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Best dentist for root canal Bannerghattaroad|Sakthi Smile Dental Clinic Bangalore

Root Canal Treatment

We have started or completed root canal therapy on your tooth. The nerve was removed, and the inside of the tooth’s root canal system was smoothed and cleansed of infection. Finally, if the root canal was completed, we used a root canal filler and sealer to seal the tooth at the end of the root.

Symptoms — When your tooth was infected, some infection may have spread out of the root into the bone. Until this infection is healed, you should expect tenderness and discomfort. These symptoms may persist for up to 10 days, but usually are gone in 48–72 hours.

Pain –If you have been given a prescription, take the medication according to the written instructions thereon. DO NOT drink alcoholic beverages while taking the pain relief medication.

Infection — In many cases, to aid the healing process and reduce the infection in the bone, we may have prescribed an antibiotic. Please be sure to take these medications as directed.

. Swelling — If you have any swelling into the face or jaw area, please call the office im-mediately. This may indicate the localization of infection and require drainage. We may simply need to adjust or change your medication.

Restoring your tooth — Be sure to return to the office for your permanent restoration.Without the crown, a root canal tooth can become brittle and possibly break and fracture .The tooth can be permanently damaged if the final restoration is not completed in a timely manner.

Result — Following the crown restoration, this tooth, with the proper care and normal healing, should function as well as your natural tooth.

Take and finish ALL antibiotics!! Please call us if you develop any allergic reaction, unexpected or unusual conditions, and if you have any questions.

Impacted Third molar /Tooth Extraction

An anesthetic will be used, your cheek, lips and tongue might feel numb for a few hours after your appointment.

Avoid chewing and hot drinks until the numbness has subsided so as not to accidentally burn or bite your cheek, lips or tongue.

After an extraction the extraction site must be allowed to clot and begin its healing process. You will be asked to bite on a gauze pad for 30–45 minutes after the procedure. Slight bleeding is not uncommon. Stop bleeding by applying a small gauze pad to the bleeding area. If bleeding continues after this, please contact us.

Please refrain from rinsing or spitting for 24 hours.

Keep fingers and tongue away from surgical area.

Avoid smoking for 5 days after the surgery since Nicotine breaks down blood clots.

Diet should be liquid and/or soft foods during the first 24 hours af-ter extraction. Ensure that you consume plenty of fluids

Once the blood clot has formed care must be taken to avoid reo-pening the wound for the next 24 hours. Avoid smoking, sucking through a straw or vigorous cleaning of the mouth near the extraction site for the next 72 hours. Limit demanding exercise for the next 24 hours so as not to reopen the wound by increased blood pressure.

An ice bag may be used to reduce swelling and pain. Swelling usually subsides after 48 hours.

If antibiotics are prescribed, continue to take them for the indicated length of time, even if signs and symptoms of infection are gone. Drink lots of fluid and eat nutritious soft food on the day of the extraction. You can eat normally as soon as you feel comfortable.

Sutures: If used, do not fail to return for their removal 7–10 days after the surgery.

Make sure to resume your normal dental hygiene routine after 24 hours (flossing and brushing). but avoid brushing surgical area.

Allergic reactions: For generalized rash, itching, etc., call the dentist im-mediately

Do not hesitate to call if any questions arise. In case of an EMERGENCY, call

Post-op instructions — Crown or Bridge Treatment

After the final cementation of your fixed restoration, it may take a few days to get used to the new crown or bridge. If you feel the bite is not correctly balanced, be sure and call for an appointment for simple adjustment.Regular brushing and flossing are a must.

Avoid hard foods that could chip your teeth. Keep in mind that Smoking, red wine, coffee and tea will stain your teeth, limit your intake as you see fit.

If you engage in sports or grind your teeth let us know so that we can provide you with a mouth-guard

If you have any questions or if you’re experiencing and problem, please give us a call

Post-op instructions — implant placement

BLEEDING: Small amounts of blood in the saliva can make your saliva appear quite red. This is normal and may be noticed the rest of the day after the procedure.

SMOKING: Smoking should be stopped following surgery. Healing and success of the implant will be substantially reduced by the cigarette smoke chemicals in your body.

PAIN: Some discomfort is normal after surgery. To minimize pain, take the prescribed medications, before the anesthesia wears off as instructed on the label. Don’t exceed the dose on the label.

Avoid driving or operating heavy machinery when taking pain prescriptions. Do not drink alcohol while taking prescription pain medications.

SWELLING: Applying an ice bag to the face over the operated area will minimize swelling. Apply for 15 minutes, and then remove for 15 minutes. Continue this for the first day.

NUMBNESS: The local anesthetic will cause you to be numb for several hours after you leave the office. Be very careful not to bite, chew, pinch, or scratch the numb area. BRUSHING: Do not brush your teeth for the first 8 hours after surgery. After this, you may brush your teeth gently, but avoid the area of surgery for 3 days.

RINSING: Avoid all rinsing or swishing for 24 hours after your procedure.

ANTIBIOTICS: If you were given an antibiotic prescription, take all of them as directed until they are gone.

REMOVABLE APPLIANCES, DENTURES:We will give you specific instructions about your pros-thesis. To avoid putting any pressure on the new implants before they have healed, your denture might be adjusted or significantly modified. In certain cases, you will need to go without your den-tures for a period (days or weeks) after the implants are placed. Sometimes a temporary removable appliance is made for cosmetic purposes, until a new non-removable one can be made.

FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS: You may need to return to the office within the first 14 days to have sutures removed, or just for a brief follow-up healing check. You may need to return after the implant has integrated for a small second procedure to expose it in preparation for the final restora-tion.

Please contact us if you have:

uncontrollable pain

excessive or severe bleeding

marked fever

excessive warm swelling occurring a few days after the procedure

reactions to medications, especially rash, itching, or breathing problems

Following these instructions very closely will greatly help your comfort, and promote uneventful healing of the area. If any of the instructions are not followed, you might have significantly more discomfort, and the success of the procedure may be affected.

New Dentures

There will be an adjustment period for you to get used to your new dentures. Dentures cover areas of your mouth that are normally bare. This might alter your speech and require that your tongue and lips adapt accordingly.

Sore spots may develop after your first few days of wearing the dentures. We can modify your denture during your follow-up ap-pointment to relieve those parts of the denture that cause exces-sive soreness or discomfort.

Dentures acquire stains and odor just like regular teeth. Routine cleaning and care of your dentures is important

You should never go to bed with your dentures on. Your gum tis-sues and jaw bones need to be given a rest from the dentures. To prevent tissue irritation, tissue infection or denture shrinkage, dentures should be kept in a cup of water with a denture cleansing agent.

Bone recedes with time every year. Annual checkups will allow us to readjust your dentures to restore their fit or replace the denture as appropriate .

10:00 am — 01:00 pm04:30 pm — 08.30 pm

Sunday by appointment only

132,3rd cross, 2ndstage,Arekere, Mico Layout 2ndstage, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore -76

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coursenatorindia · 2 years

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Coursernator Deep Dive: What is the Best Method of Re-Opening Schools? Is it even Possible? & if Yes, How?

2019 was arguably one of the most roller-coaster years that the world had ever seen. Tyler, the creator, came out with his Billboard no.1 IGOR appreciated by many worldwide. Science made huge developments by releasing the first-ever image of a black hole. The machine learning universe was reprimanded via a ban on facial recognition software and much more. Going to 2020, most of the world thought this streak would continue into the New Year, but we were wrong. The world instead got hit with a giant bomb. Covid 19, aka Sars-Cov-2, a new variant of the Sars virus, rapidly spread across the globe. We were caught unprepared to face such a crisis. With lives being lost left, right and center, it only made sense to go into total lockdown. This challenged the human race and medical science to come up with solutions to survive and fight this disease and challenged education, one of the most important aspects of modern society, to develop new innovative teaching methods.

After three months of rigorous lockdowns and restrictions, it was pretty clear that a new way of conducting classes had to be developed. Education must not stop, and therefore we decided that online has to be the way. Teachers were remotely trained to teach courses online and manage assignments and submissions, a massive challenge for teachers who, in a lot of cases, are not well-versed with technology. Eventually, classes commenced, with teachers students trying so hard to cope with the new online age, it was evident that online education was not optimized for such applications. Regardless, we, as a developing and adaptive species on earth, persevered. The year was challenging, but we made it. Continuous updates to the syllabus and the implementation of more innovative learning models also helped. Not just that, constant innovation by significant companies that make education aid developed their applications faster and made them much more stable and user friendly while simultaneously adding new features for easier usage and quality of life. Slowly, we got used to the online methods of education. I started to forget what face-to-face teaching felt like. It was unfortunate, not necessary.

Fast forward a year and a few months later. Online education has reached a ceiling of sorts, with high-speed internet available to all in almost every area of India and technology getting cheaper by the day. It was much easier to bring more and more students to the online phase in 2021 (Jan –June). But a new phenomenon was found, procrastination. Studies found that many students were not compatible with online learning, which is evident as every student is different and requires another teaching method. Education is not just a process of a higher qualified person teaching a lower qualified and experienced person what to do. It’s a constant struggle to adapt and develop new methods to keep students engaged and invested. At the same time, it’s a rigorous challenge for students to find newer and additional learning methods and grow both emotionally and mentally. So naturally, we had to go back to the drawing board, back to day one.

Current State of Education

This topic is very vast and has discrepancies, but let’s start by having a look at what the numbers say.

(Source: Google)

With the current dip in the number of cases in India, many services are back open and running like they used to. Malls are open, markets back and functioning, etc. Sure we still have to mask up, but that is obvious since taking general precaution is necessary, not just because non vaccinated people are still prone to Covid at an exponentially higher rate than vaccinated but also because always better to be safe than sorry.

With everyday life on the horizon and people are going back to jobs. The question was raised, “What About School & Universities?”

Schools and colleges had been operating on the online mode for the whole year last year and most of this year but a new method of reopening them has been introduced called “Hybrid Mode.” Hybrid Mode is exactly what it sounds like. Students can opt for offline or online classes of their own will. The class structure and dynamic have shifted yet again, with half of the class in-house and half attending from home. In this new method, students who sit in the class physically can raise questions and actively participate; other classmates can participate from home and receive extra knowledge discussed in the class. Yes, it’s not the most efficient mode of conducting lessons, but it has shown substantial growth in children and adults alike and has brought back a close to the average experience in the classroom.

Online Education – A Privilege we didn’t foresee.

Online education stays an advantage in India, where only one out of four kids can access the web and other gadgets, as indicated by UNICEF.

The virtual classroom has developed existing disparities, denoting those well-off from the less wealthy, said Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja of Central Square Foundation, an education non-benefit.

"While kids with admittance to smartphones and laptops have proceeded with their learning with negligible interruption, those less favored have adequately lost longer than a time of education," she said.

A review delivered in January from Azim Premji University looking over more than 16,000 youngsters discovered stunning degrees of learning loss.

Analysts tracked down that 92% of the youngsters had lost critical language abilities, such as having the option to portray an image or compose straightforward sentences. Also, 82% of the youngsters lost essential math abilities they had acquired the earlier year.

For Giesen Raman, an instructor in a far-off town in northeastern Manipur state, such information matches what he has found face to face.

The small primary school where he works shut its entryways for the second time in April. Without any offices for online illustrations, classes have not occurred in any structure.

When his students were momentarily permitted once again into school recently, he said many had forgotten almost all they had learned.

"It disheartens me to perceive how the eventual fate of these children might have been annihilated," he said.

In Uttar Pradesh state, where school resumes for first to fifth graders on Wednesday after more established understudies were permitted last month, six-year-old Kartik Sharma was eager to wear his new school uniform.

His dad, Prakash Sharma, said he was "fulfilled" with the infection conventions the school has set up.

Recent Developments

With the decrease in Covid positive cases the nation over, a few state legislatures and higher instructive establishments have begun making declarations concerning when they expect to continue schools in offline mode. West Bengal has said they may return after mid-October. A few others, including Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu, have fixed dates.

Nonetheless, for the security of the understudies and the instructing and non-showing staff going to the instructive establishments, a few wellbeing measures identified with COVID-19 are to be followed. A few state legislatures, then again, need their understudies and staff to get vaccinated before continuing classes in physical mode.

Odisha Government has resumed first-year postgraduate and pre-last year college courses for the understudies from August 16.

The Uttarakhand Government has permitted the schools and colleges to resume offline classes from September 1. The state government has effectively allowed the schools to continue physical types for the understudies of Classes 6 to 8 from Monday, starting August 16.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the state government is thinking about continuing schools and universities closed before considering the second flood of COVID-19. The Chief Minister said instructive foundations might return in West Bengal after Durga Puja excursions, with classes on substitute days to begin with.

Goa, then again, has permitted foundations bestowing advanced education to hold offline classes for understudies with all conventions set up. In mid-August, the Director of Higher Education Prasad Lolayekar said the state government had lifted the limitations forced on instructive Institutions for leading classes in a physical model.

Delhi University prior declared to resume the Delhi University schools for science streams understudies. Nonetheless, the college dropped its move later, expressing that the Delhi Disaster Management Authority is yet to permit face-to-face classes on grounds.

All schools and universities in Rajasthan will continue for offline classes with a large portion of the limit from September 1.

A Positive Outlook towards Continuation of Normal Life is Important.

Life has been gradually getting back to usual in India after the effects of a brutal Covid surge put semi-normal life to a pause and nauseated several million, and left many thousands dead. Various states returned last month to face-to-face learning for some age gatherings. Day by day, new diseases have fallen pointedly since their pinnacle of more than 400,000 in May. However, on Saturday, India recorded 46,000 new cases, the most enormous number in almost two months. The uptick has brought up issues over returning schools, with some notice against it. Others say the infection hazard to kids stays low, and opening schools are pressing for more unfortunate understudies who need admittance to the web, making online adapting almost outlandish.

"The basic answer is there will never be a perfect opportunity to do anything during a pandemic," said Jacob John, educator of local area medication at Christian Medical College, Vellore.

"There is a risk, yet life needs to continue – and it can't happen without schools."

