“Our senses restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed, they existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed.” - Maya Angelou, ‘Where Great Trees Fall’
through my fingers (1482 words) by cseloid
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mai/Zuko (Avatar), Iroh II & Zuko (Avatar)
Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Iroh II (Avatar)
Additional Tags: Firelord Zuko (Avatar), Fire Nation Royal Family, Grandparents & Grandchildren, Bad Grandparent Azulon (Avatar), bad parents leave a lot of baggage. who knew bad grandparents did the same!, Hurt No Comfort, Emotional Hurt, Maiko Week (Avatar), Maiko Week 2024 (Avatar)
Series: Part 6 of Maiko Week 2024
Summary:
Zuko bristles, initially, at Iroh’s tone — before taking a deep, steadying breath. This is the world he and his friends had fought for: one where children could freely be children. One where a child could express outrage to his grandparents, even over something as trivial and petty as a snack, without fear of retribution or worse.
Zuko's made a lot of unfortunate realizations about his childhood over the years — he never expected that would continue after becoming a grandfather.
Ghost's Romance May, Day 7
Prompt- Picnic
@ghostsfanficevents
[ID: A digital drawing of Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle from Honkai Star Rail. March is closest to the viewer, she is wearing her normal clothing as she looks at the other two, her mouth open indicating she's saying something. Stelle is in the middle, he legs are pulls up into a crouch with her hands resting on Dan Heng's shoulders. She smiles at March. Dan Heng is the furthest away, he is partially leaning against Stelle, he's looking at March. /end ID]
"If a pig catches both a human influenza A virus and an avian influenza A virus at the same time, it can spark a process known as viral reassortment — a genetic exchange in which flu viruses swap gene segments."
"Those swaps can introduce dramatic changes, producing a new virus with certain properties of a non-human strain coupled with the capacity to infect and spread between people."
"The death rate in humans may be upwards of 50 per cent, World Health Organization data suggests, though it's possible that milder infections are getting missed, skewing the case fatality ratio. Still, in a population that's never been exposed, the global impacts could be dire."
"More human cases could also be happening under the radar among farm workers who've moved to the U.S. from abroad, don't speak English as their first language, and may be hesitant to seek medical help, he added."
"So I think there's probably underreporting on both sides," Armstrong said."
"If [H5N1] gets into a population where there's constantly animals going in and out … it might not ever leave."
I've been watching this develop for the past several days, and apart from being terrified most people will not take this seriously (I've seen a handful of people already shout conspiracy on social media and it's alarming to see, as always). What I wanted to point out is that pandemics are going to continue to be our 'normal.' I watched a great video on YouTube a while ago (I believe it was by Vice?) that touched base on how this is going to become our new reality because of multiple factors (such as our proximity to animals, and environments/etc). It was when Covid hit and they did a piece debunking some of the misinformation floating on the internet. If I can find it I will post it here because it was informative and relevant to pretty much any world crisis we will see around any virus that spreads among a human population.
This post isn't trying to fear monger anyone, I just hope more people are aware of what is happening because this is important to talk about. There are already cases (of cows getting this bird flu) in the US, and I won't be surprised if there will be instances in more countries around the world. As usual, keep washing your hands/keeping good hygiene practices, masking up (and if you aren't I hope you consider it), and taking precautions if you do happen to visit/work or go near a pig or poultry farm too:
I'll keep track of this here of course, but please stay informed folks. And also FU to any governments who will try to minimize this or try to diminish the severity until it's too late and community spread happens like Covid because their actions are influenced by capitalistic interests.
Update (April 7th, 2024, 9:32pm EST): to anyone wondering where some of the source information originates from -here is a link to the CDC. They are tracking documented avian virus outbreaks in the US and the public can access it here:
Coming back for these "On This Day" posts, this one is for my pal's favorite cars for the entire GT franchise. It does brings the street to leave its mark real good. 🏎🏁
Also, thankfully at least one of his models were still intact and less "termite-bited" years later. Though never gotten some missing parts to be completed, but nice to see in display either way. 👍
im gonna make little entries! today is May 7th, I'm laying on the bed at camilles and thinking about lots and lots of stuff. im reflecting a lot on what happened and things I need to work on and change. I need to learn to regulate and keep others out of harms way when I'm triggered. I left a voice message in my phone called "to amy" so it's there if you want it!
they don't hate me, and I'm not a bad person, I'm not a bad girl. but I did do a bad thing and I need to work on myself and get some help. camille said it's going to be a long process and that he'll help me take baby steps. I'm so grateful I have him in my life, I need him to survive in this world I think.
I really hope Amy is okay, it must have been super scary for her. I really want to make up and be able to make her feel safe around me again. I need to respect whatever she wishes and needs though and I still will love her regardless.
I'm immersing myself back in my computer world a bit again, it's nice to just forget the real world for a little bit, and forget I'm me.
I don't want to die, I want to live and become a better me. my brain isn't being very nice to myself.
I need to remember that the camping trip was really fun and amazing and I loved bonding with my friends through it. I should spend time with Erik and try to talk to Steven more.. maybe we could get our music project started!
I want to hold on and try to stay as grounded as possible and start brainstorming new tools or ideas to keep myself and everyone else safe moving forward.
I don't want to be a manipulative, abusive daughter...
I want to open my bare heart and safely let the people I love in.