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Tudor historical fiction where King Henry VIII died from his jousting accident in 1536

Supporters of Catherine of Aragon put Mary on the throne.

Mary repairs her relationship with Anne Boleyn (none of those scheming seductress plotlines for Anne) ,

And Mary helps raise baby Elizabeth. Maybe Anne is sent away to live at Hever Castle for a time, leaving baby Elizabeth in the custody of the queen and the court, but is eventually invited to return to London and is formally recognized as the dowager queen.

Mary helps raise Elizabeth as her heir presumptive until she has children, but when her marriage to Phillip of Spain doesn’t result in any, she names Elizabeth as her heir

Anne serves as a mother figure to Mary after Catherine of Aragon’s death, and she and Elizabeth help Mary deal with the trauma of her childhood.

Anne dies before Elizabeth ascends the throne but spends her final days with Mary and Elizabeth, whom she refers to as “my dearest daughters” and “my sweet girls” She tells Mary she’s so proud of her and she is mourned as the queen mother.

Mary turns out to be good and fair queen, rather than vindictive and homicidal (as she’s often painted as) and reigns for 23 years before her death in 1558 from what’s suspected to be cancer.

Elizabeth ascends the throne thereafter, modelling her reign to maintain the peace brought on by that of her sister

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I am fully aware someone asked me months ago to reupload one of my stories and I haven’t done it

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Made pierogi from scratch bc I fucking hate Eric Staal

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well 🧍‍♀️ as a reminder this blog is NOT a safe space for trump supporters but it IS a safe place for women, queers, trans ppl, people of color, undocumented people, and any marginalized group.

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Right wing conservatives: we can’t allow TRANS people in women’s bathrooms! Because then men PRETENDING to be women will go in there and HARASS WOMEN!!! They will make women feel UNSAFE!!! We can’t FORCE women to use washrooms where MEN will HARASS them!!

Women: cool cool cool, you know where I actually feel unsafe? The gym. Would it be cool if we opened a bunch of women’s only gyms?

Right wing conservatives: ABSOLUTELY NOT! That’s discrimination against men! You can’t just exclude us because you feel unsafe! That’s the price of equality, sweetheart! If you don’t like it, maybe work out at home, huh? Maybe don’t wear such revealing clothing!! You can’t blame men for ENJOYING THE SCENERY

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On the first day of classes, my professor talked about AI, plagiarism, and academic misconduct. He said, “It’s really disappointing because it all could have been avoided if they had just come to me and asked for help.” That comment really pissed me off, because here’s the thing:

Students, especially those in university and college, have been conditioned not to ask for help. From the moment we enter post-secondary education, we’re told, “This isn’t high school. No one’s here to hold your hand. You have to figure it out yourself. You’re an adult now.”

So we find ourselves sitting in lecture halls with 150+ other students and one professor, who—if they interact with us at all—sure as hell doesn’t make it easy to raise your hand. You’re 18, in a completely new environment, trying desperately to fit in and not stand out. Asking a question? That feels like putting a spotlight on yourself, risking looking stupid, and alienating yourself from your peers.

And let’s say you do muster the courage to ask a question during class. Best case? You get a helpful answer. Worst case? You’re met with a dismissive, condescending response like, “Like I said...” or, “If you’d read the syllabus...” or, “For those of you who were paying attention...” It’s a slap on the wrist for daring to speak up, reinforcing the idea that asking questions just isn’t worth it.

Okay, so you decide to email the professor instead to avoid public embarrassment. That’s assuming the professor even answers emails—and I’ve had tenured professors who outright said they don’t. But for the ones who do, they’re often swamped with hundreds of emails from students every term. If you’re lucky enough to get a reply, it’s often something like, “Check the syllabus,” or, “I covered this in class,” or, “Re-read the lecture slides.” And you’re right back where you started.

Alright, plan C: email the TA. But here’s the thing about TAs—they’re overworked grad students juggling their own classes, research, and grading for your course. They might not even have the information you’re looking for because they weren’t in the lecture, and they’re only told what the professor deems important for tutorials. If it’s not in the slides, chances are they don’t know either. And sometimes, you’ll still get a “Check the syllabus”-esque response.

Last resort? Try catching the professor after class. But that’s assuming they don’t bolt out the door the moment the lecture ends. If they stick around, you’re competing with 20 other students who had the same idea. Unless you’re willing to wait in an empty lecture hall for an hour, you’re probably out of luck.

Here’s the point: from the moment we enter post-secondary education, we’re conditioned to believe we’re on our own. No one’s going to help us. So when professors claim students commit academic misconduct not out of malice but out of desperation, confusion, or feeling overwhelmed, and then add, “They should have just come to me,” it’s infuriating. It’s like when parents tell their kids, “Just be honest with me and you won’t get in trouble,” but then punish them for telling the truth. And later, they wonder why their kids lie.

