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#I literally told him that when he was 21 I was just being born
s4llycinnamon13 · 4 months
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Not 3 guys speaking to me at the pub even tho I was reading a book surely that is a sign to not speak to a girl?
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awhoreintheory · 11 months
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Hello! I hope you’re having a good day/night/whatever!
I was thinking about your hearts infected klance au and I love it so much and I was wondering if you had any tidbits/ideas about it you’d be comfortable sharing
If not no worries!
Hello, anon. Please marry me
ANYWAYS OF COURSE?? It's lowkey my favorite au I just suffer from a very serious illness caused commitment issues 😔 its tragic
Lance is 21, Keith 23, Shiro and Adam 29, and Krolia ans Texas are young at heart
Lance picked up Kosmo when he was a puppy while he was still traveling by car in the beginning of the zombie apocalypse
The zombie apocalypse started when a asteroid crashed into earth, containing frozen alien bacteria inside of it. Humans obviously snooped, samples collected and vials broke, and some poor bloke ended up eating a shitty lab served hamburger with a side of zombie virus!
Zombie apocalypse started in Cuba for the sole reason of angst 🤗
Lance was a med student in NYC before the zombie outbreak, and spent the first two months (its a miracle America didn't go to shit before that) helping in hospitals. Things got so dire it didn't even matter how long yoi were in med school for, hospitals were actively begging for help.
Hunk was in Hawaii at the time of the outbreak, which was a rare part of the world largely left unaffected. In the sense there were no zombies.
Shiro hasn't lost his arm (yet) but he served in the military, same with Adam.
Krolia was special forces in the military. She's like a modern day ninja.
Texas was a police man then fireman, but was largely a stay at home dad once Keith was born.
Shiro is the son of a friend Texas adopted after they died, and technically knew Texas before he even met Krolia.
Adam is from Spain and moved to America after his parents cut him off/disowned him for being gay.
Lance is the oldest sibling! He has (had) 6 younger sisters
The Koganes don't know nearly as much as Lance about zombies bc they managed to fortify their farm and live there for the first 5 months of the zombie apocalypse. They start moving toward DC after receiving a transmission from Matt to head there.
Lance was able to keep in regular contact with Pidge and Hunk before the internet finally went down 3 months into the apocalypse. Pidge tells him to head to DC.
Lance ends up from NYC to Alabama after the internet went down bc he can't read a physical map and Google maps stopped working.
Lance managed to travel by car for 4 months before he realized it was way too loud and had to ditch it.
Krolia advocates so strongly for Lance to stay with them bc she is literally like "omg a baby!"
Texas is willing to go along with anything his beautiful wife's says
Texas killed his first zombie simply bc Krolia told him to, no questions asked. He didn't even know it was a zombie. Krolia was like "kill that bastard!" And Texas was deadass like "yes my queen"
Lance didn't really have to teach Kosmo anything, he kind of just picked things up and did them.
Kosmo is the main reason Lance is alive. Kosmo listens and smells the zombies and alerts Lance.
While mindless, the zombies still have the instincts to avoid the sun as it speeds up the decaying process, thus leading to zombies being more active at night.
Zombies cannot see, they lose this as soon as they turn, but newly turned zombies can hear for the first few months before they decay too badly. At around the 6-7 month mark is when smelling is their only sense left. Despite being dead, they're very strong. They lack the coordination to run fast, but retain the instincts required to hunt.
Anyone is free to add on btw!!! I love love love zombies and theories and ideas I could go on forever about them!!!!
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thelonewarriorprince · 10 months
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The Mun of this blog is named Rose! and is a very passionate Dragon Ball Z fan. Her favorite character is Vegeta for how deep of a character he truly was, especially for the time in which he was introduced. There’s so much more then Pride and Anger (which to the Mun acts more as a shield), deep down in Vegeta’s core his pride along with his sense of entitlement are both trained and learned behaviors (King Vegeta) fueled only more by various traumas in his life. What his father told him is more or less a coping mechanism, as is his anger and hate in itself which mellows down over a course of many, many years, with him being introduced to love and kindness, feelings so foreign to the Saiyans. The Mun enjoys that Vegeta doesn’t carry himself like a typical Saiyan when he settles down and begins a family of his own (End of Z, Super), he would rather wait for Bulla to be born then to train. While Goku bumped his head, the Saiyan instinct of fighting and training no matter what instead never left him, the bump on the head only resulted in kindness due to lifelong amnesia. Vegeta has circumstances where he’d put a pause on the pursuit of strength, most of them involving promises or family.
The Mun is 20, to be 21 in September. A Virgo ♍️ though doesn’t really act one hundred present like one.
A certified INFJ who aspires to be an advocate to victims of violence around the world.
Asexual af but will joke around sometimes about more dirty topics. Very rare though.
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Immediately I want to say that the most important rule to me is about Proshipping. I will not Roleplay a romantic or sexual relationship between an adult and minor. In fact, Proshippers DNI with this blog. This blog is supposed to be a safespace for everyone who comes across it and for all to enjoy, I don’t want it tainted by something that’d make us all uncomfortable. Regarding Trunks x Mai while this subject is being breached, this pairing makes me extremely uncomfortable and to me is an example of Proshipping. Mai is not a child, she simply took the appearance of a child and if ever asked about this subject (in willingness to rp with it as an existing relationship), I will block.
LGBTQ+ friendly. Another important rule, to me, is positive representation of the community and world around us. I don’t tolerate hate speech towards LGBTQ+ people out of character or even in character because it makes me saddened and uncomfortable by how cruel the world can be sometimes without reason. My own representation of Vegeta is queer in himself (Even if he doesn’t realize it), so, in other words: Transphobic People, Homophobic People DNI. While on the subject of hate speech, I also don’t put up with Racists or unfair stereotypes. Racists DNI with this blog.
As far as shipping goes, I ship OC x Canon if I myself deem the OC making enough sense to be with my muse and will not ship an individual who is 90% animal in appearance with a muse since to me that comes close to shipping an animal with a human. I realize that Animal Humanoid creatures exist in the world of Dragon Ball but because of how irl animals are I just get uncomfortable if I know that this person appears mostly like an animal. I also don’t do Incest couples, so please DNI if you do Incest couples.
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[❌] Vegeta and Nappa
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[❤️] Goku
[❤️] Trunks (Kid)
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[❤️] Chichi
[❤️!!!!] Vegeta Jr
[❤️] Goku Jr
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[❗️] Yamcha
[❗️] Tien
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[❗️] Puar
[❗️] Zamasu| Goku Black
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[❗️] OC’s
[❗️] Most Characters
[❌] Roshi
[❌] Frieza
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I would love to meet fellow fans of Dragon Ball and create a universe of our own! Like if your interested or Dm me if you’d like! I do Rps here. On discord or wherever as long as it’s not amino! Bye!
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If I’m being honest: an Eric van der Woodsen playlist (x)
Tracklist (and commentary!) under the cut
1. “Free To Decide,” The Cranberries. I'm free to decide, I'm free to decide/And I'm not so suicidal after all
1. “Free To Decide,” The Cranberries. I'm free to decide, I'm free to decide/And I'm not so suicidal after all
2. “12345,” Em Beihold. "You need a hug, are you alright?"/“Nobody's loved you much tonight"/Only the mirror tells me I'm fine
3. “Family Line,” Conan Gray. It was really this bit from the chorus that had me going for this one: I'm so good at telling lies/That came from my mother's side/Told a million to survive—but I think there’s really something to the way that Eric just has William written off when he shows up, and that takes a lot of emotional work to do that happens off-screen but I still think about very much
4. “Unsteady,” X Ambassadors. This playlist does kind of just embrace the cringe a little bit and I’m okay with that. Hold, hold on, hold on to me/‘Cause I'm a little unsteady, a little unsteady
5. “Dance Music,” The Mountain Goats. In which I will never be over the stuff that comes up in 2.07 about lily’s various exes
6. “I’m Not a Cynic,” Alec Benjamin. I swear that I'm not a cynic, my glass just has no water in it today
7. “Breaking Free,” Night Riots. I feel violent/Like I'm dying/I feel broken, maybe I'm just breaking free. [sticks a toothpick in the boy’s brain] uh yeah he’s not done yet
8. “Pressure,” Paramore. Seriously tho Eric during the year Serena was gone is so fucked up I wish the show had let us talk about him more. Some things I'll never know/And I had to let them go/I'm sitting all alone/Feeling empty
9. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” The Beach Boys. He is gay <3
10. “Creep,” Radiohead. He is gay and depressed
11. “Jason,” BONNIE PARKER. So yeah uh. Asher thing
12. “Shut Up!” Simple Plan.