Going Forward

Education is a quintessential part of any country. The young must be educated and taught so they can be of further aid to others and themselves. With almost a year and a half of online learning, I think we should be slowly moving forward towards an offline method or online, offline mixed method (hybrid). The hybrid model will set the basis of what is to be done and slowly give us an idea of how we are supposed to go back to the actual normal state of schooling. It will also be a slow, gradual and methodical way of opening as opening fully without any precautions can be tiring and put teachers and students at risk.

Sooner or later, full offline classes will come back. And we must implement it at the earliest to recover from the damage that Covid has caused.

When reopening schools and colleges, two things MUST be kept in mind:

Resource focused on the students who need it the most first.

Remote learning is challenging for students with learning incapacities, monetary problems, or temperamental home conditions. Many of these students will battle to flourish in a far-off climate where they need involved direction, enthusiastic help, and admittance to innovation. In any event, when schools are generally closed, there is a solid case to be made for establishing a physical climate where these students can learn. The test is how to present face-to-face learning freedoms to weaker students without putting them or their families in danger. Focusing on the modest number of students most needing face-to-face guidance makes it conceivable to have more modest class sizes—which makes it simpler for students to follow removing and disinfection conventions that decrease the spread of the infection. During the main rush of COVID-19, that methodology empowered the United Kingdom to keep instructing offspring of fundamental laborers and those with kid assurance plans or unique requirements in the study hall without encountering significant episodes in schools. In case it is absurd to expect to take burdened students securely class kickoff, critical assets ought to be given to them with the goal that they have the gadgets, web association, and educator support expected to learn at home.

Mental Safety of students means Academic Success.

Numerous students will be getting back to school with some level of stress. Some will have lost relatives. Others might be managing the difficulty of having their parent lose employment. Alongside being presented with cautions about the infection, students are becoming more mindful of foundational prejudice, environmental change, and different issues that can add to an overall condition of tension. Even though survey students' scholarly status and attempt to get up to speed with lost learning, instructors should zero in first on remaking connections and a feeling of the local area. That work will deliver profits over the long run and be coordinated into far-off settings through care or prosperity checks, just as a designated educational program. The BARR model, for instance, gives devices to assist educators with tending to the passionate, social, and physical necessities of their students in each association with them; makes close accomplices of students, and gives week by week examples on building relationships. The best instructors currently will, in general, zero in on overall youngster. An educational system can attempt to carry this training to all students.

History is evidence of how important education has been to humans. From the first time, a human taught another to hunt to modern-day online courses where a click of the button connects a teacher and a student. It is pretty essential that students and children feel at home when returning to their schools and educational institutions.

Extra Resources

Back to School: A Framework for remote and hybrid learning amid Covid-19 (McKinsey)

More schools in India cautiously reopen despite COVID fears (Al Jazeera)

#Online Education #Coursenator

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dockchess2 · 2 years

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beatricebidelaire · 3 years

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#im just ..... so mad at the attitude of reopening and not needing masks #esp wrt to the vaccine is not only not 100% effective and vaccinated people can still transmit covid #but also that it’s known to not work on different newer variants #there’s already cases of people dying of different variant of covid after being vaccinated #and the variants are only going to continue to increase due to big pharmas’ policy wrt parents and the uneven distribution #(there’s also the theory that it’s possible vaccinated might be more vulnerable to newer variants since the vaccine might be confused #by it and mistake it as old variant. it’s not a verified thing i think so i don’t want to say for sure it’s true)#but even without that. with the vaccines not effective for newer variants #that are for sure to spread with all the reopenings etc #it’s just ... very reckless and im mad and i feel like government is just like they won’t do something about it until numbers go up again #even tho we’ve seen from last year when the numbers do actually go up it’s FAR harder to control #like these policies are just like ...... ‘have you learn nothing from last year’ kind of feeling

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sequinsmile-x · 3 years

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Concussion

Emily gets hit over the head. Aaron worries.

Based on a prompt from the lovely @ssa-sparks

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Warnings: Mentions of minor injuries/blood/stitches etc

Read over on Ao3 or below the cut!

It happens so fast.

Emily and JJ go in first at Aaron’s request, aware that there were children on the scene and their presence would startle them less. They clear the first floor of the house, JJ directing the two young boys they find in the living room out of the front door. Emily opens the door to the basement, clearing the way as she walks down the stairs.

As soon as her feet hit the bottom step she is hit in the head, hard, and falls to the ground. She cries out as her vision and hearing briefly go, the pain spreading throughout her skull immediately. She isn’t sure exactly what happens, she can hear the muffled sound of JJ yelling, and the others rushing in. The unsub apprehended by Derek almost immediately, the 2x4 he had used to hit her abandoned on the ground next to her.

Emily closes her eyes to block out the light that suddenly seemed too intense. She smells his cologne before she sees him. Something warm and uniquely Aaron filling her senses. Something that smelt like home. When she reopens her eyes Aaron is there, leaning over her, concern written all over his face.

“Em? Are you hurt? What happened?” He asks, grimacing when he looks at her properly.

“He got the drop on me.” Emily says as she sits up, her eyes briefly going blurry again. Aaron reaches out for her, his hands on her upper arms as he tries to steady her. She puts her hand to her forehead and pulls it back to see blood on her fingers. “Damn it.”

“What do you remember?” He asks, not bothering to cover his concern as he helps her sit up.

“Aaron, calm down. I didn’t even pass out.” She blinks a couple times, wincing as she again puts her hand to her head where she was hit. She shrugs his hands off of her, looking around the room at the local cops surrounding them, annoyed that despite the head injury she was the one who seemed to remember where they were. “I’m fine.”

He ignores her, his worry outweighing his usual ability on picking up on her frustration.

“Do you know where we are? What year is it? Who am I?” He asks in quick succession, dutifully helping her to her feet as she tries to do it herself, not making any comment when she grasps his bicep when she loses her balance.

“If you don’t stop, you won’t be my boyfriend for much longer, that much I can tell you.”

He ignores her again, used to being the one she would take out her frustration on, very rarely rising to the bait.

“The EMTs are outside, we’ll get them to have a look at you.” He says, following her up the stairs to make sure she doesn’t fall.

“Aaron.”

“Please don’t argue with me on this.” He pleads as they make it to the first floor, his eyes imploring her to just listen to him.

She gently nods her response and walks outside. She’s aware of his hand hovering just behind her lower back, ever ready to support her if she needed it, even if she didn’t want him to. ____________

“Why is it always you that ends up with a head injury?” Aaron asks quietly, his voice gentle as if he is avoiding making her inevitable headache worse.

She was sat up on a gurney, the EMTs having decided she needed to go to hospital to get checked over properly. Aaron was sitting on the edge facing her. Emily winces as he presses the ice pack the nurse had handed him against the gash on her forehead, the cold seeping in and making her head pound. They were waiting for the doctor to see if she needed stitches. The rest of the team were packing up at the precinct, waiting to meet them at the jet, leaving the couple to it.

It was well known that Emily wasn’t a good patient, neither of them were. In the few times one of them, or on one very stressful occasion for Dave both of them, were in need of a hospital check up since they got together they were only placated by each other. Raised eyebrows and vague threats enough to make them listen to the doctors as they were poked and prodded to make sure none of their injuries were permanent.

“I don’t always end up with head injuries, Aaron.” She says through her teeth. Her annoyance at him is lost in translation, the blood that still stained her face and had dripped down onto her chest removing some of its bite.

“Well you get more than the rest of us.” He briefly lifts the ice pack to look at the wound, his breath hitching when he sees it again. A mar on her pale skin, one of his favourite places to kiss her. He tenderly moves some of her hair out of the way, tucking it behind her ear with such affection she can’t help but smile at him despite her frustration. He puts the ice pack back down on her skin. “It’s like you’re attracted to 2x4s or something.”

“Shut the fuc-”

“Agent Prentiss?”

They both turn to see a doctor standing at the end of the cubicle they were in, an amused look on her face that told them just how much of their exchange she had overheard.

“Let's have a look at this head wound, shall we?”

Aaron moves the ice pack and stands up to give the doctor some room, but stays next to the gurney.

“Oh yeah, definitely stitches.” The doctor says, her gloved fingers pressing gently at Emily’s forehead.

“Seriously?” Emily says, staring at the doctor as she nods. “блять.”

The doctor looks concerned and turns to Aaron, her eyebrow raised.

“That’s normal.” He explains, a small smile on his face. “She always curses in Russian when she’s annoyed. Usually it’s aimed at me.”

“It's the best language to curse in.” Emily explains to the doctor before turning to glare at her boyfriend.

They patiently wait as the doctor sets up the stuff she needs to stitch Emily’s forehead. Aaron grabs her hand when he sees the needle the doctor moves towards her face as she explains it’s a local anaesthetic that will numb some of the pain. Emily raises her eyebrow at him, and mutters something under her breath about how she isn’t a child.

Neither of them acknowledge how tightly she squeezes his hand once the doctor begins. He leans down to press a kiss to the top of Emily’s head and smiles against her hair when she further tightens her grip on him. ____________

Emily was so relieved to get home she could have cried. The noise of the jet had made her head throb harder as the flight went on, the hours dragging on into what felt like days. Aaron had encouraged her to sleep on the journey but she refused, wanting to ensure her paperwork was finished before they landed. The promise of having the following day off getting her through the headache that was made worse by Derek and Spencer’s latest prank war.

She had caught Aaron glaring at them, an admonishment on the tip of his tongue but she had nudged him under the table with her knee before he could, a soft smile on her face as she looked at him adoringly.

Even when he pissed her off she loved him. And that pissed her off even more.

She hated being coddled, and even after all of this time with Aaron she still sometimes found his affection surprising. How easily he’d give it away to her, like it cost him nothing. How he’d buy her candy on the way home just because he walked past the aisle and thought of her. He’d touch her at any given opportunity. A hand brushing over her shoulder or her waist, pressed into her lower back as he guides her through a door. A kiss to her forehead, her cheek.

Ever since the EMT had told them she needed to go to the hospital he had been treating her like she was made of glass and she hated it, hated that he looked so guilty as the doctor had stitched her forehead back together. She knows he needs this, to look after her. Penance for what he deemed to be his fault since it was his decision to send her into the house first. So she lets him hover, with minimal barbs thrown at him so he knows when he is toeing the line between what she deems acceptable and what is too far.

She merely rolls her eyes at him, ignoring how it made her head burn with pain, when he insists on carrying her go-bag for her, but she stops him at opening her car door as he pulls their car up on their driveway. She’s out of the car before he can think about it, an eyebrow raised at him in defiance when he starts to protest.

As soon as the front door closes behind them he sets the alarm and throws their go-bags over the back of the couch. Emily takes off her shoes and coat, closing her eyes as her head swims when she bends forward to put the shoes away. When she’s upright again she knows he’s seen it, his eyes fixed on her.

“Why don’t you head on up sweetheart. I’ll be right up.” He says as he kisses her temple.

“Okay.” Emily replies, not having it in her to argue. “I’ll see you in a minute.”

Her nighttime routine goes by in a blur, and if questioned she wasn’t even sure if she would remember completing all of the steps. She turns off the main light, leaving only Aaron’s bedside light on, and climbs in under the covers.

When Aaron enters the room she is almost asleep, shocked awake by the room flooding with light. She groans, pulling the comforter over her head to block out what she can.

“Too bright.” She grumbles, her voice muffled.

“Sorry, sweetheart.” He turns the light back off and sheds his suit, his jacket over the back of a chair in a corner.

He gets ready for bed and climbs in next to her, a smile on his face as he gently pulls the covers back from her face. He gently runs his thumb over the edge of the large white dressing on her forehead, the spares tucked in his go-bag with instructions from the doctor on when to change it written on his phone.

“How are you feeling?” He asks, his voice barely a whisper.

“Head hurts.” She admits, feeling able to do so now it was just the two of them in the safety of their bedroom, with no prying eyes or concerned glances from the team. Even though so much time had passed since Ian Doyle had torn through their lives, there was always a moment when she was hurt that she would see the panic on her friend’s faces. See them go back to the time they were all told she was dead. It made her want to protect them, claiming she was fine even though her head felt like it had been stamped on.

Aaron was different. There was so much naked honesty in their relationship, so much that could be said without either of them saying a word, that she knew he already knew how she was feeling at any given time.

At one point in her life she would have found it suffocating, the fact that someone could know her that well. When they started their relationship she kept waiting for it to happen, for him to be so good, so righteous, that it would tip her over the edge. Make her self-destruct and take him down with her. But it never came. Now she can’t imagine life without him.

“I know it does, baby.” He answers before kissing her forehead, his lips grazing the edge of the dressing. “Get some sleep.”

“Are you going to let me sleep?” She asks, voice thick with exhaustion as she curls into his side.

“I’m going to follow the doctor's instructions and wake you up every couple hours if that’s what you’re asking.”

“иди на хуй.”

He chuckles into the top of her head. “I’m going to choose to believe that's you saying you love me.”

“Whatever makes you feel better, honey.” ____________

“Em, sweetheart. You’ve got to wake up.” He shakes her slightly and can’t help the relief he feels when she groans.

“What time is it?”

“3am.”

“I hate you so much.” She grumbles before she pulls his arm tighter across her waist, wrapping herself up tighter in his embrace. She moves with a speed that surprises herself and reaches behind her to press her hand over his mouth. “If you even think about asking me what year it is and if I know who you are, I’ll make you sleep in the garden. Concussion or no concussion.”

He smiles against the palm of her hand and kisses it before removing it from his mouth.

“Straight to the garden?”

“The spare room or the couch are for good boyfriends who let me sleep through the night.”

He kisses her temple. “I just want to make sure you’re ok.”

“I know.” She says, already drifting back off to sleep. “And I love you. But let's go back to sleep.”

“I love you too.” He kisses her temple again. “See you in a couple hours.”

He smiles at, and ignores, the Russian curse words she mutters under her breath and strokes her hair until she falls asleep again.

He doesn’t sleep that night, keeping an eye on her until the sun rises.

