#( threads — jcb. )

[oskea93]

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OC x Jamie Campbell Bower (AU 1970s)  Warnings: TW—> This story will contain the following: (domestic violence, physical/verbal assault, cursing, sexual content, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, self harm). Please do not read if you are triggered by any of these warnings. This is a work of fiction only. I do not own Jamie or any other famous people mentioned. 

A/N: Hello again! So I decided to restart this story again because i'm currently in my JCB era and there just needs to be more stories out there featuring this man! With that being said, Jamie will not be the Jamie we know and love today. His name and image is being used, but there will be moments where he is not a very nice guy. Kind of like Caleb from Horizon. But there will also be moments where he is the lovable guy he typically is. I just want to thank those that either stuck with this fic or just recently found it!

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“So, tell me about Jamie.”

“What do you wanna know?”

The interviewer looked down at her notes, “What was life with him like – in private.”

I chewed on my bottom lip, somewhat afraid to answer. “Chaotic- “I started. “Wonderful in many ways but a total shitstorm all at the same time. He knew what to say and when to say it, but his words and actions weren’t always pleasing.”

I paused, searching for the right words to convey the whirlwind that was our life together. “Jamie was incredibly charismatic. He could light up any room he walked into, and people were naturally drawn to him. His charm was almost intoxicating; it made you feel special just being around him. But that charm had a flip side. In private, it wasn’t always so magical. There were days when his mood would swing dramatically, and you never knew what to expect.”

“How so?” The interviewer questioned.

I shrugged my shoulders, slouching a bit in my seat as I reflected on the complicated nature of the person in question. "He was his own villain," I began, my voice tinged with a mix of sympathy and disappointment. "He tried so hard to make a name for himself in the industry. After years of working closely with all these high-profile artists, indulging in the debauchery they played with, he lost sight of who he truly was."

I paused, choosing my words carefully as I continued, "Your sins catch up to you eventually, and the way you treat people changes. It's like a slow erosion of your values and morals until one day, you look in the mirror and realize you're not the person you thought you were."

My companion listened intently, absorbing my words before posing a poignant question, "Was he the love of your life?" The inquiry hung in the air, laden with layers of emotion and history, hinting at a deeper connection that transcended professional ties and delved into matters of the heart.

As I delved into the depths of my memories, recounting the chapters of my life that intertwined with the complexities of rising to fame at the tender age of 17, I knew that the tale of Jamie and me would be a pivotal thread in the fabric of my story. It was a narrative rooted in scandal and secrecy, a forbidden love that blossomed amidst the chaotic backdrop of rock 'n' roll excess and the stark contrast of a preacher's daughter entwined with a man hired to shield her from the very temptations she found herself succumbing to.

We wove a web of deception, attempting to shield our burgeoning relationship from prying eyes and wagging tongues, but the silent exchanges, the subtle gestures, and the lingering gazes between us belied the truth we sought to conceal. Jamie was a force of nature, a whirlwind of contradictions that both thrilled and terrified me in equal measure. His charm was a siren song that beckoned me into uncharted waters, his humor a balm to soothe the turbulence within my soul, his love a flame that flickered dangerously close to consuming us both.

In Jamie, I found a kindred spirit, a partner in crime who mirrored my own reckless abandon and insatiable thirst for life. He was the grenade to my pin, the catalyst that ignited a chain reaction of emotions and experiences that would forever alter the course of my existence. He was the bomb to my clock, ticking away the moments until our inevitable collision, our destinies irrevocably intertwined in a dance of passion and peril.

I had always been taught that God sends people into our lives for a reason, be it for our growth or our downfall. Jamie was no exception—a temporary fix that morphed into a permanent fixture, a fixture that brought both the brightest joys and the darkest sorrows of my young life. His presence was a paradox, a riddle wrapped in an enigma, a conundrum that I struggled to unravel even as I found myself ensnared in the web of our shared destiny.

I shifted in the plastic seat, my denim-clad legs crossing tightly. “Well—” I spoke, my voice wavering slightly. “That’s quite a title to give someone who could love you one minute and then treat you worse than a dog the next.” I smiled sadly, the memories flooding back with a mix of warmth and pain.

As I penned the words that would immortalize our tumultuous love affair on the pages of my memoir, I couldn't help but marvel at the intricate tapestry of fate that had woven our paths together. The story of Jamie and me was a testament to the volatile alchemy of passion and pain, of love and loss, of growth and destruction—a story that would echo through the annals of time as a cautionary tale of the perils and pleasures of forbidden love. And as I laid bare the raw truths of our tumultuous romance, I knew that Jamie would forever hold a piece of my heart, a shard of my soul, a chapter in my life that would never truly be closed.

