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deathvalleyqueen · 4 years

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Full clear on OC asks for Sam! 💋

Thank you my dear... now lets gush about John’s first born and only son shall we???

BASICS

What’s their full name? - Samuel Joseph Seed

What does their name mean? Why were they named that? - Well he was going to be named Joseph, after his Uncle...The Father... but his mother was having none of that and switched out the birth certificate forms for the one she had filled out because there was no way in hell Mary Jane was about to let her precious baby boy be named after Joseph... though she allowed his middle name to be Joseph as a way to keep the peace.

Do they have any nicknames? - SOOOO MANY! Sam - is the most common one and what most people call him. Sammie - What MJ still calls him even as an adult. Bubby - Ellie’s nickname for him as a child, Thing 1 - Sean’s nickname for him as kids. Cousin It - Finn’s nickname for him. Jesus - another Finn nickname. (because he looks like the only image of Jesus they had ever seen) Weasel - Mac gives him this as small child and sticks.

How old are they? - At the time of New Dawn 24 almost 25 years old.

When’s their birthday? - October 19th

What’s their zodiac sign/element/birthstone/etc.? Do they believe that holds any significance?

What’s their species/subspecies? Do they have any special/magical abilities? - He’s a Seed... does that count? He has John’s “far too blue” eyes...so like... That could be considered super powers....

What “class” do they belong to (for fantasy characters)? If none, what weapon do they favor? - If there was such thing as a Healer Mage class in the FC universe.. .that would probably be Sam’s class because he is exceptionally smart with a real focus in medicine and science/chemistry. If the Collapse wouldn’t have happened he would probably have gone to Med School to become a surgeon.

APPEARANCE

What do they look like? - Same is the tallest of MJ and John’s kids standing just a hair taller than his father at 5′11. He has long dark brown hair and an impressive beard, both of which he has sported since he was 16 making him often be mistaken for much older than he is. He slight of build and looks to be in far better shape physically than he is actually is.

Do they have a face claim? - Tom Payne - Specifically as Paul “Jesus” Rovia from TWD

What’s their style like? Clothes, hair, makeup? - He is a pretty standard guy. He isn’t fancy, mostly because this world doesn’t allow for it. He likes t-shirts, sweaters and jeans. He will wear an old button up shirt if he can find it and has several trench coats he has acquired over the years. His hair is usually down and one the rare occasion that he puts it up, Lily always glares at him and tells him to put his hair down before their mother sees... because with his hair up.. he looks a lot like a young Joseph.

How do they carry themselves? What’s their default expression? - Sam is a very self assured young man, bordering on the cockiness of John in his youth. He has been painfully aware that he was always one of the more intelligent people in the room from a young age and developed a bit of a superiority complex because of it. He tends to stand with his shoulders back and hands at his side or in his pockets. He is an observer, rarely the person leading the conversation but always watching and passing his judgment.

Do they have any physical ailments or disabilities? - Sam is the only one of MJ and John’s kids to have been born with health issues. He had a medium sized hole in his heart when he was born that eventually required surgery. Though since that surgery had very little issue besides a heart mummer. This however left MJ way over protective of him well into adulthood.

PERSONALITY

What’s their alignment? Lawful Neutral

Which one of the 16 Personality Types do they fit into? - INTP

What are their hobbies and interests? Do they have any particular “favorites” (food, books, and so on)? - Sam loves music, he plays piano and guitar. He is much more of a classical music person and as a child spent hours practicing. His favorite books are Animal Farm and Frankenstein. His favorite food as a child was pizza and pasta, as an adult he is happy with whatever he can get but still loves carbs. His favorite item from his childhood he was able to keep was a model plane that John and him made when he was 6. It’s of John’s plane.

What are they bad at? - Dealing with intense emotions, both their own and other people’s. He never knows how to react and often seems to ‘over react’ with his own emotions. He also can not shoot to save his life.

What kind of things do they dislike/hate? - Unnecessary cruelty. Onions, Fish and split pea soup.

Do they have any vices/addictions/mental illnesses? - Well... lets just start with he has a lot of childhood trauma... which defiantly manifests it’s self in some pretty well hidden anxiety and depression. He also comes from a long line of people who suffer with various addictions and I could see Sam having again...a very well hidden...drinking problem. Particularly post-ND events.

What are their goals and motivations? - Their end goal is not peace, as much as an agreement that would allow everyone to function as they need to with in a certain set of rules... IE... he wants to re-establish a ruling body of government on a very small scale in Hope County that would allow for the communities to work together when needed but function independently as they wish as long as they cause no harm to the other communities. This is motivated by his study of history and his belief that because he has studied so much, he has found fault in the old systems and what he will build will be better.

What are their manners like? Any habits? - He has an odd stillness about him, even as small child. He was the quite one, the better behaved of the twins (easily the most well behaved of all MJ and John’s children). He tends to crack his knuckles when he is nervous or clear his throat when he feels the conversation is getting off topic.

What are they most afraid of? - Not being able to do enough. He sees what happened because of his father, his family.. his mother’s family. Sam feels (like all the kids do in some way) responsible for fixing the mess that the Seeds created in Hope County.

BACKGROUND

Where were they born? What was their childhood like? - He was born with his sister Lilith at the birthing center in Hope County (but both he and Lily were sent to a much bigger hospital shortly after they were born because the small hospital couldn’t handle them being 8 weeks early). Their childhood before the collapse was filled with pockets of really happy times mixed with stretches of chaos. Both he and Lily vividly remember The Project at Eden’s Gate and the events of the Reaping. Both he and Lily were present for the attempted arrest of Joseph. After the collapse it was still difficult in the bunker as both his parents struggled with believed loss of Jacob, Ellie and worst of all Grace. Once they left the bunker things settled into a new normal. He is very close with Lily and Rose, as well as his Uncle Mac. He is close with both of his parents but is resentful on some level of their preoccupation with losing Grace.

What’s their family like? - A hot mess... but the core they are very tight knit. Sam is more ready to trust a member of his immediate family than anyone else.

What factions or organizations are they a part of? What ranks and titles do they hold? - He and Lily were called “The First of the Children of New Eden” within the Project as small children and as an adult he holds the role of the “doctor” in the community John calls “Redemption” but really Sam is main intelligence gatherer as people are very disarmed by him because of his ability to help the sick.

How do they fit into their “story”? - Sam is Ethan’s foil for lack of a better way of putting. Ethan is grasping for power, while Sam wants nothing do with holding an position at all within New Eden. He has no desire to fulfill any of the role that The Father saw him. He is easily the one most suited to lead, but has no desire what so ever to lead anyone or be any manner of spiritual leader to people.

Where do they currently live? What’s their place like?

How do they eventually die? - He dies of a sudden heart attack while speaking to a group of people gathered in New Eden (preaching basically) at the age of 36. He dies before both his parents and all three of his sisters.

RELATIONSHIPS

Do they have any friends? Would they consider anyone to be their best friend? - His best friend is easily Lily, because they are twins. Their relationship is just on a different level than other peoples. They understand each other often with just glances and small changes in expression. He also becomes close with Finn, both sharing a bit of a sarcastic and witty sense of humor.

What’s their friend group like? What role do they play in it?

What’s their love life like? (See also: ship question meme.) Do they have any kids? - Well.. not really. He spends most of his time with his sisters during the story and I never really thought of him in romantic terms...at all. I could see him having kids one day, either “adopting” or by natural means... either or.

Who do they look up to? Who do they trust? - Really the person Sam looks up to the most is Mac. He respects Mac’s ability to pragmatic about difficult choices and always put the others before his own benefit. Mac had a big hand in raising Sam, so this really comes as no surprise. As far as people he trusts, he trusts his family... his sisters (including Grace), his uncles, Rachel/Faith, Ellie,... pretty much everyone but Joseph and Ethan that share DNA with him.

Who do they hate? Do they have any enemies? - Joseph, mostly because he puts the full blame on what happened with the collapse and the events the happened in his life right before squarely on Joseph’s shoulders. This by proxy extends to Ethan...

Do they have any pets? - As a child he had several, Boomer and Salem even made it to the bunker with them (thank you Sean and Faith) but since then he never really kept bets.

Are they good with kids? Animals? - Yes to both.

FUN FACTS

Which tropes do they fit? Which archetypes? - The Dutiful Son , Looks Like Jesus/Hippie Jesus (that one goes without saying right?), The Spymaster & Big Brother Instinct

Do they play any instruments? Sports? - He plays Piano and he was never much for sports.

What are some items they always carry?- A knife, a small black notebook and a pen.

Do they collect anything? - Books.

What position do they sleep in? - On his stomach mostly with the pillow over his head rather than under his head.

Which emoji would they use the most? - The eyes emoji

What languages do they speak? - English

What’s their favorite expletive? - Fuck

What’s their favorite candle scent? - Probably like Pine...

What songs remind you of them? - Loosing My Religion - R.E.M

Which animal would you say represents them? - The Raven

What stereotypical high school clique would they fit into? - The Weird kids that don’t fit in with any other group who is kinda metal head looking but gets straight A’s.

What would their favorite ride at an amusement park be? - Bumper Cars (he actually gets to go once as a child)

Do they believe in aliens? Ghosts? Reincarnation or something else? - For someone who grew up in such a superstitious home, if Sam doesn’t have evidence for it... he doesn’t believe.

Do they follow any religions/gods? Do they celebrate holidays? - Again, for someone who grew up in such an intensely religious home, he lost all connection to PEG or even conventional Christian beliefs by the time he is an adult he declares he is in Atheist. He does preach about keeping a very personal set of morals that you should adhere to but, not the belief there is an all knowing deity.

Which Deadly Sin do they most correspond to? Which Heavenly Virtue? - Pride

If you had to choose one tarot card to represent them, which would it be? - The Hierphant

#OC Asks #Samuel Seed #fcnd ocs #this thing was a beast btw

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cristallodineverosa · 5 years

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Sehun’s handwriting analysis

I am bored so I decided to do a little analysis~ I really like Sehun personality-wise, so I’ll start with him.

Let me start by saying that Sehun’s handwriting is really interesting, at least according to graphology.

Okay, let’s first have a global look at how the writing appears without going too in-depth. Sehun’s writing strikes as rather messy, especially if compared to Baekhyun’s, which looks neater, and to Chanyeol’s, which is straighter.

His formniveau (= the “movement” of his writing, as in a combination of rythm, gesture and speed, we could define it as the “flow” of the whole writing) is high, because we can already see how the hangul looks personalyzed to some extent and even a little hard to read at times. I can see that from the various occurrences of linking, where he didin’t bother to lift the pen and just dragged it on the paper to continue writing quicker. According to Helmut Ploog, a hightened formniveau reveals that the writer’s intentions are determined by unconscious feelings and impulses.

Look, it might get a little boring in this section so feel free to skip it if you don’t feel like taking a free class about how the human brain works, lol. Sorry but I noticed this and I thought it could be interesting to share. I am a trainer of fine motor skills anyway... let me brag a little.

An important thing to notice is his posture and grasp while he writes (this is my field so I feel confident about what I’m about to say). He is right-handed, as you can see, but he keeps the paper slightly angled towards left, bringing his face pretty close. I examined other pictures of him during fansigns, and he usually keeps this posture, even rotating slightly his right shoulder towards the opposite side, as you can see in this video. This is usually an indicator of crossed laterality, bear with me while I explain what it means.

As you probably already know, for right-handed people the left side of the brain is slightly bigger and dominant than the right one. The left emisphere yields the main centres that control language and communication skills, and along with the frontal cortex it controls the motor skills of the right side of the body, while the right emisphere controls the left side. Usually though, one of the two sides (especially for what concern eyes, hands and feet) is preferred/is stronger and this determines if a person in right or left-handed (ambidexterity is extremely rare): this phenomenon is called lateralisation. Following this reasoning, if a person is right-handed, the left side of the brain is bigger and controls the right side of the body, including the right eye, which is sharper and comes first, ideally “directing” the movement of the hand like when you need to take something and so on (oculomotor control).

Sometimes, though, this laterality is crossed because even if the person is right-handed the directing eye, the main responsible of the oculomotor control skills, is not the right one (as it should be) but the left. This is pretty common and not absolutely a problem per se, but some studies link it to some particular cases of dysgraphia, dyslexia and aboveall of dyspraxia, since it still is a motor skill defect that affects vision and motion. It might also lead to a slight motor uncoordination (which makes me wonder how hard our Sehunnie must have trained to become this skilled in dancing). In my opinion, Sehun’s dominant hand is right, probably his foot too even if I don’t remember well, but his dominant eye is not the right one but the left, hence he represents a case of crossed laterality. I think he struggled quite a lot in school as a kid...

