#[ one hes imprinted to Leah and the other is to Anne ]

[aworldofyou]

Remember in his twilight verses they’re both the same except who John(Wanahton) is imprinted to!

[panlight]

i’m sure you’ve already talked about this, and if so then just ignore me! but if sm HAS to write a book about J/R then i wish she’d keep them platonic or in the brother/sister way that she tries to have imprinting also represent. bc right now the only representation for imprinting are romantic couples. (there’s no reason why sam had to of left leah). if imprinting has to be around, and if jacob has to imprint on R, then i’d like for their dynamic to be something new. tired of romance lol.

For real! I mean, there’s still the problem of the wolves having to give up their free will to be whatever their imprintee wants/needs (which just . . . instantly sets up a very unequal and unfair relationship whether it’s romantic or not) but it’s a lot better if there could at least be some variety involved. 

I suppose, since we haven’t seen how Quil/Clarie and Jacob/Renesmee actually turn out, and the wolves don’t have any examples that we know of from history/legend either, it’s possible they’ll remain family/protectors and it never turns romantic. SM’s comments about Jacob/Nessie seem to imply it will end up romantic but let’s ignore that!!

She says she got the idea of imprinting from ducklings and Anne McCaffrey’s dragonriders series, where a human and dragon bond so deeply that if one dies the other basically can’t function. I read some of those books years ago but I don’t remember too much about the specific. But BOTH of her inspirations for imprinting are non-romantic. Which then makes you wonder why she went with a romantic route here. She said she wanted to explore that sort of ‘compulsory’ relationship but then doesn’t really get into it with much depth. 

Maybe the imprints on children never become romantic; maybe imprints on contemporaries stay platonic if the imprintee is already involved romantically with someone else (he has to be what SHE wants/needs and maybe she’s already got a supportive, loving partner and so doesn’t want/need the wolf to be that). Maybe someone who lost a child is imprinted on, and what they want/need is . . . not a replacement son but you know someone to help them through it and do the things that a son might--help with chores, keep them company, etc. If there were examples of it not being romantic it would a) be more interesting!! Variety is good! and b) less problematic because there wouldn’t be the same implication that Quil and Jacob are going to be quasi-parental or at least influential adults in these girls’ developing years and then become romantic partners. There’s a whole lot about that that is unhealthy (grooming, the Westermarck effect, etc) about that situation--it would be better if they were not involved at all in raising these children.

The other thing that’s so very strange to me is that in BD, imprinting is framed as, in SM’s words “a glittery moment of fairy dust” that fixes things, like in a Midsummer Night’s Dream, where everyone ends up loving the “right” people. But the Leah/Sam/Emily imprinting fiasco very much did not make ANYTHING right. It blew everything up! It left Leah emotionally scarred, Emily physically scarred, Sam wracked with guilt and arguably it indirectly killed Harry Clearwater. Yikes! Why am I supposed to think this was a good thing, again? 

[nickyschneiderus]

Macron shook Trump’s hand so hard at G-7 that he left a mark

We all know that President Donald Trump loves a good handshake—and, boy, did French President Emmanuel Macron give him a good one at the G-7 summit on Friday.

A photo taken by senior Reuters photographer Leah Millis of the president’s hands after they greeted each other shows that Macron left a thumbprint on President Trump’s hand.

The imprint of French President Emmanuel Macron's thumb can be seen across the back of Trump's hand after they shook hands at the G7. Great frame from ⁦@LeahMillis⁩ pic.twitter.com/VA8RlkYX8a

— corinne_perkins (@corinne_perkins) June 8, 2018

Trump-Macron handshake showdown at G7 summit#G72018 pic.twitter.com/hkBiqWNwob

— Press TV (@PressTV) June 9, 2018

Of course, folks on Twitter jumped at the opportunity to make some pretty punny jokes about the handshake.

This whole handshake thing has gotten out of hand.

— Z's Mom (@DMD60) June 9, 2018

They must have discussed a pressing matter.

— Luke Wyman (@lukewyman1) June 9, 2018

I've got to hand it to him.

— Christine (@cccapone) June 9, 2018

Would that be considered a #wellplayedhand

— Jo Anne Smoot (@joannesmoot) June 9, 2018

There’s something appealing about that Macron lad, but I can’t quite but my finger on it.

— (((Nader Hussein))) STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS (@NaderHussein10) June 9, 2018

Less funny folks on Twitter pointed out that it doesn’t seem healthy that Trump’s hand could be so easily affected by a handshake. Some said it could be a sign of dehydration, poor blood circulation, or edema—a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.

Not necessarily meaning Macron gripped his hand hard. He may have just had a firm but polite grip however the effect to Trumps skin tone, coloration and tissue is not a good health indicator.

— Kate MA., MS., PsyD. (@katelovesneuro) June 9, 2018

Not a good sign for his health. That should have gone away in 3 seconds. Unless that was a high speed camera then Trump has edema. Could be too many fries and burgers

— Donna

(@dsoginer1) June 9, 2018

I had the same thought – also maybe dehydration. Hard to tell from the pic

— Allison (@allisons) June 9, 2018

True if your whole liquid consumption is Cokes… however he has that unhealthy metabolic syndrom look.

— Donna

(@dsoginer1) June 9, 2018

sign of poor blood circulation

— Sasha Talebi (@sashatalebi) June 9, 2018

That's weird. Trump must be bloated.

— Sherri Puente (@Cherita03034023) June 9, 2018

Those hands have never seen a callus, I'm guessing. That is some serious edema going on there, though.

— Donna (@daffi515) June 9, 2018

The two presidents are currently at the G-7 Summit, which is a conference held by the Group of Seven, consisting of the U.S., France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Hosted in Canada, the summit plans to discuss domestic and international priorities, including “to strengthen the middle class, advance gender equity, fight climate change, and promote respect for diversity and inclusion,” according to the Canadian prime minister’s website.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, however, has been referring to the summit as the G6+1, as a way to describe the isolating and tense relationship between the U.S. and the rest of the countries—especially since Trump has been advocating to reinstate the G-8 and effectively re-invite Russia to the summit. Russia was expelled in 2014 after it annexed Crimea.

Trump and Macron have quite the history of firm handshakes. In March 2017, when the two met for the first time at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Brussels, they shared an awkwardly long greeting until their knuckles turned white. Later in July 2017, Trump shook Macron’s hand for approximately 25 seconds as he ceremoniously made his exit from Paris. Many see Trump’s intense handshakes to be a power move on his part, while Macron’s response could be a sign he doesn’t plan to back down from the U.S. president anytime soon.

from Ricky Schneiderus Curation https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/macron-trump-handshake-g7/