#Section C

[pcttrailsidereader]

Hurricane Hilary, Whitewater River and the Whitewater Preserve

The section of the PCT between the San Jacinto and the San Bernardino mountain ranges was, for me, one of the more challenging sections of the trail. Certainly not the most pristine (it includes the I-10 undercrossing, greater Cabazon, and massive wind farms) and often stark, incredibly hot, and barren until you are well up Mission Creek. The broad flood plain of the Whitewater River normally carries a modest flow from snowmelt in the San Bernardino Mountains. However, late in August 2023, Hurricane Hilary dumped an extraordinary amount of rain in the Whitewater River drainage turning the normal August trickle into a raging torrent:

Among the casualties was the PCT in that area and the wonderful oasis not far off the trail, the Whitewater Preserve. The Preserve just re-opened on December 11 and the PCT remains seriously impacted. Reports are incomplete but the most significant impacts to travel are in the upper portion of North Fork Mission Creek (~mile 235-239), an area managed by San Bernardino National Forest in Sand to Snow National Monument.

In the next post, we will cover the Whitewater Preserve in a little more detail and share some photos taken during better times.

[classycookiexo]

[intriga-hounds]

Genuine question here as I'm unfamiliar with the world of dog breeding — if both of Ponzu's litters were born by c-section, would that indicate a good chance that future litters would be too? Would that/does that affect your willingness to breed her in the future?

dis girl gettin SPAYED this summer!!!!!!

[spiribia]

reading the lgbt representation in the fallout series wiki page is nuts

[mourningsbane]

oh, god. did tanglefern try to do a sort of c-section on honeyspring when things went south? that slit on their belly looks a lot like a classical incision to me, and tanglefern's greatest mistake...this might be completely wrong so feel free to disregard!! obsessed with this blog right now, honeyspring what happened to you....

She was just so sick, and it was all so sudden. What else was there to be done? Nobody knows what struck Honeyspring ill so swiftly or with such brutal lethality, not even Tanglefern (but he is also a liar).

Desecration;

He wedged the cutter just under the skin, and pried the walls of her womb apart, glistening with watery wetness and slick with blood. Fluids sunk into the dirt flooring of the medicine den, reeking of disease, but Tanglefern pushed forward. He was not gentle, but he did not have to be. They knew that when she took that last heaving breath not even an hour ago, she was gone.

There was no patient to be gentle for, just a cooling corpse.

And so he ripped and tore until he could wrap his mouth around each little neck, a total of three. When he felt no more of the doomed litter, he stopped and took the time to finally glance at the little bodies sitting at his paws, sticky like honey.

He looked, and saw with rising despair, that they didn't look like kits at all. He could hear the rain pounding outside through the ringing in his ears, a thundering roar.

As he stared at those things that were not quite kits, those vague lumps of wet fur and teeth, Flaildrizzle wailed. Distantly, some raw part of him, carved open like the body before him, realizes it was all for nothing.

[halfbaked00q]

.... 'ang on, now

On these things he spent all his money and it was his ambition to have as little as possible in his banking account when he was killed, as, when he was depressed, he knew he would be, before the statutory age of forty-five. Eight years to go before he was automatically taken off the 00 list and given a staff job at Headquarters. At least eight tough assignments. Probably sixteen. Perhaps twenty-four. Too many.

"too many." "too many"?? Ooouuuggh, James Bond hates his job NOT an exclusively Craig!Bond thing, it literallyyy comes from Fleming Moonraker?? Book 3??

Like, not surprising to me that Bond is depressed/has depression moments - Fleming writes out Bond's penchant for catastrophizing in the last book - but ough that Fleming literally spells it right, right there. "when he was killed, as he KNEW he would be, before the statutory age of 45."

and then continuing the thing about how there are rly only 2 or 3 missions a year that call for his abilities. the grim, "at least 8. probably 16. perhaps 24. too many."

He, like Loelia Ponsonby, is trapped within the "perpetual concubinage to your King and Country" and, along with Loelia Ponsonby and the other girls, has been locked in his own version of a Cavell-Nightingale world "more securely into the company of the other girls at Headquarters and every day it seemed more difficult to betray by resignation the father-figure which The Service had become."

Unlike Loelia, who actually does think about but dismisses the idea of resigning, Bond doesn't even THINK of it. He just assumes it's inevitable that he will keep running on the job until his time runs out, one of the ways or the other.

like. dang, okayyy. and also. bruh appeals to patriotism whomst?? only if u can't read, perhaps?? lmao

(from Moonraker)

[buckstag]

what if spools name was gay instead of spool i think thatd be cool and what if he had a machine gun wouldnt that be cool what if he had a gay machine gun that shot gay bullets thatd be cool right or would it be lame i dont know please tell me the answer would it be cool or lame pleas

[heardatmedschool]

Intern 1: I just went into my first C-section!

Intern 2: How did it go?

Intern 1: I don’t want children anymore.

[dreamsuvivor]

Can somebody explain to me like I’m 5 why tf didn’t Feyre at least try to shapeshift into her Illyrian form when she was literally on death’s doorstep during labour?