When he falls asleep on the couch the following afternoon she purposely wakes him by turning the tv volume all the way up, disregarding the pounding in her own head.

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blueprint-han · 3 years

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So I’ve finally decided to make this post and (officially) open gfx requests! This is a decently long post, so please read through carefully, especially the rules section! And before you ask, any banners I make will be completely free, I am not accepting commissions for banners. I just like making them.

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RULES:

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STUFF I’M WILLING TO MAKE:

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angularbean · 4 years

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Cold Hands - [Zuko x Reader]

Word Count: 1557

Tumultuous laughter echoed throughout the dark, dense forest. Normally, the Gaang would be more careful in order not to attract any unwanted visitors but no one cared at the moment. After a long time of traveling and training; you finally were about to relax. Well, as much as wanted war criminals could relax.

Everyone was circled around a small fire, where everyone retold stories and memories from their time together. Many inside jokes were shared, especially the whole Sokka’s cactus juice incident.

Toph sat across from you, sitting against a rock with her arms rested behind her head. Next to her sat Aang and Katara, who were notably sitting rather close to each other; every once in a while stealing glances. Sokka was seated in between yourself and Katara, sulking due to the teasing and ridicule of cactus juice. A mere few inches from you sat Zuko, the infamous banished prince. Neither of you could deny the chemistry you had together; the stealing glances, brushing hands, unnecessary supply runs, sitting too close to each other, all of the works. Of course neither of you would admit it. The rest of the Gaang would never let you hear the end of it. They rooted for you two. You’d be lying if you didn’t think about being in a relationship with him, but you would never admit it.

A cool breeze blew through the camp, causing the fire to sizzle and crack a bit. It was close to summer and it was still outrageously cold. Maybe it was the mix of the cool breeze and the shadows of the trees, not that it mattered. The only thing that did matter was how freezing cold your hands were. In comparison, they were basically ice cubes even though it wasn’t that cold out. Your hands were just naturally cold you guess, and the cold breeze just made them even more so. As everyone talked, you desperately rubbed your hands together trying to warm them up but they eventually just settled under your thighs for warmth. Your eyes watched an animated Sokka as he explained some things he used to do in the Southern Water Tribe with Katara.

Suddenly, a mischievous smile spread across your face. Zuko turned to you questioningly as you slowly stood up as no one else paid attention to your rising form. You see, Sokka is like the annoying brother you wish you never had; so when you had the chance to pester him you would take it. Silently you ventured behind Sokka, who was way too invested into his story to notice you. The others did, however, notice your obvious form lurking behind the unsuspecting water tribe boy. You quietly and quickly shushed them before they said anything by bringing your pointer finger up to your lips.

You placed your hands on the back of the unsuspecting boy’s exposed neck, “Are my hands cold?”

Sokka immediately screeched and jumped up, trying to remove your ice cubes for hands off of him. However you stood your ground.

“What the hell?! Why are your hands so freaking cold?! Get off of me!” Sokka screamed, the pitch of his voice heightening until it cracked. Everyone erupted in laughter as Sokka unsuccessfully removed your hands off of him, causing him to thrash around sightly.

Zuko watched the scene in front of him. Toph, Aang, and Katara laughed at Sokka’s discomfort while you stood behind Sokka. Your hands still firmly place of his neck with Sokka’s hands placed on yours, trying to remove them. Zuko’s eyes flashed with jealousy as he slightly glared at the poor brown boy. He should be the one holding your hands, not Sokka. Once his golden eyes shifted to your form, the jealousy in his eyes softened to admiration.

Your laugh rang through Zuko’s ears, and a sense of warmth spread through his chest. He loved your laugh. To him, it was the most beautiful thing ever. He knew if he’d tell you that you’d disagree with him because of the occasional snort or wheeze that left you as you laughed. If anything, that’s why he loved your laugh. It was unique and practically radiated happiness. Your laugh never failed to make him smile. The soft smile on his lips was proof of that.

He loved the way your hair flowed, slightly covering your face as Sokka thrashed around in your hold. Oh how he wished he could just run his fingers through your silky locks. Twisting strands of your hair between his thumb and pointer finger while you cuddled up next to him. When you finally let go, you doubled over and laughed. One of your hands resting on your knees as your other hand pushed your (h/c) hair out of your face.

But your eyes, oh spirits, they were probably one of his favorite things about you. The way they practically sparkled as you laughed, the way they glistened in the sun, how the looked in the orange fire, how they softened when you looked at him.

Man, you drove him crazy. But he loved it.

As everyone settled down, you treaded back to your spot. What Zuko didn’t expect was for you to sit closer to him. Almost completely closing the space that was once between you two. Your hand rested in between you and Zuko, as everyone began to converse yet again. After a while, a wave of confidence overwhelmed Zuko. He cautiously placed his hand over yours, expecting you to retract your hand in disgust. You simply looked over at him and smiled, an obvious blush dusted your (tanned/pale/dark/etc.) face. Zuko had a matching blush on his face and the both of you turned, engaging in the conversation with the rest of your friends.

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After another hour of talking, the Gaang decided to catch some sleep since they would be leave tomorrow morning. With the help of Zuko, you pulled your sleeping bag from Appa’s saddle.

You laid out your sleeping bag next to Katara’s giving her a good amount of space between you two. Zuko placed his next to yours, not looking you in the eye as he shifted his a bit closer; still giving your respectable room but not as much room as you gave Katara. As everyone climbed into their own sleeping bags, Aang put out the fire. Plunging the camp into darkness, the only light came from the stars and moon.

In record time, Aang’s loud snores and Sokka’s sleep talking rang through the camp. You shivered as you snuggled deeper into your sleeping bag. You didn’t understand why you were so cold, no one else seemed bothered by the breeze. Maybe your clothes were a little too thin? Or perhaps it was your sleeping bag? Regardless, you were cold and it was hard for you to sleep. Everyone else seemed to be in deep sleep so you shifted a bit, your sleeping bag rustled a bit as you lay on your side, facing Apparently, your body decided not to agree with you as you continued to shiver; causing your sleeping bag to rustle a bit.

“Are you cold?” Your eyes snapped opened, meeting a pair of gold ones. The golden orbs captured the shining stars beautifully, almost recreating the heavens above. You almost forgot the question that left his lips as you quickly snapped out of your dazed.

You didn’t trust yourself to speak. So you closed your eyes and just simply nodded your head.

Zuko seemed to contemplate with himself as he lay still after you answered. A long ten seconds dragged out until you heard Zuko shift. You reopened your eyes to see Zuko slip out of his sleeping bag. He bent down and picked up his sleeping bag, placing it back down right next to you. The banished prince climbed back into his sleeping bag. The only difference being that he slowly wrapped his arms around you, giving you time to pull away in case he was overstepping boundaries. Seeing that you didn’t pull away, he fully wrapped his arms around you; one underneath you with his hand resting on the small of your back and the other wrapped around your waist. You can tell he slighly warmed up his hands, not to the point where it burned, but to where the warmth caused you to turn putty in his hands.

Immediately, you’re engulfed in warmth. You weren’t sure if it was the natural body heat the fire bender radiated or if it was the blood that ran to your cheeks.

“I-Is this okay?” Zuko whispered. For someone who was bold enough to cuddle you, he was extremely nervous. You looked up at him and grinned.

“More than okay.” You answered.

You nuzzled your face on the crook of his neck, warming up the tip of your nose. Zuko’s hand that was resting on your back moved upward, losing itself in your hair. Slowly he began to twist and twirl stands of your hair around his fingers, occasionally moving up to your scalp softly dragging his nails over it; causing you to hum in approval.

“What if they see us?” You asked, referring to the rest of the Gaang, “They’ll never leave us alone after this.”

Zuko placed a soft kiss on the top of your head, “Let them see.”

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devansh-malhotra · 2 years

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YOGA 101

Yoga is nothing but the meaningful connection of your soul to the mind and the body. An efficient way of life which is proven to heal and purify your soul by the yogis…

Sure, explosive gym workouts gather all the attention and are fun to execute, but the reason why people rely on yoga is because of it’s healing powers. Everything from meditating and breathing to even moving in a specific fashion can be termed as yoga. As humans grow, intellectually and physically, they themselves discover different forms of yoga in their daily lifestyle. Yoga comes naturally to all living creatures at some point in their life, be it for stability, for healing, for strength, etc. depends on the individual. Yoga is the catalyst of life, it not only makes every process faster, but also easier for all beings who practice it. Now-a-days, many individuals believe that yoga is an ancient artform which helps in gathering large audiences on the western plane. This thought process motivates certain influencers into spreading a word about yoga, online through their reach. Many individuals believe that yoga is something which should come from the within, I agree to that statement to an extent, because without that internal motivation and drive, achieving greatness via yoga is nearly impossible. However, regardless of the medium of propagation, teaching correct yoga is extremely essential. Every person should have access to reliable techniques and information for practicing better yoga. Hence, this blog, where I attempt to walk you through different forms of yoga, which can make your online life easier.

Work from home, online classes, internet, zoom, these are some words which have taken up a major chunk of our time in the past couple of years. This has led to several promotions, various bonuses, abundant success stories and also a bunch of lifestyle diseases. Hypertension, diabetes, obesity, etc. to name a few. Every too good to be true thing comes with a hint of bad with it. In case of online-mode of education and work, the bad was a world wide pandemic and the work from home bit obviously.

The quarantine and lockdown period not only made our working lives difficult, but also managed to score some points in the poor lifestyle department. People knowingly and unknowingly fell into traps of sedentary lifestyle choices which gave them problems with their joints, eyes, organs, etc. Going to the gym was not in the books and working out at home was not possible without the essence and vibe of the gym. Hence, most people waited for gyms to reopen and life to resume like the way it used to function. However, this wait time stretched out to about two years, which is more than enough for bad habits and poor lifestyle to settle deep inside the human body.

People who were well acquainted with yoga before this pandemic had hit the jackpot, all they required was some open space and time. All their problems and issues were fixed by yoga during the lockdown. However, yoga is not just about working on current issues, it also caters to the issues which were induced in the past. Hence, the people who were unaware about the yogic tactics, or simply did not execute yoga in the time of pandemic, it is still not late. Yoga is all about healing and walking the peaceful path of life. This allows almost any individual to pick it up at any point of time and lead a better life. In yoga, it’s not about the workout, everything revolves around the lifestyle. Yoga requires discipline and focus, which directly and indirectly makes the person a healthy human.

In this blog we will discuss “yoga” which will make you ponder about whether you should adopt the better lifestyle or not. This is not like other articles where the author recommends some exercises and vouches for it. Here, I will let you decide whether yoga is the key for whatever you are looking for in terms of health and fitness.

We all are aware about the fact that yogis live in the tundra’s with minimal food and clothing, and are still more versatile and strong than a major chunk of the population. The backbone of their strength is yoga, which made their minds strong. A strong mind means a strong body, a strong soul, a healthy heart and a full stomach. Performing yoga is not about becoming a part of some cult, it is about self-reflection. Narrowing down on ones mistakes and working on them efficiently and progressively.

Great stuff about the origins and essence of yoga, but which type of yoga am I supposed to practice?

Excellent question. If you go on the internet and type in different types of yoga, you will be amazed to find out that the results of yogic terms lack discipline themselves. Abundance of different responses and reviews will clutter your mind and confuse you into adopting different yogic practices. Let me clear that google search for you, first of all, yoga is not only about asanas and pranayamas. It is also associated with how a person carries themselves. Ahimsa (non-violence), Bhramcharya, Aparigraha, Saucha, Santosh, Swadhyaya, Ishwara Pranidhana, Pratyahara, Asana, Pranayama, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi. All these are the elements of yoga. That said, you are not required to master them all for becoming a healthier human. All these elements are required only if you are willing to become a true yogi. For escaping your bad habits and becoming a better human, Dhyana, Asana and Pranayama will do the magic. Now, asanas can be divided into three major categories. -Meditative asanas -Relaxative asanas -Cultural or corrective asanas

Whereas pranayamas are divided into eight categiroes. -Suryabhedig -Sheetkari -Bhastrika -Palvini -Ujjayi -Sheetli -Bhramari -Morchha

Hence, there is something for everybody in yoga. If you are looking to relax your mind, relaxative asanas should be your go to. On the other hand, if you are looking to fix your posture, correctives asanas are what you should rely on. Pranayamas are as important as asanas, they help in building better linkage between your neurons which directly makes the mind more productive. Hence, both the techniques go hand in hand. One makes you stronger physically, while the other makes your mind strong.

In conclusion, yoga is the counter to every disease, you just have to stop procrastinating and turn a new leaf for good.

#yoga #workout #asanas #pranayama #yogabag #yoga clothing #yogalife

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night-shadowblood-writes · 4 years

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Kitten Collar

Dom.Aizawa x F.Reader

Warning: naughty time, female pronouns, reader is an adult! just younger than aizawa since he's 31 when he met class 1-A I pictured youngest age being 20, oh n mention of a bad previous dom

Looking into the mirror while applying simple make up that consist of both waterproof eyeliner and mascara as well as cherry chapstick because I don't like the sticky feeling of lipgloss or how lipstick tastes.

I smile perfect and simple I then walk to the floor length mirror to see the finished image. Cute lacy baby pink matching bra and panty set with white thigh highs connected to a lacy garter belt white heels greeted my sight but my favorite part of this was the realistic (h/c) cat ears that sat perfectly on top of my head and the baby pink collar with bold rose gold lettering with the word 'Kitten' on it.

I have another collar but that one was black with bold gold letters 'Brat' on it but that's used for another time. I'm meeting my Dom today so I'll be a good girl.. for now at least.

I sigh I was a little bit anxious my previous Dom wasn't the greatest but not all Dom's are bad. Once I'm sure I look as close to perfect as I can be I walk out of my changing room and toward his room, 'Keiko said his room was number 8' I thought before taking a breath and knocking.

'The Dom and Sub' was a building for adults to go and explore yourself while primarily used for Dom's and subs to find the right match it does delve deeper to help others explore who they are without fear of rejection or scorn.

