#( dynamic. / && shaun and teddy. )

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i am as always thinking about 14 and the nobles... specifically 14 & shaun. CRIMINAL lack of 14 & shaun content . excuse me that is my emotional support deranged lovers-in-law prongs of a queerplatonic throuple V. that is my little scrinkly wet cat and his chill saint bernard friend. that is my symbiotic relationship weirdos who sleep back-to-back to 14 can a) leech his body heat b) cuddle donna c) not fall off the bed. that is my favourite “both wake up early but one of them is being clung to like they are a teddy bear and it is Not Shaun, who is making ‘too bad’ faces at 14 and tiptoeing away” dynamic.

(14 either ends up dozing again after he wakes up early or just lays there curled up thinking—but, either way, when shaun shows up with breakfast in bed every sunday, he is treated to the beautiful sight of the two huge autism creature eyes peering up at him from behind the most bedraggled mop of hair ever seen. whether there are any thoughts behind those eyes depends on whether their owner has been napping or Pondering)

(yes this is all made up in my head!!! yes i am dismayed by there only being FOUR FICS (4!!) using it as a tag and none of them (afaict) doing it in a qpr way. where is my deranged weirdplatonic polycule!!!)

further insanity under the cut pleasseee please please read. please i need to be insane about this with people

(also btw this post is about queerplatonic doctordonna, doctordonna shippers i love you and you are welcome to contribute but it is a Little squicky for me so if tag ur additions (so i have a heads-up) that would be so lovely and i would adore you forever <3)

shaun likes listening to people ramble and 14 likes rambling so it is a regular occurrence to find the two of them like. standing in the kitchen holding cups of tea except one of them is actually drinking the tea and one of them is talking too rapidly about equivalent exchange to remember to blink, let alone have a sip of earl gray that has veered violently past lukewarm and is headed straight for room temperature

if 14 is in a not-wordy mood tho… thru shaun’s expert tutelage he has mastered the art of the Dad Nod. he passes shaun in the hall and gives him a little nod. shaun gives him one back. 0 words are spoken but they understand each other on a deeper level than if there had been.

they go on a Family Outing to a thrift store. rose and donna disappear to the dressier sections. shaun creeps along the racks of trousers, solemnly comparing seemingly identical pairs of jeans. 14 follows him and stares for a while, then silently hands him a loudly patterned pair of shorts. shaun takes them without question and adds them to his basket & sylvia loses her mind just a little bit when she sees him wearing them

(^ this inspired by going thrifting w my friend and looking @ everything and then finding her dad looking thru the racks of shorts comparing two beige ones, and my friend handing him a pair of pink shorts with penguins on and him buying them. because he has some . i think plaid shorts? at home and when he wore them his wife said he looked gay. so he’s trying to do it More) (it's an incredible family dynamic there. i have no idea what is going on)

god jesus. 14 learns how to cook so he can be the housething (as opposed to housewife or househusband. he is just a weirdgenderthing. little creature). someone buys him a nice apron and he wears it with so much delight. chases everyone else out of the kitchen so he can concoct something lovely. runs out into the garden to stick something into an oven in the tardis kitchen because “i am not working with enough ovens, here, people!”. organises the pantry and gets this crazed look if anyone tries to stop him. “how will i know where things a—” “it will be LABELLED.” brandishes a label maker that DEFINITELY is not from modern-day earth given that it seems to take dictation as input and can print in colour and has not needed a refill of paper even though he has extensively labelled EVERY PLASTIC BOX of stuff in the pantry

sometimes he gets into Moods where he needs to solve a problem before it makes his head explode and that used to be a like. tinkering in the tardis thing. where he’d have himself and whatever poor companion he was with just floating in the time vortex for a week while he tries to make this bit of the tardis do what he wants it to. now it’s a day or two spent almost entirely in the kitchen trying to find the scientifically optimal method by which to make meringues. he starts gesturing dramatically with a spatula forgetting it is not a sonic screwdriver. makes a sonic spatula. realises he doesn’t often need to like. scan a pancake for malware. sadly puts the sonic spatula away