[bebx]

Hey there! I hope you are doing well. I don't mean to bother you again as you are gonna figure out I am the same person who asked about your unexpectedly but hopefully temporary drifting away from ST sub fandom hehe. So I decided to do my homework and see if you probably left some clues or hints regarding your hiatus from it before but unfortunately I couldn't find any unless my dumb@$$ missed it despite thorough research as if I was looking for easter eggs in a deeply layered show like ST. My search report :- It had been going well on your side even when there was a drought in HC contents but slowly it lost the 'momentum' which I feel you played a key role in wonderfully building up yourself, ironically right at the moment of D-day which honestly feels like if reality had tv drama like loopholes lol.

So all I have now is what you last said to me that you are busy with stuffs and other things like hyperfixation on a character from Harrow series { although I haven't watched it yet but based on your enthusiasm which mostly resonates with my own interest, I have added it in my watchlist :) Cuz Bingo I can't tell you how happy I was when I found you with the same sentiments as mine after watching Damsel! } plus point is you did mention how he is certainly still in your heart and you are planning to make more posts and fanfic about him in future. So I decided to wait, months passed with more tempting Henry Creel info pouring while I still kept up with *patiently waiting for my favorite Tumblr user's ST fandom era to resurface as well as coexist with her new obsession of Harrow series*, so that one hyperfixation won't have to be sacrificed for another still worthy subject of hyperfixation :) Hence it has been quite an introspective and empathetic time but now I am like "okay at least lemme just ask her how she has been and what exactly is the status", to stifle my other apprehensive thoughts forming with the passing time as well as disappearing silver lining( as there is no sign of either Henry or JCB these days at all lol apart from Jamie Bower World Domination post) out of overthinking.

I always felt your contribution to this fandom has been immensely valuable and even though others may or may not have been enough reminding you that as I can see I am probably the only anonymous seeker regarding digging this matter up, I miss you and your blogs about it. I have mostly been a lurker kind so I never interactively participated in any discussion or thread but I have always inwardly appreciated people with a good taste of art. So even if anonymously, this is a great deal to me, sharing my wish embedded in vulnerability. *nervously chuckles* Idk if this is a stretch but given how what Jamie manually allows to be displayed on his tagged section had most of your posts, tells me that he must have subconsciously felt your absence lately too. The fact that this is true tho, makes it a reasonable theory.

So now after hopefully doing a great job at explaining the deep context behind my "ask away" here are the main deal of questions xD;-

How are you, once again? (I don't want to pressurize you into rejoining it earlier than you planned according to your life and schedules uk. Besides I don't wanna interrupt your balancing of multifandom fascination.)

Is there any particular reason behind this seemingly complete "switch off mode" which you can share? ( because my Spidey senses keep feeling it's more than what it is, could be false alarm tho) Could it be potentially because Stranger Things is so addictive, it is not possible to keep a track of its updates while continuing with hyper fixating on other fandoms?

If the aforementioned fear is unfounded, then here are my other theories and questions, have you stumbled upon the TFS spoilers of any kind?

If no, are you planning to watch it LIVE soon or later? (as the canon play is gonna stick around for a long time) is this why have you been avoiding discussions as they would involve major spoiling of the experience?

Or are you planning of watching it whenever it streams on Netflix as technically it just has to one day?

Have you been weakly following any ST S5 leaks? ( as we finally got a very *greatest leak of all time* kind of leak not even exactly 24 hours ago lol) [to tell you the truth- this is exactly what triggered me to get some clarifications from you, as despite knowing that I would open your page only to be greeted by Harrow, deep down I felt maybe you would say something about it because it directly involves JCB and it's quite making waves already.]

Did you check out the VR Game released this February?

Or are you taking a complete long break for a while because once S5 release date inches closer, there is no going back from its fever for another 2-3 years anyways? haha ( ngl this is my most optimistic theory I am clinging onto)

(optional question xD) Am I seriously the only one approaching you by bringing this old buried fascination or others have felt the same way too and they express their perplexity in your inbox instead?

(anyways I will be very grateful if you respond to my plethora of mystified emotions even though I think it would secretly answer to many other lurkers like me who found a sense of kindred spirit through you but are too busy abiding by their lurking policy)

hi, I’ve been looking at this for…. a while, because… oh my 😅 I understand that it’s been so long since my Stranger Things era, and I know some of my followers follow me for my Henry / ST content. I just didn’t know my silly ST posts actually have this much impact that they stay in people’s memories even after it’s been a long time. so this ask actually brings back so many memories. and I really appreciate that you’re still sticking around. really. I had to take a moment to just sit here and stare at this ask in my inbox and go “whoa” — but it’s a good kind of whoa. I am touched that you still remember, because gosh how long has it been since my ST days!

to answer your questions, I am fine and I am doing well. thank you. I didn’t mean to “abandon” my interest. and I AM still interested in the show. I still love Henry, even though I don’t really talk about him on here anymore. it’s funny because a part of me is kind of sad that I don’t talk about him on here anymore? to tell you the truth, anon, I don’t exactly know why? I mean… sure, my blog currently focuses on something else, but I never really stop loving Henry as a character. this sounds extremely cliche, but it’s the truth. I still love him and I still think about him and those time I spent writing fics about him.

