#Operational Excellence Trainer

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Well, it’s sunday and I’m not doing anything important, so time for my current anime season watch list:

Rock is a Lady’s Modesty

The bi-anual girls rock band anime, this time centered in a ladies-only high school for the rich and powerful, with our protagonist, twin locks blodie Lilisa, being a recent arrival in the school following her mom’s marriage to a powerful guy, which forces her to be as proper and excellent as possible, all the while trying, and ultimately failing, to repress her love for rock.

Great animation, especially on the CGI, great music, very fun characters all around, so far a very engaging plot, and above all, superb chemistry between the two main female leads, which is as wild as the rock they love, although the last couple of episodes have robbed the anime of some of its energy, hopefully it gets it back.

8/10, its fun!

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman

Isekai in everything but reincarnation (for now), follow Beryl, a middle aged sword trainer who has instructed countless (mostly female) warriors throughout the years, but who has never left his hometown, and therefore, never left his name in history, as his world is finally shaken when an old disciple of his, now turned into a high ranking warrior, comes to his dojo and takes him to the capital to train a new generation of warriors, while finally showing to the world how good he truly is.

Slow burn harem with OKish fights, a fantasy world so standard they don’t even try to flesh it out, mostly useless male characters outside the lead, and a plot that boils down to “he’s really the best, most perfect middle aged virgin man there is, if only he realized it!!!”, it’s serviceable but nothing amazing, watch it to pass the time

6/10

Uma Musume Pretty Lady: Cinderella Grey

It’s the horse racing anime, you know it, you hate it, I have lost followers and even mutuals over it.

So far its the best of the bunch, Oguri Cap has been a fascinating protagonist, with the simplicity of Special Week without her naïveté and clumsiness, the strength of Tokai Teio but without her weird ego, and the speed of Kitasan Black but actually capable of exploiting it to the end instead of burning out early, not to mention characters are for once allowed to be flawed, to cheat, to be petty, it’s great!

9/10, so far the best of the season.

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

From the man behind Evangelion, comes a new take on the Gundam franchise, set in an alternative timeline of the original show: Follow Machu, an aimless high school student, as she accidentally joins an underground fighting ring for giant robots, and unwilling becomes the pilot of one of the few operational, mythical Gundam suits.

It’s… A mess, Machu has to be one of the most idiotic, impulsive protagonists I’ve seen in recent years, her female co-star, Nyaan, is barely a character to begin with, with little focus given to her outside of battles, the other supporting character, Shuji, being a complete enigma and basically just a source of drama after a weird love triangle that went nowhere was introduced, the minor characters keep proving time and again to be more interesting than this trio, of they survive that is, since the show has a knack at killing them off.

I will say, it has the best damn animation of this season, the giant robot fights are very well made and have a ton of variety to them, and the weird overarching plot of a possible war has proven far more fascinating than the actual one of “Machu want to swim in the ocean but also pilot the robot but also not really since she now wants to get into Shuji’s pants for some reason” that recently culminated in her arrest.

6/10, may get better.

The Apothecary Diaries season 2, cour 2

I have mentioned this before, so no description.

It’s great! The plot kinda slowed down after Maomao got kidnapped, but it has finally picked back up again, the mysteries just get bigger, and the stakes higher!

9/10, same score as Cinderella, because I can’t deny its quality, even though I like the horse anime a bit more.

And finally

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof

Title says it all, an escaped ninja named Satoko with the ability to turn everything, bodies included, into leafs, starts living with a highly competent yet extremely messy assassin named Konoha, joining forces and helping Konoha rise in the underground assassin rankings.

It’s a yuri dark comedy, lots of cute girls dying at the hands of Konoha, superb animation almost at the level of Gundam, weird dark humor that it’s either “what if Satoko behaves like an abused wife”, or “what if this down in her luck cute ninja with hopes and dreams dies in an absurd way after failing to avenge her fallen comrades?”, characters that range from flawed but relatable to just assholes, and an almost non-existent plot that never takes itself too seriously, it may just be the most mean-spirited actually funny comedy anime I’ve ever watched.

7/10, beware of the fanservice.

Dishonorable mention

Ranger Reject season 2

Not even bothering to add a GIF, the animation got so downgraded it’s insulting, and the current arc it just finished adapting, the dream school one, is in my opinion, the worst of the manga, I check it out from time to time just to see what is adapting, so I may catch up soon, but I can’t honestly recommend it to anyone.

3/10, at least the characters remain good.

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since it's horse racing hype season I have to say my relationship with horse racing is...... complicated to say the least. So I'm going to outline why in the good and the bad

*What are the Benefits of Horse Racing

To sum it up, the entire equine industry depends on the presence of horse racing. Whether you compete in the upper eschalon of the equine competition or just keep a pasture puff in your backyard, you benefit in some capacity from the presence of the race horse industry.

*The majority of riding horses have at least some racehorse blood

Quarter horses, trotter/pacer breeds, saddlebreds, Tennessee walkers, morgans, and the dozens upon dozens of European warmblood breeds all have been produced or enhanced by thoroughbreds. If you own a horse and it's not a thoroughbred, chances are good they still have Thoroughbred or arabian somewhere in their lines. For pretty much as long as horses have been domesticated, racing has been one major way in which the excellence of breeding stock has been tested.

*Racing keeps the breed alive

While there are some breeding operations that breed non racing Thoroughbreds, they are few and far between and likely would be unable to sustain the breed if other operations popped out of existence.