13. “Inhaler,” Foals. I'm make believe/And I'm up for rent/My head is spent/I guarantee
14. “Hold Me While You Wait,” Lewis Capaldi. So tell me, can you turn around?/I need someone to tear me down.
15. “Blackbird,” The Beatles. Told you I was just going for it.
16. “Cursive,” Billie Marten. And we'll be fine, there is an end/It hurts to fall back again. There’s an ericfic on ao3 that I haven’t actually read, but it’s got a tag about fluctuating mental health and that definitely has the energy I was feeling here—he’s chronically depressed, and that is what it is
17. “Honesty,” Billy Joel. Okay but like. Fuck the UES. Honesty is such a lonely word/Everyone is so untrue
18. “Babel,” Mumford & Sons. Then the walls of my town, they come crumbling down/You ask where will we stand in the winds that will howl. When he says he’ll basically be ten feet away and then literally never appears again
19. “Heart Open,” Kodaline. Always on the outside, too afraid to open up, and talk/…/And you're not broken/So keep your heart open now
20. “Like a River Runs,” Bleachers. I’ve looped back around to thinking about that pre-series year again, a little bit. Tonight, I sit over the parkway/The summer's gone and I'm alone/And I get the feeling that you're somewhere close/And I wanna get up/To the rhythm of your wild, to the rhythm of your wild heart/It beats, been beating since you've gone
21. “Trenches,” Set Your Goals. You're falling in love with the skyline/Nothing comes for free:/Can you put a price on feeling satisfied?
22. “Lost Highway,” Bon Jovi. Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm letting go/Out on this open road/It's independence day on this lost highway
23. “You Cannot,” Erin McKeown. You cannot cage me, I revolt/You cannot contain me, I bolt/I am not caught because/What I got, got you can't hold, hold
24. “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen. Seriously I just find it so interesting when characters actually leave on this show, and it’s even more so for Eric because of all the characters he actually grew up in the UES, and there’s this way that its played as something that traps you, and yet he just basically goes ‘no <3’
25. “Heart lines,” Florence + The Machine. Just keep following the heart lines on your hand/Keep it up, I know you can
26. “We Are Golden,” MIKA. Running around like a clown on purpose/Who gives a damn about the family you come from
27. “everything sucks,” vaultboy, Eric Nam. I really like this one in the way of just… it feels kind of comfortable. It isn’t being all the way up in the way that some of these songs are
28. “Evergreen,” Bears in Trees. But I must possess the thought, that progress is a process/And it ain't one step backward if you rotate your axis/Realize that a slip up is just part of the practice
29. “Hand in My Pocket,” Alanis Morissette. And what it all comes down to/Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine
30. “Lights,” Journey. California!Eric my beloved
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I was tagged by the absolute loves of my life @metalheadmickey @heymrspatel @whatwouldmickeydo and @deathclassic to do a joy list and I’ll never say no to those! Here are some highlights from my time away
Joy List
1. Finally meeting my almost three year old niece and nephew and falling completely in love with them. Meeting my four month old niece and attending her baptism. Getting to hold another niece less than 24 hours after she was born.
2. My nephew’s eyes shining super bright when his mom told him ‘I got you something’ and without any more information on what that thing might be him immediately responding “ooooo thank you mama’ in the most adorable freaking voice
3. My niece playing doctor with me with her toy stethoscope, checking my heart and saying ‘sounds good’
4. My nephew coming over to me and lying down on top of me and tracing the scar on my knee gently, turning around and squeezing me, then going back to watching tv while lying on top of me.
5. My nephew handing me my crutch even though I didn’t need it because he had the urge to play with it then remembered ‘it’s not a toy’ but he’s already picked it up.
6. My niece interrupting our little game to say “I’m having so much fun hanging out with you”
7. My niece being annoyed at Charlie and yet asking to FaceTime him as soon as she leaves.
8. My little baby niece farting the loudest fucking fart! She farted so loud one night, she woke up her dad who thought someone was breaking into their home. HOW does something so loud come out of such a tiny baby!
9. Her dimples. Her laugh. Her smile. Her crazy messy hair.
10. When she sleeps in my arms.
11. Just born baby feet wrinkles!
12. Watching my aunt and uncle be grandparents and my cousins be dads.
13. My aunt teaching me to how to cook Egyptian food.
14. Finding the perfect pair of knee high brown suede shoes that actually zip up around my calves!
15. Sparkly boots
16. Meeting friends! Hugging friends for the first time. Hugging friends in the middle of a bus station. Really long first hugs.
17. Friendsgiving dinner.
18. Rented fancy chairs and charger plates!
19. The smell of tomato pie..
20. Getting to flex my brain muscles a little and finding that I do still got it apparently
21. Trader Joes and Petco shopping trips
22. A cuban sandwich and tacos
23. Service dogs with ear muffs when a theatre is too loud
24. Being called a jackal
25. Museum days and sculpture butts
26. Crossing things off my bucket list
27. Seeing my friends’ homes for the first time.
28. Sleepovers with friends
29. Knowing that in just a short couple of months I’ll get to see my family and friends again. Making concrete plans for it. Seeing it in their calendars.
30. This space. This community. All of you make me so, so joyful! It’s been almost a year since I’ve joined this place officially, and it has been the most transformative year I’ve had in a long time. It hasn’t been an easy one, but you’ve all helped me weather it. I love you all so much!!!!
And since this was going around a while ago, I’m gonna tag some friends! @whatwouldmickeydo @heymrspatel @metalheadmickey @gallawitchxx @gardenerian @iansfreckles @thisdivorce @squidyyy23 @tidalrace @auds-and-evens @creepkinginc @celestialmickey @deathclassic @energievie @howlinchickhowl @ianstummy @mikhailoisbaby @mrsinistertype @mickmilks @rereadanon @sickness-health-all-that-shit @sleepyfacetoughguy @doodlevich @xninetiestrendx @smokey-mickey @suchagallabitch @y0itsbri @look-i-love-u @vintagelacerosette @milkovichy @milkovski @clingymickey @whatthebodygraspsnot and literally anyone else who wants to share some joy! 
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simply-ellas-stuff · 2 years
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You can blame this post -> *Hai* for this post. [Sorry @babybabyaphrodite I sort of took your joke post and ran with it like a kid with a knife. I hyper-fixated. Sorry]
I know that post is a joke, but now I want to figure out if it would work timeline-wise. So... yeah. Enjoy
Establishing timeline in general I’m using the Lexicon for base reference. I also used Timeanddate for the math because I suck at math in general but especially in timeline-math-form.
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- New Moon starts September 13, 2005 - Ends April 7, 2006.
- Eclipse starts May 14, 2006 - Ends some point between June 16th and August 12, 2006. [the epilogue in Eclipse with Jacob has no set date, hence the uncertainty of when Eclipse really ends]
- Breaking Dawn starts August 12, 2006 - Ends January 1, 2007.
Then Renesmee is born on September 10th, 2006.
Now if you use timeanddate and use there subtractor from 9/10/2006 - 40 weeks it equals out to about December 4, 2005. Now in the actual timeline - Bella is a fucking zombie at this point, it’s in New Moon time.
Now lets figure out what possible dates Bella and Jake could’ve been... involved in New Moon
Now, Obviously any time between September 13, 2005 and January 15, 2006 are out of the possibilities. Why? Because Edward was around from Sep. 13th to Sep. 16th then Bella is a zombie from around the 16th of Sept to the 16th of January.
So - September, October, November, December. [I’d like the point out in this time that Renee did come to Forks to try and get Bella to move with her to Florida because Charlie was at his wits end and needed her to be healthy and happy again and figured Renee would know how to do it better so he called her and Bella literally threw a temper tantrum in this time because she was convinced that she needed to stay in Forks to survive because it was the last reminder that Edward had actually been real]
Now when we come back to Bella, it’s January 16th, 2006 and she’s forcing herself out of her zombie state to go hang out with her Human Friends from Forks High School to appease Charlie being worried asfuck about her. [I wonder the fuck why Isabella]. She discovers on this night that if she does anything dangerous [the bikers] that she can seem to heard Edward’s voice warning her against the decision (because that’s a healthy normal post-break-up relationship thing).
