#Set QUALITY standards NOT quantity standards

[csuitebitches]

Slayyy tough era. Some tough dating tips/advice PLEASE

Having higher standards is one thing. Maintaining them is another. If you’re going to say you want an investment banker husband and then date hippies who only care about getting high, its on YOU.

Your standards reflect a major part of you. Your value system, your tolerance zone, your level of intelligence in some cases and maturity. Don’t harm your personal brand for no good reason.

No sex before 3 months. No i-love-u’s before 6. And if he’s not making the plans for the dates, OUT.

No trauma dumping. He does not need to know every single thing about you. And even if you do decide to share some vulnerable things, ask yourself: “is he worthy of knowing this?”

Before you demand certain standards from potential partners, make sure you meet at least 80% of them. A few can be gender specific and thats alright. But if you literally have zero communication skills and expect him to be “transparent”, you’ve got another thing coming.

[earthyaries]

WAYS U CAN PLEASE SATURN ACCORDING TO UR SATURN PLACEMENT ♄

1H/ARIES SATURN: RESPECT URSELF. DO NOT ALTER UR BOUNDARIES TO BE LIKED. SELF IMPROVEMENT. PUT EFFORT INTO UR BODY/APPEARANCE. WORKOUT / BE ACTIVE. HEALTHY COMPETITION. PRACTICE OFTEN. BE CONFIDENT BUT NOT ABOVE OTHERS. SLOW DOWN. SELF GROWTH. DELIBERATE ACTIONS.

2H/TAURUS SATURN: DEVELOP STRONG VALUES. DO NOT UNDERMINE URSELF. QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. INTENTIONAL SPENDING. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD. TRY NOT TO OVERINDULGE ; TRY NOT TO WASTE. STOP SELF SABOTAGING. NO SELF DEPRECATING. APPRECIATE WHAT U HAVE. EXPRESS GRATITUDE. DONATE WHAT U CAN.

3H/GEMINI SATURN: THINK BEFORE U SPEAK ; SPEAK LESS THAN U DESIRE. STOP OVERSHARING. FOCUS ON UR CRAFT ; GET RID OF THE DISTRACTIONS. POWER IN THE TONGUE. PERSONAL MOTTOS. STAND FOR WHAT IS MORAL ; BE WELL INFORMED. HAVE HARD CONVOS WHEN NECESSARY. BE A SUPPORTIVE FRIEND. STOP COMPLAINING. FIND SOLUTIONS. ADAPT & OVERCOME.

4H/CANCER SATURN: CREATE BOUNDARIES & STICK TO THEM. BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS WITHOUT SELF SACRIFICE. DO NOT BE OVERLY SELFISH. EXPRESS UR NEEDS. TAKE CARE OF UR MENTAL HEALTH. EMOTIONAL REGULATION. SELF CARE. BE SELECTIVE OF UR INNER CIRCLE. POUR INTO UR LOVED ONES. TREAT OTHERS WITH KINDNESS. KEEP UR LIVING SPACE CLEAN.

5H/LEO SATURN: LET GO OF SELF DOUBT. BRING UR VISION TO LIFE. MASTER UR CRAFT. BELIEVE IN URSELF & WORK TOWARDS UR GOALS. GET RID OF UR NEED FOR OUTSIDE APPROVAL. LOOK OUT FOR THE CHILDREN ; BE THE PERSON U NEEDED GROWING UP. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD. DELAYED GRATIFICATION.

6H/VIRGO SATURN: FOLLOW A ROUTINE. HEALTHY HABITS. STRUCTURE. KEEP UR SPACES ORGANIZED ; DE-CLUTTER. BE A FRIEND TO ANIMALS. TAKE GOOD CARE OF UR PET/S. PUT IN THE WORK EVERY DAY. OFFER A HELPING HAND. HONOR UR OWN TIME & ENERGY ; DO NOT ENGAGE IN ONE-SIDED RELATIONS.

7H/LIBRA SATURN: MAKE UR OWN DECISIONS. TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY. CRACK DOWN ON CO-DEPENDENCY ; AVOID SELF ISOLATION. LONGTERM RELATIONS. BE THE BIGGER PERSON. FORGIVE BUT DON’T FORGET. APPLY LESSONS FROM THE PAST. TREAD LIGHTLY. RESPECT THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU. FORM LASTING ALLIANCES.

8H/SCORPIO SATURN: KEEP THINGS TO URSELF. STAY PRIVATE. PRACTICE SELF CONTROL. RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF HARDSHIP. HOPE FOR THE BEST, PREPARE FOR THE WORST. SAVINGS/RAINY DAY RESOURCES. EMBRACE CHANGE. LEARN TO LET GO. RADICAL ACCEPTANCE. SEXUAL DISCIPLINE. XTRA EMPHASIS ON SAFE SEX!