While to many the off the track thoroughbred has fallen out of favor as a riding horse, many still appreciate them as performance horses. While the european warmbloods have been largely dominating equestrian sports in the recent decades, off the track horses had a long history of dominating the performance world, even making it to the Olympics. If you know what to look for and are willing to teach the ropes, a horse off the track is a much more affordable option, at least in up front costs as most don't exceed 4 figures in purchase price. On top of that, many competitions host incentive program classifications, giving out awards to riders and trainers of ottbs.

*Racing provides funding for research and the industry as a whole

In the United States alone, horse racing accounts for nearly 30% of the equine industry's gdp. This is likely even greater in other nations that don't have as much emphasis on recreational riding and showing.

Numerous University animal hospitals and research facilities are heavily funded and given test subjects by the race horse industry. This isn't to say these horses are treated like lab rats, but in many cases the owners of race horses are more willing and able to put money into trying new methods to enhance healing and health of their horses.

Looking at research studies of therapies for injuries, nutrition, and common conditions seen in performance horses like gastric ulcers, the subjects of the research are often race horse stock.

The elimination of such a large portion of the equine industry would not doubt devastate it.

*Racing brings prospects into the industry

For the average person, racing is the most recognized facet of the equine industry. It's presence brings clients and investors into equine related businesses. Race courses are often places for other equine related events to take place outside of the racing season.

One prominent example of racing's impact on bringing in participants to other equestrian activities is that of the Japan Horse Park. The park was patented and funded by the JRA with hopes that pushing equestrian sports would provide retired thoroughbreds with new prospects and the racetracks with new jockeys.

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So what about the bad

*Comparatively high rate of fatality

So one might think, 'horses run in nature, surely galloping on a race track can't be that hard on them'. Well the reality it that in nature, horses are generally only seen galloping every once in a while for very short periods of playing or fleeing from danger. Racing and breezing a horse at full gallop puts immense strain on their bodies, especially their limbs.

It's hard to find statistics on actual injury rates because the database only reports on injuries or conditions resulting in death (not all of these necessarily being injuries resulting in euthanasia, sometimes these can be cardiovascular failures such as aortic ruptures.) Since fatalities per start have been recorded, the rate of race horse fatalities per race start has been between 1% and 2%.

So granted it's actually even harder to compare that to fatalities of horses in other sports because there is really no similar data base for other equine sports so I had to do some digging to actually find some semblance of a comparison and I've come to the conclusion that the reason we don't have a data base for other sports is because the number of fatalities for most of them are negligible

Only sport I have concrete data to compare to is eventing (specifically the xc portion, as even show jumping injuries for horses are almost non existent)

In the eventing data, it's hard to calculate an actual fatality rate, but fatalities in eventing are generally associated with horse falls. And the rate of horse falls over the last 10 years is 1.4%. Naturally the number of equine fatalities would be even lower. Based on my calculations on fatalities vs starts for international events it would be about a 0.3% fatality rate for event horses. And seeing as eventing is deemed the most dangerous equestrian sport in regards to human and horse injuries, it's safe to assume that the rates for other equine sports is even lower.

*Horses are started really young (at least in the US)

Racehorse age is determined, not by the age they are, but by the age they are turning in that year from January (in the northern hemisphere). Thing is, horses are seasonal breeders and have an 11 month gestation period. Mares tend to go into estrus around late March, and have generally lower fertility rates at the beginning of their seasonal cycle. As a result most horses are born in the spring. Breeders will try to have foals born as early as possible in the year but regardless, they will be younger than they officially are for some period of time. Racing starts with age groups as young as 2, meaning not only will some horses be backed at as young as a year old, they may even start racing at a year old. While starting horses young may be linked to higher bone density, there are many more drawbacks that are largely ignored by trainers. Because so much emphasis is put on young horse races, many race horses are retired at as young as 3 or 4. This is a problem for many reasons.

Horses are often spent at a young age and end up with lifelong health issues (even a young horse you will be hard pressed to find sound with clean x rays if you are looking for your next prospective riding horse off the track).

Horses are bred without any screening for health issues that may develop with age. Thoroughbreds are infamous for developing kissing spines which has both a genetic component and is linked to early backing as the spine is not fully developed until a horse is between the ages of 6 and 7. And on a related note.

*The evolution of horse racing favoring track racing has deteriorated the quality of the Thoroughbred breed

Originally horse racing was a long distance endeavor over rural landscape. Horses would be stopped periodically and checked for suitability to continue. Thoroughbred racing was once more similar to the sport of endurance. When racing was moved to a track to make it more economical and spectator friendly, the Thoroughbred breed changed drastically. Rather than emphasis on endurance, Thoroughbreds were bred to maximize speed. This has resulted in horses that are heavy on the forelimbs with long narrow legs, leaving them more prone to injury and less inclined to excel in other sports.

*Notoriously poor husbandry conditions during training and racing

While foals and broodmares are often allowed to live in pasture with herds, once they are old enough to start training, many racehorses are stalled 24/7. Of all performance horses, racehorses have the highest rates of ulcers thanks to their long periods of confinement in stalls and high energy diets. Concentrated feeds (which race horses are often fed in large quantities) are high in nonstructural carbohydrates. Horses, as grazers, have digestive tracts designed for breaking down roughage which they will spend more than half their day slowly consuming. As a result horses constantly produce stomach acid. The stomach of a horse has different smooth muscle tissues in it, where the base of the stomach is more resistant to corrosion, and the top near the esophagus is more delicate. Without the presence of structural carbohydrates, the stomach acid isn't buffered properly and it is likely to cause damage to the upper stomach, resulting in ulcers. On top of a lack of roughage, non structural carbohydrates, or starches, increase the acidity of the stomach. Stress can also interfere with the stomach health of a horse, increasing acidity, and causing a horse to refuse to eat, making the issue worse.

