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neonreflections23 · 1 year

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~Blissful Death~

Chapter 4

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Paring- Naib Surbedar (Mercenary) x Oc

Au- Man in Red Essence, loosely following the essence trailer and skin descriptions

Major Content Warnings- Prominent Themes of Death

Word Count- 4310

Chapter Summary- Curiosity was eating at Ulysses the longer they stayed, the more questions needed to be answered. It was finally time to get it from the source of it all, even if there may be a hard decision in the end.

Notes/Comments- This entire chapter took me a while thanks to doing art project. I have yet to make chapter art, but this is more of a slow paced chapter. I’ll update this entire post with the art that may come soon.

Previous Chapter

Throughout the passing weeks, Ulysses passes by the seventh door within the residential sect only giving it passing glances. Things were relatively quiet within the fall days in the Crimson Castle, Naib has been taken away to take care of organizational matters, Violetta has been tending to the castle gardens, Kevin is always avoidant of him, Edgar was researching to help him yet adamant about Ulysses not joining, and Ann is usually in solitude with Apostle. Almost everyone is wrapped up in their own affairs and has left Ulysses to explore the place he now calls home.

The unicorn got up in the morning and haphazardly put on a simple robe for the day and set out. He had made no progress on helping Luca and it was telling that Edgar is reaching many dead ends while searching through many books and old manuscripts. Ulysses didn’t want to fret, there just has to be something they haven’t found and that door is the key.

He stood before the seventh door and eyes the aged boards on it. He took hold of one and pulled at it with all his might only to fall back once it broke off. He was quick to look around to see if anyone heard anything, but the halls were empty. He heaved a sigh of relief and went back to ripping off the boards until-

“Hey! What are you doing?”

Ulysses turned around to see Margaretha right behind him looking confused.

“Uh- It’s not what it looks like!”

“It is what it looks like silly! You are trying to see what’s inside that door! Who can blame you? Everyone is dying to know why it was boarded up for years. Even when I arrived here, I was told to stay away from it.”

“Really? You aren’t mad?”

“Not one bit, in fact, I am just as curious as you. Come on, open it!”

“W-wait! Just promise me you won’t tell Naib. I know you are his friend and all, so I just wanna avoid misunderstandings!.”

“I don’t need to tell him. There are things he doesn’t need to know since he is the one who likes to not tell us anything. I asked him about the door when I first came here and he kept skirting around it as if it was a bad memory. It seemed like he almost cried.”

“Then I shouldn’t let myself in this room.” Ulysses stopped now looking worried at the very thing he wanted to break into. “I came here trying to find answers as I feel like nothing I ask will give me the truth. I just feel at a loss here.”

“I hear ya. But I’ll be sure to board this room up once we finish searching inside. You have my word.”

With hesitation, the duo opened the door to reveal a dusty room. Everything seemed like a cast-off memory with cobwebs and old toys on the floor, the entire place was an apartment as it had two bedrooms and a small living area. The room on the right as they went inside was a kid’s room filled with dolls and playthings. The bed wasn’t touched in ages. It seemed like whoever it was never expected to come back to this place. The room on the left was more of an adult's room as it was just a simple setup, there were many starry paintings along the walls. Ulysses looked deeper inside and searched through the drawers of the dresser to find women's clothes. He went on to look into the nightstand and pulled out a dusty frame, he swiped away at the glass to reveal a painting of a lovely woman with flowing pink hair and a bright smile as she held a baby in a swaddle, what stuck out most is her horn on her head.

He almost threw the frame in shock, but he just stood there looking dumb at the frame until Margaretha came to see what he found.

“Wow, she looks just like you- Oh. Is that..?”

“My mother. What is her picture doing here?”

“Maybe she was a resident here? But this has to be before the Lord took up the throne, right? Did she know his father?”

“I don’t know, but this all isn’t adding up and that’s what I hate the most about it. First Naib’s unconditional kindness, the banquet, and now this. What else is he hiding?”