he is absolutely a nightmare to watch movies with btw bc a) can’t sit still b) so tall. either he is bouncing his leg and shaking the whole couch or he is stretched out across the entire sofa. no in between. donna buys a thick rug so he can just lay on the floor. the rug is TOO comfortable and he starts just spending time laying on the floor which would be fine if he thought to turn the lights on because people keep almost stepping on him while he’s having 4am Floor Time (on the nights he's not drooling all over donna's pillow)

if anyone else has thoughts about Them PLEASe share i will love you so much and forever. doctor~donna/shaun weirdcule is the only thing in my head

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RANDOM HEADCANONS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD  ( AKA SHIT I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW FOR SOME REASON )

Suzy wanted to write screenplays. For a living, that is. She did write screenplays, but nothing ever came of them. She still has the notebooks filled to the brim with her ideas and stories, but they’re just “collector’s items” to her now ( as she puts it ).

Junior used to be... very shy about sex. He thought he was terrible at it until a friend of his taught him more about how to get out of his head and into the act and how to enjoy it and thus, make it more enjoyable for his partner. He gives her credit for getting him to come out of that shell. I will not be revealing this friend at this time. Thank you.

Frankie threw the biggest bash for KT for her 40th birthday back in January... And she didn’t even attend it. She knew it was all just an excuse for him to throw a rowdy ass party and she didn’t want any part of it. He... didn’t seem to notice.

Lou’s mom Ida shipped her with Eddie and was wary of her fondness for Shaun. A mother’s instincts, man...

It’s bananas how good Teddy is at baseball and how good his biological father ( Shaun ) was too, and how much they’d bond over that... If Lou would even let him near their son or if Teddy would even want it.

Farah’s VW Beetle is in the shop. Again. She’s pissed.

Aisling has found herself in some trouble. I will not be elaborating at this time.

Brad woke up wanting a meaningful relationship. He blames the hangover he has. This will change by noon anyway.

Gertie is considering retiring, but she hasn’t a clue what she would do with her time if not at the bakery... Or looking out for Lou.

Kelly Sullivan is getting out of prison soon and his kids ( Bullet, Reggie, and Luke ) are having very complicated feelings about it.

[tckenbythesky]

          GERTRUDE ‘GERTIE’ JOHNSON is a very large part of Lou’s story that doesn’t get much mention or play. She’s almost like another mother/grandmother to Lou, a guardian of sorts, and someone who has looked out for Lou her whole life. She was best friends with Agnes Snyder, Lou’s maternal grandmother, and was a fixture in the Wolfe household for the first decade of Lou’s life.

Gertie owned a bakery in Greenville with her husband and Lou’s mother Ida worked there on and off for years prior to her death. Having been unable to have children of her own, Gertie treated Ida, her best friend’s daughter, like a child of hers, and subsequently, Lou too when she came along. When Gertie’s husband grew ill and unable to help manage the bakery, they made the difficult decision to close it down and move north, closer to some of their extended family. This was hard on Lou since it came at a time when her young life grew painful and was just the beginning of her losing those she cared. Though Gertie didn’t pass and would call, write, send cards and gifts, her visits were few and far between due to her husband’s condition.

When Bill passed, Gertie opened another bakery, in his honor, but also to keep herself busy. Also, with his death, he left her with a fairly substantial amount of money, which she invested in real estate around the city. Her bakery is located in the Prospect Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn and she owns a few buildings outside of that, mainly the one Lou rents for her shop and apartment when she moves to Brooklyn.

Lou’s arrival to New York was a welcomed one and Gertie immediately went into grandmother mode, setting the young woman up in her brownstone, the guest bedroom ripe for a visitor. Lou, however, being the independent creature she is, only remained until she decided what she wanted to do. Though Gertie was sad to be alone once again, she was happy to see that Lou hadn’t changed in that way, and helped her secure the space for her shop and apartment, selling the building to her at a very discounted rate. (NOTE: Lou hasn’t fully realized how discounted it was, but is still incredibly grateful and doesn’t allow Gertie to go a day without knowing that).