On Jan 17th she sees a neighbor getting rid of two motorcycles and decides to take them to Jake’s house so he can fix them so she can be stupid to hear Edward’s voice. This is the first time I think we’re told Bella has seen Jacob since the Prom scene and she’s way too into Edward at this point to do anything with Jake and he knows that so he doesn’t push for anything and just agrees to fix up the bikes. [I’d like to point out here that this is the first night Bella goes to sleep without dreaming or screaming in the middle of the night since Edward left Forks]
From this point on Bella sees Jacob a number of times - Jan 18, Jan 21, Jan 23, Jan 24, Jan 25 (Note - this is the day where Bella cuts her head open riding the bikes and Bella calls him beautiful in the truck), Jan 30, Feb 14, Feb 20, and then they talk on Feb 21.
From Feb 22nd to March 10th, Bella doesn’t see Jacob because of the transformation and all that fun shit. She’s told several times he’s sick, then he’s out with friends, then the excuses just fall flat and she decides to confront him about it but instead gets confirmation from Quil that Jake has joined Sam’s ‘gang’ aka Sam’s Pack.
On March 11th, Bella figured out what the fuck is happening with Jacob. Jacob and Paul fight. Bella meets Emily and the rest of the pack. then on March 12 she spends all day at La Push.
She then spends March 14 and March 16 (the cliff diving chapter and the Almost Kiss in the kitchen) with Jacob until Alice returns on the evening of March 16th thinking that she’s dead. Bella then doesn’t see Jacob from March 16th until April 7th, when he confronts Edward about the treaty and gives Bella her motorcycle back.
Now, if Bella really threw caution to the wind you can say the earliest she could’ve started fucking around with Jake would’ve been any time after Jan 17th. Do I think she would’ve? Nope.
The more likely dates are any time after the bike accident because that’s really the first time Bella unknowingly admits her feelings for Jacob. Now we know Bella fell in love with Jacob in New Moon (the only good confirmation we got from Smeyer tbh) so, it’s entirely possible that the ‘You’re beautiful’ moment could’ve been when Jacob said “Fuck it” and actually started putting effort into getting romantically with Bella, seeing that moment as her opening up for something a bit more than friendship between them.
Now that was January 25, 2006. Lets say Jake decides that for Valentines day [about 20 days after the Beautiful moment] to make his move and Bella doesn’t say no [she was going to kiss him if the phone didn’t ring on 3/16]. It would be entirely possible for that to have been a date of possible conception for a child. And given that Jacob is a werewolf, and triggers it approx. 8 days later, you could use that as a reasoning why Bella’s pregnancy could be Slightly faster than the normal pregnancy if you want her to be the full 40 weeks along in gestation when she has her baby.
Now - If Bella got pregnant on February 14th, the exact 40 weeks later date is November 21st. BUT,  If the baby was early, like day was born at the 30 week mark, the due date would be more around September 12th. Now according to a google search, Babies born between 30 and 32 weeks, while still preterm, have at least a 99% chance of survival. They also have very low risk of health and development complications later on {*}.
Now typically, Women don’t start showing in their pregnancy until around 16 to 20 weeks along [timeline wise this would put Bella around June 6th to July 4th if she were to start show like a normal woman] which would be literally only weeks before her wedding [Bella got married on August 13th and realizes she’s pregnant on August 31st] It is actually entirely possible she could’ve only realized it on August 31st even in this scenario because there are people who don’t realize until like super late in their pregnancy and people who have such irregular periods they don’t even pay attention anymore - and with how much stress Bella’s gone through, I’d imagine she could miss a period and not even think about it for a while. 
And its possible for women to not show until late in the pregnancy because of the way their bodies are, the way their uterus sits inside their body, and Also, Cryptic Pregnancy is a thing, kiddos. {*} {*}
So Even if Bella’s pregnancy was Super Normal™, it’s still entirely possible that she could’ve had Jacob’s baby in this scenario and not even realize she was pregnant in the first place.
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Now lets figure out what possible dates Bella and Jake could’ve been... involved in Eclipse for fun [tbh I wrote this part before realizing New Moon would make more sense for a normal pregnancy and I don’t want to get rid of it lmfao].
So when we start Eclipse, Jacob and Bella have absolutely fucking nothing to do with each other bc... angst and also Bella chose Edward (like a Dumbass) over Jacob in front of Jacob and Jacob got Bella grounded bc the motorcycle. So. The Children are fighting.
The Cullens and the Wolf pack get into their boundary dispute while Bella is in Florida with her mother on May 20th. 
May 21 - Jacob confronts Edward to remind him and his family about the treaty and also makes sure Bella is still human. Edward finally comes clean about Vicki being in the area. [and if I’m remembering correctly, this is the first time Bella and Jake have seen each other since the end of New Moon]
May 25 - Bella pulls a Harry Houdini and jets the fuck off to La Push to see our favorite boy Jake. She learns about imprinting in this time and all sorts of shit. 
From that day until June 1st she’s essentially under house arrest by the Cullens [dicks] and Alice or Edward are constantly up her ass during this time and not in a good way.
June 1st - Bella fucks off to Jacob’s again by escaping school. Bella tells Jakey that she wants to be a vampire and he gets understandably upset as fuck. That night Bella and Edward sleep in each others arms. 
Bella hangs out with Jacob on June 3rd, June 8th (this is where the Kiss-Punch shit happens - I still think that was bullshit mischaracterization from RacistMeyer and will argue the fuck out of that tbh and the entirety of his character in Eclipse), June 11th (sorta, this is the grad party), June 12th (supes early in the morning bc of the training seshy and Jake’s a wolf for it), June 14th (Jake carried Bella to the campsite then they share a sleeping bag so she doesn’t freeze to death), and June 15th.
on June 15th is when Jake overhears about the engagement (Edward is still a dick for that), Bella asks Jake to kiss her (I stand by the fact that the manipulation tactic he uses in this is both too immature for Jacob and a massive mischaracterization bc smeyer is racist and probably realized Jacob was the better choice), then the battle happens and Jacob gets hurt by one of the newborn vampires. That evening, Jake and Bella talk she tells him what she saw when they kissed (ya know, their whole future) and then he asks her not to come back for a while if her choice is going to remain Edward. Then Bella has a break down while driving and Edward drives her home and then she cries in his arms all night long. The next day (16th) Bella and Alice talk about the wedding after Bella tells Edward he’s it for her.
Anyways.
If Bella and Jacob slept together in Eclipse there’s only a few dates it could’ve happened. May 25, June 1, June 3, and June 8. 
Now if Bella got pregnant on May 25th and had a normal pregnancy, the due date would be around March 1, 2007.
If she got pregnant on June 1st and had a normal pregnancy, the due date would be around March 8, 2007.
If she got pregnant on June 3rd and had a normal pregnancy, the due date would be around March 10, 2007.
And if she got pregnant on June 8th and had a normal pregnancy, the due date would be around March 15, 2007.
Now if we keep the September 10th birth date she would be approx. x weeks along if she got pregnant on these dates, in a normal pregnancy:
15 weeks and 3 days for May 25th conception.
14 weeks and 3 days for June 1st conception.
14 weeks and 1 day for June 3rd conception.
13 weeks and 3 days for June 8th conception.
The likelyhood of any of these normal pregnancies surviving the September birthdate are... slim. Most pregnancies aren’t considered medically viable until after 24 weeks of pregnancy. So if she got pregnant in the Eclipse timeline - the pregnancy would have to be supernaturally enhanced [in this case, via Jacob’s werewolf genes] in order for the child to survive at all.
Now, I don’t think it’s possible even in canon for werewolf genes to enhance or speed up a pregnancy because of the fact that at their core, the wolves are human. They exist as humans who can shift into these wolves. And if Quick-Pregnancies were a major thing for the wolves it would’ve been mentioned because the Tribe would’ve talked about it due to the similarities between them and the Cullens’. Also humans themselves would take note because Sam’s and Jacob’s packs are not the first werewolves to exist in this world or in that general area. 
Do I think this actually happened? No that’s be gross since in Canon Jacob imprints on Bella’s baby.
Do I think this would be perfect for an AU or fanfiction? Yes.
Do I give full permission for someone to take this timeline I’ve built and fucking run with it? Yes. Just fucking tag or link me I want to read it lmfao.
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Hello there! I hope you are having a good day.
I'm not sure if I have come to the right place or if I am in any position to make a 'request', but there are a few plot promts I've been wondering about. (You don't have to accomodate any of them, naturally. I just thought I'd put them somewhere.)
So, they live on a farm, right? Speaking from experience, working and living with animals comes with a lot of beautiful moments but also heartbreak. To keep with a fluffier theme; how would the different members of that lovely family react to, say, a foal being born? Or, for the sake of balance, the heartbreak; how would they react if one of their animals was ill and suffering and the only choice would be to put them to sleep?