If professors want students to ask for help, they need to create an environment where asking for help feels safe, not shameful.

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HAHAHA finally someone saying the truth about rielly. i wanna be anon's friend!!!! tessa virtue needs to wake up and choose someone better.

Hey bestie you don’t know these people

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hahahaha ugly morgan rielly is a trashy nightmare. no romcom needed. just understanding that tessa is led by money and she has two hot side pieces because she ain't going near rielly because he's butt ugly. but he pays her to put up with his ugly toothless useless face and lard filled body

This is fascinating I want to know everything about you, I’m so serious

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I need someone to write the love story of Tessa virtue and Morgan Reilly bc R U KIDDING ME?!

Canadas most beloved figure skater and an Alternate captain and one of the most universally loved Toronto Maple leafs?!

That’s some 00’s rom com shit right there

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Alright so, as a gen z lesbian, my coworkers keep harassing me to listen to Chappell Roan.

Now, I rarely venture outside metal/hard rock, but I had a very long drive out of province to a family wedding recently, so I decided to listen to all her stuff in one go. that being said, *flips open notebook* I have some thoughts

1. She has a lovely voice with impressive range and control. Her head voice is strong, and her falsetto has a distinctive, gravelly undertone. There's no denying her talent.

2. You can really hear the influences of who she was probably raised on; Lana, Melanie, taylor etc. We love an hommage to talented women

3. However, she is clearly not the next lyrical Shakespeare. A lot of her lines didn’t rhyme or fell short when I expected them to pack an extra punch. I know songs don’t necessarily have to rhyme but it really takes me out of the moment. Miss maam beats you over the head with her metaphors a bit, and I’d love to see her find some nuance and depth with her lyrical storytelling. I think this was most visible for me with my kink is karma and coffee (off the top of my head)

4. Love some 80’s inspired instrumentals. That being said, I half expected the piano scale at the start of pink pony club to end with “AT FIRST I WAS AFRAID I WAS PETRIFIED” bc it sounded so familiar. Also, listening to pink pony club with earbuds vs through car speakers was a little jarring because there seemed to be some kind of disconnect between the vocals and the sound. She almost sounds like she’s going too fast/slow to sync up with the beat before falling back in with the timing.

6. However, good luck babe, which I’m pretty sure came out after the rise and fall of a midwestern princess is, what I could best describe as polished. I’m guessing it’s due to an increase in production budget, song writers etc. It’s very good and I think of she keeps up with that level, her music will refine itself

I do think she meant for rise and fall to be a pop album that is easily digestible for most people and just overall a fun pop album with a few (casual, picture you, etc) exceptions.

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Why is it that, whenever a woman goes into labour in tv or film, and it’s clear they won’t make it to a hospital, a character always says “get me hot water and towels, now!”

Like, why always those too things specifically? What do they used them for? Are they sterilizing something with the water? Is it for the person doing the delivery to wash their hands? Why don’t they just go wash their hands in the sink?

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Before serial killers are caught they’re made out to be these beings of unspeakable malevolence, dwelling in the darkest corners of the night, manifesting as the very essence of your nightmares, and existing solely to inflict unending torment with relentless and merciless evil

And then they get caught and it’s fucking Gary, your neighbours overweight uncle who can’t get a boner and is mad at Tesco or something

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You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

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Americans and American media will just say things like “Madison, Wisconsin” and expect us to know where tf that is but they’ll just drop the name of a 2000 person town followed by “Canada” 😭

Could be anywhere from southern Ontario to PEI or Vancouver island or the Nunavut WHO KNOWS WHO CARES

that would be like saying “Duvall, USA”

Don’t know where that is? What state is it in?

*SPITS* FUCK YOU THATS WHERE

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Clinics should not close on weekends

Pharmacies should not close on weekends

Veterinary hospitals should not close on weekends

Medical buildings of any kind should not close on weekends

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This world has gone to shit

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Remember when, for years, audiences were begging studios to stop adapting books into movies because they were all bad and always had to cut out a huge chunk of the source material?

And then studios finally started listening and said fine we’ll adapt it to a tv show.

And book lovers everywhere rejoiced, because TV shows used to be 20-27 episodes in a season

Then studios proceeded to confine an entire book into a 1 season, 8-10 episode run. And they would only release 1 episode per week or only the first half of the season, then wait like 3 months.

And they still cut out massive chunks of the source material, the only difference is that they had a little bit more run time that they could have used, but instead they decided to change plot lines and character arcs

Thusly defeating the purpose of straying from movie adaptations