*Adding to the unwanted horse problem

I will preface this by saying that the Thoroughbred industry is hardly the worst offender to the unwanted horse problems in America. The worst offender is backyard breeding. The Jockey Club has policies in place to attempt to control rates of breeding and ensuring that their registered horses are accounted for.

The narrative that ex racehorses are very often disguarded into sale yards where they are likely to be purchased by kill buyers just isn't true. It's true that some may slip through the cracks but generally there are many owners and rehoming groups out there to make sure ex racehorses or horses deemed not suitable for racing end up somewhere safe. And as i mentioned earlier, there are incentive programs to support trainers and owners who take in former racehorses. That's more than can be said for many horses.

Still the number of horses that are born vs the number of horses that stay with race stock yards is pretty darn low. Lots of horses won't make the cut to race, more will retire from racing early, even more will be rejected as breeding stock. This means there are tons of Thoroughbreds with no solid future depending on the hope that they will be taken in by someone outside of the racing industry.

In conclusion, for me, in an ideal world we will not see racing eliminated but it will get a major overhaul. I can hope but my fear is at best, nothing of substance will change, at worst horse racing will be outlawed like greyhound racing has been in many places (because that's the easier way out). Already the racing industry has been snuffed out in many regions with tracks opting to shut down live racing and former thoroughbred farms being developed on so our prospects aren't looking great.....

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Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter by Benjamin Donnelly Via Flickr: The fourth of the 1950s era “Century Series,” the F-104 Starfighter was designed around one single element: speed. Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, head of Lockheed’s famous “Skunk Works” factory, had interviewed US Air Force pilots during the Korean War, seeking their input on any new fighter. Since the pilots reported that they wanted high performance more than anything else, Johnson returned to the United States determined to deliver exactly that: a simple, point-defense interceptor marrying the lightest airframe to the most powerful engine then available, the superb General Electric J79. When Johnson offered the L-098 design to the USAF in 1952, the service was so impressed that they created an entire competition for the aircraft to be accepted, ostensibly as a F-100 Super Sabre replacement. The Lockheed design had the clear edge, though both North American’s and Northrop’s design went on to be built themselves—the North American F-107A Ultra Sabre and the Northrop T-38 Talon. The USAF purchased the L-098 as the F-104A Starfighter. The design changed very little from initial design to prototype to operational aircraft, which was done in the astonishing time of two years. When the first F-104As reached the USAF in 1958, pilots quickly found that it was indeed a hot fighter—too hot. The Starfighter’s design philosophy of speed above all else resulted in an aircraft with a long fuselage, T-tail for stability, and small wings, which were so thin that special guards had to be put on the leading edges to avoid injuring ground personnel. Because of its small wing, the F-104 required a lot of runway, and blown flaps (which vents airflow from the engine over the flaps to increase lift) were a necessity; unfortunately, the airflow system often failed, which meant that the F-104 pilot would be coming in at a dangerous rate of speed. Because it was feared that a pilot who ejected from a F-104 would never clear the tail, a downward-ejection seat was fitted, but after killing over 20 pilots, the seat was retrofitted with a more reliable, upward-firing type. The design also was not very maneuverable in the horizontal, though it was difficult to match in the vertical. Its shape earned it the moniker “Missile With a Man In It” and “Zipper.” One thing pilots did not complain about was its speed—the listed top speed of the F-104 was Mach 2.2, but this was because above that the fuselage would melt. The J79 was a near flawless engine that gave the Starfighter an excellent thrust-to-weight ratio; uniquely, the intake design of the Starfighter gave the engine a bansheelike wail. So superb was the F-104 at level speed and climbing that NASA leased several as trainers for the X-15 program, and in setting a number of speed and time-to-climb records. If the F-104 had gotten a mixed reception at best in the USAF, Lockheed felt that it had potential as an export aircraft. Beating out several excellent British and other American designs in a 1961 competition, every NATO nation except France and Great Britain bought F-104s and manufactured their own as the F-104G; Japan also license-built Starfighters as F-104Js, while still more were supplied to Pakistan and Taiwan. Just as in USAF service, accident rates were incredibly high, particularly in West German and Canadian service—Germany lost 30 percent of its initial batch, and the Canadians over half. Worries that the F-104 was too “hot” for pilots usually transitioning from the F-86 were ignored, and later it was learned why: German, Dutch, and Japanese politicians later admitted to being bribed by Lockheed into buying the Starfighter. Its high accident rate earned such nicknames as “Widowmaker,” “Flying Coffin,” and “Ground Nail.” Pakistani pilots simply called it Badmash (“Criminal”) and the Japanese Eiko (“Glory,” inferring that it was the easiest way to reach it). German pilots joked that the quickest way to obtain a F-104 was to buy a patch of land and wait. Nonetheless, once pilots learned how to tame the beast, the accident rates eased somewhat, and NATO pilots discovered that the Starfighter excelled as a low-level attack aircraft: fitted with bomb racks, the F-104 was remarkably stable at low altitude and high speed, and Luftwaffe pilots in particular found that they could sneak up on a target, launch a simulated attack, and be gone before ground defenses could react. The Italians in particular loved the F-104, building their own as the F-104S: these aircraft were equipped with multimode radar and armed with AIM-7 Sparrow and Aspide radar-guided missiles, making them a superb interceptor. Though most NATO nations reequipped their F-104 units with F-16s, F-18s, or Tornados beginning in 1980, the Italian F-104S fleet was continually upgraded and soldiered on until final retirement in 2004. 2578 F-104s were built, mostly F-104Gs; today over 150 survive in museums, with at least ten flyable examples, making it one of the best preserved of the Century Series. The second oldest F-104 left (only the YF-104A in the National Air and Space Museum is older), 55-2967 was delivered to the USAF as one of 17 YF-104 pre-production aircraft--and one of only two left, as the others were either expended as drones or crashed during testing. 55-2967 never served in a frontline or ANG unit: it went directly to Air Force Systems Command at Edwards AFB, California, in 1956. It only flew for a year before it was heavily damaged in a bad landing at Bergstrom AFB, Texas. 55-2967 would never fly again, but rather than scrap it, it was turned into a GF-104A ground instruction trainer. Ironically, the hard landing that grounded 55-2967 saved it from the fate of the other YF-104s, and in the late 1960s, as the F-104 was phased out of USAF service, it was put on display on the cadet grounds at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. However, the airframe suffered from being out in the open, and the AFA wanted to replace it with something of a little newer vintage. It was then donated to the Pueblo Weisbrod Museum, and trucked down to its new home. It was restored and moved inside in 2011. When I got the picture, I didn't realize this was either a YF-104 or that I'd almost certainly seen it as a kid when Dad and I visited the AFA on several occasions. Though few if any USAF F-104s flew in overall ADC Gray, this better preserves the aircraft; the font is also incorrect, but that's a nitpick on an excellent preservation job. A Tactical Air Command patch is carried on the tail. I always love being reacquainted with aircraft I would've seen when I was little!