Margie inspected the framed painting and pointed out a signature on it.

“Look! The painting was made by Edgar’s father. He used to be a frequent member of this castle until he and Naib had a falling out. Supposedly it was over Naib requesting an impossible painting some years back, though Edgar did come here when he was sixteen to pick up his father’s work. I remember Naib telling me all about it one night when he requested my presence.”

“Surprised he told you something so personal.”

“What can I say? I just am a good listener. I mean I never expected to be friends with him as he is a reserved man. Most of his inner circle doesn’t have their own opinions, so I guess he just wants me there as a confidant. That kind of changed now that you are here of course. When he and I run errands, he always talks about you and how happy he is that you returned here.”

“But I never remembered being here. Not one bit. This is concerning me more that my mother and I have been here without my knowledge.”

“I don’t know, but I’ll go search around more and see what I can find.”

The two split to look for clues just to find more old antiques and knickknacks all of astronomy. His mother adored it and always took him out in the woods to stargaze with her when she was still alive. It swept him in emotions finding old star maps, diagrams, and drawings of constellations. There were some that even he drew in crude pencil drawings. Looking within his old room, he sifted through the nearby toy chest and found some papers of more childish art. One of a blue butterfly, another of a tree under a sunny sky, and one where it was him and another person he couldn’t make out, even by squinting, enjoying a picnic near the castle. His headaches badly trying to even recall who the person is in the drawing. It even made Margie concerned for him as she was quick to take the drawings and put them back.

“That was Naib wasn’t it.” Margie held his head in her hands as she massaged his temples for him. “That drawing looks just like him without all the butterflies. It seems you two were friends before from that picture.”

“My head hurts even trying to remember! How could I have known him before? I know Edgar said I possibly lost my memory and-“

“Edgar? You talked with him?”

Ulysses froze.

“Yes. He wanted to know if I knew him before cause supposedly Naib was reminiscing about us when I was asleep. I didn’t want to believe him, but he gave me hard proof…”

“Say no more. I won’t tell Naib but just know to be careful around Edgar. The little guy gets himself in a lot of trouble to prove his crazy theories of this place, though…I don’t think he is crazy anymore. Look. Let’s just go for now before someone-“

“Someone what?” The two jumps at the new voice to find it was Violetta looking at the two with a stern look and her tapping her “feet” in frustration.

“Ah- Violetta we were just-“

“Save it, Ulysses. You know I’m gonna have to tell the lord of what you two did.”

“But it was my idea! Margie was just keeping me in line!”

“Margaretha, is this true?”

“U- Yes! I was making sure that he didn’t break anything and looked around without causing trouble. He was beyond curious and he just wanted to see what was inside is all.”

Violetta was still not happy.

“Glad you kept him in line, but go now before I also report you too! He and Ulysses will have a chat.”

The dancer was quick to scurry out of the room soon followed by Violetta holding the unicorn tightly by the arm. The two made their way into a section of the castle he never explored, the winding corridors revealing an elaborate parlor room with a fireplace crackling. Kevin stood guard next to the armchair facing the hearth while the violinist played sweetly in the corner. Naib paid no attention to the newcomers as he kept his empty gaze on the fire before him. Kevin was quick to whisper in his ear, notifying him of their arrival.

“What do you want, Violetta? Are your binds loose again? I can fix them in a little while. After all, we can’t have your mobility aid wear down when winter is approaching quicker than usual.”

“No, in fact, it’s much more serious. Ulysses broke into the forbidden room.”

The man in red sharply turned in surprise, the unicorn couldn’t help but cower in his piercing gaze.

“Vio, please sit him near me. You, Kevin, and Antonio leave me immediately.”

“Yes, my Lord.” They all spoke in unison as Violetta sat Ulysses on the armchair next to her leader. The three of them left the room quickly and shut the doors behind them.

The silence was suffocating. The two of them just sat staring at the fire. It seemed like there were words to be said, yet they didn’t know how to convey it.

