together

5 years ago

Post Grad Year 1

-Spider-Man (22) and Felicia (20) begin dating

-Harry Osborn (22) returns and takes up a position running a minor Oscorp division. Harry relies on people close to him and his management style earns him a promotion to a higher level division .

-Peter (23) reveals his identity to Felicia (20)

-Pete (23) are Felicia (21) break up for the first time

-Felicia begins dating Daredevil (29). It is largely uncomfortable for them both, but the sex is incredible.

4 Years ago:

Post Grad Year 2

-Spider-Man (23) is again framed for murder by Wilson Fisk.

-Doc Ock, working with Fisk, attempts a master plan to destroy spider-man.

-Peter (23) recruits Felicia’s help after being shot by a cop.

-Felicia (21) and Matt Murdock (29) clear Spider-Man’s (23) name, and Daredevil and Spider-Man finally bring about Fisk’s arrest.

-Felicia (21) and Matt (29) promptly break up, deciding they don’t really have that much in common.

—(Somewhere in there, Felicia starts sleeping with Elektra, possibly introduced to her in a threesome with Daredevil. who knows. I don’t. Fuck it.)

-Felicia (22) and Peter (23) start sleeping together again.

3 years ago:

Post Grad Year 3

-MJ (24) returns from the west coast, having more or less failed at getting into movies and only doing a few rejected pilots.

-Harry (24) is promoted again, this time leaving the city to manage Oscorp’s Tokyo branch. It goes very well.

-Felicia (22) and Peter (24) break up again much more amicably, Felicia leaves for a year to help hunt vampires with Morbius (24) after his sudden return.

-Mary Jane (24) confesses her feelings for Peter (24), and the two begin dating.

3 years ago:

Post Grad Year 4

-other stuff.

2 years ago

Post Grad Year 5

-Felicia (23) returns from Europe, having walked away from Morbius after realizing the two had grown into different people. She returns to find Pete (24) in a new relationship and, heartbroken, returns to crime—but sticks purely to robbing from criminals.

-Pete (25) begins teaching at Midtown High.

1 year ago:

Post Grad Year 6

-Kraven the Hunter seeks out Spider-Man

-Peter (25) is badly hurt by Kraven the Hunter, and Felicia (23) saves him on live TV.

-Rio Morales is elected Mayor of New York and instates an ethical policing program. Supervillains, if they turn themselves in, may be tried publicly under their supervillain moniker while keeping their identity safe. Once released, provided they do not engage in criminal enterprises in costume again, they will leave their criminal record with the costume.

-Felicia Hardy (23) defeats Kraven the Hunter while Spider-Man is recovering.

-Felicia (24) begins working as a superhero, occasionally alongside Spider-Man (25)

-Felicia (24) and Spider-Man (26) uncover a plot to assassinate Rio Morales, and work together with Silver Sable to stop it. Rio has to publicly denounce the black cat, but privately offers to do what she can to reduce her sentence should she turn herself in.

Six Months Ago:

Post Grad Year 7

-Felicia Accepts the deal (24)

-Mary Jane (26) proposes to Peter (26)

#fanfic #spider man #smut

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The Importance of Relationships in Drug and Alcohol Rehab

In our journey through life, relationships often act as anchors, holding us steady during turbulent times. For those battling addiction, the value of these relationships cannot be overstated. The process of recovery, though personal, is profoundly influenced by the quality of relationships surrounding an individual. Within this framework, the intensive outpatient program (IOP) and partial hospitalization program (PHP) for drug and alcohol rehab offered by Arision Treatment have emerged as prominent models. These programs advocate the value of strengthening connections in order to improve recovery outcomes.

The Social Nature of Humans People are naturally inclined to form relationships with one another. We flourish in communities, taking our strength from the experiences and memories that we share with one another. This innate desire for connection is not merely a whimsical quality but rather a psychological requirement that is essential to the maintenance of our mental health. On the other hand, individuals are frequently sucked into a vortex of isolation when they enter the shadowy realm of addiction. The voices of society become faint echoes as they pass through this maze of shadows. The very state of isolation, which at first may appear to be a refuge, eventually turns into a prison and exacerbates the chains of addiction. To be freed from this captivity, one frequently needs assistance or some kind of connection.

It’s precisely in these moments of isolation, the human spirit yearns for the company of others more than at any other time. Recognizing this can be the first step toward bridging the divide that addiction frequently creates, reconnecting with individuals who are important, and rekindling connections that give peace.

Social Bonding Can Protect Against Addiction It is possible that a reduced risk of substance abuse in adulthood can be attributed to the presence of strong social relationships. Oxytocin has been shown to lessen the pleasurable effects of both drug use and the sensation of being stressed. Drugs, on the other hand, can induce a more intense sense of pleasure in people whose oxytocin systems aren’t functioning properly. The development of oxytocin systems is significantly influenced by both genetics and the environment. The presence of adversity in early life, such as disrupted bonding or abuse, as well as deprivation, is a critical factor in the altered development of the oxytocin system.

How Relationships Can Fuel Recovery When we speak of addiction recovery and drug and alcohol rehab, it’s not just the physical detoxification that matters, but the emotional and psychological rehabilitation that truly seals the healing process. Here, relationships play a pivotal role. The emotional support rendered by loved ones – be it family, friends, or even therapists – acts as a healing balm on the wounds inflicted by addiction. Such support not only aids in coping with withdrawal symptoms but also fortifies the mind against potential relapses.

The healing potential of interpersonal connections is magnified through the process of group therapy. Group sessions generate a tapestry of shared experiences when participants discuss their struggles, triumphs, concerns, and dreams. Arision Treatment’s drug and alcohol rehab relies heavily on group therapy sessions like these to help patients better understand one another and build community as they work toward sobriety.

Arision Treatment’s Approach to Building Connections Arision’s drug and alcohol rehab isn’t merely a clinical setup; it’s a community. Through our IOP and PHP programs, communal activities are seamlessly integrated, encouraging patients to rebuild the social bridges often burned down by addiction. By facilitating interactions in a controlled and nurturing environment, Arision ensures that relationships, both old and new, are forged on trust, understanding, and mutual respect.

The Continuous Journey Recovery, as many would attest, isn’t a destination but an ongoing journey. Leaving the structured environment of a rehab can often be daunting, with the real world presenting multifaceted challenges. However, with the bedrock of solid relationships, these challenges become surmountable. The understanding, patience, and support that strong bonds offer are invaluable assets in navigating life post-rehab.

Our team at Arision Treatment, recognizing this continuum, has thoughtfully curated our aftercare programs. These programs aren’t mere extensions of therapy but are blueprints for life. Prioritizing the importance of maintaining and building connections, Arision’s drug and alcohol rehab ensures that our alumni always have a safety net to fall back on, composed of trusted therapists, support groups, and the larger Arision community.

A Journey Towards a Better Future In the vast tapestry of human experiences, think of relationships as the threads that lend color, texture, and strength. As individuals battle the shadows of addiction, these very threads can become lifelines, guiding them towards light and hope. We at Arision Treatment are firm believers in the power of human connection, and our practice and drug and alcohol rehab reflects that. Remember that your connections are where you will find the power to heal and the joy of rediscovery as you travel along the road to wellness.