[nighthuntingclato]

modern au professions?

daily clatoism 2. because I'm indecisive I'm not settling on just one career for either of them.

maybe this is me projecting my own interests/personality on clove, but i do think she'd salivate for the chance to get to cut open an organ or see a cadaver. in my (lives only in my head) hart of dixie au, she's a cardiothoracic surgeon because she wanted to see and operate on a heart in person. it's literally the one of the few legal ways that clove will get her hands on a person and be able to cut them up lol.

also, because the main character of HOD falls in love with a bartender, cato would be a bartender in that au.

alternative paths for clove include professional wrestler/other form of athlete (i wrote her as a volleyball player in one of my aus), or a prison nurse (it's perfect because she doesn't have the bedside manner/compassion for health that nurses in normal hospitals need to have, meanwhile i would guess hardened felons won't care if she does her job without being nice about it. plus, because I'm me, it's one of clato's meet-cutes - prisoner cato x nurse clove.)

if cato isn't a felon in nurse!clove au, he would love being a personal trainer. it seems like a job he's well suited for - think coach from the show new girl.

more on that universe, cato as an ex football star who badly injured himself, and clove is his nurse. she connects with him in a way she never does with other patients. he's charmed by her lack of bedside manner because he likes that she's direct, and she softens toward him and is compassionate about his injury. once he's better, he gets a job as a personal trainer, and tracks her down to ask her out.

they'd also make excellent firefighters (i read Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine center, and the main couple had both everlark and potential clato energy). both would thrive off of the adrenaline, the hardcore physical intensity, etc.

[selkieshark]

Continuing my little gunpla review series, I wanna say thank you so much to everyone that liked and reblogged my Demi Trainer post! It means so much to me and every like I get on it makes me incredibly happy <3

This review is gonna be all about...

Gundam Lfrith Thorn

I wasn't expecting to build this kit so soon but I saw it in my local nerd store and I just had to pick it up, I really love the design on this one and I can't wait to tell yous all about it! Building this felt like an appropriate step-up from the Demi Trainer.

Lfrith Thorn in the Show

(Spoilers for Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury episode 12 and beyond ahead)

EDM-GA-02 Gundam Lfrith Thorn is a Gundam-type mobile suit developed by Ochs Earth Corporation for Dawn of Fold, the anti-spacian organisation. It's a heavily modified version of the XGF-01 Gundam Lfrith Pre-Production Model, which can be seen in the prologue episode of the show.

This Gundam is piloted by Norea Du Noc, a member of Dawn of Fold. She was trained from a young age to be a mobile suit pilot, and has strong ideals and a deep hatred of all spacians. She's a hot-headed earthian terrorist who believes in attaining the organisation's goals through violence. A perfect pilot for this offensive-oriented Gundam!

As I mentioned previously, Lfrith Thorn is a heavily modified version of the Lfrith Pre-Production Model, which allows the Lfrith Thorn to utilise GUND technology. It was created alongside the Lfrith Ur, and the two can be seen as sort of sisters, as one compensates for the other's weaknesses. It's a very cool dynamic that I really enjoyed seeing in the show!

Lfrith Thorn is seen multiple times throughout the show, but main appearances include episode 12, when it attacks Plant Quetta alongside the Lfrith Ur. It also appears in episode 14, fighting in the Rumble Ring and causing mayhem, once again alongside the Lfrith Ur. We see it once more in episode 20, when Norea goes on a rampage in Asticassia, before she is calmed down by Elan Ceres and her Gundam is subsequently destroyed by the security forces. Seeing this Gundam in action was always a pleasure to see in the show, and Norea's hot-headed yet focused personality really made it stand out as an effective combat mech, especially when paired with Lfrith Ur! I wish we got to see more of it but what we did see was an absolute treat.

