#Orient 49

[lieutenant-amuel]

I’ve just realized.

I need to give birthdates to Roberto and Blanca.

[pluralasking]

#One-Hundred

[pt: #one-hundred]

In order to celebrate 100 days of posting, here are 100 questions for you to answer! You can either answer them all at once, or let others send in the numbers they are most curious about!

Some of them are general questions, others are just really silly and should not be taken too serious. I put a lot of effort into coming up with all of these, so I truely hope you have fun with this!

For simplicity sake, all questions will use the words "System" and "Members".

1. What is your System name and / or the name you collectively go by?

2. Which word do you prefer to use for your System? (example: System, Collective, Constellation, ...)

3. What are your Systems origins, if you choose to label them?

4. Do you have any Subsystems?

5. Do you have any Sidesystems?

6. What is your opinion on you& / your& language and similar types?

7. What methodes do you use to keep track of your System and it's Members?

8. What is your Systems ways of communication?

9. Is communication hard or easy for you (and why is it the way it is)?

10. Do you view yourselves as parts of one person or as multiple people in one body?

11. Who are you out to as plural?

12. What languages do you collectively / one of you speak?

13. What is something you can't seem to collectively agree on?

14. If you have a collective Identity (such as Gender or Orientation), what is it?

15. Do you collectively identify as queer / LGBTQIA+?

16. Do you collectively identify as Otherkin, Alterhuman or Nonhuman?

17. Do you have a collective rentry / carrd / something along those lines? (feel free to share!)

18. What does switching feel like for you?

19. Are you Monoconscious, Polyconscious or something else?

20. What does fronting feel like for you?

21. How many System members do you have?

22. Which word / words do you prefer to use for members of your System?

23. Which age group seems to be the most common in your System?

24. Which gender seems to be the most common in your System?

25. Are there any talents / hobbies you picked up because of a Member?

26. Do you have any in-system relationships?

27. Do you label roles within your System (and if yes, which ones?)

28. Are most of your Members introjected, brainmade or something else?

29. Do you use names, emojis or something similar to sign off messages (and if yes, which ones and why?)

30. Do any of your System members use Xenogenders?

31. How do Members pick face claims?

32. Do you have any Introjects of popular sources?

33. Do you have any Introjects of unpopular sources?

34. Do you have nonhuman Members?

35. Do any of you use Typing Quirks?

36. Do all of you front, or only a selected amount?

37. Are there any Members who can't or prefer to not speak?

38. Are most of you short or tall in height?

39. Is there a Member that is collectively loved by all in the System?

40. Do any of you struggle with being front-stuck a lot of the time?

41. Do you have a Headspace (if not, is there a reason)?

42. What does your Headspace look like?

43. How do Members look like in Headspace? (example: Cartoony, Foggy, Realistic, ...)

44. Is there a reason why the Headspace looks the way it looks?

45. Is it easy for you to enter Headspace?

46. Do you remember what happened in Headspace when you switch into front?

47. Does time in Headspace pass (and if yes, is it at the same speed as in real life)?

48. What is your favourite place in Headspace?

49. Are there "NPCs" within your Headspace?

50. Are there any interesting fun facts about your Headspace?

51. Are there any "System Stereotypes" you fit into?

52. Who of you would be considered the "evil alter"? (in a lighthearted, joking manner)

53. What is your favourite inside-joke with a Member?

54. What is your favourite Plural meme?

55. Is there any character that you headcanon as plural?

56. Is there any show or movie that you believe is a good plural representation, despite that not being its intention?

57. Is there any song that you believe decribes your plural experience?

58. What about an artwork that describes your plural experience?

59. Which Member of your System do you believe to be the prettiest of them all?

60. Do you collectively have a lucky number?

61. When did you first discover your System?

62. How many Members did you know about during your Syscovery?

63. Was accepting your Plurality a challenge for you?

64. How did you learn about Plurality?

65. Where there any signs of your Plurality, if you look back at your past?

66. Do you think your Syscovery changed a lot in your life?

67. If you're out to others as plural, have they ever told you later on that they already thought about it before you realised?

68. What was the biggest struggle during your Syscovery?

69. Was there any big event that led to your Syscovery?

70. What is something you want questioning plurals to know?

71. Are you Neurodivergent (and if yes, how?)

72. Do you have any physical disability?

73. Do you have a dissociative disorder?

74. Do you have any other disorder?

75. Do symptom vary in intensity depending on the fronter?

76. Do you think your disability / disorder has an influence on your plurality?

77. Do you have amnesia of any kind?

78. Are there Members who deal better with symptoms than others?

79. Do your disorders / disabilities influence communication or switching within your System in any way?

80. Does being plural help with your disorders in any way? (example: another Member switching in to take care of the body during difficult times, ...)

81. Which is your favourite plural flag?

82. If you have one, which is your favourite plurality related tumblr blog?

83. What is a fun fact about your System?

84. What is a flavour of ice cream that describes you collectively?

85. Which pride flag is the prettiest, in your collective opinion?

86. If you collectively had to choose between being a sweet or a sour candy, which do you pick?

87. Your body always morphs into what the current fronter(s) look like, would you want this power or not?

88. Is there a Hatsune Miku in your System?

89. Who has been in your System the longest (if you can remember)?

90. If you collectively had to choose, would you rather only eat sweet foods or only eat savoury foods for the rest of your life?

91. If you collectively had to choose, would you pick to become a vampire or a werewolf?

92. Your body is transfered into one of your Members sources, which do you pick and why?

93. If all of you turned into animals right this second, which animals would we find in your System?

94. What would a Minecraft server with all of your Members look like? (example: chaotic, peaceful, laggy, ...)

95. If you could choose between only living in Headspace or only living in Meatspace (real life), which would you choose?

96. What topic would you collectively make a youtube channel about? (it can't be plurality!)

97. Which superpower would your body obtain, if you had to collectively decide on one?

98. Who would pick the coolest tattoo for the System and who would pick the worst?

99. If you only were allowed to eat one food for the rest of your life, but you would have to decide on the food collectively, what would it be and what would the decision making look like?