This place was a haven everything was confidential as promised by Keiko the owner of 'The Dom and Sub' from what Keiko has told me she couldn't find the right sub so she founded this place and found Mei who works the toy shop that's held on the first floor. They've been together for three years and are so cute together #Dom and Sub goals.

"Come in.'' I open the door but close it just as fast, 'No way! It's not possible Keiko must have made a mistake pairing her with him! Maybe I heard wrong and got the rooms mixed up!' while my mind was going 90 miles an hour I barely heard the foots steps come close to the door.

"You alright there kitten?" The gruff tired voice of my old teacher Aizawa-sensei asked. It's been a couple of years since the memorable class of 1-A graduated and made names for themselves not only in Japan but a around the world since some chose to leave Japan to expand themselves worldwide.

(Y/n) was one of the few who left having gone (to/ back to) America sidekicking under a great hero known as Jericho Flores or The regeneration hero Salamander before making her own hero name. But now back in Japan she felt at home having met Keiko and Mei after defending them from a thug and getting invited to the shop.

At first I was apprehensive but Keiko never let me down before having always set me up right except once and that's because the dirtbag lied now though with Kai's like detector quirk that never happens anymore and the rooms now have help buttons whenever assistance is needed the customers and I feel safe and greatful.

I bit my lip before reopening the door and stepping in while the place is open and I have no shame for my body this look was only for my doms eyes.

Aizawa's eyes widen with recognition, "(l/n)?" I nod before looking up at him he looked the same as before messy hair, tired eyes, but handsome. All of us girls admitted so in a sleepover once back in UA.

"Hello Aizawa I'm your sub that is if you still want me if not you can talk to Keiko and she can arrange for you to meet with another sub." I say head held high.

Aizawa couldn't believe his sub was one of his old students but he couldn't it was illogical but then again it had been a few years since she was his student. "Your back from America huh" he stated dryly "Yes sir" even though he's not my teacher I still have high respect towards him.

"If your uncomfortable you can go ahead and leave as well." My eyes widen before looking at his eyes he was really willing to be my Dom still?!

"Walk out that door and we can forget we saw each other or stay and be my kitten your choice." He tells me I'm shocked but not unhappy so I chose to stay.

"Good kitty~" I feel him play with my collar. Before he kisses the between my shoulder and neck I could feel my cheeks warm up a bit. He hummed "So I'm sure you read my rules as I read yours."

Keiko has all customers who participate in the Dom and Sub match up set a list of rules such as what's accepted, what's a no go, safe words etc. "Yes Master~" I lean into him and he picks me up taking me to the bed the room provides all while kissing and nipping at my neck.

"Good girl~" grinding against the man who once was my teacher made me hot and bothered I pull him into a kiss which he returned running his large hands down my body groping and grabbing as he wished.

The kiss turned heated as he asked for entrance tongues rubbing together pulling of clothes until the only thing left on me was my cat ears my collar and thigh highs and he was shirtless his pants hanging low on his hips before kneeling and spreading my legs apart and setting them in his shoulders kissing and biting my thighs making his way up before running the flat of his tongue along my pussy using the tip of his tongue to tease my clit before dipping down to my hole before repeating the process.

For one thing he was such a tease never putting that much pressure where I want "Please master~!" "Oh don't like my teasing? I think that's a lie," he smirks, "after all you said you enjoy the teasing in your rules but if you really want it beg for it." "Please master eat my needy pussy~ please I've been a good kitty~ I'll do anything~!" That's all he needed before he dove in experience and eagerness matched perfectly as he drove me over the edge and I yelled out "Shouta~!"

He pulls away and before I can say anything he has be bent over the table rubbing my cheeks, "You broke a rule kitten it's master unless I say so now I want you to count to 10 then thank me properly alright kitten?" "Yes master" "I'll start slow before going harder" he said before the first spank fell on my butt "One!" Smack! "Two!" I could feel myself getting more wet the harder he spanked he was such a good Dom stopping to rub or stitch cheeks or running a few fingers to tease me or stretch me for his cock, "Ten! Thank you so much master~" I felt a kiss on my head between my shoulder blades.

"Good girl my good little kitten" he said before I felt something prob my lower lips "Yellow" I called before the stopped from entering but still massages my boobs and sides "Yes kitten? What's wrong?" "Already? Don't you want me to suck you first?" I felt the smile rather than saw. "Not right now maybe later for now let me take care of my little kitten." I nod before I feel him slowly push in.

He felt so big thankful he let me adjust before thrusting in slow then thrusting into me like his life depended on it. It felt so good being stretched by his cock moans and skin slapped skin filled our soundproof room and I was drunk off him. He played with my boobs pulled my nipples adding to the stimulation.

"I'm close~!" I cried I felt mis hand move down and cried out cumming when he rubbed my clit just right he cursed under his breath and a few thrusts later rope after rope of cum filled my pussy. He lay on me careful not to put too much weight in me panting and kissing my shoulder and neck.

After a bit he pulled out and watched his cum drop out before getting tissue to clean up and some balm to massage into the red of my cheeks from the spankings. "Would you like to go to dinner?" He asked playing with my hair. I snuggle up to him "I'd rather order in and snuggle" I say feeling tired he nods gets us decent before we head to his place with take out and a good movie I enjoy the rest of my day with my Dom snuggling down for a nap.

"We're keeping that collar." he muttered "Oh yes it's one of my favorites." I hid my smirk "There's more?" He asked a little more interested. "Only one other I think you'll like that one just as much as my kitten collar." "I can't wait to see it..and call me Shouta." he mumbled before sleep took him.

Oh yes my mind went to my brat collar, 'I can't wait to see how much of a brat tamer you really claim to be Shouta~.'

First attempt at writing something naughty I hope it's alright enjoy!

#aizawa x reader #kitten #smut #;p #aizawa shouta

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the-schwayest-batman-around · 4 years

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Commissions Open

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well and this year has been more than a little crazy. However, I figure to help make the year a little easier and help out for some future plans, I’m going to be reopening commissions.

There will be 5 slots. I don’t want to overwhelm myself and I don’t want to suddenly keep a lot of people waiting in case my job situation does change. This will first come/first serve. I will only be accepting stuff via ask or tumblr messenger. That means no anons. I need to actually communicate with anyone interested in commissions.

Details Under the Read More:

Headcanons (Examples): These will cost $10.00 as a base fee. With headcanons, I try to go in depth with the concept you wish to discuss. This won’t really feature an POV of the character in question. Their point of view can be explored but it generally is done in my perspective. The $10 will buy you the first 1,500 words completely free of charge with an extra dollar for every 100 words. The word count will be rounded up if it’s over 50.

Drabbles (Example): The cost will be $15.00 as a base fee. As opposed to the head canons, the POV will now be focused solely on the character you wish to focus on. Have you wanted to see the character in a school setting? Maybe fighting crime? Perhaps doing something mundane or magical? Maybe doing some complicated fighting? I will be happy to do it. Like before, the $15 will buy the first 1,500 words, with an extra dollar for everyone 100 words. The word count will be rounded up if it’s over 50.

Character/Story Consultation: Do you require an editor or second opinion on your work of latest creation? At $10.00 for a character and $20.00 for a fan fic (per chapter), I will schedule a time with you over tumblr, discord, or google to go over your desired work of fiction or character.

Extra Costs:

Brand New Verse: If you wish me to write about a headcanon or drabble that does not exist in any media, this will cost an extra $5.00 if I accept to do this. I’m literally breaking brand new ideas and won’t try to half ass anything. This will also add another 500 words. Examples of this may include: “What sort of Pokemon lineup would Vox Machina of Critical Role have”, “What types of benders would the cast of Sailor Moon be”, or “Who would win the Hunger Games from the cast of Batman Beyond?”.

NSFW: I can accept and write NSFW, but I have full reign to also deny those requests. I do not wish to write incest, no pedophilia, and nothing illegal. This will also add another 500 words to your story. This will also cost a $5.00 charge on this.

Original Character: If you want to include an original character of your choosing into the story, I can. I will require samples and this will cost an additional $5.00 as I’m working with something a tad unfamiliar. I may also be asking you a little more often about certain actions or choices said original character might do.

General Questions:

I wish to buy multiple headcanons/drabbles from you? Can this all count as one slot?

For the time being, no. I don’t want to be unfair to you or any other potential customer so in this case, one commission equals one slot. If I finish up all the slots and wish to continue this, I may change this rule.

Can I only commission Batman Beyond from you? What if I want a headcanon or drabble about something else?

I’m happy to accommodate! I have a ton of experience in several different fandoms and I’m happy to take a stab at something if you’d like to.

What fandoms are you interested in writing?

The absolutely easiest ones I can write about as a setting or with characters would be the following: DC Comics, DCAU (DC Animated Universe), Young Justice, Marvel, MCU, Marvel Exiles, Marvel 2099, Pokemon, Digimon, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Sailor Moon, Dragonball, Naruto, One Piece, Persona, BNHA/MHA/Hero Academia, American McGee’s Alice, TMNT, Final Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Critical Role, Avatar: TLA/LOK, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Steven Universe, Kamen Rider, Game of Thrones, Invader Zim, The Hunger Games, The Promised Neverland, and a few odds and ends here. If you have any concerns or want to check with a fandom I may be familiar with, please don’t hesitate to ask.

If you aren’t familiar with a fandom but I’d like you to write it, will you?

It ultimately depends, but I will certainly try my best. I’ll generally read or watch as much as I can of the fandom to get a better understanding. If there’s a big learning curve (examples being watching say Supernatural or Dr. Who’s mega arcs), I may have to decline. I want to give you the best product I can and not half ass any of my work.

Will you accept any request?

No. If I feel like something is too difficult to write (EX: I’m unaware of the fandom, I’m too uncomfortable to write the material, etc) I will say no and ask if we could find a middle ground or a potential second option. If that’s impossible, then I will deny the request.

Can you do freebies?

I have to decline from doing freebies at this time.

Can you write about my original character and a canon character?

Sure. As stated earlier, I will be asking for references as much as possible if I’m totally unfamiliar with a character of your creation.

How and when do I pay for commissions?

We can sum it with these quick steps:

1) Following the requests and any questions, I will calculate the cost and email you an invoice. The invoice must be paid in full in order to proceed.

2) During said process, I will begin work immediately on your request. If the word count will go over the requested amount, I will notify you and give you the option to take a shortened story ato your desired word count or we can renegotiate to allow more words and a secondary invoice will be made. Once again, no progress will be done until the invoice is paid.

3) Once all invoices are paid, I will deliver the product to you via tumblr or via email.

What is your turnaround rate for writing?

This ultimately depends on how many commissions I have lined up as well. I do have a 50+ hour work week but I am eager to work on your story when I have time. I try to at least complete a project in 1 to 2 weeks upon beginning. If I need additional time, I will notify you of this.

Can I do anything with the story afterwards?

Absolutely. You paid for the drabble/headcanon. You can post it anywhere you’d like. Depending on how I feel about certain headcanons or drabbles and if I can post it on my blog or Ao3, I will absolutely do so.

I suddenly had an idea and wanted to change my SFW story to be NSFW or vice versa. Can this be done?

I will only allow up to 2 major changes like this. If you wish to add something, the additional charges will be done to the final payment. As stated above, I will not release the product until payment is complete. If you wish to remove charges, I will not refund you. However, I will attempt to increase the word count to make this a fairly even trade.

What would constitute a major change?

As mentioned above, changing the format of the story from SFW to NSFW or vice versa. Also included would be wishing to add new original characters. Things such as “character goes to a picnic when we agreed upon a restaurant” or requests in a similar vein would not count as a major change.

What if I have more than 2 major changes for the fic?

I’ll ask that you request a new commission.

Can I simply donate to you?

You may if you wish!

I don’t have any money but do wish to support you. How may I do that?

Reblog and spread the word! This will only be for a limited time.

Why should I buy a commissions?

I have a little over 20 years of writing experience in several formats and fandoms. Aside from what you can find on the blog, I have assisted in creating unique battle scripts and plots for my own original projects and writing partners. I have created several unique plots with several praising the quality of work and creativity on display.

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ris-ramblings-archived · 4 years

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There’s a lot of things I can say about the decision for US colleges to reopen and bring back in person classes during a pandemic. There’s a whole ton of posts about it. As a student who has to return, I’m going to say one thing.

This is coercive.

Colleges are saying that it’s our choice. The media will say it’s our choice when outbreaks start, and blame us for it. I’ll be very surprised if there’s any conversation about it apart from claiming we were all partying and willfully endangering everyone. Part of that will be true, unfortunately, but for the vast majority of students and victims? Nope.

I’m one of the people who technically has the ability to stay home. All of my classes are online, but I’m returning anyway. Why? I don’t actually have the ability to stay off campus.

For one, over half of my roommate’s classes are in person, on campus. They can’t just drop these classes and take new online ones, because they’re all required for their major in this year specifically and they don’t know when they’ll be offered again. They can’t take a semester off, because their scholarship requires they take a certain number of credit hours every semester. They have to return. And this is my best friend, someone I love more than anything. I couldn’t live with myself if I knowingly doomed them to live alone in an apartment, facing the absolute terror of covid without any form of physical support. I’m hardly the only person returning because of that.

Secondly, my college only rents out apartments and dorms for the entire year. You can’t choose to rent for only one semester or the other, and that policy has not changed for COVID. If I or anyone else does not return for the fall, we will only be able to do entirely online classes for the spring. We do not know what those are. We do not know if they will fulfill any of our requirements, scholarships, etc.. We don’t even know if there will be any online classes. That’s too much of a risk for most of us to take.

Third, a lot of college students have on-campus jobs they rely on. A lot of college students need to move back to campus because it’s the only “acceptable” path to get out of a bad living situation. It’s not up to whether they want to or not, they have to.

Fourth, for a lot of us this is our only chance at a degree. We can’t drop out or take a semester off because we have scholarships and don’t know if we’ll be able to get any others. For me, I can’t drop out and restart after COVID because of my disability. I’ve spent too much energy and effort trying to get this degree, and if I pause now I will not be able to restart again. I need a degree in order to have any chance at getting a job that gives me health care and doesn’t exacerbate my disability.