I don’t know if there’s any particular reason behind this, according to you, seemingly complete "switch off mode" on my blog. but there’s no conspiracy theory or anything, if that’s what you’re worried about? I just kind of focus my attention on something else, for the moment, but again, I still do love Henry. just because I don’t talk about him here like I used to does not mean I love him any less. rest assured. he’s still in my heart.

I haven’t stumbled upon any real TFS spoilers, but that’s probably because I don’t follow many blogs that talk about it so it rarely reaches my dashboard anyway.

and I don’t live near the place where the play takes place, so unfortunately I don’t see myself traveling there to watch it live, as life has been a little busy for me here to take that kind of vacations. but I would have loved to. if the time were right. I do look forward to streaming it when or if it becomes available on Netflix though.

I haven’t been following ST leaks much, I can’t see “weekly” because I kind of just look at them if they reach my dashboard here or my twitter’s/X’s timeline. but I don’t actively go search for it nor do I avoid it for fear of any potential spoilers either. but I did just see the leaks you talked about, and I’m actually very excited. it actually reminded me of my fic “Salvation” — I’m not sure if you’ve read it, but yeah. gosh I am genuinely very excited.

though I haven’t checked out the VR Game. I mean… I don’t really play video games so that might explain why.

and no. I’m not “taking a long break” because I think there is no going back from its fever for another 2-3 years after season 5 is released. I don’t even know why I’m “taking a break” except that my mind has just been focusing on something else, currently.

also, yes, some people have asked, and I haven’t had the chance to answer them (I’ve been meaning to, though), so this might be the answer they were looking for as well? there’s no “real reason” behind my lack of activity when it comes to ST fandom, except that I’ve been focusing my attention on something else lately, but that doesn’t mean I love the show — or especially Henry — any less. I still am a fan of the show and of Henry. and I still love Jamie with all my heart, obviously. I still keep up with him and his music and I am so incredibly proud of him as an artist and a person.

I am super excited to see Henry again when season 5 drops. I don’t know when or if my hyperfixation will come back, so I wouldn’t wish to make any promises. but what I can say for sure is that, even though it’s not exactly a hyperfixation, I still love Henry just the same. I hope I will start making lots of posts and writing fics about him again one day.

last but not least, I will always love and support Jamie in everything he does. and he will forever be my source of happiness that keeps me going when things are difficult.

I also want to thank you for reaching out. it means so very much to me. if there is any further matter you wish to talk or discuss with me about, you are very welcome to drop by my inbox anytime.

(and yes, I still love talking about Stranger Things and Henry here. anybody is more than welcome to drop by my inbox to talk to me about Henry — who knows, it might re-spark that hyperfixation within me…)

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Taken from a post on Facebook:

We are being lied to and let down by this government. This Twitter thread shows this very clearly:

So I just want to share my CORPORATE experience on Covid19 with the UK Gov..

I work for a successful medium-sized manufacturing company, which makes moderately clever electrical items.

When the UK gov asked for makers of ventilators, we responded.

We assigned one person to act as point man, who went online to register us, only to find the website the minister mentioned didn't exist.

24 hrs later there was an online form available, which he filled out.

After a week of silence we lost patience and started emailing.

None were answered. With a bit of fiddlery, we got phone numbers and started calling. We were passed from pillar to post, no-one taking responsibility.

We then contacted the local (Tory) MP, who took 24 hours and an increasingly "we'll tell the press" tone before answering

That MP put us onto her double-barreled assistant, who sounded very conciliatory and took notes, but then;

Silence.

We were then offered *VENTILATORS*- actual, functioning, certified, save-lives, VENTILATORS by a far eastern supplier who KNEW the UK was in deep, deep trouble.

We immediately offered these onto the MP and our govt. contacts.

This was their response:

<TUMBLEWEED>

That was about the time the Dyson/ JCB horseshit story about ventilators broke, and I *personally* think that was proof enough, at that time, that Herd Immunity remained the strategy, just with maximal culling. There isn't a corporate view, AFAIK. We're a business.

We've heard NOTHING since. Not a squeak. Not even "no thanks".

The offer of ventilators has passed, and I guess they are now going to a more enlightened country.

Since furloughing, we're running the 3D printers in the labs flat out making visor parts. I'm doing the same at home.

But a whole factory & supply chain has been ignored.

With the stories of ventilator manufacturers getting contracts cancelled, I am not surprised.

So next time you hear "straining every sinew" and "Herculean efforts", you can take it from me, they're lying.

I don't know if they're incompetent, or murderous, or both, but they're utterly, utterly dishonest.

[forthegreatergoodrp]

So it’s just come to my attention that there are now over 40 of you guys following me. 

Can I just say, I’m kinda... perplexed?

I made this blog ~11 weeks ago, and expected to gain one, maybe two followers. I mean, I write a single roleplay thread with one person, yet here you guys are.

So whether you followed for the story, for an interest in Grindelwald as a character, or even just for your love of JCB gifs (I know you guys are here too) - thank you. X

[thatsecondsalemboy-a]

*yes I had to use a photo with this outfit. Because reasons.