It was then Naib broke the silence.

“Did you know that I can’t feel the warmth of a fire or another person? My entire body is cold to the touch. Touch my gloved hand.” His voice sounded distant, but Ulysses hesitated before touching the deep red glove Naib presented. It was as he said. Colder than ice. “You might be asking why I have brought this on, ‘How could my body temperature relate to you breaking in your old room?’ It’s simple really. Nothing here was as it was years ago. I was once a normal person with warm skin. You were once a resident of this castle, surely you know that. I’m done pretending you don’t remember anything. You know that you and your mother were great friends with my parents before.”

“Naib-“

“Let me finish.

I cared a lot about you when we both were here in this castle. Things were normal. Life in this purgatory world was beautiful with you in it, even if we were just friends back then. I knew that there was something greater for both of us. You, a future astronomer and singer, I, ruler of this world just as my father before me did. I wanted you to stay with me forever and rule beside me. Even as I was young, I never knew how to even tell you that. Though that never came to be as I have inadvertently hurt you and made you leave me.”

“I don’t know what you are talking about. Naib, I got inside that room to find answers about why you-”

“Let me guess, the painter told you that we met before?” Naib scoffed. “You remember. You just don’t want to admit it. You don’t want to admit that I drove you away.”

“That isn’t true! I never knew you in my life! My home was in the Safe Side within the forest. I lived there with my mother ever since I was a baby.” Naib was quick to shoot a gaze at the unicorn that shut him up quickly.

“Even if you don’t remember, I will make sure you do! How can you not remember the accident?! The day I ruined your right eye?! The moments of us running around in this castle? Moments where we promised we would stick together until we die in this plane? How can you not remember?!” He was now choking up as he spoke. “I want you to remember! I lost you and you finally came back to me! That has to mean something! You knew to come back to me! I’m not buying that bullshit that you lost your memory!”

“Naib…I don’t remember anything about this place. I never knew we were friends. Have I meant that much to you?”

“You don’t know how lonely I was since I got this plague! You don’t know how much I missed you as I waited and waited. I always clung to that stupid hope you would come back somehow, and you did. You are home! We finally are together after twelve fucking years! You said that you’ll meet me back at our favorite tree! You said you’d come back and you did!” Naib now was letting the tears stream as the butterfly on his right eye flew off revealing a scarred eye, his hands now clenching the armchair in pent-up frustration. “I punished myself every single day for making you leave. I don’t dare look out of my eye as punishment for making yours useless. I can never forgive myself for doing it to you those years ago!”

“Naib! You don’t need to punish yourself! I’m here, aren’t I? I may not remember our years together, but I am not going to let you do this to yourself.” Ulysses sprung to his side and stopped short of drying his tears. He looked frantically for something to help, settling on a discarded paper on the floor. He carefully dried Naib’s tears making sure their skin doesn’t touch. This only made the other blubber out more in cries. He nudged the unicorn aside and dried his eyes on his own.

“I always was a pathetic friend. I harbored a deep love for you for so long and now I can’t even hold you in my arms knowing you’ll die.” The butterfly returned to him as it took its place back on his face. “I wish you remembered! I wish you knew how much I cared.” He held the unicorn’s head in his hands as the other knelt before him. “You don’t know how much I longed for you and shut myself out of that old room. It’s a forbidden place for me to go. It just reminds me of my failures and what I have done to you.”

“Well. For what it’s worth, I don’t remember what you did. I’m not upset at you and I am beyond fine living my life with only one working eye. It was like I was born with it.

Don’t worry so much about what you did, okay? This is a clean slate for you in a way. I may not remember anything of my life before, but this is a fresh start. We can start over!”

“Start over?” Naib looked at him in disbelief which turned back into self-deprecation. “I don’t deserve it after what I did! I don’t want to hurt you again!”

