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feedback and fic in fandom (3 f's of our own)

This conversation about feedback on fic says everything I’ve been wanting to say better than I could say it. But I’ll go ahead and try anyway.

Over the last five years or so there have been some great discussions around the rise of commodification of fanworks and decline of fandom community. This commodification looks a bit like enshittification of the internet: a cool site exists; its popularity makes someone realize they can get money from it; it has more and more ads; the site adds features to drive engagement, including The Algorithm; the things that made the site cool start to fall away. The site exists now as a vehicle purely to get clicks, and the people on it are on it solely to get clicks—to make money, to be successful, for some kind of social cachet.

AO3 doesn’t have advertisements. It’s not making money. But what is happening to fandom is proof of concept that enshittification changes the way we as humans engage. A cool website in 2004 was often a community space where you could meet people, have conversations, find cool things, and make cool things. A cool website in 2024 is either a content farm that will continually feed you enough content to hold your attention, or a social media site where your participation will come with stats to show you whether you are holding the attention of others.

AO3 wasn’t built to be a community space. It doesn’t have great functions for meeting people and having conversations. The idea was that, because fandom community spaces already existed, AO3 would serve the part of that community where you can find the cool things and store the cool things you made. It was meant to be a library in a city, not the whole city itself.

But it was also never meant to be a website in 2024, a content farm constantly generating content solely for your clicks and eyeballs and ad revenue, or a social media site where the content creators themselves vie for your clicks and eyeballs.

The most common talking point when people discuss the enshittification of fandom is the folks out there who are treating AO3 as that first kind of enshittified website: the content farm. This discussion is about how people treat fanfic as a product for consumption.

The post that kicked off the discussion on @sitp-recs’s blog was about someone who wasn’t getting very many kudos or comments on their fic, and was feeling pretty demoralized about it, then joined a discord server and found an entire channel dedicated to people loving their fic. But those on that server had never come to share that love with the author, which the author found really discouraging.

There are more and more stories like this. Someone on tiktok pulls a quote from a fic on AO3 and makes a 10-second video with them staring at a wall, the quote pasted at the bottom, music playing over it. It has 100,000 hearts, and 100 comments with people gushing over the fic, which has 80 kudos on AO3. Overall, people notice more and more hits on their fics, but fewer and fewer comments or even kudos. Fewer and fewer people seem to feel the need to interact with the author, instead treating the fic like a product to be used and discarded—which the enshittified internet (a stunning feature of late-stage capitalism!) encourages. The fandom community is dying, these stories conclude.

I agree. 100%. Both of the stories above have happened to me—viral tiktoks about my fic, secret discord channels to follow and discuss my fic—and let me tell you, it fucking sucks.

But from these observations about fandom enshittification, the discussion continues in a very odd direction. The solution to the death of fandom community is our favorite enshittification buzzword: engagement. We should engage the authors. They’re producing these products for free. We consume them at no cost. We must demonstrate our gratitude by paying them back.

It’s as though the capitalist consumption that the enshittified web encourages is so ingrained within us that we must think in terms of payment, in terms of exchange, transaction. Or as though, by forgoing payment, authors are some kind of martyrs defying capitalism, and the only way to honor their great sacrifice is comments and kudos.

Indeed, the discourse around this sometimes does veer away from capitalist rhetoric into something that smells almost religious in desperation. Authors are gods who bestow us mere mortals with the fruits of their labor benevolently, through love; the least we can do is worship them. Meanwhile the authors adopt the groveling sentiment of starving artists: I produce great art; I only humbly ask that you feed me in return.

These kinds of entreaties make my skin crawl for a number of reasons. I’m not a god. I’m not writing because I love you. I don’t expect your worship or even your praise.

I think the thing that disturbs me the most about it is that it suggests that authors (or, if the OP is feeling generous fan work creators) are the most important people in fandom. I’ve even seen posts stating that without creators, fandom wouldn’t exist—as though readers aren’t just as important. As though conversations where people discuss characterizations and plot points and randomly spin out interpretations and ideas and thoughts related to canon are meaningless. I’ve even seen people scramble to include folks having these discussions as “creators,” as though realizing that these people are necessary and integral to fandom communities but unable to drop the idea that the producers are the ones who are important. As though that person who just lurks can never count.

Is this what community is? When you join the queer community, are you expected to produce a product of your queerness? If not, must you actively participate and give back to the queer community in order to be considered a part of it? Or is it enough that you are queer, that you exist as a queer person and want to be around others who are queer, you want to be a part of something? What is community, anyway?

The problem with people raising the authors above everyone else in the community and demanding that tribute be paid is that they are decrying the “content farm” style of 2024 website out of one side of their mouth, but out of the other side are instead demanding that AO3 become a 2024-style social media website. Authors are influencers. “Engagement” and clicks are the things that really matter. They are in fact suggesting that the way to solve the commodification of fanfic is by “paying authors back” with stats.

Before anyone comes at me with the idea that comments aren’t just “stats,” I will clarify what I mean. There are literally hundreds of posts on tumblr alone claiming that any comment “helps” the author. Someone replies that they are shy to comment. Someone else replies that incoherent keyboard smashes, a single emoji, or the comment “kudos” are all that is required to satisfy the author, all that is required as tribute—all that is required as payment to keep this economy healthy.

I’m not condemning the comments that are keyboard smashes or emojis or a single kind word. I receive them. They make me happy. If anyone wants to leave such a comment on my fics, I’m really grateful for it. But this is not community-building. This is a transaction. In @yiiiiiiiikes25’s excellent response in the post linked at the beginning, they point out that “you have a cool hat” is something that is “perfectly nice” to hear from someone—and it is! We all want to be told we have a cool hat! But as they go on to say, what builds community is interactions that are deep and specific, interactions that are rich in quality, not in quantity. A kudos or a comment that says only ❤️are lovely things to receive, but they don’t build community.

My reaction, when I see people begging for kudos and comments as the only means by which to keep fandom community alive, is very close to @eleadore's. I want to say, “No. Readers do not need to comment or kudos. Believe not these hucksters who claim to know the appropriate method of fandom participation. Participate as you feel able, or not at all; nothing is required of you.”

I’ve been told before (several times) that I’m not qualified to participate in such discussions because I am an established author who has some fics with very high stats. It doesn’t matter that I have also been a new writer with almost no one reading my fics. It doesn’t matter that I still write in new fandoms where no one in that fandom knows me. It doesn’t matter that I, like any human being, still care about receiving recognition and attention and praise.

And maybe that’s correct. I personally don’t think that billionaires have a place in deciding the direction of the economy, and--if we're really going to consider fandom an economy--in fandom terms, if I’m not a billionaire, or even a millionaire, I’m definitely in the infamous “one percent.” So, just as no one wants to hear Elon Musk say “money isn’t everything,” maybe it’s not my place to say “kudos isn’t required, actually.”

