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[mawchops]

Development for the chapter lost in 2023

[basementlineage]

🪞 The Founder: What You Are When You Are Nothing

He isn’t made to survive. He’s made to dominate.

This isn’t Create-A-Sim. This is configuration. You’re not picking a name. You’re pulling a weapon from the dark.

Before the descent begins, your Founder must be engineered, trait by trait, flaw by flaw, for seduction, scarcity, and absolute control. This page outlines how to build him right… or how to watch him break.

🧬 Sim Identity Requirements

Gender:

The Founder must be male to align with mod-based systems, client mechanics, and the Big Dick trait from KMI.

Life Stage & Settings:

Must be a Young Adult

Aging must be enabled

Lifespan must be set to Long

🎭 Required Traits (CAS)

The Founder begins with the following five traits: These are not optional. They define his starting edge.

✦ Manipulator (Artemissy) -> Strategic, emotionally intelligent, always calculating

✦ Seducer (Kiara) -> Natural charm; eases client conversion

✦ Talented (Kiara) -> Cross-discipline edge

✦ Heartbreaker (Chingyu) -> Emotional fallout; narrative volatility

✦ Woohoo Lover (Kiara) -> Sexual drive and mood sensitivity

📌 Mod links available on the Required Mods page. These traits create tension: the Founder is seductive, emotionally volatile, deeply manipulative, and compulsive. You are not building for survival. You are building for control.

🎯 CAS Aspiration (Must Assign in CAS)

StrangerVille Mystery This is required and must be selected at the start. Do not switch it out. This aspiration’s structure is necessary for the challenge’s deeper narrative mechanics and hidden unlock paths.

💰 Starting Funds

Your Founder must begin the game with §0

No cheats or household income allowed

All objects and income must be earned through the systems outlined in the challenge

🪞 Visual & Environmental Setup

You’re not just building a Sim. You’re setting a tone.

Suggested CAS Aesthetic:

Cold or sharp features; no softness unless it hides something

Minimalist or industrial clothing

Avoid friendly, vibrant color schemes

You are not building a boyfriend. You are building a controlled burn.

Basement Themes (to consider once you enter gameplay):

Harsh lighting or none at all

Concrete textures

Utility-focused furniture

Avoid cozy decor until explicitly unlocked

🛠️ Post-CAS Trait Assignment (via Wicked Whims)

Once you load into Live Mode, pause the game and apply the following Wicked Attributes:

📍 Wicked > Personalization > Wicked Attributes > Wicked Attributes Controls ➤ Choose “All Sims,” select only your Founder in the household group. ➤ Apply the traits below:

🩸 Required Traits (Wicked + Modded)

From YourFalseHope:

Sex Addict

Horny

Fuck Boy

Slut

Shared Immortality (Optional legacy mechanic)

From Alchemist’s Kinky Expansions:

Likes Giving Anal

Big White Cock / Big Black Cock (pick one)

Likes to Receive Oral

Erotic Dreams

Breeding Kink (Giving)

From Wicked Whims:

Sexually Adventurous

Insatiably Lustful

Nudity Enthusiast

Generous Lover

Polyamorous

From KMI (Khlas):

Top

Big Cock

Virile

These traits must be added immediately upon entering Live Mode. They will shape everything from client interactions to sacrifice requirements.

🏦 Sim National Bank Setup (SNB Required)

You must create three separate accounts using the SimNational Bank mod:

Main Account - Personal Sim spending (what little you’ll be allowed)

Sacrifice Account - For all penalty payments, needs cheats, woohoo costs

College/House Fund - Future-oriented; used to unlock legacy structures

Income Split:

40% → College/House Fund

30% → Sacrifice Account

30% → Main Account

All earnings must be routed through these accounts. No direct wallet earnings are permitted unless phase rules state otherwise.

🕯️ Your Founder Is Now Ready.

The shell has been shaped. Now you fill it, with pain, pleasure, and control. Once your Sim has been completed, continue to:

🔗 Lot Setup - Your descent shell 🔗 Terms of Survival - Your first rules 🔗 Phases & Progression - The descent itself

[mademoisellesarcasme]

#i knit a mix of shetland speed and irish lever#both mount the stitch backwards#which means that k2tog and ssk do the exact opposite of what they're supposed to @fiona-glenanne-westen I had no idea what this style was until I saw your tags and then I discovered that apparently I do some variation of this TOO but don't know the difference between shetland speed and irish lever; I just know that I hold my yarn continental and pick up my knit stitches tbl and it COULD be really fast if I anchored one needle and didn't do colourwork (tried that for fun and it worked)

anyway, thank you for expanding my knitting knowledge, I feel richer for the discovery

as a left-handed knitter I get really frustrated trying to remember which way various decreases lean because everyone just says "left" or "right" and then you have to mentally reverse it and it's a mess.

here's what you want: k2tog leans *opposite* the direction of knitting progress, aka "backwards." ssk leans *with* the direction of knitting progress, aka "forwards." go forth and adjust your personal charts accordingly now.

[kaitsawamura]

🪞 🔮 🍅 🧺 🍯 🌱 The Farmer & The Wizard

❦ SUMMARY ❦

You need a change, a big one. When your estranged grandfather passes away and bequeaths you his farm in a little town just south of the middle of nowhere, you take it as the sign you needed to make a change instead of waiting for one.

The farm, while having fallen into a state of disrepair, is just the thing to cure your modern-world ailments. The people are kind and always ready to offer help, if a bit unusual. They have old superstitions, a haunted community center, and a resident wizard. Spoiler alert: those last two on the list take some getting used to.

Yes, things are different here but you have a sneaking suspicion that the slow pace and a certain alchemical practitioner are going to remind you that sometimes, all you need is time and a little bit of magic.