The Design of Lfrith Thorn

I. LOVE. THIS. DESIGN. SO MUCH! It's so cool and it all makes sense for what this Gundam is supposed to achieve! It can look quite goofy, especially with those long arms and chunkier legs, but there's purpose to that design choice! Lfrith Thorn excels at offensive skirmishes and intense combat scenarios, providing heavy fire support to her sister, Lfrith Ur.

Lfrith Thorn comes equipped with a variety of weapons that allow it to adapt to any combat situation. It's primary weapon is the beam diffuse gun, a large firearm that fires energy scatter beams. It can be wielded with one hand or with both, allowing for more accurate and focused fire. Beam saber units are stored within the Lfrith Thorn's forearms, allowing for quick deployment when engaging in melee combat. It can also equip beam sabers on its hand if needed, though this Gundam is better suited for longer-range combat. A long and narrow shield can be seen on it's right arm, which can be used to deflect incoming fire, though it is not particularly effective due to how small it is. The huge cannon mounted on Lfrith Thorn's back is the phased array cannon. It fires a powerful beam which allows for wider-ranged attacks. This cannon is only operable when the Gundam's permet score reaches 3 or higher, making it a very risk-reward oriented weapon!

Considering how heavy all of these weapons are on this Gundam, it's very important for it to keep stable when fighting on the ground. This is where those goofy design choices I mentioned earlier come in! The heavy legs and longer arms result in a lower center of gravity, making the Lfrith Thorn more stable when providing fire support! The thrusters on it's rear waist also offer extra stability, being able to counter the recoil and pushback from sustained fire if needed. Even the feet are used for stability, being able to dig into any softer ground material the Lfrith Thorn may be standing on, and providing even more stability! Everything about this design is so coherent, despite it's inherent goofiness, and I absolutely am in love with it!

Naturally, one would compare the Lfrith Thorn and Lfrith Ur, as they are often seen in combat together. You can see the more support-oriented design philosophy of the Lfrith Thorn when looking at both Gundams side by side. Despite the heavy weaponry, the frame of the mech is visibly more lightweight, allowing the Lfrith Thorn to reposition more easily. The Lfrith Ur is meant to be on the frontline, while the Lfrith Thorn supports it from afar. It's an awesome dynamic and I think both Gundams are designed really well around this cooperation!

In the first section of this review I mentioned that the Lfrith Thorn is a modified version of the Gundam Lfrith Pre-Production Model, and you can definitely see some aspects of that design incorporated into this one! You can see this mainly in the body of the Gundam, as it retains that flatter, more extruded chest to house the pilot and shell unit. The back-mounted cannons are still present in both designs, though the cannons themselves are quite different between the Lfrith Thorn and the Pre-Production Model. You can also see a more refined version of the shoulder pads, as they are more exaggerated and armoured on the Lfrith Thorn.

Honestly, researching Lfrith Thorn led me down a very deep rabbit hole when it comes to design inspirations and origins and I feel like I could make a family tree that connects MANY of the Gundam designs in this show!

Building the Kit

Much like the Demi Trainer, this was super fun to build! I was so excited to finally build a Gundam, and this did not disappoint, for the most part!

A lot of the same satisfying aspects of building the kit itself that I mentioned in my Demi Trainer review can be said here too. Fitting all the pieces together, hearing the clicks and seeing it come together is extremely satisfying and enhances the experience a lot! The stickers on this kit are more complex, and you have more choice with them, namely being able to either put stickers on it that show the Lfrith Thorn with no permet score, or a high permet score. I decided to use the high permet score stickers of course, because that looks a lot cooler to me! I found these stickers really tough to put on, as some of them are really small and need a lot of precision to place properly, and this was only my second kit. I hadn't developed a strategy for placing stickers yet and it shows in some parts of my build.

The Lfrith Thorn kit comes with a few extra pieces that allow for some really neat customisability! For example, you have the option of using a closed hand, which allows the Lfrith Thorn to hold weapons, or an open hand, which can look dramatic and badass when posing it. Even that small amount of choice with the kit makes for a lot of different things you can do with it and I think that's awesome!

As much as I love Lfrith Thorn and as much as I enjoyed building this kit, I do have a few complaints with it. To start, I personally find that the head movement on this kit is very limited, and the head has fallen off of my kit many times when I was trying to pose it and make it look in certain directions. I understand there being limitations in the range of movement, but I find it to be a little bit too limited here. I also think that the beam sword pieces are a little too easy to bend, and I recommend taking extra good care to not put too much force on them when handling them. Mine are very slightly misshapen now, and while it's not too exaggerated, it still sucks to see.

Other than that though, the kit was super fun to build, and it's by far the easiest to pose when comparing all of the kits I've built so far! The stable design philosophy of the Lfrith Thorn actually translates really well to this kit, and it's noticeably more stable to pose than other kits! It was really cool to see honestly and noticing that inspired me to start this series in the first place, so thank you Lfrith Thorn!

Once again, thank you to everyone who liked and reblogged my previous post, seeing the attention my Demi Trainer review got inspired me to continue with this, and I want to make even more reviews and design studies now! As always, constructive criticism is welcome, as well as likes and reblogs!

I'm hoping to get those action base kits at some point so I can have more freedom in posing my kits, so look forward to that!

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Here we see the prestigious Foxette M1, displayed in Standard (Dazzle) and Trainer (Orange Stripe) variants. He is known for... Well he's known for his extremely large drive plume...

