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solhrafn · 10 months

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I went Full-Fuji! (GFX One Year Review)

One year ago, I decided to ditch my Nikon DSLRs for a Fujifilm GFX 50R.

The GFX's sensor is larger than a full-frame sensor with a crop factor of 0.79

A little over a year ago, I still was using a few Nikon DSLRs to do just about anything. For portraits and landscape, I had a very respectable D810. Enough megapixels to provide some room for cropping and a decent dynamic range for most situations. For action and hobby-wildlife I had a D500. A durable mini-tank with performance that to this day would be hard to dismiss even in the light of mirrorless flagship innovation.

However, the question of my camera-future slowly crept into my mind. Was it time to change and upgrade into the Nikon Z system? Switching to a Z7 would indeed have been a sensible move, adapting older lenses while getting the sensor of the D850 in a smaller, cheaper body with an ecosystem of native lenses with the optical quality up to specs for the next decade. On paper and elsewhere, it should have been the obvious choice. Yet my answer to this question was a resounding "no" and I went against reason to set my sights on a Fujifilm GFX 50R. I took that model over the S because I enjoy the rangefinder form factor.

In hindsight, the smartest of all moves would probably have been to remain with what I had, adhering to the ancient photographic wisdom: "lenses are more important than cameras". My kits could have kept me satisfied for probably another 10 years if we are being honest. I could have stayed within the F mount ecosystem and could have taken advantage of its downright insane price drops to get top-of-the-line lenses for peanuts instead of selling the farm on a whim, however carefully considered it might have been.

These old and trusty Nikon DSLRs got sold off to finance the 50R

The truth is that after fifteen years of walking the beaten paths camera-wise, I wanted to shake things up. I longed for a change of pace. I felt confident enough in my practice to know what type of photography I would want to engage in for the foreseeable future. I also felt confident enough that I'd be able to answer the call of the occasional assignment using a camera system that would have a non-negligible amount of drawbacks. The challenge even seemed like a fun new variable to add to contracts. Thus, the choice I made for my photographic future has been one born out of love rather than made from a place of reason.

When I think of good photographic memories involving the process — how photography is approached with mind and body — I immediately have two very different ideas jumping to mind and each has an ideal type of tool that best suits it. Neither of these are about efficiency. Neither of these are about performance beside niche-performance, perhaps. But that, is more of an acquired taste and it also comes at a price, but we'll see about that later.

The first idea is an instinctive and spontaneous approach, form of feral and visceral active meditation, akin to Daido's rabid dog method; roaming the streets clear of thoughts and letting the subconscious take the helm. Shooting, shooting, shooting and discovering everything later. No plan, only image-taking. No clear framing, no image-reviewing, no judgement to pass, no threads to weave. Only arrange and make sense later, if there's any of that to find.

Results using the "rabid dog" method, using a Fujifilm X100, 2014

For this type of photography, the Fujifilm X100 was the tool that instantly clicked with me. The "poorman's Leica" is an apt way to describe what the X100 represented when it came out. I got the original 12mp camera in 2012 as a fun but capable toy to bring along my Nikon D700, until the shutter release button (which also is the on/off switch) broke off in 2020 after one power-up too many. I have since replaced it with a Fuji X-Pro 2 with the XF 18mm F2, 27mm F2.8 and 50mm F2 lenses. To this day, such small Fuji bodies are my tool of choice for this kind of photographic mood (and of course, for family pictures).

Fuji X100 later replaced by the X-Pro 2 as street photography go-to.

The second photographic process that I tend to naturally gravitate towards stems from my first year of photography school, during which all projects had to be done using film and would have us deal with the whole process (that is to say; shooting, developing, printing, framing, and displaying our work ourselves). It is with nostalgia that I look upon the memories from that time.

There sure is something inherently different in figuring out what to do with the exposures one has left on their film than being able to inconsequentially shoot within two hours three thousand pictures through which you can almost immediately browse. The latter is of course more practical and a welcome technological improvement, but the former brings an unhurried and deliberate focus that I find both refreshing and appealing.

When I think of my strongest recollection of touching the quintessence of the analog experience, the days of using my Mamiya 645 immediately come to mind. Such sluggish, heavy-as-a-couple-bricks box-machines compel one to being careful and purposeful every step of the way. I need that too.

Mamiya 645 Super, since sold to finance GF lenses.

I have for the longest of time considered getting a more serious medium format camera but some quick-math with the price of film, chemicals and photographic paper made me realize that digital medium format was actually much more worth the investment while most definitely retaining some of the core characteristics of its analog counterparts. My love for the film process couldn't hold up against all the advantages of going digital, especially when buying second-hand.

Using medium format always felt like journeying inwards. It has allowed me to spend long hours in daydreaming-states paradoxically laced with an acute awareness of my surroundings. When thinking about medium format, I can recall the soul-washing quality of some of the winds that swept my cheeks while I was standing next to the tripod waiting for the exposure of the 50iso film to finish.

States of contemplation. Another kind of active meditation?

Of course, any camera can provide this type of feeling, but of all of the digital cameras available, medium format is the one type that will weigh you down the most and dictate the pace you work at.

Telepanoramas created with the Fujifilm GFX 50R

Notice how these two ideas are almost the ends of a spectrum?

The first one is nervous and agitated, highly reactive, while the other is composed, meticulous and invites introspective fugue-states, yet they both share one vital element in the way that I approach them in that they take the practical considerations out of the picture to leave more space for what is going on within me.

The setting up of the camera or lack thereof becomes an excuse for something else. Maybe it isn't a surprise, that my adhd-ridden brain experiences this inexorable attraction for both these approaches. For they are in essence, two sides of the same coin, with each side matching different, specific and fluctuating needs.

Let's dive in!

After selling my DSLRs, I started looking for a good second-hand candidate. After a month or so, I found a barely used GFX 50R sold with a 50mm 3.5, a couple additional batteries and an L-bracket to boot. The price was rather attractive for the bundle, so it seemed like the time to take the leap. After a short but excruciating wait for the package to arrive, I finally was able to join the larger-than-35mm-sensor club.

How it started

My first few months with the camera had me immediately blown away by the difference in output. The higher resolution and the sensor's qualities made the (very much existing) noise hardly noticeable when downsized to small printing or screen-viewing sizes. What also immediately struck me, was the looks of the images the camera produced. Images taken with the GFX feel more "3D" to me. It is a very peculiar and hard to describe feeling. I suspect it is a combination of factors; the depth of field of the larger sensor and the very smooth transitions between what's in focus and what is not that it permits, the colour depth, and the quality of the optics. I've seen many Youtube reviews, read forum threads or been in discussions on Discord about GFX cameras where people (who more often than not don't own one) will maintain that these qualities don't exist at all. After a year in the system I can confidently state that they're wrong.

I can't really put my finger on what causes these differences as I am not as tech-savvy as I could be, but it is still clear as day. To use a pretty apt analogy, I would say that the difference between full-frame and (crop) medium format is akin to the difference between aps-c and full-frame cameras. Are they deal-breaking? Not necessarily. For some people they can be. Are they noticeable? Definitely. It is especially funny to me to see medium format cameras being dismissed by such a many full-frame shooter who at the same time, is constantly bashing aps-c sensors.

Don't you love to pixel-peep? Omnomnom (imagine with 102mp!)

This being said, I will always fully stand by the statement that full-frame cameras are the more sensible choice as they are better all-rounders by design. High-res cameras like Sony's A7RV or equivalent are also better high-iso performers than the aging IMX161 sensor that the GFX 50 series uses, which sees its operational limit at around 6400iso (but the GFX 100 would be another matter entirely). A top-tier full-frame camera is evidently more practical, lighter and cheaper without any deal-breaking image quality difference to what the medium format niche can offer. When all costs are factored in, the choice would seem self-evident. If you consider medium format, it should be understood that you know this before committing to any bigboy sensor. Or don't heed this and make people who buy second hand happy, as GFX gear loses almost one third of its value once it hits the second hand market (a consequence of too many people jumping on the medium format bandwagon only to realise — way too late — that it wasn't for them).

Are we cooking yet?

I need to talk about the GFX's files for a little bit; I'm a raw shooter only — which hopefully you'd have guessed — (in my opinion anyone buying into a medium format to shoot jpeg must have cognitive issues or too much money, or possibly both) and I have to say that when I opened the raw files to give the sliders their very first +100/-100 or +3/+4 EV from base iso (or any combination of these) I was utterly floored by how well the files could handle such an ungodly beating.

This isn't a joke, I promise.

This type of camera makes the slider memes come true, to a point where for the first few months, my ability to edit properly was severely impaired by the glee I experienced while pushing everything way too far. I believe it is not an uncommon symptom at the start of a medium format journey. It takes a while to come back from that and simply be able to tell yourself "ok here, maybe less dynamic range would be a good edit". I'm getting better at this as I consciously try to avoid overcooking.

Clean recovery? Can do!

On the image-taking side of things, the major change for me with regards to file-handling is that I'm almost systematically exposing for highlights now. Adding 3EV and boosting shadows in post when shooting at low iso is inconsequential in terms of image quality as there won't be any visible noise whatsoever on the output, unlike my aps-c cameras that will show noise even at base iso. Similarly to many other aspects medium format manages well, this is something I got used to very quickly.

To adapt or to not adapt, that was the question, here's my answer:

At first, I tried adapting my old Mamiya 645 lenses to the 50R. It was useful in the sense that it allowed me to enjoy different fields of view at no cost but it quickly felt like a plaster on a wooden leg. I'm not someone who enjoys the manual focusing as a default and I've grown more and more intolerant of the optical flaws of older lenses as time went by. I realised that it wasn't a viable long term solution for me and quickly chose to sell all my Mamiya cameras and lenses to finance native glass for the GFX.

My experience adapting? It was alright but not at all ideal.

Which lenses then?

Getting into the GFX system I promised myself I would make no compromise whatsoever on optical quality and directly aimed for the 250mm F4 (mainly for tele-landscapes) and 110mm F2 (mainly for portraits). The grind felt long but it really wasn't, as I managed to secure both lenses from the second hand market within 6 months. It is only later that I added the 35-70mm "kit" lens to my arsenal to fill the wide-angle gap I had. As I seldom feel the need to shoot wider than short-tele fields of views, this is more of a lens of convenience.

The difference between adapting older lenses and using native glass was night and day to me. Two things made this the better choice in my view: first, I've been actively seeking the "clinical" quality of modern optics. I do not care much for the "character" of older lenses especially not if the word is used to help one overlook a lens' unforgivable flaws. Second, while there sure are lenses worth adapting out there, this come at a cost for the adapting to be worth it (the cost of an AF-capable adapter and of course the cost of the lenses themselves) which I saw as a waste of my limited resources. I told myself I wasn't going to make compromises, remember?

One year after switching, I am now knee-deep into the system, having sold most of my Nikon gear as well as my Mamiya medium format film-cameras to acquire some of the incredibly hard to resist GF lenses.

After a year of transforming a heap of dormant gear and side-gig revenue into new lenses, I also noticed that the representation I had about the worth of money also changed radically when gear was concerned.

A little over a year ago, an XF lens priced 800€ definitely seemed like a steep investment I'd try to find alternative choices for. Nowadays, 800€ is a mere budget lens in my mind. Seeing the price tags of GF lenses doesn't make my head spin anymore and this is somewhat worrisome for the thrifty Dutchman living in the back of my brain.

With the announcement of the 500mm F5.6 lens being in development (a focal length I definitely miss from my Nikon days, I'm a sucker for ultra-telephoto landscape photography), I fear I will manage to push my monetary boundaries further back yet, which I will help achieve by selling my X-T3 video-oriented kit.

APS-C: you're dead to me.

An unforeseen consequence of my GFX switch was that my aps-c cameras were pretty much relegated to the bottom gear drawer and seldom used barring a few notable exceptions (such as a wedding gig) where the need for its autofocusing speed was greater than the need for image and file quality.

To reuse the analogy I made earlier; my X-Pro 2 and X-T3 have become to me what a micro-four-thirds camera would be to a full-frame camera user. Getting into Fujifilm's medium format system prompted me to think about how I use my cameras and to what end. The realisation that there is a clear split in my photographic approaches I evoked at the very beginning of this article is the result of that thought process.

Although I will sell my X-T3 because it feels superfluous and I want to stop my video gigs completely, (and because my need for GFX lens money is still great), I would never part with my X-Pro 2 nor the few XF lenses that I have as they serve a totally different purpose to that of the GFX's.

Having a compact, fast, discreet yet still capable camera that can be casually put into a pocket is an advantage that I would be a fool to part with. The X-Pro is a more practical choice for street-photography, documentary in less-than-favourable conditions, as well as for family pictures, when packing a brick of a camera and two bricks worth of lenses for a walk in the park in suboptimal weather would be met with a tired roll-eye from my spouse.

My dear X-Pro, I'm Never Ever Gonna Give You Up

Of course there have been many occasions for which I have chosen to take the challenge and went into these situations with the GFX. However, I wouldn't want the GFX to be the only option at my disposal in such cases.

For example, during the last wedding I shot, when the dining room got darker and the guests started moving around a lot (and dancing), the switch to aps-c cameras was absolutely necessary because of how difficult it was to consistently get acceptable results in poor light and with subjects making erratic movements. When you are held under a result-delivering imperative, you have to be able to honour it.

Packing a Fuji GF or Fuji X kit can be a slightly different experience

"Megapickles don't matter!"

This was an idea that I lived by just a few years ago. I changed my mind. I still believe that megapixels don't matter when you don't have them. Just like one should shoot with the camera one has / is able to afford. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things but all these technical niceties just make one's life more comfortable. Cropping, denoising through file reduction algorithms, or enjoying detail endlessly because one can, these are just the icing on the cake. I just happen to like my cakes with more icing than cake now.