HELLO

So I only started this blog a little over a month ago and somehow now I have over 150 followers? Where are all you guys coming from? Seriously though, I love you all and thank you all so much for taking me in with this dork. Mwah!

THE BAES:

@magicalmusesandwheretofindthem : BAE. Seriously I love you so much and I love all our little IM convos and how you’ve been cheering me on through my essays. I also love how we have like....five different threads going and you don’t even falter when I slide in with yet another AU idea. All my love <3 I’m also pretty sure you were one of my first followers.

@loveisforchildren-percivalgraves : How can I ever express how great you are? Both Credence and I absolutely adore your Percy in all his forms, and you’re so lovely and I love chatting with you OOC too. I adore how we’ve been finding shippy songs for them as well as the forty million AUs we keep planning and how I can just jump into your IMs with even more ideas. <3

@implicatedbyprophecy : Sister! Credence loves his sister very much, and I love all the threads we have going and how adorable these two are as a sibling pair. Sibling goals, honestly. Plus our Instagram famous AU is one of my favourite things with these nerds xD

@darkrevclution : I love your Grindelwald so much, and also the relationship we’ve developed between him and Corvus in our AU thread (which I will reply to, I promise). You are very talented and I love you and I love that you use JCB as your FC because I love JCB.

MORE PEOPLE I LOVE VERY MUCH BUT IT IS NEARLY 5AM SO I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WRITE MORE THINGS:

@newts-travels-fast @inquisitivewitch @obsessev @witchesnevercry @muchmorethanmuses @investigauror @inyourgraves @suitedblue @darkmarkcdd @rcdolphus @acanislupus-archive-deactivated @vndeluscus @doexeyedxmarauder @aurorofconfidence @gcminio @accusedoffavoritism @gcldsteintm @lumostm @noxtm @calleo-bricriu @gossipedking @durmstrangxchampion @fleurxdelacour @insideasuitcase @repudiated-heir @progenyofprongs @eccentriclookingwizard @tmvoldemort @princelydoe @clumsyherbologist @ironbellies @gigglewcter @narcissatm @aconstantvigilance @lovedsnake @soulfulauror @hxgoweasley @animosus @femlette @moonytm @tenebrismusa @sxmestupidnoblereason @therearemoreimportanthings @antoinettedurant @cerebrumcormeum

I LOVE YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH <3

[leuthros]

knowing your partner well makes writing together a lot easier. tag this with the people you want to get to know better. ( Repost, don’t reblog! )

The basics!

Name: cristina, but cris is fine.   Age: 33.   Pronouns: she/her.   Zodiac sign: taurus but on the cusp of gemini Taken or single: tentatively engaged to @khruseos but only if she actually finishes reading TMI because i can’t be married to someone with whom i’m unable to talk about clace in city of lost souls and all of my feelings in relation to it. i don’t think anyone would fault me for this stipulation.

Three facts!

I. i am a single mom, and have been since my daughter was a toddler. she is my life and my heart and my reason for living. we live in a small house with our dog and cat, and it’s nothing special but it is everything to me. II. my passions are all-encompassing but fleeting. i will be the first to admit this. i can pick up a hobby and throw myself into it 100%. whether it be learning to play an instrument, or how to create digital art, or how to build furniture, etc etc. for months i will make it my sole focus and i will do a pretty good job at it and then.... just lose interest. the only thing for which this has not been the case is writing. i have been writing, in some way, since i was old enough to write. i used to have boxes upon boxes of journals from as young as age 10 (my mom didn’t keep the earliest ones, jerk) through college. and then after i broke up with my ex that i dated after college he burned them all and i’ve been digital ever since. it is my hobby, my escape, my therapy. III. i have a birthmark on the waterline of my left lower eyelid. no matter what i do, it always looks like i have some eyeliner there that i failed to remove and it’s very annoying in pictures. my daughter inherited this from me, but hers is way lighter and further down so it actually looks like a birthmark on her eyelid rather than a makeup mishap.

Experience!

Platforms you’ve used: facebook, lj, skype/kik/discord (though i don’t do these anymore), but mostly tumblr Years active: on tumblr? about 5 years.

Muse preference!

Female or male: i’ve written both but i currently only have female muses until my friends finally talk me into adding males to my multi.  Least favorite face(s): nina dobrev (even though i write kat), kat mcnamara (sorry i just... don’t find her attractive and it’s impossible to not see her everywhere when you’re a part of this fandom), phoebe tonkin, i’m really getting sick of paul wesley because he’s made a comeback for so many ocs i’ve seen lately?? Favorite faces: i mean... i don’t usually write a character/with a character based on their face claim lol but i obviously have a bias to my own choices - lily collins, rebecca ferguson, jennifer morrison, to name a few. and their s/o’s - jcb, sebastian stan, colin o’donoghue. i also would lay down my life for gal gadot so there’s that. but i mean these are barely a handful and there are so many gorgeous people out there... Multi or single: historically, i’ve always had more than one muse and there’s always been one that holds most of my attention. recently i made a multimuse blog for the first time and it’s made things a lot easier in terms of organizing the many voices in my head ( i swear i’m not crazy. okay a little crazy ), but as always, there’s still a favorite, and that is definitely clary.