100. What is the most fun about doing polls and answering questions, in your opinion?

[starleete]

Every time Nico gaslighted Percy into thinking he doesn't know him, in The son of Neptune, a thread🧵:

1. For a microsecond when he saw Percy, the boy seemed shocked—panicked even, like he’d been caught in a searchlight.

“This is Percy Jackson,” Hazel said. “He’s a good guy. Percy, this is my brother, the son of Pluto.”

The boy regained his composure and held out his hand. “Pleased to meet you,” he said. “I’m Nico di Angelo.”

(Chapter 4)

2. Percy scowled. “I—I know you.”

Nico raised his eyebrows. “Do you?” He looked at Hazel for explanation.

(Chapter 5)

3. “Um, thanks,” Percy said, but his attention was focused on Nico. “I was wondering if we could talk, you know…about where I might have seen you before.”

“Sure,” Nico said a little too quickly. “The thing is, I spend most of my time in the Underworld. So unless I met you there somehow —”

(Chapter 8)

4. Don was still sniffing around Percy. “Man, you’ve got an empathy link with a faun!”

Percy leaned away from him. “A what?”

“An empathy link! It’s real faint, like somebody’s suppressed it, but—”

“I know what!” Nico stood suddenly. “Hazel, how about we give you and Frank time to get Percy oriented? Dakota and I can visit the praetor’s table. Don and Vitellius, you come too. We can discuss strategies for the war games.”

(Chapter 8)

*Bonus:

Hazel had told him what Thanatos had said about searching for the Doors of Death in Rome, and Percy was anxious to find Nico for his own reasons—to wring the kid’s neck for having pretended he didn’t know Percy when he first came to camp.

(Chapter 49)

[wanderingsimsfinds]

WanderingSims Fave CC - Traditional Asian Décor List

1 - simbalances - Ohara Koson Prints

2 - ziggy28 - Virtue Asian Character Paintings (TSR)

3 - WanderingSims - Japan Wall Art

4 - chuchuwitch - Asian Paintings

5 - baufive - Flock of Woodcuts

6 - BionicZombie - 4t3 Snowy Escape Paintings

7 - baufive - Japanese Woodcuts

8 - LCC - Chinese Scroll Claborate Style Painting

9 - Devirose - Japanese Ideograms 1 (TSR)

10 - Devirose - Japanese Ideograms 2 (TSR)

11 - Devirose - Japanese Prints Collection (TSR)

12 - Devirose - Japanese Print 1 (TSR)

13 - Devirose - Japanese Print 2 (TSR)

14 - Devirose - Japanese Print 3 (TSR)

15 - Devirose - Japanese Art Collection 2 (TSR)

16 - ziggy28 - Japanese Scenes (TSR)

17 - Devirose - Japanese Art Collection 3 (TSR)

18 - Devirose - Japanese Manuscript (TSR)

19 - ziggy28 - Large Asian Cats Scroll (TSR)

20 - linasometimes - Wisteria & Blossom Paintings (TSR)

21, 25, 33, 37 - you-lust - Vaguely Japanese Pt. 1 Set (Eastern Blossoms Scroll, Blades of Masamune Wall, Japanese Cantankerous Splatter Painting, Zen Bonsai)

22, 32 - Kilhian - Japanese Painting Birds & Sea

23 - ohymysims - Painting Katsushika Hokusai

24, 27, 39-40, 52, 61 - you-lust - Vaguely Chinese Pt. 2 Set (Huabanzhu Chinese Scroll, Yuxi Winter Blossoms Scroll, MTSims Chinese Burner, The Daruma Wishing Doll, Yuxi Bamboo Slip, Shoyou Shoji Screen)

26 - MurfeeL - Wall Scrolls w/Tassels

28, 41, 70 - MurfeeL - Birthday 2020 Dump (EA WA EP Vintage Chinese Ads Framed, AMR Fan Decor Redone, Lacquer Byobu Decor)

29 - Living Dead Girl - Benjamin Bedroom Artwork Asian (TSR)

30, 38, 51, 54, 63 - you-lust - Vaguely Chinese Pt. 1 Set (Yuxi Tokonoma Series Scroll, The Little Jug of Wishes, Yuxi Dragon Scroll, Yuxi Scroll Clutter, Yuxi Ixinqin Screen)

31 - RD - From The East Wall Art

34-35, 50 - you-lust - Vaguely Japanese Pt. 2 Set (Yuxi Haruyo Morita Painting, BBSL Hanging Kimono, WFS Teapot)

36, 65-67 - KerriganHouseDesigns - Hayashi Set (Wallpanel, Floor Lamp, Golden Branch, Screen)

42-43 - you-lust - Azaya Fortune Cat & Higanbana Kokeshi Doll

44 - Martassimsbook - 4t3 novvvas Desierto Bedroom Buddha

45 - MurfeeL - Yokai E-Hon Books as Decor

46-47 - Ritsuka - Fortunate Cat & Japanese Lucky Cat

48 - Ziva-Sims - SimpleStudio404 Japanese Box Recs

49 - MurfeeL - MTCakestore Chinese Books Stackable

53 - HydrangeaChainsaw - Antique Set Chinese Table Lamp

55 - HydrangeaChainsaw - Sakura Bonsai

56 - you-lust - lisen-nymphy Buddha

57 - NoirandDarkSims - Mitarsi Kitsune

58 - SimpleStudio404 - Japanese Misc Set Emongake Deco

59 - you-lust - simaddict99 Oriental Paper Parasol

60, 68, 71-72, 76-77, 81-82 - TheNumbersWoman - Going Asian Outdoor Garden Set (Pagoda, Rock Path 2, Rock Path 1, Fountain, Ying Yang Garden, Water Feature, Deco Bridge Large, Apris Rocks Ponds) (TSR)