Another one on the fluffy side; coming of age often comes with bigger presents over here, so say when Jake turns 21 (or 18, depending on the law and country, I suppose) his dads come up with the idea of giving him a small plane, a Piper or Cessna or something, as a present. It could be an older model, and Chris, being mechanically inclined, could teach him how to fix it, and Tom and Ron (and Chris, of course) could go up with him, just as a shared experience. Perhaps even make family day trips with the aircraft.
(I fear this is getting way to long, so I'll stop here :) Love reading the works of all of you!)
OH MY GOD DARLING I LOVE THESE
Absolutely the right place! I’d bet that you’re welcome to ask Phanie (aki-draws-things) but I was the one that started this!
You’re always welcome to make requests about them, I will literally always be excited to talk about them!!
Okay going to split this up into two, I’ll tag the second part here!
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Chris is so excited when they’re told there’s going to be a foal. Ron and Tom don’t quite have the same excitement that Chris does but they’re just happy Chris is happy.
Chris wakes up every morning and takes extra special care of Orange, he give her all the carrots and the pets she could ever want.
Tom isn’t too sure what to make of the tiny horse that follows Chris around like a puppy. He thinks it’s pretty cute. She’s a calm foal from what he knows. She doesn’t bite to hard.
Ron, he uh, he likes her? He’ll let her bonk her head into his leg, he’s just not too sure about her. Doesn’t seem right that something so small is going to be that big.
Once Jake is old enough he gets so excited for the babies of the year. He literally bounces around the house.
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The first time they had to put an animal down it was a goat. He just wasn’t healing. The vet said cancer.
Chris cried. He couldn’t stop crying. He knew it’s what’s best for the goat. He always does what’s best for the animals.
Tom cried a little. He felt bad for the animal, made him think a bit too much about life.
Ron didn’t cry but he got close. He hated how badly Chris and Tom were taking this. He signs all the paperwork and does all of the details.
They try to shelter Jake from that as best as they can. They want him to be a kid. Not have to deal with it. He knows that sometimes it just has to happen though.
Jake gets rushed by a rooster one year and there’s no hesitation to get rid of the rooster. Jake was terrified.
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Don’t forget to mention that...
Well I never expected this to be the first finished bit of writing I posted here. I promise I’m still writing that other one I’ve hinted at, I just want it to be perfect!! I actually wrote this back in August and was re-reading it and thought: huh its not bad so edited it a bit and here we are. (this is literally the 2nd fanfic I’ve ever written as well as g/t piece and I haven’t even finished the first so please be kind qwq)  This was inspired by an artwork that @dingbatnix created! Original post here  I hope you like it ❤️
cw: mcyt g/t, soft, slight panic, mention of death man I hope that’s right
word count:  2375
“A nap in the sun would be nice right about now.” George said as he made his way to the top of a big red toadstool. Winter was fast approaching and the time for napping in the sun would soon be over while the cold months of snow and ice overtake the world. George didn’t mind the thought of snow though. I mean, when you’re 2 inches tall, snow isn’t exactly your friend when even a light powder can have you buried and frozen alive. It was going to be tougher to find food and shelter soon too. Part of him wishes he hadn’t left the colony; that he had stayed with his own kind rather than travel the vast world. But he had lost his parents long ago and had never made any real friends back home, so what real attachment did he have in staying? So George had instead chosen a life of adventure. He’d been wandering the forest and plains for a few years now. Learning about its hidden wonders and knowledge unknown. While he wasn’t exactly born for magic, he had certainly picked up the odd spell or two. He had once befriended a size-shifting fire-born demon named Sapnap, that he had spent the winters with in the past and learnt some basic spells anyone with enough practice could use. Although he had never actually seen his friend's bigger form, he missed Sapnap dearly. He had left to go meet with an old friend of his for a while and George had decided he wanted to continue to explore. But whilst George was curious and loved discovering new things, he tended to stay away from anything larger than a bush. Or if he was being more specific; Humans. When you live in a world that’s 100x bigger than you, sentient beings 100x bigger with it are terrifying. He’d seen the destruction beings of such caliber could cause. If they wanted to, they could tear through trees with massive iron blades, light fires and cause havoc in an instant. But at worst? They’d stamp out life in a heartbeat. And while you think they may only be stories told to young children to keep them within the safety of the colony walls, George had seen it first hand. His parents had hidden him in a small grotto before leading the monsters away. And because of that, he’d never actually encountered a human in person. That was definitely something he could be grateful for. He’d only seen a little of what had happened to his parents before they had passed and he had opted to drown out the sounds of destruction rather than watch it in horror. Who knew it would be the last time he would ever see them. He missed them dearly but was thankful that in all his time traveling, he’d never seen a human and hopefully never would. Hope might have been an understatement….
George placed his little toadstool hat to the side of him as he removed his satchel from over his shoulder. He brushed over it lightly, a small smile gracing his face as he reminisced in fondness. He had fought with Sapnap over how to do smaller stitches rather than big uneven ones that left room for holes, rambling on how his attention to detail was just George being picky similar to his other friend. George then smoothed out his moss cloak to lie on and laid back onto the toadstool, resting on his back using one hand to cushion his head. His other hand fiddling idly  with his light blue shirt. He adjusted his white rimmed goggles on his face with delicate care and closed his eyes as the warmth of the evening sun shone upon him. It’s ray’s practically dancing along his skin as it warmed each cell of his very being. It was nice. On rare occasions he would find himself being able to enjoy the sun like this. Too often this world was out to get him and yet somehow he would find the odd times that he could let himself drift away in bliss. Drift away…. Maybe to sleep? Yeah, that sounded nice. 
George continued to keep his eyes closed and began to focus on the sounds around him. Despite his loud and rowdy personality, Sapnap had shown him how to enjoy moments like these. He missed him dearly. Perhaps their paths would cross again during the winter? It was unlikely since he could size shift and had said his friend traveled around a lot, but George was happy for him. A small part of George wished he had stayed with him. Sapnap had even offered for George to accompany him and meet his friend, always saying how he thought they would get along so well and how much he knew they would just love George. But the fact that Sapnap was a size shifter implied that his friend was also one and that scared George. He wasn’t ready for that no matter how much Sapnap insisted that they wouldn’t harm him. George shook away those thoughts for now though, because he was going to drift away. Just for a bit… 
The sounds of rustling leaves in the breeze began to get fainter as George felt himself lulling off to sleep, the sun continuing to blanket him in its warmth. He was almost asleep when he suddenly felt the surface beneath him move. ‘Probably the wind’ he thought. Then it moved again. ‘Okay maybe there’s a deer nearby. That’s ok.’ And again. George opened his eyes slowly. “So close to a nap” he grumbled. The toadstool shook again. George’s mind quickly came back to reality. He could hear the steady sound of massive footsteps approaching as his world began to shake over and over. “Ok, maybe not a deer.” George said out loud as he slung his satchel back on and his hat. Whatever was coming was big and that was never good. The footsteps continued to come closer and the shaking worsened. The steps were timed and even, something that animals rarely did. Whatever this was wasn’t an animal. “Oh no.” George said as the realization dawned on him. “Please don’t be that. Oh please anything but that.”
George raced to slide off the top of the toadstool. He was practically exposed if he didn’t get off there fast enough! He managed to make it off the top and landed to the ground with a thud as the sound of tree branches parted. The sound of footsteps ceased right in front of where George was hidden beneath the toadstool. Not a single sound followed. Carefully, George peered his head around the side of the Toadstool and let out a small gasp. In front of him mere inches away was a giant boot. Starring up and up at the giant being before him was his worst nightmare. A human. The man wore a bright green hoodie, blonde hair just in view peeking out from behind a white smiley face mask that covered most of his face from view. But the most terrifying thing about this being was the black shiny purple axe he held in his hand. He’d seen weapons like that before. It was an enchanted netherite axe: one of the most dangerous weapons in existence, and it was held by a human. 
“Hello? Is someone there?” It said.
George slapped himself in the face as he clasped his hands over his mouth. What a fool he was. He was trapped with the only cover being the toadstool. The next closest cover was too far away to run too without being exposed and even if he ran, the human would probably reach him within seconds. He stayed perfectly still. It felt as if he moved even slightly the toadstool would disappear and he’d be discovered. The human had yet to move. George could only imagine it was scanning the area searching for something. Someone. Him. Carefully he peered out from under the toadstool, trying to get a better idea of what the human was doing. Said human had its back turned to where George was and as predicted was scanning the area looking and listening intently. He watched as the human turned its head slowly as it scanned the area once more. As it began to get closer to looking in his direction, George ducked back out of view. His breathing picked up a little as he did so but he focused on the matter at hand. There’s no way the human saw him right? Right?!? Without warning, the toadstool was suddenly yanked up out of the ground and into the air. George shrieked, eyes wide as his only cover was ripped away leaving him completely exposed and at the mercy of the human. The human and George suddenly fell deathly still, shocked by each other’s presence. Even though the human wore a mask, George could still feel the human's eyes burning a hole through his soul. It had found him. What was he going to do now?