“Naib stop it! You aren’t hurting me now nor will you ever. I adore you and I am not letting you talk about yourself like this!” Ulysses nuzzled into Naib’s hands in an attempt to reassure him. “I feel safe with you and I mean it honestly. Seeing you get mad at yourself for something so long ago is taking away from the fact we reunited. Enjoy this time we have.”

“But I know you will leave me again. I want you to stay with me like how we both wanted back then.”

“Well, why not come with me to the Safe Side once I do leave and we can live together like you wanted?”

“But why won’t you stay here? You belong here as you were born and raised in this world. Don’t you want to stay here in the castle with me? We’ll be together for all eternity compared to the Safe Side…I have the ability to do that here in this world.” Naib fell silent as he caressed Ulysses’s face lovingly.

“I-“ He was at a loss for words. He didn’t know what to choose. Stay in this world or go home? It truly felt like he never belonged in both, yet home is where his life was destroyed in one night. The Other Side is where people welcomed him with open arms. His promise to Luca was still fresh in his mind as he cozied himself into the loving touches. Choosing this place would mean betraying his friend. Going home means betraying Naib. Ulysses furrowed his brows as he was mulling over it. The other seemed to take note of his indecision and lifted the unicorn’s chin to look at him.

“Don’t worry. I won’t make you answer right away. You’ve only been here for a small while and I don’t want you to stress about it. Just focus on getting settled in and relax.” He let go of the unicorn and took the paper he used and placed it on the other’s lips, placing a quick kiss onto it before taking it off the other. Ulysses’s face quickly burned bright red as he was now stammering nonsense. “Just make sure to tell me before the year ends, okay? It’s already Fall, so I expect by Winter you will have your decision. This Winter is approaching quicker than usual, but you still have time.”

Naib got up and took one last look at the fire before standing by the door. He motioned for his love to follow, and so the two were walking through the castle walls and out into the chilly outside. The sun felt far away and the sky seemed gray and filled with dead leaves flying away. Yet within the castle gardens, it was pristine as can be with bright red roses in full bloom, showing their petals for the world to see. The duo stood in the middle of it and Naib couldn’t help but have a smug face on.

“This garden is the lifeblood of my congregation. The roses that bloom here always are picked by everyone and given to Violetta to purify and be given to new members. They also serve a special purpose aside from a lovely gift, as you will see in the coming Blood Moon Ball. She and I take great pride in this place, though she mainly takes care of things here. My garden back in the Safe Side is what I care for the most as our favorite place is there. Both places are important to me.”

Ulysses took a rose in hand and inspected it. Compared to many plants he looked at, its petals were warm and felt silky to the touch. He put it close to his heart warming himself to keep the fall chill away.

“It feels like magic is coursing through it. How did you even plant these?”

“Magic is everywhere here unlike the Safe Side, for instance.” Naib took the flower from Ulysses and made it burst into a glorious flame in his hand. He grabbed the unicorn’s hand, letting the other touch the magic fire. Ulysses was about to flinch but was stunned to see that it wasn’t burning him, only giving a much greater warmth in the autumn chill. Naib gave Ulysses the flower back before walking along the garden path with the others following close. “Flowers like these grow exclusively at this castle as a result of my father and mother researching methods to save me from this plague I bear. These flowers are a great treasure as their futile efforts to ‘save me’ from myself brought an accidental beauty.”

“You keep referring to your powers as a plague. Is that why we can’t touch..?”

“You and the entire realm beyond can’t lay a finger on me. Knowing that I am the sole ruler of this purgatory, I am the only connection from here to the Overworld. That was jeopardized when I stumbled upon a butterfly that bore this curse as a boy. My parents worked themselves to death just trying to figure out how to remove it just for me to succeed to the throne and maintain the family tradition. I don’t care anymore about it as I still succeeded regardless. It’s like they were trying to remove part of me.”

“Ah- It’s a burden you have to carry then?”