THIS SCROLL WAS LAST UPDATED: 6/1/24

❦ STATS ❦

Pairing: Wizard!Gojo Satoru x Farmer!Reader

Rating: M for Mature, 18+ only minors do not interact

Warnings: Fantasy/Stardew Valley violence, sexual content, angst (maybe like just a tiny lil bit)

Tags: Stardew Valley AU, strangers to friends to lovers, red thread of fate, soulmates (kinda) eventual smut, fluff focused, canon divergent, more tags to come (literally am too excited, I need to get this masterlist post out in the world lol)

Projected Word Count: 100K

Author’s Note: In unsurprising news, I have still been in the trenches with my Stardew Valley hyperfixation. Then, along comes this lovely PC Gojo mod and the fate of this fic was sealed. It's going to be inspired a touch by that mod (which I will link below, full credit to that amazing modder) and will heavily follow a standard Stardew Valley play through timeline. I'm a lil nervous to write Gojo since he doesn't fall neatly into the character type I normally am drawn to but I have WRITING HANDS (like jazz hands but for writers :P ) and so I'm adding another fic to my WIPs list.

Important Note: This fic is part of this blog's contribution to the @ficsforgaza initiative!

❦ LINKS ❦

Fics for Gaza Masterlist <- now linked! ->

GOJO MOD FOR PC'ERS

JJK Masterlist

Main Masterlist

Playlist

Moodboard

❦ TABLE OF CONTENTS ❦

SPRING

Part 1: In Which You Unexpectedly Receive The Deed to A Farm

Part 2 | In Progress | TBL

SUMMER

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AUTUMN

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WINTER

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This work and its digital elements (credit for pixel art to ConcernedApe) are © Kait of @kaitsawamura 2020-PRESENT. I do not own any rights to Stardew Valley and any subsequent settings/characters, but this work is heavily inspired by that amazing game. Please do not alter or copy this work. Please do not repost this work to other platforms without my express permission.

[oddly-twisted-muses]

My podcast list

(will be updated regularly)

The Magnus Archives (Completed)

Progress: 200/200

Retrospective: An amazingly crafted story that has shifted the way I think about horror and fear. I will never be the same again.

Favorite Character: Tim Stoker

Spirit Box Radio (Completed)

Progress: 93/93

Retrospective: An extremely underrated podcast that I need everyone to listen to right now. Heartbreaking and beautiful.

Favorite Character: Oliver Boleyn

Welcome To Nightvale (Ongoing)

Progress: 50/250+ not actively listening

Retrospective: I understand why people like this, but honestly it's not really my cup of tea. It's fine to put on in the background when I don't have anything else to listen to.

Camp Here & There (On Haitus)

Progress: 34/34

Retrospective: I'm going to need 7-10 business days to put myself back together. This was a hilarious and emotionally devastating experience. Fingers crossed, we get a 2nd season (no rush. Quality over quickly). And Blue I don't think you'll see this, but keep up the good work.

Favorite Character: Sydney Sargent

Favorite Quote: "But there’s something I’ve learned, growing up, that you all have to learn too: Lucille has a flamethrower. You have to listen to what she says." Sydney Sargent episode 10.

Sherlock & Co. (Ongoing)

Progress: 53/55 I wait for the full adventure

Retrospective: I love this interpretation of a classic story. I'm very biased, but this is so good. Though sometimes they do miss the mark, I can see the story improving over time.

Favorite Character: Sherlock Holmes (duh)

The Magnus Protocol (Ongoing)

Progress: 30/30

Retrospective: I love listening to the story unfurl slowly in real time, like outstretched limps reaching for a sense of purpose as each new episode spons a new set of memes on tumblr.

Favorite Character: Colin Becher

Remnants (Ongoing)

Progress: 17/17

Retrospective: Oh god I'm crying and I'm so confused

Favorite Character: The Dust is a vibe tbh

TBR...TBL? (Always taking recommendations)

Malevolent

The Penumbra

[fangirlonfilm]

“mom said i’m only allowed to go if my siblings can tag along”: are the New Jersey Devils’ and the Vancouver Canucks scoreboards connected by the force of brotherly love?

it goes without saying that this is for FUN, i don’t know how to properly handle data but i tried my best and that’s enough for now and for me. english is not my first language so mistakes are due to be seen, you are welcome to correct me or ask me anything if doubts are presented. 

hi. so first things first, let me introduce myself. i’m cassie, 23, a hardcore fangirl for 10+ years now and new to the hockey world (got into it late october). i’m a devils fan first and foremost, but i do occasionally watch some canucks and habs games (and that’s on me being in love with cole caufield and quinn hughes, because even though i love the game (#LGD), i also loOoOove the players <3). 

i actually wrote three huge paragraphs explaining how i had this idea but i sound bsc so long story short let’s just say that it’s something that i’ve been noticing since late november: 

whenever the devils and the canucks have games on the same day (or night, whatever you call it), they end up having the same outcome (as in W or L) more often than not. fast forward to mid january/2025, this analysis idea came to me in a dream. or, more specifically, that one moment before you go to bed where you start making up fake scenarios in your head but they get progressively worse and unhinged cause you’re tired af and on the brink of hallucinating. so here i am trying to find out if there’s a ‘bro code’ type of trend behind the nhl.

out of their 26 shared game days, eighteen ended with the same result for both teams. they also won and lost an equal number of games: 9 each. coincidence? maybe. entertaining? absolutely. not safe to say that there’s a 69-ish% chance that they’re connected by the force of family in some way.

out of those games:

five were away for both of them - AA;

five were home for both of them - HH;

four were away (njd) and home (van) - AH;

four were home (njd) and away (van) - HA.

pretty consistent i’d say.