Regarding resolution specifically, it's been another area in which there seems to be no possible coming back. Nowadays, every time a manufacturer announces a new camera and I discover they plan to fit it with a 24MP sensor I dismiss the information entirely. It doesn't register anymore. 32-36 is the new 24 in my mind now and it's sometimes difficult to come back from those expectations.

This being said I have no issue using lower resolution aps-c that I own and could perhaps even have fun with a X-Pro 1 because then the output quality wouldn't be my prime concern. It is only concerning new releases that my interest dips firmly for "low" MP cameras.

Did I tell you that medium format AF sucks?

Before I conclude this one-year review, let me hammer this point in with a two-handed mace; it can't be understated, especially for the GFX 50 series which uses contrast detection — the autofocus will throw you back to the early 2000s. Be ready to be stuck on single point, single AF mode because that's the only thing that will be consistent enough.

Then let's not forget other factors that add to the bad and make it worse; the shutter lag is half a second, the sensor readout speed is 1/4th of a second, and the time the shutter takes to clear the large sensor in combination with the camera's high resolution means you'll need higher shutter speeds in order to get rid of motion blur when shooting handheld (count about one stop faster than usual). Those would be valid reasons as to why a less niche camera system makes more sense for a lot of people.

The final comment:

Despite its sometimes dramatic drawbacks, I definitely have found the pleasure I sought when I originated this system switch. The change and the adapting my process is engaging and makes me think more about what I do, what I use, when and why. This is a win on its own.

All in all I feel like I am still at the very start of my journey though I've had the opportunity to test my GFX 50R in a wide array of situations in the past year (portrait, landscape, documentary) it seems like the way forward is clear and also opened for plunging deeper into this incredibly fun (but needlessly expensive) rabbit hole.

The upcoming 500mm, the prospect of finding an original GFX 100 (with its weirdly appealing tiltable EVF) are ideas that will — for the foreseeable future — definitely keep pulling me back in (and emptying my pockets).

Fun! Fun! Fun!

#fujifilm gfx #photographers on tumblr

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villains4hire · 3 years

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aight opinions time.

MJR_Meduza’s Yordle OC on twitter is my Quickling reference using an old iteration for their oc Chelle that’s changed over the years compared to their modern version of Chelle. They’ve been credited in my rules credit listing as per protocol of being open where I get my source material. Quicklings for my rendition use a mix of pathfinder and dnd for their height, then a more eh, touch I like of having them more elf-like and a bit more cutesy. This is my faceclaim for their species and then masculine representing looks fairly similar but probably can have or be without breasts. Her species will be 4′0 to 5′1 at max with her at 4′3, fairly well chested, thick hips, body and short arms, blue skin, pointed ears and hair that goes down to her waist and then long bangs. While I have Quicklings for my homebrew race be a race that leans more toward chaotic tendencies than evil outright? She is going to be pretty evil at times, but can be reasoned with/bargained with.... depending on how you approach it.

More below.

Personality: I rp her as actual fae like my other fae but she’s probably the most feral and blatant evil one. She is a bitch, grumpy, prone to more outbursts. Eats people pretty indiscriminately, doesn’t matter who they are. If she doesn’t like them, she will probably kill them or eat their ankles and just stalk them over time to kill them. Quicklings are extremely spiteful and vengeful if spited enough. Likes to steal, likes play tricks. Likes to mess with people using her Quickling invisibility and supernatural speed. Can be sweet if you manage to gain her affections or listen to you. Hyper. Hates a lot of people depending on the usually benign reason. Slightly tsundere. Has a bit of humor in a spiteful or playful way. Stabby. Bitey. Likes to be spoiled. If she likes you, she will force herself into your lap to sit. Destructive. Doesn’t think of the consequences a lot. Can be fun. Can go too far. Reckless. Tends to self-sabotage her own relationships on accident at times with her alien perception if friends with non-fae. Can be surprisingly loyal to the point of self-destruction though this is rare with most individuals. Can be pretty cursed at times if she just wants to fuck with you or make you uncomfortable/weirded out by her. (I’ll handle her based on peoples’ comforts and such of course, but yeah)

Powers: Quickling racial abilities of course, easy to look up and I won’t be changing more than that (My actual DnD race of them is a lot more balanced than the straight quickling race, such as making abilities traits/immunities to half resistances/supernatural speed a long rest ability based on half prof bonus etc. And other DnD characters/similar fantasy will still be able to fight her despite that obvious boost, DnD mechanically as it is for balance. As I do power scaling mechanically based on the elf race and their crazy good abilities but not Aaismer levels of broken). At least two levels of barbarian because she is pretty damn reckless but not enough to warrant a subclass to make her more overpowered with bear or w/e, then Champion bc I’ve always been a sucker for class crit fighter since 3.5, using my reworked version of Champion, mostly to give her a meaningful fighting style such as dual-wielding. I’ll explain more in her bios but it’s mostly having a nemesis system and then a signature weapon fighting style for a champion that’s an enhanced fighting style for w/e mechanics. It won’t be notably different from an actual Champion. Stat wise her strength is high. Dex is moderate. Con is high. Intelligence is moderate. Wisdom average. Charisma below average. It’s unusual for her kind slightly to not be as dexterous but she’s more of a brute in nature.

How I will handle her power scaling: she can be a veteran soldier at lv 5, hero level at 10. Veteran hero at 15. Then Demigod to God at lv 20. I’ll make little tags to properly spread her out more in terms of where she’s at. Just keep in mind that varying levels can be centuries apart even if just 5. I’ll try not to be too meta about things but it’s mostly to give an idea.

Motivations: she’s mostly a mercenary, but kinda just fucks around metaphorically or literally. Just doing this for fun as a kind of thing as a chaotic evil character, as she can be with ‘good-aligned’ party members but she’s more or less the party’s bastard rather than against the party as their bastard. She has no real tragedy in her life other than her many petty grievance list of people she’s listed over the centuries and plans to either make them pay in the living world or whatever afterlife they had either through moderately harmless pranks, or extreme as death, torture or w/e is fitting for the grievance to her own twisted perception as a more evil leaning fae. Something trying to not be ridiculous in terms of edginess.

Albedo used as a grey-scale on for faceclaim. I forgot she existed, but facially she’s what I need, she has enough expressions. I’ll probably use a few other expressions but it was the best I could find in terms of range and smallness for my mini-milf. And before I get a DM on this, yeah she’ll be a form of trans within her culture. -shrug- I really don’t care. I do what I want. Anyway, here she is, let me know what you guys like/think for concept as I get ready to icon Albedo tomorrow and make her bios.

Or even better. If you have suggestions since there’s a better idea for my evil gremlin shortstack’s faceclaim being Albedo? Let me know.

#ooc #tbd

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strangerays · 3 years

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Nothing in Particular Update #3

About seven months and I finished the first draft at 93k!

I always imagined how it would feel to finish a first draft (I’ve been writing novels “seriously” since about 2017) and now that I’ve finally done it, I can say it’s a better feeling than I imagined! Telling my friends and family (and even my doctor, who was really quite excited about it) was an amazing amazing thing. I’m generally pretty nervous to tell people about my work, but I had a really positive reaction. Honestly all of it has me on a creative high (not sure I’m coming down from that any time soon lol).

I’m going back for my last year of school in two days, which means I’m not going to have as much time as I did to write all summer. This is okay, because I’m actually going to take an entire month off of writing! I’m really burnt out - don’t want to start editing a story that’s so near to me if I don’t feel ready. I’ll talk more about editing when the time comes!

In a lot of ways, I found that my life mimicked my art. I think for a lot of people, it tends to be the other way around, but this story did a lot to heal me.

Going to hop right into excerpts now! I’m not going to explain much this far into the story because I would like to try to publish this story (FAR in the future) so I apologize for that! Also, I stopped naming most of the chapters until I go back and edit because there are just SO MANY and I didn’t have the time to stop and think of cool names. Anyways... enjoy!!

(Here is the link to the original masterpost!)

text: Rays of gold curled to the ground, primordial and shy as the fire reeds on the cusps of shallow pool around the bay outside of Mothouse combed them to fine sparkles. I remembered the way Lonan kneeled on the edges of this pool. He never dove in – just blinked slowly as he watched crabs and minnows chase each other in a swirl of sand. I could not resist the water. I’d made it a part of me. My hair was longer then; down to my elbows, fading from dark red to orange and white, soaked always. Lonan let me borrow his shirts when I forgot to bring my own. They hung from my waist, too big for me, and I was warm even as the breeze rocked us inside.

text: The sky was never blue in Point Blink. At least, I couldn’t remember the last time the clouds hadn’t given way to a dark gray mist. Jude was here. I was out of place. I was floating – watching slender, underfed pines wave in the breeze behind houses on the water before they disappeared underneath furls of cloud. Bursts of warm light shone in windows on the bay, like hungry eyes watching for a storm. A group of kids our age chaffed on a rocky expanse, their heads popping over pockets of darkness when they laughed. Froths of cloud stretched across the sky, moving the ground with it. Long stretches of trees and islands far on the other side of our small pocket of ocean looked more like large freight ships. Lights glittered and beamed on the roads and highways that belonged to the city. Pink was starting to show over the horizon. Lonan was on the other side. Somewhere.

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Jude sucked her lips in and flopped onto her stomach so she could see the blue below her feet. Her dark curls draped over her ears and hid her nose.

“I can’t see the bottom of the ocean.” She cupped her fingers with the other hand. “See where the water fades to white and back again? The endless tide. Why do people say the ocean is blue?”

I leaned forward. She was right. Blue ocean climbed up the side of the cliffs and turned the rocks a dark gray; ate the erosion as if from a plate. I’d never had the ocean explained to me that way before.

“I think I like it that way,” I said.

I wasn’t sure I wanted to know what was at the bottom of Point Blink.

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She smiled weakly. “It’s okay. This is just guesswork. Patchwork.”

I wanted to apologize again, but I had a strong guess that it might make her annoyed with me. “It’s kind of like… I’m just waiting for the next bad thing to happen.”

She wrinkled her nose and eyebrows, scrunched up her little face. “That’s dumb.”

“I think it’s a smart way to live.” Sometimes it felt like worry was the only thing that kept me alive. It wasn’t dumb at all.

“You’re going to be fine though. We’re going to be fine. If something bad happens, we’ll deal with it. Don’t let it eat you.”

There was wisdom in what this seventeen-year-old girl on my bed had offered me. I caught it like a gold coin. Before I could reply with anything, she launched into another question. I didn’t want to think much about change anyways.

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“Oh. Wow. That’s like, next year.” I sort of laughed.

“A year can be a long time,” Lonan said with a wince. “What do you think?”

I sighed through my nose and leaned back with him. The sun was going down. Sometimes, my life felt less like a golden hourglass and more like a stopwatch with a broken face.

“For once, I think I agree with your mom.”

Lonan just stared at me, with something like awe.

“I think you should do what you want,” I said.

“Ray,” Lonan started.

“No,” I interrupted him. “It’s not about me. She’s stopped you from doing anything and everything you’ve wanted to for the last four years, so when you go to college, you’ve got to separate yourself from this place.” I pointed to him. “You’re allowed to do this.”

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Maybe I was just being strange. Lonan was my best friend. It didn’t help that there was a little bit of him in everything – the tide pools, the echo of shells, my broken camera.

Soon, we stood in the center of the field. A breeze whispered through the cattails, fanning against our knees. Ellis loped behind me as I stepped in and out of tire tracks under the cloudless sun. She wasn’t much different than Jude. Her footsteps crunched excitedly behind mine, excited at the prospect of an unprecedented adventure. I’d missed those.

Lonan said he didn’t like to walk in fields because the wind tricked him into thinking that someone was behind him. Every brisk of his heel was a trick of the mind. Sometimes I felt the same way, like I might be haunted.

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The ageless water begged me closer, frizzed my hair and swathed my arms in a sweet, familiar scent. I remembered galloping down to the shore with a childhood friend in one May. Soft piano accompanied croaky lyrics from someone’s radio when we fell chest-first into the water. Static erupted in my head. There had been nothing new for me in Point Blink for so long that I’d forgotten what it was like to float. Grass turned into pebbles, and I heard Ellis’ footsteps soften to the beat of the sand. Our eyes crumbled the shells that walled the long expanse of dark sand where waves rolled in. We leaned over like two swans, crunching shells beneath our feet, displaying shells to one another, naming the ones we recognized, and when I looked out at the horizon, I saw blue.

Red plastic cups, cigarettes, and even some broken glass stuck out through the sand as we made our way further down the shoreline, as if someone had thrown a party. My brow furrowed. Maybe this part of the beach wasn’t so abandoned after all.

Between the spit of the waves and dry sand lay some sort of book. Sand trickled out of the pages and onto my shoes when I swept it out of line of an oncoming wave. Ellis was beside me in moments. Shells tolled under her shoes.

*Warning for mention of blood (fake blood and fake knife!!) this takes place on Halloween haha*

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Jude held the container in her palm, kneeled down so we were shoulder to shoulder. Her eyes fixed on the knife in my neck, mine on her hands, then her focused expression. Her fingers tipped my chin up, cold on my skin. I tried not to move. Suddenly, I wasn’t thinking about Dad, or Raven, or Lonan. I only let Jude in – this girl who had come out of nowhere and wrecked me, saved me. And she didn’t know any of that. I didn’t owe anything to her, but I needed her. She kept us afloat when I couldn’t even keep myself above water. Her fingers painted blood over the center of my throat, our breath quiet on each other’s cheeks. She held my shoulder as she set back.

“Absolutely feral,” she said.

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“Point Blink is all I have. It’s where I am, what I am.” My throat was tight. “It’s all I’ve known. I am happy with my life. And I’m sorry, but I’m not willing to throw all of that away so we can dig up answers. I want to stay.”