That said, I’m not the only one who has a problem with the stats-based discourse around fandom community. However, the main counter-response to this discussion I see goes something like this: you shouldn’t be writing fic for validation. If you’re writing for attention, you’re doing it for the wrong reason. Authors should write fic because they love it without any expectation of return.

This is, in my opinion, missing the point of what is meant by fandom community.

I wrote fanfic before I knew that fanfic, as a concept, existed. I read books; I wanted them to be different; I wrote little stories for myself with new endings, with self-inserts, with cross-overs, with alternate universes. I did it for myself in the 90s. It never occurred to me that anyone else would do this, much less that people would share.

As @faiell points out—creating and sharing are two different things. I created fics for myself, but I decided to share them in the early 2000s because other people might like them, too. And of course, I wanted to hear whether other people liked them. How could I not? I might decorate my home just for me and not for anyone else’s preferences, but when people come over and say my house is nice, how can I not enjoy that? And if a lot of people think my house is nice, which encourages me to post pictures of it online, isn’t it understandable I might do so with the hope that more people will say my house is nice? And, honestly, if no one is appreciating my pictures, I probably won’t continue to go through the trouble of taking them and posting them. I’ll just enjoy my house that I decorated without sharing, the end.

When I found out there were whole fannish communities where people discussed canon and tossed ideas around about it, made theories and prompts and insights into the characters, fics they had written and recs for other fics and analyses of fics and art based on fics and fics based on art—I wanted to be a part of that, too. Now, sometimes, I write fic not out of an internal need to do so but out of a desire to participate in that community.

The idea that we write fic only for the love of it, then post it only because we possess it, is a process entirely centered on the self. It’s fandom in a vacuum. The idea that we share this thing, that we feel pleasure if someone likes it but feel nothing at all if no one says anything about it, that it’s completely okay to be ignored and unseen—that’s not what a community is either. That’s some weird sort of self-aggrandizement through self-effacement—because yes, there is often a weird kind of virtue-signaling in this kind of discourse.

I say this as someone who has virtue-signaled in that way: “some people write for stats, but I write for myself.” It’s bullshit. Sure, I write for myself, but why post it on the internet? Honestly, said virtue has a whiff of the capitalist machine, which would like you to produce for the sake of production, work for the sake of work. The noblest among us expect no recompense for that which they give!

The reason that I’m bringing this back around to capitalism is that capitalism actively works to dismantle community. The reason that folks are out here pleading for “engagement” in order to “pay back” authors for the products they give us “for free” is because people no longer even have the language to discuss how to participate in meaningful community. And frankly, how to build back fandom community, in the face of enshittification, is getting harder and harder to see.

But I do think that if we value fanfic and the fanfic community, it’s really, really not constructive to judge whether someone’s reasons for writing fanfic are valid. It’s also weird to me that it would be considered wrong that someone’s reason for sharing fanfic is because they would like to receive some recognition for it, when in fact that seems to be the most natural reason in the world for sharing something so private and vulnerable with the world.

Let’s go back to that idea of how hurtful it is to find out your fanfic is trending on tiktok without anyone from tiktok saying anything to you about your fic, or how it can be painful to find out there’s a secret discord channel dedicated to your fic. The people who respond to that with, “Ah, but you shouldn’t be writing to get attention!” are missing the point. The fic did get attention. It got lots. Attention obviously wasn't why the writer was writing--they were writing to participate, and they didn't get to. At all.

However, if your conclusion is that the author was upset because these particular stats were not accruing under this author’s profile, thereby preventing them from achieving the vaunted status of BNF and influencer—I don’t know, maybe you’re right. But I don’t think that’s why I, personally, have been hurt by these things, and I doubt it’s what hurt the people in these posts either. They’re hurt because they want to participate, and they have been systematically excluded by the very people they thought were part of the community they thought they could participate in.

Sure, if those folks from tiktok and the discord server all came and showered the author with kudos and comments that said “kudos,” the author might have felt satisfied enough with the quantity of this recognition that they would continue writing. But in the end, this still does nothing to address the problem of fandom community, in which the deep, meaningful recognition, interactions, and relationships in fandom are getting harder and harder to have and to build, as a result of how people now expect to engage in online spaces.

So, how to address the problem of fandom community? You probably read this long, long post hoping that I had an answer, and for that I must apologize. I don’t have solutions. My intent was to be descriptive, rather than prescriptive. I wished to outline the problems that I’m seeing in what was hopefully a slightly new or at least thought-provoking way, rather than offer solutions.

But, now that I’m talking about being prescriptive, maybe I can offer one suggestion, which is—maybe the solution to this isn’t about prescribing behavior. I do understand the irony in writing a prescription saying we shouldn’t prescribe people, but I’m going to write it anyway:

Maybe we shouldn’t be telling anyone the appropriate reasons for writing fanfic or for sharing it. Maybe we shouldn’t be telling readers they need to kudos or need to comment. If we’re going to go pointing fingers, we should be pointing at the institutions of capitalism that have made the internet what it is today—but I don’t think that’s going to solve the problem either.

But I do think that describing this problem, understanding what it actually is, not blaming readers for it and not blaming authors for it—I do think that helps. The discussion I linked at the beginning of this post is what I think of as the fandom I miss, the fandom that's now harder and harder to access, the fandom that is dying. That fandom was a social space where people had opinions and disagreed and went back and forth and gazed at their navels and then talked about Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In the words of @yiiiiiiiikes25, it was a fuckin’ discussion about hats. And we’re hungry for it.

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ASTEROID JUNO (3) ❣︎

⌯⌲ The signs, houses, aspects, and degrees !

How do you find Juno in your chart? ♡ ➺ You can find Juno through multiple astrology websites and apps but my preferred source is a website called astro seek. Just search for the asteroid calculator section on the website and select Juno in the calculator then view your chart.

What is Juno? ♡ ➺ Juno is an asteroid in astrology that represents marriage and commitment. It can give insight on what your marriage will be like as well as your spouses traits. Juno is also linked to mythology. This asteroid is often used by astrologers in future spouse readings!

𝜗𝜚 THE SIGNS

ARIES JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who loves very passionately and craves a passionate romance in order to stay really committed to someone. Your spouse will be someone who’s on the more masculine side, athletic, hard working, physically attractive, and just a very passionate person in general. Your spouse could also be wealthy.

TAURUS JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who loves a sensual romance and craves a partner that helps you feel calm in tough situations and that values you a lot in order to stay really committed to someone. Your spouse will be someone who’s comforting, patient, romantic, attractive, and reliable. Your spouse could also be wealthy.

GEMINI JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that stimulate your mind and make you laugh a lot. You need someone who’s constantly bringing something new to the table in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s intellectual, charming, funny, and a good communicator.

CANCER JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that have lots of care for you and are sensitive toward your feelings. You need someone who’s very in tune with their feminine side and that’s emotionally intelligent in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone that’s comforting, caring, sensitive, and feminine. Your spouse is also probably really family oriented.