“In some cosmic irony, yes. I carry everyone’s fear and sadness alongside this horrid curse. Who knew doing so made them last forever? They all love me for doing so and making them feel free. I surround myself with them as I feel needed.” He fell silent now seeming to reminisce. Ulysses didn’t want to bother with another question, so he left it at that. Naib wrapped an arm around him, careful to not let his exposed chest be near the other. The unicorn held the rose close as he relished the covered touch, now warmed by the rose’s fire. Naib truly felt cold to the touch even with a covered arm, but strangely it felt warm to him like some long smoldered crackling of a flame.

They both walked in silence around the castle grounds, earning some confused glances their way from their fellow subjects. They even went past Kevin who seemed pretty dejected seeing Ulysses in his Master’s arm and wasn’t punished for his grave offense. Violetta was quick to give him a little smack on his shoulder to focus his gaze elsewhere as the two walked past, but it didn’t stop him as he was close to haunting their path. Emily had to be the one to pull him aside and give him a scolding.

By the time night fell, the two were laughing and running to hide behind some stone pillars as they were clumsily carrying many pastries through the castle corridors, the chef was shouting annoyed curses at the two while they ran.

“If you wanted pastries, you could’ve asked me! Now I need to replace some for the coming ball!”

“Sorry~! I’ll repay you Jose by not telling Kevin your silly crush on him! Maybe I can even get him to dance with you~!” Jose could only sputter more annoyed curses before marching back to the kitchen in defeat. Both Naib and Ulysses were now in hysterics as they ran into the residential sect, diving into the vine-ridden room. They laid out the spoils of their conquest on the bed and snacked as they pleased giggling without a care in the world.

“Did you see his face?! He was so annoyed it looked like his mustache was frowning!”

“I don’t wanna imagine how Emily will feel once I swipe her syringe and fill it with juice!”

They laughed and laughed now exchanging more mischievous ideas as they ate until they grew tired. Naib offered for the unicorn to stay the night in his room like before, but Ulysses reluctantly refused and wanted to sleep in his own bed. Naib was a little disappointed their fun had to be cut short, but he waved his love off as he left and went out to the hall-

“Hey! What the hell were you doing?!” Ulysses jumped, seeing Edgar drag him into his room and locked the door. “I saw you buddy buddy with the asshole! I thought you were looking for how to get out of here!”

“Uh- Well, I kinda did. I found something out-“

“Spit it out!”

“I was getting to it! Naib said that he is the only link to the Overworld. He didn’t give specifics, just that bit. I tried to look in that boarded-up door for answers and found it was an old living space me and my mother occupied. I couldn’t remember anything of it, but it does prove you right that me and Naib met before. I don’t know why my memory is obscured!” Edgar facepalmed in disappointment at Ulysses's report.

“So you found jackshit. Everyone knows that Naib could only travel into the Overworld! He never brings any of us Purgatory souls up there 'cause we never needed to.”

“Well, he also gave me an ultimatum.”

“What do you mean ultimatum?!”

“Uh. He said that I have to choose between staying here with him or going back to the Overworld. He needs the answer before the end of Winter-“

The painter slapped Ulysses unprovoked and shook him by the collar.

“Don’t you dare stay here! Remember the plan to save Luca! Don’t let that jackass die here!”

Ulysses’s expression darkened as he took a sharp inhale before slapping Edgar back much harder than the painter could, removing himself from him.

“I remember and I still am going through with it! I am not leaving my friend here and I can’t believe you think I forgot! I was searching for answers while you haven’t found anything. Things are slowly unraveling and every time I learn something new my head spins and aches! So much confusing feelings happening all at once and you don’t let me digest it!”

The painter scoffed before stomping out of the chambers, slamming the door behind him. Ulysses rubbed at the burning red mark on his face and sat on the edge of his bed.

A flash of white flew by, but it felt like it was just his imagination. He didn’t care as he was too angry to form a coherent thought. Edgar has good intentions, but this was too harsh. A life is at stake and losing composure now just makes things worse.