These days, Gertie sends along day-old baked goods to Lou each day. Lou, knowing she can’t possibly consume all of it herself, puts them out at her store for free as part of the ‘ambiance’ she wants to create there. It’s become a bit of a partnership in a way, or free advertising at least. Gertie is still incredibly overprotective of Lou to the point where the younger woman will not even discuss her love life (or lack there of) unless there is someone worth mentioning. And Gertie, for her part, demands that she vet any potential suitors.

VERSE DEPENDENT INFO:  In the AU based off of Lou’s main verse, Gertie sets her up with her nephew Max. They have a fairly long relationship that begins to unravel toward the end, particularly due to Max’s temper. During a small window of time when they’ve taken a break, Shaun returns to Lou’s life, showing up at her work after hearing from Eddie where she was, and they have a brief affair. When Max and Lou reconcile, Lou ends her fling with Shaun. Shortly after, Max is killed during a botched robbery of a convenience store, having taken a bullet for a complete stranger. Within days, Lou finds out she’s pregnant and can’t quite determine who the father of the child is, Max or Shaun. She says nothing of her relationship with Shaun, leaving Gertie and the rest of the Johnsons to assume that Lou’s unborn child is Max’s, the child of a hero. It wasn’t until Teddy was about three that Lou finally comes clean about his parentage, when Gertie inquires about dissimilar her looks from her nephew. Feeling deeply hurt and betrayed by the news, Gertie essentially kicks Lou out of her life.

[findmyblood]

tags, pt. 10 – dynamics for the family and its parts

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NFL’s 12 best betting seasons of the Super Bowl Era

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The NFL season is still a ways away. We know the 2020 schedule, and opening lines have been released for Week 1, Monday Night Football games and some other key matchups.

But while we wait for the real action to begin, why not take a look back at some of the best betting seasons in NFL history?

Our NFL Nation reporters give their perspective on the best individual seasons against the spread, using research from ESPN Stats & Information.

The Drew Brees-led Chargers had only one losing game against the spread in 2004. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

In a stark turnaround from a 4-12 record in 2003, the 2004 San Diego Chargers finished 12-4 and won the AFC West. Rookie quarterback Philip Rivers watched from the sideline as Drew Brees set out to prove the Chargers didn’t need to take a QB in the first round. Brees passed for 27 touchdowns with seven interceptions as he — along with running back LaDainian Tomlinson and tight end Antonio Gates — earned Pro Bowl honors. Tomlinson scored a league-best 17 rushing touchdowns and Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer was named the NFL Coach of the Year as the Chargers capped the season with their first playoff appearance in nine seasons … a wild-card loss to the Jets. — Lindsey Thiry

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This was when Tom Brady the sixth-round pick was starting to become Tom Brady the star. The 2003 season was his fourth in the NFL (third as a starter) and came after a 9-7 year in which the Patriots had missed the playoffs. Bill Belichick had shockingly cut safety Lawyer Milloy before the season opener and the Patriots lost their first game 31-0 to the Bills, who had signed Milloy. But after a 2-2 start to the season, the Patriots never lost again, as Brady’s star began to shine brighter en route to a second Super Bowl championship. — Mike Reiss

Success for the Colts in 1968 seemed like a long shot after quarterback Johnny Unitas — league MVP in 1967 — was injured in the final preseason game. However, backup quarterback Earl Morrall stepped in and threw for 2,909 yards and 26 touchdowns while going 13-1 as a starter during the 1968 season. Don Shula, the coach at the time, had a defense that was ranked first in the league and an offense ranked No. 2 that helped the Colts get to the Super Bowl, where they were double-digit favorites over Joe Namath and the New York Jets. Namath and his “guarantee” were this team’s downfall, as the Jets upset the Colts 16-7. — Mike Wells