There’s wavers we have to sign to come back saying it’s entirely on us if we get sick. There’s no way to edit or contest them. It’s agree or not be allowed near campus or college housing, and we need to go back.

There’s so many other reasons students are returning that have absolutely nothing with whether they want to or not. All of us are going to be exposed, and going to spread it, just because we’re living in such tight quarters no matter how much we try to be safe. Sure, we “have a choice” but none of the options except returning and endangering ourselves are actually plausible. So many of my friends are going to die. I might die. There’s no exit strategies that work in this situation, and there’s no other options but to return that i can actually entertain. The same holds for literally everyone I know.

Colleges are going to blame us students when everything goes to hell. They’re going to blame us for “choosing” to come back and do their absolute best to erase all responsibility just because there were wavers. Don’t let them. Don’t let the narrative be that we were all partying and choosing to be irresponsible. Be angry for us at how coercive the universities are acting towards us, and insist they take responsibility for all of us who are going to die. It’s not up to us, and I’m tired of constantly seeing posts and articles acting like we have a real choice in any of this.

#coronavirus #university #covid 19 #college

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theartofbeinganeldar · 4 years

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The Art of Being An Eldar: Legolas x Reader Chapter 3

Summary: You, a fantasy-loving LARPing human from Earth, got dropped into a fantasy land that seems familiar to you, but you had no recollection of it. Lord Fabulous Elvenking gave you three days to find the portal that would take you home with the aide of Blue-Eyes and a host of Elves, but what you found instead was the portal was closed for another thousand years. On the way back, you saved Legolas's life, prompting Thranduil to grant you freedom, and after, you finally realized where you were; Middle-Earth. Thranduil summons the council, which is made up of powerful wizards and Elves, to decide what should be done with you...

Chapter No.: Chapter 3

Key: [Y/N]=Your Name [F/N]= Friend's Name [B/N]= Bro's Name [S/N]= Sis's Name [M/N]= Mom's Name [e/c]= eye color [h/c]= hair color [s/c]= skin color

Notes: I think Pippin's song matches the reader's situation very much, which is why I use it so often. I mean, your character fell from everything they know, their "home," and now they can't go back, but now they have this whole magical world and life ahead of them... Grief and sorrow, but things to look forward to in the future.

Warnings: Fluff, angst, graphic depictions of gore and violence (Cuz of orc battles y'know?), more angst, slow burn, some light depression in the first few chapters, some amnesia about Middle-Earth because the Valar say you're not supposed to have foresight, hard-core language, feels, lots and lots of feels, mentions of NSFW content, maybe some eventual NSFW content, LGTBQ+ characters, Thranduil being a jackass at first because he's fabulous, Legolas being a hot edgy prince that nobody can handle, Kili being an innocent bean, Hobbits being smol innocent beans, except for Bilbo 'cause he's been through some tough shit, Bard being dad of the year, Thorin being one dumbass boi, The fucking Silmarillion, awesome dragons, awesome Nazgul, awesome scenery, awesome stuff in general, Elrond isn't listened to by anybody, confused Aragorn is confused, Denethor's a bitch as always, brace yourself for creepy as fuck Cream of Wormtongue Grima Wormtongue, Boromir lives, Gandalf. (yes these are all legit warnings don't judge me.)

Pairings/Ships: Legolas x Reader, Legolas x you, Aragorn x Arwen, Faramir x Eowyn, Thranduil x Elvenqueen, Galadriel x Celery Celeborn, Boromir x OC, Thorin x OC, Fili x OC, etc. general LoTR standard shippings plus some of my own cuz I can't stand my boys being lonely

Word Count: I try to keep my chapters short, under 2000 words.

Rating: Teen (14+) for now

When you woke up, you found yourself blinded by a stupidly bright light that singed your retinas off. "What the hell?" You shielded your eyes as you tried to find the source.

Oh.

It was Thranduil, and beside him, Legolas, the two so bright they could be hung on your porch as bug-zappers.

Ohhhh...

You were in Middle-Earth. Right. Without any memory of it except for bits and pieces. You did remember that you'd watched the movies so many times that you could've recited each line in your sleep and then some, but you couldn't remember anything but what pieces you randomly dreamed of or remembered, which were already starting to fade.

"Hi. Can I help you with something in my half-starved state?"

Blue-Eyes desperately fought a smirk. Thranduil was less impressed. "My son tells me you lost consciousness because of a lack of sustenance. What sort of repayment is that for my favor to you, may I ask?"

You cocked an eyebrow. "Excuse the fuck outta you, Thrandy, but I just learned about a week and a half ago I'd never see my family again. Forgive me if I got upset."

Blue-Eyes turned his head away, trying really hard not to laugh...

"Also," You went on with a forced cocky smile, "I just learned that I'm in Middle-Earth. Where I come from, all this-- the palace, the land, even your fancy Elven toilets-- were created by some old guy called J. R. R. Tolkien, collectively referred to as 'Jrrt.' Now, I don't remember a goddamn thing except for bits and pieces of dialogue and song, even though I knew the stories by heart."

Thranduil and Blue-Eyes-- who was no longer trying not to laugh-- eyed each other suspiciously. "You knew of this place in your world?"

You nodded. "It's very well-known. But, everybody thinks it's fiction. Unaccesible. And be glad about that, too, because if there were a well-known way to get here, there'd be lots of war, new diseases, and this place would be turned to shit, too."

Thranduil stared at you for a minute, before abruptly turning to Legolas. "Son, I am off to the throne room. I shall summon the council at once."

You waited until he left to ask what that meant.

Blue-Eyes smiled slightly. "Meaning, he is not quite certain what should be done with you. The council is made up of some of the oldest and wisest of Middle-Earth, including the wizards and those of my kin, Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn of Lothlorien, and Elrond Half-Elven of Rivendell. Do any of those names sound familiar to you?"

You shrugged. "It doesn't matter if they sound familiar or not. I never remember what anybody looks like. I just get an eerie sense of deja vu."

Blue-Eyes raised an eyebrow. "Deja... Vu?"

You sat up more, rolling your eyes. "It means having a sense of familiarity, like, really strongly. Whatever. Tell me who the wizards are."

Blue-Eyes sat at the end of your bed. "The most powerful of the wizards is Saruman the White, who resides in Isengard, on the edge of Fangorn Forest and the Gap of Rohan. The second is Mithrandir, who is most commonly known as Gandalf the Gray by most folk. The third is the much less-known-of and reclusive Radagast the Brown, but I doubt my father will request his presence; he dislikes his excessive behavior." He raised an eyebrow. "Have you heard of them?"

You nodded absentmindedly. "Yeah. So if I'm an Elf, do I like, have to learn how to act like an Elf, or should you let these really important people decide what to do after they've seen who I am?"

"The latter," Blue-Eyes specified, "But it would still be beneficial to learn Elvish. It should take them quite awhile to arrive; between now and then, you should learn as much of it as possible, after I've given you a tour of Mirkwood."

You made a wheel-like motion with your hands. "After I've eaten and taken a bath, I know."

Blue-Eyes patted your leg. A jolt of electricity shot from where he touched you. What the hell? "Good," He stood and started to leave the room. "I will leave you to your own; there is food on the nightstand, and after, a bath across the bridge there," He pointed, and as you looked across the way seen Elves.

Bathing.

Blushing, you looked to Blue-Eyes wildly. "I-I'm supposed to take a bath with other people."

Blue-Eyes frowned in confusion. "Do you not, from your world?"

"Um, no. We all bathe alone. Where I come from, one's own body is considered... Private, to everybody except your doctor or significant other."

"Oh, I see. I could have a private bath prepared for you, if you wish for it," He answered with a smile. "Even here, we may want to bathe on our own to relax. It would not be a problem." He sneered down at you. "I would not want you bathing in the shared springs anyway. You'd dirty the whole lot of them."

With a very childish glare, you stuck your tongue out at him, causing him to have the oddest look he'd had yet. You'd noticed something about him; he had the unique ability to create a range of dynamically comical expressions. "What are you doing?"

You took up a dramatically serious tone. "I am expressing the 'fuck you' gesture in an immature and childish manner used worldwide, even among the youngest." With that, you stuck your tongue out again.

Legolas rolled his eyes. "Very well, then, Sairen, your bath will be ready for you when you are finished with your meal. I will send someone for you in an hour, if that suits you."

"That suits me perfectly fine, but I beg your fucking pardon, was that 'fuck you' in Elvish?"

Legolas grinned. "Not at all, mellon. It means 'fiery' in our tongue."

"Okay." A wry smile spread across your face. "That I can deal with. But what does 'melon' mean? Both you and Tauriel have called me that so far."

Legolas smiled as he began to close the double-doors, though what they did to block you when the room had only two-foot tall walls, you had no idea. "Mellon. It means, 'my friend.'"

A warm feeling blossomed in your chest as he smiled-- for once, genuinely-- at you. You found yourself smiling back as he closed your doors. When he was gone, your smile toned down a bit, and you took a long, deep breath.

You were still upset. Very. On the inside, you felt torn to pieces. You figured it would be a long, long time before you grief lessened, if it ever did. But now that you knew where you were... It was different. You were sure of something. Where you were, and the fact that the Firemoon Portal would only open every thousand years. If you went back then, you'd already be connected to this world, and everyone in it. If time passed the same, your family would be gone, and you'd be mortal again, without a way to wait for the portal to reopen so that you could return to your new friends here.

But... You knew your family. They'd never forget you, and never stop grieving your loss. But, if they thought you might be somewhere better than Earth, and there was no way back... They'd want you to be happy. They'd want you to make a new life. They wouldn't want you to waste your life starving yourself.

You'd miss them... More than anything...

But for now...

You moved the silver platter on your nightstand to your lap, and started eating.

Home is behind...

The world ahead...

And there are many paths to tread...

***

"No, no," Tauriel corrected you. "Mae govannen."

"Mae govAHnnen."

Tauriel bit back an exasperated sigh. "Well... You're close enough."

You'd been in Mirkwood for nearly a month now, not counting the days of your imprisonment and searching for the portal. You wondered what made Thranduil (Who you still called 'Lord Fabulous' on occassion.) release you and treat you as an Elf, and as it turns out, it was Blue-Eyes himself.

Speaking of, you hadn't seen him in days... He kind of... Disappeared. There was still talk of him, and no one seemed to be worried, so you weren't; for Elves that lived forever, you bet anything that he had princely exploring and regular adventuring to do to keep him occupied.

Around the time he left, Tauriel approached you and asked if you knew any Elvish. Aside from sairen and mellon, you knew less than zero. Apparently, it was considered good Elven manners to at least speak a greeting to guests in their own language, despite what Leggy had said. Meaning, to different members of the council, you had to speak a greeting in Quenyan-- which was different from Sindarin, the most common Elvish language-- Common, and Sindarin. You'd memorized the lines, but it was the pronunciation that really befuddled your non-billingual ass.

Now, you'd pretty much gotten the Quenyan greeting: Mae govannen. It meant well met or something along those lines, but you had to add Lord Elrond Half-Elven of Rivendell. I am at your service. Which was much longer and much more complicated. All in all, it pretty much came out to, Mae govannen, Cundo Elrond Peresta-Elda mi Arcimbele. Nanye ketya veume.

English (Common.) was equally as long: Greetings, Gandalf the Gray, Mithrandir, and Saruman the White of Isengard. Welcome to these halls. I am at your service as well, should you need it.

And lastly, to Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn, you had to say the most: And ana lye, Heri Galadriel and Cundo Celeborn, elen sila lumenn omentielvo. Nanye aistana et ketya toled.

And to you, Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn, a star shines upon the hour of our meeting. I am blessed from your coming.

It was all a mouthful. A regal, elegant mouthful, but a mouthful that your tongue had trouble forming. In addition to all the greetings, you had to address them each in order; first Elrond, then the wizards, then Galadriel and Celeborn at once.

They'd arrived a few days ago, but you hadn't actually been summoned yet. You wondered what Thranduil had told them about you so far. He seemed like the type to exaggerate and make shit up: They're nothing but an abomination! They almost killed Legolas! They tried to kill me! They're dangerous and should be restrained! They toilet-papered my throne room!

The elaborate horns blowing signaled something evidently important; Tauriel's face lit up. "Mellon, it is Legolas! He has returned!"

Despite yourself, your heart jumped like a schoolgirl's. Blue-Eyes was back! "Really?! How do I look? Does it look like I've been taking care of myself?" Legolas would kill you if you weren't. Over the weeks, the blue hair dye had left your hair, returning it to its [h/c] color, even if you did still spike it up-- you'd been an outcast your whole life, so having short spiky hair when everybody else had long, flowing hair made you feel at home. You were dressed in dark browns, nearly blacks, in an outfit very similar to a tunic over leggings, knee-high boots, and all finished up with a long jacket, closed with Elven buckles.

"You look fine, [Y/N]," Tauriel assured you absentmindedly, and the two of you trotted down the many, many stairs and bridges to get to the massive front doors of the palace.

Thranduil and a host of other Elves were greeting Legolas, who looked as if he'd been in Sparkle Land for the last couple weeks. His clothes were in prestine condition. His hair was perfectly plaited away from his face. He wore a faint smile, as if whatever he'd been doing hadn't been stressful at all.

You and Tauriel arrived just as Thranduil finished speaking. "And you failed to locate them?"

Legolas held himself regally. "My apologies, my king. It will not happen again."

Thranduil glared down at him. "I should hope not. You will leave again in three days' time, after you have properly greeted our guests." As Thranduil spun on his heel to leave, Blue-Eyes bowed, rising up again as he seen you and Tauriel.

"Tauriel," He said, his face lighting up. She bowed slightly; apparently Elves didn't hug. He grinned snarkily when he seen you. "And [Y/N]. Last I saw you, your hair was strangely sky-hued."

You scoffed. "You can't even say sky-colored? You have to say sky-hued? Stupid Elves and their fancy ways. Good to see ya anyway, Blue-Eyes, even if you're a priss."

"I believe you mean prince."