62 - Devirose - Japan Rug 1 (TSR)

64 - Angela - Kanto Garden Gong (TSR)

69, 73-75 - MurfeeL - C2077 Dashi no Matsuri Set (Parade Square Table Light, Parade Square Ceiling Light, Parade Round Ceiling Light, Parade Oval Ceiling Light)

78 - SIMCredible! - Asian Nook Fountain (TSR)

79 - DOT - Yard Wire Pole Lantern Mesh (TSR)

80 - SIMCredible! - Momentum Bamboo (TSR)

[mother-ofthe-universe]

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[svt-rosalie]

97 🪱. ⠀ | _WORLD⠀٫⠀SEVENTEEN

?!⠀ ִ ⠀꒪ 드렘 ㅤׂ ⠀ 🧸 ﹨

🧸 : 세븐틴 𝄒 ﹙ 𝓡. ﹚

⌕ ‣     BASIC INFO ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⠀⠀⊹

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ BIRTH NAME — park jihye

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ HANGUL — 박지혜

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ ENGLISH NAME — rosalie dumont

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ NAME MEANING — from a sino-korean compound meaning "wisdom", formed of the hanja characters 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent".

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ NICKNAMES — cozette ❪ by mother ❫, j ❪ by seventeen ❫, rosebud ❪ by carats ❫, roro ❪ by sister ❫, little nabi ❪ by father ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ BIRTHDATE — may 3, 2000

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ AGE — 23 ❪ int. ❫ 24 ❪ kor. ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ ZODIAC SIGN — taurus

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ BIRTHPLACE — paris, france

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ HOMETOWN — paris, france

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ NATIONALITY — korean-french

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ ETHNICITY — korean-french

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ LANGUAGES —

៹٠ french : 100%

៹٠ korean : 100%

៹٠ english : 85%

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ HEIGHT — 175 cm ❪ 5’9 in ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ WEIGHT — 55 kg ❪ 121 lbs ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ BLOOD TYPE — O-

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ HAIR COLOR — black ❪ naturally ❫, blonde w/ colored streaks ❪ currently ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ EYE COLOR — brown

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ CLAIMS —

៹٠ face : unknown ❪ unknown ❫

៹٠ vocal : yooa ❪ oh my girl ❫

៹٠ rap : karina ❪ aespa ❫

៹٠ dance : jurin ❪ xg ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ GENDER — female

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ PRONOUNS — she/her

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ SEXUAL ORIENTATION — pansexual

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ RELATIONSHIP STATUS — unknown ❪ est. unknown ❫

🪱 : 세븐틴 𝄒 ﹙ 𝓡. ﹚

⌕ ‣     CAREER ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⠀⠀⊹

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ STAGE NAME — rosalie

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ HANGUL — 로잘리

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ COMPANY — pledis entertainment ❪ 2013 - present ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ TRAINEE PERIOD — 2 years ❪ 2013 - 2015 ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ DEBUT AGE — 15 years old

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ GROUP — seventeen

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ SUBUNIT — vocal

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ POSITION — main vocal, lead dancer, visual

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI — 🌹 / 🥖

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ INDIVIDUAL FANDOM — unknown

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ RANKING —

៹٠ vocal : 9 / 10

៹٠ rap : 3 / 10

៹٠ dance : 8 / 10

៹٠ visual ❪ korean standard ❫ : 8 / 10

៹٠ stage presence : 9 / 10

៹٠ acting : 7 / 10

៹٠ producing : 3 / 10

៹٠ songwriting : 8 / 10

៹٠ choreography : 8 / 10

៹٠ leadership : 7 / 10

៹٠ public speaking : 7 / 10

🧸 : 세븐틴 𝄒 ﹙ 𝓡. ﹚

⌕ ‣     PERSONAL ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⠀⠀⊹

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI TYPE — campaigners ❪ ENFP ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ DESCRIPTION — campaigners are true free spirits – outgoing, openhearted, and open-minded. with their lively, upbeat approach to life, they stand out in any crowd. but even though they can be the life of the party, campaigners don’t just care about having a good time. these personality types run deep – as does their longing for meaningful, emotional connections with other people.

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ STRENGTHS —

៹٠ curious

៹٠ perceptive

៹٠ enthusiastic

៹٠ excellent communicators

៹٠ festive

៹٠ good natured

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ WEAKNESS —

៹٠ people pleasing

៹٠ unfocused

៹٠ disorganized

៹٠ overly accommodating

៹٠ overly optimistic

៹٠ restless

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ FAMILY —

⌕ ‣     AURORE DUMONT ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⊹ ❪ MOTHER ❫

—— birthdate : march 15, 1974

—— age : 49

—— birthplace : paris, france

—— ethnicity : french

—— occupation : bakery owner

—— status : alive

⌕ ‣     PARK HYEONJU ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⊹ ❪ FATHER ❫

—— birthdate : october 18, 1971

—— age : 52

—— birthplace : daegu, south korea

—— ethnicity : korean

—— occupation : pilot

—— status : alive

⌕ ‣     PARK JIYEONG ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⊹ ❪ SISTER ❫

—— english name : valentine dumont

—— birthdate : february 14, 2010

—— age : 13

—— birthplace : paris, france

—— ethnicity : korean-french

—— occupation : student

—— status : dead

🪱 : 세븐틴 𝄒 ﹙ 𝓡. ﹚

⌕ ‣     TRIVIA ׁ⠀ ࣭ ⠀⠀⊹

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ HABITS — pouting when she’s unfocused, stuff’s her mouth too full when eating ❪ makes her look like a chipmunk ❫, making random sound effect when doing something, always humming, gets clingy when sleepy

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ PHOBIAS — acrophobia ❪ fear of heights ❫

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MEDICAL CONDITIONS — broken left hip, chronic back pain

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ ALLERGIES — sea food, coconut