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The 1975 Houston Oilers went 10-4 but finished one game behind the Bengals for a wild-card spot. All four of the Oilers’ losses came against the Bengals and Steelers. The Oilers’ season was highlighted by a four-game winning streak starting in Week 4 and capped by a three-game winning streak that included a victory over the Raiders. It was the franchise’s first winning season in seven years and its first season under coach Bum Phillips. Billy “White Shoes” Johnson was the team’s most dynamic player, returning three punts for touchdowns. — Turron Davenport

Dolphins fans shouldn’t have a hard time remembering why the 1972 season is their best against the number — this is the only team to go undefeated in NFL history. Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris became the first pair of teammates to rush for more than 1,000 yards each in a given season, and the Dolphins won 11 of their 14 regular-season games by double digits. The No-Name Defense never got the love that offense did, but it was the best defense in football that season, securing three shutout victories (including a 52-0 win over the Patriots) and allowing opponents to score more than 17 points only three times. This was the first Dolphins title in what ended up being a mini-dynasty from 1970 to 1974 with five division titles, three AFC championships (1971, 1972, 1973) and two Super Bowl wins. — Cameron Wolfe

Behind quarterback Steve Bartkowski and running back William Andrews, the Falcons won the franchise’s first division title (NFC Western Division) with a 12-4 record. That season included a nine-game winning streak, which was a franchise best. Individual franchise records were established, too, with Bartkowski (3,544 passing yards, 31 touchdowns), Andrews (1,308 rushing yards) and receiver Alfred Jenkins (1,025 receiving yards) all hitting high-water marks at the time. Linebacker Al Richardson created a turnover in nine consecutive games out of the 3-4 scheme. And the Falcons had six Pro Bowl selections. — Vaughn McClure

It should be no surprise that the 1989 team, which went 14-2, was so good against the spread given that it was one of the best and most complete teams in NFL history. That juggernaut of a squad was first in the league in points scored, third in points allowed and had a plus-189 scoring margin on its way to a 45-point victory in Super Bowl XXIV.

Quarterback Joe Montana put together one of the best seasons in history, posting a passer rating of 112.4 in the regular season before a red-hot postseason run in which he improved that passer rating to a whopping 146.4 as he collected the NFL’s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards and was named Super Bowl MVP. The star-studded Niners had six Pro Bowlers and five first- or second-team All-Pros. — Nick Wagoner

Perhaps this was a sign of things to come for the Cowboys, who went on to win three Super Bowls in four seasons from 1992 to ’95. They went 11-5 in 1991, just two years removed from a 1-15 campaign. This was a young team, growing together and learning how to win. And they won their last four games without an injured Troy Aikman. The Cowboys found their formula with Emmitt Smith running the ball at least 25 times per game and a stifling defense allowing more than 14 points just once in Games 13-16. Jimmy Johnson won his first playoff game, a wild-card victory against Chicago, as his young team started to come of age. — Todd Archer

The 1999 “Greatest Show on Turf” St. Louis Rams were an impressive 13-3 ATS in the regular season. James A. Finley/AP Photo

The 1999 Rams coached by Dick Vermeil were dubbed the “Greatest Show on Turf,” as they outscored opponents 526-242, produced an 8-0 record at home and finished the season 13-3 with a Super Bowl XXXIV title.

The offense was led by four future Hall of Fame players: quarterback Kurt Warner, running back Marshall Faulk, receiver Isaac Bruce and left tackle Orlando Pace. The defense also was among the best in the NFL. It ranked first against the run, allowing only 74.3 rushing yards per game; was tied for the lead in sacks with 57; and produced seven interceptions that were returned for touchdowns. — Lindsey Thiry

The Lions were still rebuilding from their disastrous 0-16 season in 2008 and were starting to build for the future with wide receiver Calvin Johnson in his prime and a first-round pick ready to take over the league in defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and a dynamic young running back in rookie Jahvid Best. Detroit also had a young starting quarterback in Matthew Stafford — and his shoulder injuries are a likely reason why the Lions were able to do so well against the spread. Stafford was limited to three games in 2010, but the combination of Shaun Hill and Drew Stanton — though not imposing as quarterbacks — could get Detroit out of a game.