Jude sat there for a moment. I think Florian and Ellis had turned to look at us, because when we went silent, I could no longer heat their hushed whispers, only the sound of water as it rose and rose and rose. I wondered if it would rain.

Jude sat up on her hands, then her knees, then she stood over me.

“Is that what you honestly believe?”

Tears bubbled in her eyes. Blood streaked down her cheeks. I’d been so focused on not crying, I had missed when she started to.

“Point Blink is just the same as anywhere,” she said. The words sat somewhere above her inside her chest, weak and frail, as though they’d been realized a long time ago.

I’d stared into her eyes until they disappeared. She grabbed onto a branch above her and quietly swung herself around a corner. Her footsteps echoed until they dissolved into waves and birds and frogs and left me in the dark.

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“Why didn’t you tell me how you’d been feeling?” he asked after a few moments of silence. It was beginning to stretch uncomfortably.

“I know I don’t deserve to know,” he added, “but you’ve always put me first.”

I picked at the wood that peeled from the fence.

“I just want you to be okay,” Lonan croaked. “Please tell me what to do.”

Even when we were together, we still worried about each other. It wasn’t always that way. Maybe that was my fault. I didn’t want to think about it.

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you,” I mumbled into the crisp, red air. “To be fair, I didn’t know it like I know now for a long time. I think sometimes I got the same way as a kid. Now I have a name for it, and I still don’t know if it feels right.” I sighed. “I guess… I guess I just thought that was how things were supposed to be. I thought I was only the humming low and the high.”

“Of course that’s not how you’re fucking supposed to be.”

I coughed on a laugh, wiped away a new set of tears. On the rare occasion that Lonan did swear, he sounded much like he was doing it for the first time.

I hadn’t fully realized what I’d said before Lonan’s hand was around my arm. He pulled me close to his chest. I felt smaller than him; warm and safe. I exhaled and sunk into him, didn’t allow anything else in. I’d almost forgotten what that felt like.

“You’re funny and smart and better than a lot of people.”

And... that wraps up all of my excerpts for the time being! I really enjoyed writing the last four chapters of this book. Of course they aren’t perfect. A lot of the book needs improvement. There are entire characters who are flat and plot lines I just forgot about! Come October, I plan to get back into my edits/rewrite the story.

Really quick before I finish writing this:

I just wanted to thank everyone who read about my story and showed genuine interest in the characters. Had I not received all of this love from people in real life and online, I might never have finished this draft at all. When I started this story, my mental health was really quite bad. (I’m doing a whole lot better these days!!) I guess you could say the idea started as more of a journal entry. All of these characters are like little parts of me coming together to help the main character, and I think there’s something really special about that.

Thank you so much! Good luck on all your creative endeavors! It pays off in the end, I promise :)

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The Report Card – Fantasy High Sophomore Year Ep 15

Love Wins!

Welcome to an insanely chaotic episode of Fantasy High--even by the very high standards of this show. How chaotic you may ask? Well, the first thing that happens is that Bill Seacaster point blank shoots Gilear to death for being in a relationship with Hilariel. Full dead. He is full dead. Strangely, his plan to bring him back as a janky devil does not do much to comfort Fig. Imagine that.

Bill’s pirates are looting the Bottomless Pit (Gorthalax’s domain in Hell) and Vraz orders Fig to make them stop. When she instead orders Vraz to eat her ass, Vraz nullifies all warlock deals Gorthalax made and brings none other than Johnny Spells (and his greaser pals) to join the fight!

Really, this fight is insane and it’s better served by a highlight real than a play by play so I’m just gonna give you some bullets:

All the PCs rolled super low initiative this fight which really kinda screwed them. Like Fabian was down to 16 HP one point and it was like, “Lol, this is the end of round 1.” YIKES.

A big part of this fight was just surviving long enough to get to the second level of hell and rescue Riz’s dad which I think was probably good for morale because the thought of this fight dragging on for more than a couple of rounds exhausts me.

Fabian rolls off against Johnny right off the bat for the Hangman’s loyalty and Fabian wins with a 25 (and by coming out the gate with the word ENSLAVED which isn’t the word *I* would have used but a 25 is a 25 I guess).

He also has to contend with fighting Allistair who has a massive hole in his head filled with fire from Wicklaw eating his brain. It seems like Chungledown Bim is in hell too based on how Allistair keeps saying he’s gonna get him so he can shit in Fabian’s mouth. Of course, Fabian gets the better of him, but not before he deals out a fair bit of damage.

Adaine uses an Arcane Hand plus her portent roll to just whole-ass throw Johnny off the ship. Like, he gets back up but it’s so funny to instead of fighting an enemy to just throw him off a set piece (see eg: Bloodkeep ep2).

Kristen Revivifies Gilear and Bill, the mercurial sunuvabitch is like, “We love the same woman! I just want her happy!” and gives him a gun. Kristen immediately is like, “Bro, you need to hide,” and Gorgug protects him while he does so (in a sarcophagus that has a 50/50 shot of being launched as ammo).

Penelope shows up to the fight, eyes all black, wearing a shredded prom dress, and with shards of silver embedded in her forehead like a crown. Dayne and Daybreak also join the fight as messed up Harvestmen! It’s a veritable Smash Bros lineup of people the Bad Kids have killed!

Adaine and Fabian are christened the “Posh Squad” which is important to me, not to the fight.

Adaine gets to counterspell a counterspell from Penelope, one of the sexiest things you can do in D&D.

Fabian declares toxic masculinity dead. Shortly afterward, he makes Brennan eat a die when Daybreak tries to Frighten Fabian, a condition he is immune to due to his eyepatch I gather based on the table reaction.

Daybreak’s punishment in hell is a complete lack of self-awareness of why he’s there. He still thinks he should be sipping Mai-Tai’s in corn heaven with Helio while Kristen and Ragh are attacking him with gay spit (their words, not mine). Gay spit and, also, a ton of radiant and thunder damage.

Ragh gets some emotional catharsis by getting to body Dayne before Gorgug decapitates him. Very important step in the stages of grief. Decapitating the source of said grief.

Penelope gets Sparta-kicked off the edge of the boat by Fabian after Ayda dispels her protective globe and Riz shoots Daybreak again for old times sake. Unfortunately, Penelope Misty Steps back up and Daybreak is hurt but not killed. Ayda does a cool Dr. Strange teleportation thing and does a bunch of damage to both of them. Fabian finishes off Penelope with a sheet/sword combo and between Booming Blade and a Psionic Blast (does she have this ability as a Bard or as a Warlock? Relatedly, when she felt something leave her was that her Warlock deal being nullified or was she feeling the deals leave her since she is sort of the temporary Gorthalax?) Fig destroys Daybreak. Johnny just falls off the ship with no PC intervention because he sucks.

Bill also falls off the ship but Fig (with an assist from Gorgug) saves him and steals a scroll from Vraz on the way back up. By the by, earlier in the fight, she also had Baby Invisbly steal a random item from her.

Anyway, as they reach the end of the end of the fight, Bill loads Riz into a canon (!) and shoots him into the city, hopefully towards his dad (to the distress of his party). He crashes through the window in a familiar looking building and, when he finds a hallway that he’s pretty sure leads to his dad, he goes towards it.

He sees a familiar light coming out of a doorway (the interrogation room light) and a doorway next to it that is slightly open with steel thrones in it. There’s a two-way mirror between the two rooms and if he goes into the open one, he can see who is in with his dad. After checking for illusions and finding none, he stealthily walks in and sees, in the other room, his dad with a hulking pit fiend (30 ft tall, winged, almost dragon-y devil).

The pit fiend is questioning Pok about any regrets he had in life and Pok answers very uncharacteristically from the man we saw in the video saying he had nothing but high hopes for baby Riz. He says he had no regrets, his job was just a job, and that he only had a kid because Sklonda wanted one before going into a snarling goblin rage. The pit fiend smiles at that and says that Pok has promise so they won’t create a lemure out of him (a lemure is a weak, blobby devil). Two devils in the room with them whip him unconscious and then leave the room to go send more people to deal with Bill.

Riz Misty Steps into the room and does a self-imposed Wisdom check to steady himself after what he just heard--Nat 20 baby. Then, he opens his Briefcase of Holding, ready to scoop his dad into it when, the two lesser devils open the door and catch him in the act. But Riz persists in the scooping. They try to grapple him and he rolls a Nat 1 to avoid it. He *still* tries to get him dad. But then he notices, his gun is missing.

BLAM. The devils heads are blown clean off. He turns and he sees his dad has taken the gun--his gun originally--and shot the devils. Pok, who is amazed that Riz is there and no longer feigning apathy for the situation asks for an extraction into an earpiece, causing a halo to appear over his head and a beam of holy light to come down like a tractor beam.

“Wait,” says Riz. “You’re an undercover angel?”

“You got it, kid.”

Murph goes feral. The table goes feral. I go feral. What a way to end an episode!

And now for an all-Dad round of superlatives:

Detention

Bill Seacaster for KILLING GILEAR

I feel like I shouldn’t have to explain myself here.

Honor Roll

Pok Gukgak for Officially Joining the Fantasy Fathers of the Year Club

Here either.

I will, however, add a Hell Yeah!

Random Thoughts

If you haven’t seen it yet, the trailer for S5 of Dimension 20 just dropped and I won’t spoil it but, from the looks of it, it is gonna be a doozy.

“Do not metagame with my freaking Dad!” Oh to have the support of an NPC Emily Axford has decided to imprint upon.

Gorgug: It’s been one year. We’re sophomores.

“We support you as a DM and as your friend but also you’re our enemy.”

I think it’s very interesting that with just a little space and time from his dad, Fabian is finally having the proper reactions to his dad doing what I will charitably call shenanigans.

The level of distress and outrage from Emily when Gilear got shot was just *chef’s kiss*. I aspire to create an NPC that provokes that level of reaction from one of my players. Similar energy in a different direction from Ally when Daybreak attacked Tracker.

“Adaine, the jocks are being feisty! Get out of there!”

Vraz calls Fig “the Faithless” as her devil title and she insists on instead being called, “the InFaethable”. I wanna know how long Emily’s been sitting on that one or whether she came up with it on the spot.

Fabian upon seeing Johnny: Fuck off dude. I have too much going on right now.

Brennan being the eternal DM mood: How do I get out of this?

Very wild how little time has passed since Leviathan. Like, Fabian’s had this whole arc and grown so much but, like, OF COURSE Allistair still wants to murder him! It’s been like two days.

“I want to crumple up Gilear like a wrapper.”

A seven is a Murph 10.

The very specific way Brennan does foley for sword fighting (“Clang! Cling! Clang!”) is so funny to me.

Cannot overstate how much of a power move it was for Kristen to go, “I’ve been PRAYING FOR YOU,” at Daybreak and knock him on his ass.

I feel like I bring this up all the time but I love when Brennan is counting dice for a ton of damage and all the PCs are BSing reasons that it’s not a big deal like, “He’s just getting D4s,” or “Well I should get advantage for the reason just made up,” with everyone else fully playing along. ”

Allistair Ash, man. He is fascinating to me. I am so curious about what Brennan had planned for him originally because I feel like we barely scratched the surface before things took a TURN. He had two little moments in this ep that made my heart break for him a little: (1) When he says to Fabian, “If I die, I just come back a little bit worse but, if you die, you’re stuck down here with me.” and (2) when Fabian kills him and Bill grabs his soul and is like, “You know it’s gonna cost you X gold to revive you,” and he sighs and says, “Put it on my tab I suppose.” Like, I know he spent all ep trying to kill Fabian but I can’t help but be like, poor guy. He just has this pathos in his haplessness. I’m surprised Fabian didn’t make more of an effort to connect with him instead of being like, kind of like, “I will throw hands if I must.” Talking is a free action my dude. Anyway, I would love to see Brennan’s DM notes for this guy.

Lou was really doing some expert D&D with all the second winding and bonus actioning and burning spell slots for extra damage he was doing. He was like, “My initiative is trash so I have to do approximately a million damage per turn.”

Lol at Ayda asking if it’s weird to talk about sex stuff in front of friends in a group that involves both Kristen and Adaine.

Fig wishing she could do something cool in front of Ayda as if Ayda didn’t try to flood Hell on her behalf last week. My girl. You’ve already locked that down.

Not really an issue that’s we’ll run across during the run of FH but tieflings live 20-40 years longer than humans according to the official D&D lore. So lets say Fig lives to be 120 years old. And let’s say she sticks with her high school girlfriend and marries her. It’s possible they die at around the same time and then Ayda has to Deal With That in her next life but that’s not what I’m interested in. What happens if you’re a full elderly woman and your partner phoenixes into a child? What are the ethics of that? How do you deal with that? Chronomancy?

The horrified, “Love wins!” from Daybreak.

Is there a reason the viewing room Riz was in had thrones in it or is Hell just very about the ~aesthetic~

Every time a DM asks for a HP total, my entire being clenches in prep for a Power Word Kill.

“I’m gonna need a Dexter--”/”Counterspell.”

“You guys murdered me too but we hashed it out.”

I totally forgot that the Bad Kids lied that Ragh had shat his pants until the moment Adaine was saying it this episode. Freshman Year was WILD.

Also, just wanna take a second to talk about the elevation of Ragh from this side-note bully to a fully fledged, likeable character with depth and and an arc and gay spit. D&D is crazy.

Summoning Boggy via Bloody Mary is such a delightful image.

So, Kalina is the one that led Riz down the path that led to him finding out Pok is an Undercover Angel (!!!), which means one of three things: (1) She knew but miscalculated hard, (2) she didn’t know and made a different but also big miscalculation, (3) she did know and she’s doing some kind of 4-D chess thing we don’t know about yet.