See, Aþtðer fleet technicians are usually very lazy, and to cut corners on maintenance time, they skip out on replacing fusion lattices that keep the emissions on these things in spec.

As a result, well, the emissions cone these things throw off is so strong that fleet scale sensor assets caught in about a 5KM cone aft of the ships can be disrupted. This, of course, is a problem for Aþtðer assault fleets flying under high PD alert in those tight formations Command likes.

At the same time... It's that same laziness that keeps Aþtðer carriers on top. Nobody can get a wing of these things on deck and back out the door (Or mass driver, depending on the tastes of Command at that time...) faster than an Aþtðer technician. That fast turnaround time keeps assault operations moving quickly -and therefore, keeps the fleet out of harm's way-

In short, it's not a good defensive asset, but it does excel in an offensive role on account of its great firepower, speed, and range.

...Even when those Aþtðer techs won't upkeep properly :P

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Order of the Knights-Dragoon (Riven's headcanons)

So I realized that I'd never really put down my headcanons on how I see the Knight-Dragoon order in terms of basic structure. Ergo...

However--I have one major disclaimer warning: I hardcore deviate from the established lore in EE1 regarding the Dragoons' overall numbers and current status. EE1 listed 30 members comprising the order overall, with only ten dragoons in active service quite possibly during HW/post HW. Considering that the Knights-Dragoon are an active military group, I increased the number because quite frankly--trainees, trainers, hell the people who fucking feed and treat wounds--plus i'm sorry what happens if 30 dragoons all eat shitty food at the party and are out with food poisoning the next day?

Anywhoo. My personal ramblings ahead. Also, I'll be splitting this into three parts--Pre-War/Dragonsong War/Post DS War.

UNDER ZHE CUT

PRE-WAR

Established lore that dragons would take knights as riders/fighting partners. This opens up the possibility of multiple operating groups of dragons/knights, and the origins of the dragoon arts on a whole. Haldrath more than likely served as a leader for a proto-Knights Dragoon order (my entire ass rant about Haldrath with excellent commentary from @mariyekos here )

The start of the DS war effectively nukes dragoon/dragoon-knight partnership, and turns the dragoon knights of eld from monster hunters/keepers of the peace into the specialized fighting force we see today. The mantle of Azure Dragoon is created, along with rather nasty specifics of the job--namely that the would-be-Azure must be hearing the voice of the Eye, and that the moment they take it's power, they have effectively given themselves an extremely shorter lifespan.

(see this post for analysis of Estinien and Haldrath story lore )

DRAGONSONG WAR

Over the centuries, the art of the dragoon is refined and perfected. While there's extremely limited lore on just how dragoons are taught and trained (There is a passing mention of a school [somewhere I swear i've seen it I could be wrong however], not to mention Temple Knights who show mastery in the lance can be selected for the specialized training) there's room to say that the Knights-Dragoon operate much in the same way as how their Temple Knight and House solider counterparts do. Knights can take squires, the Order has a specific school (think basic boot camp), and there is general infrastructure to support this particular branch of the military in terms of budget, armorsmiths, cooks, medics, and buildings. The Order generally attracts low to mid-class Ishgardians, as noble families aren't keen to give up precious heirs to the branch of the military with a high death rate even in basic training.

General rankings are

Student/Squire -> Junior Dragoon -> Senior Dragoon

Squireship/Studentship on a whole will run possibly a year or two (or shorter/longer depending on your lore). Senior Dragoons can pick whomever they want as a potential squire from the Temple Knights/Dragoon basic or even right off the streets. If a student/squire survives the brutality that is basic training and the harsher training that is their advanced learning, they can undertake trials to earn their full drachen mail. Once awarded the full set of armor, they are considered junior dragoons.

Junior dragoonship is considered between 1-5 years of service. The more years of service a dragoon gets under their belt, the deadlier they become. By year three a dragoon is considered to be the equivalent of one full squad, year five they're the equivalent of a full platoon. If they particularly distinguish themselves during this five-year span, they are permitted to pick a color for their knighthood and are given a title.

Senior dragoonship is 5 years and over. They are the commanders and captains, and are considered to be the primary pool to choose from when it's time to anoint a new Azure.

Azure Dragoons are the winners of a specific fighting tournament designed to select the next bearer of Nidhogg's Eye (unless the previous Azure has already specifically named a successor. In that case, the tournament is held to select the Azure's 2nd and 3rd in command)

[In this case for my headcanon, Heustienne was 2IC, with Brucemont following behind her. With Estinien and Heustienne gone, Brucemont effectively was promoted to overall leader.]

POST-DS WAR

While not much has changed with the original structure of the Order, the peace between Ishgardian and dragon means that once again, there are dragon-riders. The knights themselves are learning to adjust their fighting tactics once more for dealing with monster attacks instead of fighting solo, along with learning how to ride and engage in combat on dragon-back. The selection process has become even more strict--with hopefuls not only needing to survive basic camp, but then learn dragon husbandry--how to take care of an ill dragon, how to feed one, care when they're pregnant--even cleaning dragon aeries and doing whatever gruntwork they're asked to perform.

Should a squire pass all this, their final trial will be to clear Sohr Khai--under the watchful eyes of the Dravanians. A dragon will select the squire to be the recipient of willing blood and scales for the drachen mail--in addition to being their flight-partner.

[osvaldvvanstein]

gonna throw your way. lets see. ira dear emperor/osvald octopath/seteth fire emblem. your guys (for the alternate f/m/k)

The tee I heed seeing your selection.