on the AA games we had:

oct. 17: NJD x OTT (3-1) & VAN x FLA (3-1)

nov. 23: NJD x WSH (3-2) & VAN x OTT (4-3)

nov. 29: NJD x DET (5-4) & VAN x BUF (4-3 OTW)

dec. 12: NJD x CBJ (4-2 L) & VAN x VGK (3-1 L)

dec. 31: NJD x ANA (3-2 L) & VAN x CGY (3-1 L)

but when it starts to sound like “this our place, we make the rules”, it looks a little like this (HH):

dec. 6: NJD x SEA (3-2) & VAN x CBJ (5-2)

dec. 8: NJD x COL (4-0 L) & VAN x TBL (4-2 L)

dec. 10: NJD x TOR (2-1 OTL) & VAN x STL (4-3 OTL)

dec. 12: NJD x LAK (3-1) & VAN x FLA (4-0)

dec. 23: NJD x NYR (5-0) & VAN x SJS (4-3)

and when your siblings get to travel around the US and Canada, but you’re stuck in Vancouver (AH):

oct. 15: NJD x CAR (4-2) & VAN x TBL (4-1)

nov. 12: NJD x FLA (4-1) & VAN x CGY (3-1)

dec. 28: NJD x CAR (5-2 L) & VAN x SEA (5-4 OTL)

jan. 16: NJD x TOR (4-3 OTL) & VAN x LAK (5-1 L)

but the world moves on and now you’re the one on a plane (HA):

nov. 7:  NJD x MTL (5-3) & VAN x LAK (4-2)

nov. 27:  NJD x STL (3-0 L) & VAN x PIT (5-4 L)

jan. 11: NJD x TBL (3-2 OTW) & VAN x TOR (3-0)

jan. 14:  NJD x FLA (2-1 SO/L) & VAN x WPG (6-1 L)

that being said, when they are both away, their final results are pretty similar. in almost all of the games listed they had the same results or goal difference.

in HH, both teams scored 17 goals each throughout 5 games (3.4 GPG) in december only. happy hanukkah and merry christmas, i guess! also they lost in OT (dec. 10) to teams that are in the same conference as them, irrelevant, but i do feel the need to point it out. if you wanna know my opinion, jack ‘we are addicted to screen time’ hughes might probably be texting the bros gc “how do we feel about a double L tonight for our family?”. they might as well share one brain cell between the three of them

in AH the stats are the same, 17 goals each. when one of them had a OTL and other an L, the former team’s final scoreboard had a 2+ goals difference. and i just realized that dec 28 was a terrible day for both teams (for njd, it was that game where timo got a major penalty against necas and when van blew the 4-1 lead they had till literally the 5 min before the final whistle). YOLO i guess

literally have nothing to analyse on the NJ!home x VAN!away games besides the fact that they need to get their things together and play like professional athletes once again (opsies)

that all being said, you can’t tell me that those three aren’t a little bit sus. they aren’t triplets, but there might be some telepathic, sixth sense type of thing going on. #connected4lyfe #swag.

are there any other teams in the league that have been going through this or something similar in this season? i get too busy and overwhelmed keeping tabs on the devils (and occasionally van and habs) that i don’t really notice all the other 29 teams. or maybe i’m going insane. if so, let me know cause i’d love to dive into it, who knows what other strange parallels we might uncover till mid april?.

again, this literally means nothing, but i, personally, think it's lowkey funny (like giggling and kicking my feet as I write this) that both teams mirror each other’s results. and that's on hughes your daddy !!

xo,

[snicketstrange]

do you think, in book canon, that beatrice really never loved bertrand romantically?

Oh, that's a really intriguing and intelligent question. I've already addressed this issue in a fanfic that I'm particularly proud of having written, and I'm addressing it again in another fanfic in progress. The answer is that canonically Beatrice learned to love Bertrand. He was an incredible father. Still, I'm sure Beatrice never completely forgot Lemony. But around Klaus' birth, I think she just accepted that she loved Bertrand too. Lemony was alive, and she knew it (according to the telegram found in TBL). And she didn't abandon her husband like Esmé did. She didn't come up with a plan to fake her own death and she didn't try to comfort Lemony. Despite this, I believe that at Opera Night she met Lemony, and there is evidence that this happened a few years after Klaus was born. So there is evidence that she loved them both: Lemony and Bertrand. Of course, it's always possible that she was just an excellent actress and faked her romantic love for Bertrand for the sake of the children. In My Silence Knot she basically swore eternal love to Lemony. But this in itself does not invalidate her love for Bertrand.

[taevbears]

Tbl was soooo good I'm kinda sad it was this short.. But anyways, it was amazing and I can't wait for the other stories as well now..

PS I kinda had a feeling that Namjoon was a dragon or something so I was veryyyy excited when I got it right hehe

Thank you!! If you guys are interested, I would be open to write a Christmas one-shot for them later this year 👀 (if I have time + can think of a good idea by then lol). But with TBL done, I’m currently writing for Hobi’s story! I’m aiming to start posting it around his bday, but 😭 I guess we’ll see. The progress for this project has a much later start since I’ve also been trying to wrap up TBL.

Ah I’m glad!! Imagine if he was actually a koala in this story instead 😂

[emgoesmed]

Thank you! ☺️ sorry because this is gonna be looooong. for reference, I go to a decently known MD school but we are broken up into cohorts and my cohort is pretty small. Idk what I want to do but I know I do NOT want to do surgery. I like stuff like rheum and ID, but I LOVE caring for people across all age ranges and I don’t like the idea of spending 3 years doing IM just to be able to APPLY to do what I actually want to do. I love derm, but ooof competitive. I love neuro and psych. And I loooove the idea of rural, like being THE only doc in a frontier county sounds so cool to me. But yeah, surg sounds miserable.

Also. I worked for years, full time, in a hospital and an independent clinic before. I felt so fulfilled with patients and helping them out even when there was nothing we could do, even when I would come home crying after seeing a pt who just got a hard diagnosis, and that is a huge reason I went into medicine- I love the science part of it and also want to do the patient side of things. I may be introverted but I REALLY value human connection too. For me, knowledge alone is exciting but it feels empty if it’s not being used to help others.