You laughed, but it faded when he turned to Tauriel and started speaking in Elvish. He lead her away, talking, leaving you on your own. Your face fell. You wanted to tell him that you knew some greetings. You wanted to say you wanted to go with him when he left again. And the fact that you were already alone here only amplified the feeling of... Jealousy? Disappointment?

You watched them leave for a minute, before deciding you'd take a walk in the Mirkwood-- maybe it'd clear your mind. You nearly rammed into an Elf in turning around. "Whoops."

"Nothing to apologize for," the Elf said; thankfully, they'd caught on to Earth slang and understood you most of the time, instead of just assuming you were insulting them. "Thranduil Elvenking has summoned you to his councilroom. The council awaits you."

Your mouth went dry. All the feelings about Legolas ignoring you vanished in an instant. Oh shit. "I-I don't know where that is. You'll take me there, right?"

"Of course," Said the Elf, and lead the way through the twisting halls. He stopped before the one room of the palace that was actually sealed off from the rest besides the dungeons, with doors almost as big as the ones that lead out of the palace. "Here you are. They're waiting for you." He smiled slightly. "A word of advice for the introductions: let King Thranduil introduce you to them before you say your greetings." You bowed slightly in the Elven way as you thanked him.

You'd be lying if you said you weren't nervous as hell. Meeting a bunch of people, really important people... You'd met some important people before: soldiers were the main ones you'd met, aside from a couple of astronauts. Other than that...

Taking a hugely amplified deep breath, you opened the door.

Inside was a wide winding staircase lit by gorgeously-crafted Elven wall sconces of stained glass and copper metalwork shaped into vines. Every step seemed to echo, and when you reached the top of the staircase, your breath was ripped from you. It was a pavilion. A pavilion in the one place you loved above all else: the sky.

Rails kept anybody from falling off, and it was roofed, so that you could come up here even in the rain. Birds chirped melodiously, and from here, you felt as if you could see all of Middle-Earth. Behind you was a huge mountain range-- you'd never seen mountains before. They were beautiful, snow-capped, and gigantic; the Misty Mountains, obviously. All around you, stretching as far as you could see south and a long way east and west and north, was the Mirkwood, and to the west and north were vast plains, hills, and valleys. Leaves, gold and copper, swirled around the pavilion, giving it an ethereal look. To the west, where you were facing, was a silver lake, wide and glittering in the midday sun. Standing tall and proud beside it was Erebor, home to the King Under the Mountain; currently, Thror. You didn't know why that name seemed so important, though.

You must've turned around in at least a dozen three-sixties, trying to take in what you were seeing. Even if you didn't remember most of it, here you were. You were seeing it, for real and for true, in person, in the home of one of the most revered Elves of Middle-Earth. It seemed unreal, like at any moment, you'd wake up.

A bird, queerly tame, flitted up by your face and up into the rafters; she carried food for her young, and you watched them with a smile, still in disbelief of the views.

A long sigh snapped you out of your trance. Shit. Thranduil waved at you absentmindedly. "Are you daft, vermin? I just introduced you to the council."

"O-oh--"

"Now, now, Thranduil," A wizard chuckled warmly; he wore blue and gray robes, with an immense beard and long hair. Gandalf. "If they really are of another world, then they are obviously stunned by the land. Have you not shown them their new home properly?"

Thranduil nobly facepalmed.

Meanwhile, you realized that it wasn't just Gandalf sitting there smoking his pipe.

Another wizard, this one with long, straight white hair and an equally perfect white beard, in blinding white robes with a white staff: Saruman the White. You didn't know why you got bad vibes from this guy. Beside him sat another Elf, casually, an ankle on his knee and an elbow resting on his higher leg to hold up his head with two fingers. He wore robes of brown and purple, and his long brown hair was held back with a silver Elvish circlet. That had to be Elrond; he looked amused, so you felt kind of relieved. On his left sat a guy who practically glowed, with long blonde hair and white and blue robes. Celeborn. Standing off to the side, with a kind smile like Gandalf, in a billowy white dress with a beautiful Elven circlet made of fine chains and teardrop jewels was a woman, a she-Elf, putting off wisdom-vibes stronger than Gandalf's. Her curling golden hair went well past her waist, and she held herself regally. Out of everyone in this room, she seemed to be the oldest, and the most knowledgeable.

Your Elvish greetings flew right out of your head for a minute, before Thranduil reintroduced you. "This is the council. With us are wizards Saruman the White and Gandalf the Gray, Lord Elrond of House Rivendell, and Lady Galadriel and Lord Celeborn of Lothlorien. Councilmembers, this is [Y/N], the one who appeared from a portal we knew nothing of-- and if I must repeat this once more, I swear to the Valar, I shall throw you off of this pavilion."

Gandalf actually chuckled at that, as did Elrond, while Celeborn cracked a smile. Galadriel seemed to find this all regally amusing. You bowed like Tauriel had showed you. At least, you'd mastered that part. "Mae govannen, Cundo Elrond Peresta-Elda mi Arcimbele. Nanye ketya veume. Greetings, Gandalf the Gray, Mithrandir, and Saruman the White of Isengard. Welcome to these halls. I am at your service as well, should you need it. And ana lye, Heri Galadriel and Cundo Celeborn, elen sila lumenn omentielvo. Nanye aistana et ketya toled."

Elrond looked impressed. "Well, Thranduil, you have certainly trained them well." Thranduil watched you with wide eyes. He hadn't known of your lessons. Suck it, Lord fucking Fabulous.

Celeborn bowed his head. "Your pronunciation is nearly perfect. Well done, young one. However, I doubt you know much else of our tongue yet, so for your sake, we shall converse in Common, if that suits you."

You almost said, It does. Thanks! But that sounded too disrespectful. "Thank you very much." You smiled, and took a seat when Thranduil waved you to the only empty one aside from Galadriel's.

Saruman started off with a wary tone. "Thranduil tells us you come from another world. Is this true?"

Out of the corner of your eyes, you seen Thranduil roll his eyes. "Yes, sir. I come from a place called Earth."

The councilmembers exchanged glances. "That sounds strikingly similar to Middle-Earth," Said Gandalf, and raised an eyebrow. "Are there any similarities between this world, and yours?"

You shook your head sadly. "Not anymore. My people ruined it. There aren't many places like this anymore."

Saruman stiffened. "Then what happens if your people find the portal? Surely, they will try to ruin this, as well?"

You made a face. "They would, yeah, but my people are also really stupid. It'd take a stupid accident and a lot of chance to fall through that portal again, and Legolas said that it only opened once every time a Firemoon happens."

"Legolas?" Elrond asked, curiously, as if this hadn’t been mentioned before. Of course it hadn’t.

You nodded, unsure of why you suddenly had to fight a flush at the mention of his name. "He helped me find the portal with some of his Elven friends when I first got here. We found writing-- he said it was used before the time of even Gondolin. I don't know when that is; is that a long time ago?"

"Very," Replied Gandalf. "Odd... A portal of that magnitude would have to be created by wizards of some sort, especially at such a time..."

A thought suddenly popped into your head. "Some people think we have magic," You piped up, and all eyes were suddenly on you. "But it never works. Not effectively. Just standard hocus-pocus and the power of suggestion. But hundreds of years ago, there was this really mysterious guy who they say really did have magic, which he used to help others. His name was Merlin; he looked kinda like you, Gandalf. But he was in another country, where I come from; where I was when I fell wasn't anywhere near where he traveled."

Saruman narrowed his bird-like eyes. "Then what relevance is this?"

"Because if there was one wizard like you guys in the past," You pointed out, "Why couldn't there be others? There's so much we don't know about history-- we're more intent on wiping out what we don't understand. What if the wizards traveled between worlds and time? Hell, they could be you guys from the future, and it just hasn't happened yet."

"They have a point, Saruman," Gandalf agreed, much to your relief. You didn't think they'd understand the concept of time travel.

"There is nothing we can do about the portal now," Elrond said decisively. "It is closed, and if we tried to destroy it, we could only do damage. It is an easy enough position to defend; should an army come through, they'd have only one entryway."

"Says who?" Saruman challenged. "There could be other portals we do not know of, some that people have not had the misfortune of falling into yet. How do we know that this invader is not a spy to seek out these portals and prepare them for war?"

You fought a sigh. Damn this small-minded son of a bitch... You tried to think of something smart ass to say, but nothing fit the situation.

"They are not, Saruman." Lady Galadriel's voice was sudden, light, and smooth, like honey. It radiated outward with an undeniable power that could make anybody listen to her. "Their thoughts do not lead there." Shit. I mean crap. I mean dang. Mind reader. "They are afraid, and worried... They miss the family they left behind, but they are willing to make a life here, since they have no way of returning."

You nodded. "My thanks, my lady."

Lady Galadriel bowed her head in response.

"Build a life?" Saruman inspected you carefully from where he sat. "You are nothing but an infiltrator. Why should we allow you a place among the citizens of Middle-Earth?"

"It does not have to be here," Thranduil pointed out, and your heart shot to your ankles. "You have an unfortunate habit of collecting needy strays, Elrond; why don't you take them with you when you return to Rivendell?"

Elrond shot him a glare.

Um, I think the fuck not. Lady Galadriel, tell them I say no! Tell them I want to stay here! You thought of the views, and of... of Blue-Eyes...

"Perhaps they should be isolated," Saruman said. "Somewhere they cannot concoct any mischief. Rohan is quite strict, as Gondor is watchful. Either would suffice. Perhaps centuries of isolation in Isengard itself would keep them in line."

"Maybe the Shire would be good for them," Gandalf said. "The hobbits are quite peaceful little creatures. Then again, if isolation is what we are looking for, then Laketown couldn't be better. Or Dale; the dwarves don't let anyone commit any mischief from Erebor."

I don't want to leave...

"Lothlorien would perhaps be suitable," Celeborn added. "Or, maybe even the mines of Moria. I do not have much love for dwarves, but they would be kind enough to them."

"What," Interrupted Galadriel, "Does the subject of our conversation think of this?"

Silence fell. You took a deep breath. "I... I'd like to stay here." You seen Thranduil's head turn slowly to look at you, and you could hear him thinking, the fuck did you just say? "Please, my lord."

A tense silence fell over the room. Finally, Thranduil sighed. "I do not want you here, invader. You would have to prove your loyalty and skill beyond a shadow of a doubt."

You perked up. "Legolas is going on some super-secret missions, right? Maybe I could go with him. You trust him of all people to tell you the truth about me, right? So maybe I could prove myself then."

Thranduil thought about this for a moment. "Legolas is hunting for the orcs who are trying to overtake our borders. He found them, but he let them escape, even though they were a small group. He is leaving in three days with reinforcements; you may join him."

You almost visibly sagged with relief. Almost.

"However," Thranduil added, "If I find his report unsatisfactory, you will go with one of the councilmembers and leave Mirkwood. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good."

Elrond nodded to you. "You would have a home in Rivendell. It is the last safe haven of the Elves in Middle-Earth." He gave Thranduil a pointed sideways glance. "My people are welcoming and kind. They would be glad to have you." With a slight roll of his eyes, he gestured to Gandalf. "And of course, Mithrandir..."

Gandalf looked excited. "I would take you on my journeys with me, if you so desired. First, I would take you to the Shire. Very nice people, those hobbits. And of course, dwarves would be next."

"I thank you both," You smiled slightly, and you truly were grateful, but... "Then it is settled," Thranduil said authoritively. "Elrond, Gandalf, you are welcome to stay here until Legolas returns."

"I would be grateful," Elrond said, but Gandalf defiantly snorted. "I, dear Elvenking, already have arranged for lodgings in Laketown. Send for me once they arrive, so that I may know what I must do."

You felt buoyed a little. Gandalf didn't one-hundred-percent think you'd fail. And you wouldn't. You'd kick ass. You'd save Blue-Eyes's ass again. You'd come back triumphant, and Thranduil would have to let you stay.

Wouldn't he?

Thranduil left first with Elrond and Celeborn, followed by Gandalf and Saruman closely. Galadriel looked out over to the lake, all shiny and pretty and with her hair billowing majestically. "Why do you wish to stay among those who do not wish for your presence?"

You were stunned by the question. "I-I don't know... I've lived all my life an outcast... The hated one... I've just grown used to it. Being somewhere where people would be nice to me makes me uncomfortable. But there are a couple of people nice to me, and that's enough."

Galadriel was silent for a moment. "You think of him."

"Uhhh..."

"The prince."

You did blush this time. "I-I don't--"

"You are one of the Eldar now, mellon," Galadriel stated slowly. "Eldar only fall in love once. I have known many who have been broken by that which is unrequited. Do not be one of them."

You thought about her words for a second. "I don't love him... I don't even have like a crush on him or anything..." I've only known him for a couple days, overall.

Galadriel nodded slightly into the breeze. "Sieze it, if the chance arises. But if it does not, or if you do not think it will... I advise you to seek for a home elsewhere." You got the gist. If I do fall for him on my mission, and I know it won't go anywhere... Leave, even if I succeed.

Your heart was heavy at that thought, but you knew she was right. "Thank you, my lady."

"You need not thank a friend for giving advice." She smiled at you, and you left the pavilion with a deep bow, trying desperately not to let your heartstrings fall apart.

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Vocab from Shinzo Abe’s Twitter Thread, another procrastination measure by yours truly;

[https://twitter.com/AbeShinzo/status/1285877278346375168]

1. 新型コロナウイルス感染症 (しんがたコロナウイルスかんせんしょう): COVID-19. (新型 - しんがた: new type; new style; new model) , ( 感染症 - かんせんしょう: infectious disease; infection)

2. 現状 (げんじょう): present condition, status quo, current state

3. 専門家 (せんもんか): specialist; expert; professional; authority

4. 分析 (ぶんせき): analysis

5. 評価 (ひょうか): 1. valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment. 2. appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement, praising

6. 状況 (じょうきょう): state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

7. 拡大 (かくだい): magnification, enlargement, expansion, amplification.

8. 警戒 (けいかい): vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution..