Lab partner: I mean like obviously the only correct choice here is Osvald. Octopath magic is probably close enough to chemistry <3 he's, at the very least, somewhat familiar with labs. That's more than I'd give Ira or Seteth credit for, considering the technology their worlds have.

Trapped in an elavator: Seteth. I do love both Osvald and Ira but they would be insufferable in an elavator. In this kinda situation, I'd want to talk to the other person so I don't get scared or nervous, right? Osvald doesn't talk much and he's a physically large middle aged man with a beard and resting bitch face so I'd, realistically, feel unsafe being alone in a tiny locked room with him. Ira would be unbearable to be trapped in an elavator with because if it's Ira from the first half of the story then he's a racist and ableist asshole and would call me pathetic at the first sign of a panic attack and if it's Ira from the second half of the story then he'd also be panicking. Optimal Ira to be trapped in an elavator with would be him when he was a teenager because pre family death he was a calm and pleasant dude, but ik that's not the Ira you were referring to </3

Big part of Seteth's job is also interacting with messed up young people, we'd get along like a house on fire <3 maybe <3

Train me at Mcdonalds: oh boy I wonder who it could be!! Ira got a job as the leader of his platoon specifically because of his good management skills. Not only would he be good as an employee trainer, he'd be an excellent manager. Plus, since we're interacting with the intention that he's showing me how to do a job, he won't have spare time to say something bigoted because he'll be too busy explaining how to operate a deepfryer <3

[jeanie-g]

First of all I would like to say that I love your writing and could you tell us more about “I’m putting all my bets on you?”

thank you!! <3 and yes! lets turn up the angst hehe

this is inspired by (and named after) the song "nothing matters" by the last dinner party.

it's a short snapshot into the devil's not-so-great season coming out of the winter months and how jack and nico handled that stress in maybe not the best way. we know now that jack was playing through an injury and just stewing in that frustration and lack of control. add in nico's captaincy "i'm-responsible-for-everything" complex, put them both in a bed, and we get some "fuck me like nothing matters" hours. here's a snippet (slight nsfw?)

Jack is grateful for Nico. Nico doesn’t ask any questions. Nico knows what he needs and when he needs it, and delivers dutifully. He’s always been like that, able to read his plays on the ice that no one but his brothers can. Lately, it’s been in a different manner, something that unfolded over a bottle of red wine and Jack’s bed when he was on IR in January, Jack desperate immediately, Nico there to placate him. The attraction was certainly there, and it was excellent stress relief. It minimized Jack’s cabin fever, having someone so close to him and engaging in something so intimate with them. It continued, Nico looking beyond Jacks’ awkward means of bringing it up, knowing what he meant and giving it to him without complaint.

Like now, silent as he brushes Jack’s hair out of his eyes and thrusts into him so gently, so carefully, like Jack is something that will break. And Jack feels like it might be true; his shoulder is all but shot from all the way back in November, from that stupid fall out a hundred that managed to do some lasting damage. It hurts every time he does something as innocuous as flip a frying pan, but he can’t go on IR again, not when there’s still the smallest chance they could snatch the wildcard spot. He can’t sit up in the rafters alone again, forced to sit and watch his team fall to another beatable team when he can actually go and do something about it. He’s been lying to the trainers when they ask him, saying that the physical therapy is helping, that it’s feeling better instead of getting worse. He knows he’ll have to tell the truth eventually—that, at this point, he’ll likely have to get it operated on, but that’s a problem for future Jack. Future Jack who still has the possibility of hoisting the Stanley Cup in June.

Nico, though—Nico has a Midos’ touch, healing him from the inside out with every push, every languid roll of his hips and kiss to Jack’s temple. Jack can close his eyes and stretch his limbs and let Nico turn him inside out until all there’s left is what Nico’s carved out of him—the parts of himself that shine gold with youth and immortality, the parts that come to life in the bedroom and make Jack feel desirable and lovely and worth something after all. If this is the only kind of healing Jack will get, he can live with it. He’ll take it greedily, in fact.

Because most of all, Nico helps him forget. Forget that they followed their record breaking season with the joke of a performance they’re putting on now. Forget that his social media is clogged with comments telling them how much of a failure he is. Forget the gripping fear that he knows Nico shares—that last year was a fluke, that they’re doomed for the pits of missing playoffs for seasons to come. That everything has changed, and yet, nothing has changed at all.

thanks for the ask @iamnotawakeenoughforthis !!

[legion-transcendent]

Thought Beyond the Stars // Firefly Verse

   David Haller was a brilliant kid. A genius really. He was doing wonderfully in school, excelling beyond the other kids, but for his mother, Gabrielle, Ambassador for the Universal Alliance, his brilliance was not the gift many thought it was. The problem was David knew far more than he should. He’d stare at her with those heterochromatic eyes and ask her questions, pointed questions, about her diplomatic missions. He’d ask about things he had no way of knowing. He’d do the same to his teachers. Muttering things they wanted to say before they even said it. Talking about conversations he didn’t witness. David had a gift and it was drawing attention.

   One day representatives from a school calling itself The Academy visited the Haller household. They came offering a program to help David’s talents grow, to give him the start he needed to truly thrive. For Gabrielle this was a blessing. The chance, the reprieve, she was looking for. It gave her son everything he needed and removed the source of the growing fear in her. She signed what documents she needed and sent David to The Academy. David didn’t want to go but he could not refuse his mother. He would have done anything for her. He was ten.