Writing preference!

Fluff, angst, or smut? angst for sure. and then sometimes fluff. i used to dabble in a bit of smut from time to time but i have not done so at all since my return to tumblr. i don’t really feel comfortable writing it unless i’m super comfy with my writing partner and even then i’d probably prefer to have it off the dash. Plots or memes? both. i love plotting things out because i love building a story with my writing partners but i also love memes and put a lot of time and effort into them and making them so they can be turned into a thread down the line. i literally met my best friend by sending in a meme, it was like 5 words iirc and by the end of it @personatvs and i had turned it into a thread that i think was 1300+ words at its peak?

tagged by: @khruseos & @beggarsdie & i feel like one more but i can’t find it tagging: you, yes you. 

[eightysixed-a]

RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE MUN.

Repost, not reblog! Tag 6 muns you would like to get to know better when done!

Name: violet Nickname: my new fav is ciklet (thank u murat)  Age: 26 Faceclaim: my faves are jcb, lily collins, and, bill skarsgard, usually in that order. though i haven’t used bill for a steady new muse ever since cyrus, he eats all the rest of them up, damn you to hell cyrus (ha). Pronouns: she/her Height: 5′8 Birthday: march 28th Aesthetic: this one  Last song you listened to:  the main theme to The Room

Favourite muse(s) you’ve written: i’m gonna deviate and not answer this question at all, but lately i’ve been nostalgic for the older muses i used to write in the past, say, from 2014/15. i get frustrated and give up on them too easily nowadays, whereas before i could just write and write day in day out and it would amass to this one big...coherent thing. and i miss that. i need to stop dumping or giving up on my muses so easily, tbh. 

What inspired you to take on your current muse (that you are posting this on): i don’t know how this applies to this blog and its 384935 muses. but it’s whoever i’m feeling that day, really. 

What are your favourite aspects of your current muse: if we’re talking about jude, i just find it hilarious how he’s my most laidback character, who never courts drama and conflict, actively avoids it at any cost, and yet it always finds him in the end. that’s some dramatic irony right there. 

What’s your biggest inspiration when it comes to writing: for my rp writing, it varies. it could come from the look of a stranger on a street or a throwaway line made by someone in a film, a song or a ‘what if’ idea, or an ad or a story or a billboard, literally anywhere. but wherever it comes from, the idea hits me like a ton of bricks and then i’m obsessed until i attempt to bring it to fruition. i guess this actually answers “where do you get ideas for characters” or something like that. but the character comes first for me anyway, and the plots follow.

Favourite types of threads: the ones with some big ‘oh shit’ type of plot, and the wheels are finally in motion, and everything’s coming together for that one big DUN DUN DUNNN scene. love that shit.

Biggest struggle in regards to your current muse: getting off my lard ass and doing the replies i owe.

Tagged by: @hillscngs

Tagging: @armyofskanksx  @holywitchkid  @electricinndigo  @ahomegirlslives  @zombeerps (if ya did one of these already just ignore me arite)

[freifraufischer]

the people who are freaking out should watch julie's entire fb live instead of a thread on twitter that twisted it as if she was shading jmo. jcb was VERY fair and simply said there are many reasons why actors aren't invited back at cons. which is true! also the part where she said she only works with people she likes was on a completely different note, totally unrelated to jen. i honestly think people MISS having ouat drama to fight about and they'll jump at any chance to stir the pot.

Honestly I don’t think the video needs explaining.  

[my-house-of-fashion]

Coronavirus: the designers finding solutions to medical supply shortages

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Italy is one of the world’s worst hit countries from the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 3000 people have died because of the COVID-19 outbreak and some 35,000 have been diagnosed with the virus, with the north particularly badly hit. The entire country is in lockdown until April, at the earliest.

As such, there is a heavy strain on hospitals and their medical equipment as the country comes to terms with its record number of patients. Isinnova, a printing start-up, offered what appeared to be a solution to this shortfall for a hospital based in Brescia.

Stanotte si va a dormire sapendo di aver fatto qualcosa di utile…domani la consegna. Un grazie speciale ad Alessandro…

Posted by Cristian Fracassi on Saturday, 14 March 2020

The hospital was taking care of 250 COVID-19 patients in intensive care and had run out of Venturi valves, tubes that connect patients to ventilators. The valves (shown in the above Facebook post) aim to be used for a maximum of eight hours at a time, and cost less than 90p to produce (Venturi reportedly charge around £9,000 for a valve). The prototype, designed at the hospital, took three hours to create.

Issinova’s CEO, Cristian Fracassi told the BBC: “We haven’t slept for two days. We’re trying to save lives.” He is not charging the hospital for the services, and a second hospital has now been in contact.