Ulysses may have not gotten much info, but he gained a new perspective of Naib. Today was seeing a new side of him, unlike his usual charismatic character. It truly felt like Ulysses saw the real Naib, or so that's what he wanted to believe.

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somethingusefulfromflorida · 3 years

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Term Lengths

George Washington: 2865 days

John Adams: 1460 days [average: 2162.5 days]

Thomas Jefferson: 2922 days [avg: 2415.66667]

James Madison: 2922 [2542.25]

James Monroe: 2922 [2618.2]

John Quincy Adams: 1461 [2425.33333]

Andrew Jackson: 2922 [2496.28571]

Martin Van Buren: 1461 [2366.875]

William Henry Harrison: 31 [2107.33333]

John Tyler: 1430 [2039.6]

James K. Polk: 1461 [1987]

Zachary Taylor: 492 [1862.41667]

Millard Fillmore: 969 [1793.69231]

Franklin Pierce: 1461 [1769.92857]

James Buchanan: 1461 [1749.33333]

Abraham Lincoln: 1503 [1733.9375]

Andrew Johnson: 1419 [1715.41177]

Ulysses S. Grant: 2922 [1782.44444]

Rutherford B. Hayes: 1461 [1765.52632]

James A. Garfield: 199 [1737.2]

Chester Alan Arthur: 1262 [1714.57143]

Grover Cleveland: 1461 [1703.04546]

Benjamin Harrison: 1461 [1692.52174]

Grover Cleveland: 1461 [1682.875]

William McKinley: 1654 [1681.72]

Theodore Roosevelt: 2728 [1721.96154]

William Howard Taft: 1461 [1712.29630]

Woodrow Wilson: 2922 [1755.5]

Warren G. Harding: 881 [1725.34483]

Calvin Coolidge: 2041 [1735.86667]

Herbert Hoover: 1461 [1727]

Franklin D. Roosevelt: 4422 [1811.21875]

Harry S. Truman: 2840 [1842.39394]

Dwight D. Eisenhower: 2922 [1874.14706]

John F. Kennedy: 1036 [1850.2]

Lyndon B. Johnson: 1886 [1851.19444]

Richard Nixon: 2027 [1855.94595]

Gerald Ford: 895 [1830.65790]

Jimmy Carter: 1461 [1821.17949]

Ronald Reagan: 2922 [1848.7]

George H.W. Bush: 1461 [1839.24390]

Bill Clinton: 2922 [1865.02381]

George W. Bush: 2922 [1889.60465]

Barack Obama: 2922 [1913.06818]

Donald Trump: 1461 [1903.02222]

Joe Biden: pending

More than 2 terms: 1/46

2 full terms: 12/46

Between 1 and 2 terms: 7/46

1 full term: 15/46

less than 1 term: 10/46

TBD: 1/46

Washington served 2 full terms, but he was sworn in as president two months after he was supposed to start, so his 2865 is less than the full 2922. His immediate successor John Adams served one full term, but because the year 1800 was not a leap year, his 1460 is one short of the regular 1461. William McKinley would have served 2921 days for the same reason had he not been assassinated. 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, but 2000 was, so George W. Bush served a full 2922. Grover Cleveland served two terms, but they are counted separately as single terms here because they were non-consecutive; he served once as the 22nd president and once as the 24th.

As of 2021, the average length of term for the president of the United States is 1903.022 days, or 5.21019 years (5 years, 77 days).

If we graph out term lengths for the first 45 presidents, we can see that, on average, they're lasting longer than before:

Line of best fit: 10.047036x + 1649.718182 (x = president number)

If we instead look at average term length over time, we'll see that while term length has trended down overall since Washington (the blue line), it has actually been trending up since reaching a local minimum at McKinley:

Line of best fit: -13.131288x + 2230.558258

If we look only at the presidents since Teddy Roosevelt, we get this:

Line of best fit: 9.677111x + 1475.141058

We can use this to try and extrapolate for Joe Biden's presidency: if we looked only at the term lengths of his predecessors, we could predict he would serve for 10.047036x46 + 1649.718182 = 2111.88184 days, or 5.78202 years (5 years, 286 days), which is considerably higher than the average of 5.21019.