9. 検査 (けんさ): inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.) +�� 体制 ( たいせい): order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

10. 拡充 (かくじゅう): expansion

11. 医療 (いりょう): medical care; medical treatment + 提供 (ていきょう): providing; supplying; making available; donating (blood, organs, etc.) (...) + 体制 (たいせい)

12. 整備 (せいび): 1. maintenance; servicing/ 2. putting in place; establishment; development; preparation; provision; outfitting...

13. 主に (おもに): mainly, primarily

14. 重症者 (じゅうしょうしゃ): the seriously ill

15. 踏まえる (ふまえる) 1. to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have origin in/ 2. to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

16. 緊急事態宣言 (きんきゅうじたいせんげん): declaration of a state of emergency

17. 異なる (ことなる): to differ; to vary; to disagree

18. 他方 (たほう): 1. one (esp. of two); the other; the other way; the other direction; the other party... 2. on the other hand

19. 足元 (あしもと): 1. at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step") 2. most recent; current (see a dictionary for the rest)

20. 新規 (しんき): new, fresh + 感染者 (かんせんしゃ): infected person

21. 大規模 (だいきぼ): large-scale

22. 現在 (げんざい): now; current; present; present time; as of

23. 上限 (じょうげん): upper limit

24. 設定 (せってい): 1. establishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene/ 2. options setting; preference settings; configuration; setup (Computer terminology)

25. 維持 (いじ): maintenance; preservation; improvement

26. その上で (そのうえで): moreover; in addition

27. 最も重要 (もっともじゅうよう): most important; central; matters most

28. 効果的 (こうかてき): effective; successful

29. 防止策 (ぼうしさく): preventive measures

30. 講じる (こうじる): 1. to take measures; to work out a plan/ 2. to lecture; to read aloud

31. 段階的 (だんかいてき): stepwise

32. 回復 ( かいふく): 1. restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement/ 2. recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

33. 両立 (りょうりつ): compatibility; coexistence; standing together

34. 図る (はかる): 1. to plan; to attempt; to devise/ 2. to aim for; to strive for; to work towards; to seek.. (see a dictionary for the rest)

35. 都道府県 (とどうふけん): administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu and remaining prefectures

36. 連携 (れんけい): cooperation; coordination; link

37. 更なる (さらなる): even more; still more; further

38. 強化 (きょうか): strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement...

39. 事業者 (じぎょうしゃ): 1. business person / 2. operator; carrier

40. 業種別ガイドライン (ぎょうしゅべつガイドライン): industry-classified guidelines (each industry has its own guideline type of a thing, from my humble understanding..)

41. 遵守 (じゅんしゅ): observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance

42. 徹底 (てってい ): 1. thoroughness; completeness; consistency/ 2. thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

43. 同時に (どうじに): coincident with; while; simultaneously

44. 重症化 (じゅうしょうか): aggravation (of an illness); exacerbation; worsening

45. 高齢者 (こうれいしゃ): old person; old people

46. 基礎疾患 (きそしっかん): underlying disease; primary illness; underlying condition

47. 感染拡大 (かんせんかくだい): spread of infection

48. 何としても (なんとしても): no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs

49. 防ぐ (ふせぐ): 1. to defend against; to protect against/ 2. to prevent; to avert; to avoid

50. 医療機関 (いりょうきかん): medical institution

51. 施設 (しせつ): 1. institution; establishment; facility, 2. home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

52. 速やか (すみやか): quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

53. 出張 (しゅっちょう): business trip; official trip + 方式 (ほうしき): form; method; system; formula

54. 実施 (じっし): enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; enactment

55. 検討 (けんとう): consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion; analysis; review

56. 連休 (れんきゅう): consecutive holidays

57. 回避 (かいひ): evasion; avoidance

58. 控える (ひかえる): to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive (...) [see a dictionary for the rest]

59. 消毒 (しょうどく): disinfection, sterilisation

60. 換気 (かんき): ventilation

61. 諸国 (しょこく): various countries; various regions; various provinces

62. 水際対策 (みずぎわたいさく): protection measures at ports and airports (against smuggling, disease, etc.)

63. 既存 (きそん): existing

64. 措置 (そち): measure; step; action

65. 延長 (えんちょう): extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening

66. 入国 (にゅうこく): entry into a country + 拒否 (きょひ): refusal; rejection; denial; veto + 対象 (たいしょう): target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.) + 地域 (ちいき): area, region

67. 追加 (ついか): addition; supplement; appending; appendix

68. 流入 (りゅうにゅう): afflux, influx

69. 防止 (ぼうし): prevention; check

70. 万全を期す (ばんぜんをきす): to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure (万全 - ばんぜん: perfection; flawlessness)

71. 国際的 (こくさいてき): international

72. 往来 (おうらい): 1. coming and going; traffic/ 2. road; street (..)

73. 再開 (さいかい): reopening; resumption; restarting

74. 順次 (じゅんじ): in order; sequential; seriatim

75. 重要 (じゅうよう): important; momentous; essential...

76. 再入国許可 (さいにゅうこくきょか): (immigration) re-entry permit

77. その際 (そのさい): in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

78. 観点 (かんてん): point of view

79. 居住 (きょじゅう): residence; abode; dwelling

80. ＰＣＲ検査 (ピーシーアールけんさ): polymerase chain reaction test + 証明 (しょうめい): proof; verification; certification

81. 取得 (しゅとく): acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

82. 人材 (じんざい): 1. capable person; talented person/ 2. human resources; personnel

83. 協議 (きょうぎ): conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

84. 調整 (ちょうせい): adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing; tailoring

85. ニーズ : needs; demands; requests

86. 勘案 (かんあん): taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)

87. 防疫 (ぼうえき): communicable disease control (e.g. by quarantine, disinfection, etc.); prevention of epidemics

88. 要件 (ようけん): 1. important matter/ 2. requirement; requisite; necessary condition; sine qua non

89. 短期間 (たんきかん): short term; short time

90. 限定 (げんてい): limit; restriction

91. 枠組み (わくぐみ): 1. frame/ 2. framework; outline

92. 導入 (どうにゅう): introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

93. 開催 (かいさい): holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

94. 我が国 (わがくに): our country; our land; one's own country

95. 能力 (のうりょく): ability; faculty

96. 不可欠 (ふかけつ): indispensable; essential

97. 厚生労働省 (こうせいろうどうしょう): Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

98. 関係省庁 (かんけいしょうちょう): the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities

99. 早急 (そうきゅう): immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing

100. 各位 (かくい): everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen

101. 抑え (おさえ): 1. keeping control; exercising authority/ 2. having self-control; exercising self-discipline/ 3. defense; guard; deterrence...

102. 地方自治体 (ちほうじちたい): local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality

103. 対策 (たいさく): measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy; preparation (e.g. for a test)

104. 首相官邸 (しゅしょうかんてい): prime minister's official residence

#learning japanese #japanese vocabulary #long post #also I'm shadow-banned or something as my posts don't show up in the tags #ah well

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thirddoctor · 4 years

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kingjackalope replied to your post “I know they often mean well but Americans who are like “every other...”

I do think that the idea behind saying these things is to encourage people to look at the behaviour of the countries that are doing better and copy it. There are a lot of people here seriously saying "masks don't do anything" and it's harder for them to refute "Then why are mask wearing countries doing better?" I'm not sure if other countries have such huge amounts of conspiracy theorist anti-vax, anti-mask, the virus is a hoax people but we have a huge amount of them. We have %4 of the worlds population but %25 percent if its Coronavirus cases.

It’s definitely a huge problem for you guys and I understand the point people are trying to get across (which is why I say they’re generally well meaning), I’m just tired of seeing how many people seem to think the rest of the world has already gotten over the crisis (I legit see so many posts implying this) when many of us are, if anything, doing worse than ever. The fact that many countries are reopening has nothing to do with the situation being under control---it’s not. And certainly here in South Africa, I see plenty of misinformation, anti-mask sentiment, conspiracy theory spreading, etc. That stuff circulates online so it’s by no means confined to the US. Multiple people I know irl think the pandemic is some sort of Illuminati conspiracy caused by 5G or what have you. I hear big parties happening all the time in my neighbourhood. People aren’t taking social distancing seriously.

I think Americans can and should speak out about the situation in their own country and point to successful solutions other countries have implemented that they should follow suit on, I just think there’s a way to do that without ignoring/invalidating what everyone else is going through to make their case or for the sake of weird self-flagellation.

#this also isn't just an issue with COVID #I often see posts that are like 'America is the only country with this problem or without this advancement'#and in most cases it isn't true #Replies #kingjackalope #hope this makes sense!

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zibulon01 · 4 years

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@ultimate-queen-of-fandoms2

I'm coming back with a wall of text again and i hope the wait wasn't too long ajkhgagduoigy

To be fair, a lot of this AU is directly based on real stuff and events, with some context details changing here and there, but overall, it's not technically too different from reality i would say? So it's safe to say that the medias and methods of propaganda/censorship used here are the same as the ones used in the real timeline.

If you were to look up at Japan's History, you would see how i based myself on it, in a more simplified way of course, and tried to sew some new elements of context around it. It is still an uchronia AU since i did changed things, some others that i'm thinking of changing, events that happened a bit differently, or just either happened sooner or never at all.

I just kept rewriting this thing over and over as i wasn't happy with my formulation, at some point i decided to not keep you waiting longer. I hope things are not too messy and stay coherents, and that i've avoided mixing things up or rambling too much, as well as being able to provide you of the things you were interested in ? ;u;

For the few souls that might read this and myself, here is the post with the main lines of this AU thing, and then what was asked for more context :

“If you have any notes on it, and if I can ask, how are impacts on the cultural side?

Creative media (Art, writing, music etc.), censorship, free print and speech, satire, religion, I can go on sjjsjdkshsgshshd the roaring twenties were especially in America a huge time for several of these!

Oh and also the economy! The Great Depression happened in the 1920’s too after all”

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Both direct and indirect methods were used continuously up until current time (1920s), which is why it is pretty recently (when the country reopened its borders around 1850s and that some people were exposed to rumors of more equal political systems, thus started spreading these new ideologies) that reformist/rebel groups started acting in more organised, dangerous ways. Before that, the population as whole was generally more “docile”, or at least more easily manageable.

Sure, there were riots regularly even before that, but they were local, scattered, untrained for the most part, ill prepared and most of all, the rumors of these events happening were stifled within the boundaries of a village, town, or feudal domain.

It would have been more complicated to brush these off if they were coordinated simultaneously throughout the entire country like they currently are trying to do and attempting to take out all daimyos at once for exemple.

If riots were happening in a region, you could be certain that barely anyone from the neighbooring territories was aware of it beside the higher ups, and that said riots would not receive any help from the other regions since there often were tensions or conflicts between them.

When times became peaceful during Edo, the shogunate's censorship office entered the scene and worked to suppress rumors and find the roots of the revolt.

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In term of cultural aspect, i think that art in general would be an effective way to use some form of subtle social propaganda through it, like through representations in paintings. Draconics would be mostly represented with an all powerful imagery, victorious iconography, more often than not acting as protectors, saving people from various yokais/monsters, vainquishing an army of ennemy samurais by themselves for exemple, or war scenes where humans are being led to victory by a draconic general ?... All kind of things like these that would depicts dragons in high regards and project a positive, all mighty image of the leaders. There would also be some emphasis on their special abilities in these artworks.

Traditionally, notions of social harmony (where everyone has a precise place in society), strength, victory, order and respect of hierarchy are very present there, and draconics would think that they are/should be the embodiment of them, they see themselves as an ideal that humans should strive for, even if they will never match their strength, it is the efforts and hard work in that direction that counts (for exemple, the few humans samurais who managed to best a draconic officer on battlefield would have their strength recognized and be promoted, by offering them a better income, a property, and some land/village to to oversee for them. Doing this allowed dragons to gain the loyalty of these powerful human warriors and reduce their murder intent on them by giving them a semblence of statut).

No need to say that people who don't try follow these values and philosophy, who don't want to fit in the mold they have been attributed are not really well seen, both in the past and in current era.

It is not directly said, but i would think that always seeing draconics as the leading, triumphant force of the country throughout the ages must have an impact on the long run.

People would simply naturally assimilate draconics as hierarchic superiors, as the leading figures with their omnipresence in the high spheres and they would see it happening throughout ancient art depictions, tales and stories, theater, popular songs, manuscripts, ... and it would imply that their position of power is something akin to a constant of stability throughout History, something that is so ancient that it is thought unchanging.

Speaking of myths and legends, the religious pantheon (i'm mostly thinking about something equivalent of this AU’s Shintoism here but it applies for most others as well) would most likely be full of draconics, who, at the origin of time took on a human form to not scare away humans and blend/interact with them.

Most religions in this AU have draconics as major figures, since the rule of draconics is not endemic to Japan, but in most countries in the world where humans and draconics formed societies (you will also find tribes and colonies of feral dragons who didn't went in contact with humans, isolated human groups that don't know about the existence of dragons, but also some places where the two groups actually live with an equal like statut).

Draconics would surely use these divine representations to justify their superior statut, that the gods are draconics and they are the one who brought foundation knowledge and ressources to the helpless, more fragile and archaic humans of that time. Also, since, according to these myths, the emperor is a descendant of a god, it would serve to justify his rule as well.

I also imagine that some minor gods would be humans, however, i'm thinking mostly in the crafts/arts, trading, fertility, blacksmith realms, and also representation of perseverence. Dragons are proud creatures, but even them cannot deny the fact that humans are incredibly stubborn and persistents, both in good and bad ways. There is a reason why they still push humans to serve in the army, if you rile them up the right way, they can become powerful war tools.

Humans often try to insert/hide critiques, parodies and satires through artwork, but it had to be subtle or else in the past you might have been not only arrested but even executed if one had enough proofs of rebellion.

The use of differents levels of reading, ambigous wordings or expressions, codes or easter eggs in all art fields were and are still pretty common coming from protesting humans artists throughout the ages (even draconics could make use of it to mock another adversary indirectly, as one could see the differents meanings hidden in the piece but not having enough proofs to do anything about it, it could be used as a form of taunting).