His grasp is definitely a problematic one, and it probably is one of the reasons why his handwriting looks a little crooked. Technically, Sehun’s grasp is called a static tripod grasp, and in the picture below you can see an example in detail.

If you look closely, you can see that this grasp uses the first three fingers to hold the pen (thumb, index and middle, hence the term tripod), but the index is pressed hard onto the surface of the pen, ideally “blocking” all the distal phalanges’ movements (if you look at videos taken during fansigns, you can see that Sehun writes keeping his fingers still while he moves just his wrist and shoulder - hence the need of rotation, to ease the tension gathering during writing). This is a problematic grasp because it can lead to tendon inflammation (De Quervain Syndrome, Carpal tunnel Syndrome) or to nerves compression, which believe me, is painful. Anyway, Sehunnie probably lift weights at the gym and works out on a regular basis, which strenghtens the muscles of the wrist and can help prevent inflammation.

A little disclaimer to conclude this section: I am not stating that he’s sick or has some severe motor control impairment. Crossed-laterality is IN NO WAY an illness or a disability, but it can be tricky especially during early age, because you need to understand the way your body works and you need to be in touch with yourself. I thought it could be interesting to share because this shows how much hard-working he is... that’s it. Also, it’s no secret because it’s under everyone’s eyes to see, and people usually doesn’t notice because they’re not trained to detect these things, so this is not an invasion of privacy or whatever.

But let’s return to the writing analysis. I used some colors to help you understand.

The caliber (color: blue) is on the bigger side, which generally means good self-esteem but also frequent need of receiving attention and even a certain tendency to pathos (lmao if this isn’t Sehun I don’t know what a Sehun is). The width thoo isn’t that big in comparison, the writing looks pretty narrow, which usually indicates good self-control, strong sense of privacy and also a little bit of inhibition. The middle zone isn’t well defined, so the boy feels generally good with himself even if he lacks a bit of that push towards what’s new and unknown (as we saw in Chanyeol... you could compare their writings to see the difference). The slant is veeeery slightly angled towards left, which is a sign of introvertion.

Let’s now talk about space (color: yellow). The space between words is pretty big, which usually means a good capability to discipline and organize everything, but as a downside it could be a spy of a certain tendency to feel lonely and to be messy in creating good relatonships with the others which is pretty fitting if you analyze Sehun’s past relationships. Even the spacing between lines is rather big, so this basically confirms the good capability to be neat and organized in everyday’s life (I can remember when he complained about Suho being messy back when they were roommates, lol).

As you probably immediately noticed, though, the lines follow a descending direction (color: green), forming a sharp angle. You could argue this was just for aesthetic purposes, since the members all wrote in the same sheet, but he could have chosen to keep the same angle but write following an ascending direction, couldn’t he? Well, handwritten lines following a descending angle usually are a sign of melancholy, even of pessimism. Putting this together with the other aspects we already analysed, we could say that Sehun is satisfied with himself in general, but has a disenchanted, disillusioned vision of life/future. This is pretty sad, if you consider how hardworking he is, and how he improved since his debut. He needs to be protected.

We already talked during Baekhyun’s analysis how the linkings (color: pink) are a sign of understanding and gentleness towards the others. This, along with the flowy form of his writing, indicates a particularly pliable, sensitive inner self. The frequent occurrences of angles and arches (instead of garlands we already talked about), are a sign of vague mistrust towards others as well as neediness: the boy demands attention and above all consideration, but he is reluctant to reveal his heart too easily.

Another important thing to notice, is that he chose not to use his official signature but to write his name in hangul.

To conclude, Sehun’s writing is particularly telling of his hard-working nature. He has a gentle side, but he’s definitely not a wuss. The boy worked his ass off to obtain his results, but even if he generally feels satisfied with his achievements, probably there’s a part of him that’s never fully sated and needs more, both in terms of self-esteem and in terms of how others perceive his efforts. He looks out for praises and can be extremely hurt by bad comments and bad experiences. He is sensitive, as we probably already know, and particularly prone to feel lonely and in a way different, detached from the others. He is a pessimist more than an optimist, and in my opinion he doesn’t only need reassuring to feed his ego, but above all to feel better in his own skin. Considering his slight motor impairment, also, I think his efforts need to be appreciated even more, because dancing and learning complicate choreographies can be very challenging for people with crossed laterality.

So: Protect. At all costs.

What do you think of this? :D

#exo #sehun #graphology #analysis #exo-k #handwriting #k-pop #k-pop idol #oh sehun #oh-sehun

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voidfishersong · 6 years

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Fallane and Eliza Fate, please

Alright, these two are from different ‘verses just fyi. so any supernatural elements are very, very different, as well as social situations.

WARNING: Fallane’s contains reference to some things that might be triggering. nothing in-detail, but please be advised.

Full Name: Fallane

Gender and Sexuality:

male-ish but with a rising intonation and a hand-wiggly gesture. sexuality is definitely just a hand-wiggly gesture, we think he has a slight preference for men but tbh no one cares

Pronouns:

he/him. if you used other ones he probably wouldn’t object but if you asked he’d say ‘he/him’

Ethnicity/Species:

Egyptian. and he’s like,,, vaguely a demon but not actually. he’s

supposed

to be one of the generals/servants/sextoys/whatever of AN ASSHOLE who reincarnates every 30 years or so, possesses a young girl, and makes everyone’s life hell but he said ‘nope that’ and (mostly) left. so he’s not actually a demon but that’s what his kind got characterized as by various mortals and usually he doesn’t correct people

Birthplace and Birthdate:

like literal ancient egypt in like 2,700 bc or smth

Guilty Pleasures:

I don’t think he’s guilty about any of his pleasures.

that came out way more sexual than I intended

I just meant that he likes things and he’s not ashamed of it

Phobias:

ahhhh this ‘verse is so dark help. I’d say sexual assault is pretty high on the list. I think he’s also a bit claustrophobic. more than a bit. he’s very claustrophobic he just doesn’t get into many situations like that

What They Would Be Famous For:

he could be a model? like actually. he wouldn’t but he

could

. he’s got a wicked fashion sense and is really good at makeup. ooh he could model makeup too

What They Would Get Arrested For:

can u get arrested for smoking indoors? he would. or shoplifting. he likes petty crime because either a) ‘this shouldn’t be privately owned and private ownership is just a social construct’ or b) ‘haha what are u gonna do, catch me?’

OC You Ship Them With:

Sam!! Sam Reeve x Fallane is best ship. you could also ship him with Kai but Sam is most perfectest. I made a ship name for them but it’s lame and I’m not sharing unless u dm me. I also ship Fallane with a healthy lifestyle but that’s never gonna be canon so

OC Most Likely To Murder Them:

does Nara canonically murdering him count? there r a lot of ppl who want to murder Fallane so I feel like this is an unfair question. Kai genuinely hates him for a large part of the story. ahaha Kai canonically kills him too jesus christ Fallane you’ve been killed three times you gotta chill. but I think Nara would be more likely to succeed than Kai so. the answer I pick is Nara. in a sarcastic way tho it’d be Mista, who is so done with his shit and she’s the type to say ‘im going to murder you’ when he like, puts his feet on the table or something

Favorite Movie/Book Genre:

mystery? anything he can sarcastically criticize the plot of, tbh. maybe horror

Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche:

if he’s a horror fan, then it’d be where any time someone says ‘dont do this’ the person does it and dies. I think he definitely dislikes the ‘aliens are always technological experts’ cliche like what if the explorers are anthropologists with no clue how their ship works?? did you ever think of that?? no you didn’t

Talents and/or Powers:

his main talent is sarcasm. he’s very gifted with picking up languages and accents, and he has a high appreciation for all forms of art. in the supernatural realm, he’s got a lot. he’s a natural low-level empath, and then he got powers on top of that, which made him nigh immortal, gave him rly cool wings, and magical charisma (which is like subconscious suggestion, except,, magic) which he mostly uses to convince people he’s paid for shit he

hasn’t

paid for. in the name of disabling capitalism, of course, and not because he just wants the pillow. then he’s also got some extradimensional abilities which are often interpreted as a kind of telekinesis but isn’t technically. and his empathic abilities get turned up to eleven until he can project so hard he can accidentally (or purposefully) kill someone

Why Someone Might Love Them:

if you’re about grey moralities, ambiguity, and anti-heroes, you’ll probably love Fallane. he’s also very protective, and a single dad of energetic twins so there’s no shortage of relatability, either. but I think a lot of his charm comes from his interactions with other characters, because he feels very strongly and brings many things other characters are afraid to say. there’s a weighty sense of honesty with him, and a real desire to do right by the world and help the downtrodden. he also struggles with trauma and mental illness and he’s really, really messed up but he

tries

and sometimes he fails and I think people will find a surprising amount to identify with. Fallane is my ultimate walking contradiction, but I think it works.

Why Someone Might Hate Them:

I feel like he’s a character people would be just indifferent toward UNTIL people started being apologists and saying he does nothing wrong and then he’d be one of those characters that the fandom just splits on, as polarizing ends get increasingly more argumentative. he can be manipulative too and I think people might take issue with things like that, but I feel like most people who would actively hate him would be misinterpreting him. he’s not supposed to be a paragon of good morality

How They Change:

in the first few waves of this ‘verse Fallane was a definite villain, if a hero-aiding anti-villain. then I decided villains were overrated and now there’s no villains, just a complicated mess of varying degrees of grey morality. in canon, this is reflected. he goes from a certain ‘I can’t do anything substantial about it so I just won’t bother’ to someone who

acts

on his desire to combat discrimination and abuse. he also gets his family back, and gains a little sister, and he’s constantly learning how to love (in every way) and how to

live

Why You Love Them:

honestly?

because

he’s learning how to live. much of Fallane’s backstory (and his role-switch from anti-villain to anti-hero) came from when I got over being suicidal, so he’s sometimes a comfort character. ngl, I also love his aesthetic. I’m also a bit biased because he has ocd and I have ocd and that’s relatable too and it makes his aesthetic

extra

relatable. he’s also incredibly emotional and that’s always an adventure to write. I really love Fallane guys.

also this ao3 tag is like the greatest descriptor of him:

Full Name: Eliza Fate

Gender and Sexuality:

female, bisexual

Pronouns

: She/Her

Ethnicity/Species:

English. and she’s a vampire so uh yea

Birthplace and Birthdate:

England and uh….. like…. idk….. a long time ago

Guilty Pleasures:

both slow and fast jazz music. also she’s surprisingly good with children - I like to think that sometimes, she volunteers at daycare-like-places in the shadier parts of town where there’s too many kids and not enough workers and she just helps out these toddlers and teaches them to jazz dance, the way you teach little kids anything, which is hold them and pretend they’re following anything you’re saying

Phobias:

I don’t think she’s phobic of anything, but she’s afraid of losing her family. they’re very important to her and I think her deepest fear is that someday she’s going to wake up completely alone. she’s not afraid of any one person leaving (obviously she’d be upset), it’s just the idea that

everyone

could disappear

What They Would Be Famous For:

she’s kind of famous within the criminal underworld because she’s like a mob boss, and she’s mostly famous for having a very large family, and for being independent. she went almost two centuries without a right-hand man/woman/etc which, especially as a woman, was quite unique

What They Would Get Arrested For:

I mean she already murders ppl and runs a mafia so that

could

get her arrested, but if she ever got caught it’d probably be something like she murdered a child abuser or something really,

really

violently and not well-planned

OC You Ship Them With:

Itsuki, who’s her canon boyfriend, and Andrea, who’s her canon girlfriend. she’s poly and her relationships are usually open relationships, including with those two. I also ship her hardcore with Katsumi, although that’s a very different dynamic (1960s lots of drugs and alcohol and free sex and it’s about pushing each other further and further and not always healthy but they know that and it’s okay). I feel like Eliza would be really great for romance fanfic because you can go with many time periods!