We get that vague explanation at the beginning of the book about the shapeshifting and using of magic possibly not being good for the baby. But when both her and Rhys are about to die, shouldn’t you at least try it? What is the worst that can happen? they’ll die? well they are about to anyway, so why not try it, at least?

And also side note: How did Cassian survived getting gutted, but fae women die during c-sections?!

[sophies-earbuds]

sophie: keefe, i'm begging you, PLEASE go see elwin

keefe: hey, i'm sorry, is this OUR stab wound?

[catboymoments]

On Azura being a c-section baby, I was actually one too with a nightmare disaster birth on top. My mom says there’s nothing more terrifying than being conscious and hearing them say “scalpel” 😭 POOR LUZ HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT

MAN. HFHEJEJGJGOVJCJSJSHFHFUZ YEAH

[winniefrezcomics]

Waitttt could we maybe get a comic of Iris holding the twins for the first time after they were born? 🥺

Disgustingly wholesome DadRis content? On it, chief 🫡 (wren is thier adopted daughter- they adopted her a few years before Westly and Annie were born! 🥰)

Not pictured: Mrs. Gonzales shoulder-checking a medical professional out of her way to meet her new grandbabies while the other three grandparents are powerless to stop her 😂

[verytheoristjellyfish]

PLEASE stop making Dami a Bruce clone like HEAR ME OUT like ALL his other kids (Tim,Jason,Cass,Dick) THEY ALL LOOK LIKE HIM EXCEPTTT for his biological child who looks almost NOTHING like him and entirely like Talia like do you KNOW how funny that be!?

Gala attendee: So you must be all of Bruce's kids!

Dick: Actually no, there's five of us.

Gala attendee: oh? Sorry I just assumed.. where's the fifth one?

*they all four point to Damian*

Gala attendee: oh? I didn't think he was Brucie's son, I mean he's very different in look and personality? Is he perchance adopted..?

Tim: I wish, then we could send him back

Dick: TIM!?

Cass: he's actually the only one of us who's biological

Gala attendee now absolutely FLABBERGASTED: W-What!? You guys are adopted!?? Are you sure Brucie didn't get in on the action with your parents!? What do you mean your the adopted ones!?

Gala attendee shaking in confusion and rambling on about how they genuinely didn't think they were adopted

The four just standing there confused on how the gala attendee didn't know and trying to come up with a plan on how to get away from them

[cutefoxgirl2992]

I just thought about it but Moshang's kids would 100% be 99th percentile babies, 5'3 Shang Qinghua is NOT passing that shit naturally

[hunnyy-bunnyyy]

The dissonance between era inspiration in ACoTaR is one of the more brushed over flaws in the book series. Looking at the Inner Circle's fashion alone, we jump between "literal scraps of fabric" (Under the Mountain, Court of Nightmares) to "orientalist painter's imaginings of the Ottoman Harem" (clothing described during Feyre's first few visits to the Night Court) to "modern 'corset' dress" (Feyre's Starfall dress, majority of Mor's clothing, most of the clothes drawn in fan art) to "modern -- almost sci-fi style -- skin-tight leather armor" to "sweater and leggings combo".

Then, between courts, we have Helion wearing Spirit Halloween's take on the ancient Grecian tunic; Feyre's Spring Court wedding dress looking like an 1830s fashion plate; and Dawn heavily implied to have traditional East Asain clothing (e.g. kimono, hanfu, hanbok).

On top of all of that, some of the Dawn Court's small cities ". . . specialized in tinkering and clockwork and clever things. . ." which -- combined with Lucien's metal eye and Nuan's mechanical hand -- implies a sort of post-industrial revolution time period. However, a decent chunk of the fandom says that ACoTaR is medieval; which, yeah, it's medieval themed in the first book -- sans the "dress" Rhysand forces Feyre to wear UTM.

The wild inconsistencies in ACoTaR's inspiration leads, not to a rich and diverse world, but a world that seems ramshackle and haphazard -- like it's creator simply threw together a board on Pinterest and called it a day. This is a major part of why the world building is so abysmal, it relies on convenience to the plot and whatever pleases the aesthetic whims of the author. Cultures deemed "pretty" or "badass" are thrown together, irregardless of how far apart they actually are. This is not only disrespectful to the narrative, but to the readers and the cultures used as inspiration.

All of this to say: Sarah J Maas is a bad author, not just because of the way she handles serious topics like power dynamics and abuse, but also because she cannot put together a world that is even the slightest bit cohesive.

[gojonanami]

thinking about an emergency c-section for one of your kids, and satoru is absolutely a wreck, already had been dozing off at the hospital after you were admitted for labor since “his” baby was taking their sweet time to come — as you put it. and he had taken up residence on the cot beside you, having just laid down, only to find a nurse doing a nightly check on you.

it happens slowly. the medical staff multiply one by one, until there’s a dozen of them, including one nurse on top of you with her hand keeping your baby’s umbilical cord from being wrapped around the baby.

and they don’t let him come in as they wheel you to the operating room, leaving him to pace alone, wondering if he would see your baby or you again. and realizing he didn’t even get a chance to tell you he loved you.