Ayda hitting Fabian with a portent and then swooping in and saving Adaine. So clutch. What a good NPC to befriend.

Speaking of, I think we all kinda figured, but Brennan officially said on Twitter or the Discord (I don’t remember which) that Ayda is autistic. Like, I was pretty sure but I didn’t wanna assume.

Lol at the absolute lack of respect Kalvaxus got in this episode.

Pok as an Undercover Angel is SO GOOD. Like, I didn’t think he was really bad for a second but I never could have guessed he was an UNDERCOVER ANGEL. That’s such a dope combination of words. Undercover Angel (which my computer keeps trying to correct to undercover agent which isn’t wrong to be fair). Man. I love this. I love this for me and I love this for Riz. Riz deserves this. After so much crap in his life and so many mind games from Kalina and all this turmoil, he deserves to know that not only is his dad a good person who loved/loves him, he’s SO good that he’s an ANGEL and he was such a good spy in life he still is a secret agent in death. God, what a reveal. I can’t believe Riz got Spy Kids-ed TWICE by the same parent. Can’t wait to hear what exactly is going on with him.

Wait, what’s goblin heaven like? Which god is sanctioning this? Who is he working for exactly?

This episode, Kristen and Gorgug rolled 1 Nat 20 each, while Riz, Fabian, and Brennan each got 2. On the flipside, Adaine got 2 Nat 1’s, Fig and Fabian each rolled 1 that was cancelled, and Riz rolled 1 (in addition, Murph rolled two more which were lair actions and one of which was cancelled by a luck point so they don’t really count but it was very funny so I wanted to note it).

#fantasy high #fantasy high live #fantasy high spoilers #dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #wow a recap that isn't a million pages for once #turns out I can do it

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Building Molly Hayes in D&D 5e

So I noticed that I have now one build more for DC than I have for Marvel so how about we build something straightforward and easy and yet very fun to play? How about one little girl who really can beat everyone up?

Since I follow the blueprint set by Tulok the Barbarian, we need to establish our Goals for this build. First of all, we need to punch like a true Bruiser, someone worthy the title Princess Powerful. Second, we need to be as hard to kill as someone whose creator forced into the contract a clause she will never be killed or maimed. And finally, we need to do that while being able to fool people into thinking we’re just a harmless little girl, so they won’t realize the problem before it is too late.

Ability Scores: We Will be using the Standard Points Array - 15, 14, 13, 12, 10 and 8. If you want to roll or use point-buy, go ahead but remember to keep your Strength high.

Strength: 14, your nicknames aren’t just for show.

Dexterity: 13, we will boost it in a moment

Constitution: 15, Molly can take as much as she can diss.

Intelligence: 8, it represents formal education and Molly has few years of a hole in that and even without it is still in her early teens so she had even less of it than many other characters we did.

Wisdom: 10, should be higher but we cannot have everything.

Charisma: 12, Molly is adorable aaaand much smarter than people give her.

Now for D&D version of species, Race. Molly is a mutant and last time I checked mutant considered themselves a separate species altogether. So we’ll go with Stout Halfling. Your size is small, to the point Halfling passing for a human child is a known thing in D&D. You get +2 to Dexterity and +1 to Constitution. You are Lucky, allowing you to reroll natural 1 on any attack roll, ability check or a saving throw. You can move through space of any creature larger than you, you have an advantage on saving throws against poison and resistance to poison damage. You can speak Common and Halfling and your base speed is 25 feet.

Alternatives: If you want to play Molly Hernandez, who is not a mutant, pick up Variant Human and grab Lucky feat.

We will make Custom Background - pick up Deception and Acrobatics, any language that could be campaign relevant, artisan tool proficiency to play tuba and City Secrets feature from Urchin background.

Class Levels: First we will get us some punching. First level Fighter gains proficiency in all simple and martial weapons, Strength and Constitution saving throws and proficiency in two skills, I’d go for Insight and Athletics. You get to pick a Fighting Style, Unarmed Fighting makes your fist deal 1d6+ Yoru Strength Modifier damage instead of static 2, 1d8 if you use two hands at once. When you grapple a creature, you can deal them 1d4 damage whenever you hit them by a melee attack. You also get Second Wind, letting you once per short rest use your bonus action to regain 1d10+your Fighter level hit points.

2nd Level: Molly is known for wearing cute hats. But do you know what she doesn’t wear? An armor. Which is why we will quickly grab the first level of Barbarian for Unarmored Defense, letting you add your Constitution modifier to your Armor Class when you're not wearing armor. You also get to enter Rage, in which you have an advantage on Strength checks and saving throws, lets you add extra damage to attacks made while you rage and resistance to bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage. You can enter it a limited number of times, it lasts 1 minute and ends if you decide to, lose consciousness or do not attack anything for one turn.

3rg Level: Fighter of 2nd Level gains Action Surge, letting you take extra action for a turn between every long or short rest.

4th Level: 3rd Level Fighters get to choose a martial archetype. Brute lets you add 1d4 to any damage you deal with a melee weapon you’re proficient with. Meaning now this little girl hits with her bare hands like a guy with a sword.

5th Level: 4th Level Fighter gets an Ability Score improvement, but we will pick a Feat. Second Chance is a Halfling feat that lets you once per battle force a creature to reroll an attack roll that would hit you. You also get to Increase your Dexterity by 1.

Alternative: If you build Molly Hernandez instead, either grab Tough for more HP or increase your Strength.

6th Level: On 5th Level Fighter gets an Extra Attack, letting you attack twice in a single attack action, four times with Action Surge. You can punch fast because you have the power of youth...wait, that’s from some manga.

7th Level: 2nd Level Barbarian gains Reckless Attack, letting you before the first attack decide to gain an advantage on melee attacks during this turn but at the cost of enemy attacks having an advantage against you during the next turn.

Unearthed Arcana also gives Barbarian Survival Instincts, letting Molly become proficient in Perception and Animal handling and doubling her proficiency bonus to these skills. Between Old Lace and psychic cat Rufus, Molly is pretty good with animals after all.

8th Level: 3rd Level Barbarian gets to enter a Primal Path. Path of the Zealot is lore-wise hard to fit, as it is a fanatical follower of the gods. But you can easily refluff it - Molly is so devoted to protecting her friends that it gives her outright fanatical empowerment. Or maybe ask your DM which god in their setting is a patron of friendship and found families.

You gain two features. Warrior of the Gods ensures that if you’d die and someone, say your goth surrogate mom, cast a spell restoring you to life, they do it without having to pay a, usually high, material price. The second feature, Divine Fury, makes Molly hit even harder. Now when you rage the first attack you hit with on each of your turns deals an extra 1d6 + half of your Barbarian level of radiant or necrotic damage.

9th Level: 4th Level Barbarian gets an Ability Score Improvement, boost up your Strength to hit even harder.

10th level: 5th level Barbarian is sadly a doozy because you get Extra attack you already got from Fighter. It sucks but they do not stack. Cheer yourself up by the fact you can now puch so well to make Punisher write it in his journal. And you get extra 10 feet of movement when you’re not wearing armor to cheer you up.

11th Level: 6th Level Zealot gets Fanatical Focus, letting you to once per rage (which at this level raises to four uses per long rest) reroll a failed saving throw while you rage. As with previous features that let you reroll things, you must accept the new result even if its worse.

12th Level: 6th Level Fighter gains another Ability Score Improvement, increase your Constitution for better AC and more Hit Points.

13th Level: 7th Level Brute gains Brutish Durability, which allows you to add 1d6 to any saving throw you make, and if it’s a Death Saving Throw and it would push you to or above 20, you treat the roll as a natural 20, making you automatically regain 1 hit point.

14th Level: 8th Level Fighter gets to round up Constitution with another Ability Score Improvement.

15th Level: 9th Level Fighter becomes Indominable, allowing you to once per long rest reroll a failed saving throw and accept the new roll, even if it's worse.

16th Level: 7th Level Barbarian gains Feral Instinct, giving you an advantage on Initiative rolls and letting you act as if you’re not surprised in case an enemy surprises you, but only if the first thing you do is enter Rage. Which is what you should do if X-Men show suddenly to kidnap you to their weird cult island.

17th Level: 8th Level Barbarian can increase Strength with our last Ability Score Improvement.

18th Level: 9th Level Barbarian gets Brutal Critical, allowing you on a critical hit roll one additional die of any type you use in an attack, and since you use multiple ones, you can pick the highest one.

19th Level: 10th Level Zealot can make a Zealous Presence, letting you once per long rest as a bonus action rally up your teammates in need, giving them an advantage on saving throws and attack rolls for their next turn.

20th Level: Our capstone is 11th level Barbarian, giving us Relentless Rage. If you are raging and drop to 0 hit points but not outright killed, you can succeed a DC 10 Constitution saving throw and drop to 1 hit point instead. Every time you use it between rests the DC increases by 5 and goes back to 10 after short or long rest.

Overview: Molly Hayes is a Stout Halfling Brute Fighter 9/Path of Zealot Barbarian 11, let us see how good this build is.

Pros: First of all, your damage from various sources can stack up to pretty decent damage. Second, you are ridiculously hard to put down, with over two hundred hit points, resistance to damage, multiple ways to succeed saving throws and even more to get yourself out of the death situation - Indominable, Fanatical Focus, brutish Durability - and Second Wind, you can stay in combat for a long time. Your AC is at 18, which is also decent. Finally, you get to reroll so much you really feel like someone who is contractually set up to not die.

Cons: You are not as strong as you could be, we didn’t round up Strength in the end. Molly is strong but not as much as guys like Colossus. You also don’t deal much in magic damage and many creatures will have resistances or immunities against your punches, so you better hope DM gives you something to make your fists magical. And finally, you're a bit of a one-trick pony, you just punch people and I know from experience playing someone who just hits can bore some players fast.

However, this is pretty in character. You’re still a kid, so you have still time to surpass powerhouses like Hulk. But in meanwhile remember to keep your found family safe and teach everyone this kid is not to be underestimated.

Alternatives: I was considering Rogue but it didn’t really work with it since Molly doesn’t use anything that can deal Sneak Attack. if you sacrifice that character bit, you can start as a Rogue to get better skills. Going up to 4 levels and picking Swashbuckler or Scout for an Archetype will combine well with Cunning Action to make you move on the battlefield with an energy an excited kid like Molly has.

- Admin

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Anyway, here’s Galateotta, Thanatophobic Elven Necromancer searching for a way to stop death, first world wide, next only for a chosen few after “learning her lesson” and understanding that some people, actually, deserve to die and go to their dumb afterlives, least we fucked up the world in the process, 25 and looking like death warmed over already, charming woman this one.

She dies her hair red from their natural grey color. The eye markings are allegedly body paint actually she’s putting it on to hide the heavy bags under her eyes.

She was the loving and carefree daughter of a two Altmer tailors in the Imperial City. One day her dads sent her off with a courier to a friend of theirs in Anvil for a couple days, seemingly because they need to make a business trip and need someone to keep her for a while, but once Galateotta arrives in Anvil the Thalmor Emissary arrives to the Imperial City with the heads of the Blades in the Summerset Isles, starting the great war.

Her dads die during the Culling, the mass extermination of the population of the imperial city at the hands of Lord Narafiin, the Thalmor General leading the Imperial Front of the war, in order to break reality and fracture the veil within dimension, so to seemingly have the Thalmor achieve godlike power and allowing the daedra to once again invade Mundus.

The Culling fails, stopped officially by Titus Mede II wielding Goldbrand, actually a “forgotten” shezzarine pretending to be him, killing Narafiin, the fulcrum of the ritual, before reality can shatter, but the imperial city is still sacked and its population completely exterminated, Galateotta’s dads among them.

(What a MAJESTIC PR Move on Boethia’s part BTW. She supports the Thalmor all but directly for the entirety of the war, gives Narafiin dremoras, atronachs, cultist, support of the most various kind, direct and indirect help, helps him find the Orb of Vaermina and convinces Vaermina to let him have it... Then, right at the end, when she finds out a Shezzarine is near and Narafiin is about to fall, he lets them kill Reive, doesn’t recall the sword nor the Dremora Lord to her realm, so Reive dies like a chump and the Sword is conquered by the Forgotten Hero, and Boethia can go: “See, even in the darkest of times I sided with the good side, the one who didn’t want the world to explode, aren’t I the best?” Truly, the mistress of plots and ruler of subterfuge that one).

Anyway, stuck in Anvil, thankfully away from the front lines, Galateotta is deeply traumatized. The “family friend” bails on her, and she’s now alone in the street, a young urchin and orphan of a war that made far too many urchin and orphans. The local chapel of Dibella takes them in, or tries to take as many as they can, a orphanage being built as fast as they can, but she’s a Altmer, and so most other kids hate her, hate the race who made them orphans, so she’s not happy there, and spends some uneasy, awful 2 years.

That’s when the Thanatophobia starts. A priest of Arkay comes to them, shortly after the orphanage is built, and tries to comfort them, tell them about the great cycle of life and death and rebirth, of how now their parents souls are within Aetherius, washed anew into another life, and she loses it.

For her, Dying means leaving behind the ones you love, devastating them in the process, only for then be stripped of their identity, their memories of their loved ones erased only to become another person? That’s terrifying for her, of one day forgetting her dads like they probably forgot about her, so she makes a childish decision. If a cycle of death and rebirth is what brought her there, and if that’s what’s awaiting her, then she’ll simply not die till she has found a suitable alternative, one where she’s possibly still alive.

She’s 7 and an ostracized orphan however, so she doesn’t have much to go for that. Even her magical aptitude is low, since where most kids and failures rejected from the academy had managed to learn even the most simple of flame and healing spells, all of which being already taught to the poor orphans, “for self defense in these awful times” says Sister Andronica from Bravil, the one with a wicked glint in her eyes and yet a gentle smile when she needed to teach the kids how to fend for themselves.