“Wow.” The human whispered in amazement. “Look at you.” Well George didn’t care how amazed the human sounded, his words were enough to snap him out of his frozen state and make a dash for cover. “WAIT! NO! Come back!” The human yelled as he suddenly made a move for him. George ran for the closest bush he could find. He didn’t care where he hid, anything was better than being in the open at the humans mercy. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it far before a large hand gripped itself around his body. He wasn’t held overly tight but it still felt suffocating. It was too warm, too big, too strong! All it would take is one good squeeze and the human could pop George’s head off! 
George tried kicking and thrashing in the Humans hand. His arms were pinned to his body so he was limited but anything was better than nothing in hopes of getting the human to let him go. He felt gravity shift as the human lifted him up higher and higher from the ground. Sapnap had tried to take him flying on a bird once and he had not enjoyed it being up so high. Finally, the grasp loosened around George and he found himself sitting cupped in both the humans massive hands. The human still wore the mask but while he couldn’t make out the human's eyes, he now felt as if it was studying him over. Taking in every last detail of his appearance and it was terrifying. “You’re actually real.” The human said as he poked him with a finger. George hugged his legs to his chest and curled in on himself, willing himself to just disappear. “Please let me go.” He whispered out. He could feel tears pricking at the corner of his eyes. He didn’t want to meet the same gruesome fate his parents had. Maybe if he was obedient it would show him mercy? “I’ll do whatever you want, please just let me go!
“Hurt you?? Oh no, is that what you think I’m going to do?” The human said the sound of disbelief coating his voice. “I just can’t believe you’re actually real. I thought all this time he was just making you up.” George dared to open his eyes. The human still had its mask on but somehow he looked calmer, gentler. “But still, he never said just how small you were. You barely even fit in the palm of my hand.” 
Now it was George’s turn to be in a state of disbelief. This human was speaking as if it knew George but couldn’t believe he existed. That someone had told him about himself. “What do you mean ‘He’ was making me up? Who on earth are you talking about??” George asked. “Oh Sapnap did. He kept going on about how he met this tiny person called George and that you used to live together.” The human replied. “He always goes on about how much we’d get along and how much I’d like you.”
Sapnap? SAPNAP?!?! This was the friend he was always talking about?!?!?! A human friend. How had Sapnap failed to mention the one most important detail that his friend was a human? Sure he’d said that his friend wouldn’t hurt him but never once had he mentioned or implied that his friend was Human. George began to fume. “I’m going to murder him first chance I get!” George yelled. “He never said you were a human! He always said the same thing to me too about how great you were and that we could be like some dumb Dream Team!” George said steaming.
“Really? I rather like the name Dream Team.” The human said, laughing a bit at the end. “Then again, I’m biased with my name literally being Dream.”
“Wait, your name is Dream???” George said as he stared up at Dream, the apparent human. “Wait he didn’t tell you my name? Oh Sapnap’s an idiot I swear.” George laughed in response. “Oh don’t I know it.” They both laughed for a bit at the dumbness of their friend. “Well it’s nice to meet you then Dream. I’m George, but I’m guessing you already knew that huh?” George said as he began to relax. Dream shifted George into his left hand as he grabbed his mask with the right and lifted his mask. A face dotted with Freckles adorned with a mischievous grin and bright green eyes looked back into his own brown and blue eyes. “Yeah I knew and man I’m gonna mess around with Sapnap for not telling you more about me when we get back.” Dream said as he turned and started to make his way out of the Forest.
And as the two trekked back to where Dream and Sapnap had set up camp, George couldn’t help but be at ease. Even though Dream was a human, he couldn’t help but feel safe in the human's grasp thanks to Sapnap and all those stories he had shared. Even if he’s never told him once that his friend was a human, he knew he could trust Sapnap and that was enough. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I actually finished a story. I never thought this day would come T-T. I really hope everyone enjoyed this it was a lot of fun to write and I’m glad I did get around to finishing it. Thank you @squishys-soft-stories for reading the draft ❤️ Stay tuned for the first fic I’ve been writing tho!!! I’m dying at not just sharing it now but its not far off being done!! I promise its going to be worth the wait! Thanks all again if you read to the end ❤️❤️❤️
60 notes - Posted October 30, 2022
#4
Crimeboys it is.
And would you know it, it be a fluffy Crimeboys prompt with an instinct driven Giant Wilbur and a human Gremlin Tommy.
The prompt starts with Wilbur not letting Tommy go as he woke up with instinct begging for him to take Tommy everywhere he goes.
Tommy tries to bite Wilbur's fingers so he can put him down but Wilbur ain't buggin anytime soon.
Anywhere Wilbur goes, Tommy is right there since Wilbur isn't letting him go.
Like you can have Wilbur be at work and he still brings Tommy with him as an example.
Just make it as fluffy as you can, you can add anything you want.
If you're up to make this prompt then pog, that is if you want to do it.
Also, if you wanna send me a random g/t prompt that u have, go for it.
Quack
This has been in my inbox since I joined Tumblr.
Orchid gorgeous!!!!!!!!! I've rewritten this twice!!!! It took me awhile as I got stuck at one point BUT! I had a new idea today so while its short, I'm very happy with it! I hope I did the prompt justice and you like it!!!
Mine to hold close
cw: mcyt g/t , soft, fluffy, tiny tiny death mention. Words: 607 [One shot]
“Can you put me down you prick?! I’m not gonna freeze I swear!!!” Tommy said with huff as Wilbur scooped him up.
“After the last time it snowed? I don’t think so.” Wilbur responded as he tucked the little human close to his chest. 
“But Wiiiiiiilllll!! I’m not even outside this time!” The giant always tended to get extra clingy around this time of year. His instincts in high gear and on Tommy the second he was awake, worried that Tommy wasn’t warm enough. Tommy didn’t blame him though. Not when he literally met Wilbur in the midst of a snow storm. He hadn’t meant to lose the trail and get stranded in Giant territory, but stuff like that always seemed to follow the Great Tommy Danger Kraken Innit! He’s just lucky that the giant had found him in the snow before he became a frozen popsicle. And even luckier that this Giant didn’t eat humans. So yes, Tommy understood that Wilbur was going to be a little extra cautious about him almost dying of Hypothermia again. But he didn’t have to be so damn cuddly and touchy all the f***** time!!
“Wilbur I’m fine! I’m not gonna get cold! The fires going and keeping everything nice and toasty warm, so stop being a d*** and put me down!!” Tommy said as he squirmed in Wilbur’s hold.
“Tommy. You are literally the most chaotic little gremlin I’ve ever seen. If I put you down, I guarantee you’ll be screaming for help in less than five minutes trying not to freeze your a** off!!” In retaliation, Tommy started biting and scratching at Wilbur’s hand. It didn’t hurt of course, but Wilbur found it cute watching the attempt at escape. He loved Tommy like a brother and ever since he found him had sworn to protect him no matter what, his instincts often being a little overbearing at keeping the chaotic child safe. And if that meant holding onto him for hours at a time, then he’d happily oblige. So what if he had to do his work with one less hand? He’d take holding Tommy any day. That and his instincts kept screaming at him to keep the human close.
After a few minutes Tommy eventually resigned himself to his fate and just chilled in Wilbur’s hand. Though he’d never admit it, he secretly loved it when Wilbur would hold him. He felt safe knowing nothing could hurt him when he was with the giant. He didn’t have to worry about anything and could just be content with his pseudo brother. Staying with the giant being the best decision of his life after their first initial meeting. 
Tommy stayed in Wilbur’s hand all day. They chatted while Wilbur did his chores, Wilbur singing songs to Tommy, Tommy sharing wacky insane ideas with Wilbur, all the while the giant's instincts to keep the human close not faltering once. As day turned to dusk and dusk turned to night, Tommy eventually curled up in Wilbur’s hand. Snuggling in as he fell asleep, hugging one of Wil’s fingers close. Wilbur had to resist the urge to coo at the small sleeping human in his hand. Tommy was so small, so fragile but you’d never guess he had such a boisterous personality and was as lively as what he is. Slowly and carefully, Wilbur made his way to bed, getting in and tucking the human close to his heart. He sighed contently knowing nothing could hurt his brother, his instincts finally satisfied. 