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ LIKES — taylor swift, farm animals ❪ cows, goats, sheep, ect ❫, forest, baking desserts, astrology, harry potter, pastel colors ❪ pink, orange, purple ❫, ballet, playing piano, flowers ❪ tulips, lotus, tiger lily, wisteria ❫, romantic comedies, birthdays, autumn, scented candles

˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ DISLIKES — gossiping, roller coasters, bungee jumping, air planes, strong smelling cologne, fizzy drinks, plain clothes, scary movies/games

taglist —

[sensualnoiree]

astro notes: daily transits 8/29

Thursday ushers in a refined and harmonious energy as Venus, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, shifts from diligent Virgo into her home sign of Libra, where she finds ease and grace. This transition is highlighted by a supportive trine to transformative Pluto in Aquarius, suggesting a powerful dynamic in relationships and a deepening of emotional connections. The Cancer Moon, meanwhile, seeks security and stability, aided by a trine to Saturn in Pisces, though a later square to Chiron may bring up lingering insecurities. The day holds potential for both graceful interactions and emotional growth, with an emphasis on trust, partnership, and healing.

Key Influences

Venus Ingress into Libra: Grace and Harmony: Venus, after a period of practical focus in Virgo, enters her domicile of Libra, where she expresses her energy with grace, charm, and a natural inclination toward harmony and balance. In Libra, Venus is at home, emphasizing beauty, art, relationships, and social connections. The ingress into Libra marks a time when partnerships, aesthetics, and diplomacy take center stage. There’s a shift from the critical, detail-oriented approach of Virgo to a more refined and elegant way of relating to others. Venus in Libra seeks equilibrium in all interactions, making this an ideal time for smoothing over conflicts, enhancing relationships, and indulging in the finer things in life.

Venus Trine Pluto (0°03' Libra–Aquarius): Transformative Trust: Shortly after entering Libra, Venus forms a trine with Pluto in Aquarius, creating a powerful and dynamic energy in relationships. This aspect suggests deep emotional connections, transformative experiences, and a willingness to trust others at a profound level. The imagery of a ballerina leaping into the arms of a trusted partner, fully confident in being caught, perfectly captures the essence of this aspect. Pluto’s influence brings an intensity to Venusian themes, encouraging us to explore the deeper, often hidden, aspects of love, desire, and intimacy. There’s potential for relationships to be transformed in positive ways, as long as there’s mutual trust and a willingness to embrace change.

Cancer Moon Trine Saturn (8:57 a.m.): Emotional Security: The Moon in Cancer, always attuned to the emotional undercurrents of the day, finds support from a trine to Saturn in Pisces early in the morning. This aspect enhances feelings of emotional stability and security, particularly in matters related to home, family, and close relationships. Saturn’s influence brings a sense of responsibility, reliability, and long-term thinking, making this a good time to focus on nurturing commitments and building solid emotional foundations. The energy is conducive to taking a practical and disciplined approach to emotional needs, ensuring that they are met in a way that promotes long-term well-being.

Cancer Moon Square Chiron (8:49 p.m.): Emotional Healing: As the day progresses, the Cancer Moon encounters a square to Chiron in Aries, which may bring up old wounds or insecurities, particularly those related to emotional vulnerability and trust. This aspect can stir up feelings of doubt or fear of rejection, but it also provides an opportunity for healing. By acknowledging and addressing these emotional triggers, there’s potential for growth and a deeper understanding of what is needed to feel truly secure in relationships.

Integrating the Influences

Morning Grace: Elegant Shifts: The day begins with Venus’ graceful transition into Libra, setting the tone for harmony and beauty in interactions. This is an excellent time to focus on relationships, whether by smoothing over any recent conflicts or by simply enjoying the company of loved ones. The trine to Pluto adds depth to these interactions, encouraging you to trust in the transformative power of connection. Whether in personal or professional relationships, the energy supports moving forward with grace and confidence, knowing that the bonds you build now have the potential to deepen and evolve in meaningful ways.

Emotional Grounding: Stability and Security: The Cancer Moon’s trine to Saturn provides a stabilizing influence, particularly in the morning. This is a time to reinforce the foundations of your emotional life, whether through connecting with family, tending to your home, or simply grounding yourself in a sense of emotional security. Saturn’s influence encourages a practical approach to emotions, making it easier to address any issues with a clear, responsible mindset. If there are commitments that need attention, this is a good time to focus on them, ensuring that they are being met in a way that supports long-term emotional well-being.

Evening Reflection: Healing Doubts: As evening falls, the Moon’s square to Chiron may bring up emotional wounds or doubts that have been lingering beneath the surface. This aspect can feel challenging, as it asks you to confront vulnerabilities that may be uncomfortable to face. However, it also offers an opportunity for healing. By acknowledging these feelings and allowing yourself to be vulnerable, you can begin to heal old wounds and move toward greater emotional resilience. The energy is ideal for self-reflection and for seeking support from those you trust, allowing for a deeper understanding of your emotional needs.

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[seeinganewlight]

2024 books read

2024 goal: 150 books

january: 1 - heartstopper vol. 1 → alice oseman (reread) 2 - heartstopper vol. 2 → alice oseman (reread) 3 - heartstopper vol. 3 → alice oseman (reread) 4 - heartstopper vol. 4 → alice oseman (reread) 5 - heartstopper vol. 5 → alice oseman 6 - a fragile enchantment → allison saft 7 - some shall break → ellie marney (audiobook) 8 - only if you're lucky → stacy willingham (arc) 9 - over my dead body: a witchy graphic novel → sweeney boo 10 - notes on an execution → danya kukafka (physical & audiobook) 11 - murder on the orient express → agatha christie (reread) 12 - our wives under the sea → julia armfield (physical & audiobook) 13 - the invocations → krystal sutherland (arc) 14 - red string theory → lauren kung jessen 15 - the breakup tour → emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (arc) 16 - the name drop → susan lee 17 - the secret of the old clock → carolyn keene (reread) 18 - bright young women → jessica knoll (audiobook) 19 - last call at the local → sarah grunder ruiz (audiobook) 20 - no one can know → kate alice marshall

