#Proper Documentation

[raismobilenotaryllc]

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[loantrivia]

Managing Earnest Money Deposits Safely and Efficiently

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[bog-mob]

Starting off the month strong let's see how long that lasts 🗣️‼️/silly

Was inspired by the way light sometimes shines thru windows in the Parable (⁠◔⁠‿⁠◔⁠)

[transingthoseformers]

So, wait, mnemosurgery addiction is an addiction to performing mnemosurgery? I've heard of it before but i always assumed bots got addicted to receiving it

I have absolutely never considered that omg

Yeah!! Typically in canon, a mnemosurgery addiction is the mnemosurgeon's addiction to performing it, to the point it kills many (this was a big part of Chromedome's character and one of the things we knew early with him) because there's a bit of inherent risk with mnemosurgery (something about the process of linking minds together like that). The Fatal Injection is talked about a decent bit, and we very nearly see this happen to Chromedome when he's doing it with Dominus / The Pet in the end of MTMTE (this big whole thing)

But the idea of a character being addicted to receiving mnemosurgery??? Fascinating. Fascinating fascinating dynamics and scenes there. Especially considering mnemosurgery's history in idwg1, and it's connection with the autobots. Giving me ideas.

[kickertiger]

"say cheese ! ♡"

see more of their bed adventures here if you want. (slightly n-s-f-w lol)

[saturnmused]

when your mom has months left and you're still expected to go about school like things are normal 💀

[gloomy-ghosty]

Haiiiiii <3

hiii

avtually have something to tell you

there was a kid at dance today. they weren't in my class, but at the end of the year we share dances with other classes to prepare for performing yknow. and they reminded me of you sorta. dark brown curly hair, really long and thick, in a bubble braid, pale skin, brown eyes. i know that's not exactly what you look like cause your hair is shorter and stuff, but yknow. they made me think of you. complimented them after we finished sharing and i had to skedaddle back to my class into my classroom. yeah.

[thefandommind]

Slight spoilers for Spirit Oath, but only slight because I don't feel like checking my accuracy this post is going off of memory.

I love Miranda so much.

When I first read her mini novel I was slightly disappointed with her having an "arranged marriage I don't want to get married I want to run wild in the woods" story. This was when I was like 14 probably, so it's been a while since that first opinion.

Since then I've suffered through several fantasy fiction in which the female protagonist is forced into something like a marriage or "being lady like" and in most of those the MC "hated being in those situations and wanted to get out" but then didn't for whatever plot reasons and just instead suffers.

Miranda doesn't do that. And it's one of the reasons she's one of my favorite heroines of all time. Because while *with in the story* all woman are valid (even a badly written female character is still a valid person within the context of the story), I particularly like the ones that don't take any and all bullshit thrown at them and then rise above it with their own prowess.

I hate stories where the MC is powerful beyond comparison, strong and a natural leader but then everyone treats them like they are fragile just because of their gender.

Miranda doesn't follow this trope. Part of that is the Spirit Series isn't a romantasy, they characters have relationships but they aren't tied to the genre of being romance. But part of this is Miranda is explained in the books to be a headstrong stubborn character who doesn't take shit, and she's also shown in the books that she doesn't take shit.

And a great point to the showing not telling is how she handles her family in Spirit Oath.

Enjoyably so with cursing, yelling, grand larceny, epic amounts of property damage, and setting of firm boundaries.

We also get a glimpse into her chosen family. Her elder sister who she understands still is in contact with their abusive parents but also sets boundaries with how they act with Miranda, her parents being cut out, and her adopted father/mentor Banage. Who we also get to see a kinder side too. Banage understands Miranda's personality and views much better then he does his son's, and he's shown to have a strict but caring demeanor just as he does in the main series. And while he's strict, it's kind of obvious that Miranda craves the structure he gives her.

Miranda own father Simon is also strict, but he's not to figure that is trying to train or educate her as she grows into an adult, he's only shown to be controlling.

Which I also think fits well with Eli and Banage.

Banage was controlling with Eli, he wasn't just strict. And while Eli isn't like Miranda at all, and definitely needed a different parent then just a strict one even without the abuse, Banage manages to grow a bit by the second try.

In the series, we see two versions of Banage, the controlling father of Eli, and the strict mentor of Miranda. And it is mentioned several times that Miranda and Banage get along well (most of the time it's so Eli can feel jealous that he obviously cares more for Miranda then him). And in that way it's more or less loosely implied that Miranda is better because Banages parenting style works better on her then Eli

But in Spirit Oath, we also see that Banage has actually changed over the years. He's gotten better at being a supporting guide.

I say this because of two scenes with Banage in Spirit Oath. The first being when Miranda says she will just run away from home, because she doesn't want to be there.

Banage tells her "do not run away, do not make your parents worry about where you are, even they don't deserve that".

Obviously this is a reference to Eli, but in this moment Miranda describes Banage as being strict and no nonsense, she is not allowed to do this under his mentorship.

But at the end of the book, when Miranda has infact run away from her parents after doing everything she could to endure and make them happy, after they've crossed her boundaries over and over, he supports her full heartedly.

He has his beliefs, but understands she's an adult who can make her own decisions, and he doesn't try to control that.

This is growth for him. And while he's not the best person, he's a great character because of this.

My second point of enjoyment is this is a 20 year old Miranda, and while she's just as much a running through the wilds, makes her own path, sleeps in the woods character in the series. She's especially wild in this book because it's her first shot at full unsupervised freedom.