None of that has changed since starting school, not at all, but I’m honestly the most miserable I have been. I full on sob at least once more than 70% of the days. I’m not sad, I don’t feel depressed, no changes to appetite or sleep or focus or anything like that, I still enjoy doing things I enjoy, and I LOVE learning the material… but I think I’m socially burnt out. And the stress of that on my body? I’m getting sick so frequently now too. Even getting stupid skin infections more because and I think it’s because im so stressed (we haven’t seen patients yet so it’s not like, getting sick from them).

I’m introverted, and I swear I’m one of the most introverted introverts because nobody else in my class seems to have this issue. Our classes are required and usually very interactive with lots of TBLs instead of traditional lecture, and we are all in one room for hours. My classmates are good people but they are SO LOUD and chatty. Even the other introverts are participating in this. I leave feeling SO socially drained that though I WANT to be with my spouse when I’m home and talk to him about his day, I just keep drawing on nothing and end up crying more because I just have no more social to give.

Even when I spend all my spare time alone doing things I like, I still can’t recharge enough. Each day is progressively worse and I feel totally shut down by Friday. The weekend barely gives me enough time to recharge and it’s just enough to do it all over again.

I WANT to be able to do things outside of classes. I have the time- really at this point I don’t need to study a lot- but I don’t have the social energy. People know I don’t go to events and get togethers, and while I will thank them for the invite and tell them I’m a major introvert and feeling too drained, and while my classmates are good people, it’s still hard to form actual friendship when I can’t do anything. And I want to be involved in interest groups and stuff like that, but I know I couldn’t handle it since I’m barely able to handle the socializing in class.

So now I’m just confused. When I try to ask people for advice they all tell me I need to learn how to be more social and “get over it” and they tell me that medicine and clinic and being a provider is so social and if I can’t easily handle 4-8 hours of my classmates, then all I can really do medicine wise is pathology or radiology. Neither of those appeals to me.

And yeah now I’m wondering if all of this was a mistake. Even if I could make my own clinic or practice “fit” my introversion like the hospital + clinic I worked in before, I’m absolutely petrified that I’ll have to deal with all of this over-socialization and drained battery for not just the next 3.5 years but then 3+ years of residency after that. I don’t know I can SURVIVE that if this is what it’ll be like. And if I only “can” go into path or rads, I don’t think I’ll be actually fulfilled in practice either.

Hi anon!

Sounds like you've been going through a lot. I'll throw in my 2 cents, for whatever it's worth.

In my humble opinion, it's important to recognize that socializing with your classmates is not the same as talking to and caring for patients.

It sounds like you are passionate about medicine and clinical care and enjoyed your previous clinical experience. I wouldn't let this experience discourage you from exploring those interests. Is there the opportunity for you to do any shadowing or participating in a student-run clinic or something at your school?

Personally, I enjoy talking to 95% of patients more than I like socializing with a good chunk of my classmates. They're not bad people, but it's a different kind of interaction and a different type of energy requirement.

Lastly, food for thought--are you sure your feelings of exhaustion and feeling overwhelmed are all due to socializing with classmates? Definitely worth thinking about anything else that might be contributing, it really does seem like you are having trouble a significant amount of the time. Is there anyone else or other resources at your school that you can talk to?

Of course, feel free to reach out if you have any other questions, I'm always happy to listen. <3

[eltis-sifil-blog]

What to Expect from a High-Quality English Speaking Institute

The right institute can become a turning point for anyone looking to improve their English. More than just getting lessons, a good institute allows students to learn acceleratedly through profound guidance and effective methodology that generates confidence and fluency. Here's what you should expect from the best English-speaking courses.

Characteristics of a Good English-Speaking Institute

A well-known English-speaking institute is considered to have exceptional prestige and is viewed to be of high repute. This institution is claimed to have good student reviews and accolades from the industry at large. The program is complete, from novice to advanced levels, so that all students receive the right pace. Flexibility also marks the strengths, where institutions maintain both online and offline classes for the convenience of their diverse student schedule.

Interactive learning environments are essential and sometimes include group discussions, role plays, and real-life situations simulating everyday communication. These approaches use a student-centred model with personalised feedback and regular progress assessments to keep learners on the correct track. What's more, affordability combined with accessibility ensures quality education for all.

Characteristics of an Effective English Language Teacher

An effective teacher can impact the learning experience greatly. Competent teachers possess excellent communication skills, breaking complex concepts into easy formats for easy understanding. Culturally sensitive teachers create an atmosphere that is welcoming and respects diversity. Passionate teachers bring a lot of energy to their classes, which drives students to succeed. Moreover, continuous learning ensures that teachers are always up to date with modern techniques and trends.

Characteristics of Effective English Language Teaching

Effective teaching of the English language course focuses on application in real life. Lessons aim to develop the four central skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing in practical situations. Interesting activities such as multimedia exercises and interactive games keep the student interested and continue to improve his or her skills. Flexible learning paths provide customised instruction that responds to the unique goals of every learner. Technology is balanced with traditional methods so that learning is more dynamic and accessible.

Most Effective Teaching Methods in Language Classes

Innovative methodologies are the backbone of a great language course. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) focuses on real-life conversations, while Task-Based Learning (TBL) engages students in meaningful tasks. The Direct Method immerses learners in English, which promotes natural fluency. Blended Learning combines these approaches with digital tools, offering a holistic learning experience.

A good quality English-speaking institute features an enjoyable, supportive, and effective learning environment. With expert teachers, practical methods, and interactive lessons, such institutes empower learners to achieve fluency and confidence. Choose wisely, and take the first step toward mastering English!

[basementlineage]

🕯️ The Descent Begins

“Every descent begins with a choice.” You do not start with a Sim. You start with surrender. This page is your first offering, your first rule broken just by reading.

The Basement Lineage is not about comfort. It’s about control. Your founder begins with nothing. You will take from him until something emerges.

🕳️ Start here to understand what must be built, broken, and buried before you begin.

The Basement is watching. Make this choice count.

🪞 What This Is

The Basement Lineage is a ritual-driven Sims 4 challenge built around isolation, sacrifice, and survival. It is not fast. It is not kind. It is not fair. But it is structured.