Ultimo aggiornamento, ore 19.30, il sistema funziona! Attualmente 10 pazienti sono accompagnati nella respirazione da…

Posted by Massimo Temporelli on Saturday, 14 March 2020

The need for medical equipment

There is a clear need for medical equipment. Coronavirus is likely to affect supply chains, and as a result, medical supplies. The only unknown is the extent to which that will be limited. In early March, the NHS announced that it has seen an “increased demand for PPE (personal protection equipment) over the last few weeks”.

As well as PPE, respirators and ventilators are in short supply. This week, Downing Street urged the manufacturing industry to “come together to help the country” by helping to make ventilators. Carmakers like Rolls Royce and construction companies such as JCB were contacted.

Isinnova engineers with the 3D-printed valves

Prime minister Boris Johnson asked the manufacturing industry to produce up to 20,000 ventialators within two weeks. Vauxhall has now announced it will help with 3D-printing these parts. Airbus, the aerospace engineering company, has also agreed to help. Meanwhile brewery BrewDog has announced that it is using its distillery to make alcohol donhand sanitiser – called Punk Sanitiser – which will be given away for free to local groups and charities.

BrewDog’s hand sanitiser, with branding from Uncommon Studio

This type of cross-industry manufacturing is unusual, but coronavirus is unlike any pandemic seen in recent times. And designers from all sectors may play a key role in providing solution. As Emily Penny, a branding strategist who had recently created a door drop flyer, told Design Week: “Any situation like this, designers are best placed to look at problem-solving.”

Is open source medical equipment a solution?

One way in which designers might be able to come together could be via open source platforms. Nextstrain, for example, allows scientists to share genomic data in real time in what it calls, an “open science” approach.

A Facebook group is attempting to take a similar approach and applying it to product design. The group, called Open Source COVID19 Medical Supplies, aims to “evaluate, design, validate, and source the fabrication of open source emergency medical supplies around the world given a variety of local supply conditions”.

It was founded by Gui Cavalcanti, who is co-founder of California-based robotics company Breeze Automation. Cavalcanti, who has a background in engineering, wrote in a post that while it was set up to design ventilators and respirators, it had become “clear that we’re already short on a ton of supplies, not just respirators”.

He continued: “The group is shifting scope to catalog, develop, and deploy open source, locally-manufacturable emergency medical supplies.”

At the time of writing, the group has more than 16,000 members. There are posts from members about “printer farms” offering devices to manufacture supplies in a similar way to the 3D printers in Italy. Other have suggestions for DIY respirators and materials that could be used in the development of new equipment. Because of the rate at which the group is growing (more than 4,000 members joined since yesterday), there are now daily topics to organise discussions.

How to act “nimbly” in a crisis

These groups develop quickly and inspire off-shoots within the community. In the UK, residential college Newspeak House has created the Coronavirus Tech Handbook as a way to crowdsource information about the pandemic and share equipment designs. According to a article published by Nathan Young, it is the “ultimate crowdsourced coronavirus handbook”, with “18 editable sections, 100s of projects, 18 chat threads”. It has received over 100,000 views in the last week.

The handbook works on as a Google Doc, and so can be viewed and edited by anyone. Young tells Design Week that it relies on a level of popularity that doesn’t attract too many people, who might edit it maliciously. “We don’t want to be shared by Kanye,” he says. At the moment, Young and his team edit the document as people contribute to it. They have developed two similar handbooks before, but for elections.

There is an engineering section, which has discussions about developing designs for ventilators and other medical equipment and information, such as “hygiene hacks” and DIY facemasks. It is about acting “nimbly” in a crisis, Young says – stressing how collaboration – and crucially access to collaboration – can often yield solutions.

Complications to open source design

There is a disclaimer at the top of the handbook, which points to a wider issue in open source design: “This website may contain information about medical conditions and treatments. The information is not advice, and should not be treated as such.”

While it is clear that there will be a shortage of medical supplies, there are clear tensions about the practicality about mass collaboration (no matter how well-edited the process is).

Firstly, here are the legal issues (and financial repercussions) of patent infringement. The Verge reported that the makers of medical valve have threatened to sue the Isinnova after its 3-D printed replica. Whether or not this type of legal issue can be ironed out in the time of a crisis is not yet known.

But one of the biggest problems will likely be the regulation and approval of these products in hospitals. In the UK, the body who regulates new medical devices is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Among its responsibilities are “ensuring that the supply chain for medicines, medical devices and blood components is safe and secure” as well as making sure that all medical devices “meet applicable standards of safety, quality and efficacy”. The MHRA was unavailable for comment.

Young acknowledges the difficulty in this area: “On the one hand, you want to keep stuff safe. But on the other hand, there is technology that needs spreading and we’ve been waiting a long time and there have been delays. And people will die because of those delays.”

While Young thinks the lack of government involvement in the handbook allows it more flexibility and to evolve at a faster-pace, he does believe that the Government could help by “using the document and then to open source and make available its solutions”.