LEO JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who’s drawn to people that are proud of who they are and that shine when they walk into a room. You need someone who you can have a lot of fun with in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s confident, joyful, creative, and playful. Your spouse could also be famous or just really popular in their area.

VIRGO JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that make you laugh and that are humble. You need someone who constantly is helping you improve as a person in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s very giving/helpful, intellectual, reliable, and analytical.

LIBRA JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that are charismatic, physically attractive, and romantic. You need someone who brings peace to your life and is good at expressing their love to you in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s really charming, romantic, a peacemaker, feminine, and pretty.

SCORPIO JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that have a magnetic and powerful energy. You need someone who’s very passionate and helps you transform into a better person in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone that’s confident, mysterious, dominant, masculine, and loyal.

SAGITTARIUS JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that bring adventure and excitement into your life. You need someone who’s really optimistic and open minded in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s intelligent, adventurous, spiritual (or religious, or both), humorous, free-spirited, and successful. Often these people marry outside of their own race.

CAPRICORN JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that are hard working and goal oriented. You need to be with someone who’s intelligent and is stable on their own without relying on you for anything in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone that’s successful, hard working, down to earth, and that likes to wear the pants in the relationship.

AQUARIUS JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that are out of the ordinary and unlike others that you’ve met. You need someone who teaches you things and makes you feel free in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s really unique, free-spirited, independent, creative, and a humanitarian.

PISCES JUNO ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that you feel a strong spirtual connection with. You need someone who isn’t afraid to be vulnerable with you in order to stay fully committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s kind, compassionate, artistic, creative, spiritual, and emotionally intelligent. Your spouse could also be very attractive physically.

𝜗𝜚 THE HOUSES

JUNO IN THE 1ST HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that take the lead. You need someone who’s masculine and dominant in order to stay fully committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s physically attractive, hard working, passionate, and ambitious.

JUNO IN THE 2ND HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that are stable in life and that help you improve your self worth. You need someone who is stable in all aspects of life in order to stay really committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s laid back, reliable, giving, down to earth, and attractive. They definitely won’t be afraid to spend money on you.

JUNO IN THE 3RD HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that are playful and that you can have intellectual conversations with. You need someone who is a really interesting and intelligent person to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s funny, charming, sociable, interesting, and that has a fun childlike spirit.

JUNO IN THE 4TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that feel like home and can bring you lots of comfort in life. You need someone who is very protective of you and caring in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s emotionally intelligent, comforting, caring, feminine, and family oriented.

JUNO IN THE 5TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that are fun to be around and have a radiant energy. You need someone who’s entertaining and brings you lots of joy in life in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s romantic, fun, creative, talented, playful, and loyal.

JUNO IN THE 6TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that are responsible and put together. You need someone who isn’t toxic and that’s very openly dedicated to you in order for you to reciprocate commitment. Your spouse will be someone that’s healthy, active, hygienic, analytical, reliable, and that’s constantly trying to better themselves.

JUNO IN THE 7TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that have a charm that stands out and that radiate beauty. You need someone who’s romantic and good at working through conflict in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s really attractive physically, charismatic, romantic, and marriage material. This indicates a harmonious marriage.

JUNO IN THE 8TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that aren’t an open book and are really mysterious. You need someone who isn’t often intimate with others but is willing to be intimate with you and form a close bond with you in order to be committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s seductive, magnetic, powerful, spiritual, loyal, and that transforms you in a positive way. This also indicates marrying someone wealthy.

JUNO IN THE 9TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that have a persona that’s foreign to you. You crave someone who’s adventurous and unique. You need to be with someone that permits you freedom and that teaches you a lot in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone that’s very wise, spiritual (or religious, or both), optimistic, free-spirited, and humorous. Often these people marry outside their own race.

JUNO IN THE 10TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that are successful and hard working. You need someone who teaches you a lot and helps you mature in a lot of ways in order to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s mature, responsible, hard working, and that wears the pants in the relationship. Your spouse could also be famous or just very well known in their area.

JUNO IN THE 11TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls for people that are unique. You need someone who’s a bit odd and unlike most people you’ve to stay committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s creative, tech-savvy, friendly, intellectual, and unusual. Your spouse could also be famous online or have a fanbase of some kind.

JUNO IN THE 12TH HOUSE ➳❥ You are someone who falls in love with people that are hard to figure out. You need someone who’s selfless and willing to sacrifice for you a lot in order to be committed. Your spouse will be someone who’s kind, spiritually connected, creative, mysterious, and emotionally intelligent.

𝜗𝜚 THE ASPECTS

JUNO ASPECTING THE SUN ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate having a happy and blissful marriage. With hard aspects this can indicate you struggle to commit to people because you like having fun and being independent and don’t want to lose your independence.

JUNO ASPECTING THE MOON ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate having a family with your spouse and having a lot of love and care for each other. With hard aspects this can indicate you may struggle to commit to anyone because you’re afraid to open up emotionally.

JUNO ASPECTING THE ASCENDANT ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate your spouse will be a lot similar to you and have a similar outlook on life to you. With hard aspects this can indicate there being conflicts in your marriage due to differing outlooks on life.

JUNO ASPECTING MERCURY ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate you and your spouse will have healthy communication in your marriage and laugh a lot together. With hard aspects this can indicate easily getting bored and struggling to commit.

JUNO ASPECTING VENUS ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate a healthy marriage that’s full of romance and marrying your soulmate. With hard aspects this can indicate that you may struggle to be romantic or express love at times.

JUNO ASPECTING MARS ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate a passionate romance in your marriage and having a really good sex life together. With hard aspects this could indicate too much lust in your marriage or being too lustful to commit to anyone.

JUNO ASPECTING JUPITER ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate an abundant marriage. With hard aspects this can indicate struggling to commit because you love your freedom and are too much of a free spirit.

JUNO ASPECTING SATURN ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate a long term marriage that’s stable. With hard aspects this can indicate having a very challenging and karmic love life or marriage. You could struggle to commit out of fear of being hurt as well.

JUNO ASPECTING URANUS ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate marrying your best friend. With hard aspects this can indicate you love your independence and struggle to commit at all. If this manifests in its most challenging way then it can indicate multiple divorces.

JUNO ASPECTING NEPTUNE ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate having a deep spiritual connection with the person you marry and marrying your soulmate. With hard aspects this can indicate there being lots of lies and secrets in your marriage.

JUNO ASPECTING PLUTO ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate mutual deep infatuation, intense intimacy with your spouse, and loyalty in your marriage. With hard aspects this can indicate secrets being kept from one another or toxicity in your marriage. This could also indicate multiple marriages.

JUNO ASPECTING THE MIDHEAVEN ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate meeting your spouse at work or being a famous/well known couple. With hard aspects this can indicate you and your marriage partner having challenges involving the public or your careers related to the marriage itself.

JUNO ASPECTING THE NORTH NODE ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate you were meant to get married in this lifetime and have a long term marriage. With hard aspects this could indicate karmic life lessons surrounding marriage that are challenging.