Your Sim will begin with nothing but the basement. They will earn every object, every room, every touch of freedom. They will suffer for every bit of control they claim, and give something of themselves in return.

This is not just a challenge. It is a story you shape through denial, devotion, and descent.

📍 Your First Steps

Before the game begins, you must complete your ritual preparation. Each of the following pages is required before you descend:

🔗 Sim Setup - Who your founder is, and what he must carry.

🔗 Lot Setup - The shell you begin in, and what the Basement allows.

🔗 Terms of Survival - The rules. The limits. The pain. (Don’t skip this.)

Once setup is complete, the real descent begins.

🕳️ Then the Descent

Progression happens through carefully structured Phases. Each unlocks new mechanics, skills, spaces, and consequences.

Start here to track your Founder’s evolution:

🔗 Phases & Progression - The descent is slow. It must be earned.

⚠️ Before You Begin

This challenge is intended for mature players. It contains adult content, including themes of isolation, power dynamics, sexual interaction, and emotional instability.

You must be 18+ to play or engage with this challenge in any form. This is your only warning.

🕯️ If You’re Ready…

Descend.

[starlahuskyz]

I'm planning something devious

[fatuismooches]

ITS 💌 ANON!! as per usual i come to you with a headcanon at ungodly hours of the night in my time. i’ve been playing too much honkai star rail…BUT!! fluff and angst combo again 🏃 ure the best :(( pls don’t follow my example and get proper rest !! thanks for always being cool hehe

Dottore making a medicine that actually does work!! you can move around like normal, no longer as tired, and ofcourse- Dottore is thrilled. He’s done it, he kisses them and he takes reader everywhere, every single place he wanted to- he checked everything, they were fine…until suddenly, they fainted and he basically finds out that the medicine could only make everything good for a short amount of time before putting reader in the most excruciating pain possible after, so sadly, zandik curses himself and gets back to work :(( he dosent care about the sacrifices, he dosent care what he has to give and what gets taken away as long as you don’t. He’s a committed man and he’s committed for until after life. Literally will reincarnate with you if he can because he will *not* let go.

TO THE FLUFF THOUGH! zandik taking atleast 1 hour everyday to do something that you like because he realizes that you miss him (and he misses you too). At first he was wary because he wanted to ensure that he could get you cured as soon as possible, but he couldn’t handle it if you were all sad and gloomy either. He didn’t want you to think of yourself as a burden and god forbid, you try to leave again (referring to that one ask where reader leaves bc they feel like a burden,, in feel like he’s be so damn scared…even if he won’t admit it). So reading you a book? sure, just be prepared for many side comments if it’s some cheesy romance novel or him reading a textbook. Drawing? hell, he’ll draw an anatomical heart with you holding it! Cuddling? he’ll wrap you up in his fluffy coat and hug you as much as you want.

- 💌 anon

AWW ILYY 💌 ANON!! Hehe I am trying my best to go to sleep earlier... it's a work in progress. Also i feel you on the HSR brainrot but I'm TBL 57, have no good artifacts since I haven't farmed, and stuck on the deer boss fight 💀 i gotta get on the grind soon 😫🫠 But you better get proper rest too!!! Or else- 💖💖

NOOO THE FLUFF GETS IMMEDIATELY WIPED AWAY TO ANGST- I can't imagine the sheer happiness you two would feel. Reader, of course, would be absolutely elated and very plainly show how delighted they are. You're running, hopping, Dottore even twirls you around and you do a pretty little spin as you fall back into his arms. You're so happy, you haven't smiled or laughed this much in ages. Dottore, as usual, doesn't show nearly as much emotion as you, but don't let that fool you. Internally, he's feeling something he has never felt before, so foreign that normally he'd be trying to get rid of it but this time he knows exactly why he's having this feeling. Thrilled, excited, proud, enthusiastic, words that could not even begin to fully describe this feeling. Centuries of work finally paid off, never to have to be repeated again. To see you so purely happy, makes him look forward to things going back to how they once were. Oh, how much fun you'd have joining him as his assistant again. The whole atmosphere and feelings of the clones in the lab are in sync for once.

Except... it all comes crashing down. Literally. When you collapse in his arms with ragged breaths, skin searing to the touch, actual tears begin to form from how badly it hurts. Immediately the mood from early deflates as he rushes to get you back to normal and ease your suffering </3 To have something he desires right in his hands, just to be snatched away from him with no warning is something he's never experienced before. He is a scholar, possibly one of the most intelligent beings in Teyvat. Such a thing shouldn't have happened to him. But it did, and he has to start over. He probably killed some people to blow off steam. No remorse. Just anger.

Sigh sigh I LOVE THIS SM. Normally, he'd scoff if it was any other activity. Especially when it's boring meetings. A whole hour? For nonsense? He finds it meaningless. His 24 hours are spent doing important things. Important things being research, experiments, notes... and you, of course. You're right, when Dottore has a goal or something he wants to reach, he just throws himself into it. No breaks, nothing, he just wants to make progress, progress, progress. Especially when it's you on the line. He'll refuse any and all contact. But he's come to realize your state deteriorates even more if your needs are not met by him. Not to mention the clones are sending messages to each other internally about how sad you are, which he decides he overhears way too frequently </3 So he knows he has to put a stop into it. (And yes, that ask was sad as hell, I still think about it 😭🥺)

Love how we agree he's a pro at drawing anatomical stuff hehe. You cut out the hearts he draws and put them on your walls or something ;( And also AHHHH THE FLUFFY COAT CUDDLING... No words can describe how much I love that scenario. It's so cute to think about both of you wearing it at the same time... you're on his lap, he's wearing the coat but it's swallowing your whole body up anyway since it's wrapped around, the fluff tickling your face!! <3 The book is in your hand, you both take turns reading it but Dottore interrupts whenever something dumb is said or done. Oh.. but you end up falling asleep since his voice is so relaxing and his chest is so comfy..