This type of opensourcing could have wider consequences than the design and technology sectors, Young suggests. The UK government this week changed its stance on social distancing and school closures, after a period of not following other countries’ lead and instead encouraging ‘herd immunity’. “Government could have open sourced its models, and said ‘tell us what you think’, and the scientific community would have come back with responses,” Young says, “and that might have changed the UK’s course earlier.”

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february 10th

aiyaiyai

i really really really really need to write more often.

it’s been 10 days!  i have lived and died in these 10 days!  haha.

let’s see.  DJ DJ DJ DJ i am still in love with the DJ although now a part of me is looking for someone else because i desperately need more than she’s giving me.

so to back things up a bit, i texted her on wednesday with somewhat of a resolution to end things (again), and learned instead that she was sick, which caused me instant worry and concern.  wednesday evening i bought chicken soup ingredients, and thursday i came home and promptly made some chicken soup.  i went to a new therapist appointment, then drove right over, chicken soup cooling in my trunk.  she let me in, and i think i had the hot chicken soup, a boxed chicken soup in case my soup was crap, two things of boxed chicken stock, kleenex, cough drops, fresh ginger, and fresh lemons.  i came in, and asked where a countertop was and she melancholily stated there was no countertop, then slowly cleared a patch on her coffee table and i set the pot right there, and she came over with a spoon and bowl and ladled herself some right there.  she said it was good although when i had tried it it was pretty tasteless.

she was in pretty low spirits, from what i understand, puffy, and congested, and blowing her nose.  there was no place for me to sit, as most of the seating areas had stuff on it, and she did try to clear a spot for me, but i said i preferred standing.  i went into her kitchen to grate some ginger and make her some honey lemon ginger tea and it was very lovely for me to make her the tea and hand her the spoon so she could help herself to the honey, and have her sip it and look at me gratefully.  it was all very lovely.  the poor sick thing.

i then looked around and asked if i could tidy some.  next thing i know i’m washing dishes, and putting things away, tossing things out.  she seems too weak to want to protest much and i’m just happy to help.  i go through three sets of dishes and dry them and put them away in a matter more careful and thorough and voluntary than i have ever been for anyone else.  at some point i leave.

friday i text her and ask if she’s ok, if she needs anything.  it’s laundry day and so i procure a $10 roll of quarters for her voluntarily.  i basically bribe her with the $10 roll to come back again and she allows me, and i bring more lemons, and some thread that she requested so she can sew on some buttons, and a thing of vinegar that she had casually mentioned needing.  i come back and now that i know where things are, i set myself to more dish-washing, counter-cleaning, and eventually with a little guidance and persuasion, floor-mopping, until the kitchen looks pretty spic and span and it is acceptable to walk on it barefooted.  i think afterward she boils some egg noodles and adds it to the soup and we sit across from each other, quietly enjoying the soup which is more flavorful today than the day prior.  i know it’s playing house and i know it’s sort of .... fake?  but damn am i enjoying and relishing in every minute of it.  eventually it’s time for her to go to work i think and so i might’ve walked her to her car and seen her off.

saturday i think she texts and asks if she can hang out sunday.  i am beyond stoked.  i know she’s feeling sickly so i say hey just hang out, it’ll be like being at your place, just on my sofa.  and then i say hey, but if you’re feeling that poorly, just ... i understand if you can’t come out.  but she does!  she comes out on sunday and i am so happy and i’ve cleaned for hours and procured pedialyte for her and she reclines on my sofa and i tuck her in and it’s a damn dream come true.  for the next 7 hours, i try in vain to get my DVD player to work, and upon failing, we watch some Orphan Black, some Planet Earth, some youtube stuff, and the whole time she’s on the sofa and i’m like refilling her Pedialyte, and tucking her in, and walking her dog, and occasionally touching her hair, just very lightly, and probably grinning like an idiot the whole time.  it’s really lovely.  a couple times she reaches out and for just a second will touch my arm and i melt.  and this one time, i was prepping her coffee and she walked over from the sofa and i’m like what’re you doing up?  go lie down, and she just reaches out and gives me a hug and says she wants to be closer, then occupies the chair nearest me and watches me.  she slays me.  just slays me.

this other time i made her the coffee and started to walk it over to the sofa before asking, ‘where do you want to take it?’ and she pauses and then murmurs, “kinky.”  and i have no idea what she means until like many seconds later and i’m like OOOOF.  haha.

but basically, it was lovely having her here.  the way she’d sort of cuddle up with my pillow and sink her lovely face in it, and how i’d move these pillows out of the way so she could prop her legs more comfortably, how close i was to her face when i sat myself down and would turn just to check on her every few minutes (seconds)?  and i’d ask if she wanted her feet in or out?  shoulders covered or exposed?  and she was so vulnerable and trusting and i was so eager to please.  pathetic?  maybe.  

eventually she left.  she got into her car and backed out of the parking spot and i watched her.  and then she put it in park and stepped out and gave me a long hug, made longer by my elongating it, lightly stroking her back and feeling the sides on either side of her spine and clutching in even when i started to feel her withdraw.  and it was so lovely and amazing and i almost whispered for her to stay longer but i felt that would be crossing some boundary that i did not wish to cross.  i have been so careful about boundaries up until this point.