JUNO ASPECTING THE VERTEX ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate it was fate for you to have a happy marriage. With hard aspects this can indicate it was fate for you to learn how to commit to someone long term.

JUNO ASPECTING CHIRON ➳❥ With harmonious aspects this can indicate you and your spouse healing past life karma with each other and healing each other in a lot of ways in general. With hard aspects this can indicate struggling with marriage due to your wounds.

𝜗𝜚 THE DEGREES

JUNO AT 0 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone that has a huge impact on your life. Marriage (or just commitment in general) will be very important themes in your life.

JUNO AT 1 DEGREE ➳❥ Your spouse will approach you first when meeting and be someone who’s very masculine, dominant, and assertive. Your marriage will be full of intense passion and the sex will be amazing.

JUNO AT 2 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very soft natured and feminine. Your spouse could be on the wealthier side. Your spouse will bring lots of stability to your life and help you stay calm in hard situations.

JUNO AT 3 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very charming and has a way with words. Your marriage will be full of fun and your spouse will constantly make you laugh and bring joy to your life. Your spouse could bring out your inner child a lot too.

JUNO AT 4 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone very caring and nurturing. They’ll be extremely protective of you and loyal to you as well. They could be on the more sensitive side.

JUNO AT 5 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very talented and joyful. They’re most likely really attractive. This also indicates having a really good sex life with your spouse and possibly having a lot of children.

JUNO AT 6 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s always putting you before anyone else. They’re very giving and caring. This also indicates a healthy marriage.

JUNO AT 7 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s really charming and intelligent. They’re likely someone who keeps to themselves a lot and avoids conflict.

JUNO AT 8 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s a very powerful and magnetic person. They’re likely very wealthy or financially stable too.

JUNO AT 9 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very spiritual. Sometimes this degree can indicate having multiple marriages depending on the other aspects and the sign/house your Juno is in.

JUNO AT 10 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very strong, assertive, hard working, and ambitious. This specific degree can indicate possibly having a lot of negative karma from a past life surrounding marriage that needs to be healed in this life.

JUNO AT 11 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very charismatic and intellectual. This specific degree indicates having a really healthy marriage and being able to pick up on each other’s emotions easily.

JUNO AT 12 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s good at communicating their love to you. They will be very spiritually connected and kind.

JUNO AT 13 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s really hard working, reliable, and dedicated to you. This specific degree can indicate going through a divorce.

JUNO AT 14 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very attractive/pretty and sexual. This specific degree indicates you may abandon people out of fear that they’ll abandon you and struggle to commit.

JUNO AT 15 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very good looking and that ages well. This specific degree indicates getting attached to people easily.

JUNO AT 16 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very caring and nurturing. They could be a homebody or loner. This specific degree indicates marrying someone who’s both beautiful and intelligent.

JUNO AT 17 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone that naturally attracts lots of attention from others and is playful. This specific degree can indicate sometimes just being happier alone though depending on the aspects and house/sign your Juno is in.

JUNO AT 18 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone that’s wealthy and spoils you a lot. This specific degree indicates having a very powerful marriage.

JUNO AT 19 DEGREES ➳❥ You’re someone who’s very romantic and loves intensely. When lovers hurt you you’re vengeful at times. This specific degree can indicate possibly having a lot of negative karma from a past life surrounding marriage that needs to be healed in this life.

JUNO AT 20 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s really loyal and infatuated by you. This specific degree can indicate a healthy marriage.

JUNO AT 21 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s creative, adventurous, and funny. Depending on the other aspects of your Juno placement this can sometimes indicate marrying someone immature or being too immature to commit to someone long term.

JUNO AT 22 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very wise, hard working, and good at giving advice. This specific degree indicates they will be someone that builds you up a lot in life.

JUNO AT 23 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s extremely charming, unique, free-spirited, attractive, and sociable. This person will get along with everyone really well. This specific degree can sometimes indicate multiple marriages though.

JUNO AT 24 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very emotionally intelligent and sensitive. This specific degree can indicate you and your spouse being very loyal and committed in your marriage.

JUNO AT 25 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s very physically attractive, fit, healthy, ambitious, and intelligent. This specific degree can indicate that your spouse struggles a lot with their mental health though.

JUNO AT 26 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s a great parent, very family oriented, stable, loyal, and reliable. This specific degree indicates having a big family with your spouse. Your spouse could also be wealthy.

JUNO AT 27 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s extremely intelligent, funny, and spiritual. This specific degree can indicate divorce though.

JUNO AT 28 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone who’s extremely powerful. They’ll be very protective and possibly possessive of you. This is a big indication of marrying someone who’s wealthy.

JUNO AT 29 DEGREES ➳❥ Your spouse will be someone that’s very romantic and artistic. This specific degree indicates marrying someone famous and also having a lot of karmic lessons surrounding commitment and marriage.

#geniusvenus asteroids #geniusvenusxxx #astrology

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ivanovharris · 1 month ago

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How to a get free info, pics, and documents from ur fave case

aka submit an FOIA request

*only works for incidents that occurred in the US*

find out which county the incident took place (ex: Jefferson County for Columbine hs)

go to the county's sheriff/police website (ex: https://www.jeffco.us/4873/Sheriff for Columbine hs)

find where it says "records request" or something similar

4. The Request Description (the most important part) - this is where you have to be very specific. You must include

Case number or Incident Report number

Full Name - First and Last name of the perpetrator on the record

Date of birth of the perpetrator

Date of Incident

Location of Incident

Type of record requested

5. submit!

Types of records you can request:

crime scene photos (make sure to ask for them in JPG or PNG)

mugshot photos (i have the newest mugshot for allen ivanov hehe)

arrest/holding cell photos (so like that tit pic of nik cruz)

body cam footage

cellphone texts and calls (only calls to 911 are recorded. calls between friends and family are not, so you'll only see the date and duration of those calls)

interrogation footage w/ transcript

social media photos (so photos from their instagram or even tumblr data)

copy of manifesto (written or typed)

home photos (most incidents require investigating the home AND bedroom of the perpetrator)

security camera footage (ex: footage of them at the gun store)

Tips:

if you're requesting multiple types of records, its best to make separate requests for each type

Make sure to request your photos in JPG or PNG and videos in .MP4 or .MOV (.vlc is okay, just download VLC media player)

Record requests are typically free but some may cost like ~50 cents per document, depends on the county. Videos cost more than scans and images.

By law you must use your real name for submission. In cases where you have to pay, your name should match the cardholder's name (there are exceptions tho).

When will they respond? By law, the county must tell you within 20 days if they accept or deny this request.

If you live outside the US, you can can still legally submit a request, as long as the incident occurred on US territory

If the case is still new, your records will take longer because the county needs approval first before they can release documents. The same goes for cases including perps who are young minors (like 14 and younger).

FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) is a law that requires full or partial release of government documents upon request.

if you need help making a request, my inbox is open!! i'd be happy to help. I've made many successful requests before.

#tcc tumblr #tee cee cee #tcctard #tccblr #tcc fandom #tcc columbine #school sh00ting #school shooters #true cringe community #eric columbine #dylan columbine #eric 1999 #dylan 1999

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gallusrostromegalus · 2 months ago

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any gardening advice for dealing with a million pill bugs consuming the plant life in a supremely wet climate? (there are so many they are killing my strawberries and rhubarb everything says wait for it to dry out but it is dry for like 2 months here max (pacific northwest) any and all wisdom will be accepted please god)

I regret to inform you that the real solution is multi-year terraforming, but this is also our duty as residents of planet earth.

The GOOD news is that in the interem, you can surround your strawberries with Diatomaceous Earth to protect what's left of them (make sure to dig around the stems to get any lurking there), and that when you break it out over the course of a couple of years, the terraforming is very manageable in both physical effort and financial impact.

The reason you have an ungodly number of ravenous rolly-pollies is because you have an even more ungodly number of rolly-pollies than you are imagining that have fuck-all to eat and fuck-all eating them. I do not know the exact circumstances of your yard, but odds are your property has no isopod food or real predators because it's either been terraformed into suburban sterility OR terraformed to sterility and then neglected, which is not the same thing as rewilding.

I can't speak to the PNW specifically, but I highly recommend reaching out to your county extension (look up "(your county name) extension phone numer/email") and they'll be able to give you contact information or websites for people who can tell you how to basically re-terraform your yard back into a viable landscape with native plants and minimal upkeep for your area.

Once you've got the local ecosystem going again, the isopods will leave off your strawberries to eat their normal detritus and will also be a lot more cautious about roaming far and wide for food once their predators like Woodlouse spiders, centipedes, frogs and newts and almost all birds are regularly patrolling the garden.

@headspace-hotel definitely knows more about this than I do, but I've had a lot of success with diatomaceous earth as a short-term protector, and every time I've put in more native shrubland/steppe plants in CO, my pest problems in general go way down.

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lilpaigeywbb · 12 days ago

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⟡꒰ my eyes only! ꒱⟡

➜ summary: when paige sees whats in your my eyes only!

➜ warnings: smut + invasion of privacy if you squint + edging lowkey and orgasm denial || not proofread!

➜ pairing: paige x fem reader

➜ authors note: this IS on @slutzforbueckers page!!! i originally wrote it and sent it in to her and she posted it but pls dont attack me for plagiarism i swear i wrote this. also if yall want a part two where reader sees paige’s my eyes only, LMK! anyhoo enjoy!!!!

you and paige were cuddling like normal, greys anatomy playing in the background. her arms were wrapped around your torso, face buried between your breasts (her fav). one of your hands was absentmindedly playing with her hair while the other was holding your phone, going through your snapchat memories. there was a photo of a set of lingerie you had tried on ages ago that you had been meaning to show her but had forgotten up until now. you kept looking and looking but you couldn’t find the photo so you checked your my eyes only section. as you looked, you tried to ignore the other photos in there which turned out successful because you got distracted by both the show and the doorbell ringing with your doordash. with a kiss on the top of her head and a needy whine leaving her lips, you pulled away from your girlfriend, leaving your phone open as you went to grab the food.

paige and yourself always had a transparent relationship, whether it was allowing each other to see dms and texts or telling each other every secret ever, there was always trust. so, as she sometimes did, paige grabbed your phone and decided to take a peek but did not get what she was expecting at all. she thought she’d see a shopping website or pinterest but instead, she was met face to face with a picture of your bare tits, round and perky as always. she shifted, rubbing her thighs together and thought fuck it and continued scrolling. there were pictures of your tits, your pussy, you touching yourself… she was overwhelmed. AND she had never seen them before because you were saving them for a special occasion. you walked back into the room, smiling obliviously, “hey, foods out in the kitc-“

she didn’t let you speak any more than that.

she pounced and her lips were on yours in an instant, pulling you back to bed and murmuring, “you been savin those pictures for me?” you blushed, knowing what she was talking about and nodding shyly as she bit and licked at your neck. “wanted to surprise you…” she groaned, feeling herself dripping through her boxers. her mouth moved lower to your collarbone, pulling off your shirt to get better access to you skin. she kissed down your chest, grateful that you opted not to wear a bra because it meant she could get straight to sucking your tits. her tongue swirled around your nipple in a way that had you whimpering and whining under her which only made her more turned on.

“saved pictures of that pussy for me, huh? bet you wanted me to eat it, didn’t you?” she rasped against your stomach, pulling down your shorts and panties while spreading your slick around your folds. all you could do was moan and whine in response, words escaping you. she wasn’t playing around. she wanted to get right to it and so she did. her mouth was warm and wet, just like you always were. her arms were around your thighs, holding you open while she ravished you like a starved woman. your hands flew to her hair as she sucked on your clit and you moaned helplessly, already feeling the coil grown impossibly tighter. “pai- ima cum!” she chuckled against you, the vibrations making you whine more. she looked up at you, working her tongue against your clit as she slid two fingers in. “not until i say you can. you can be good, right?” she purred, kissing your thighs and pumping her fingers in and out of you. instinctively, you whined and nodded. she knew you’d agree to anything if it meant you could cum. she lapped at your clit again, feeling how your thighs shook, how your walls clenched around her fingers, and how you stopped moaning and just stuck to whining which was your tell-tale sign that you were gonna cum but she didn’t let you.

it went on like this for a while. you’d whine about how you needed to cum and she would say no so you’d hold it. all of this because of some pictures she had found (smh). it wasn’t until you started sobbing that she let you cum, slowing her fingers down and whispering, “shhhhh, mama… i gotchu. you did so good f’me. i love you.” you whimpered as she pulled her fingers out and moaned as she licked them. she kissed your thigh before getting a wash cloth and cleaning you up, tossing it to the side and pulling you into her arms, hugging you close. “i love you.” she repeated, kissing each inch of your face. “i think you loved those photos.” you murmured softly in response, a small smile on your lips. she laughed and playfully punched your shoulder. “so what if i did, huh?” you smile and roll your eyes. “i think now i should get to see photos of you like that.”

#paige bueckers #dallas wings #wbb #paige bueckers x reader #wlw #paige bueckers smut #paige bueckers x fem #paige bueckers fanfic #wlw smut #wnba smut

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sarowar97 · 2 years ago

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slutzforbueckers · 15 days ago

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honestly u can js copy and paste it onto ur acc if u want i dont rly mind :p

MY EYES ONLY

♡— pairing: paige bueckers x fem!reader

♡— warnings: smut

♡— synopsis: paige goes through your phone and finds your 'my eyes only' on snapchat and loses her mind.

♡— a/n: i did NOT write this!!!! all credit goes to: @igcarol11

❥•°❀°•༢

she didn’t let you speak any more than that.