9H/SAGITTARIUS SATURN: PRACTICE UR BELIEFS. WALK THE TALK. MANTRAS. LEARN FROM OTHERS ; COME TO UR OWN CONCLUSIONS. STUDY. BE AN ETERNAL STUDENT. ALLOW URSELF TO BE OUT OF UR ELEMENT. RESPECT OTHER CULTURES. MAKE UR OWN TRADITIONS. STAY HUMBLE. ACCEPT MULTIPLE TRUTHS. APPLY WHAT WORKS.

10H/CAPRICORN SATURN: KEEP UR EYES ON THE PRIZE. TRUST THAT ALL THINGS COME IN DUE TIME. KEEP URSELF MOTIVATED. WORK FOR WHAT U WANT. STAY CONSISTENT. PERSONAL LEGACY ; THINGS THAT LAST. BECOME UR OWN ROLE MODEL. DO IT URSELF / DO IT RIGHT. LIVE WITH KARMA IN MIND.

11H/AQUARIUS SATURN: LEAD THE WAY ; FURTHER THE CAUSE. BETTER THE COMMUNITY— CREATE UR OWN. BE CONSCIOUS OF WHOM U ASSOCIATE URSELF WITH. BEFRIEND PPL OLDER THAN URSELF. LONGTERM FRIENDSHIPS. LONGTERM RESULTS. ADVANCEMENT. NETWORKING. ONLINE INFLUENCE. SET THE STANDARD.

12/PISCES SATURN: ALL IN MODERATION. HEALTHY COPING METHODS & LIFESTYLE PRACTICES. CONSIDERATION. REFLECTION ; SELF AWARENESS. THERAPY. STANDARDS. LEAVE ONCE DISRESPECTED. NO FAKE FRIENDS. MIND OVER MATTER. MANIFESTATION. BE REAL WITH URSELF. SELF TRUST.

[headspace-hotel]

It's hard to get back to the mind set of writing...

I think an important ingredient or fuel for good writing is really just self-indulgence. Not necessarily pleasure, just something that drives you back to it again and again, an urge or an itch. Something compelling.

For me what is engrossing about stories is being able to explore and memorize a well-organized array of facts and quantities about the worldbuilding. I like to have lists of species and creatures, complex rules and lore of magic, and minutiae of all kinds. When I was a kid I would spend hours drawing imaginary creatures and filling out boxes of standard facts about them—size, diet, habitat, colors, social behaviors, and so on. I can't get enough of things that come in different colors and types and have discrete traits and qualities you can put into little boxes. Pure joy.

I like stories where the author clearly is not normal and can't think about anything except worldbuilding facts, so they had no choice except writing a whole story.

The other thing I like is writing about grungy, dysfunctional characters that are like a thing pulled out of a drain. I like writing about manly women especially if they're stupid, disgusting, and solve problems with violence, I like writing about egotistical pricks that are obsessed with themselves, I like writing absolutely deranged fanatics with god complexes, and I LOVE giving these awful characters an unbearable pure gold streak of integrity, compassion and spirit that absolutely fucking torments them. just drags them kicking and screaming into struggle and growth and reckoning.

[olderthannetfic]

Those stupid reading challenges make a bit more sense if you remember that some ppl only read for quantity not quality. Goodreads literally has a reading challenge feature where you can decide to set a goal to read X amount of books in a year, I've seen some people have that challenge set between 100-300. Since Goodreads and all those book-fluencer also seem to be found on the same social medias: Youtube, tiktok, etc it kinda makes sense that some people honestly have no idea you can read based on quality and enjoyment, not to reach a certain challenge.

Personal mini side condescension: Maybe also the reason why so many books with meh-quality writing are so popular. You need to use less brain power to actually think about what you're reading because it's all so on the nose. So many books just feel the same no matter who writes them.

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Now, be fair, I'm sure everyone does, at least in their own mind, have standards.

But yes, the desire for a quick beach read is exactly why a lot of books are un-challenging. Sometimes, this is good. Sometimes, it is not. I prefer it when readers know they're looking for that and aren't insecure about it.

[protagonistheavy]

It really can't be understated how these underhanded creators/plagiarists are substantially responsible for the vast imposter syndrome in related fields. Imagine how many essayists/artists/creators dropped out of their hobby/work because of how discouraging it was to see some other guy do the same thing but with four times the production value and ten times the speed while also having a podcast, making merchandise, collabing, managing a community, streaming, etc. It's given smaller creators such an uphill battle and sets a higher standard of quality/quantity for an audience to expect. I've absolutely seen creators lose out on followers or be un-recommended entirely because "they don't produce enough stuff."