Looking at how it has changed over time, we would expect the average term length after 46 presidents to be -13.131288x46 + 2230.558258 = 1626.51901 days, which is too far below the actual value to be useful. The actual average was 1903.022222 after 45 presidents, so the only way it could drop to 1626.51901 after 46 would be for Biden to serve for -10816.12554 days. Negative 11 thousand days! Negative 30 years! We'll assume that's highly unlikely, so let's instead look at the figures since Roosevelt. 9.677111x46 + 1475.141058 = 1920.288164 days. For the average to come up from 1903.022222 to 1920.288164 means Biden would be expected to serve 2697.255544 days, a much more reasonable 7.38468 years (7 years, 141 days).

In the first half the presidency, presidents died in office like clockwork. It was so common that people started believing the office was cursed; William Henry Harrison was a general known for slaughtering natives, especially at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, and he became the first president to die in office in 1841. From then on, every single president elected in a year divisible by 20 also died in office; 1840 Harrison, 1860 Lincoln, 1880 Garfield, 1900 McKinley, 1920 Harding, 1940 Roosevelt, 1960 Kennedy. It was known as the Curse of Tippecanoe, or Tecumseh's revenge, and when Ronald Reagan survived his assassination attempt in 1981 people believed he had "broken" the curse. For the record, I don't believe there ever was a real curse, it was just a coincidence that failed to account for Zachary Taylor who was elected in 1848. The only significance the "curse" had was that it meant few presidents survived their full terms, meaning the vice president would assume office and serve out the remainder.

In 1974, Richard Nixon became the first president to leave office early through resignation rather than death, cutting his second term short, leaving Gerald Ford to fill out the last 2 years and some change. Since then, every single president has survived their full terms, and most of them have successfully been re-elected (save for Carter, Bush Sr. and Trump). A president is more likely to be re-elected now than at any other point in American history; the first half saw tons of single-term and partial-term presidents, bringing the average way down before FDR made it spike with 4 terms (of which he served 3 and a month before dying), followed by relatively stable lifespans ever since.

With the introduction of the 22nd Amendment during Truman's presidency, it will be near impossible for any future presidents to serve more than 2 full terms, 8 years, 2922 days. It's still theoretically possible, just extremely unlikely; the amendment says you cannot be elected president more than twice, and if you serve more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected, then you can't be elected more than once. This means that if the president died or resigned 2 years and a day into their term, their VP could serve out the remainder and still be illegible to run for two full terms of their own, for a total of 3652 days (almost 10 years exactly), so the graph will likely asymptote somewhere between 4 and 8 years (closer to 8, as re-election is much more common).

That said, who knows? Maybe we're overdue for an irregular transition and five of the next ten presidents might not make it through their full terms. That would actually be normal for America; the last 50 years of stability have been the outlier. Regularity is irregular here.