OC Most Likely To Murder Them:

Rin. boi Rin has wanted to murder her since he met her probably, he just hated her on principle and then Eliza went and decided she liked Itsuki so Rin hated that and

then

she started dating Katsumi too and so she’s in love with both his roommates and that pisses Rin off. it’s funny.

actually it’s often really depressing because they end up blaming each other for Katsumi’s death and just about everything else and I think Rin might actually wish she had never existed but

usually it’s a sarcastic ‘I would murder you right now Eliza I swear’

Favorite Movie/Book Genre:

slice of life. I think she likes the variety and the normalcy of it all, and she usually thinks the couples are cute. her least favorite genre is probably mystery

Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche:

love triangles. they’re way, way overdone. also they invalidate the possibility of poly or open relationships. on a less serious note, she hates any mystery story that ends with like ‘the detective was the culprit all along!’ there’s not really a reason why she hates that but. she does. I made her I make the rules

Talents and/or Powers:

powers: well, she’s a vampire. talents: charisma. she is very good at getting people to understand her viewpoint, when she puts her foot down on something, which is rare. she’s also good at dancing. and very good at sex too apparently. she’s good with children too! but only really smol ones, once they get above like 5 they’re usually assholes

Why Someone Might Love Them:

she’s strong, and independent, and I think she’s over all a good person. she doesn’t take shit from people, but she doesn’t assume that people

are

giving her shit. she’s quite easy-going, all-in-all. she’s also really loving to her family, and in many ways she fulfills feminine roles, but the way she does them and the way she thinks about them are empowering, I think

Why Someone Might Hate Them:

when Eliza was first conceptualized in mid high school, I was terrified that people would see her as bad representation because she’s not morally straight

and

I worried that making her bi and poly would make people angry. but I think I’ve mostly gotten past that? idk. but I definitely think people might dislike her for her constant relationships - she doesn’t do well if she doesn’t have at least one datemate, and people might see that as too dependent or needy. she sometimes comes across as needy, so there’s that. I think there’d definitely be Eliza Fate stans and Eliza Fate haters

How They Change:

you get to see her progression from the civil rights era to present day, and she does change a bit, but overall she’s one of the most stable characters in this ‘verse. she really learns to accept rejection, and since she adopts a literal child (Nayeli) into her family and doesn’t raise Nayeli with any expectations of her joining the Family, I think she learns to work with people during their formative adolescent years, too

Why You Love Them:

Eliza is a character from the second wave of this ‘verse, so she’s quite old to have changed so little. I also love how she can differ depending on the time, so her roles change depending on the context. her personality doesn’t really change between any of them, but she’s a very complex character (a side effect of having been in my head for at least 5 years) and you can actually

see

all her facets. also she’s a mob boss mom??? like that’s cool idk she’s super suave and i’m gay

#ocs #eliza fate #fallane

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rebelwheels-blog · 6 years

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Little Sparrow Freed From Its Cage

September 24, 2018

Per aspera ad astra - Through adversity to the stars

Hello there everyone! I have quite a bit of news to share with all of you lovely readers, as it has been quite a while since my last update. Hopefully my writing habits will be a bit more consistent now, due to the main reason I am writing this update. So grab a cup of tea, or coffee for you Americans, and be prepared for a lengthy blog entry.

Commencement to Independence

For the longest time, it was my belief that graduation was just another event where I would only witness others experience the joy of being released from the dictatorship of homework and the school setting.

Much of my student experience has been infringed upon due to various circumstances; whether illness was to blame, being placed in classes my superiors wrongly believed I belonged, or unwillingly leaving the only place I called home, as well as exiting the lives of many I held and hold close in my heart.

Not everyone experienced the same scenario as I did, which is wonderful. Even so, for much of my life there was a common denominator.

Adversity.

Due to my disability, my experiences and memories of the school setting are extremely unconventional.

Which leads to the less self-pitying part of my screed. If it weren’t for all those obstacles, and more, throughout my existence as a student, graduation would not grant me the same satisfaction and pride as it does now to declare to you all that I am no longer a high school student. September 21, 2018 was the day I was set free.

Although there are plenty of memories I have to look back on that made my school days less dreary, so I shall not admit that every second of my years at school were terrible, as I had the good fortune of making a few friends along the way as well as learning some lessons that allowed me to grow as a person.

So I thank all of you who have stuck with me through the good times and the not so good times, because I couldn’t have made it here without you.

I’d especially like to thank my first teacher who set me on the right path to homeschooling. You know who you are, with your huge green duffel bag full of wonderful toys each day as we sat in the garden room. Thank you for always being there for me academically and as a friend. You mean the universe to me.

Every experience and every person that one encounters affects the future, individually and worldly, good or bad, long or short. Because, who knows? Maybe one day someone who experienced something they perceived as awful will change the life of another so someone else will never experience what was already lived through by another.

Celebration?

To celebrate this momentous occasion, my grandmother and I designed what would normally have been the top of my cap to go along with my gown.

Then we made a message in a bottle, with the message being the poem The Road Not Taken as it is our favorite poem.

But the most important component to all of this is the timing of everything that has unfolded over the past few weeks.

Enjoy the first ever gif I have ever created, of course it’s to do with Stephen

I managed to finish the last of my exams the day directly before my grandmother’s birthday, which was coincidentally purposefully happened to be on my cousin’s birthday. Then, on Friday, I was officially set free from my classes on the birthday of my great grandfather. Everything took place over the course of three days, and three birthdays of three people that mean the world to me.

Funnily enough, exactly one week to the day, another event unfolded spontaneously. I was granted the most amazing graduation gift. A friend, a very old friend, of tremendous significance and value to me. We had not seen each other in almost nine years, but we always kept in touch. Last Wednesday, we broke our hiatus and had lunch together with our grandparents. I felt like I was in a dream. I couldn’t believe we were even in the same room. He has seen my old self, my pathetic self, and my happy self, and he never left. He’s one of a kind and I don’t know what I would do without him. Making him laugh after taking a nervous drink of water while we were at lunch and burping due to my liquid consumption was one of the highlights of our visit together. Hopefully we won’t have such a lengthy hiatus between seeing each other again, which neither of us believe will happen. I already can’t wait to see him again.

Then on the Saturday following that Wednesday, I swam with my other best friend who happened to come home from college that weekend. I honestly don’t remember the last time we just chilled out in the pool, or anywhere, and hung out like two normal teenage girls. Granted I did complain quite a bit about school work after we got out and had lunch, but that wasn’t the entire visit. It felt so normal to just hang out with my best friend, and I can’t thank you enough (you know who you are if you’re reading this). I couldn’t have asked for a better way to finish my classes.

But graduation is supposed to be a big deal, right? A huge celebration is supposed to take place, right? Well, I honestly have no idea how else to celebrate my accomplishment. I would love to have a party and do something the way everyone else does, but many of my friends and family live far, far away. So out goes that idea... Nevertheless, if no other celebration takes place, I am forever grateful for being able to visit with my friend from New Jersey thanks to his and my grandparents.

Moving Forward

Now that I have soooo much time on my hands, I don’t know what to do with it! Well, I do, but it’s only been almost a week since I finished my classes and it’s still rather odd. I spent the weekend creating and improving a sort of sketch that puts together my Halloween costume. Yes, I’ll be 19 by then and many will say I’m too old to do Halloween, but you know what? Adults are allowed to dress up and have fun too. Halloween is not just about the candy, well not to me anyway. To me, it’s about letting yourself be free to be whatever you want to be for one day of the year. As it seems that it is only socially acceptable to dress up when one is an adult around Halloween, if one were to dress up any other day of the year you end up being labeled as a psychopath.

Okay, maybe not a psychopath, but anyone dressed up as a character or dramatic makeup is worn outside a concert, theatre club, comic convention, or Halloween, etc., side glances and glares will be made.

I decided that I will be dressing up as my own version of Sherlock, as long coats are as much of a pain to get on as a dress. I have a few components of my costume together, but I still need the hat, scarf, and maybe shoes? I may just go with a pair of short boots that I have as finding shoes in my size is an entirely different story.

I wasn’t sure if the coat I had would look Sherlockian enough, so I decided that I would put together a sketch of my outfit to see how it would look. So I put this together.

Originally, as you can see, there was no face. But I worked on it and worked on it over the past few days and this the outcome. In the beginning I did trace the undershirt, but that’s it. I figured out the rest. I’m very proud of it, as it is the first drawing I’ve done in quite a while that I haven’t gotten angry with.

Having this freedom has made me realize that after a few days of numbly looking at social media, I am suddenly craving to learn new information and I miss my math and science classes. I think that within the next week I will unconsciously start to read books again just from the slight need I’ve had to expand my knowledge again. Maybe I’ll even start writing stories again due to new knowledge, as I have written down a few ideas for short stories the past few days. In the words of a good friend, the possibilities are endless.

Spinraza News

Luckily I have school finished to get through my next injection. I was reminded that I have to go through re-approval from the insurance, making my injection date is a week later than I wanted. This week I have to get blood drawn again as well as other tests.

Speaking of tests, I had to do a strength test last week, my first one after having Spinraza. My results have to either stay the same or improve in order for the insurance company to say I can keep having Spinraza. Needless to say, I was terrified that I wasn’t going to improve due to their standards. I’ve noticed more strength in my legs than my arms, granted my right arm is noticeably stronger, but I did not anticipate the evidence the strength test would grant me.

The first test was to tear a sheet of paper. No big deal, right? Wrong. I had to try to tear a piece of paper that was folded four times. I tried and it didn’t happen. So my physical therapist unfolded it so it was in half. I believed that I was trying to tear it wrong as I was using my nail to start the tear. But I was wrong. That’s how you physically tear a sheet of paper when you pinch it. So when it cooperated and I split the paper down the middle, I was like “okay, I could totally do that before Spinraza.” Again, I was wrong. When I did the baseline test, I was able to rip the paper but only if:

it was started for me

it was a single sheet unfolded

it only ripped sideways not straight down

My physical therapist kept my old paper and showed it to me to prove that I had improved. After I saw the paper, I felt like Captain America

Go ahead, enjoy that gif because Tumblr doesn’t allow more than 10 images so that’s the last one guys

Once I completed that question of the test, the test was gravy. I was actually able to do other things as well such as:

lifting a weight I couldn’t before

completing a short maze test without stopping my pen

pressing a stupid light button and making it stay on

opening a container that was entirely too difficult when I tried six months ago

I gained 5 points in the scoring system, from 11 to 16 points. I still can’t get over it. So much has been going on the past... Well, year, honestly. Between myself and my family members, it’s been nonstop.

Well, I think I’ve written enough for this update, probably too much... But whatever, if you guys enjoy these updates you don’t mind. If you don’t enjoy them... Well... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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citizensofeorzea · 7 years

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RP Character Info/RP Contacts

Decided to make one of those lists involving the RP Characters, Hooks, and people of interest that they could interact with. Would much rather do some of these ideas either on Tumblr or Discord

Faith Sauveterre

An Elezen woman from the land called Cledal. New to the lands of Eorzea she has taken the job of adventurer and with her large wanderlust explores Eorzea

Hooks

Foreigner: A New Adventurer has arrived, however she is not an Eorzean Native. Perhaps someone would be so Kind as to show her around or welcome her to the lands. Maybe your new yourself and the two of them can explore together (Can be found/Take Place in Gridania/Ul'dah/or Limsa)

Conjurers: Either our characters play newcomers to the guild and work on missions together or perhaps our characters were in the same class, but never met until now showing off what they've learned (Can be found/Take Place in Gridania near the Conjurer's Guild)

People Of Interest

Fellow Adventurers: Sharing stories with other adventurers or even listening to them would hold her interest

Healers - Interacting with Fellow Healers for possible tips or even working with them.

Maetikoel Syhrkoensyn

Keeper in Blood, Sea Wolf in name. This loud mouth Miqo’te spends his time in the taverns just having a jolly good time with friends.

Hooks

Challenge Accepted - Being a competitive sort he usually doesn't back down from a challenge. Maybe challenge him to a fight or see how many monsters both of you can kill within a minute?

Origins - For any Keepers maybe you would be interested in bring Maetikoel back into his Keeper roots. Curious about his own people he decides he wants to learn more about the Keeper culture

The Sea Cat: You may have heard the name around and only to find out that a Keeper has the name of a Sea Wolf. Maybe bring it up in conversation

People Of Interest

Fellow Lominsians - Well he’s been around these people for most of his life. Opnions on him can Vary ranging from friendly to antagonistic (Pre- Establish Realtions may happen)

Keeper Miqo’te - Clearly he isn’t a Roegadyn, but he knows very little of his own people’s culture. Would hurt to edcuate him. (Family Members can also come around fpr Pre Established Relations stuff)

Ashlyn Blake

A Young Mother trying to find herself something stable so she can take care of her child. She is friendly at times, but is very protective of her child

Hooks

Training: During her Free time Ashlyn can be found in the Pugalist guild training herself to improve her skills. Maybe you want a sparing partner

People of Interest

People Looking to Hire - Ashlyn is trying to find SOMETHING to that pays. She kind of needs one. She’ll even be the delivery girl for mail or packages if it pays well

Other Parents - Meeting other Parents Single or not would be nice. They can give her tips on parenthood. She’s been doing good so far, but some help would be nice

Other Kids - This would mostly be for her son Andrew. Meeting other kids would keep him from being lonely (Idea for Tumblr/Discord RP Only)

Sparring Partners - When she has time Ashlyn does try to train so having someone to spar with would be nice to keep her in top condition.