“Good night Tommy.” Wilbur whispered quietly as he drifted off to sleep. The brothers comfortable in each other’s warm embrace.\
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO I MADE ANOTHER FIC!!!!! THAT'S 2/3 POSTED!!!!!
I swear I'm still writing the other fic! I swear! I swear! I swear!!! It's gonna be worth the time its taking! PROMISE
64 notes - Posted November 13, 2022
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I finally did it!!!!! I got one of these miniature sets!!!! I know people have done them before but this one’s mine with a few personal touches as I didn’t quite do it ‘By the Book’!! That and my silly brain also won’t allow me to glue any of it down either because it’s like: But what if you meet a tiny person? Then they can’t move anything 😭!!!!! So yeah I’m happy!!!
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Day 5 and 6 of @aaytaro-gt gt Inktober!!!!!
Yes I missed the day to post 5. but anyways we have Dance and Jar!!
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Jar also features one of my fav people @a-tiny-frog-girl love ya Froggie 💚
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75 notes - Posted October 6, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
So I have found another thing to give a shot in amongst everything else I’m doing this month! I’m going to take part in g/t InkTober using @aaytaro-gt prompt list! I want to take the opportunity to practice drawing certain positions and I’ve never really tried to draw gt art before so here’s to hoping I stick to it and make some improvements 😊 might switch between traditional and digital art who know.
Day 1. Acorn
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Beat the Champ-inspired fic prompts
Mostly wrestling-related cause duh, but can probably work outside of it maybe! Special thanks to @shes-a-voodoo-child because it only takes one person to motivate me apparently. 
Send me a number and name/s to get a ficlet about...
1.) A red-eye flight or a long journey (Flew home from Texas last night // Slept on the flight) 2.) That moment before they rush forward from behind the curtain or preparing for something (Wait for your name to get called // Burn like hillsides on fire // In the squall of the ringside choir) 3.) Living up to their family legacy or a scene from their childhood (Born down in El Paso where the tumbleweeds blow // To the middleweight champ of all of Mexico) 4.) An experience that transcends language barrier/s (With the telecast in Spanish, I can understand some // And I need justice in my life, here it comes) 5.) Fight scene misdirection or “playing possum” in general (Strike funny poses, keep my weapon hand low) 6.) First team-up or first meeting (That was when we were young and green // In the dawning hours of our team) 7.) Falling unconscious (I stretch and strain with all my might // Drift off into the velvety arms of the night) 8.) A time when they got betrayed (Get stomped like a snake // Lie down in the dirt // Cling to my convictions // Even when I get hurt) 9.) A heel turn or turning your back on previous convictions (Throw my better self overboard // Shoot at him when he comes up for air // Come unhinged // Get revenge) 10.) Their reaction to fan reaction or meeting someone who’s heard of them but has never met them (Stay good under pressure // For years and years and years and years // President of the fan club // Up there choking on his tears) 11.) A reprimand (Two blinded in Detroit! // Something must be done) 12.) Overhearing a rumor, whether about themselves or someone else (Sometimes you get some heat, sometimes it follows you around) 13.) An injury (All that racket out there in the arena // I’m on a stretcher, here come the cleaners) 14.) A situation that blurs kayfabe and reality or losing control (Get told to maybe dial it back backstage later on // Everyone still in this building right now: dead before the dawn) 15.) A great loss (All gone, all gone // Watching it go up out front on the lawn // Stay on my feet somehow // I’m strong now) 16.) Figuratively/literally unmasking someone or discovering something new about someone (Crowd's half-gone, just a few hangers-on // Come to see me finally tear through the stitching at last) 17.) Figuratively/literally being unmasked or revealing a secret (And you don't care, you look almost relieved down there // Like you're free, like you can breathe now) 18.) Introspection in front of a mirror (But we were the real two // And when I'm alone // Before a mirror late at night // I will reveal you) 19.) How they feel about aging or a retrospective/future fic (Sit on my porch in Houston // Let the good times dance across my mind) 20.) A sacrifice they made for their career or a humiliation (Cheap electric razor from the Thrifty down the street // Two guys down around your ankles so you'll stay put in your seat) 21.) A love confession (I loved you before I even ever knew what love was like) 22.) Post-show conversations or a show of support (Some people leave before it's over, but most of them stay) 23.) A dream, whether or not it will be or even can be realized (Out in the parking lot you look up at the stars // And all the cheap cars)
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Lead Like Jesus
It doesn’t take long before people catch on to bad leaders. Sometimes it’s hard to spot and other times it's far too easy. A person will likely never remember every word that was exchanged in a conversation, but they will however remember how the person made them feel. This is why it’s important to understand how crucial each present moment is and every interaction you have with others. There’s a person I know that people ask me about all the time. In fact, just about everyone I know who happens to meet them say that they give off a bad impression and something is off about them. It is a pretty impressive feat to rub everyone the wrong way immediately. Sadly, as a leader myself (understanding that I have potential to impact everyone within my sphere of influence). I have to somehow find the balance of respecting, honoring and being humble yet bold and direct to this person. What I’ve had to do so far is serve with love. I’ve had to try to show the love of God even during the most testing times. Romans 12:20 says to “feed your enemy when they are hungry, give them drink when they are thirsty and in doing so heaping hot coals upon their heads.” And to not be overcome with evil but overcome evil with good! (Romans 12:21)
I’ve come to understand that it is the goodness of God that leads people to repentance. And if someone won’t listen, we must be the example. We must exemplify the love of Christ, especially when our words will be rejected. Recently, there was a gathering and people were getting up to say kind words about this person. My wife and I both said, “we don’t even know what to say.” Thankfully, probably only by God’s Spirit I actually thought of some kind things to say. And I really meant what I said. This person and I haven’t even been on speaking terms for years. Whenever I would say Hi or Hello, they would literally look away somewhere else. But as I left that meeting, this person shook my hand and said “thank you.” This was a huge deal because I realized, they had never shaken my hand before. Ever since then, every once in a while, they will actually acknowledge my existence. That is a big win.
I’ve encountered many different leaders over the years. I have never encountered anyone like Jesus. His skills as a leader far surpasses anyone else's. I can tell by keeping close watch on the details provided in the gospels. The way he developed his disciples was by doing life with them. He didn’t just say, “show up once a week and be on time.” They got to watch first hand how he handled different situations. The other thing I love about Christ was how well he discerned those that he engaged with. When it came to his disciples, he would take his time with his teachings. When it came to others, he would often use parables. When it came to the religious leaders of the day, he would often correct them. But another thing he did with them was, he discerned their motives. This is something I’m just now learning.
One of my friends has been in a long distance relationship. There have been many red flags. One of them being the fact that she mis-led him for months. When they first started talking, he came up with a great idea to write down their prayers for each other in a notebook and at the end of three months they would share them. After sharing them, they would see how closely their prayers were in alignment. I thought this was a very creative idea. Well, for three months she acted like she was on the same page with him. Once it was time to share the prayers with each other, he found that she wrote down a total of zero prayers. So for three months she had the audacity to mis-lead him. So I felt like she wasted his time when she could have just told him upfront that she didn’t want to do it. It appeared she wasn’t ready for commitment. Many red flags later, she got into an argument with him because he said that Christmas was not literally the day Jesus was born. She started calling him stupid over and over and broke up with him. To top it all off, we found out that the name he knows her by isn’t even her real name. So I got straight with him and said, “block her number and stop talking to her, she’s a counterfeit.” He quickly agreed and said, “I think God is making it very obvious by now.”
A little while later, I got on a three-way call with him and my other brother in the Lord (who was recently converted). And this topic comes up. Except my new brother in the Lord tells him advice that would be good for a married couple, but not for his particular circumstance. He tells him that he needs to go the next twenty days giving her words of affirmation. I was mind blown. Sadly, because of work, I had to get off the phone. When I got back on the call, my friend was praising the new brother in the Lord’s advice. I was perplexed. So I called my friend separately to talk to him individually. I told him it was not good advice and not to talk to that girl anymore. I referred to her as a counterfeit and he goes “so you still think she's a counterfeit?” I was baffled, because both of us had agreed many times over that this was the case. What I came to realize after talking to wise counsel was that before I go on to give people wisdom, I need to discern their hearts' intentions. Because no matter how much you care about someone and want to see them succeed, you may still be casting pearls to swine.
This wise counsel went on to say, the reason he was so quick to talk to the girl again was because he got permission by the newly converted brother in the Lord. He said, when he asked for advice, what he really wanted was permission and you didn’t give it, so he got it elsewhere. So a part of being a good leader, is knowing your audience, using discernment and using wisdom when sharing wisdom.