february: 21 - worst wingman ever → abby jimenez 22 - drop, cover, and hold on → jasmine guillory 23 - with any luck → ashley poston 24 - the atlas six → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 25 - that's not my name → megan lally 26 - not here to stay friends → kaitlyn hill 27 - this golden state → marit weisenberg 28 - today tonight tomorrow → rachel lynn solomon (reread, annotation) 29 - past present future → rachel lynn solomon (arc, annotation) 30 - the atlas paradox → olivie blake (reread, audiobook) 31 - the guest list → lucy foley (audiobook) 32 - in the market for murder → t.e. kinsey (audiobook) 33 - the neighbor favor → kristina forest 34 - in the mix → mandy gonzalez 35 - everyone in my family has killed someone → benjamin stevenson 36 - the seven year slip → ashley poston 37 - veronica ruiz breaks the bank → elle cosimano (audiobook) 38 - finlay donovan rolls the dice → elle cosimano (audiobook) 39 - the simmonds house kills → meaghan dwyer (arc)

march: 40 - the mysterious case of the alperton angels → janice hallett 41 - the book of cold cases → simone st. james 42 - what the river knows → isabel ibañez (audiobook) 43 - cut loose! → ali stroker & stacy davidowitz 44 - how i'll kill you → ren destefano 45 - the reappearance of rachel price → holly jackson (arc) 46 - when no one is watching → alyssa cole (audiobook) 47 - outofshapeworthlessloser: a memoir of figure skating, f*cking up, and figuring it out → gracie gold (audiobook) 48 - julius caesar → william shakespeare (rerad, audiobook) 49 - the family plot → megan collins (audiobook) 50 - if we were villains → m.l. rio (reread) 51 - alone with you in the ether → olivie blake (physical & audiobook) 52 - disappearance at devil's rock → paul tremblay (audiobook)

april: 53 - shakespeare: romeo and juliet graphic novel → martin powell & eva cabrera 54 - shakespeare: macbeth graphic novel → martin powell & f. daniel perez 55 - shakespeare: julius caesar graphic novel → carl bown & eduardo garcia 56 - shakespeare: a midsummer night's dream graphic novel → nel yomtov & berenice muniz 57 - twelfth knight → alexene farol follmuth (arc) 58 - kill for me, kill for you → steve cavanagh 59 - murder road → simone st. james 60 - everyone on this train is a suspect → benjamin stevenson 61 - listen for the lie → amy tintera 62 - king cheer → molly horton booth, stephanie kate strohm, jamie green 63 - twelfth night (musical adaptation) → kwame kwei-armah & shaina taub 64 - in juliet's garden → judy elliot mcdonald 65 - fat ham → james ijames 66 - death by shakespeare → philip l. nicholas, jr 67 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread) 68 - good girl, bad blood → holly jackson (reread) 69 - as good as dead → holly jackson (reread) 70 - dark corners → megan goldin (audiobook) 71 - the one that got away with murder → trish lundy (audiobook) 72 - funny story → emily henry 73 - imogen says nothing → aditi brennan kapil 74 - people we meet on vacation → emily henry (audiobook, reread)

may: 75 - episode thirteen → craig dilouie 76 - the girls i've been → tess sharpe (reread) 77 - the girl in question → tess sharpe (arc) 78 - wild about you → kaitlyn hill (arc) 79 - just for the summer → abby jimenez 80 - my best friend's exorcism → grady hendrix 81 - second first date → rachel lynn solomon 82 - the ballad of darcy & russell → morgan matson 83 - the good, the bad, and the aunties → jesse q. sutanto (audiobook) 84 - truly, madly, deeply → alexandria bellefleur 85 - your blood, my bones → kelly andrew 86 - amy & roger's epic detour → morgan matson (reread) 87 - romancing mister bridgerton → julia quinn (reread) 88 - the viscount who loved me → julia quinn (reread) 89 - bittersweet in the hollow → kate pearsall 90 - to sir phillip, with love → julia quinn (reread) 91 - when he was wicked → julia quinn (reread) 92 - it's in his kiss → julia quinn (reread) 93 - on the way to the wedding → julia quinn (audiobook, reread) 94 - emma → jane austen (audiobook, reread)

june: 95 - first lie wins → ashley elston 96 - we got the beat → jenna miller 97 - firekeeper's daughter → angeline boulley 98 - chlorine → jade song (audiobook) 99 - what stalks among us → sarah hollowell 100 - hollow fires → samira ahmed (audiobook) 101 - part of your world → abby jimenez 102 - the road trip → beth o'leary 103 - yours truly → abby jimenez 104 - finally fitz → marisa kanter 105 - the last love song → kalie holford

july: 106 - dead girls walking → sami ellis (audiobook) 107 - home is where the bodies are → jeneva rose 108 - we used to live here → marcus kliewer 109 - the children on the hill → jennifer mcmahon (audiobook) 110 - what moves the dead → t. kingfisher 111 - my throat an open grave → tori bovalino 112 - dashed → amanda quain (arc) 113 - asking for a friend → kara h.l. chen (arc) 114 - beach read → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 115 - book lovers → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 116 - happy place → emily henry (reread, audiobook) 117 - you have a match → emma lord (reread, annotation) 118 - bonnie & clyde musical script → ivan menchell (reread) 119 - such charming liars → karen m. mcmanus (arc) 120 - she left → stacie grey (audiobook) 121 - let the games begin → rufaro faith mazarura (audiobook) 122 - death at morning house → maureen johnson (arc)

august: 123 - cleat cute → meryl wilsner (audiobook) 124 - i wish you would → eva des lauriers 125 - the break-up pact → emma lord (arc) 126 - water for elephants → sara gruen 127 - when you get the chance → emma lord (reread, annotation) 128 - come out, come out → natalie c. parker (arc) 129 - my lady jane → cynthia hand, brodi ashton, jodi meadows 130 - the lies of alma blackwell → amanda glaze (arc)

september: 131 - the spare room → andra bartz 132 - late bloomer → mazey eddings (audiobook) 133 - savor it → tarah dewitt (audiobook) 134 - triple sec → t.j. alexander (audiobook) 135 - the skeleton key → erin kelly 136 - the examiner → janice hallett (arc) 137 - the dark we know → wen-yi lee (audiobook) 138 - pretty girls → karin slaughter 139 - a good girl's guide to murder → holly jackson (reread, annotation) 140 - lady macbeth → ava reid 141 - the pumpkin spice café → laurie gilmore 142 - the main character → jaclyn goldis (audiobook) 143 - queen macbeth → val mcdermid (arc)