#m speaks #paige bueckers #paige bueckers x reader #paige bueckers x fem!reader #paige bueckers smut #paige bueckers x fem!reader smut #dallas wings

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velaenam · 2 months ago

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𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲

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𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐛 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 – non!mc. you are a successful aerospace engineer, a girlboss, with terrible luck in romance. let's hope this strangers website brings you out of that rut! 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐬 / 𝐭𝐰 – swearing/foul language, strangers, slow burn, tba notes – not proofread. bear with me as i attempt this cute romance. mc will be unbearable, and the reader may come off egotistical, but you're a bad bitch, so we're gonna highlight that. this was just a bit of world building >< sorry if its a lot of reading-- mention of said stranger site is NOT mentioned on this chapter. 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 - 1 of many ! next chapter

you were a successful woman. in fact, you were so successful you built your own company from the ground up. you were an aerospace engineer. you and your lifelong friends were revered in skyhaven as gods of some sort, due to the great contribution you’d all make with the DAA in such a short time. whom had the connection to partner with the DAA, none of you dared to speak of it.

okay, that was a lie. your dad was once a very– very high ranking official within the DAA board. you definitely had to admit that your connection may have played a pivotal role in you and your team landing the partnership, but not to diminish your fantastic career. you are an extremely smart and cutthroat woman. a neuroscientist's greatest feat may very well be getting their hands on your brain to dissect it. your teams many tests and builds have contributed to the creation of damn near all of the modern fighter pilot planes.

so how did such a prodigy such as yourself land in such a messy blind date?

your eyes scan the man in front of you. his smile, smug, his cologne, cheap.. to you. you can’t deny, he did dress well, but you also couldn’t help but your guttural instinct. he was talking your ear off about bullshit that quite literally did not concern you. next to you was your friend, stacia. her date was just eons better. he didnt reek. he looked comfortable, personable, and he cracked jokes.

you swore to yourself that you’d cuss stacia out when you both reconvened, but for now, you had to hold out for her.

‘babe, this hot guy is asking me out on a date.. but he said its a double date– his fucking cousin wants to meet you! please , you have to help me’

‘i’m going to be busy this weekend.’

‘busy doing what?!’ she rolls her eyes– its insane youd lie to your bestest friend. ‘i have to check some batches at work.’

‘work work work– this is why you’re single! your free day off, and youre working! ’

ouch, but it was true. you don’t revel in the world of love. you were so busy burying yourself in work and making sure shit went perfect that you completely neglected your personal life. sure you had flings, here and there, but that’s it. a couple days, hell, one last for a week– but nothing serious. your parents may have even worried you wouldn’t be giving them grand kids. but that’s okay! that is why you’re one of 4.

as you speak, the man in front of you speaks over you. “you are so gorgeous, woman! i am so lucky you are my date!” you felt your skin crack. if theres one thing you didn’t tolerate, it was disrespect. you weren’t going to be called ‘woman’ when you had a name. call it an ego, but it was a well deserved one.

people worshipped the ground you walked, as they should, and you weren’t going to allow just anyone have your time. you shoot a glare at him, and you shift your hand in front of you, signalling him to quiet. stacia and who ever the hell she was with had went outside so it was you and whomever the hell this guy was. “i have a name.” you start, deadly calm. he blinks, eyes glossed. had too much wine. “im going to call it a night. take care.” you abruptly stand, fishing through your purse and slapping a band on the table. “should cover the tip as well. take care”

your red bottoms click as you walk out of the restaurant. you walk towards stacia who was sucking faces with the man who was her date. upon seeing you she breaks away from him, and scurries towards you, “hey! where are you going?” you shake your head, smiling, “got a busy schedule tomorrow. i paid for dinner. call majors if you need a ride home.” you wave at the both of them as you slip into your vehicle. before you drive off , you contact majors, your family chauffeur to be on standby for stacia just in case.

you make it home to your skyrise abode. the valet takes your keys gracefully and you make your way to the elevator, clicking through your phone, seeing the hot goss of your friend group.

same stuff– pregnancy scare number 10 from talia, a billion comfort msgs from all of you, marinas boy problems, and your message

‘date was a bust. not my type.’ as you exit from the msg your eyes close. you already knew you were about to be barraged by “your expectations are too high!” – “you didnt even give him a chance!” – whatever excuses they had for these men. you chuckled to yourself. at least you didn’t whine constantly that you were single.

there was this one guy who had caught your attention. he was a doctor at the akso hospital in linkon. however, he just wasn’t interested in you. you could just tell. or really, as much as you could tell in passing.

the ones that were interested ended up asking for your number or showed more significant interest in you. he just simply treated you and he went on his way, like a normal uninterested doctor, which was fine by you (not really. you thought he was really fucking hot)

you slid your apartment card on the handle and step inside. you flipped the lights on as you set your key and bag down on the designated spot. slipping off your heels you stretch, back aching form the shitty conversation you had with that random. you pout as you pass the living room to the kitchen. you sometimes wonder if you were being too complicated. somewhat. but you were so important to the city that you couldn’t help but be guarded. your job was important, and you wanted to date someone who could keep up with you. you grab your medicine from the cabinet and a glass of water, knee deep in thought as you start your nighttime ritual.

you sit down at the family table. your father had called you down earlier because he wanted to speak with you regarding an important matter, but everything was an important matter regarding the old man, so you agree, reluctantly . you stare down at the glass table that reflect your own face. it was spotless, just like your mom wants. you scan the porcelain vase in the middle of the table, appreciating the blue and white features it contained. as you dawdle your eyes meet your dads. “hi sweetheart.” his warm greeting echos through the room. “hi dad. i’m not in trouble am i?” you half joke, really hoping you werent. he gave you a soft chuckle before sitting across from you and shaking his head. he put his hands on the table, intertwining his fingers together as he stared down at you. an allowance would be made or a proper scolding was in place

“bug, i’ve had this talk with all of your siblings, and it’s your turn.” he starts, you attempt to scan his facial features on what it may regard, but to no avail. “pardon my language, but your mother and i worked very hard to get where we are. i don’t ask for much, but when the time comes, trust your gut. if you fall in love. fall in love with a person who wont disrespect you. marry a person who won’t use your money or career against you. only you can make the judgement of whom that is. i dont care if you become stuck up ‘cause of this. but i’ll be damned if i let my kids marry… beneath them.” he finishes.

you heeded his words very carefully and you carried that with you throughout high school, throughout college, through now. there were many men who tried you. some scared for their life at the sight of your parents. some tried to rush things with you once they found out about your family status. some simply ghosted you. those were just simple precedents that somehow ruined your thoughts on dating.

not only heeding his words, but you used that as a good foreground for your expectations. does he have to make more money than you? hell no, because you have enough money that you donate monthly. you raked in, big bucks. you just wanted someone who wasn’t vain. not begging for expensive luxuries. you wanted a gentleman. someone who opened the door for you without you asking. someone who kissed your hand when they saw you. someone who loved you and understood you. called you by your damn name. took interest in what you had to say.

bonus points if they liked planes.

thats your favorite thing in the world. planes. aviation. its your job.

your internal clock kicks in, and you yawn. you finish putting your clothes away, and you sit in your bed. you check your phone see the messages. you see a couple of messages popping up and you roll your eyes, preparing for stacia

‘he was boring af. i actually dont blame u this time. but my date was so sweet. i might do a second date.’