[skippyv20]

Quantity VS Quality?!

Hi Skippy & Friends-Pilgrim checking in with some thoughts on this crazy article about how much work this married, mother of 3 who is also a working royal should be doing. Hmmm, it says she has so far undertaken 45 solo engagements and 40 joint ones totally 85 so far. There are 52 weeks in a year. We are at the end of July the 7th month totally 28 weeks. So she has done so far this year 3.036 engagements each week. The level of her engagements requires much preparation, taking up hours before and after. We know the Duchess works very hard to make all of her engagements an uplifting, positive one, showing up on time, looking perfect for the occasion, sometimes even becoming one of the most beautiful women in the kingdom. We know she is trying to raise her children in a safe, loving home so they can blossom even though they are in the hot spotlight on a global stage. That must be a snap don’t you think? From what I have seen her projects are spectacular. The book of photos from people all over during Covid was impressive. Playing the piano beautifully as millions watched. My childhood recitals would make me ill in advance. I am sure she was pretty nervous but WOW did she perform perfectly! Her love of tennis has been worked into the highest levels of the tennis world. Her comprehensive drive to improve young children’s lives speaks volumes, showing all that she has learned. She has a close family and is loved by her in-laws-you know-the royal family of the UK, the Realm and Commonwealth. She is not a snob. She works hard. She is loved. Children gravitate towards her. Her husband can’t take his eyes off her.So what do we have here with this pithy news article in the “DEPRESS” by three female writers claiming, “serious blowback” and when will the Cambridge’s step up…geez…KCIII is slimming down the working royals and now these two aren’t working hard enough they say. Quality over quantity is what the goal should be. Referred to as “dullsville outings”, you get what you pay for. Is the public really sick and tired of the standard show up, shake hands, part the curtains and leave engagements just so the press can get photos and use up space on the front page? They seem to turn out for their royal guests coming to visit. The big production events whether smart or glamorous are always a plus. The Cambridge children are a great example of how behaved, well-spoken and educated children can be and that takes total devotion to make that happen. Her close proximity to her children’s lives is utmost important which is universal I presume. We all know how fast they grow up and Catherine has the right to spend her time with them now IMHO. Can you imagine what the gossip would be if the opposite was true? One has to wonder what prompted this dribble at the halfway point of the year. Was it a creepy grifter who ditched the working royal schedule to jump ahead in line to make as much money for herself using her prince hubby as collateral? Is this trying to set the stage for the ILBW and Harold to save the day by stepping back in to help poor Daddy out? Sure looks shaky to me. Over and out for now…from summertime on the Cape.

Excellent post!  Thank you Pilgrim!❤️

[thetimelordbatgirl]

The fact that MCU has set the standard for quantity over quality and people just lap it up and even call DC bad just because they not announcing ten-twenty projects at SDCC, really is a concern for how much of a impact the MCU has on films and how people view films and ignore the behind the scenes process it takes to make all these films/shows. 

[fitscientist]

Understanding FDA Guidance on Protein Claims: Demystifying "Excellent Source" and "Good Source"

Welcome to fitscientist! I'm a food scientist irl and I see a lot of misconceptions about packaging claims out there - I'm trying to be more active on my tumblr (instead of just reblogging/queuing pretty pictures - which obviously I will continue to do!!) and I'd like to share my expertise with you all so we're all more knowledgeable about food labeling, packaging, and more - especially as we are all on our fitness journies together :) The more you know!

Today, let's dive into the fascinating world of FDA guidance for protein claims. Yeah yeah, we all know protein is good for you, but when you look at a food label, do you really know what you're getting?

We often come across terms like "excellent source of protein" and "good source of protein" on food labels, but what do these claims really mean? Let's break it down:

1. Excellent Source of Protein: - According to the FDA, a food product can be labeled as an "excellent source of protein" if it provides 20% or more of the Daily Value (DV) for protein per serving. This means that consuming a serving of such a product can significantly contribute to meeting your protein needs for the day.

2. Good Source of Protein: - A food product can be labeled as a "good source of protein" if it provides 10-19% of the DV for protein per serving. While not as high as an excellent source, choosing foods labeled as good sources of protein can still contribute to your daily protein requirements.

It's important to note that these claims are based on the protein content per serving of the food product. Different products may have varying serving sizes, so it's crucial to check the serving size stated on the nutrition facts panel to accurately gauge the protein content you'll be consuming.

3. Daily Value (DV): - The DV is a standard reference set by the FDA, representing the recommended daily intake of a nutrient, including protein, based on a 2,000-calorie diet. For protein, the DV is set at 50 grams per day, which can vary depending on individual needs.