   The Academy was not the school it advertised itself as. Here David was subjected to experimentation and conditioning. They pushed him beyond his limits. Made him understand the power he’d somehow been born with and made it more. No more was it just glimpses and hints at emotion. Now he could read intent, he could hear thoughts, he could taste emotion and knew how to exploit it. And he could kill, not with his mind but with his hands, with the weapons they trained him in. Turning him into a weapon, an assassin.

    But that wasn’t all. They went one step further. They performed surgery on his brain, implanting a device to enhance these powers, to push them from something mental and internal to something external and real. After the surgery, David began to display telekinetic abilities and the power to put suggestions in people’s minds. Not mind control, but something very close.

   There was a side effect. The surgery broke him, shattering his mind. To protect itself his mind began to create alternative personalities. Personalities that could handle the strain he was under; to protect him from the pain and the horrible things his handler and trainers would make him do. The first was the Assassin. The killer, the soldier, the Academy wanted. The second was the Protector, the one made solely to protect David from anyone and anything that would hurt him. The first time this personality manifested it killed David’s handler and slaughtered many others. In response the Academy determined David was too unpredictable, too dangerous, to control, but far too valuable to destroy. They buried him deep in one of their facilities. So deep that they forgot about him.

   It took work to escape. It took manipulation and co-operation with himself, but he did it. A mental suggestion to the guard that fed him every day. A weapon taken from a corpse. Death across an asteroid base whose staff had steadily declined. Then a ship, locked into the docking bay until David was ready to launch. Work, control, co-operation. And the most important tool in all of this? His cell walls scrawled in writing that looked to be a conversation between three people.

   Now David travels throughout the Rim worlds taking work where he can and surviving as well as a lone, broken man can in this unforgiving Verse. There is only one thing he keeps on himself permanently. A journal so he and his alters can communicate, so he always knows what happens, even when he isn’t in the driving seat.

[usafphantom2]

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[asdpawprint]

Book recommendations/reviews for my fellow service dog owner trainers:

(I kept reading for years after successfully training my service dog, because autism.)

Forward Together: An Inside Look at Guide Dog Training by Christie Bane

Yes, it's about guide dogs specifically. Yes, it's very long. But it's by far the most detail I've found about the entire process of training a service dog. Read it for the temperament descriptions, read it for the puppy raising chapter, read it for the examples of breaking down complex behaviors into smaller pieces, read it for the discussion of which behavior issues are generally worth the effort to fix vs which issues generally justify a wash out, read it for the consideration of how corrections look to the surrounding public.

The only substantial dislike I have of this book is the escalator section. It's harsh and very dependent on how extremely resilient and forgiving guide dogs have to be. But that's 12 pages out of almost 600 total.

Read it! It's so good! This is genuinely one of my favorite books of any topic, and certainly my favorite service dog book!

Control Unleashed: Creating a Focused and Confident Dog by Leslie McDevitt

This one is written in the context of reactive dogs in agility classes, but most of the exercises are excellent for teaching a dog that potential distractions predict that good things are about to come from the handler! It's especially great for dog distraction training, obviously. Plus great skills for a handler wanting to reduce or avoid punishment in your training!

Some of it seems counterintuitive if you're reading it from a perspective of simply "reward good behavior and punish bad behavior," but it genuinely does work. Looking at it in terms of classical conditioning instead of operant conditioning helps it make a lot more sense.

The Ultimate Service Dog Training Manual by Keagan Grace

"Finally," you say, "something specific to what I'm trying to do!" But this is actually my least favorite of this list. It is a decent wide overview, but doesn't go into complex details or nuances, and was almost entirely information I'd already learned online after a few months of research. The proportion of accurate information is also pretty similar to the internet, meaning there are weird or outright wrong tips mixed in there alongside the helpful parts.

My biggest dislike is the breed recommendations in this book. I think too many guardian breeds are included, and too much benefit of the doubt is given to various designer crosses. But in all fairness, the book also has enough emphasis on genetic temperament and disqualifying traits to mostly offset that. By following the information in this book, a person may waste time looking for the right temperament in a poorly fitting breed, but they probably won't pick a poorly fitting temperament just because of the breed.

This particular book might be helpful if you're brand new to learning about service dogs and prefer to read a book rather than learn online, but otherwise I wouldn't bother. (Read Forward Together instead. It's so good!)

[projectazar]

Based on my experience working with a good number of Gen Z folks, now that they are entering the work force, I think employers and trainers need to know that many in Gen Z did not receive any tech training in school. While most Millennials (many who are now in management) had some level of computer classes to teach basic computer operation, word processing, typing, and spreadsheets, lots of schools just cut those classes for Gen Z assuming they got it at home. At the same time, Gen Z largely transitioned to touch-based devices with app based ecosystems. To the extent they had more traditional computer access, most experienced Chromebooks which are an entirely different beast.

Now they are entering offices using predominantly Microsoft and Adobe products and they are expected to just have the core computer competencies, with the assumption someone taught them before because they are young and of course they have tech skills. If you are in a position to train younger folks on the core competencies of your job, do so with awareness that you may be the first person to show them how to do things in Word or Excel. You may be the first one to show them the tricks you know about how to make your work computer do what you need it to do. Have patience as they type poorly, and offer tips on how they can improve. They will learn and they will do so far faster than you can imagine, but you need to give them the training. Do so, with kindness and compassion knowing that skills were assumed, not taught.

[ukeartraininguk]

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