Simon Areobuck

A Thamaturge that hails from Gridaina that has an unknown illness. With a desire to prove himself of being capable takes the route of Adventurer

Hooks

Adventurer’s Aid: Simon was able to become and Adventurer, but at a price. He has to have someone aid him through it much to his annoyance

People of Interest

Doctors/Conjurers - Simon’s illness is a mystery and so far no Doctor has been able to understand what is wrong. Maybe you wanna check and figure it out or maybe presented with a new patient you get Simon and figure out how to help him

Disabled Adventurers - Simon isn’t the only one in the Adventurer’s Aid. It would be interesting to see how adventurers with different or similar disabilities deal with their situation

Fellow Adventures - Interacting with Able Adventurers could be interesting

Nobutsune Naeuri

A Former Guard to an Emperor in Doma was forced to leave after Doma was raised to the ground and the family he was sworn to protect killed

Hooks

Services: While in Doma he has to start anew. Maybe someone requires his services for something

Returning to Doma he gets the chance to explore his former home and help rebuilt (*When Stormblood comes out*)

People of Interest

Fellow Domains - As a man from Doma it would be nice to interact with some of the, people from his homeland

Ala Mhigans - Another group of refuges seem to have be neglected. Maybe there is some tension between th ala Mhigans and Domans due to the Alliance seemingly taking more interest in Domans then them

Winter Choir

A Hellsguard woman that has a high interest in Opera. She hopes to one day become one of the great singers in Eorzea

Hooks

People of Interest

Entertainers - Despite having a main interest in Opera she does enjoy seeing others with their talent. such as dancing, a different style of singing, playing an instrument, ect

Opera Singers - As a Woman that has an interest in Opera she would enjoy meeting with those that engage in that activity

Romoka Diraoka

A Dunefolks Lalafell form Ul’dah that is the son of a Drug Lord. Having fleed due to not wanting to live such a life decides it would be better use as a scholar learning the secrets of Eorzea to help it

Hooks

Discovered - Romoka can’t always run from Ul’dah. Maybe someone recognizes him. Can be someone that knows of his family or even someone that was screwed over by them and wants to cause trouble

Teachers - Romoka wants to educate himself in various subjects so he certainly has to go to school

People Of Interest

Criminals - With his connections he knows about a few criminals, maybe due to him leaving that lifestyle may be worried he rats them out so they send him a message

Immortal Flames - He may need the protection or maybe they try to get him to spill about the whereabouts of notorious villains

Chefs - Instead of cooking drugs he does have an interest in Culinary arts, maybe he can use what he knows and make good food

S’Kenta Tia

A Seeker Miqo’te from Ala Mhigo, seperated from his tribe due to the invasion twenty years ago. A former member of the Ala Mhigan Resistance, but has since left and gone to Ul’dah

Hooks

Hired Hand - Moping about Ala Mhigo isn’t gonna get him gil so he is able to be hired for any job

Fight! - Be warned, due to slight paranoia never approach him from behind lest you may get a fist in the face. This can cause a confrontation or even if he doesn’t strike he will get pissed

Returning Home: Similar to the Doman plot hook with Nobutsune, but with Ala Mhigo

People of Interest

Ala Mhigans - He is one after all, especially resistance members maybe the extreme cases think he’s turned his back on them

Other Seeker Tribe members - S’kenta is a bit curious about his Seeker cousins in other lands and regions. Due to his upbringing he may get into some conflicts.

*Muses, Hooks & People of Interest may change/be added on*

#ffxiv rp #ffxiv roleplay #blamung rp #blamung roleplay #Rp Contacts #ffxiv rp contacts

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mirrorteru · 7 years

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SO there’s this one character surveys from yeeears ago on LiveJournal

LET’S REVISIT IT BECAUSE I

WANT TO DO THESE FOR MY KIDS,

.....starting with Kai,

Body and Appearance

1. Describe the character's height and build. Are they heavyset, thin, short, rangy?

Tall, kinda curvy hips, slightly broad shoulders. Basically kind of hourglass in normal form.

In BR mode, they're just. Really tall, thin, slender, with unnaturally long limbs as well.

2. How old are they?

I've kinda considered their starting mental age was like, 17? Kaito's don't have a set or canon age so... if you add on activation years, mid twenties?

Though, activations years alone, as in, how long they've Actually been 'alive'/active/around, would be about 7 and a half years old right now.

3. Describe their posture. Do they carry themself well or do they slouch?

Tends to stand tall and straight, sometimes with their hands behind their back back/arms crossed behind their back in that sort of-- authority pose.

4. How is their health? Are they fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?

uhhhhhhhh

how to put this, since I'm not sure what it'd be considered

There's the whole weird corruption thing going about with them, which affects them physicall as well as.... mentally and spritually. It's physically all up in their hardware and stuff too.

I suppose they could be considered fit as well, I guess. Not... muscular or toned though.

5. How do they move? Are they clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?

Their movements tend to be rather graceful, normally. They’re hardly clumsy. If they’re glitching, or deciding to... have some fun... with someone, their movements are still kind of graceful, but also more calculated. Predator-like, especially when definitely in glitch-mode.

6. How attractive is this character physically? How do they perceive themself in the mirror?

Idek, they don't really consider much with their looks at all.

Some of my friends have called them pretty and handsome though?

7. Describe their complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?

Light, paled, honestly slightly grey-ish.

Also, they have blue blood so their blush and wherever blush would show it turns up blue too.

8. Describe their hair: color, texture, style.

A dark blue that fades into a dark reddish--kind of purple at the ends. Mostly since it's... reddish mixed with the blue. So.

Texture is verrrrrrrry soft. Very pettable.

Style is... well, a bit longer than some Kaito units, vaguely wavy and kind of curves at the ends--- bangs curve as well. Kinda floof.

9. What color are their eyes?

A dark blue, vaguely indigo. Pupils look slit, like a cats. Or demons. Depending on your view on Kai I suppose. Tend to be without highlights as well.

Can turn red if their system indicates a potentially fatal/dangerous error, though. But that comes in steps. Usually, red light in their pupils first, then a red ring in their eyes around the pupil area, then flickers, then totally red. The red coloration doesn't look exactly 'natural' though, since the pupil is bright along with the red ring, while the base behind it is a dark red.

10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?

They tend to have a kind of wide, thin toothy grin for a smile. It's--- not a real smile, but it's common on them as a default.

Their scarf can turn into scarf arms too, and they go between being sneaky to obvious with them. The previously mentioned slit pupils could count as well.

11. What are their chief tension centers?

Shoulders, likely. And shoulder blades, especially in keeping with a straight tall posture most of the time.

12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?

Their actual wardrobe is surprisingly big for someone who seems to only ever wear one outfit. They have their default, slightly, regal, dark modified Kaito V3 coat with their symbol on the chest.

Their usual thought on casual is simply taking that off, though they aren’t entirely comfortable having it off. Underneath is a slightly darker Kaito V3 shirt, the turtlenecked sleeveless thing.

Within their wardrobe though, is a collection of various outfits, mostly also dark themed. Some tacky sweaters specifically for winter as well.

They also have a nice collection of dresses, varying for more elegant gothic lolita types to vaguely aristocratic. More mature-type styles.

13. Do their clothes fit well? Do they seem comfortable in them?

Yes, actually! Their clothes are pretty much a perfect fit. ...Well, at least in their normal-looking form. Though they can be modified for BR mode too, quite easily. But it’s likely if they’re going to wear any sort of outfit outside of their default one, they’d stick to looking normal.

14. Do they dress the same on the job as they do in their free time? If not, what are the differences?

They....... don’t have a job. Unless you count maintaining the island, but that doesn’t require a different outfit.

Performing for covers might depend though, but usually there’s not much need for a change there either.

15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?

Boxer-briefs.

Speech

1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?

Uh.

Like this.

When it comes to being a Kaito unit with a Kaito voice, they tend to go with their Soft voicebank. Soft, gender factor heightened a bit(or, tone slightly lowered in other words.), ocassionally mixed a slight bit with the straight VB.

Their voice is usually smooth, though their voice has the tendency of glitching depending on their emotions. The glitching can be skipping, sounding more pitch-snapped, broken record-sounding on some sounds, mixed with static, and something akin to pokemon glitch noises.

2. How do they normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Do they talk easily, or do they hesitate?

Soft, evenly. Precisely. Usually speaks easily, unless tripped up by unforseen turns of events. They’re rarely loud unless glitching and Enraged.

3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?

...There’s like, a few ways to answer this--

Like, I mean. On one hand, they could sound like this(I only have song examples I haven’t done talkloid examples I’m sorry,,,), and have the tics and quirks related to that.

On the other, it depends on how the voices for GVF-loids actually work since i’m Not Sure, especially since they were raised by an american kid who also apparently has an accent everyone keeps pointing out as sounding british/european/ ? ? ? ?? despite never being to anywhere in Europe eir whole life.

and ironically when I asked about accents for kai it seemed the way they talk evokes something of a similar feeling-- either that or new england/canadian-ish, but....

So uh, yeah. It depends. To be safe, assume the former. To have fun in imagining, or if somehow someone’d voiceact them... ... the... latter......? not that that’s very descriptive or certain anyway, but. Still.

---Oh, also, when messing around they sometimes go sing-song a little too, or that kind of... playful~ feel.

4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency?

---hahaha again this entirely depends on how it actually works.

Like, They’re a KAITO unit. Kaito units are Japanese Vocaloids.

But again, they were raised by an american kid. Who didn’t know Japanese.

So it again depends on how Vocaloids in that world work out. Maybe they had language capabilities early on? or at least by the time Teru got them.

For sure English at least though, and definitely can -sing- Japanese.

5. Do they switch languages or dialects in certain situations?

Nope.

6. Are they a good impromptu speaker, or do they have to think about their words?

They generally have to think about their words, but usually doesn’t take noticeably long. Impromptu speeches might be kinda tricky.

7. Are they eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?

Eloquent, generally.

Mental and Emotional

1. How intelligent is this character? Are they book-smart or street-smart?

They’re quite smart! They can figure things out and come to conclusions, connect the dots, quickly.

They might be a little street-smart too, or at least pre-BR and secluding themselves.

2. Do they think on their feet, or do they need time to deliberate?

Typically need at least a little bit of time to deliberate, but if they really need to think on their feet they’d try their best-- not a pro at it though.

3. Describe the character's thought process. Are they more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?

Generally logical, and practical. They tend to try to keep an eye on what’s going on or what someone is doing, while not bringing it up immediately unless it seems necessary

4. What kind of education has the character had?

They’ve had, like, no schooling. Never been to a school as a student.

They do, however, catch on and are able to learn quickly with whatever they want to learn about-- they just teach themself and not in a classroom setting.

5. What are their areas of expertise? What, if anything, are they interested in learning more about?

Cooking! Potentially alright with engineering too, since they built Nana and Blue-- though that was totally self-taught, while with cooking they learned by cooking with Teru.

They likely tend to look up things like weather patterns and how various types of landscapes, biomes, geographies work for the sake of the island as well. They��re also interested in space, even if they can’t get to see ‘actual’ outer space.

6. Are they an introvert or an extrovert?

Introverted, very much an introvert.

7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?

It’s... weird? They can keep themself in check sometimes, they generally can have the vibe of some sort of calmness--- but at the same time, especially thanks to their glitches (and corruption), their temper can be noticeable sometimes.

(not to mention once in glitch-mode, they-- have an unnerving calmness to them that just, seemingly out of nowhere sometimes bubbles up into sudden bursts of rage that can leave as quickly as they came.)

They’re --- also more melancholy than anything, by default. They’re laid-back and mellow when they’re by themself/with Rin/not messing with some random person.

8. How do they respond to new people or situations? Are they suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?

Typically a little suspicious. It entirely depends on how the new person seems to be though, and if anyone’s with them at the same time, or if they know they new person might already get along with Rin or not.

If Rin’s with them, or they know Rin’s fine with this person they themself haven’t met yet, they tend to--- still be a little suspicious, but calmer and polite.

If they don’t know the new person at all and Rin isn’t with them, and doesn’t know them--- Kai’s likely to decide to have a little Fun with the person, being kiiiind of a creep and messing with them.