and then she drove off and i waved and i haven’t seen her since.  we texted a bit here and there, and she thanked me for my loving care.  and i said she was welcome, and it was my pleasure, which it very certainly was.  and on monday the boyfriend came back, and posted a video of the dog running to greet him and of her laughter when he looked up at her.  and i guess.  things went back.  to....normal?  and now.  she only texts when she’s at work, at or around 9 pm.  i asked if she wanted dinner before her JCB stint and she declined, said maybe next time.  a part of me doesn’t know what to make of it, and another part of me knows exactly what to make of it.  that we had a moment.  we had a week of bliss, of togetherness, of .... of a pretend relationship, but the vacation is over and she’s back to real life and my .... i don’t know ... i need to figure out what my real life is too.  i need to have a real life.  i see it.  truly.  sort of.

i plan to see her tonight.  granted not outside of her work, since she has homework and is therefore too busy to see me.  but i’ll see her at work, and i’ve asked to borrow her car, for the main purpose of giving it a good washing and cleaning.  just.  more acts of service.  and then i’ll toss her her keys back and have a few beers while she works, just to catch occasional glimpses of her out of the corner of my eye, and likely no one will believe that almost exactly one week prior, she was on my sofa, and for seven hours i was the only person she saw and spoke to, and i had her full attention.  just me.  and it was amazing.

but yhea.  now i only get that texts at her work.  she is a little standoffish, a little withdrawn.  fewer terms of endearment.  i don’t know if it’s an intentional thing or if she’s just .... more aware that she lives with and is employed by her boyfriend, who is a constant presence in her life now, more than ever.  i don’t know what to do.  i need to fall in love with someone else, someone who ideally will also fall in love with me.  i need reciprocal love.  i need to realize that i’m not going to be getting it from her.  i need to think there exists something outside of her.  

[theprxdigalson-blog]

day six | ooc week

because i SUCK and this week got really crazy ( sorry double whammy of projects being briefed in ) i’ve done the other days for OOC WEEK but posted them privately —  day two // day three // day four // day five // day six is under the cut

Your first RP: my first rp was on the FORUM hex - my first tumblr rp i actually don’t remember the name of but i had this really shitty OC and it was a harry potter (current gen) rpg. back in the day when iain somerholder or whatever his name is was still very much abound. i think i played opposite someone with jensen ackles as their fc... yeah

Other RPs you were in: i’ve been in way way too many but to name a couple my favourites have been, this one (obviously), a pirate 16th century rpg called marooned and then a cyberpunk rpg pk (i might be biased because it was mine...)

Your first character: NORA GREY

Your favourite character that you’ve ever RP’d as: i actually love darcy moldridge a hell of a lot but my all time favourite is a character called vincent — i started writing him in the pirate rpg, he was this physician coerced into a navy man, then was taken hostage by pirates, then marooned on an island and turned almost immortal. he was super rough™ looking and just generally looked kinda scary but was the biggest softie. he’s had many many iterations since (me and my writing wife do various drabbles with vincent and her character from the same orig. in diff scenarios). sO YEAH.

Your favourite FC to use: nikolaj coster-waldau ( aka. vincent )

FCs you have used: OKAY i’m only going to list RECENTLY used ones;; nikolaj, diego (moldridge), reece king, dudley o’shaugnessy (o’yes i’ve used both fancasts 4 ronan), benjamin jarvis - ash stymest - anton lisin (this was all for the same character rip he went through stages), natalia darling dyer, DANAI GURIRA (oh my love), eddie redmayne

FCs that have been absolutely ruined for you (no offense intended to anyone playing them right now though): neelam gill ( ok i’m sorry but i went to school with her and it creEPS me out that people use her as an fc ALOT ) also JCB because i saw him @ bend it like beckham ( but i just wouldn’t play him myself now )

Your dream RP/an RP you’d like to join or make: ...anything history related

Do you prefer to admin or be a player? i like doing both but player is just fun

What personality type do you think you play best? i personally find the really ridiculously fun characters to play the easiest ( idk if i’m necessarily the best at them ) so characters like NICOLAI SHAW

A character (or character type) you’d like to play in the future: i have alot of really nice characters atm so i’d really love to play someone that’s a DICK next - i generally usually lean towards characters that’re either super messy and chaotic or are ASSHOLES ( i do have a tendency to play the most hated chara ingame tbh )

Do you think your writing has improved through roleplaying? definitely definitely

Gif chats or paras? paras

Open starters or planned threads? planned

A memorable roleplay moment: when moldridge got smacked in the face and plummeted to the earth - memorable because he DESERVED it

Have you made any friendships through roleplaying? yes syes YES

Why did you start roleplaying, and why do you continue to roleplay? i started roleplaying because i loved writing - and that’s exactly why i still do it now. plus it’s good way to consistently improve your writing // make friends // have some fuun