‘btw he asked what u did cuz he saw the wad of cash on the table. i told him ur a lawyer fyi.’

‘thanks love, gn’ you text before you shut down for the night. you weren't too keen on people knowing about your occupation/career so you ask your friends to manipulate the truth sometimes. you're on social media here and there, and for the most part, the aviation world knew who you were, but people were dumber than they let on, and some people cant put two and two together, so you try not to give them a reason to.

“ let’s rerun the wind tunnel test with the revised control surface parameters– if the drag coefficient drops even slightly, we might hit our efficiency target.” you command, your eyes staring holes into the data. your colleague nods, obliging.

as they start, your phone rings. you roll your eyes, and look at your phone.

‘jenna’

she rarely called, so this mustve been important. you hit the answer button and put your phone in your ear, motioning the others to continue without you. “let me know what the results are.” you walk out of the building, where it was a bit more quiet. “hello?”

“hey, how are you?” – “i’m good, jen, how are you?” you hear her laugh, “i’m good. sorry to call you on the job, but i have a request. kind of important. i need you to come down to linkon. asap.” you groan, rolling your eyes again. back and forth linkon and skyhaven rapidly was so annoying to you, but you sigh. “yeah– i’ll see you in 30.” – “thanks. ill meet you in the lobby”

you return to your testing and cut them early for the day. you’d explain that you had a family emergency and that you’d have them be paid a full day. after you finish shutting the facility down you had majors grab the family jet to meet you outside of the facility. normally you’d take the coelum express– since you actually enjoyed taking it, but she’d sounded so urgent that you didn’t wanna lag.

your eyes scan the building. ‘hunters association hq’ your heels clack, echoing throughout the main lobby. the receptionist greets you with a big smile, and you return the gesture. “good morning, i’m looking for jenna.” she scrambles through her computer, suddenly in a panic

“oh! i’m so sorry- i didn’t know she had a meeting today?” her frantic was cut short by a pair of footsteps. “you’re fine. she’s my sister.” jenna smiles warmly at you and you nod at the receptionist thanking her, and you turn to jenna. you grin at your older sister as she leads you down a corridor of elevators.

she leads you through the office, taking in how pleasing the building looks, “you guys have a gorgeous facility.” you hum, running your fingertips on the glass countertop. jenna chuckles, her hands behind her back, quietly walking next to you, “much appreciated. hows work been?” you give her a sheepish look, “it’s going pretty well. we’re running stress tests on the new airframe, only one day of pulling an all nighter– nothing is on fire. yet.” she chuckles at your response, and you join her laugh. it resonate in a way that complimented you both. definitely sisters.

“so the reason that you’re here is because of something related to a jet and a wanderer that we caught on camera.” she starts. you listen intently. you weren’t really related to your sisters job. you just made and tested planes, and you were never dealing with wanderers, so this came to an odd surprise. as she shows you the footage, it shows that a jet flying flawlessly- only seconds later it seemed to have lost power, nose diving straight down when a wanderer got near it. your brows furrow, confused at how the close proximity of the wanderer managed to scramble the power of the jet. your eyes study the video, attempting to find any intricacies that may give you any answers, and unfortunately, nothing lets up. you take a peek at jenna and her team, and as you tap your finger on the surface of the computer you hum. “can you give me a copy of this, so i can show my team? i need to discuss with them on how we can figure this out..” you start. you pull your phone out and pull up your notes.

“also.. how hard would it be if you can possibly capture a wanderer.. we may need to test them out in close proximity..” you continue, typing it all out on your phone.

as you look up, you notice the hunters staring at you in awe, including your sister. a soft smile etched on her face. they were all totally fangirling at how cool you just were. it wasn’t everyday that they got to see the master at work. they wracked their brain on this situation for days before calling you.

“is the pilot okay?” you pique, as the analytics team hand you a floppy disk. jenna gives you a curt nod, before you return the gesture, “if you want to pass his information to my secretary so we can compensate him for any possible damages, i would greatly appreciate it.”

the pilots of the DAA were just as important to you as anything in the world, because after all, they put their trust in your company to keep them alive.

when you and jenna were left alone, you sigh, pinching your nostril, “this is going to be so annoying. i hope you know that.” you state matter-o-factly, slouching down on the chair. jenna nods, staring at the video once more, “hopefully you don’t have to use too much energy.” she states, referring to your evol, “i wouldn’t ask unless it was important.” she reassures you. you put a hand on hers and smile across the table, “i know. it’s fine– really.”

nobody aside from your family and work really know of your ability. it goes hand in hand with your job, really.

ever since you were young you had an interest for planes. your parents thought it was a cute obsession you gain as a little kid, like when jenna had an obsession with dolls as a kid, you had one for planes.

it happened one afternoon. it was ‘take-your-kids-to-work day’ and you were walking around the hangar.

you’d been walking through the rows of jets, when your eyes land on ‘maverick’ your dad’s pride and joy– that happened to be currently out of commission. as your hands made contact with the jet’s sleek wing, a warm jolt shot through your fingertips– followed by a flood of images in your head; pressure readings, airflow calculations. you briskly pull your hands away, blinking, disoriented, as the jet seemingly came alive beneath your touch.

you freaked out, because this wasn’t normal. you didn’t just feel the jet. you understood it. you slowly realize, that your brain worked different. way differently. you placed your hand on the plane again.

you noticed that there was a slight misalignment in the primary fuel injector. you didn’t understand what the hell that meant, so you quickly grab your father and his engineers, telling him what you had just discovered. at first they laugh it off, confused as how a 13 year old knew a thing about fuel injectors and the like, but after you kicked and threw a tantrum, they were forced to check it out, and surely enough your diagnosis was spot on. they replaced the faulty component, and shortly after, ‘maverick’ roared to life.

your dad looked at you with the biggest, and proudest smile he’d ever given you.

you don’t often use your evol, because it came at a cost. you’d get killer migraines, become disorientated, and the like, so you used it sparingly, and hence why jenna shared her grief of having you do this task. but everyday you spent fixing your creations is a win in your book, so you ultimately didn’t mind it.

you make small talk with your sister, catch up a bit, as you both walk back down to the lobby. she escorts you outside and you give her a tight hug. “thank you again, please update me when you can.” she says, as you give her a sweet smile, nodding as majors opens the door for you.

it had been a couple days since you saw your sister about the wanderer problem, and you’re currently at a gala held for the recent graduates of the aviation academy. you and your dad were the primary speakers of the night, and you couldn’t help but feel nervous.

as you were confident and powerful, you weren’t too keen on public speaking. not that you were bad at it, you just enjoyed when the attention wasn’t on you, let alone damn near hundreds of people in one room staring you down.

you stare at the mirror, lips pursed as you finish applying your lipstick, and straightening your dress up. you wore a black maxi dress that sculpted your neckline and outlined your chest, but in a classy way. waist adorned with a small belt, with a long cape sleeve that flows gracefully from your shoulders. you smile at yourself in the mirror before you clear your throat, readying yourself to socialize.

as you walk out of the bathroom, you take in the row of future pilots in front of you. holy fuck what did they feed these hunks? you blink, staring at how hot some of them were. tall, check. chiseled jawline, check check, sexy.. check! you take your phone out and record the event, giggling internally. your friends were going to definitely bitch at you for not asking them to come. you send the message to them and you walk over to the punch bowl where many of the men were giggling.

in the middle of the group was your silly father. retelling stories of his time in the force.