The way the season unfolded — starting 2-10 before winning four straight to end the season — did two things: It set expectations low on the Lions toward the end of the year to pick up games against the spread and in a bigger picture helped set up the team’s run to the playoffs in 2011 with a healthy Stafford. The Lions played all but four games — losses to New England, Minnesota and Dallas, along with a win over St. Louis — incredibly close, again helping the spread numbers. — Michael Rothstein

Mike Zimmer’s second season in Minnesota featured a four-game improvement from his first. The Vikings finished 11-5, winning their first NFC North title since 2009 and clinching a spot in the postseason for the first time since 2012. Teddy Bridgewater showed promise in his first full season as a starter (3,231 passing yards, 14 TDs, 9 INTs, his first Pro Bowl) the same year the Vikings got Adrian Peterson back from suspension. Peterson led the NFL in rushing with 1,485 yards in his All-Pro/Pro Bowl season.

But all the excitement and hope built during the regular season came crashing down in a 10-9 wild-card loss to the Seahawks when kicker Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal attempt in the final seconds of the game. — Courtney Cronin

2016 Patriots (13-3, .813)

The four games without Tom Brady to open the season, as Brady served a suspension handed down from the NFL, were a big part of the Patriots’ success in 2016. They went 3-1 in those games, winning with Jimmy Garoppolo and then Jacoby Brissett after Garoppolo was injured. When Brady returned, he didn’t miss a beat, helping carry the team all the way to a Super Bowl championship in the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history — trailing the Falcons 28-3 in the third quarter before charging back to win 34-28. — Mike Reiss