[zombiecakes]

15,17,27,28,29!!,37,49,52,55,59,64 🥺 (sorry lol)

APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED (srsly tho never apologize for making me gush about my babies lmao 💕)

This is gonna be long tho, so under cut 😂

Also some plotline spoilers in here, for those who haven't done stuff like Nuka World.

15. What is their proudest moment / accomplishment?

After he killed Mason, he got a pat on the back from Nisha. He always saw her as the biggest threat to his personal safety as Overboss, so having her support definitely helps him sleep at night.

17. Do they have a job? How do they make a living?

SHAKIN DOWN DEM FARMERS. Basically, everyone and their mother just sends him tribute now as Overboss, so he swimmin in caps 😎

27. What faction(s) are they a member of / allied with?

RAIDERS. It's actually becoming an issue, because he sees the Institute as a threat, and his own gang isn't equipped to bust their way in there. He just got a vision from Mama Murphy that he should ask the Brotherhood for help, which is probs his only reasonable option. (He's HELLA paranoid of synths and would probably burn down the Railroad if he found it DISCLAIMER I DO NOT SHARE HIS VIEWS LOL and he already alienated the Minutemen soooo yeah…) He also really respects and trust Murphy the Madwoman, so he's probs gonna take that advice… at least until he gets what he wants.

28. What faction(s) do they despise?

Oops, I already answered this one lol. See above.

29. What is their moral alignment / karma?

Not pulling punches here: Zirk is evil. He lets fear and selfishness run his life, resulting in the suffering of others. He has a small handful of people he gives a shit about, but I don't think that redeems him. Almost all “good” things he does are still motivated by selfish intentions.

37. What is the worst injury they have experienced?

Zirk has been thru some shit. He didn't turn into the shitty little monster he is because his life was rainbows and sunshine. I would say, consistently ending up as the lowest rung on the social ladder in any group he was part of, and all of the abuses that entailed (for example, his teeth tattoos), were collectively his “worst injury”.

49. What item(s) do they always have on their person?

His glasses! Boy is blind as a bat (one of the things, along with his smaller/delicate stature, that made him a target for most of his life). Finding nice, VATS-connected spectacles when he was looting Vault 111 a couple years ago was a life-changer for him.

52. Can they swim?

Well enough… although it probs isn't too pretty to watch.

55. Are they past, present, or future oriented?

This is a cool question 🤔 I would say up until very recently, present-oriented, because he was constantly scrounging around for his next meal or hit. Recently, however, his gang has swept across the Commonwealth, and he's had to think further ahead so that he can feed his raiders and maintain his safety as top dog. This is not a task he enjoys doing, so he often leaves the minutiae to Gage 💕

59. Do they idolize anything / anyone?

Mama Murphy. She is the first person he's ever met who truly knows and sees him as he is, and she cares for him anyway. This is more important to him than he could ever say, but she doesn't need him to say it 💕

He's also IN LOVE with Gage (not that he'd ever use those words, even to himself), and he really respects and relies on him.

64. How / where do they generally sleep?

The how/where is actually a similar question for him!! He usually falls asleep wherever he can (bed, sleeping bag, large pile of soft dirt), but often around 2-3am, he tends toward night terrors, and often goes sleepwalking/crawling into the nearest small, enclosed space. He knows he does this, so he rarely ever goes to sleep nearby another person. Gage has only witnessed this a couple times, and while familiar with ptsd (raiders have tough lives and rough upbringings, I suspect), he still doesn't know exactly what to do when Zirk does this shit.

[multigenderswag]

Multigender Survey Results Dec 2023: Orientation (part 1)

Overall data

Participants were asked “What is your orientation (sexual, romantic, tertiary, etc)?” (multiple selection). The options provided were:

Lesbian: 213 (28.7%)

Gay: 242 (32.6%)

Straight: 41 (5.5%)

Bi: 324 (43.6%)

Pan: 118 (15.9%)

Poly: 82 (11.0%)

Omni: 49 (6.6%)

Abro: 62 (8.3%)

Aromantic: 176 (23.7%)

Aromantic spectrum: 235 (31.6%)

Asexual: 169 (22.7%)

Asexual spectrum: 225 (30.3%)

Queer: 415 (55.9%)

Questioning: 59 (7.9%)

Unlabeled: 74 (10.0%)

A total of 446 participants (60.0%) identified as bi, pan, poly, omni, and/or mspec. 