Ughhh eternal lovers with Dottore is hitting me right now ;( Especially when you talked about his commitment... hell yes this crazy doctor will not bat an eye at anyone else besides you it doesn't matter how long it's been. For you he has no limits. He always be intrigued and into this person who managed to worm their way into his cruel cold heart...

[mybigbangacademia]

There’s a wide variety of creative content throughout the BNHA fandom, and what better way to celebrate that creativity than to host an event where we all come together to express it freely?! The BNHA Big Bang is a fandom-wide open event for all writers, artists, and any other content creator. 

If you’ve never heard of one, a Big Bang is a collaboration between writers and artists that seeks to create amazing content for the fandom. This event will challenge you to write a story with a longer word count by the selected deadline and work together with artists to create fanart, playlists, moodboards, and more for the completed fic! 

Participating in the event will earn you a spot in the Big Bang Academia Discord server. This will be everyone’s primary means of communication, so if you don’t have an account but would like to join in on the project, you’ll have to make one!

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This must be a new work–one you work on during the event timeline. No previously written fics will be accepted.

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No massive idea changes once your piece has been “picked” by an artist. This will keep the artist from having to scrap their own work. 

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10k check-in must include the fic pairing, rating, tags/warnings, and estimated final word word count, and a paragraph summary of the fic. Fic descriptions will be anonymous for artists to choose from. All of this will also be explained in the Discord server. 

Tips: Writers, please keep your own limitations in mind whether that’s school, work, social life, etc. You need to be able to set aside some time for this. While this project will be a fun challenge, it will be exactly that: a challenge. We need each and every one of our participants to really put their all into this and do their best to finish projects they commit to. Be cognizant of the fact that you’ll all be paired with someone to make counterparts for your pieces! We know 20K words is not a small feat, but as we mentioned, this collab is in fact a challenge. Please consider all of this when thinking about signing up.

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It’s common in open collabs for deadlines to be soft and for there to be multiple drops. However, we’re trying to avoid that here. Life can get in the way, and that’s 100% understandable, but we urge all of you to try your hardest to stay motivated and reach your end goals. There will, of course, be resources for you to utilize in the server and on the blog such as writing and art tips, other creators who understand the difficulties that come with working on a project like this, and supportive admins who will be around to help! 

In the end, we want the BNHA Big Bang to be fun, but we also want you all to take it seriously. Challenge yourselves, write your epic, and above all

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[digiflora]

𝐆𝐈𝐀 -> she/her, eighteen. isfp. aka @gialovee

cancer ❊ taurus ☾ libra ↑

ar 58 clorinde main ; tbl 66 boothill main ; ul 33 calcharo main

( 🪷 ) number one alhaitham dickrider ; avid luocha lover ; jjk dilf hunter with a special interest in higuruma ; obsessed with calcharo

(๑>◡<๑) 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 -> genshin. navia, alhaitham, chiori, the fatui harbingers, wriothesley, xianyun. hsr. luocha, blade, sampo, black swan, acheron, hanya, boothill. jjk. choso, higuruma, nanami, toji. wuwa. calcharo, camellya, jinhsi, aalto. + others. jason todd, simon (ghost) riley, optimus prime (I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT), masked men in general, rust cohle

໒꒰ྀིᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ꒱ྀི১ 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒 -> pink. hot men when they keep their mouths shut. cute figurines and trinkets that i can put in my room. scrolling thru pinterest. nature. the ocean (if my feet can touch the bottom). sanrio (HEAVY on pompompurin and hello kitty). lifting weights. sleeping. swan lake. journalling. baking and crocheting and other grandma activities. presson nails. papas donuteria. aot. salty food. freshly made bed + severe thunderstorm warning combo. angels. vampires. writing au's <3. (the) smashing pumpkins. crystal castles. beach house. blood orange. tom hardy's myspace era. muji candles.

૮꒰ྀི⸝⸝> . <⸝⸝꒱ྀིა 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒 -> fake people. the audacity of men. not having 1 trillion dollars in my bank account. losing 50/50s. exams. gloomy rainy days. being too warm. feeling like i'm not making any progress. dsmp. zionists 👎. writing formal emails/letters. doing the work to get my fucking degree. networking.

ദ്ദി（• ˕ •マ.ᐟ 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 ...

( rearranging my room )

watching -> nana

reading -> becoming supernatural by dr joe dispenza

listening to -> colors by chenayder & mavi

writing -> nothing can come between us

(๑>؂•̀๑) 𝐔𝐏𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐒

... there's no release, i feel you in my dreams ⟡ aventurine, 22/06

... moonlight on the river ⟡ welt, 14/06

... house of balloons ⟡ blade, 11/06

... wanna get drunk n nasty ⟡ hsr, 08/06

... how they help you during exam season ⟡ hsr, 30/05

[matan4il]

I saw your posts about buddie and blacklist. What happened in the blacklist season 8 finale? I was wondering if you could explain how things wrapped up because the articles I read are confusing and some don't think it was done well.

Hi Nonnie! I hope you enjoyed those posts! :D

OK, I'll give a vague answer and, if after reading it , you wanna progress, there's more UNDER THE CUT, with the warning there will be TBL SPOILERS, including the solution to the show's main mystery (who Red is to Liz) spelled out explicitly, as well as GENDER discussion. Be sure you wanna read before you click the cut!

So my vague answer is, IMO the s8 finale was really well executed. The reason why the articles seem confusing is because the mystery solution wasn't spelled out, it was hinted at. IMO, it was hinted at with such thick hints that it was impossible to miss the solution (and from what I can tell, even people who reject the solution still had to entertain it), but as long as the show didn't come out and say, "Red is... [redacted]", the articles can't either, plus I imagine they think they'll have more readership if they continue to write about the mystery in speculative terms, as if it hadn't been solved.

But the solution is awesome. It's awesome in the sense that it makes all the puzzle pieces fit together right, it's awesome in the sense that it highlights the amazing meaning of the entire show, it's awesome in that you can go back to s1, watch it and catch throwaway lines that suddenly make so much more sense or mean so much more...