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Training week of 6-26-17

This one is crazy long. I apologize in advance; we did all new workouts and started triple trap, so lots to cover and little short-hand. 6-26: Shaun T Week: Pure Cardio 2. This one is about 25min, and as the name suggests, it's similar to Pure Cardio from the original Insanity. The main difference is it is shorter (no stretch, shorter warm-up) and you don't do any floor moves (like pike ups or in-and-out abs). This makes it easier, for sure. You do the same warm-up as the previous workouts. Then the body of the workout is 15min made up of 15 moves for 1min each. Then you cool down. Moves are: Pencil jump (squat, jump up with your legs together while pushing your shoulder blades back) Squat, jump up on one leg while you kick the other behind you (30sec each side; this one could go in a cardio dance routine) Lateral shuffles that turn into suicides part-way through Heisman jab (basically you hop from one leg to the other, bringing the knee high and punching out) Power knee with a criss-cross jump in between Hop hop throw (hop twice to one side, throw your arms down, it's like a move from Max 30 but your arms do something slightly different) Squat to the left, jump while turning to the right, land in a squat, repeat Soccer kick, where you start in a lunge, jump up and bring the back leg straight out and up to 90 degrees (switch sides at 30sec) Twist and pivot type move where you stay low and try to go fast Frog jump to diamond jump (had to modify) Jack knee, so you jack out and when you come in lift alternate a knee lift (also could go in cardio dance) Flying jack (basically a jumping jack but instead of going out straight, you do a more exaggerated jump that's almost like a mini tuck jump Squat jump where you punch out in the air Heisman kick (hopping side to side with a kick out) and Iron legs (squat, lunge, squat, lunge, squat, jump, repeat till you die) 6-27: Shaun T Week: Insane Weights. This workout is about 30min, and it's divided into three segments (plus warm-up and cool down, usual warm-up format). The first two segments are circuits done three times each, five moves for about 30sec. First four are compound strength (tricep presses with calf raises, suicide jumps where you do a one arm row between each jump, plank to squat with a mini deadlift, shoulder presses with alternating leg kicks, moving squats with a bicep curl, etc.) and then you finish with a cardio move from Pure Cardio 2. I had to modify the rotating jump squats. Then the final segment is a bunch of pyramids (things like adductor squat/wide fly, frog jump/close grip row, tricep push-up jacks). It reminded me of an Asylum workout, but shorter. Overall I liked it and found it interesting, but I do worry that it's hard on my back. I had to ice after, and I think it's mostly from that deadlift move that just moves too fast to focus on form, combined with all the squats so early on. I guess it's hard because I wanted to get a strength workout and I was strong enough to do everything, so it's hard to then modify. 6-28: Flying Trapeze. Oddly enough, a really good class. I did not expect this because I felt pretty yucky (headache, lightly nauseated) when I started, but my swing was great, my takeoffs were the best they have ever been in a way that felt repeatable, and I actually made star progress at the end. Drew nearly caught his flexus, too. 6-29: Shaun T Week: Rip'Sanity. This is probably my favorite, at least so far. It's the longest workout of the series at 42min, and is broken up into four circuits (three times each) with a surprise at the end. After the typical warm-up, you do a sequence that starts with a bicep curl, squat, jump out to plank, tap each leg in, jump in and stand up to repeat. After 12 reps, you repeat but add in a row after you squat before you jump, and then a push-up jack. Third time you add in more push-up jacks, ski abs, and in-and-out-abs. For circuit two, you do shoulder presses in a lunge, stay low and step into a squat and pulse, and then do a lunge with shoulder press on the other leg. You do two shoulder presses and two pulses next time through (up to 12 rounds), and then at the end you just 14 presses and 14 pulses which you only do once but which is killer. At the end he makes you stay in the squat for an insane amount of time. In the third circuit you go to the floor and do chest presses, push-ups on toes, and push-ups on knees. The number of reps for the push-ups goes down, and for the presses it sort of stays the same but you are supposed to add in doing a bridge though we added leg elevation since bridges upset my hips. Next circuit is adductor squats with rows, upright rows, and adductor squat (sort of) with a fly, going down 12-10-8 with reps. Then you get your surprise at the end and do a cool down. All in all, this one reminded me of Asylum quite a bit with these circuits that are similar but not the same. It's a good total body workout with an upper focus, and goes by quickly. Maybe because I always could do Insanity workouts and Max 30 workouts but struggled with Asylum I particularly appreciate the slightly easier Asylum-type ones? 6-30: Shaun T Week: Speed 4.0. This one basically follows the format of the rest of the Speed workouts from Focus T25. It's about 25min plus cool down. Instead of the usual warm-up, you go right into things. It's broken up into two main chunks, each chunk repeated three times (first 8 eight counts, then 4, then 2); after an active recovery break you then run the whole thing twice through. The first half isn't so bad, but the second half is practically all burpee variations and sucks as much as you'd expect given that. First half is uppercut lift, hop uppercut, hop-hop throw (from Pure Cardio 2), speed and agility (classic), low switch kick, squat to lunge, 123 clap under the knee, and slow mountain climbers (upright). The second half is burpee plank walk, burpee side punch while in plank, burpee with flying jack after you hop up, burpee with heisman jab after you hop up, and then slalom which is sort of an adductor hop thing and side-side hop in sumo squat (those are the only non-burpee moves), burpee walk one leg in then the other while in plank, and then burpee with two in and out abs and a suicide jump (the worst).Yeesh. Goes by quickly, though I was sad we didn't do a round through where we only had one eight-count per mve, since then it feels the most dance-y. 7-1: Triple trap workshop. This was our first week of the six week session; unlike normal aerial, workshops are 90mins instead of 60min. We started with a pretty lengthy warm-up, including a lot of leg lifts and kicks, dynamic stretching primarily for hamstrings, and light cardio to get everything awake. We ended with shoulder shrug variations, before practicing getting on the bar in pairs to work on timing and adjusting to each other's movements (the triple trap is wobbly). The first shape we tried had a base on each end doing one hand/one knee, a flyer below the bar doing a sacrum hang/back balance/x on the bases, and a flyer doing a sacrum hang above the bar in the middle. We rotated through so we each got to do it. Then we did a round with two bases in gazelle above the bar and the flyer below in a sort of reverse gazelle, rotating roles. We did a really cool spinny move where you start in arabesque, wrap the leg around the rope, spin on it, replace the legs, and end up back in arabesque. First we did that in pairs wide on the bar, then pairs close, and then all four of us together. It looked really cool. Then we played a little with coffin in the ropes (one on each far side, someone in the middle in a sacrum hang for counter-weight/stability), before wrapping with meathook conditioning. We're going to work toward a mini-routine. All in all, very fun start, triple trap lets you do such interesting things, and I like working with Teddy; we hadn't had her as a coach before. We also got a lot of the folks in the 10:30 flying class watching and photographing us, which is funny. We should have done another workout, I guess, but we decided 90min of triple trap was enough. 7-2: Beast Up Chest, Shoulders, and Tris. In theory we should have wrapped Shaun T Week, but the final workout for that is short, this is really long (about an hour), and tomorrow is busier so we decided to swap. Basically, you do a full chest workout and then 20min of shoulders and tris for fun. Sagi has a new take on progressive sets where you do 15, 12, 8, 6, 6, 8 (light, medium, heavy, heaviest, heaviest, heavy), and on force sets (seven sets of seven reps instead of five of five). Chest has a progressive set of incline presses, giant set of presses, flys, and push-ups slow down/pop up style (all on the floor), force set of presses meant to be decline but I did flight for my hip's sake, and then a final super set with circle flys (new move) and decline push-ups. Shoulders you do a progressive set of shoulder presses and a progressive set of lateral raises in front. Tris you do a single set with a drop set of kick-backs, and then end with 20 tricep pushups. It is intense.