Aspec

Of participants overall:

94 identified as aromantic and asexual (12.7%)

22 identified as aromantic and acespec (3.0%)

60 identified as aromantic and allosexual (8.1%)

46 identified as arospec and asexual (6.2%)

146 identified as arospec and acespec (19.7%)

43 identified as arospec and allosexual (5.8%)

29 identified as alloromantic and asexual (3.9%)

57 identified as alloromantic and acespec (7.7%)

246 identified as alloromantic and allosexual (33.1%)

In total

411 identified as aromantic or arospec (55.3%)

394 identified as asexual or acespec (53.0%)

497 identified as aromantic, arospec, asexual, and/or acespec (66.9%)

Of participants who identified as aromantic or arospec:

176 identified as aromantic (42.8%)

235 identified as elsewhere on the aromantic spectrum (57.2%)

94 identified as aromantic and asexual (22.9%)

22 identified as aromantic and acespec (5.4%)

60 identified as aromantic and allosexual (14.6%)

46 identified as arospec and asexual (11.2%)

146 identified as arospec and acespec (35.5%)

43 identified as arospec and allosexual (10.5%)

Of participants who identified as asexual or acespec:

169 identified as asexual (42.9%)

225 identified as elsewhere on the asexual spectrum (57.1%)

94 identified as asexual and aromantic (23.9%)

46 identified as asexual and arospec (11.7%)

29 identified as asexual and alloromantic (7.4%)

22 identified as acespec and aromantic (5.6%)

146 identified as acespec and arospec (37.1%)

57 identified as acespec and alloromantic (14.5%)

[cowplant-pizza]

sim requests for @opalias !

meet the clarke family

louis clarke:

age - 20 traits - perfectionist, ambitious, loyal aspiration - academic occupation - student & barista background - louis grew up as a child genius. he was the son of two professors and excelled in all of his studies due to his parents continuous support with his school work (although he didn't need their help most of the time). louis doesn't have many friends as he comes across as quite snobby and mean, but he's actually a total sweetheart. he treasures his close friends! although louis is incredibly smart, there is one thing he doesn't know: what he wants to do with his life. he has many niche hobbies like photography, skiing, the violin and programming, but non pique his interest enough to pursue them as a career. it's time for him to enrol in university and begin his young adulthood! louis has decided to study *redacted* at university, and will work part time at the local bookstore come cafe, where he has a serious crush on the manager!

beatrice clarke

age - 49 traits - perfectionist, genius, outgoing aspiration - friend of the world occupation - retired (psychiatrist, psychology professor) background - growing up in a wealthy family, beatrice was given an edge over her fellow students in reaching her goals: money. she wasn't happy about the influence her family held over the town and so left them and never looked back at 18. she excelled in university and got her dream job of being a psychologist. however after 10 years in the field, she decided to change her field of work and become a professor of the subject to help teach sims in university. this is where she met her husband georgio, where they fell madly in love and married only 5 months after meeting. in her spare time, beatrice loves to throw parties for her friends.

georgio clarke

age - 51 traits - geek, loner, family oriented aspiration - super parent occupation - programming professor background - georgio's family were initially from sulani, but he moved to san myshuno to study and become a professor of programming. after not being interested in meeting any women and pursing a relationship for the first 25 years of his life, he finally met beatrice when she started working at the same university that he did. he worships her and the ground she walks on, and loves his little son so so much. although georgio prefers his own company, and because of beatrice's background, they aren't short on money, he continues to work as he enjoys teaching the students. in his spare time, georgio might hack into some government files and snoop around, but you didn't hear that from me

bean

age - 4 breed - labrador traits - smart, loyal, friendly background - bean was put up for adoption at 6 months old after her owner realised why it was so hard to train her: she is a deaf blind dog! at age 16, louis saw her on simstagram, and being the ambitious young boy he was, begged his parents to let him have her and to learn with her and train her for small competitions. he wanted to show the world that just because she had some disabilities, it wouldn't stop her from doing anything that other dogs could do too!

this request is public, so everyone can download them...

here (simfileshare / no adfly)

[scott-pilgrim-daily]

day 49: i'm posting this before i go to sleep as i got tafe classes starting tomorrow, orientation was nice today!!

also aside from that, wallace is love, wallace is life

[mikerickson]

The likelihood of having a tattoo varies by several demographic factors. Gender: 38% of women have at least one tattoo, compared with 27% of men. This includes 56% of women ages 18 to 29 and 53% of women ages 30 to 49. Race and ethnicity: 39% of Black Americans have a tattoo, compared with 35% of Hispanic, 32% of White and 14% of Asian Americans. Age: Adults under 50 are especially likely to have a tattoo. Some 41% of those under 30 have at least one, as do 46% of those ages 30 to 49. This compares with a quarter of adults ages 50 to 64 and 13% of those 65 and older. Education: 37% of those with some college or less education have a tattoo, compared with 24% of those with a bachelor’s degree and 21% of those with a postgraduate degree. Income: 43% of lower-income adults have a tattoo, compared with 31% of those in middle-income households and 21% of those in upper-income households. Religion: 41% of religiously unaffiliated adults have at least one tattoo, compared with 29% of those who are affiliated with a religion. Sexual orientation: Around half of lesbian, gay or bisexual Americans (51%) have at least one tattoo. The share is especially high among women in this group: 68% are tattooed, including 55% who have more than one tattoo. By comparison, 31% of straight Americans have at least one tattoo.

"Is she... you know *gestures* tattooed?"

[probablyasocialecologist]

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at how we can decrease overconsumption, overproduction, and consumerism through degrowth. Specifically, I look at why we need degrowth. What exactly degrowth is, and then I explore how we might achieve a degrowth-oriented zero-carbon world.

[...]

According to a 2022 research paper, every single year the global economy “directly waste[s] or mismanage[s] around 78% of the total water withdrawn, 49% of the food produced, 31% of the energy produced, 85% of ores and 26% of non-metallic minerals extracted.”

[phoebosacerales]

More on the temperaments of the planets

This is a continuation of the post "The nature of Venus - The reasonings behind the temperaments of the planets". On this post I'll demonstrate further how we can see a pattern in the temperaments using the Thema Mundi, and how the orientality or occidentality of the signs seem to be relevant to understand the temperament of the planets. If you haven't read the previous post you won't fully understand this one, so please go there and then come back here.

We can almost split the chart vertically in the middle to see the oriental planets on the right and the occidental on the left. As I explained in the last post, oriental Mercury (which rises just before the Sun) appears on its sanguine house, Gemini, while occidental Mercury (which appears after the Sun sets) is on its melancholic house of Virgo. I believe that could be why Hellenistic astrologers all associate Mercury with these two temperaments in this way.