“ general!” you call out playfully, and the men all turn their heads towards you, causing you to feel super self conscious. maybe you shouldnt have done that. he gives a hearty laugh, motioning you to come over. you reluctantly do so, your warm smile striking the hearts of the men.

“men, this is my genius daughter –” you give them a small polite wave, and you scan them all. they were definitely intimidated by you- except one man. your eyes linger at his purple gaze, longer than you wanted to. he was the tallest one of the lot, his brown hair contrasting his perfect eyes. his shoulders broad, jawline sharp as if he was sculpted by a god. to say this man was handsome was an absolute understatement. your favorite part of this man was his smile. that was the sweetest smile you’ve ever seen in your life.

you tear from his gaze, before you look at your father. “i was just telling them about maverick!” – “ahh, your 5th child?” he nods, laughing once more, “i was just about to tell em how i was able to get it up and running again.” he starts. here he goes. before he started, you hold your hand up to cut him off, respectfully, “dad i hate to stop you, but they’re looking for us.” you mutter, nodding over to the committee of speakers. his eyes widen scrambling up, placing his drink down on the table and standing up, straightening himself. he nods to the men and excuses himself, “congratulations men. i am extremely proud of you all.” and with that he walks off, with you trailing behind.

caleb watches you walk off, his eyes never leaving your figure. his eyes finally snap back to the group once you were out of eyesight, and he tunes back into the conversation, “the generals daughter is fucking gorgeous.” his friend muses matter-o-factly, an understatement, he thinks to himself. “i hear that they’re going to give the ‘maverick’ to one of us rookies. who do you guys think its gonna be?” – “probably caleb!” they all take a look at him, and he only gives them a laugh. the man was too busy thinking about you to really capture the conversation.

the pilots find their place in their seats as the room dims. you shuffle into the stage alongside your dad. this was an esteemed event. it wasn’t held every year. much to the unfairness of the previous generation graduates, the gala was held every time the amount of graduates exceed the projected amount. this was honestly more of a connections event. previous legends, special DAA registrars, important persons, etc. the graduates can figure out how they want to approach such treat, (like the pilots talking to your father.) however unfair, the other previous graduates who aren’t given the lavish gala treatment do get compensations, so in a way, everybody can win, depending on how individuals look at it.

your father takes the mic in his hand, his arm resting on the podium. the chatting halts. you had always admired your dads ability to command a room. probably why he was so good at his job. he clears his throat,

“ladies, and gentleman, esteemed faculty, distinguished guests, and most importantly, the graduates of today. it is an absolute honor to stand before you today as we celebrate the incredible achievement of these exceptional men and women. today marks the culmination of years of dedication, hard work, and sacrifice that have led to this very moment, where you are no longer just students, but now, graduates of one of the most prestigious and demanding programs in the world. graduates – your journey has been demanding, and you’ve proven yourselves capable of not only mastering the art of flying, but leading with integrity and making critical decisions, when it matters most. you’ve earned your place here, and the skies are now yours to navigate.”

you smile gently, looking around– as best as you can from the damned spotlight, but you barely could see a thing in a sea of dark blue. caleb listens in absolute awe, but he couldn’t help stare you down. you were quite literally the apple of his eye. he had never seen anyone with the beauty that you possess. his lips curve into a slight grin as he watches you look around. a part of him hoped you were looking for him.

“as pilots, you’ll continue to learn and grow, but always remember; you are more than prepared. you are part of a proud legacy, and it is your time to carry that forward. on behalf of all of us here, congratulations, we are incredibly proud of you. fly high, stay safe, and may your journey be as remarkable as the achievement we celebrate today. thank you.”

your father nods, and the entire room erupts with a thunderous applause, that you almost- just almost teared up at how wonderfully put that speech was. you clap alongside the audience and he steps back, allowing you to take reins of the podium. you smile, a little too wide, but you were giddy with excitement,

“hello everybody– i surely cannot top my fathers congratulation speech for you all but i will definitely do my best.” you hear an eruption of laughter before you go on, “today we stand here not only to celebrate your incredible achievements, but to acknowledge the bright future ahead of you. you’ve all worked tirelessly to reach this moment, and we are immensely proud of each one of you. in recognition of your hard work and the vital role you will play in the future of aviation, we are thrilled to announce a generous donation of 5.5 billion diamonds (dollars?), which will go toward supporting your ongoing training and development.” the entire room erupts in gasps, hushed whispers. your own fathers eyes shoot open, clearly surprised about the insane lump sum. you chuckled into the mic, sultry, deep– something that woke caleb’s neurons up. alongside his friends, he was clapping loud.

“additionally… in a gesture of commitment to your success, we are excited to gift a dozen state of the art aircraft to your training fleet, ensuring that the future of aviation continues to soar to new heights.” another round of applause, even louder than the last. it was starting to deafen you, but you smile, continuing, “these contributions are a testament to the belief in your potential and bright future you are all shaping. you have proven that you are ready for the skies, and now you have the tools to continue reaching for the stars. congratulations to each of you, and we look forward to seeing all you will accomplish. fly high, and know that this is the just beginning of an extraordinary journey.” you close, and the room erupts one last time, whistles flying around. caleb stands up, along with his friends, giving you and your dad an ovation, even though this was an event for you all.

you bow as you make your way down the stage. photographers snap a picture of you and your father as you both make your way towards the graduates. you were looking for that handsome hunk in particular.

as your eyes dart around, caleb stands up, slowly making his way towards you. he’d tower a couple of people around him, but your eyes connect. as he starts to move his feet he feels a sudden yank. “caleb!! you did it!!” his childhood best friend squeals– his pipsqueak, dragging him down, her lips connecting with his cheeks and her arms snake around his neck and shoulders, dragging him down. you take notice of that, your eyes not breaking contact with each other, and you watch as he drops his hat on the ground from the sudden motion he’d experience.

‘oh well of course the hot one has a fucking girlfriend’ you think, finally breaking eye contact. you were definitely not going to look at a man who was taken. not even one bit. another vent to add to the group chat later.

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