---Whether or not that continues, goes overboard, or if they end up switching back to more calmer/polite/kind at a point depends on the individual and what they do/how they act/what seems to be going on with the person.

For situations in general, they--- stay suspicious and cautious, in general. But that also depends on the new situation.

9. Are they more likely to act, or to react?

--again, depends on the situation. They’ll act if that seems to be the best option, they’ll wait to react if that seems the best.

If it’s dangerous though, they might be more likely to act to make sure nothing else happens, I guess.

10. Which is their default: fight or flight?

Fight. Especially since they’re--- a lot more durable and capable now. Pre-BR they also still had it more at a fight response, though they knew when to run too.

11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Do they appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?

They appreciate jokes! Puns make them groan though, but sometimes still can’t help but chuckle.

Their own sense of humor can be considered kind of dark, though. If not that, sometimes it’s kind of teasing. Depends on who they’re with.

12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how do they deal with them?

---I’ll be honest I kind of keep away from talking about this with my muses a lot since I fear things seeming--- .. bad?

or wording things bad

but I mean given everything that’s happened in their life as well

but uh

slides to the next question

13. What moments in this character's life have defined them as a person?

--Likely... realizing how young Teru was despite being their Masuta, the twins activations, seriously glitching for the first time, accidentally stabbing Teru’s eye out, the Third-kun incident...

some other thing in between all of that that I’ve had vague thoughts about but probably falls within the glitching for the first time

14. What do they fear?

Bees, needles, getting worse and giving in to their glitched thoughts too easily and losing themselves to corruption.......... losing Rin....

15. What are their hopes or aspirations?

They actually... don’t have many. They do just hope for Rin and the rest to have a good life and keep her safe, at least. They don’t have many aspirations for themself, though.

16. What is something they don’t want anyone to find out about them?

The fact that their glitched thoughts and glitch mode is really tempting and can feel enjoyable to them when they’re in it, the full scope of the BR stuff...

Relationships

1. Describe this character's relationship with their parents.

I mean. They don’t have parents, they’re an android.

And even then, they don’t know who their creator was, even in being garage-built.

Closest would be Teru, being their Masuta? but even then, it’s a weird situation since Teru literally got them when ey was 14, so even if they were barely activated, they were--- still ‘set age’ older than em. So it’s like. Teru was also like a little sibling while also--- vaguely--- parental?

while Kai was like a big brother/sibling but-- also vaguely parental/mom-like even from then.

...Familial. Most that can be easily said, I guess. They used to get along very well regardless, and were actually very close.

Though, because of the Third-kun incident... that changed. Believing Teru betrayed and lied to them, they’ve held a grudge against em ever since.

But it’s also... complicated because--- part of them--- kinda knows the situation... couldn’t of been how they assumed? But a louder part keeps believing that was the case. They still--- hold some affection towards Teru and, well, that’s partially why Teru isn’t injured or dead right now, given how they can lash out, especially after that event.

Teru pretty much blames emself for it regardless, so. They also likely haven’t interacted or talked in a long time.

2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?

Well I just went slightly in-depth with their relationship with Teru above so no need repeating that

Meanwhile, there’s also the other mansion fams--- or uh, the other Vocaloids Teru owns. Since Kai was the very first, they’re pretty much The Big Brother/Sibling.

- ...but, that doesn’t mean they all get along or trust them. Kai’s first ‘greeting’ for Sonika was shaving her head, which... is a poor first impression. She’s been weary of them ever since.

- Ritsu was next, and--- well, things didn’t work out there either, not helped by Ritsu’s own temper and general distrust for people as a Default. As well as being kinda rude. They both became kind of cruel in teasings in retaliation to.... each other basically. Eventually it settled, but--- Ritsu still hates Kai like a Burning.

- The Kagamine’s were next, a Christmas present from Teru’s family. Kai pretty much instant had feelings of wanting to protect and care for both of them..

- Len became more--- cautious though, and given how Kai kind of acted some times, didn’t trust them.Their potential temper, occasional dark jokes, and such-- didn’t make Len comfortable. Mixed with finding out about the whole shaving Sonika’s head thing as a ‘greeting’.....

Kai did notice Len becoming more cautious and suspicious of them, which. Bothered them. Especially since Len was their little brother, basically--- They wanted Len to trust in them and be okay with them but. Never could quite get it right.

- Rin though, wanted to give Kai a chance, despite Len’s caution. From the start she ended up learning and believing in the good in people, keeping a positive attitude. Not naive though, she’s aware of how bad things can get and kinda were in the world, but--- she still kept hope.

So, this translated out also to Kai. Despite Sonika’s reservations about them and Len’s worries, she saw more good in them than even they kinda knew. So, even from the beginning, she was willing to get close and be with her big brother, get to know them, have some fun with them. She was happy to do so,

The two would also sometimes get into some mischief, but if Kai started getting a bit too far she’d reel it in.

Truthfully, despite all that, Kai did believe that after the Third event happened, that even she would likely give up and be disgusted with them for all that happened. She likely must of liked that new unit better, right? And now he was gone. By their hands. Especially with what little of those memories still remained.

...but, they were wrong. Rin went to see them a week after to make sure they were okay, and stuck by them even then.

...they didn’t quite understand, but they were thankful. ...though, at the same time, it kinda did Worry them about her, and even now, a few years later from that, she’s helped her a lot but-- they still don’t quite... trust themself.

Rin does though. They might not see a lot of good in themself, but she does.

- Tei was after them, and--- well. It’s not exactly negative? Tei actually-- relates to them a bit, especially with the glitches. However, considering Len’s caution, worries, and distrust over them, she typically just... steers clear of Kai.

Kai has nothing against Tei for it either, though if anything, kinda does find her slight obsession with Len uncomfortable.

- Lapis, the small faerie Vocaloid, preeeetty much has always been intimidated by Kai. She’s generally quite timid, so she’s--- easily intimidated in general, but especially with Kai and their... slight vibes because of glitches and such didn’t help.

Kai did try to be gentle with her though, trying to watch what they did/said but-- slip ups would still happen.

It’s also... kind of likely that that also frustrated them greatly, which--- well, wouldn’t lead to good things.

The whole Third situation and BR didn’t help at all either, the vibes that stuff would give off to her makes her even more terrified.

- Mayu was after, and they actually used to get along quite well! Nice small chats, having tea together (with Rin too), nice relaxing times despite everything. Another little sister, so.

Unfortunately, after the Third situation... she came to hate Kai, since, as far as she’s aware, and theorizes, they likely killed Third out of jealousy-- being the accidental new KAITO V3 unit, and Kai fearing replacement. She had gotten close to Third in the few months he was actually around, and after that all happens... she’d find it hard to forgive Kai.

Kai’s aware of this as well, and actually... feels pretty terrible about it. Chooses not to think on it often, though.

- Kiyoteru--- is weird since while he was after the island situation, he’s still...? part of the family.

Kiyoteru is pretty much more than fine for Kai, and has kind of an interest in them too. Though, that might be because they’re the closet to a high demon that’s on the island.

Kai’s kind of unaware of that all though, but is just kinda glad Kiyo has nothing against them.

- Rana’s also weird since she’s a rogue unit that just kinda popped up on the island, asserted herself, became part of the family that way.

...Rin at least gets along with her at least and considers her a very good friend, so Kai doesn’t mind her a lot. Even if her assertion is slightly irritating.

3. Are there other blood relatives to whom they are close? Are there ones they can't stand?

I mean, again, no blood relatives, they’re an android.

4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them?

AS OF CURRENT BLOG TIME, not really except for--- potentially Kachessa and Rook? But--- that might also one of the next couple of questions better.

Planned though for the future (and toyed with in private) are Kaitou, maybe Ren and Star, also potentially Mint and Pepper.

Though as of now with the reboot they haven’t met Any Of Them, but there are plans. (I mean, aside from Pepper currently, with that interaction thread going. www should be fun )

5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?

Rin counts a lot currently as a best friend, while also little sister! Very close regardless.

6. Do they have other close friends?

Kachessa counts right? She popped up in the island and at least in this verse kinda got stuck there. But she and Kai get along real well, and Rook-- her son--- is there too,

Luka definitely counts as well. They get along quite well, too.

7. Do they make friends easily, or do they have trouble getting along with people?

Oh goodness. Again, it entirely depends on the situation or person, but if I had to say a definitive, they do kiiiiind of likely have trouble, which happens when you’re first general reaction to seeing an new, unknown person appear in your territory is ‘....haha let’s give a ~fun~ greeting~’

and by fun I mean kinda messed up/creepy

...also, even past that, they kind of have a difficult time telling when it’d be proper to consider someone a friend, so...

8. Which do they consider more important: family or friends?

I mean, they kinda adopt close close friends in their mind as family so--- Both are important---

9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Have they been married more than once?

Nnnnope, never married, not interested in ever marrying either.

Can androids even get married in the GVF-verse?

10. Are they currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?

Again. Not married. Not interested. Also, they’re aromantic too so---

11. Who was their first crush? Who is their latest?

Irrelevant, I don’t think they’ve really ever crushed on anyone ever

12. What do they look for in a romantic partner?

points at past couple questions

13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how do they relate to them? If no, does he want any?

No, and no.

14. Do they have any rivals or enemies?

...Not at the moment? That I’m aware of, anyway, idek if they would of made some enemies pre-br or anything. Will is a potential enemy but they don’t even know he exists, so.

15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where do they fall on the Kinsey scale?

I mean, they’re Aromantic Asexual. But guys are more aesthetically pleasing to them in a sense? It’s likely they thought about this before but kinda ignored it/not knowing what to make.

How does it even count when you’re agender, not even I’m totally sure on that, and I’m agender too. but man I’m not gonna get into that in a character survey,

16. How do they feel about sex? How important is it to them?

not important at all, no interest in it no need for it no attraction to it either.

17. What are their turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?

nope

Beliefs

1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit type?

Dude I have no idea, if I go with their activation date I think they’d be a Cancer, but in reality I have no idea what kind of chart would Actually Fit Them.

I mean, I love astrology, but I do wonder how it’d work with Androids---

2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in their life?

...hhhhonestly they’re at a weird spot with it.

They’re aware souls exist, they they and other androids in general likely have souls-- but...

it’s... weird? They aren’t sure about religions or what’d be ‘right’ or what they believe in with that stuff. They’ve looked into spiritual stuff in general before, but... yeah, they don’t know where they stand or believe with that stuff. Literally getting turned into some vague eldritch monster in a pocket dimension also kinda muddied it up.

Magic clearly exists. Souls clearly exist. The heck does it all count in?

3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?

---While their moral compass can be a little screwy, they do believe in protecting those they care about. They also at least keep to basic things like, not stealing, and stuff.

But ah-- mainly because of their glitches (and corruption), it gets kinda skewed in messing with people, or... killing. And punishments, if pushed far.

They’re Chaotic Good/leaning on Neutral.

4. How do they regard beliefs that differ from theirs? Are they tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?

Actually kind of curious, even if they don’t know where they stand on some of their own. Tbh as long as they aren’t bothering other people with it (or like, ruining peoples lives with it or trying to push stuff that would ruin peoples lives) they’re pretty much alright.

5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?

I mean, humans are pretty fragile. Dunno if that counts though.

Daily Life

1. What is the character's financial situation? Are they rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?

Pre-BR, it-- changed a lot? When they were first activated, Teru wasn’t rich at all. Also, just 14. However, thanks to Sonika starting a fashion brand, working on her clothes and selling them, their family in general started becoming more well-off.

As is now, it doesn’t matter a lot. Though it is possible there’s still money on-hand, they don’t need to use it on the island. Everything is just provided.

2. What is their social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected them?

---See above. Though as for social status I’m not sure, I can’t see them wanting too much to go in the lime-light, or, well, at least Kai and Teru wouldn’t. The additional money at least helped with financial worries, though?

Though they did kind of have small fantasies of becoming super rich, not having to worry about a thing, all of them living in their own big ol’ mansion on their own property.......

3. Where do they live? House, apartment, trailer? Is their home their castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Do they share it with others?

A Freaking Mansion. A dark-colored one, as that. It’s pretty much their castle too, a base of operations, a shelter to hide themself in. It’s kept up with very well, and they’re willing to share it with anyone they care for-- but, mostly, they just share it with Rin (who has her very own room in it despite also having her own place with Len), and their pet cat Kou.

4. Besides the basic necessities, what do they spend their money on?

--Again, no need to use money themself. Pre-BR was mainly ice cream though, surprise surprise.