If we expand a bit of that logic to Venus, we see that as an oriental planet it is cold two times, by being a phlegmatic planet in the melancholic sign of Taurus. On the occidental side, its humidity is emphasized by the sign of Libra. Venus is a nocturnal planet, so its most important quality, humidity, is emphasized in the occidental/nocturnal sign to the Sun. This means we can give some special importance to Libra as a venusian sign, which could be one of the reasons why some like to associate Venus with the sanguine temperament. And as I wrote in the last post, because Venus is a benefic, we see it have domiciles that correspond to only one of its primary qualities.

Mars comes right after Venus, and as an oriental planet, it's at the extreme of its choleric temperament in the sign of Aries. But as an ocidental/nocturnal planet, its inflamed nature is contrasted with the water sign of Scorpio.

Then comes Jupiter, the diurnal benefic, which on the oriental side has its humidity emphasized by the sign of Pisces. As an ocidental planet, its warm quality is more emphasized by Sagittarius. In Tetrabiblos book I chapter 4, Ptolemy says Jupiter's most important quality is actually its warmth, which "produces fertilizing breezes", but here we can get a different idea.

On a side note, it's interesting that a lot of writers will say that the planets, as they have two houses, they are more powerful in one by day and in the other by night. Obviously, they say the day houses are the oriental ones seen here and the night houses are the occidental ones. Except for Sagittarius and Pisces, which trade places, and I have no idea why.

(49 footnote in Tetrabiblos, book I chapter 20 ebook - translated by J.M. Ashmand)

Now, Saturn is very cold and dry, opposing Cancer's humidity and coldness perfectly. Capricorn is its most ocidental/nocturnal place, where its manifestation is its most cliché. On the oriental side, Aquarius contrasts its temperament with humidity and heat.

I'm not either implying that Saturn is more malefic in Capricorn and Mars is more malefic in Aries, and neither that Venus is more benefic in Libra and Jupiter in Pisces. I don't think that, and I talked here before about how this idea, for example, that Aries is more war-like, or more malefic, than Scorpio, is not backed by tradition that much. And in my experience, signs and dignity are not the first thing that define the degree of maleficence or beneficence of a planet, if they even do that. Dignity means the planet has responsability over the place, that's why it's able to rule there. I don't believe Scorpio dials down Mars' power, otherwise it wouldn't be its domicile, it wouldn't be represented by the most dangerous and armed animal in the zodiac. Signs are not malefic, because they're not actors, they're costumes. The planets are the actors and they can be malefic or benefic in various costumes. The costumes of their domiciles have more to do with the action they're doing, they'll be able to act in their most classic and conventional manner in their own signs. Even the idea of detriment wasn't that big of a deal for a time in Hellenistic astrology and the maleficence and beneficence of planets weren't really determined by the signs they were in, and I believe forgetting about the association of good and bad to domicile and detriment is a good exercise. I believe in emphasizing more phase, luminosity, sect, the relationship with other planets and houses, with fixed stars etc, and even then, associating "good" or "bad" to planets in astrology can get very controversial, but I'm not going to get into this right now.

You can also notice how the humid quality is predominant in the benefics, Venus and Jupiter. What changes between the two is their temperature, Jupiter is warm because it's of the day sect, Venus is cold because it's of the night sect. So, dryness shows up in Sagittarius, the ocidental/nocturnal sign of Jupiter, because Jupiter isn't nocturnal; and in Taurus, the oriental/diurnal sign of Venus, contrary to its nocturnal nature. But even with that, a lot of (mostly medieval) astrologers believed the main house of Venus was Taurus and the "main house" of Jupiter was Sagittarius, so it could be that this "main house" wasn't the same thing and wasn't decided by looking at their position in the Thema Mundi. Or, it could be that the rationale was that they were moderate, so their main house shouldn't be the one that's most like them, I don't know. I do understand that is controversial to say that Pisces is more like Jupiter than Sagittarius, and that Libra is more like Venus than Taurus, but remember that what I'm taking into account is their temperament, which is modulated by their position in relation to the Sun. And in the Thema Mundi, this looks to be a pattern that starts with Mercury, being sanguine in its oriental sign, and melancholic in its occidental sign, but the rest of the planets aren't dual like Mercury.

With the malefics, the hot one is put in the night sect and occidental side and the cold malefic is put in the day/oriental side, to contrabalance. The dry quality is the more predominant and the contrast of their signs of opposite temperaments is on their humidity. This reminds us of what "benefic" or "malefic" are supposed to mean, which is propensity or not to life, fertility or infertility, determined by humidity or dryness. Water creates life and without water there's no life, no generation, no expansion. I would say that the malefics are more capable of being generative in their humid signs, which can be seen in how Mars and Scorpio, for example, have associations with seeding and the seeding season especially in mesopotamian astrology. Such a dead thing like a seed if watered can generate life. And Saturn and Aquarius, the water bearer, gets associated with agriculture in general.

[sleidog]

OC Smash / Pass Tag Game

Tagged by @mystery-salad !

Rules: pretty self explanatory. include physical descriptions or pics, and propaganda. the “other” label can be used for “sexuality misalignment” (ie: oc is femme and you’re gay, vice versa or you aren’t into smashing but a specific thing you wanna do with them like perhaps hug or study them under a microscope idc).

putting De in here :) i don't talk about him enough i guess [art below by myself, stu/shroomlet and rosewoodroad!]

NAME- Delanaich

AGE- 21-31 [sylvari terms, feels like 39-49]

GENDER- Trans-masc [he/him]

CLASS- Weaver Elementalist

ORIENTATION- Pansexual

BUILD- Athletic, lightly toned

OCCUPATION- Herbalist and Erotic companion

PROS: a professional, he'll make sure you're treated right at all times :) very attentive in the bedroom will shower you in gifts CONS: very, very vain you'll have to deal with him having clients, he won't stop work for a relationship very unattentive outside of the bedroom and a bit flipppant will make you carry his shopping [at least half of it is probably for you?] tagging @shroomlet @the-desert-beast @avaeeart @norn-knot