4. Consider Your Individual Needs: - It's important to remember that individual protein needs may differ based on factors like age, sex, activity level, and overall health. While these claims can help guide your choices, it's essential to assess your personal protein requirements in consultation with a healthcare professional or registered dietitian.

5. Protein Quality Matters: - While the FDA guidance focuses on the quantity of protein, it's equally important to consider the quality of the protein you consume. Complete proteins are those that contain all essential amino acids required for muscle repair and growth. Look for sources like lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, and plant-based complete proteins like quinoa and soy.

Remember, protein is a vital macronutrient necessary for several bodily functions, including muscle repair, satiety, and hormone regulation. By understanding the FDA's guidance, you can make informed choices to meet your daily protein needs. Remember to check the serving size and consider incorporating a variety of protein-rich foods into your diet for optimal health benefits. Stay nourished! <3

Disclaimer: The information provided in this blog post is for educational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice nor guidance for front-of-pack labeling claims. Please consult with a healthcare professional or registered dietitian for personalized dietary recommendations, and consult with a regulatory professional for guidance on product content or other claims for your own products.

[thestalwartheart]

sing to the devil (i've got a vice or two)

Preparing for a mission in Crete, Q turns to a tried and tested method of stress relief. Fill for the Kinktober prompt, "Deep kissing," though it isn't especially explicit or kinky.

[Read below or on AO3]

Through a set of billowing, white gauze curtains, Bond spots Q on the balcony of their hotel suite.

They’re in Crete for a mission, but Q is making a good show of being a holidaymaker in his linen shirt and tan suede loafers. In fact, he’s easily as comfortable in the field as Bond, at least for now. So far, there’s been little to do except reconnaissance, but knowing what he does of the field, Bond expects they’ll see violence as a matter of course. Tonight, however, is a clear, calm night. It’s the sort that warms Bond’s heart to Europe and to the job that has sent him here despite all that’s happened on the continent since he became an agent.

The only sign of Q’s habitual stress is the cigarette he’s holding between his fingers as he fiddles with his burner phone. His eyes haven’t yet turned towards the pinkening sky, though there’s a beautiful sunset on the horizon.

He hardly looks up as Bond steps outside to join him.

“Bond, you’ll meet with our DGSE contact in the morning. Eleven sharp at the archaeological museum in Heraklion.”

“Must it always be a cultural site?”

“What?”

“As I recall, we met in front of a Turner painting.”

Q smiles. “Yes. How could I forget?”

“Then it was the garden at the Musée Rodin, then the Kaneiji temple—”

“Oh, I was rather pleased with that drop site.”

“—and now you’re packing me off to look at statues.”

Q flicks the ash from his cigarette into a cheap ashtray. It looks like one he’s pilfered from a local bar.

“Museums and art galleries make for good cover in tourist spots, as you well know, but don’t worry 007,” he says blithely, his gaze finally looking toward the water of Mirabello Bay. “I’m sure there’ll be more than a few good busts for you to admire.“

Bond laughs. On the other side of it, he finds the ice broken. Q puts away his phone, signalling the end of professional business for now. Maybe it’s the smoking that’s done it, but all at once, he seems a lot more loose-limbed and relaxed.

Few would believe the Quartermaster capable of enjoying himself without a keyboard or a soldering iron in hand, but Bond knows better, even if he’s only ever seen Q this relaxed at home with a cup of tea in one hand and a cat in another. Crete is a welcome change, and Bond can see the evidence of Q’s enjoyment quite clearly. He closes his eyes against the salty air and sighs, breathing it in to clear his nose of smoke. Then, he dithers over helping himself to a second cigarette.

He eventually lights another with a charming, slightly guilty air about him. He’s on holiday after all, he says. May as well indulge in a rare vice.

“I wouldn’t have pegged you as a smoker,” remarks Bond.

“Oh? And why is that?”

“Doesn’t your generation know better?”

Q blows out a slow stream of smoke and smiles. An age joke always guarantees Q’s smile.

“University exams breed terrible habits in all of us. I’ve tried to quit, though I don’t smoke often, but I haven’t found anything that’s quite so good for stress relief.”

“Most people use a gym.”

“Oh, I hate treadmills,” says Q, crinkling his nose.

“Sex, then.”

That draws a laugh rather than a glare—thank Christ for that—and Q considers the cigarette in his hand. “Rather a lot of effort when I could just walk down to the corner shop for a pack of these.”

Bond concedes that point with an amused huff, then picks up Q’s cigarettes, which are sitting on the wide stone balcony wall. They’re Dunhill blues—expensive and appropriately English—and they fit neatly with his understanding of Q, who Bond knows to be a man of good taste even if that taste lives in stark contrast to Bond’s own. Q has always favoured quality over quantity, though something tells Bond he’d be just as uncompromising in his standards even if it were about the quantity.