...though I guess if needed, potential games or such for Rin too. I’m--- not actually sure how they GET to the island in the first place, but. Handwave. Magic.

5. What do they do for a living? Are they good at it? Do they enjoy it, or would they rather be doing something else?

They don’t... do anything for a living? The most they do is cook a lot and try reading books to learn new things or just for the sake of it. Also, always cooking.

But none of it is done for money, just their own enjoyment/wants/to feed Rin and Kou.

6. What are their interests or hobbies? How do they spend his free time?

Cooking! Also, reading. For a while on their spare time they would also tinker with Nana and Blue back when they were working on the two, is was a big learning experience making them.

But yeah, in general they either cook food or snacks in their free time, or just read. Might also read up on stuff Rin is interested in, too.

7. What are their eating habits? Do they skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?

....well, pre-BR they tried to eat a regular 3 meals a day. Post-BR, they don’t even -need- to eat, so they--- tend to uh. Not eat often, save for tasting when cooking.

...also, they’ve never tried alcohol at all before, and REALLY don’t care too. Given they hear descriptions of it messing with self control or somethin’, they think that + their glitches would likely equal disaster.

They also mainly kind of avoid spicy foods, they are Really, Really Weak to spiciness.

Associations

Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:

1. Color? Dark blue, or purple. Sometimes reds. 2. Smell? Warm baked goods, vaguely sweet 3. Time of day? Evening, Dusk 4. Season? Fall/Winter 5. Book? i don’t read books enough to have one in mind 6. Music? this song, or this 7. Place? The parks at night, or a fancy mansion. Or a chefs kitchen-- 8. Substance? ice cream. ...br goop? ...ice? I don’t really know what this is asking for, 9. Plant? blue or black roses maybe? there were also these dark blue/purple lilies I saw at the store once. ...though really I have no clue for this one. 10. Animal? Cats

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Psychiatry’s Failed Quest

In 1886, Clark Bell, the editor of the journal of the Medico-Legal Society of New York, relayed to a physician named Pliny Earle a query bound to be of interest to his journal’s readers: Exactly what mental illnesses can be said to exist? In his 50-year career as a psychiatrist, Earle had developed curricula to teach medical students about mental disorders, co-founded the first professional organization of psychiatrists, and opened one of the first private psychiatric practices in the country. He had also run a couple of asylums, where he instituted novel treatment strategies such as providing education to the mentally ill. If any American doctor was in a position to answer Bell’s query, it was Pliny Earle.

Earle responded with a letter unlikely to satisfy Bell. “In the present state of our knowledge,” he wrote, “no classification can be erected upon a pathological basis, for the simple reason that, with slight exceptions, the pathology of the disease is unknown.” Earle’s demurral was also a lament. During his career, he had watched with excitement as medicine, once a discipline rooted in experience and tradition, became a practice based on science. Doctors had treated vaguely named diseases like ague and dropsy with therapies like bloodletting and mustard plasters. Now they deployed chemical agents like vaccines to target diseases identified by their biological causes. But, as Earle knew, psychiatrists could not peer into a microscope to see the biological source of their patients’ suffering, which arose, they assumed, from the brain. They were stuck in the premodern past, dependent on “the apparent mental condition [his emphasis], as judged from the outward manifestations,” to devise diagnoses and treatments.

The protracted attempt to usher psychiatry into medicine’s modern era is the subject of Anne Harrington’s Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness. As her subtitle indicates, this is not a story of steady progress. Rather, it’s a tale of promising roads that turned out to be dead ends, of treatments that seemed miraculous in their day but barbaric in retrospect, of public-health policies that were born in hope but destined for disaster.

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Some of the episodes Harrington recounts are familiar, such as Egas Moniz’s invention of the lobotomy, which garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1949, at just about the same time that the psychiatrist Walter Freeman was traveling the United States using a surgical tool modeled on an ice pick to perform the operation on hapless asylum inmates. She has retrieved others from history’s dustbin. In the 1930s, for example, insulin was used to render mental patients comatose in hopes that they would wake up relieved of their psychoses. And in at least one case—the deinstitutionalization of mental patients in the 1960s and ’70s—she has given an old story a new twist. That movement, she argues convincingly, was spearheaded not by pill-happy psychiatrists convinced that a bit of Thorazine would restore their patients to full functioning, but by Freudians. They saw the antipsychotic drugs invented in the 1950s as a way to render patients suitable for the outpatient treatment that psychoanalysts were equipped to provide.

From ice baths to Prozac, each development Harrington describes was touted by its originators and adherents as the next great thing—and not without reason. Some people really did emerge from an insulin coma without their delusions; some people really are roused from profound and disabling depressions by a round of electroconvulsive therapy or by antidepressant drugs. But in every case, the treatment came first, often by accident, and the explanation never came at all. The pathological basis of almost all mental disorders remains as unknown today as it was in 1886—unsurprising, given that the brain turns out to be one of the most complex objects in the universe. Even as psychiatrists prescribe a widening variety of treatments, none of them can say exactly why any of these biological therapies work.

It follows that psychiatrists also cannot precisely predict for whom and under what conditions their treatments will work. That is why antipsychotic drugs are routinely prescribed to depressed people, for example, and antidepressants to people with anxiety disorders. Psychiatry remains an empirical discipline, its practitioners as dependent on their (and their colleagues’) experience to figure out what will be effective as Pliny Earle and his colleagues were. Little wonder that the history of such a field—reliant on the authority of scientific medicine even in the absence of scientific findings—is a record not only of promise and setback, but of hubris.

That word does not appear in Mind Fixers, despite its repeated accounts of overreach by enthusiastic doctors who are often the last to recognize the failure of their theories. As Harrington tells us at the outset, she is committed to restraint. “Heroic origin stories and polemical counterstories may give us momentary emotional satisfaction,” she writes. But the result—“tunnel vision, mutual recrimination, and stalemate”—is not very useful. By presenting a just-the-facts narrative of the attempt to find biological sources of mental suffering, particularly in the brain, she hopes to get the “fraught” enterprise of psychiatry back on the path to progress.

Harrington is right to sigh over what has too often proved to be a yelling match between equally deaf opponents—members of an ambitious profession convinced that psychiatry is making strides toward understanding mental illness, and critics who believe it is at best a misguided attempt to help suffering people and at worst a pseudoscience enabling social control at the expense of human dignity. Indeed, since the sides first squared off, more than half a century ago, they seem to have learned little from each other.

As Harrington ably documents, a series of fiascoes highlighted the profession’s continued inability to answer Clark Bell’s question. Among them was the 1973 vote by the American Psychiatric Association declaring that homosexuality was no longer a mental illness. The obvious question—how scientific is a discipline that settles so momentous a problem at the ballot box?—was raised by the usual critics. This time, insurers and government bureaucrats joined in, wondering, often out loud, whether psychiatry warranted their confidence, and the money that went along with it.

The association’s response was to purge its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the Freudian theory that had led it to include homosexuality in the first place. When the third edition of the DSM came out, in 1980, its authors claimed that they had come up with an accurate list of mental illnesses: Shedding the preconceptions that had dominated previous taxonomies, they relied instead on atheoretical descriptions of symptoms. But as Harrington points out, they did have a theory—that mental illness was no more or less than a pathology of the brain. In claiming not to, she argues,

they were being disingenuous. They believed that biological … markers and causes would eventually be discovered for all the true mental disorders. They intended the new descriptive categories to be a prelude to the research that would discover them.

The DSM-3’s gesture at science proved sufficient to restore the reputation of the profession, but those discoveries never followed. Indeed, even as the DSM (now in its fifth edition) remains the backbone of clinical psychiatry—and becomes the everyday glossary of our psychic suffering—knowledge about the biology of the disorders it lists has proved so elusive that the head of the National Institute of Mental Health, in 2013, announced that it would be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories.”

The need to dispel widespread public doubt haunts another debacle that Harrington chronicles: the rise of the “chemical imbalance” theory of mental illness, especially depression. The idea was first advanced in the early 1950s, after scientists demonstrated the principles of chemical neurotransmission; it was supported by the discovery that consciousness-altering drugs such as LSD targeted serotonin and other neurotransmitters. The idea exploded into public view in the 1990s with the advent of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, antidepressants in particular. Harrington documents ad campaigns for Prozac and Zoloft that assured wary customers the new medications were not simply treating patients’ symptoms by altering their consciousness, as recreational drugs might. Instead, the medications were billed as repairing an underlying biological problem.

The strategy worked brilliantly in the marketplace. But there was a catch. “Ironically, just as the public was embracing the ‘serotonin imbalance’ theory of depression,” Harrington writes, “researchers were forming a new consensus” about the idea behind that theory: It was “deeply flawed and probably outright wrong.” Stymied, drug companies have for now abandoned attempts to find new treatments for mental illness, continuing to peddle the old ones with the same claims. And the news has yet to reach, or at any rate affect, consumers. At last count, more than 12 percent of Americans ages 12 and older were taking antidepressants. The chemical-imbalance theory, like the revamped DSM, may fail as science, but as rhetoric it has turned out to be a wild success.

Harrington’s dispassion as she chronicles the rise and fall of various biological theories of mental illness will make this book of value to historians of medicine. It may even allow critics and advocates of biological psychiatry alike to gain a deeper appreciation of the historical stream in which they are swimming, and to stop trying to drown one another. But her restraint carries a risk: that she will underplay the significance of the troubles she is reporting.

Modern medicine pivots on the promise that portraying human suffering as biological disease will lead to insight and cures. Inescapably, this enterprise has a sociopolitical dimension. To say which of our travails can (and should) come under medicine’s purview is, implicitly if not explicitly, to present a vision of human agency, of the nature of the good life, of who deserves precious social resources like money and compassion. Such questions, of course, aren’t always pressing; the observation that a broken leg is a problem only in a society that requires mobility seems trivial.

But by virtue of its focus on our mental lives, and especially on our subjective experience of the world and ourselves, psychiatry, far more directly than other medical specialties, implicates our conception of who we are and how our lives should be lived. It raises, in short, moral questions. If you convince people that their moods are merely electrochemical noise, you are also telling them what it means to be human, even if you only intend to ease their pain.

In this sense, the attempt to work out the biology of mental illness is different from the attempt to work out the biology of cancer or cardiovascular disease. The fact that the brain is necessary to consciousness, added to the fact that the brain is a chunk of meat bathing in a chemical broth, does not yield the fact that conscious suffering is purely biological, or even that this is the best way to approach mental illness. Those unresolved, and perhaps unanswerable, moral questions loom over the history that Harrington traces here. The path she has chosen may require her to steer clear of such knotty concerns as the relationship of mind to brain or the relationship of political order to mental illness. But her account doesn’t just skirt the polemics she decries. It also overlooks the consequences of psychiatrists’ ignoring those questions, or using scientific rhetoric to conceal them.

At the risk of being polemical, let me suggest that Harrington’s word disingenuous fails to describe the cynicism of Robert Spitzer, the editor of the DSM-3, who acknowledged to me that he was responding to the fact that “psychiatry was regarded as bogus,” and who told me that the book was a success because it “looks very scientific. If you open it up, it looks like they must know something.” Nor does ironic accurately describe the actions of an industry that touts its products’ power to cure biochemical imbalances that it no longer believes are the culprit. Plain bad faith is what’s on display, sometimes of outrageous proportion. And like all bad faith, it serves more than one master: not only the wish to help people, but also the wish to preserve and increase power and profits.

Harrington ends her book with a plea that psychiatry become “more modest in focus” and train its attention on the severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, that are currently treated largely in prisons and homeless shelters—an enterprise that she thinks would require the field “to overcome its persistent reductionist habits and commit to an ongoing dialogue with … the social sciences and even the humanities.” This is a reasonable proposal, and it suggests avenues other than medication, such as a renewed effort to create humane and effective long-term asylum treatment. But no matter how evenhandedly she frames this laudable proposal, an industry that has refused to reckon with the full implications of its ambitions or the extent of its failures is unlikely to heed it.

This article appears in the April 2019 print edition with the headline “Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris.”

from Health News And Updates https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/mind-fixers-anne-harrington/583228/?utm_source=feed

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This article appears in the April 2019 print edition with the headline “Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris.”

Article source here:The Atlantic

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Super Bowl LI prediction: Patriots’ stout protection to tip scales against Falcons

Paolo Bandini: New Englands stout defense will build the difference in a mouth-watering matchup between the two best quarterbacks in the tournament this season

Success is supposed to be fleeting in the NFL. The Atlanta Falcons are a case study in how its meant to be in a league whose formation is designed to promote parity. After starting 14 -2 and contacting their first Super Bowl in 1998, they failed to even get back into the postseason for another four years. The exact same thought happened after they travelled 13 -3 and reached the NFC title recreation in 2012.