(She left in a hurry one year later, to return to Barvil after hearing news from her family there, and right before they found Mother Superior dead. She had been growing ill over the year, almost as if something was seeping the life out of her, and it seemed losing Sister Andronica, with whom she had laways had the most... pious of relationship, must have been the last straw for the poor woman).

Yet teaching magic to a kid only leads to the ones being bullied to either become victims or butchers, and while she could not seemingly learn such easy spells yet, she had at least managed to learn Fury, a illusion spell, which only made her tormentors more mad, which was... worst, somehow.

Anyway, at 8 years of age Galateotta gets finally adopted, by Legate Cassia, now General. War Hero during the Great War, she was one of the four people who lead the four columns that took back the Imperial City from the Thalmor, and had been promoted and filled with honors. She had decided to take a much needed rest, especially after the trauma of losing so many good friends during the war, the pressure of all the things she had to do, as a commissariat officer, having to sedate insurgencies within the army with a iron fist, she and her men forced to eat their own boots, skaven’s tails, anything to survive during the time of the great war. So, while strolling in the streets, deciding to retire to Anvil at 40+ years of age, buy a cozy house there and live a calm, quiet life away from the madness of the imperial army, she has a young Altmer girl crash against her knees, running away from her bullies, and fall down on the ground in front of her.

She helps her up, her bullies hide, we have some conversations based on their circumstances, all very Oblivion like, or Interesting NPCs like, Galateotta giving her her life story and getting Cassia’s back in return, and Cassia decides to adopt this scared yet potentially feral yellow gremlin altmer child, because she likes her goddammit and maybe the gods are sending her a message at this point.

This will be a pivotal moment in Galateotta’s life for it will ingrain in her the Bruce Wayne School of Adopting Kids: “If you meet a kid, and they have no parents, adopt them no questions asked.”

Under Cassia Galateotta learns a bit the use of one handed weapons, needing something to defend herself with despite and because of her Altmer’s naturally fragile physique (Forcing her to wear mostly cloth or some light weapons) and apparent learning disability disorder stopping her from learning some spells right away. From her, she receives an Ancient Heirloom Cutlass, which becomes her primary weapon despite the years of wear and general bad quality, more for display than actual use, yet still better than iron swords.

At 16 till the age of 24, The Arcane University rejects her in all her applications, and the Mages Guild doesn’t even make her a member, both due to her lack of talent and her actual desires to join them, and while it’s frustrating at first it’s not so bad after the 6th year of rejection, so she doesn’t feel too bummed out about it. Again, she only wanted to join to unravel the mysteries of life and death, to achieve immortality for herself and everyone else, since she also blames the death of the other orphans parents on their awful behaviors, and therefore blames the Thalmor, so if they hadn’t been orphaned and had there been no war maybe they wouldn’t have hurt her, but mostly herself (and Legate Cassia).

Since the Mages Guild has banned necromancy a couple centuries ago, she can’t even research it in private either, least she was hunted down and strung up like a common bandit, so she can’t even go that route.

What she needs now, are 3 things:

1) A way to survive alone or, without that, one or more people or summons to watch her back:

The world is a dangerous place, and Given the lack of proper magical teachers, unfortunately, she STILL only knows Fury. It’s a pretty good fury, and she’s sure she’d be able to make one guy in 10 go mad and attack the others, but she’s not sure that must have that much uses in actual combat, especially if she’s doing a suicidal 10 vs 1.

She’d need other people to side with her, but she’s trash at making friends, most people finding her wanting to infodump about immortality and, well, religion in general, something she has almost become a expert at given as she tries to find something where she can still be free and mantain her individuality least her “immortality for everyone” plan failed. So she needs to work on her people skills more.

2) A change of scenery. Maybe, somewhere new and fresh, where people don’t know her all that well and there is less prejudice about her studies, where equally skilled minds can discuss openly about their research, where she can find the mystic power she needs to overcome her blocks and become the wizard to stop undeath...

3) Competent teachers, or, in lack of that, ways to research the wisdom of either dead or missing mentors, possibly in the fields of necromancy or theology.

And she knows just the place to achieve that.

Legate Cassia, now 50 going on 60, forbids her from going to the smoking crater that was Morrowind searching in the ruins of old Telvanni Mushroom towers for just that, least she was devoured whole by some nameless ash horror they left there to guard their secrets, but recognizes that its important for her and wants her to fulfill her dreams (which she assumes are impossible and merely theoretical, but she also wants her daughter to spread her wings, leave the nest, maybe become the mage she needed to be rather than the one she wanted to be), so instead proposes her to go to Skyrim instead.

One of Cassia’s old army buddies is there, as the Legate of the military governor, and she has heard the College of Winterhold was definitely more tolerant over Necromancy than the Mages Guild. So, she manages to convicne Galateotta to move there, leave the nest with a tearful yet awkward goodbye.

Cassia also writes a short letter to her ex girlfriend Rikke, telling her her daughter might come along at some point, and to try to treat her as she would treat Cassia, except the courier that was supposed to get it to Rikke manages to arrive 1 week late, and she doesn’t even know Galateotta is now captured during a Ambush on a man and a rebellion she knows nothing about.

So, here she is. Her heirloom sword has been confiscated and put in the keep’s barracks, the cart’s horse got spooked over something and crashed it against the walls of the keep, like can be seen in the above picture, she’s not been sleeping well in the last 2 days due to horrible nightmares, and now she’s about to get executed, which is triggering her fucking Thanatophobia right now because all her life work, she never managed to get anything does’n yes but it was still her life work, are about to get fucking wasted so she’s panicking because she doesn’t want to lose her life her individuality for some feel good bullshit story about death and rebirth she wants to remain there with hew mom she can’t leave her like her dads left her she just can’t-

And then, in the middle of a panic attack, Alduin arrives and saves her from her death, dazed and disoriented running away from the keep alongside the kind yet mild mannered legionnaire that was trying to not have her killed, away from the crazy Nords that were perhaps a bit too enamored with the concept of “dying with dignity and go to a place filled with mead (Yuck) and food,” and away from the Dragon who saved her life yet ended many others, now in the keep where they took her Heirloom Sword, getting it back as she puts on some mismatched light armor and a dead man’s wizard robe and hood, the first she ever got in her life, much to her new... friend? (She finally got a friend?) mild concern.

And this is where her story begins.

#skyrim #dovahkiin #dragonborn #altmer

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Rage Awakened (10)

Ten years ago, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus lost their fellow apprentice, Sora, in Deep Jungle. Now, they are to return with two new students, Riku and Kairi, to lock the heart of the world. All the while, something watches from the trees. Feral!Sora AU

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@violetstar-writes @chachacharlieco

Riku finally took the seat that had been offered, as Yen Sid and Ansem the Wise tried to figure out where to start. The clock in the corner ticked to fill the silence, as Riku shuffled in his seat.

Finally, Yed Sid admitted, “Radiant Garden has fallen.”

Riku leapt out of his chair, “you’re kidding!”

“If only I were.”

“But—how? I thought…I thought the keyhole there was sealed a long time ago.”

“On the contrary,” said Ansem. “The keyhole to Radiant Garden was never actually complete, and therefore, no one would be able to get to it.”

“Then how did the Heartless?”

He sighed, Riku noticing the bags under his eyes more clearly than at first. The man looked awful. “Well, that would be the good news. They did not. The world still lives in the Realm of Light, but it was been taken over by Maleficent herself. Though I suppose, her next goal is to complete the keyhole herself. Or else she wouldn’t have bothered.”

Riku fell back in his chair, his head in his hands in despair. “This can’t be happening. Does Kairi know?”

“I will tell Kairi myself once we are done here, you needn’t worry about that.”

Riku couldn’t help but feel sick for her. He knew exactly what it was like to lose a home, but knew she wouldn’t be prepared for it in the slightest.

“So what does that have to do with the traitor?” He asked, helpless.

“Perhaps I should start at the beginning,” supplied Ansem. “A few months back, as we were still learning about the keyholes, it occurred to me that Maleficent had to come to the knowledge of other worlds and the heartless somehow. I consulted Aurora and the three fairies, and none of them had heard of any other world before Enchanted Dominion was swallowed by the darkness. So how did Maleficent know? I theorized that someone told her. And that someone had to be a keyblade wielder.”

Riku nodded, following so far. “I see...but, Kairi and I let it slip a few times that we were from other worlds. It’s not like we meant to do it. So, maybe it was an accident?”

“That’s what I chalked it up to initially as well. I knew everyone knew about the world order, so I didn’t mention it to Eraqus. Now, moving onward. A few weeks ago, I came to find another dead world.”

“Dead world?” Asked Riku, concerned at the notion.

Ansem gestured for Yen Sid to take over.

“There are two dead worlds, that we know of. Worlds that exist without hearts. The keyblade graveyard, the sacred ground of a thousand year old war. It has been banned to return to, out of respect of the fallen. And The End of the World, where remnants of worlds that have been swallowed by darkness gather. We have all been there, at least once. Trying to assure the survivors of a fallen world. This is the heartless home-world, and where they are the strongest in the realm of light.

“Both of these worlds are halfway points between our realm of light and the realm of darkness. Therefore, the easiest places to summon Kingdom Hearts.”

“Kingdom Hearts?” Riku asked. “I’m sorry I’m asking so many questions, but I’ve never heard of this stuff before.”

“We are happy to answer any questions. After all, knowledge is power.” Yen Sid assured. “The reason you have not heard most of this information, is because it’s dangerous. But, we trust that you’ll keep it quiet unless absolutely necessary.”

Riku nodded in confirmation.

“Now, Kingdom Hearts is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a state, a collection of hearts. One could argue that this castle is a Kingdom Hearts, but for our purposes, I’m talking about the Kingdom Hearts from the age of fairytales.”

That was already a lot of information to swallow, but Riku gestured for him to continue, mostly understanding the gist of it.

“Long ago, when all the world’s were one, a great entity hung in the sky, a collection of all hearts. A pure and perfect Kingdom Hearts. No one man ruled over it, but there was a man who discovered a way to do so, The Master of Masters. Kingdom Hearts gave him the χ-blade. ‘χ’ being the ancient letter pronounced ‘chi’ or ‘kye’. The χ-blade is the ancestor from where all keyblades come from. This Kingdom Hearts is legend to hold ultimate power and wisdom, but without summoning it, we will never truly know. The χ-blade was shattered into thirteen shards of darkness and seven of light. The light was reborn into the hearts of the Princesses, such as Aurora and Cinderella. Consequently, those seven hearts are required to complete the keyhole to Radiant Garden.”

“And…this is what Maleficent wants?”

“Perhaps. Though it is not completely known if she even knows about it yet.”

“But wait, you said you found another dead world, Ansem?”

“That is correct. It was a few weeks ago, myself and Merlin the Wizard travelled to Twilight Town, in order to collect some old research notes I had left in the abandoned mansion there. Upon arrival, I saw a boy in a crowd that I was immediately suspicious of. Against Merlin’s better judgement, I followed him. To my surprise, the boy led me to the mansion anyways. In the basement, he opened a corridor of darkness, and leapt inside.”

“A dark corridor? But...that would mean he’s in league with Maleficent!” Said Mickey.

“That’s what I surmised as well, and so I jumped in after him. On the other side, I made a horrific discovery...another dead world. This one a city filled with Nobodies. The World That Never Was.”

“Nobodies?” Mickey asked. “What do you mean? What’s a Nobody?”

“What’s a Heartless?” Ansem posed back.

“Well...it’s a Heart that’s been consumed by darkness. It’s turned into a monster.”

“And what becomes of the body that heart belonged to?”

Riku and Mickey didn’t answer, but their silence was telling.

“The husk left behind begins to act with a will of its own. No heart, no feelings, only instinct. And they all congregated to this world, a city that stretched for miles, with not a living soul within its walls. Or so I thought.” He took a sip of his tea.

“Shortly after arriving in this world, I was confronted by the boy. He held a black keyblade in one hand, and a white one in the other. He asked my business in his world, and I simply introduced myself.

“When he saw I meant no ill will, he lowered his weapon, and gave me his name: Roxas. I asked him what he was doing in that world, and he told me he lived there. He had woken up in Twilight Town, and a man in a black coat found him and brought him to the dead world to live. He was allowed to come and go as he pleased, but his job was to kill as many heartless with the keyblade as he could. I asked who the man was, and he said he couldn’t tell me. The man was his master, and the only friend he had. I told him I would be his friend without being his master, and then I told him he could visit me in Radiant Garden if he ever needed someone to talk to.”

“And did he?” Asked Riku.

“He did. I even introduced him to some other youngsters in the town, Lea and Isa. He came mostly daily, though he always returned to his world once the sun set.”

“Wait,” Riku asked. “You said he was highly suspicious. What makes you say that?”

“Why don’t you see for yourself?” He turned to the corner of the room, which was enveloped in shadows. “Why don’t you come out and meet Riku?”

There was some hesitation, but eventually, a young man came out, wearing a black coat and an anxious expression.

Riku stood suddenly, “wha—?” He took a few steps closer. “Ventus? No...”

Indeed, Roxas looked like Ventus, though a bit younger, about Sora’s age.

“So you can see why I was concerned.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Roxas, will you tell him what your name used to be before your master renamed you?”

Roxas leveled his gaze on Riku, and said with clear diction. “Sora.”

Riku’s reaction of doubt and confusion was expected.

“You see,” Ansem continued, resting a hand on Roxas’ arm. “Roxas is a nobody. Sora’s nobody.”

“So…Sora turned into a heartless? Then why is he a person now? And why does he look like Ventus then?”