Literally the first thing this woman does after several years essentially boarding school is spend a month camping in the mountains trying to catch a fucking wind. And she succeeds. Like in Spirit Thief and onwards she's described as pretty and girlish and proud, in Spirit Oath she's got a deep tan and short chopy cropped hair and too much energy and she's forgotten how to be polite to men. I love her.

Third point of enjoyment, Durn.

In the main series we see Miranda using her spirits in crafty and quick ways. And I could make a whole nother post about how spirits are used in this world (since each one is different), but in Spirit Oath Miranda is shown to be especially crafty with her spirits.

And also fucking Durn. Her stone spirit is used a handful of times in the main series, but in this book he's a main contender, but what I love is how she's shown to use him. He doesn't just erupt from the ground as a hand or wall, she doesn't quickly summon him in a fight like a pokemon.

Spirit Oath is one of the few times we get to see a wizard fully lean into the magic part of their craft. Miranda summons Durn quietly and slowly over the course of like a full day, feeds him power, and not even the normal strength for obedience type power, she slowly feeds him like she's building a hot fire. Until he expands to fill the entire property, and then she uses him to create and earth quake and uses him to escape. It's beautiful but also very scary. Because Miranda has to actively plan and execute this with so much purpose outside of just her will.

It truely shows how much power a trained spiritualist can have. And yeah that's a lot of damage.

Also,

Miranda, after hearing about how Josef and Adela were married in absentee: damn glad my parents didn't fucking think of that

Also Miranda: couldn't be me 😎

[sysig]

Coding woes (Patreon)

[raddest-laddest]

yk those leather journals with the crystals and latches that you always see at conventions and stuff? i feel like there’s someone out there who has one and uses it, and if you do,, i’m curious to know what for bc i’m highkey scared of mine

[vickyvicarious]

I mentioned this briefly in the tags the other day, but I think we have another moment of timeline wonkiness in these past three days. Nothing anywhere near as big as Seward's missing week or Lucy's letter, but things still don't totally line up.

On the 11th, Van Helsing gets the flowers set up in Lucy's room. When they leave, he tells Jack "To-morrow in the morning early you call for me, and we come together to see our pretty miss, so much more strong for my 'spell' which I have work." So they are planning on going back right away the next day.

But there is no mention of them visiting on the 12th. Instead, we get Lucy talking about the flowers like they are new to her, and she has not slept with them in her room yet: "And yet he must have been right, for I feel comfort from them already. Somehow, I do not dread being alone to-night, and I can go to sleep without fear." If the date were correct, she should already have slept alone with them between the 11th-12th.

Finally, the doctors visit today on the 13th, and both of them act like this is their first visit since the other day without mentioning any delay or change in plans. When Van Helsing hears about Lucy having slept well, he says "Aha! I thought I had diagnosed the case. My treatment is working," suggesting again that this is the first night she's slept with the flowers around her. (In fact, she hasn't gotten their protection but this quote is seconds before finding out about that disaster.)

All in all, it seems pretty clear to me that Lucy's diary entry should also be on the 11th, and today's entry should have been on the 12th.

[auhht]

auhht's 2024-25 star trek watchthrough!!

(mostly in airdate order)

so last year i decided to watch star trek for the first time and wanted to do it Right by watching everything in the right order - so this is me documenting when i watched each show and movie!!

(wasn't paying attention to the dates at the start so i'm guessing for tos)

TOS Start: late sept/ early oct End: between nov 8 & 11

1 TMP: likely nov 11

2 Wrath of Khan: nov 11

3 Search for Spock: nov 12

4 Voyage Home: nov 12

(also unification nov 19)

TNG Start: nov 12 End: jan 5

(i didn't watch late tng/ early ds9 at the same time/ in airdate order)

5 Final Frontier: nov 17

6 Undiscovered Country: dec 11

DS9 Start: jan 5 End: march 1

7 Generations: jan 6

8 First Contact: feb 10

9 Insurrection: feb 25

10 Nemesis: mar 22

Voyager Start: before jan 23 End: march 10

Enterprise Start: march 10 End: april 12

AOS Star Trek: april 12

Into Darkness: april 13

Beyond: april 13

Discovery Start: april 13 End: june 22

Picard Start: april 22 End: june 11

LWD Start: april 29 End: june 25

Prodigy Start: may 14 End: june 24

SNW Start: may 29 End: june 15

(obviously not the end of snw, this is when i caught up to where it is now by finishing season 2!)

Section 31: june 25

[radioroxx]

chat u will never believe whos swollen hand. youll never believe. it large

[caulfect]

btw them not being able to get the break up screenshots is funny but on the record my FAVORITE line in that doc is "I thought we were villager friends!!!!" re: animal crossing

as someone who has not read the document in full … what?

[autopsyinreverse]

Went exploring today, and two minutes after I crossed the fence off private property, a cop rolled up to chat with me. Since she had no evidence I had been trespassing, we just had a nice conversation where she tried to figure out what the hell I was doing out there, utterly baffled and disbelieving when my explanation amounted to "exploring and studying the plants"

Now, the kicker is, the property is owned by a mining company thats founder is LDS, who had visions and prophecies telling him to mine there, and in the near future a city is going to be built around the mine and the mine itself will be used as a fortress to defend against "ravaging mobs"

[lexiepaprika]

i swear i’ve been wearing such cute coordinates lately but i just keep forgetting to take pics