Another thing to keep in mind is that in order to be a good leader, we must be willing to be a good follower. Proverbs says with wise counsel our plans are established.
Plans are established by seeking advice; so if you wage war, obtain guidance. (Proverbs 20:18)
We’ve all made mistakes, we’ve all been there. But a part of being a good leader means becoming a mature person. We cannot mature spiritually if we haven’t matured emotionally. Because we must not be led by our emotions. This means I must not be frustrated when people don’t listen. Ultimately, God will do the work in people as he perfects them in the coming days. I can plant seeds and water but only God can give real increase. And my prayer as a leader is to provide healthy soil (environment) for people to grow.
I hope to grow in the LORD as His Spirit teaches me more and more as a leader. But what I never want to lose is the reality that I am His student and His disciple first. Because I cannot afford to make anything about myself. If I truly care for God’s kingdom, then I will take care of His sheep with compassion, the way Jesus did.
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My DMC witch angel whatever the... Yeah
This might be totally boring but I need to put things on paper so.
This takes place in the dmc universe but takes things from Bayonetta because I like the idea of the games taking place in the same universe.
Let's start with my witch, Katniss.
She was born in [redacted] and is at least over 500 years old. How do you say? Well she was blessed (read: cursed) with immortality. How and why? She doesn't know.
Her immortality isn't just resurrection, it's more like hyper regeneration. Forgive me for the gross example:
If she stepped on a landmine, got all four limbs blown off, became blind, deaf and lost half of her face, she wouldn't die. She'd be lying wherever she was blown off to and her body would slowly regenerate.
It takes longer for an arm to be fully regenerated than it takes for her face to be fixed.
Ever since people found out about this, which was when she was a child, they have tried to make her into a perfect soldier. I know it's edgy, but she'd literally be the only soldier who cannot die.
At around the age of… I dunno, she wasn't legally an adult yet though, she managed to escape that place, being taken in by a clan of witches… or a coven, I'm not sure what the right term to use is here.
Being trained by them was hard but at least she had some human rights! Her body physically stopped aging at around 23, finishing her witch training at 25. She made a pact with a demon named Ishtar, so basically she kills angels for her demon sugar mommy in exchange for power.
Katniss has been through quite a lot, some of the things would be too disgusting to type down so casually, but let's say it left her with some mental scars.
She takes on a more playful personality to hide her own insecurities, weaknesses, fears. She rarely refers to people with their actual name because she does not want to get close to them, in case they die.
Her nicknames are:
Kitty for V
Puppy for Nero
I think that's it for her. Now onto my boy!
Yuuya was born… somewhere in Japan. He came from a very broken home and he got away as soon as he could.
This however did not go as he thought it would.
When he was like freshly eighteen, he was approached by a man, who pretty much forced him into becoming a Lumen Sage. Imagine being taken to a place you don't know, trained to be a fighter for angels just because you were the first young person they got their hands on.
So he became a Lumen Sage, and was told "Yeah basically we are all dying and you're the only one who can now keep forth our people. Have fun."
So Yuuya met Katniss, probably in Red Grave City or Fortuna or whatever(I suck at geography) and he instantly fell in love with her. He just saw her and was like "Yup, that's the one. That's the one I wanna spend the rest of my life with."
Now it did take her a bit to open up to him but holy hell, do they get along nicely.
Now this is the annoying part for them, Yuuya does age. He's still young, like 21, but he does age. So Katniss really decided to trust him, knowing that she'll most likely outlive him.
Things got a lot harder when they had to deal with the bullshit that happened because Vergil separated himself into Urizen and V.
Both of them adore V though.
I'm thinking on how to properly finish this mess. I dunno, I guess what I'm trying to say is… I need to find a way to get rid of that immortality thing and make sure V can survive without Urizen.
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I was wondering if you could tell me about how you found out you are trans? Is just in having doubts about my gender identity recently but I’m not sure because I don’t have strong gender dysphoria. Also my therapist told me is probably just a phase but idk.
If you don’t want to or are uncomfortable just ignore this don’t worry.
Subconsciously I always knew but it just wasn't something I thought about because no one ever told me I could be. Like as a kindergartener my parents got called into parent teacher conferences many times because my teacher was "concerned" that I only wore boys clothes, hated playing dolls and house with the other girls and instead played with the dinosaurs and pokemon with the boys and generally I just fit in better with the boys etc. I always hated the idea of being a girl and wished i had been born a boy and once puberty hit I became super uncomfortable with my body and wore a jacket every single day to cover my chest from about 6th to 12th grade even in California heatwaves. Adults always told me that it was a phase, I was a tomboy and I'd grow out of it so I just ignored everything I was feeling.
I figured out i was queer first. My first celebrity crush at 5 years old was Lucy Liu in Charlie's angels and I had a total obsession with Jennifer Love Hewitt in ghost whisperer in middle school but again I just didn't think about it until freshman year of high school when the og pretty little liars came out and i saw Emily's story and went oh shit I like girls and don't really like guys so i must be gay so for many years i identified as a gay woman. Then at 19 I randomly watched a trans male youtubers coming out story and again it just clicked, I went Oh shit I'm a guy. At 21 after I started watching shadowhunters and saw Alec who i immediately fell in love with I realized I was actually bisexual and my dislike for men during my teenage years was really me experiencing severe gender envy and being jealous that i didnt look like them and wasnt percieved as a man like them.
Also at 21 I came out to two of my closest friends and one of them who i had been friends with since the first grade response was literally "Yeah I know" and I asked him how he knew and he said "whenever we played video games as kids you always picked the male avatars and most of the time you named them Dylan so your new name also makes sense."
So here's the thing, I know there's a lot of discourse about "people who don't experience much dysphoria can't be trans" but the only person who can truly know your identity is you. Everyone has a different relationship with thier body and just because you may not experience dysphoria the same way someone else does doesn't mean you aren't trans/non binary. If you feel in your heart like you are the opposite gender of which you were born, you're trans (or non binary if you feel like you are neither or genderfluid if you feel like various genders).
It's also perfectly okay for your identity to change. You can go some period of time thinking you are one gender and then later on go well actually I think I'm this gender or this gender non conforming identity now. Just like sexuality, gender is a spectrum and it's complex but it's your identity and you are allowed to identify and express yourself however you want.
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This Easter season in my reading through the Passion week there were several things I noticed that I thought might be worth sharing, mostly concerning suffering, having faith through it, and the joy to come after.
In John 13:31 through 17:26, Jesus is comforting the disciples. He has just told them that one of them will betray him (Judas has gone to do the deed), and told Peter that he will deny him three times, along with the fact that he is going to die. In the midst of tellling them about the Holy Spirit who will come to them, and of the Kingdom of Heaven, and of himself as the Overcomer in obedience to the Father’s will, he tells them this: “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.” (John 16:20-21). This struck me, because Jesus says this on the night he was betrayed. Yes, he is telling them to take heart, and preparing them for the days to come, but it is also a picture of what he himself will go through, beginning that very night. Jesus himself was the sufferer, having sorrow because his time had come, only for all that torture and pain and suffering to culminate in new life, allowing each one of us a chance to be born again. 
It can also be read literally. It comes directly after a passage in which Jesus tells them that the world will hate them, and then promises the Holy Spirit. In near one breath, he promises suffering, and then a comforter for that suffering, followed by the sorrow leading to joy. It brought to mind an image of the church as a woman in labour, and the Holy Spirit as the loving husband who grips her hand and kisses her brow as he tells her “just a little longer, darling,” while she works out the life he placed within her. It is the certain Word of God that his church, his people, will suffer on this earth, but it is also his word that he will bring it to joy at the end, and his word that he is beside us in it, and will not let us succumb to the pain.
Likewise, Israel was in pain as they waited the coming of the Messiah, persecuted by the nations around them, and crushed under the justice of God. But he had a promise to keep, a promise to bring to fruition. In Isaiah 42, moments after a passage about the coming Messiah, He says: “For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labour, I will gasp and pant.” (Isaiah 42:14). He is speaking of taking action to return the exiles home, and also of his new work, his new song, as he remembers his promise of the Messiah, which is fulfilled in Jesus.