It’s one of the things Bond respects most about him.

“Mind if I…?”

“Oh, go on then. I’ll add it to your tab.”

Bond extracts a cigarette and slips it between his lips, and before he can ask, Q is there with a lighter. It’s a cheap plastic thing, which surprises him. He’d have thought Q would carry around a proper one, something engraved and very possibly explosive.

“Left my good one at home,” murmurs Q, reading Bond’s mind as the flame flickers and sputters out. “This one’s rubbish.”

He shakes the lighter, taps it against the railing, and tries again. Again, it fails to light.

“Not to worry,” says Bond. He leans in and touches the end of his cigarette to Q’s.

Slowly, slowly, it crackles to life as Bond is looking at Q’s mouth. His lips are pursed, dark red and slick. Were it anyone else, Bond wouldn’t have bothered with a cigarette. He’d have stolen the one between Q’s lips, taken a long drag, thrown it over the balcony railing, and let Q inhale his fill with Bond’s mouth pressed close against his own.

But this is Q, and contrary to belief, Bond does have sense enough to keep in his trousers when it matters. Still, because he really is a bad man, he can’t help imagining those lips around his cock.

By the twinkle in his eye and the saucy tilt to his mouth, Q knows it, too.

“Something to say, 007?”

“Nothing at all, Q.”

Beyond the heady tobacco scent, Bond can smell a lingering hint of Q’s cologne — something light and citrusy — and the musk of a long day. It is unexpectedly erotic, as is the stubble darkening Q’s jaw.

It would surprise more than a few people to know Bond’s always found Q attractive. Those people, of course, have woeful imaginations. In the light of the sun setting over Greece, Bond can’t imagine anyone he wants to ravish more than the pale, newly louche man beside him.

Q, of course, is oblivious to Bond’s want. He’s turned to admire the view, and Bond tries to give it the attention it deserves, but he finds it wanting. Bond’s seen a thousand sunsets, but he’s never seen Q’s pale skin turn gold beneath them. He’s never even seen Q with the top button of his shirt undone. Now, three are lying open, revealing a tantalising hint of Q’s collarbone and a fine dusting of dark hair peeking out from his shirt.

It’s distracting in the extreme.

“Care for a drink, Q?”

Decisively, Q stubs out his cigarette and pockets the rest of the pack. “No.”

“No?”

“I have a limit of two vices a day.”

“Oh,” Bond huffs. “Do tell, then. What’s the second?”

Q turns to him. He has a bold, teasing challenge in his eye when he steps in close again, so close that Bond can see his eyelashes fanning against his skin, hiding and revealing his dilated pupils. Bond can feel Q’s breath, too, quick and hot against his cheek. Unable to help himself, Bond reaches out a hand to the side of Q’s neck, which is sun-warmed and tacky with sweat from a day of work outside. Underneath his thumb, Q’s pulse flutters erratically.

“I think I’m in the mood for a different sort of stress relief,” Q tells him, his voice low and full of smoke.

And after that delightful bit of flirtation, Bond finds himself being drawn into a kiss.

He grabs Q’s waist and pulls him in as the kiss turns deep, wet and furious. Q wriggles under Bond’s hands, hot and aroused, and his own fingers are everywhere: cupped over Bond’s cheek, dancing down Bond’s spine, tracing up his chest, around his neck and pulling at his hair. It’s not long before he’s pinning Q against the balcony wall, licking into his mouth to taste tobacco and a dizzying hint of the Tsikoudia they’d toasted the mission with not an hour ago. In his chest, a feeling presses at his ribcage, one he hasn’t felt in years. As atrocious an idea as it probably is, he wants to chase it until it overcomes him.

It seems like an age before he can hear the soft roar of the sea again, but when he pulls back, he doesn’t care a whit to look at it. The sight immediately in front of him is much more enticing: Q, swollen-lipped and pink-cheeked, dewy with warm pleasure.

Bond kisses him again and smiles.

“I do so love to be considered a vice, darling.”

“Oh, shut up,” Q breathes, and that is the last coherent word between them until much, much later when Q returns them both again to his first vice:

A well-earned post-coital cigarette.

[ace-reviews]

FALL 2023 ANIME RECOMMENDATIONS

There are too damn many premiers this season. I tried to watch all of them, but eventually I had had enough and gave up. For the love of God, anime industry, quality over quantity, please.

These recommendations are of things the recommender has no prior familiarity with, so none of us can recommend Frieren but you should watch Frieren, and I can't speak to the quality of Undead Unluck as an anime because I'm not about to pay for fucking Hulu but the manga is good. Also Fen would probably say to watch SHY but she’s taken a vow of silence.

