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Wait wait wait a second... So I'm doing my therapy session and they tell me an anxious response is only meant to last minutes??? I thought healthy was like, several hours before and after. Minutes? I knew my several days before and after wasn't right but I had no idea I was quite so far off!

Gonna go pop a lil 'Closed for maintenance' sign on my brain while I spend some time fixing this.

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Started The House in Fata Morgana

Just started the House in Fata Morgana, thought it might be interesting to look back on my thoughts this early on once I've finished it and it might be entertaining for folks who've already finished it, possibly spoilers below though I'm only a couple of hours in.

So this visual novel is setting off the exact same 'something ain't right here' feeling that the first couple of episodes of Madoka Magica set off. Particularly with that introduction to the house. Something about it makes me think the 'Master' of the House is more like a prisoner but maybe not in the traditional sense. I'm assuming the prelude was from the perspective of the master of the house, so perhaps he's going back time and time again and failing at something?

I'm also getting some creepy vibes from the maid in the house at the beginning, which was only made worse by what seemed to be her turning the white rose in the garden red (foreshadowing of her doing something to the white haired girl?).

So for the prelude I'm enjoying the vibes and weirdness going on and looking forward to how it plays out.

Then with the story of Nellie and Mell, as the maid still in the house appears in the story this is presumably not too long before the current state of the house, though it does seem to exist somewhat outside of time and space based on the prelude.

Anyway I've just got to the part where the girl runs away from Mell trying to give her a rose (I shan't start on the creepiness here from Mell because this will end up being the rest of the post). Now it says she looks like she almost fears it, now is that from the other maid turning the white rose red in the garden or is there something else? She obviously shared a likeness to a vampire but I can't think of any myth that could be true and cause a fear of roses. Could it be that Nellie and Mell's father did something resulting in her being kidnapped or captured perhaps? That might explain the fear, well I'm sure I'll find out later.

Nellie feels relevant for pushing Mell in certain directions but she doesn't seem to have quite the same 'doomed by the narrative' feel to her character, more a 'doomed by the time period'. Though if she feels the white haired girl is stealing Mell away from her she might end up doing something drastic.

I'm not too far into it so there's not a whole lot for me to comment on at the moment but I wanted to put in an early wild theory for entertainment purposes. I think Mell is the master of the house that we see the prelude from the perspective of. I think the prelude a message for the white haired girl from Mell. I think the dark haired maid is the witch of the house and keeps the white haired girl trapped there outside of space and time, likely for some kind of torture though I don't know to what end. Mell then likely tries to save her over and over again, failing each time, falling apart each time, and returning to the house to begin the process over.

We'll see how far off I am, I'm basing pretty much all of that on the characters we've seen and on the prelude.

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Don't know if this'll help anyone but if you happen to get random, severe foot pain from time to time for no noticeable reason it might be worth checking how tight your calf muscles are!

Not that that'll always be the cause but I found out that sitting at a desk all day had caused mine to tighten and that had caused me about two and half years of on and off mobility issues and pain. I could barely bend my foot up to 90° to my shin, which is something I'd not noticed happening at all.

Seems to be improving now with some stretches, highly recommend doing a stretch by placing your forefoot of one foot on a book sized object (I actually 3d printed something so I wouldn't damage my books), then stepping slightly in front of it with the other foot. That one seems to be making a world of difference and is much more passive than some of the other's I've tried, so I can hold it for longer.

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i hope that someday there will be no more advertisements ever again

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Uk media reporting on the OSA:

Reality:

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can someone please be proud of me like fuck I’m trying

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Crazy how we dont even know where did @satan-offical come from like one day she just appeared on my dash with 10000000 notes on each post. Insane

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Made cupcakes to bribe friends into watching Madoka magica, decided to make them holy quintet coloured =) First time using a piping bag too but it wasn't so bad.

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Mami spending the whole trailer just living her best life:

Meanwhile the rest of the Holy Quintet:

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This gets me every single month, I don't learn.

"We have an important message for you about your banking!"

"Oh shit I wonder what's happened"

"Hi, ummm, you spent money last month..."

banks really think they can send u emails...