That doesn't mean everything that happened in 822 is happy. If that were the case, there'd probably be no s9 (which is currently airing). But 822 IS a really good and (in terms of storytelling) satisfying conclusion to an 8 season mystery. I personally would recommend it to anyone who liked The Blacklist in general...

OK, so before I spell out what I believe is the solution, I wanna point out some of the puzzle pieces. Red, the notorious crime lord, one day hands himself over to the FBI, willing to work as their informant on the condition that he gets to work with Liz. That sole condition makes us wonder why, what's his interest in her. Pretty quickly he makes it clear he knows very intimate info about her, meaning he's been watching and following her. This could be SO creepy, except it also quickly becomes evident that he cares about her and her well being, warning her about her husband, Tom (and she later discovers Tom has stashed tons of money, a gun and fake passports under their home's floorboards, meaning what Red is telling her turns out to be truthful pretty early on). By the end of ep 110, we also see Red calling Dembe, whose life is being threatened, "my brother". It's clear Red means it, as he seems to have tried everything in his power to save Dembe. But then we see the threat being shifted to Liz, and as much as Red tried to save Dembe, we see him go absolutely bonkers trying to save Liz and going further than he did even for Dembe.

At this point, to me, it was clear that Red's love for Liz is the protective, parental kind. Who's the one person you would try to protect and save even more than your own brother? Your own child. So whoever Red was to her, the solution had to explain why he has a parent's love for her.

The immediate option we're drawn to is that he's Liz's bio dad (we learn she was adopted pretty early on). But she asks him directly about it at the end of 110, and Red, albeit taking a moment to answer, says no. Later, he states he's never lied to her (and looking back after the first 8 seasons, as far as we know, he never has. He sometimes didn't tell her the whole truth or corrected mistakes and other people's lies, meaning he sometimes let her believe things that aren't true, but he never himself lied to her).

So who was Red to Liz, why did he love her like his own daughter? An adoptive parent CAN love the child they raise as their own, that's what we see in Sam, Liz's adoptive father. But Red didn't raise Liz, he wasn't her adoptive parent. Why did he love her so much?

All sorts of possible solutions come up over the seasons, and each one seems like we have to dismiss it. Was Red her bio dad? Or a man so in love with her mom, Katarina, that he came to see and love Liz as his own? Katarina's husband? A love-sick childhood friend? All sorts of options come up and don't seem to fit for one reason or another. Meeting Katarina in the s6 finale and seeing her reactions to Red, that only thickens the mystery, because nothing seems to fit.

As more characters from Katarina's past are unveiled over the season, I was hesitant to try to resolve the mystery, because I kept wondering whether I had enough pieces of the puzzle to do so. You can't solve a 1000 pieces puzzle if you only have 32, right? But somewhere in s7 I think, I tossed out the idea that maybe Red is actually Katarina. Something about the Katarina we met seemed off. So... I had that thought. Then I dismissed it. "Stop making everything queer!" I told myself. A mainstream US show would never be that courageous, I thought. Especially not when Red, our protagonist, is the "manly" wet dream! Charming, smart, powerful, always ahead of everyone else by at least three moves, a survivor who can come back from all sorts of impossible situations (an FBI manhunt in s3, his crime empire destroyed at the end of s4, being put on trial in s6 are notable examples), and we see him "charming the pants off" so many women... He's not the typical alpha male, but he IS an alpha male, and no mainstream US show would take that kind of protagonist and reveal that they were actually born a woman, all the sexist viewers would rage, and no mainstream network would want that reaction.

So imagine my surprise when we get to the start of 821, and I realize that's the ep where we're gonna get the solution! Because it means we've been handed all the pieces of the puzzle. Whoever Red is, he HAS to be one of the gallery of characters from Liz's background we had already met.

And since nothing else fits, and since Red once told Liz in passing that Katarina is not her mom, it suddenly clicked for me. Red IS Katarina! He HAD to be, there was no one else left in the story that Red could be. The "Katarina" we met in the s6 finale must have been an imposter. And as the story unfolded, that's exactly what we learned, that that woman was actually Tatiana Petrova, and we discover how she came to assume Katarina's identity.

The story unfolds, Katarina's story, we watch it in flashbacks as if Katarina is telling it, but we know that this is how Liz sees it in her mind, so when we remember that the person ACTUALLY telling her all this is Red... There are even moments when Red's voice and words in the present and Katarina in Liz's mind overlap. Or separate moments, in which they say the exact same thing ("I had been with men and women").

TBH, even that last line was more than I expected TBL to dare have Red say! It means that the show's biggest alpha male seems to have confessed to being bisexual. That, in itself, is still (sadly) HUGE for a mainstream US show.

So the fact that there's only one last logical conclusion to the story, (as I said, Katarina is the ONLY one in TBL's gallery of characters who can still fit and be Red), that Red and Katarina speaking is intertwined in more than one way, that Red knows Katarina's story so intimately, that Liz poses two questions one right after the other when she insists on hearing the story to its end and those two questions are who is Red and where is the real Katarina, that even the musical choice for the end of the story fits this solution (playing out the lyrics, "This is a man's world... but it's nothing without a woman"), it all works. IMO, there's no doubt that the show was saying Katarina IS Red. It also fits early s1 lines, like when Red introduces Luli and says about her, "She hates all men," but then proceeds to have a steamy kiss with her. We THINK it's meant to show how irresistible the manly Red is, but in fact it's a hint, Luli doesn't hate him because she knows he wasn't born a man. When Red says therapy had helped him become "someone else"! Or whenever Red talks/hears talk about mothers and motherhood and maternity, what he says and how he reacts suddenly makes more sense or becomes more meaningful.

So yeah, this is the solution IMO, that, recognizing the danger to Liz's life, Katarina is the person who underwent a series of plastic surgeries in order to become Red. In this way, she both protected Liz from Katarina's enemies, making it seem as if Katarina was gone, and at the same time, as Red, she was able to build a crime empire whose sole purpose was to procure enough power and information to always keep Liz safe from those enemies.