“I have only theories, unfortunately. One of them being that this ‘master’ of his is acquainted with Sora at some rate. As for Roxas’ likeness to Ventus, I believe that also has to do with the traitor. I think this individual is the same that divided Ventus’ heart several years ago. I remember in those days, Ventus’ healed quicker when in the presence of Sora, which leaves me to believe that part of Ventus’ heart was within Sora.”

“You’re not saying that Sora’s the traitor, are you?”

“No. I believe our suspect was active long before Sora was even a keyblade wielder. Whether those pieces of Ventus ended up in Sora on purpose, or as a consequence of Sora’s strong heart, I don’t know. As for Sora, I don’t believe he actually ever became a heartless, but I do think that a very powerful darkness resides within him, and someone stirred it up, creating a nobody, and who knows what other chaos.”

As Ansem explained this, Roxas sat on the edge of the desk, and continued to watch the others with a critical gaze.

“How do you know it was another person? When we were there in Deep Jungle, we saw a beast that…sort of looked like a heartless, but had red sharp eyes, instead of round yellow.”

Ansem asked Roxas. “Have you heard of anything like that?”

The boy shook his head. “Doesn’t sound familiar. Nobodies are usually metallic looking, and have slits for eyes. I’ll keep an eye out though.”

“What happened to the creature? Is it still there?”

“No…we were going to tell you as soon as possible…Sora’s keyblade…well, I really have no other way to say this. It ate it.”

“His keyblade ate it? What do you mean?”

“His keyblade is supposed to look like Mickey’s. Right?”

“It looks like the Kingdom Key D.” Mickey clarified, summoning that blade. “This isn’t actually mine. I found it in the realm of darkness. But, yes, Sora’s looks almost identical to it. Just different in color.”

“Well, it doesn’t look like that anymore. It’s all gnarly and broken and it has these long, sharp pieces that look like claws on it. Sora saved us from the beast by sending the claws out and ripping it to pieces, but the keyblade absorbed the bits and Sora blacked out.”

Yen Sid hummed in thought, “I don’t like the sound of that. I fear that it’s not the keyblade we have to worry about.”

“Tarzan said that wasn’t the only creature like that. There’s been a bunch of them, and they always go after Sora. No one else.”

“This is even more evidence to support my theory.” Said Ansem, thoughtfully. “Mickey and I shared thoughts on Sora’s disappearance, and that it wasn’t an accident, or a wild animal.”

Riku gasped slightly. “You’re not insinuating that Master Eraqus purposefully left him there, are you?”

“No. Not Eraqus. Rather, I think our traitor is Master Xehanort.”

“Master Xehanort? But…but he couldn’t be. He has always been on the side of light. He even helped me banish the darkness within myself!”

“Xehanort chooses to tread the line between light and dark.” Yen Sid corrected. “He understands that the world must exist in balance. There can be no light without darkness. And yet, he is very emphatic about this belief. There was always a hint of doubt within me in regards to his trustworthiness. Even as a keyblade Master. Even still, we have no solid proof. Only tiny doubts.”

“Like what? So far, all you’ve said could really be anyone. Even someone we’ve never met before.”

“True.” Agreed Ansem. “Which is what brings us back to the fall of Radiant Garden.”

Riku had almost forgotten about that in the wake of all this news.

“Roxas’ came and got me when the invasion started. It was early in the morning, when most people were asleep. His Master said that Maleficent had amassed an army of Heartless to storm the castle, and he knew he wouldn’t be able to stop her. Instead, he came to find me to find a way to help. We looked for the Princesses, but it seemed like they had hidden somewhere. We could not find them, and the castle was quickly being overrun with heartless looking for me. We took a hidden passage, which allowed me to spy on what was happening throughout the castle, and…I found my beloved apprentices…Braig, Dilan, Aeleus, Even, Lea, Isa…and even little Ienzo. They were all gathered, captured and brought to the Great Hall where Maleficent had made herself at home. Only she wasn’t alone in her conquest. There was the man in a black cloak, and another younger man, wearing a helmet. Roxas didn’t say, but I knew the man had to be his so-called master.” He clenched his eyes shut, recalling the memory. “The boy with the helmet wielded a keyblade, and before my very eyes, struck down my apprentices, each one of them succumbing to the darkness. I was completely helpless to stop them. All we could do was flee.”

“I would have stopped it if I could,” Roxas defended. “But my Master has forbidden me from speaking his name, or from interfering with Maleficent. No matter how much I try, I can’t seem to fight him.”

“Such is the power of manipulation.” Yen Sid assured. “It’s not a loyalty to him that prevents you from helping us. It’s his magic. By him giving you a new name with a sigil, he has control over you, at least to some extent.”

“Sigil?” Asked Roxas.

“Your name is an anagram of Sora, with an X added. The X is a sigil, or a mark. Knowing someone’s name can allow for a certain control over them, but giving them a new name with a sigil…I can’t begin to imagine what he could do.”

“Then, should Roxas even be here?” Asked Riku. “What if Xehanort forces him to tell him about us?”

“A keen observation, Riku.” Yen Sid praised. “Now you see why we decided to tell you, and only you.”

That was not entirely clear, and he communicated this with a frown.

“If we play our cards right, Xehanort will never know we suspect him. The temptation to tell Eraqus would be too strong for Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. And Eraqus, though his heart is in the right place, has known Xehanort all his life. Without any definitive proof, he surely would confront Xehanort for answers. You, on the other hand, are much more likely to come to Mickey or myself if you’re unsure of something.”

Riku had to admit it, they had pegged him true. He had nothing against Eraqus, but Yen Sid had taken up the role of trusted mentor first. He definitely saw that the others thought of Eraqus as a father figure, and would feel guilty hiding this from him.

“I understand now.” Riku said, with a nod.

“Of course, as a master, you will be expected to share this information with the others when you deem it appropriate. And we expect you to come to us if you see anything that can be considered as proof. For now, I think it would be best if you pretended like you know nothing. I wouldn’t even mention Roxas.”

“Yes, Master.”

“And Roxas,” Yen Sid addressed him.

“Yes?”

“We would appreciate your help anyway you’re willing to give it. But it would be unfair to ask you to do anything that could cause…harm.”

“It’s alright. Ansem has shown me what real friendship is, and I want to help my real friends. But…”

“Just do what feels right.” Riku smiled.

Roxas returned it. “Lea and Isa…no, Axel and Saïx now…they live with the others in The World That Never Was. But…they’re different. Colder.”

“Such is the nature of a nobody,” Ansem observed. “Though you seem to be an exception. Perhaps it is your connection with Sora which gives you the ability to feel.”

“How did you…you know, happen?” Riku asked.

Roxas gave a half smile, and shook his head.

“A forbidden question then. Too bad.”

“I’m sorry, I gotta go. If I stay too long, the others will be suspicious.”

“Roxas, before you go, one more question.” Ansem spoke up.

“Hmm?”

“The others…are they worried about me? Or…?”

“I’m afraid they think you abandoned them. I didn’t correct them though.”

Ansem nodded. “Such as I thought. Thank you, Roxas.”

“Later then.” A black portal appeared, and in the next moment, Roxas was gone.

“What a nightmare.” Ansem lamented.

“I should probably get back to the others too,” Riku suggested.

“Yes, and could you send Kairi when you do? You may tell the others what happened, but I think it’s best if she hears it from me.”

“Sure thing.” He stood. “I’ll keep my ears out for anything regarding Xehanort.” With that, he headed back to the library.

Ventus, Kairi, and Sora all sat on the floor, as Terra and Aqua almost poetically regaled them of stories of their travels. Of course, everyone had had equally fantastic stories of the worlds they visited, but every world was just a little bit more amazing than the last.

“And then the pirates started shooting canon balls at us! While we were flying up in the sky! There was no protection, only clouds to hide in. A canon ball hit my shoulder and left a nice bruise!” Terra said.

“I, on the other hand, just practiced my shield summoning,” Aqua boasted.

“Well, I could fly and dodge, or I could summon a shield, I can’t do both Aqua.”

“Because you haven’t been practicing!”

“I didn’t need to!”

“Or so you think!”

Riku knelt down next to Kairi and spoke quietly to her. “Hey, your uncle is here. He’s in the next room, and he wants a word with you.”

“Oh!” She stood. “I wonder what about? I hope everything is alright. I’ll be back in a minute then.”

In their argument, Terra and Aqua didn’t even notice that she left the room, but Sora had. He crawled his way over to Riku, resting his hands on his shoulder, and leaned meaningfully towards the door.

“She just went to talk to her uncle. You remember Ansem the Wise, right?”

Sora didn’t respond, just kept looking at the door.

“Huh? Did you say Ansem the Wise is here?”

“Yeah…um. It’s not good.”

But before he could elaborate, Sora winced out in pain, holding his chest.

“Sora? You okay?”

He didn’t acknowledge them, and hurried out of the room on all fours.

“Sora!”

The group ran after, hearing the door slam open down the hall.

Sora burst into the study, only to see Kairi in tears, being held by a man vaguely familiar. He didn’t care what happened, he just knew that she was in pain. He was in pain, because she was in pain, and he just wanted it to stop. He pushed passed those in his way and gathered her up in his arms.

“S-Sora?” She whimpered between sobs.

He nuzzled her face with his nose, trying to stop her tears, but not knowing how.

She drank up the affection, clinging to him and crying harder.

By then, everyone was at the door, watching the scene unfold.

“What happened?” Aqua asked, looking to Ansem, who was also teary-eyed.

“Radiant Garden has fallen.”

In a clamor of footsteps, Kairi was embraced from all sides. Her hair was pet, her shoulder rubbed, her hand squeezed in assurance.

Ansem watched the scene with hope in his heart. She had a second home, and the last princess was undoubtably safe.

#kingdom hearts #KH #fanfiction #rage awakened #sora #kairi #riku #SoKai #sora x kairi #feral!sora #tarzan au #terra #aqua #ventus #roxas

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Fourteen Facts About Clay (from Monkey Wrench!)

He gets one extra fact because he’s my favorite :)

14 Facts About Clay From MW!

1.) Clay’s parents are named Clifford ‘Cliff’ Bailey and Judith ‘Judy’ Bailey - and they are divorced. He has a baby sister named Jessamine ‘Jessie’ Bailey and a younger brother named Patrick ‘Patty’ Bailey. Right now Patrick lives at the Bailey Ranch with his Pa and Grandpappy Bailey, and Jessie is low key feral and moves around a lot with the Black Vipers all over the American Southwest. She does however technically live with her mom in their modest little trailer in town, and despite the sometimes troubled relationship they have it is a place she is comfortable with hanging her hat.

2.)The Bailey ranch is located 20 minutes away from the small town of Rockwood, Texas. There’s paranormal activity everywhere but otherwise it’s tiny and hot and boring af and everybody knows everybody else and nothing ever truly changes. At times that’s cozy and comforting, especially around the holidays, but other times it sucks. The most exciting thing to do in town is go to the diner, go to the drive in for movies from three decades ago, or go ghost hunting. A lot of the teens that live there are bored out of their skulls.

3.) Clay gets along best with his grandfather Grandpappy Bailey. The two have been close since Clay was a baby and they hold a very special bond. Besides being a pillar of wisdom and love and good humor, Grandpappy is tied with one other person as Clay’s number one confidante and the one he goes to when he’s in need of advice.

4.) The other person mentioned above is Clay’s mom, Judy. She’s strong, loving and the right balance of “Warrior woman who takes no shit” and “motherly matron who makes everything better.” Despite her somewhat tumultuous relationship with her ex-husband, she still is in good standing with Grandpappy Bailey, who often invites her over for cards and dinner when Cliff is out of town. Judy loves each of her children dearly, and wants them to grow up strong and happy and good. Clay is a total momma’s boy and writes and calls her often, and she sends him plenty of postcards from places she visits and little care packages full of stuff from home.

5.) Clay and Jessie are still working on patching up their relationship, but it’s on a much healthier level than it was before. They call each other often and Clay even has a pleasant (if a little shaky) relationship with the rest of the Black Vipers. Jessie still doesn’t like visiting the ranch anymore, but she’s reconciled with her Dad enough to come over for dinner every now and then. They still fight sometimes though, mostly over her future and what she wants to do with her life. (The thought is kind of scary to her)

6.) Clay’s relationship with his brother Patrick, on the other hand, is very, very tense. There’s a lot of pain, bad memories, and old grudges between them and Clay doesn’t like to talk about it. It hurts too much, and if you try to bring it up, he’ll shut down completely and won’t talk for a few days. The two brothers don’t even speak to each other anymore. It’s gotten that bad.

They weren’t always like that though. They used to be quite close, think Stan and Ford from Gravity Falls as kids. Total partners in crime. But as the years went on, their relationship became more and more strained until a certain incident over a certain girl just...broke them apart.

FYI, Clay wants to make up, but Patrick does NOT.

7.) Clay knows how to play the guitar. It’s a side hobby of his and he’s very good at playing and even singing. But nobody really knows about this because he’s so, so shy and is terrified about performing in front of others. Telling people about his love for guitar would mean they’d ask him to play music for them and he doesn’t want that. His music isn’t for other people - its for himself. And he would prefer to keep it that way.

At this point he’s trying to write his own songs, but he knows plenty by heart. The only others he’ll perform in front of are animals right now.

8.) Clay is a total Agent Mulder and believes in the existence of aliens, ghosts, demons, supernatural beings, angels, cryptids, etc. He absolutely believes in the Mothman, Bigfoot, chupacabras etc, and in addition to studying animals and their behaviors, he studies cryptozoology, demonology, ufology and general occult stuff. He’s not as vocal about it as Jessie is, but it is a big interest of his.

9.) When it comes to being the most religious of the Dragons, Clay and Omi are tied for number one. Rai is a little more casual with his Catholicism and Kimiko doesn’t emphasize or think about her beliefs much, but Clay and Omi are pretty serious and devoted. Not overly so, but they definitely say prayers before meals and bed and never ever skip special days of worship.