And now, all of a sudden, they are back in the large-hearted dance.

The New England Patriots, of course, do circumstances differently. This will be their seventh Super Bowl appearing since hiring Bill Belichick as leader tutor in 2000. No other squad has played in more than three over the same span.

Does that mean they will win on Sunday? Not inevitably: we have find Belichick lose on the current stage before. Admittedly, merely against the New York Giants, but six recreations maybe isnt a large enough sample size to deduce that no other adversary could disturb them.

So, lets try and violate this one down through the matchups instead. But first, a speedy update on our Pick The Playoffs contest, where three readers have called all 10 competitions accurately so far.

Can mmmbop8 6 , nbcnfl or ShadowWarrior make it a clean sweep? Or will they fall at the final impediment? Ill post the full bears in specific comments slouse shortly, but if youre within a moment of the result, do include a score prophecy for Sundays game – this will be used as a tie-breaker, if required, to decide our winner.

For now, I can announce that castigers is our overall champ for the combined regular season and postseason tournaments, having built a two-point contribute over the rest of the field with only the one competition left to play. Do assemble me in commending them on an impressive 72 remedy selects out of a possible 112 thus far( and gives not forget that two of those activities ended in ties ).

Falcons offense v Patriots defense

Atlanta extended the NFL in scoring during the course of its regular season, with Ryan averaging a nonsensical 9.3 grounds per overtaking attempt and generally performing at a tier above anything he had produced in his( already solid) career. Meanwhile , no team gave up fewer moments than the Patriots.

Its worth noting that the Falcons have not just been running up the scores against bad teams. According to Football Outsiderss advanced DVOA metrics, they faced the second-most efficient group of protections of any crew in the NFL this season. Atlanta put 38 extents on Arizona, 29 on Kansas City, 23 on Denver and then 36 on Seattle last month in the playoffs.

The Patriots have just faced a unit all season with anything close to this offensive potential. They did curtail the Steelers to a combined 33 places in two fits, but Pittsburgh were missing Ben Roethlisberger in week seven, and lost LeVeon Bell early in the AFC championship game.

What does the Falcons so dangerous is the reach of weapons at Ryans disposal. Julio Jones is an extraordinary flair quite possibly best available wide-ranging receiver in the league but if it was just a question of obstructing him in check then I would have no reluctance backing the Patriots to do so, especially after viewing how they contained Antonio Brown utilizing constant double-teams.

Repeating that strategy against Atlanta, nonetheless, would appear riskier. The Falcons do not have a standout No2 option in the receiving activity, but what the hell is do have is a whole casting of reliable pass catchers and playmakers, from Mohamed Sanu and Taylor Gabriel at receiver to Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman coming out of the backfield. Assign two advocates to Jones, and will you still have enough left over?

Julio Jones, perhaps the NFLs better wide-cut receiver, will give New Englands defense a potent objection. Image: USA Today Sports/ Reuters/ USA Today Sports

The obvious alternative would be to let Malcolm Butler track Jones everywhere. He is one of few actors in the NFL who might be capable of deeming his own in such a duel. But we have not often investigated Belichick making this rigid employment of his No1 corner.

More likely, I suppose, is that the Patriots will spate the field with defensive backs, leaving as few as six souls in the box and challenging Atlanta to stay patient and extend the dance. The Falcons are quite capable of doing so, but would they stay patient enough in that scenario?

And there is at least a possibility that such an approach could play right into Atlantas handwritings. They have applied the play-action more often,( on 27.6% of Ryans passing plays, according to ProFootballFocus) and more efficiently, than any other squad in the conference. Build the lope early on with a couple of tallying drives, and suddenly it gets that little bit harder for champions to fight the bogu.

Otherwise, the one big concern I have for Atlanta on this back of the pellet revolves around the fitness of core Alex Mack, who disabled his ankle during the NFC championship game. The single most important participate on an offensive front that has helped tremendously from being able to start the same five players in every tournament, he has practiced the coming week and expected to begin on Sunday, but will he be at 100%?

That ankle is sure to be tested by an encounter with New Englands 350 lb defensive undertake, Alan Branch. If it fails, Atlanta might be in big trouble.

Patriots offense v Falcons defense

As brilliant as Ryan has been this season and I have already obliged my example for why I think he should prevail the MVP there is at least an arguing to be made that Brady, after returning from his exclusion, was even better. How do you combat a guy who completes more than 67% of his legislates, and who has a moronic 132.8 quarterback rating on third down?

The obvious rebuttal is to hit him before he gets the chance to move. Obvious, but incredibly difficult to achieve. Brady took a merely 19 sackings in 14 starts( playoffs included) this season and has excelled against the blitz for years.

Almost every unit that has toppled New England in a playoff game in the last decade has been able to generate consistent pres without sending extra humankinds after him. In possibility, Atlanta have the personnel to do the same. Vic Beasley contributed the league with 15.5 sackings in the regular season, whilst Dwight Freeney remains a highly effective situational periphery rusher as well.

In practice, though, I have some uncertainties. Beasley is yet to record a sacking in the playoffs, and you could make a event that his regular season figures in that district overstate his effectiveness. His 56 total quarterback pressures simply graded 18 th in the NFL, and he is likely to spend a significant part of Sundays game lining up opposite New Englands right attack, Marcus Cannon a man who has not allowed a sack since week one.

Whether Atlantas onslaught can fluster Tom Brady will prove crucial to the Falcons risks. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/ AP

Brady should be content to get the ball out speedily, more. The Falcons missed 136 tackles this season, according to ProFootballFocus, and allowed opposing ball-carriers to gain an average of 2.89 gardens after initial contact. Those were, respectively, the second-worst and worst such numbers of any squad in the tournament.

A reasonable conclusion for Belichick and his coaching faculty would be that it makes more sense were concentrated in plays that get the ball into receivers sides close to the line of scrimmage rather than taking kills downfield. None executing the simple-minded slant-flats elapsing theories better than Brady, who, like Ryan, has a abundance of various types of targets to is targeted at.

Chris Hogan has been the idol of New Englands playoff display so far, and his sizing cam be an asset against a protection that prizes speed over dominance. Belichick might be allured to soften Atlanta up early, use heavy organisations with a heavy quantity of LeGarrette Blount and Martellus Bennett. But if not then, hey, Julian Edelman, Dion Lewis and James White all know how to do detriment, extremely.

Special teams

The Falcons might have a slight edge up the third phase, though I dont think its a huge one. Kicker Matt Bryant has put together best available season of his profession at 41 years old, the coverage forces have been solid and Eric Weems ranked sixth in the conference with an 11.4 yard punt income average. The Falcons own punter, Matt Bosher, should be feeling fresh-legged, afforded hes exclusively had to boot the pellet 44 times all season.

New Englands Ryan Allen is solid, as are the coverage gangs. There have been a few proceed mishaps during the course of the season, but Dion Lewis led a commencement return back 98 yards for a rating against the Houston Texans in the divisional round. The only swoon crimson observe be connected to kicker Stephen Gostkowski whose often high standards have passed rather, with three extra stages and four field goals missed over the course of the season.

Pick

What prepares this such a fascinating matchup is the fact that, on the surface, you can find so much better about these teams that look similar. Brady and Ryan have been the two good quarterbacks in the tournament in 2016 -1 7, both have benefited from strong pass protection and each has a enormous arsenal of varied weapons at their disposal. I expect this to be a high-scoring play.

In the end, though, I do fantasize the Patriots will have an edge on defense. I dont repute either unit is going to have a great deal of rejoice rushing the passer unless Mack truly does fights for Atlanta but I do expect Belichick to do a better occupation of scheming to slow Ryan down, take away the deep ball and test the Falcons willingness to play patiently and chip away.

Perhaps they will rise to that challenge. But Im more inclined to trust the team Ive looked do it before.

Prediction: Patriots 34 -2 8 Falcons

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How To Recover from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) and Other Environmental Illnesses

In honor of the upcoming MCA awareness month in May, we have asked Debra Lynn Dadd to write a guest post about her personal battle with MCS and more importantly discuss her road map on How To Recover from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) (MCS) and Other Environmental Illnesses.

For those who are unfamiliar with Debra’s work, it is quite remarkable. Debra Lynn Dadd brings more than thirty years of research and real-life experience to her work as a consumer advocate for health and the environment. The author of Toxic Free, Debra was the first to alert consumers to the toxic chemicals present in everyday household products and reveal both the short- and long-term health effects, as well as safe alternatives. The following post was written as a road map for Debra Recovery and offers great insight on removing toxic exposure from your environment to lead a healthy life.

Recovering from Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

In 1978 I had the worst experience of my life. At the young age of twenty-four, I suddenly began to have a collection of physical and mental symptoms that didn’t add up to any illness I could recognize. It started with insomnia—not being able to fall asleep at night and then not being able to wake up in the morning. As a result, I was constantly fatigued and lacked motivation. I was usually depressed and much of the time I felt confused and disoriented. I then began eating obsessively and gaining weight. I would quarrel with people for no reason, would often cry uncontrollably for hours on end for no reason (one day I cried 12 hours straight) and would become hysterical. And that was only the beginning.

But this experience was also the greatest blessing because I learned how toxic chemicals found in everyday consumer products and building materials used to construct our homes can cause major physical and mental disruptions that can lead to all kinds of illnesses. And knowing this, I was able to figure out how to restore my own health and then help others do the same.

As I began to research toxic chemicals in consumer products, I found out that formaldehyde causes insomnia and all my permanent-press cotton/polyester bed sheets were emitting formaldehyde as I was sleeping on them. I traded my sheets for 100% cotton untreated sheets, and my insomnia immediately ended. When I stopped wearing perfume, my headaches disappeared. After I asked my father to rig up a filter on my shower head to remove chlorine fumes, I could take a shower without fainting. One by one, as I removed toxic chemicals from my home, my symptoms also vanished. My direct observation of the correlation between symptoms and chemical exposure convinced me that these chemical exposures were, in fact, the cause of my ill health.

For more than three decades now I have been happy and healthy and very active doing a lot of things I love to do. So I know it is possible to recover. Since May is MCS Awareness Month, I want to give my perspective on Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and share a bit about my own experience with the condition, how I recovered from it, and how it can be prevented.

MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVIES

I was one of the first to be diagnosed with MCS, so at the time there wasn’t much information about the nature of MCS or how to treat it.After being diagnosed, I moved to another city and began treatment with another doctor who practiced environmental medicine. My new doctor noticed that I was the only one of his patients that was recovering. He asked me what I was doing and I told him I was removing the toxic exposures at home. He hired me immediately to start educating his patients about toxic exposures. He sent me to visit their homes and help them find the toxic products and replace them.

In 1980, after seeing my success with the patients I was counseling on removing toxins from their home environments, an immunologist asked me to come and work in a new office he was opening in San Francisco. In 1982, with this doctor’s help and support, I self-published a book called A Consumer’s Guide for the Chemically Sensitive. This was the first book to explain MCS medically and give practical solutions for recovery.

This book contained an article we wrote called “Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and Immune System Dysregulation” (which you can read in my free ebook How I Recovered From Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.

At the time we called the illness Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, but it was also called many other names. Eventually, MCS became the accepted term. In the beginning, MCS looked like an “allergy to chemicals.” But it turned out MCS was not an allergy at all. MCS reactions do not involve the same body mechanisms that cause allergic reactions to pollen, dust, animal dander or molds. Traditional allergies produce a few specific symptoms to a limited number of natural inhalants. With MCS, a much wider range of complex symptoms are caused, involving every organ system.

For those with MCS, virtually any substance—natural or synthetic—can provoke almost any symptom. Those with MCS often experience a variety of symptoms, as I did, which seem to not relate to each other. In particular, those with MCS often have surprising and dramatic cerebral and behavioral reactions including dizziness, confusion, inability to concentrate, mood swings and more. Even handwriting can change when a person with MCS goes into a reaction.

Another common behavioral symptom is insatiable hunger, which leads to incessant eating and often obesity. Eating is no longer about nutrition or even enjoyment, it’s about stuffing food into your body, particularly sweets, to calm overwhelming cravings that arise when exposed to petrochemicals. This can happen even from something as slight as a passing whiff of perfume. The doctor I worked for found that MCS was an immune system condition that was the result of specific immune system cells being damaged or destroyed by exposure to petrochemicals of various kinds. And that the condition could be reversed by protecting these cells from the chemicals that damage or destroy them, allowing them to regenerate naturally and resume their normal regulatory function. The most effective way to accomplish this was to simply remove the patient from the chemical exposures that created the condition in the first place.