Even now, people still have to be careful and avoid public dissidence as openly criticizing draconics authorities can only bring you problems and negative focus onto you (like being arrested or shunned) to the point even fellow humans don't want to stay around you to find out about the consequences.

The only way to possibly avoid backlash would be if your family line has enough good reputation points with high ranked draconics families/clans and above average statut of its own, but even in that case, you might start walking on egg shells at some point.

Draconics are not supposed to have the right to just do as they please with conspirationists without them receiving proper form of judgement like they could before, but if you anger the wrong persons, they WILL work behind the scenes to demolish the offender's reputation, sabotage their business and properties and what not, rig their judgement or even be up to assassination and all kinds of joyous things if needed.

The samurai class has officially been abolished, but that doesn't mean they disappeared with it, lots of former draconics samurais are still alive and well after all, and they can always rent their services for favors or old loyalties.

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In ancient times, advanced education was very rarely accessible to humans and draconics commoners, basic education to read, write and count was mostly through school temples if you were able to attend it, and you could be assured that all forms of teachings would be biased since religious institutions were run by dragons. Proper advanced education was only accessible to samurais' or officials' children, aka military/bureaucratic nobility or wealthy merchants families come to mind.

Later during Edo era, these schools were made more accessible to commoners in towns (they mostly functionned as private schools, which meant that people unable to afford them couldn't get there), although most humans that could actually manage to pay for the basic cursus still could not pursue advanced scholarships mostly due to bias against them, unless the family had good reputation with local officials and could beneficit an exceptional authorization.

Bigger, more prestigious temples and schools were the ones that provided graduation of high officials and bureaucrats. All of the military or merchant class elites possessed a degree, for exemple samurais of high statut were able, in times of peace, to do accounting, gestion or agriculture tasks beside their education in strategy, and spark/martial arts training.

School establishments always served as vectors to provide moral guidance, proper behavior to follow and make sure you integrated the respect of the philosophy, manners and hierarchy promouved by the dirigeants and be good obedients citizens.

Education for humans revolved mostly around reading, writing, arithmetics, history/geography and the teachings of traditional values. Teaching role was mostly attributed to a draconic samurai or a priest for the most time, sometimes a draconic commoner with some level of education was selected for this in smaller towns when no one else could be sent.

Some schools (mostly in big cities or prosperous feudal domains) were directly established and run by the shogunate and specifically provided military education and spark training for future high class samurais/officials and offered more advanced, varied cursuses. These institutions were the summum of education, and were obviously not accessible to neither humans or draconic commoners mostly due to their high costs and prestige, it was mostly reserved for military nobility (prestigious formerly shogunate run schools, who later became imperial military academies include U.A. or Shiketsu for exemple).

A third type of school existed as well and was both for commoners and samurais apprentices, these uncommon schools served to integrate some humans and draconics mostly from middle, sometimes lower classes who wanted to gain competences to join the army as a profession (as foot soldiers, the officers were at a huge majority from more prestigious military academies).

Starting from Meiji era, the decision to make school accessible to all by creating a public school system along the private one already in place was made so that the entire population would be educated and be more productive/efficient, and students were encouraged to do their best through adoption of competitive spirit. Some private schools were thus requisitionned and reconverted into public schools to help people access them.

Instauration of public schools was one of the first decisions taken by the newly founded civil government, and since the military officials' grip was still weakened after the conflict between the ones who wanted to preserve the shogunate and the one who wanted to opt for another form of governance, they weren't able to stop it.

Of course, once they got their hold back on the political scene, the military managed to get their hands on the school program and fundings, so they're basically responsible for overseeing it, they have almost total control on what's taught to the students and keep an eye on the more rambunctious students so that loyal generations of subjects could be raised.

Schools tend to provide programs and teachings that don't exactly teach their students to critically think for themselves but rather what they should think, to respect hierarchy, to be a patriot and be more docile, passive citizens. Some selected students from prestigious imperial academies could even be sent abroad for their studies.

There were still notable apparition of teacher and students protests against the nationalist, conservative, militaristic and inequal tendencies of the program, but these manifestations are severly repressed just like other forms of rebellion.

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As for the medias forms, there are mostly both the radio and newspapers playing a role in the propagation of propaganda nowadays, some editions are more or less close to official institutions and have a role in diffusion of their thoughts. The informations and articles are carefully checked by a special censorship office created for control of informations (they also keep tab on all sort of rumors so that they can take action if it becomes too bothersome).

Said special agency historically originates from the former shogunate government from Edo era, whose role was to keep their eyes on the daimyos and their retainers in particular to avoid corruption, rebellion or anything that wouldn't go with the line of conduct instaured by the shogun, they changed the name of the censorship organ but their task stays similar : control of information and its circulation.

Laws against open criticism made by the medias against the government were also passed, as well as laws against public gatherings, unless a special authorization was provided. Both factions of the government are obsessed with control of crowds and public opinion, the military to keep themselves in power, the reformists because any violent and uncontrolled upraising of the population is going to nullify their efforts for improvement through parlementary and negociations, it would give more reasons for the military faction to tighten their grip on the reins and refuse to aknowledge the need of change asked by a part of the citizens.

The rise of rebellious organizations was mostly due to the introduction of new occidental schools of thoughts that promoved equal standing between humans and dragons. Some people who were regularly in contact with outsiders (both humans and draconics) started spreading stories and ideas about it, and part of the population, once docile, started to protest against their treatment and it got more and more violent until current time.

It has to be known that not all the population, humans and dragons alike, see outsiders and their ideas as a good thing, which is why a part of the human community is either neutral or even against their fellow human rebels (outsiders introduced a lot of changes in term of industry, technologies and so on, as well as diseases to which they were not prepared against so they are seen as dangerous on multiple angles; and rural, more isolated inhabitants tend to be the most distrustful toward strangers).

Obviously, the rebels are also trying to counter these newspapers with their own unofficial ones to try to spread their thoughts and motivate more people to join in, these tracts and newspapers are sneakily distributed in human neighborhoods in particular and often use subtle codes, phrases or probably even specific human lingo (?) to indicate information, gathering points and what not.

More recently, i also imagine that they started to make and installed their own makeshift illegal radio stations and telegram/phone lines, using and repurposing parts of the urban electric installations to transmit messages via codes as well, and obviously keeping their hands on these technologies is a priority for communication and organisation. For now, the government doesn't seem aware yet that they can run them via illegal hidden lines.

Official telegraphic lines are run by the government and can have their messages controlled at random, which is why they avoid making direct use of them. Letters are still used, often with the real message hidden to avoid eventual censorship and with only people in the know being able to retrieve/decipher them; packages are entrusted to a line of collaborators as well as unknowing people who pass it to each other to blur the trails.

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Last but not least, the economy is at the current time pretty stable overall, heavy industries have booming activity with the looming threat of WW1 and the military faction ordering weapons, machinery and equipments from them, the country both import and export merchandises to occidental nations mainly and the quality of life is globally improving, although it is important to note that the very rural regions still look like they are stuck 50 years ago, with little access to electricity, phones, higher qualified jobs or means of transportations found in urban areas.

In the AU's current time (i would say around mid 1920s), The Great Depression hasn't happened yet. I'm not sure if i'm going to include it at some point at all, or if i ever do a story line with this i wouldn't introduce it at the beginning but rather later on.

However, the great earthquake of 1923 did happened and left entire neighborhoods, mostly impoverished ones that had lower architectural quality, to shambles and affected people's moral, especially as not everything as been rebuild yet and one can still see the looming, hollowed ruins in cities' outside suburbs.

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Hmm, i hope i was able to provide you some more elements of context/worldbuilding (?) and what not. I want to say that one of the main things i want to convey in these AU notes is that there is no black or white, no good or bad side. There are all kind of alignements in all the strates of this AU society and it's why it's such a mess both in the story itself and to explain. cx

On a side note, i also got some more ideas, mostly about AFO and OFA's origins, and maybe some things involving the USA?? ( i need to gather infos on that beforhand too, to see if it's workable).

Feel free to ask for clarifications or other things if you want, hopefully i won't take as long to answer back akgdhizguizugafio ;u;

#another wall of text (tm)#auigyoizugfiugfoguzfzoieufgy #it's a mess #it's less about bnha and more about context here #i hope i haven't forgotten anything important or messed up too much :')#at least i can still retcon things if needed i guess #bnha AU #dragon AU #roaring diesel AU

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post-grammatic-stress · 4 years

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One teacher’s take on reopening

[image description: Tweet from Trump that says in all caps SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THE FALL!!!]

[image description: Tweet from Trump that says, In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!]

TLDR for below the cut: Most American schools do not have the funding, resources, or staff to open safely this fall. We will open anyway and do our best given the circumstances. There will be a body count.

Long version:

So this asshole cares about schools now, huh? THIS GUY? who alleged cheated on the SATs and who definitely said that he “loves the poorly educated”?

I want to reopen schools as bad as anyone else. Probably more so. I love teaching. I miss my kids. I miss my classroom. I don’t enjoy teaching online, and I don’t think it’s good for the majority of kids’ educations to be 100% online. I want to be back in school - I just want it to be safe for all involved. I want it to be sustainable. Rushing back the way we are just means we are going to get shutdown again within weeks.

In order to open safely, this is what the CDC recommends for schools :

[image description: an infographic from the CDC that says, “the more people a student or staff member interacts with, and the longer that interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread”. An arrow goes fro the left to the right side, starting with green labeled “lower risk” and ending with red labeled “higher risk”. Beneath the arrow are three graphics describing the situations for each risk. On the left under “lower risk” is a person doing work on a laptop labeled “virtual classes, activities, and events. In the middle, the image is of a regular classroom with three children in it sitting in desk spaced apart. It is labeled “small, in-person classes, activities, and events with virtual options when possible”. The image furthest to the right under “higher risk” is of four children sitting in desks touching each other and is labeled “normal sized, in-person classes, activities, and events”.

The high school I teach at doesn’t have any of that currently in place except what is highest risk; we lack funding to get what we need to put anything safer in place. We don’t have the staff needed to put lower risks procedures in place; we lack the funding to hire more. In fact, my district, like many others, has a $31 mil budget shortfall this year. And we’re in a rich county - in the top 20 richest in the country, in fact. This is what a rich county is facing.

Due to the $31 MILLION budget shortfall, the district is no longer paying as much for my health insurance, passing that cost on to me, and have included furlough days in teacher contracts, which reduces our salary.

My school opens in exactly one month. I report back Aug 3. According to the presentation given by the district administration to our school board at the last meeting (if you’re getting my implication that nothing has been directly communicated to teachers or families, good catch! Nothing has!), in addition to my normal work of, you know, teaching and grading, my duties for this year have increased. Here are the requirements the district admin has and the questions I have in return that do not yet have answers:

sanitizing all hard surfaces in my room between each class. We are not reducing class sizes and are doing a regular 5 day schedule. So if we’re just looking at student desks (not any other surfaces or the Chromebooks, which I’m sure we’ll have to use - can they turn in assignments on paper anymore?), I will have to sanitize 33 desks (and their seats) 8 times each day. If each wipe down takes 10 seconds (that’s a very low estimate, yes), that’s 5.5 minutes per cleaning. Our passing periods are 5 minutes. Where are the kids while I’m doing this cleaning? Are they standing in the hallway with the 33 kids who are trying to get into the classroom next to mine? Where are the cleaning supplies coming from? Your guesses are as good as mine because the district didn’t tell us how to do this. Just that we have to.

keeping all students six feet from each other at all times. do they have a plan for what happens during passing periods? not that i’m aware of. they suggested staggering start times, but have no plan for what that looks like. are they going to reduce my class sizes? no. is it physically possible to get the 33 desks needed for my classes spaced so that each kid is six feet from all other kids? no. do they have a solution for that? no. also have they met teenagers?

eating lunch in my room with an assigned cohort of students who are also eating their lunches. Hopefully an allergy sensitive group due to my own severe allergies that often lead to me eating on my own. My contract used to guarantee a duty-free lunch time. My contract now includes a clause that states they can reduce my salary at any time during the school year without notice.

simulcasting all lessons for students learning from home (parents are allowed to enroll kids in online school this year without them having to change schools). When asked about what we were supposed to use to record these lessons - cameras, mics, etc - we were told they don’t have those yet, but that they have removed all the desktops from our classrooms because they were “outdated”. Which means the laptop I use to give presentations will be stuck at the back of my classroom where the cords for the projector are, at all times - not very useful for also filming my lessons. How will we get tech needed for this, given the severe budget shortage? They don’t know. How are they assigning elearning students to teachers? am I getting them in addition to the kids i have physically in the classroom? are all teachers teaching in person and online? only some? how do we decide? they have no answers for any of those questions

following all ieps and other learning plans as written, of course, but without guidance for how the other requirements might interfere. what do i do if i have a student who is deaf or hard of hearing who needs to be able to see my mouth as i’m speaking? do i take off my mask? what about ELL students who also benefit from seeing mouth movements associated with speech? the schools are not providing face masks, though they are required, but said that we might need clear face shields for those scenarios. where is the money coming from for those?

monitoring all students’ physical and mental health. Each of our 2,400 students must have their temperatures taken at the beginning of the day. Am I responsible for doing that for my first hour kids? How do I know they got in only through the doors with temperature monitors? i’ve been yelling for years about the unsecured entrance near my room through which kids let each other into the building in order to bypass security and because it’s closer to the senior parking lot than the secured door - is anyone going to monitor that door? who? how are we paying them? where are we getting the money for thermometers? what software are we using to track their health info that also safeguards their private information? they have no answers for these questions.

all lessons, after being simulcast and taught in person, will also be uploaded to the online learning platform in their entirety. How are they going to make sure everyone, even the teachers that they can’t even get to put their grades in on time or email home regularly, does that? They don’t know. Are they upgrading our internet, which regularly experiences outages, to handle all this streaming?

So until Trump and DeVos have any kind of plans or money to go along with their “pressure” to reopen schools, they can fuck right off.

#education #teaching #school #high school #covid19

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