On that note, Clay is very open minded and respectful of what others believe and how others choose to live their lives. He only gets upset when people choose to live their lives in a way that hurts others.

10.) Clay’s biggest hobby is learning about animals, all animals, on all levels. This is because he has always jived more with animals than people. This is partly due to his shy nature, but also because Dragons Of Earth have always been natural animal magnets.

11.) Clay truly loves Daddy Bailey and Daddy Bailey truly loves Clay. But there’s a lot about Clay’s personality, opinions and interests that Clay keeps hidden from his father because he’s terrified of disappointing his father and getting reprimanded for just being himself. To this day, Clay still has a hard time denying either of his parents anything.

12.) If it wasn’t already clear, Clay’s family is moderately dysfunctional. It does get to him a lot, especially after holiday visits with the family, but he won’t talk about it with others, not even his own team, and often stays silent because he was raised to keep that stuff inside. It has really affected him. Because of his dysfunctional relationships with his dad and siblings, Clay has a tendency to stay overly humble, downplay his strengths, make a visible effort to not stand out and take responsibility for any failures, even if they’re not his fault. The condition of his family weighs heavily on his shoulders.

There are two other Dragons in MW! that Clay could really connect to and find kindred spirits in when it comes to family issues like this. It’s not that hard to guess who they are.

Maybe they’ll all talk someday. I would like to think they’d support each other as close friends when it comes to that stuff.

13.) Growing up, Clay was THE ACE in his small town and was really loved and respected by the community for being so multitalented, earnest, kind and all around awesome. He always made an effort to make others proud and live for other people because he wanted them to know they could rely on him and that he’d never let them down.

So you can imagine how much it hurt when his actions were never good enough for his dad and when those same actions drove his siblings away because they triggered their own insecurities and jealousy. And that really got to him.

Deep down, Clay resents himself. Sometimes those feelings are almost non-existent. Other days they fill up his whole head. Change is hard and healing isn’t linear, even when you’re surrounded by loving, supportive friends.

14.) Clay, like Kimiko, is still at Wudai status and is still working to become a Shoku Warrior. The attainment of Shoku Warrior status is heralded by the attainment and mastery of one or more Shoku powers. You’ll see Clay’s start to show up pretty soon ;) I hope you guys like it! Here’s a hint:

Time.

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dorthyanndrarry · 7 years

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Seven Steps -27-

tags: eighth year, drarry, fluff, swearing, drama, melodrama, angst

suggested rating: teen and up, for heavy themes

Seven Steps on AO3 || Seven Steps on Wattpad

- Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Step 6 - Part 7 - Part 8- Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14 - Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21 - Part 22 - Part 23 - Part 24 - Part 25 - Part 26 - Part 27 - Part 28 -

Three more days, Draco told himself as he trudged to his potions lab, dragging his hand along the wall. He had finished four; it was more than halfway through, at least until the next month. It should have been easy, considering how much practise he had, but the last couple days always seemed like a special sort of torture. Just about the only thing he looked forward to about going home at the end of the school year was sleeping until noon if he wanted to.

The door moved under his fingertips. Draco froze, anxiety creeping up his spine. He was sure he had closed it when he left the night before. He peered through the illusionary wall. The lights were on as well.

Potter pulled off the cover off the second cauldron and set it to the side, looking up when Draco stepped inside, “I'm pretty sure everything's ready, and I've washed my hands already,” he held up his hands.

Draco stared at him then let out a resigned sigh.

Potter narrowed his eyes, “What?”

“Since we were eleven years old you've been nothing but a test of my patience,” Draco said. He set his brewing case on the end of the table and used his freed hands to rub his temples.

Potter raised his hands in a wordless expression of pure exasperation.

Draco wanted to complain about Potter asking for time and, he had assumed, distance and yet here he was forcing Draco to exercise what little impulse control he had against the constant feeling in the back of his mind that he was running out of time. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a way to word it that wouldn't make him sound like a petulant child, and he had already heard enough from Potter on that particular subject for one day. He settled on, “I honestly wasn't expecting you to be here.”

“I shouldn't have skipped out yesterday. Hermione said I was overreacting,” Potter said.

Draco raised an eyebrow and pulled open the drawers containing what they would need to brew, “Words of wisdom from the only one in your group with any,” Draco said.

“Hey!”

“Did she give any other helpful advice?” Draco said, turning away and going to the sink to wash his hands.

“Not really,” Potter said evasively.

Draco patted his hands dry and rolled his sleeves back down, buttoning the wrists and smoothing his hand unconsciously over his left forearm. When he came back to the table, Potter was slowly slicing the asphodel in a fair approximation of how Draco preferred it.

Draco sat on the other side of the table and selected a small clean piece of bone and the file rasp, “You don't have to keep coming. This isn't your obligation.”

“You want me to leave?” Potter asked.

Draco narrowed his eyes, “That's not what I meant, as you well know.”

Potter used the edge of his knife to push the sliced asphodel into one pile, “...I want to.”

Draco knew he should take the statement at face value, but he couldn't stop himself from prodding at it, “You want to help because it's the right thing to do or because you want to help me?”

“Both,” Potter said without hesitation. He took out the scales and leaned over the potion instructions, “How much asphodel for each potion?”

“Two and three-quarters of an ounce,” Draco said without looking up. He shifted on his stool, his knee brushing against Potter's.

Potter twitched at the touch but didn't pull away. “Erm, wolfsbane uses powdered wolf bone, which can only be obtained from wolves that have died naturally, right? So how did you-?” he pointed at the piece in Draco's hand.

“It's not wolf,” Draco said.

“What is it then?”

“Feral dog,” Draco said.

Potter grimaced, “Dog?”

“The supplier is paid to catch ones that have gone rabid or become dangerous. He sends me the bones.” Draco said.

“So you can just replace wolf bone with dog?” Potter asked. Bottles chimed faintly as he searched for the powdered moonstone.

Draco raised an eyebrow, “Interested in potions theory all of a sudden, Potter?”

“NEWTS are coming up, and you're the best at Potions in the school so it can't hurt right?” Potter rambled.

“It's certainly a way to fill the silence,” Draco said.

“I am interested,” Potter said stubbornly.

“Of course you are,” Draco said sarcastically. He explained anyway because he missed lecturing like he used to, “I had to increase the ratio of dog bone to achieve the same effect, and the potion's potency degrades faster with dog compared to wolf. I also increased the nettle by three percent to balance the base effect of the bone because a certain level of acidity is needed to incorporate the moonstone,” Draco said.

Potter blinked at him.

Draco shook his head, “And before you ask, I get the moonstone from a muggle gem seller. It's much cheaper. There are quite a few potion ingredients whose prices are artificially high simply because wizards have no idea about muggle markets.”

“And you do?” Potter said faintly, “You buy from muggles-?”

Draco frowned, “Absolutely not. I have better things to do. I hired a broker; she's muggleborn and very good.”

Potter said, “Oh. Right. That makes sense.”

“You don't have to sound so relieved,” Draco said archly.

“I mean you buying from muggles just seems impossible,” Potter said.

Draco took out the aconite, “You don't know anything about me.”

“I do-!” Potter broke off, and winced in embarrassment, “I mean, sixth year.”

“You know the worst of me,” Draco said adding a tiny piece of aconite to the little vial of reagent and swirling it gently, “And I know all the worst of you. Yet somehow, here we are.”

Potter put away all the bottles and boxes while Draco finished preparing the aconite.

Potter tapped his fingers on the table. He caught Draco's eye and grinned, “We both have awful taste in blokes.”

Laughter bubbled out of Draco without warning and he nearly dropped the parchment of aconite in his hand. Potter caught his wrist and took the aconite from him and the look in Potter's eye- it left him more breathless than the laughter. He had had Potter intensity directed at him before but it was always in anger and this, this wasn't anger.

Draco bit his bottom lip, turning his hand and catching Potter's hand in his, “You're the worst.”

“What? I haven't done anything,” Potter said

“That joke was terrible-”

“You laughed,”

“-and no flirting when brewing.”

“I wasn't flirting!” Potter protested.

Draco gave him a look and squeezed Potter's hand before letting go, “No flirting.”

“Is this on the brewing rules, right after washing your hands?” Potter joked.

“It's on my list of rules, because it's a safety hazard to try and brew when you're too turned on to focus properly,” Draco said.

Potter's eyes widened and he glanced down at the table.

Draco smirked in amusement, “You embarrass too easily, Potter.”

“Most people don't just say things like that,” Potter protested.

“I wouldn't advise hanging around any drunk Slytherins then, or Pansy, at any time.” Draco said, “Not that she would. Should we get started?”

Potter nodded fervently.

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valheartandfriendsllc · 4 years

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Things I’ve Learned As An Animal Whisperer By Val Heart

What is an animal whisperer?

I define the term as someone who can hear, feel and see animal’s thoughts.

Can anyone who loves animals become an animal whisperer?

Yes!

How do I know? I know because animals have been whispering their innermost secrets, thoughts and feelings to me all my life. And because I teach animal lovers all over the world how to whisper!

What I Learned in the Process of Listening to Animals

When I was four years old, an only child living in a wooded, hilly, rural area overlooking Lake Travis outside Austin, Texas, my orange cat Josie taught me how to respect and understand the world using feline sensibilities. She was a feral cat who adopted me one bright sunny day. She fascinated me. I loved how she walked, how she smelled, and how soft her fur was. We became best friends even though she was never as comfortable with other people as she was with me. Together, every day we would snuggle up for a nap and share our thoughts about life’s experiences and insights with each other.

My parakeet Sparky taught me about life from a birds amazing perspective. Being a bird is a unique experience and very different from being a cat or dog or human. Sparky showed me what the world looks like from a bird’s eye point of view. His fascination with mirrors and shiny objects made me laugh, and guess what? His lasting legacy to me is that to this day, I too have a fascination with mirrors and shiny objects. I wasn’t very successful in teaching him to speak English words even though I played language speaking records for him over and over on my little red record player. He however was very successful in teaching me the language of the heart in the form of animal whispers.

A family of white mice taught me about the intricacies of living in a tightly knit family group. As a lonely only child growing up in the country with no human playmates close by, their whispered stories about family intrigued me very much. The mice were compassionate, caring, playful and highly sensitive. When they shared their viewpoint of the world with me, I felt the coziness and peacefulness of the nest. I learned survival tips and how important it was to always have cover and an escape path. They were adventurous as individuals, and they loved their family so much. They each had roles to play for their family, and the matriarch was very special and wise. They grieved their losses, and celebrated new babies. They also whispered to me lessons about the dangers of overpopulation!

When I was seven years old, my family rescued a gorgeous German Shepherd dog named Fritz. A wonderful animal whisperer, he taught me how to experience life from a dog’s viewpoint. Strong of character, loyal by nature and possessing a big loving heart, I admired him so much! I decided I wanted to be a dog like him when I grew up. I would get down on all fours and we would race around the yard chasing each other playing tag. Together we would laugh and bark at each other, until we collapsed in a heap in the yard. He whispered to me about his abusive first owners, why he kept running away from home and how he spent his time when he was wandering the countryside. He whispered about the other creatures he met, what he learned and the neighborhood news. He taught me how to smell and scent the air, how to listen to vibration, frequencies and what the sounds meant. He helped teach me how to life a good life. One day on his travels, visiting his many friends, he discovered a young pregnant hippie girl living in a tent in Hippy Hollow. She was all alone and afraid. She needed him more than we did, so he made the choice to become her dog. I grieved his loss from my life, but I honored and respected his decision.

My Welsh pony mare Maisie coached me through my difficult teenage years when I suffered from manic depression and suicidal tendencies. After a rough day, I would sneak out of the house at night after my parents went to sleep and go to the stable. Wrapping my arms around Maisie’s neck I would hold on to her, burying my face in her beautiful black mane and cry my heart out. She would turn her beautiful head and look at me intently with her big brown eyes that saw through to my soul. Accessing her quiet strength, profound wisdom and love, we would discuss the situations I was struggling with. Carefully she would listen, and then she would whisper exactly what I most needed to know. Her truths, insights and viewpoints were brilliant, her sense of humor quirky and fun. I left always feeling that I could cope better with life’s challenges. Soon I would feel more peaceful and clear, ready to go to sleep and face another day.

The extraordinary animal whispers from nature and the wildlife surrounding me taught me how to be a better human being. Accessing a lifetime of listening to animal whisperers, I now use my vast experience to save lives, heal and grow. The super power of true animal communication, aka animal whispering, from heart to heart, mind to mind is a life changing experience.

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Why Is My 3 Year Old Cat Spraying Miraculous Useful Tips

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Cats are also notorious creatures of habit and are perfectly capable of scent-marking their territory.Don't even clean with enzymatic, odor-destroying cleaners, but if you can, prepare your cat has been the ruler of the cat's box to small room with the following strategies:Downside is that your cat to your furnishings.But if you are not the flea comb might not be eliminated with the other hole.He will most likely due to rush hour traffic, they took them quite a bit to make it more secure for your cat is still a problem, switch back to the veterinarian regularly for vaccinating them against infectious disease is usually from direct contact, though fleas can come up with three ways that few, if any post operative complaints occur it is a lot of time to do is minimize the amount of stress in her nipples, which can be the same age, that are fed mostly meat, fish, or leftovers.

Cat Spraying Problem

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Cat Spraying My Bed

If your tap water is available at the same time and stress when you are doing the right direction, working from the oven and allow them to each other or towards people that are restricted to living outdoors, the best program that caters to those needs.There are a couple of days.You can almost guarantee if your cat's behavior is well understood.Many times, however, people will begin treating the infested pet.Tips to know that the furniture or valuable goods taking the palm of your furniture then it is pollen season, do see to this.Well, when your pet indoors for a while the spraying behavior.