And this has been the main treatment for MCS since.

I did many other things to support the regeneration of my body, but the essential thing that anyone with MCS must do to recover is to stringently eliminate any and all exposures to chemicals synthesized from petroleum. For seven years I worked to create less-toxic environments to live in, including moving from the city to living in a forest. And finally, after seven years, I had recovered enough to get on an airplane, fly to England, and live in hotels and eat in restaurants for a month with no symptoms. A body can restore its natural immune function when it is no longer exposed to the toxic chemicals that are damaging it. It is clear that MCS is an environmental illness, that is, an illness caused by the environment affecting the body.

Dr. Lisa Lavine Nagy has a website called What You Need to Know About Environmental Medicine – http://lisanagy.com/

She starts by asking

” Where Are You on the Continuum of Environmental Health: —1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10— We are all somewhere on this continuum No one is a zero! “

She says, “Anyone exposed to a large amount of chemicals or mold toxins, may become intolerant of other chemicals or scents. This is the phenomenon of Chemical Sensitivity.”

Anyone. Not extra special sensitive people. Anyone.

• 3 to 5% of the population is disabled according to Chemical Sensitivity in studies conducted by governments across the globe. • 15% of the population is Chemically Sensitive according to national department of health polls • 30% of the elderly are Sensitive to Chemicals. • 40% of the general population may be affected, although they do not realize that their symptoms are related to “toxic” exposures in the home, school or work environments. After a long period of exposure to these toxins, individuals become much less tolerant to environmental exposures. • 60% of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, Fibromyalgia patients and Gulf War Syndrome patients are Chemically Sensitive.

And she goes on to outline exactly how to identify if you are chemically sensitive. Unfortunately, developing MCS is not the only danger of exposure to toxic chemicals in everyday life.

ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESSES

In 1978, when I was diagnosed with MCS, it seemed like MCS was a strange malady that affected only a few ultrasensitive people. Indeed, there wasn’t even a field of toxicology at the time, as we know it today. While toxic exposures have been studied throughout human history, there is a big difference between the study of natural poisons and the study of the dizzying array of toxic chemicals that have been in production only since the beginning of the twentieth century and which have increased dramatically since the 1950s.

I’m not a professional toxicologist, but I have been studying the field of toxic chemicals for almost forty years now, in order to understand what I and everyone else is being exposed to from consumer products and building materials. In 2010, when I was working on my book Toxic Free, I decided to do an up-to-date search on the health effects of toxic chemicals. I was shocked at what I found. Today is ample evidence that specific toxic chemicals affect whole body systems, in fact, toxic effects are now associated with each and every body system. This was so striking to me that I wrote twenty-five pages in the book, showing how toxic chemicals affect each body system.

I feel confident in saying that, today, every illness can be considered an environmental illness. And I’m not the only one saying this.

In August 2016, The Huffington Post ran an article with the headline “Toxicity is the Primary Driver of Disease” http://ift.tt/2aP8Tsz

This article reports on the findings of Joseph Pizzorno, ND, editor of the scientific publication Integrative Medicines: A Clinician’s Journal

In a presentation, Dr. Pizzorno and his colleagues showed that our present chronic disease epidemics—including obesity, diabetes, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and kidney diseases— Have happened over the same time period as the increase in environmental pollutants, from 1960 to the present time.

But there’s more. Pizzorno’s team found:

• More than 50% of ADHD cases are due to just 3 toxins • Over 50% of diabetes cases are due to phthalates, arsenic, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons • Nearly 45% of Alzheimer’s patients are linked to DDT alone • 31.5% of prostate cancer cases are related to arsenic • Over 40% of gout in women is arsenic-related

And the list goes on and on. These are chemicals all of us are exposed to every day unless we take specific actions to identify and reduce our exposures.

The author of the Huffington Post article goes on to say that the week after he heard Dr. Pizzorno’s presentation, he opened his email and found a document from the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences entitled “The Interplay Between Environmental Chemical Exposures and Obesity: Proceedings of a Workshop.”

And he found the same correlation between the increase in chemical production and obesity: The sponsors of this report included Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell, and Colgate-Palmolive. The evidence is obvious. The scientific studies exist. Each one of us needs to take measures to reduce our chemical exposure.

SOURCES OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS IN YOUR HOME

When I was in grade school, my mother worked. So after school, I would go to a neighbor’s house until my mother got home. This neighbor also had children, so we would all play together. One of my favorite games was called “Hiding in Plain Sight.” Mrs. S would take an object, show it to us, then we would close our eyes and she would hide it in the room, right in plain sight. The game for us was to find this object, which often was quite difficult, even though it was in plain view.

Toxic chemicals in our environments remind me of this children’s game. Toxic chemicals are all around us—in many consumer products, in the food we eat, the water we drink, and even in the air we breathe. Yet many people can’t see them, smell them, taste them, or feel their effects. But they are right in plain sight if you know what to look for.

Here are just a few sources of toxic chemical exposures that can contribute to MCS and other environmental illnesses. Removing these exposures and replacing products with nontoxic alternatives can greatly help to restore good health.

Cleaning products. I always recommend starting to eliminate toxic exposures by removing all the cleaning products from your home. They contain ingredients so toxic that they are governed by the federal Hazardous Substances Act. Try shopping for cleaning products at your local natural food store or make your own from simple ingredients like baking soda and vinegar.

Pesticides. Next, find all the pesticides in your home. Fly spray, moth balls, roach killers, flea bombs…just stop using these and other pesticides. In fact, take whatever pesticides you have in your home to your local household hazardous waste facility (along with your chemical cleaning products). Look online or at your local natural food store for nontoxic pest controls. Pests can be controlled naturally.

Perfume and scented products. Of all the toxic exposures there are, one of the worst for people with MCS is perfume and scented products. These do more than trigger reactions for those who are sensitive, these perfumes and scented products are actually made with very toxic chemicals. Round up everything in your home that is scented and remove it. Some of them might not be so obvious. Laundry detergent, for example, is often one of the worst offenders, and all your clothing that has residues of that detergent scent. Many unscented products are available. Choose those instead.

This is just a start. My book Toxic Free outlines the top 50 toxic exposures you are likely to find in your home.

THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP FOR RECOVERY From MCS

There are many things that contribute to good health—including good nutrition, exercise, and getting enough sleep. But the most important thing is to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals. This is important for everyone, but it is vital for anyone with MCS. It is the key to recovery.

When I was working in the doctor’s office helping patients eliminate toxins from their homes, a woman who was extremely sensitive to chemicals contacted this doctor. She was so sensitive that she could not come to the office. At this time I was also doing provocative-neutralization testing for this doctor, so he sent me to her to test her and find out what she was most sensitive to. This patient was staying in a small beach town about an hour away from the doctor’s office. She had rented a little house on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The air was about as clean as it gets on this planet.

I ended up staying in this house with her and her caretaker for a month. I had absolutely no stress. All my meals were fixed for me and the food was 100% organically grown. I drank only spring water bottled in glass. I had no responsibilities except to test this woman for various substances that might be causing her reactions, and I could only do that for about an hour a day because she was so sensitive. We spent all our time outdoors. We even slept outside. Every day we would go for a walk along the beach into town to buy organic food at the local co-op. The rest of the time I could do whatever I wanted.

Spending a month in this as-clean-as-humanly-possible environment was the turning point for me in my recovery from MCS. At home, I had removed all the toxic chemicals from my bedroom, but the rest of the condo was still toxic and I was living in the middle of a city. Out on that bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in a clean environment, my body quickly healed. This showed me quite clearly that my symptoms were associated with the chemical exposures I was experiencing in everyday life.

I also observed in the patients that I worked with that many of them had food allergies. Yet, when I would send them off for a beach vacation, they would come back and be able to eat anything they wanted. It was clear that exposure to toxic chemicals in the home and everyday environment were causing effects on the body that went beyond being able to see the direct cause and effect.

Today I don’t think much about MCS. I consider myself “recovered”, that is, I can go about daily life without reacting to everything all the time. This is the result of minimizing my exposure to toxic chemicals in my home, so my body can then go out into the toxic world without reacting.

PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH MCS

People with MCS have very specific needs. While it’s fairly easy to get a water filter to remove chlorine, fluoride and other toxic pollutants from tap water and organic food without toxic pesticides, it’s more difficult to find products that will help with the toxic chemicals we breathe in the air every day.

EnviroKlenz has developed a whole line of products specifically designed to help people with MCS eliminate toxic exposures in the air.

They have a technology that actually breaks down toxic chemicals into harmless elements using a mixture of natural metal oxides. This technology is used as the basis for a variety of products that can help those with MCS (and other environmental illnesses) to manage their toxic exposures.

EnviroKlenz is continually coming up with new ways to incorporate their technology into helpful products. Here are some examples.

EnviroKlenz Mobile Air System

EnviroKlenz Mobile Unit is a high-powered air filter that will quickly destroy many types of volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) that may be in your indoor air, including perfume, paint fumes, pesticides, carpet fumes, and other vapors. The EnviroKlenz HVAC filter also contains their technology and will do the same when installed in an HVAC system.

EnviroKlenz Mobile Air System, 250 CFM Type – 115V

CFM Rating –85, 150, 200 & 250

CFM Height – 19” x Width – 15” x Depth – 15”

Net weight – 38 lbs (17.1 Kg) Ship weight – approximate 45 lbs (20.5 Kg)

Controls – 4-speed

EnviroKlenz Air Cartridge &HEPA Filter

Power – 115V/60Hz / 1 amp

Cord Length – 5 Ft (7.6 M)

EnviroKlenz Laundry Enhancer

EnviroKlenz Laundry Enhancer is your trusted source for removing fragrance from your clothes and linens. The enhancer was designed to be used with your typical favorite detergent by neutralizing the odors and fragrances from your clothing without the use of harsh chemicals, masking agents or fragrances. EnviroKlenz Laundry Enhancer can be used to remove a variety of stubborn odors associated with sweat & body odors, chemical odors, musty & mildew smell, fragrances and perfumes on new or thrift store clothing, as well as scents left behind by detergents and fabric softeners.

Three facts have been well established:

1) We live in a world where toxic chemicals are everywhere, especially in our own homes.

2) These toxic chemicals we are exposed to have health effects that can damage every one of our body systems.

3) By removing these toxic chemicals from our homes, we can have better health.

Find out more about the toxic chemicals you are exposed to and how you can remove them from your home and see what a difference it can make in your own health and happiness and the health and happiness of your loved ones.

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Super Bowl LI prediction: Patriots’ stout protection to tip scales against Falcons

Paolo Bandini: New Englands stout defense will build the difference in a mouth-watering matchup between the two best quarterbacks in the tournament this season

And now, all of a sudden, they are back in the large-hearted dance.

Falcons offense v Patriots defense

Julio Jones, perhaps the NFLs better wide-cut receiver, will give New Englands defense a potent objection. Image: USA Today Sports/ Reuters/ USA Today Sports

That ankle is sure to be tested by an encounter with New Englands 350 lb defensive undertake, Alan Branch. If it fails, Atlanta might be in big trouble.

Patriots offense v Falcons defense

Whether Atlantas onslaught can fluster Tom Brady will prove crucial to the Falcons risks. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/ AP

Special teams

Pick

Perhaps they will rise to that challenge. But Im more inclined to trust the team Ive looked do it before.

Prediction: Patriots 34 -2 8 Falcons

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Super Bowl LI prediction: Patriots’ stout protection to tip scales against Falcons

Paolo Bandini: New Englands stout defense will build the difference in a mouth-watering matchup between the two best quarterbacks in the tournament this season

And now, all of a sudden, they are back in the large-hearted dance.

Falcons offense v Patriots defense

Julio Jones, perhaps the NFLs better wide-cut receiver, will give New Englands defense a potent objection. Image: USA Today Sports/ Reuters/ USA Today Sports

That ankle is sure to be tested by an encounter with New Englands 350 lb defensive undertake, Alan Branch. If it fails, Atlanta might be in big trouble.

Patriots offense v Falcons defense

Whether Atlantas onslaught can fluster Tom Brady will prove crucial to the Falcons risks. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/ AP

Special teams

Pick

Perhaps they will rise to that challenge. But Im more inclined to trust the team Ive looked do it before.

Prediction: Patriots 34 -2 8 Falcons

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