Pretty much anything not recommended or otherwise mentioned here is shit, crap, and/or ass, because "crowded season" does not mean "good season."

ACE’S RECOMMENDATION: MIGI&DALI

This is a weird show. It’s creepy, unsettling, a bit off-putting, and very, very funny. There’s a lot to unpack with this show, enough that I could write an entire essay just about the tone and setting if I were so inclined. It’s a ride.

Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange and The 100 Girlfriends who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You are also good and should be checked out. Kamonohashi Ron is fine.

CHARLIE’S RECOMMENDATION: I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady a Crash Course in Naughtiness

The art and animation is a bit standard, but I think that actually works in its favor. A delightful take on a couple of popular trope characters who were, in fact, a delight to have in class.

FEN’S RECOMMENDATION: Reject Modernity & Embrace Nature

[mercurysnewcorner]

Skinny Habits By faebows on Twitter~!

🍂 Consistently OMAD, forget to eat.

🍂 Eating agonizingly slow.

🍂 Talking instead of eating.

🍂 Always doing some kind of movement.

🍂 Stop eating when full.

🍂 Stand up instead of sitting.

🍂 Eat small portions.

🍂 Eat a majority of fruits & veggies.

🍂 Buy healthy stuff in bulk rather than sweets.

🍂 Spend money on your appearance rather than food.

🍂 Never finish your food.

🍂 Eat snacks instead of meals.

🍂 Don't drink your caIories.

🍂 Become extremely picky with what goes in your body.

🍂 Bags of food (Ex: Chips) must last you at least a week.

🍂 Graze. (Eat little amounts throughout the day.)

🍂 Don't eat much in public.

🍂 Eat 1 - 2 meals a day w snacks instead of 3 full ones.

🍂 Become too busy to eat.

🍂 Invest in a school sport or YouTube program.

🍂 Eat mainly fruits, veggies, & protein

🍂 Make eating become a chore. (Because you’re busy.)

🍂 Rarely eat dessert, food isn't a reward.

🍂 Limit oil use in cooking.

🍂 Buy everything low. (Low fat, low caI, low sodium.)

🍂 Drink TONS of water.

🍂 Get 6-8 hours of sleep.

🍂 Take small bites of food, nibble don't gulp.

🍂 Start with liquids, then food.

🍂 Begin cutting out unhealthy foods.

🍂 Become vegan/vegetarian or limit meat.

🍂 Alt: Eat mainly meaty proteins.

🍂 Work out every morning.

🍂 Always fidget, it burns caIs.

🍂 Talk a lot, it apparently burns extra too. (And distracts you from food.)

🍂 Get the smallest portion in group settings.

🍂 Eat to satisfy hunger, not fullness.

🍂 Quality over quantity mindset.

🍂 Don't eat while distracted, be mindful.

🍂 Don't take leftovers.

🍂 Keep meals balanced; protein, fiber rich, carbs, and healthy fats.

🍂 Half portions before eating them.

🍂 If a homebody, just stay in bed all day.

🍂 No sauces on salads.

🍂 Make your own food, know what goes in your body.

🍂 Always do something productive.

🍂 Eat mainly soups and salad.

🍂 Limit fast food intake, get kids food if you do.

🍂 Savor your meals.

🍂 Don't eat it if it's not to your standards.

🍂 Eat less carbs.

🍂 OMAD if going out to eat with people.

🍂 Get a minimum of 5k steps.

[t0adst00l]

Here’s some world building I’ve been working on recently!

The Red Queen and the motif of chess and playing cards in AiW got me thinking about the other rulers of Wonderland! I like to think they each rule an equal sect of Wonderland and cooperate peacefully but in their own unorthodox ways. The top left is of course our Red Queen, the top right is the Sovereign of Spades (Any pronouns), the bottom left is the Duchess of Diamonds (she/they), and the bottom right is the King of Clubs (he/him)

The Red Queen/Queen of Hearts ♥️

We know the most about the Red Queen’s court from the show/other media. The people in her court are team players, excel in social skills, and love being there for others. The main focus in the Red Queen’s court is the arts and healing; creativity flourishes in things like parties, plays, and concerts. Nothing is too ambitious of an endeavor when done in the pursuit of artistic expression. However, sometimes residents of this court can be a little touchy at times, and spontaneity can lead to poor execution in the end.