And this is what I maybe love the most about this solution... That it turns TBL from yet another crime fighting procedural with one mystery at its core, into a love song to mothers and to motherhood. About how strong mothers are when they are determined to protect their children, a strength that comes from how strong their love is. It takes this show, which seems to be in love with the "manly" protagonist and turn it into a hymn to what women are capable of.

And there is so much sacrifice there, in Katarina's choice! Among other things, because of her dad, Dom. His reactions and anger and even moments of despise for Red take on a whole different meaning once we know it's because Dom could never accept that Katarina, his daughter, had become his son. He never accepts Red or this choice. Which is very interesting, because Dom himself ended up betraying his own country (and he was DEVOTED to it and to its cause, and made many sacrifices for it) for Katarina and Liz's sake. He gets what it means, to love your child so much that you would do anything for them. But he still can't accept THAT specific choice. Which I think is where this solution is also important to trans people!

Now, admittedly IDK that I would classify Katarina/Red as trans. The show very much frames Katarina's choice as being driven solely by her love for her daughter. There are lines in s6, during the scene where Red invites Liz to join him for his last meal on death row, that could fit this possibility (he says he saw himself one way and the world saw him another... but his mom understood), but I do have to point out, they could also fit another interpretation, they might be about what Katarina recounts in 821 (that Dom and his social circle had always prepared her to be a spy and she never had any other choice, her fate was sealed by them). But even without those lines, even if the show was clearer in saying Katarina/Red wasn't trans, I still think this experience of being rejected due to her father being unable to shake off society's limiting ideas about gender, it speaks volume about the trans experience. Just go and watch some of the things Dom says to Red and tell me they don't echo what some trans kids have heard their parents say to them! It's heartbreaking. And it's even more impactful because it's clear that, despite everything, Dom and Red continue to love each other to the end. Katarina/Red doesn't have to be trans in order to expose society's bias that makes life so much harder for trans people. And even the people who reject the "Redarina" solution have to entertain it. Which means that whether they like it or not, they have to pause and consider this and what does being a woman or a man or transitioning between the two mean, and I love that the show does this...

The end of 822 is also heartbreaking because (another spoiler warning, because this next part is no longer about the main mystery, it spoils what happens at the end of the s8 finale) after all of this, Red failed in his main mission in life, to protect Liz. She dies in his arms at the end of the ep. Lies had surrounded her from... even before her conception. We learn in 821 that Raymond, Liz's dad, was the man Dom chose for Katarina to have an affair with. According to her journal, she did fall for him, but nothing about Katarina's life was truthful, and so Liz was tangled up in lies before she even drew one breath. And as much as Katarina struggled to keep Liz safe, she felt she couldn't tell her the truth about who Red is due to Katarina's enemies. The more anyone knew, the more Liz was in danger. Red wasn't wrong about that...

But it meant that Liz was surrounded by people who were lying to her, not all of them for reasons as noble as Red's (*cough* Tom *cough), so over the seasons, she loses her trust in people, in love, in her own ability to understand the world around her, the lies also caused her to lose many loved ones over the years, losses whose meaning she couldn't fully understand until 821/2. Which is why what we see is a woman who's slowly driven half-mad by the need to find out the truth or avenge what she thinks is the truth. Up to a certain point, Red was right in not telling Liz everything about himself. From a certain point on, Liz really needed to know. But it's the nature of lies that it's hard to know when's the right moment to stop lying, especially if the lies are ones that someone sacrifices so much for (and Red had suffered his own losses of loved ones, too). That's why these 8 seasons of TBL are also the tragedy of Liz's life, which is made possible through lies and when she finally learns the truth, when she finally learns to trust people and love (hi, Ressler!) and herself again, when she finally can have the normal, happy life she had always dreamed of (with her daughter Agnes, with Red, with the man she realized she was in love with), that's when her life ends.

And because the show didn't explicitly say whether Liz figured out the last piece of the puzzle, that her mother was Red, it becomes so meaningful that in the moment when she dies, we see her look up at Red and we get a glimpse of how, in her mind's eye, she sees Katarina. Liz knows she died in her mother's arms (later confirmed in s9, when we realize Dembe had given her Red's letter with the final confession). Thematically, the show comes full circle, and Liz's death right after she learned the truth about "Redarina" serves to both highlight that Red was right (Katarina's enemies did end up killing her daughter) and that he was wrong at the same exact time (Liz not knowing the truth means a lot of the choices she makes, she doesn't understand their real meaning, for example she doesn't realize how off the mark she is when she hates Red for killing "her mom" and so she ends up putting herself in harm's way even when she thinks she's trying to get herself and Agnes away from danger)...

I love the show, and as sad as Liz dying at the end of 822 was, I don’t regret watching TBL and getting to see the many awesome things it did. I also get exactly why they chose to end the show that way (it also means the story can continue even after Liz’s actress, Megan Boone, left the show, as we see Red, Ressler and the team dealing with the aftermath of Liz’s death). And as much as the ending makes me hella sad, I also have to admit that because TBL is the kind of show where many people who we thought had died ended up coming back “from the dead”, a show where what we perceive as reality isn't always that, I can comfort myself over Liz's death by constructing a continuation of the story where it turns out she's actually alive, and she gets to have that life with her loved ones that she always deserved to have, without ignoring that theme of “this is how lies protect us... and here is how they hurt us”. I have one scenario in my head from Ressler's POV, another different one from Liz's, and the fact that there's more than one way (which makes sense and is true to the spirit of the show) that could give us Liz alive and with a happy ending, it makes it feel like it's not just a headcanon. Who knows, maybe one day I'll write those two fics.

Anyhow, I really hope I helped, Nonnie! Please don't hesitate to let me know, and also to tell me whether you chose to watch all the way to 822. Thank you for sending this ask! Lots of love to you! xoxox