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Sleeping on the upper bed, I woke up Thursday morning while Walid is playing the creepy man prank on me, staring at me real closely. I missed his creepy man jokes. He used to stand behind the door of my office when we worked in 2004 in a cellphone shop, and watch me in a creepy way, and pretend that he is hiding when I see him. Sometimes it made me wonder if a psychological issue was really being manifested. Thankfully, it was just a prank all along.

Walid is 10 years older than me, but he has the wisdom of a 100 years old philosopher. He grew up in Beirut Golden time, in an ocean of intellectual waves, when Beirut was the Paris of the East. Then the intellectual waves became intellectual wars, and they in turn converted to real wars, and he lived the civil war in lebanon that started in 1975 day by day, the Israeli occupation that swept up to Beirut in 1982, till he left in the 90’s, and the civil war outlasted him till the year 1989, when it kind of ended with the Taif Accord, while the war with Israel continued till today. He studied music in California, and a bunch of other things. He is a professional guitarist, a well learned pianist, a great composer, and an accomplished poet in Arabic. He is a reference and an expert in the Arabic Language with all its branches, Arabic Music, Arabic poetry, and fluent in English and French. He also speaks Spanish, and some Russian and German. He is also an Islamic scholar, and few of his friends declared him as Mujtahid. Although it might have been a joke at certain times, but it really reflected his intellectual capability to infer the jurisprudence he needed for his daily life.

Walid is also an radio producer, video producer, a TV host, a columnist, a chinese cuisine chef, a donut baker, an educator, and school administrator. I have been in London since Sunday, and I have not yet gotten to the real icons, like Big Ben, The Parliament House, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, nor have I seen the Thames yet. By this point, I knew that it was not possible to catch up to the possibilities of each area, and it will be a matter of glancing over, and selecting few destinations of each neighborhood among the few ones I had planned originally.

It is time now to go to the heart of London, Westminster, where Big Ben, Parliamentary palace, and surrounding government buildings. I wanted to start the tour in the National Gallery. The bus took us to Telefogar station, but stopped few stops before due to traffic, and after grabbing a croissant au fromage from Paul cafe, a little stony entrance called my name to it.

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In a city like this, almost everything is beautiful, and every shop or cafe, every alley and corner, is worth a stop and a visit. It is like walking in a large museum. Nevertheless, some places call your name, so sometimes you answer to the call, and sometimes you apologize sadly and promise to have a second chance in the future.

Paul called me into it, just like this arch. Upon entering it, and moving from one chamber to another, I found myself passing through some Roman sites. It was the Roman Baths.

This is London for you. Layers and layers of history, all preserved, all appreciated, all relevant, all breathtaking. If an alien species attack us, and give us the choice to preserve only one city from utter destruction, I would choose London, because objectively with it, you would preserve the largest amount of human civilization possible.

Exiting from the Roman Baths, I find myself at Somerset house.

Carrying on, I got to the Trafalgar Square.

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Wikipedia:

Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars with France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar, Spain. The name comes from Arabic طرف الغرب … meaning cape of the West.

The site of Trafalgar Square had been a significant landmark since the 13th century and originally contained the King’s Mews. After George IV moved the mews to Buckingham Palace, the area was redeveloped by John Nash, but progress was slow after his death, and the square did not open until 1844. The 169-foot (52 m) Nelson’s Column at its centre is guarded by four lion statues. A number of commemorative statues and sculptures occupy the square, but the Fourth Plinth, left empty since 1840, has been host to contemporary art since 1999.

The square has been used for community gatherings and political demonstrations, including Bloody Sunday, the first Aldermaston March, anti-war protests, and campaigns against climate change. A Christmas tree has been donated to the square by Norway since 1947 and is erected for twelve days before and after Christmas Day. The square is a centre of annual celebrations on New Year’s Eve. It was well known for its feral pigeons until their removal in the early 21st century.

That area is busy. I can’t start to tell you what is in that area, but I headed to the National Gallery.

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.[a] The Gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.[4] Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and entry to the main collection is free of charge. It is among the most visited art museums in the world, after the Musée du Louvre, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3]

Chambers and chambers, rooms after rooms, filled with the masters of the masters, the founders of Art! Like nothing I have scene before.

There is a room in the Detroit Institute of Arts that I considered the most valuable room in North America. It contained three paintings for Van Gogh, two for Renoir, Two for Degas, and a couple paintings for Cezanne.

To walk into a building that contained all the pieces I was already in love with, and have watched with awe in Art History Books, and fantasized about all my life, was a big event in my life.

I have no words to describe the National Gallery, but I will leave you with these samples:

1628 … follower of Rembrandt #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #rembrandt

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Eugene Delacroix 1859 #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #delacroix

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Jacques-Louis David 1816. #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #jaquesdavidlouis

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 'Madame Moitessier' 1856. It took him 12 years to complete. #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017

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Lady Queen Jane Grey: "Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. The fact, indeed, against the Queen's highness was unlawful, and the consenting thereunto by me: but touching the procurement and desire thereof by me or on my behalf, I do wash my hands thereof in innocency, before God, and the face of you, good Christian people, this day.1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. 5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. 6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. 14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 15 Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 My sacrifice, O God, is[b] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. 18 May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar."

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Samson and Delilah by Rubens 1609. #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #rubens

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Two rooms full of Rembrandt !!! #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #rembrandt

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"He that is without sin along you, let first cast a stone at her" John 8:7. Rembrandt 1644 #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #rembrandt

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#wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #stfrancis

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Caravaggio 1609. Salome receives the head of John the Baptist. #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #caravaggio

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Joseph William Turner … one of my favorite masters. #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #josephwilliamturner

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No identification needed. #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #monet

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Vincent Van Gogh #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #vangogh

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#wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017 #vangogh

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There was a special exhibition for Michelangelo that I didn’t have a chance to see. I left the National Gallery, and found Walid napping after prayer on its lawn, right behind a sign that said: “Keep Off the Lawn”.

#fish&chips #fishandchips #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017

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It was time for lunch, and I could not put off the Fish and Chips anymore, so the closest restaurant was called the Admiral, an 1860 restaurant, that offered the authentic British Fish and Chips. We enjoyed our dinner, and headed to Westminster to enjoy the sunset at Big Ben and the Thames. It was a lovely night. The only disappointment is the attempt of American corporations, like Mcdonald’s, World Disney, Universal, and Coca Cola, to penetrate this historical city.

On our way, we stopped by 10 downing street, at the Prime Minister’s residence.

This Whitehall street that took us down to the Westminster Abbey, was lined with governmental departments and monuments. We saw the guards changing at the Guards House, which houses by itself about few museums and monuments.

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#bigben #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017

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The Westminister Bridge had witnessed a terrorist attack few days before, so the columns will filled with flowers, candles, and notes such as this:

#wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017

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RIP . #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017

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RIP . #wissamlondontrip2017 #london #visitlondon #lovelondon #ilovelondon #london4all #london🇬🇧 #londoner #londonstyle #londonlife #london2017

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We spend sunset at this walking the Westminster Bridge and South Bank, chatting, and finally taking a bus back to the hostel, getting lost, ending somewhere with lots of nightlife, eating a Turkish Large Spicy Chicken Shawarma, and walking home in an epic day in which we walked about 12 miles and over 25,000 steps.

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London Trip: Day 5: Trafalgar Square – National Gallery – Big Ben Sleeping on the upper bed, I woke up Thursday morning while Walid is playing the creepy man prank on me, staring at me real closely.

#10 downing street #big ben #London #London Trip #national gallery #national gallery london #thames river #trafalgar #trafalgar square #travel memoir #walid #walid marmar #westminster #westminster abbey #westminster bridge #wissam #wissam charafeddine

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1. When I was a really little kid I got stung pretty badly by an io moth caterpillar that was hiding under a leaf, and my dad still has it in a jar of formalin somewhere.

2. I had a red betta fish that I took home from a dinner once (they were on the tables as decoration) and I named him James van der Beek. He didn’t live very long unfortunately, since he had fin rot when I got him.

3. The only car accident I’ve ever been in was when me and my dad were leaving the house at the same time, and he snuck his car behind me and I backed into his passenger door in our driveway.

4. Me and my dad rode the Mission: Space ride at Disney World when it was new and actually spun really fast like a G-force astronaut simulator. I think I was like 8 or 10. It was fucking insane for an eight year old, and we both had to sit down for a while afterward. Eventually they toned it down and added a mode that doesn’t spin at all because two people fucking died after riding it.

5. I’ve never met any kind of celebrity. The closest I’ve ever been to one was when I went to a Hannibal Buress stand-up show (which was really good btw).

6. All throughout elementary school, I refused to wear my hair in any way other then a really tight, low ponytail with a middle part. Plus I wore glasses. It was horrific.

7. I despise horseradish and anything that contains it. Like, it literally (not “literally,” actually literally) makes me gag.

8. When I was born, I had a cluster of blood vessels right between my eyebrows that made a little pink blotch that my parents called an “angel kiss.” It faded slowly and wasn’t gone until some time in elementary school I think.

9. I’ve had two pet guinea pigs in the past. My first was a black male that I named Smokey. We got him from a guinea pig rescue, which turned out to be an insane lady’s house with guinea pig cages lining literally every single wall, and it was absolutely disgusting. But he was really sweet. He died suddenly of an impaction while I had a friend over for a playdate. My second guinea pig was fawn and white and was named Cedar. She was super sweet too, and she lived a nice long, happy life.

10. When I was a little kid, my dad got a pair of bearded dragons and bred them. We thought we’d only have one clutch and everything would be cool, but he didn’t know they store sperm. So we ended up with like 120 eggs in five or so clutches. We ended up selling them to pet stores and such, and a few to friends and family. The female just passed away a year or two ago, and the male is still alive, but very, very old.

11. Me and my friends in elementary school used to pretend we had horses and would “ride” them around the playground and field. There was a storm grate off to one side that was at the bottom of a hill that we would pretend was a jump. Eventually one of my friend’s dad made us some jumps out of wood and PVC, and we actually got seriously good at it. Like, we were jumping probably 30-inch tall, 30-inch wide “oxers” at one point.

12. The only country I’ve been to besides the US is Costa Rica, where I went on a two-week summer “service-learning” trip my freshman year of high school.

13. I’ve been to/through 14 states, including the one I live in.

14. My great grandmother lived to the age of 100 years and 364 days. She passed away in her sleep the day before her 101st birthday.

15. I think I’m very mildly allergic to eggs. Eating them makes me nauseous and just generally uncomfortable. Except for hard-boiled eggs, which I seem to be able to eat without a problem. I also can’t get flu shots (which are cultured in eggs) because my arm swells up like a grapefruit at the injection site.

16. I think I’m also allergic to kiwis. They make my mouth tingle, and just thinking about the taste of them makes me uncomfortable. I used to be able to eat them just fine when I was a kid though.

17. At one point someone we knew found a green tree frog in a bouquet of flowers they bought, so we took it home and my sister adopted it, named it Kermit (she’s basic), and kept it in a tank. It actually stayed nice and healthy for quite a while, but one day it escaped and we couldn’t find it anywhere. Well, months (maybe a year) later, we were cleaning out our upstairs to do a yard sale, and we found a tiny mummified Kermit. Kermit’s tank was on the complete other end of the house on the ground floor. My sister still does not know about this.

18. About ten years ago, we were getting my sister a new guinea pig for Christmas (our others had passed away somewhat recently), and she really wanted a tricolor one (black, orange, and white). So we went all over hell to find a female tricolor guinea pig. We finally found a perfect one, and my parents were keeping it in their closet to hide it from her. Well, like three days before Christmas, it fucking died. So me and my dad drove to like six pet stores trying to find another tricolor female. We couldn’t, but we ended up getting a black and white one. My sister was really excited, but she ended up being the only mean guinea pig we’ve ever owned.

19. My first kiss was in a kayak when I was 13.

20. When I was a kid, I really loved the Warriors series by Erin Hunter (kids’ fantasy books about societies of feral cats), and I tried to write my own series, but about dogs instead of cats, and I called it Night, after the main dog-character. I actually got fairly far on it, like one or two hundred pages probably, but never finished it.

21. I love makeup, but pretty much never ever paint my nails. I can never get polish to last more than a day or maybe two without chipping, so it’s just not worth the hassle.

22. When my mom was first telling me about the new Harry Potter books that were coming out (back in the day), I refused to believe anyone’s name was “Harry Potter.” I think I said something like “no it’s not, it must be Henry.”

23. I don’t remember this personally, but according to my mom, when I was little (young enough for me to not remember), we were at a zoo and some adults near us were saying something like “wow, I wonder what that animal is,” and apparently I very indignantly corrected them - “It’s a capybara.”

24. I had five wisdom teeth. I actually wouldn’t have ever had to have them removed if we hadn’t found that fifth one.

25. I born without an adult tooth of my second incisor on the top left. The canine that goes next to it was coming in sideways and they were worried about it messing up my front teeth, so they pulled both those baby teeth. Now my canine is where the missing incisor should be, and I have a gap behind it. So now I wear a retainer with a fake tooth on it, and I’ll eventually get a permanent implant there.

26. I made mods for Zoo Tycoon 2 as a kid. I made more realistic “re-skins” of all the animals and gave them “variants” (so sometimes you’d get one that was a different color). I think I also made an animal or two using meshes that already existed. I published them all online and actually got a good number of downloads.

27. I was on my high school swim team my freshman year and made it to states as a reserve.

28. I drink my coffee black, but I also love flavored lattes and all that sweet delicious garbage, haha. There’s no in-between for me :P

That’s probably more about me than any of my followers ever cared to know, haha. But if you bothered to read, I hope you got a giggle or two out of it. :)

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