The Sovereign of Spades ♠️

The Court of Spades is a very militant and valor-centric state full of people with warrior hearts. Think of them as Wonderland’s Mandalorians, they prove their worth in friendly sparring matches, and uphold a very strict code of honor. The height of achievement is winning in battle, or losing with the scars to prove you fought. Being injured in sparring/battle earns you the highest honors. Even though the citizens of this court come off as a little brooding and intimidating at first, they enjoy a good deal of celebration (when it’s earned of course) and party hard when they do. Events like fencing, jousting, boxing, wrestling, and martial arts are common in the court of Spades. The downside to this court is the physical demand it puts on its people; training for hours a day, getting hurt during sparring, and even paralyzation or death.

The Duchess of Diamonds ♦️

The Court of Diamonds focuses heavily on intellect, appearances, and devotion. Residents in this court love learning new things no matter what it is, and pride themselves in their range of know-how. Academia is the height of civilization here, and there are schools everywhere dedicated to all types of trades. Spelling bees, scholarly debates/discussions, and quests to recover historical objects are often held by the court of Diamonds. Open-mindedness and the willingness to see new perspectives is greatly appreciated by the people here. The downside to the Court of Diamonds is that if one struggles with things like attention span or performance anxiety during tests, they will fall further and further down the social hierarchy. People who struggle to perform well academically experience greater pressure and sometimes ostracism by their peers in fear they won’t be caught up with their ability.

The King of Clubs ♣️

The court of Clubs is ruled with hard work, dedication, and follow-through. Agriculture is the main occupation for most of those who inhabit this court. Your keep is earned by an honest day’s work, and leisure is meant to be a private, almost shameful activity. Like the Court of Spades, athleticism is also enjoyed recreationally by its people. The quality and quantity of one’s work is their source of pride and worth. This is the court Clover is originally from; she found the demand by her peers to do her absolute best at all times to be paralyzing. Her unorthodox methods mixed with her eclectic way of thinking made her feel out of place amongst her fellows. She still struggles with setting her standards higher than she’s able to reach, but being in the Red Queen’s court helps her take a step back and breathe. The downside to this court is of course the crushing expectations, especially at the expense of personal injury. If you aren’t working as hard as you can, then you’re wasting your time with whatever else you may be doing instead.

If anyone wants to make their own AiW OC based on the courts I’ve designed I would absolutely love to see them! Please tag me so I can see it :)

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (December 18-24, 2022)

Toho Kingdom is closing out the year with some big interview translations. I haven't had time to go through the full Honda piece yet, but it starts with him noting that Shinichi Sekizawa was perpetually single and obsessed with model trains and ends with his wife Kimi just ripping the shit out of the Heisei Godzilla movies, so it's clearly a must-read. The other translations are for Kazuki Omori and Koichi Kawakita interviews included in a behind-the-scenes featurette on Godzilla vs. Mothra. With Toho continuing to prevent official releases of these films from including such bonus features, it's good that fans are stepping up.

Shinpei Hayashiya is crowdfunding for his next indie kaiju film, War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs. Goura. Production is already well underway; he just wants to make the effects better. (Hopefully that means quality over quantity.) It's set in Chichibu, and the monsters look an awful lot like Godzilla and Gamera.

It took a ridiculously long time, even by Japanese standards, but Shin Ultraman finally has a home video release date (April 12). The special features sound impressive (I'm especially glad to see Shin Ultra Fight present), but as is standard for Toho, there will be no English subtitles. So we'll have to see who else picks it up.

According to K-D-M, the fifth MonsterVerse film has wrapped shooting. It's still dated for March 15, 2024, so it looks to enjoy a lengthy post-production period.

The Asylum's 25th anniversary "spectacular" 2025 Armageddon hit VOD on December 23, again putting me in the awkward position of hyping up a 2022 kaiju film on here that turned out to be complete garbage. Above are my thoughts on it after streaming it last night. At least it was on Hoopla.

[300iqprower]

Some random non rankup-specific mechanic ideas i've had for FGO:

Staggered: Lower-grade immobilize debuff, like a weaker stun. Reduces an enemy's per-turn-actions by 1 for as long as they have it. If inflicted on a allied servant, one of their command cards dealt that turn will be unusable

Turmoil: Chance to inflict NP Seal every turn.

Despair: Chance to inflict NP Seal and Skill Seal every turn.

Enrapture: Chance to charm each turn (Dispels early if the unit that inflicted it leaves the field)

Make lethal damage qualify for activating "if Instant Kill is successful" effects

Unique Imperial Privilege: All servants with imperial privilege have core and unique effects to make up for the per-chance nature. They will always have the Attack-Defense-Heal at somewhere between 60-80% chance to activate, but after that have a huge variety of effects with chances as low as 20% that have effects specific to what kind of ruler they were in life.

--- Also just ffs if you're gonna have random chance activation dont make it so the effects have absurdly high scaling make it so there's just a fckton of them that's like the basics of balancing RNG in RPGs, through quantity over quality.