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tag drop, part 7

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First row:  Stanley (father). Ida (mother). Gertie (honorary/adopted grandmother).

Lou and Stanley have no relationship currently. She doesn’t want anything to do with him and he is the bulk of the reason she left Greenville. Ida died when Lou was fifteen. They had a fairly great relationship until Lou hit her teens. Lou has very, very complicated feelings about her mother to this day. Someday she’ll reconcile everything. Today is not that day. Gertie was a friend of Lou’s maternal grandmother and was a stable party of her life growing up until Gertie moved north. When Lou left Greenville and got a bit of wandering out of her system, she showed up on Gertie’s doorstep looking for help and of course the older woman obliged. Lou is as precious to her as her own children would have been, had she been able to have any.

Second row:  Daniel (paternal uncle). Leif (maternal uncle). Leona Conlon (almost a second mom. almost).

Lou has met Daniel only a couple times and she doesn’t think much of him beyond him being the only member of her father’s family to have wanted to meet her. He’s an eternal bachelor and a lush, and told Lou far too much about the Wolfe family and how his parents didn’t like many of Stanley’s life choices. Leif is a solid piece of shit. He took his distaste for Stanley out on Lou, particularly when she was in juvi. He partially blames her for Ida’s passing and he makes that known. Leona has tried to be a rock for Lou since the day they met, pretty much. She always believed Lou and her son Shaun would wind up together, married, with babies, and living a happy life on their own, until Shaun ‘died’. When Lou fled Greenville, she was crushed, but understood, and still emails her from time to time, just to check in. Lou doesn’t really keep in touch. It’s too hard for her.

Third row:  Olivia Ida aka “Ollie” (daughter). Theodore Maxwell aka “Teddy” (son). Bowie (honorary kid).

Ollie takes after her mother in many ways, which causes the pair to butt heads quite frequently. While she has her gripes, she has never felt unloved. Lou wasn’t expecting Teddy, at all, when he arrived in her life, and while the circumstances weren’t the best, she welcomed him just the same, and he’s her baby. His personality reminds her a lot of her mother’s. Lou found Bowie in the alley behind her shop, abandoned, alone, and crying. She took him in and cared for him, and he eventually became the shop cat. He kicks around there during the day with her and then goes home with her at night. She loves the little fuzzhead and he’s helped make her feel less lonely.