So there they are: story, within story, within story. The suffering of Israel and a world steeped in sin before redemption, and the suffering of the church, redeemed but still living in a broken world, both as microcosms of the suffering of Christ, innocent and undeserving, yet willing to take it upon himself for the sake of the life to be born of it. In all of them is the same pattern, the same promise. There will be sorrow. But at the end there will be joy. In the time where the Father spoke through the law and the prophets, the joy was the birth of the Son, the Messiah; in the time of the Son the joy was the birth of the church, made possible by his death and resurrection, and now in the church age, in the time of the Holy Spirit, the joy shall be the future return of our Lord to Earth. Then there shall be the New Heaven and a New Earth, and there shall be no more sorrow or pain, but only joy as we see God face to face, triune, but completely one, and in that age he shall sit on his throne and all shall know him as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 
Sorrow. Then joy. So often it is easy to get lost in the sorrows and sufferings we have here, so easy to speak only of the crucifixion and forget the resurrection, at least I know that is my own tendency. But as I read, I discovered that there was a man who, in the midst of great suffering, had his eyes on the future joy, and it is not the one any would have expected. One thief, crucified on the cross beside Jesus, had faith in this pattern that God had set out. In Luke 23, an account is given of one of the criminals who hung beside Jesus on the cross and said to him, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” (Luke 23:42) He was dying a criminal’s death, suffering greatly, and to his eyes Jesus was doomed to the same end. Scourged to beyond recognition, hanging like a criminal himself, and the thief beside him still believed he had enough power that it would be worth asking to be remembered. He asked a man who was dying to remember him. If that’s not faith in resurrection, or at the very least the immortality of the human soul, I don’t know what is. 
And I ask myself if I have that same faith. If I can look at my suffering where all seems lost and say, “no, God has promised joy, and so there will be.” It was there at the birth of the Messiah, there at the Resurrection of our Lord, and there will be when he returns. Again and again his promises have been fulfilled, yet still as Peter, still as Thomas, I am sometimes too afraid to put faith in them, too distracted by the horror of what is before me. So that is my prayer this Easter, for myself, and for anyone else who needs it, that we would see the Joy. That we would remember God does not desire suffering, but brings us through suffering to something that is greater and more beautiful than we could ever imagine.
Happy Easter, and may the joy of the Living God go with you!
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ooc plot call!
tyler’s having it far too good lately and i love me some drama. looking for someone to bring in an oc in a backstage role at aew and is tyler’s ex from when he was 21 (talking about literally just started working at aew that week type beat). oc broke up with tyler as soon as tyler began traveling with his dad and appearing on tv for reasons that oc never told tyler. this is where you get your creative freedom about those reasons (ie. pressure of dating a celeb, potential fan hate, insecure about him finding someone better on the road, guilt from cheating and not wanting to admit, etc.)
from these dialogue prompts ( would also love to use even more of these as sentence starters - not any of the romantic ones tho, tyler is happily with yaz so def more of an exes-to-kinda-friends sorta pipeline):
tyler: "it's like one day you woke up and decided you weren't in love with me anymore."
oc: "the best thing i ever did was break up with you"
also, can be male or female - only real "rule" i guess is them being same age as tyler so born in 1999. very open-ended so you can still make your character be however you like (and youre not just creating an oc for this one plot hehehe)! shoot me a msg to talk more deets 🫣
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05/03/2023 DAB Transcript
Judges 17:1-18:31, John 3:1-21, Psalms 104:1-23, Proverbs 14:20-21
Today is the 3rd day of May welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is great to be here, it’s great to be here with you, it’s great to be here with you together around the Global Campfire as we gather again for another day and another step forward in the Scriptures. And we have wound our way from the beginning of the year and the beginning of the Bible all the way into the book of Judges. And we read of the story of the judge named Samson yesterday. We’ll continue forward as we meet the other judges of Israel. And once again, not to be redundant, but judges covers the centuries between Joshua’s death, and the emergence of Kings in Israel. So, the judges were the leaders of Israel during or between…during…during that transitional period, those transitional centuries. And, so, let's dive in. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week. Judges, chapters 17 and 18.
Commentary:
Okay. So, we came to one of if not the most famous verse in the Bible. We can probably quote it together. “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” We…we probably have heard this verse, at least, and probably a lot of us were able to quote it back as we just said it. It's very famous all by itself, but as we’re kind of going through the Scriptures we can see that it's not a chapter unto itself. It's not a statement unto itself. It's a part of a conversation. And Jesus said, John 3:16. And let's remember, Jesus said John 3:16 as a part of a conversation that He was having with a religious leader who was named Nicodemus. And Nicodemus has instead snuck out at night to find Jesus and under the cover of the night he's having this kind of secret meeting because he's…he's…he’s part of the religious leadership. And Jesus told Nicodemus that he wouldn't see the kingdom of God unless he were born again. And Nicodemus  is thinking that Jesus is literally saying like, you’re gonna be reborn, which is true, but in the way that Nicodemus was thinking of it, how can a person who is fully grown, and even old go back into their mother's womb and be born again. And at its core this little conversation is the essence of the gospel. Jesus explained to Nicodemus that there is a physical birth and that is the birth that He called of water, and that there is a spiritual birth that He called of the spirit. The Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life inside of a person and that life is eternal and everlasting. And this is how Jesus explained being born again. And, so, this means that we are reborn, re-integrated with the Spirit of God with nothing standing between us and the Spirit of God within us, giving us new life, born again. When we truly believe in Jesus, the whole status, the whole trajectory of our lives changes. We are awakened to new life within us. And then Jesus goes on to tell Nicodemus, “God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because He has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” And as Jesus finishes explaining this to Nicodemus it leaves us with plenty to think about. Jesus is saying those who truly believe have no judgment against them but those who do not believe are already experiencing judgment. And that can be seen in this world. We just have to look around. The fact that people love the darkness more than the light is easy enough to see. And Jesus explains why. Because the light exposes what is in the darkness and tells the truth that people want to stay in the shadows where they can hide and be duplicitous and do all kinds of things that aren't exposed. And, so, yes indeed, my friends, God so loved the world that He gave His only son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. But this rebirth is an invitation to be true, to step into the light. If we love the shadows and the darkness then we are not in the light, which leads us to consider as we should, what are we afraid of being exposed? What are we trying to hold in the shadows or in the darkness? That, if we can identify that, is what is pulling us into the darkness. When being reborn means we are being pulled into the light where there isn't anything to hide, and there isn't anything to lose because our eyes have been opened and we realize we have it all. We are children of the most-high God.
Prayer:
Holy Spirit, we invite You to shine the light of truth into our souls. We declare nothing off limits to You as if we could hide anything from You. We invite Your light to come into the darkness and expose what is lurking there and what is hiding there and what is manipulating us and pulling us into the darkness. May we see these things. May we see the root of these things. Lead and guide us that we might be true in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.
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John 3:16
Joshua 21:20-22:34, Psalm 55:1-11, John 3:1-21
The gospel of John has a lot more editorial, it seems, than the rest of the gospel. I never really thought about it, but it does include a lot of analysis. It isn't clear where Jesus's words end and the analysis begins sometimes. I was startled in this passage to see the red letters of my bible end while theological teaching was still going on. The narrator, the disciple whom Jesus loved, added the part beginning with John 3:16, after Jesus talk with Nicodemus, a Jewish leader who was secretly fascinated by Jesus.
I like having this perspective, because if the author of this book is the disciple John, which is traditionally accepted (I think), then there is some valuable insight here as to what the early church thought about Jesus. There is good commentary on what the early church believed was the significance of Jesus's life and ministry. We can use it to affirm the consistency of our beliefs with those of the people who knew Jesus.
Jesus raises the concept of translation with Nicodemus. He says a bunch of cryptic things about being born again of the Holy Spirit, and then when Nicodemus says that he doesn't understand, Jesus replies that this is why he can't talk about heavenly matters, because Nicodemus still doesn't understand the earthly ones.
Sometimes I wish that Jesus would just explain things clearly. And then I remember that he did many times do this. People complain about him talking cryptically, but when the rich man asked what he should do beyond following all the laws of Moses, Jesus told him straight up to sell everything he had. He told tax collectors not to cheat people and those who were struck to turn the other cheek. Jesus did give many very clear instructions. His metaphors and cryptic language generally come when he is trying to explain the kingdom of God. And why would that subject not require many imperfect and confusing metaphors? We use metaphors all the time in hard science to talk about real things. These stories help us see patterns in some greater reality.
I'm not saying that the use of metaphors is indicative that what Jesus is saying is true, but that it is an acceptable method of conveying difficult concepts. One doesn't have to assume that Jesus is just being cryptic for the sake of it.
Besides, we like metaphor and parable. It allows us to project our own biases onto the story. It's Jesus's literal commands which are unsettling for Christians because we find it difficult to justify ignoring them.
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