Stop being so coy about NP Damage Resist the cat's outta the bag you idiots we all saw you give it to KP, now make better use of it because enemy NP damage has only become more bullshit as time has gone on.

Delay-until-use buffs: Like instead of having a set number of evade charges, you gain evade for 1 turn the next time you are hit before damage. Basically the opposite end of things, where you have the flexibility of using it early but you don't have the ability to also to spread it out over multiple turns.

NP Transformation: Under certain conditions such as being afflicted with a specific debuff(s) or having a certain level of overcharge, a servant's NP becomes a completely different one, not just a different color. EX: if Cu is solo with overcharge, his NP switches from Gae Bolg to Riastrad

And on that note, just Skills that different/additional effects when solo in general. You don't even normally have multiple servants in a grail war give us more tools to have awesome solo situations, they shouldnt exist purely because of massive oversights in how certain skills like guts work or how certain servants' overall kits ended up.

Special Target Focus: Trait-specific target focus, much like Special ATK and DEF skills.

Make Instant Death Resist affect the damage dealt by Instant-Kill NPs as well since it literally cannot proc on bosses

"Apply to Master": Buffs that are not reliant on any one unit continuing to be on the field. So long as you the player are there it remains active for its intended duration. Would be unusable during special story fights where Ritsuka (and any possible substitute such as a crypter) is not present in canon.

Put in more class advantage manipulation. This isn't a specific idea i'm just fcking tired of having to so heavily group servants by class. Why is Roland the only Paladin who's realistically a good teammate for Charlie. If not this, then at least you could add the next thing

Pair Up/Mounts: We have at least a couple dozen "best friends/lovers" pairs of servants, 2 centaurs, multiple dogs one of which straight up has a rider infused with it, and what is literally the horse of an already existing servant. You would think there'd be some sort of inherent bonus for fielding relevant duos together but no, you can field Red Hare and their master together and there's no synergy whatsoever. Bullshit. Give us an inherent Riding mechanic or make certain automatic buffs based on fielded units standard. You can save the game-changing stuff for things like Jason having a dedicated kit for it (even though he actually doesnt and that one skill isn't enough on its own but that's a whole other matter) but ffs I should not have trouble using Red Hare and Lu Bu together, or have to rely on the summer variant of Akuta to get her to work well with Xiang Yu

Just let us pick our turn 1 cards already or at least add a fcking shuffle option instead of making people burn AP and sit through the same fcking intros and loading screens over and over for CQs and major boss fights over pure RNG.

[ravensim]

Hiii all you bootiful people 🌼

Ok, so, no more cc until infants are here! The frog set really took a lot of effort and drained me a little hah. That said, quality always wins over quantity for me. I don't care about being the first one with new infant hairs, I just want to make sure it's cute and up to my standards! Fingers crossed my health works with me and I can make some cute infant hairs soon! 8 more days!! ✨

[iverna]

okay SO

I got some new bookmarks a while back and the printer messed up, so they were printed too big and some were partially cropped. The print quality and paper is perfect, but I can't sell them. They re-did the order so I'm not out a ton of money, but now I have all these sheets with too-big bookmarks printed on them lying around. I haven't cut them into bookmarks yet but I can. There's a lot.

30 different designs, plus 4 metallic ones as well. Lots of each. I asked about selling them at a low cost just to cover fees etc, instead of just throwing them out, and a few people said they were interested, so I've put them up in my shop.

There is a minimum order quantity of 3, unless you're also buying something else. You can buy 1 or 2 but it'll add a service fee, because it's just not viable for me to sell them individually at €1 each and it'd get unfair if I charged more per item.

I haven't added them on Etsy because a) with Etsy's fees I'd have to charge way too much and also b) I don't want to deal with Etsy folks not reading the description and then complaining. If you really want to buy some via Etsy, I guess send me a DM on Etsy and I can set up a private order for you? But it's honestly the exact same thing, you'd just be paying extra for the privilege of buying it on Etsy.

Also I'm very sorry but I can't sell to Britain because of new tax/import/etc rules. We can arrange something privately though if you're willing to trust me. I know that sounds dodgy, but it's what I got. I can also sell via Etsy but then you'd be paying more because fees and VAT.

ALSO if you do buy something PLEASE make sure you pick the right shipping option. Standard shipping means it's sent as a letter, with cardboard backing; usually that's plenty to get them to their destination safely. If you want it to be trackable please pick tracked shipping otherwise it won't be. If your postal service tends to destroy packages please pick the packaging upgrade and maybe leave a note so I know to put extra care into packaging your order.

Link again if you want to check them out! Any problems, just message me!