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myownantichrist · 4 years

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Boys

Andrew vs. Aaron

Alan vs. Alexander

Aiden vs. Adam

Brennan vs. Brayden

Brandon vs. Braxton

Bentley vs. Brimley

Cayden vs. Camden

Cole vs. Cameron

Cade vs. Chandler

Denver vs. Dallas

Deklan vs. Dylan

David vs. Dennis

Ethan vs. Ezra

Eitan vs. Elijah

Emmanuel vs. Eden

Fabio vs. Ferdinand

Finnegan vs. Finley

Fernando vs. Frankie

Gavin vs. Gus

Gumby vs. Gerrick

George vs. Grant

Harper vs. Harley

Hayden vs. Henry

Harlow vs. Hank

Ian vs. Ivan

Indigo vs. Iris

Indiana vs. Iris

John vs. Jericho

Jacob vs. Jameson

Jasper vs. Jedidiah

Kayden vs. Koa

Kent vs. Kyle

Kevin vs. Konner

Lars vs. Liam

Levi vs. Lance

Lester vs. Lorenzo

Michael vs. Matthew

Maverick vs. Mason

Madison vs. Micah

Nolan vs. Nathan

Niko vs. Nathaniel

Nicholas vs. Nate

Ocean vs. Oscar

Orville vs. Otis

Otto vs. October

Patrick vs. Percy

Preston vs. Paisley

Parker vs. Passion

Quincy vs. Quinn

Quada vs. Quinten

Quailen vs Quidditch

Raven vs. Riley

Rowan vs. Rod

Ray vs. Roy

Skylar vs. Scott

Storm vs. Steven < my favourite name for a son, if I ever have one..

Sorin vs. Solomon

Trevor vs. Travis

Todd vs. Taylor

Taytum vs. Tanner

Ulysses vs. Uman

Umbo vs. Uno

Utah vs. Usher

Vance vs. Vincent

Vern vs. Vayde

Vernon vs. Vayden

Walter vs. Wyatt

Wade vs. Winter

Wallace vs. Whisper

Xenon vs. Xayden

Xayler vs. Xavier

Xandon vs. Xennan

Yvonne vs. Yonder

Yuletide vs. Yasser

Yancy vs. Yancer

Zeeland vs. Zayden

Zion vs. Zenon

Zander vs. Zenner

Girls

Acacia vs. Alexa

Aurora vs. Annalise

Avonna vs. Alessandra

Brogan vs. Brooklyn

Bianca vs. Brigitta

Bailey vs. Brynn

Carlotta vs. Christine

Cheyenne vs. Cescily

Cecilia vs. Cassidy

Diedra (pronounced Dee-ay-druh) vs. Delilah

Devia vs. Daytona

Dakota vs. Darcy

Evonna vs. Eliana

Emerald vs. Evangeline

Eden vs. Eliza

Felicity vs. Fiona

Faith vs. Faye

Flavia (pronoucned Flah-wee-uh) vs. Flora

Grace vs. Gretchen

Genesis vs. Galaxy

Gabriella vs. Greta

Harper vs. Hope

Holly vs. Hailee

Harmony vs. Harvest

Imogene vs. Ivy

Isabella vs. Iris

Irene vs. Ingrid

Jessica vs. Jacinda

Jade vs. Juniper

Joanna vs. Joy

Kaleidoscope (Kallie for short) vs. Kaylee

Kennedy vs. Kendall

Katelyn vs. Katrina

Lacey vs. Linsey

Lynnea (proncounced Lynn-ay-uh) vs. Liberty

Lara vs. Lola

Morgan vs. Madison

Mackenzie vs. Miranda

Marissa vs. Monica

Nora vs. Natalie

Nevaeh (pronounced Nev-ay-uh) vs. Nicole

Niki vs. Noelle

Ophelia vs. Ocean

Olivia vs. Onna

Opal vs. October

Passion vs. Primrose

Penelope vs. Pixie

Pandora vs. Palace

Quintessa vs. Quincy

Quaila vs. Quilala (Kwi–lah-lah)

Queen vs. Quiencia (Kwee-ence-ee-uh)

Reyna vs. Riley

Rosanna vs. Rosemary

Rhonda vs. Rodica (Roe-dee-kuh)

Skylar vs. Skye

Serena vs. Simone

Shailey vs. Sienna

Tessa vs. Taylor

Tia vs. Tiana

Taytum vs. Trixie

Una vs. Uta

Ulyssia (You-liss-ee-uh) vs. Umba

Ula vs. Ursula

Violet vs. Vylette

Veronica vs. Victoria

Valencia vs. Valerie

Wynona vs. Whitney

Wynter vs. Whisper

Willow vs. Wanda

Xaila vs. Xara

Xana vs. Xenon

Xavier vs. Xena

Yasmin vs. Yvonne

Yvette vs Yolanda

Yori vs. Yaya

Zayara vs. Zion

Zayana vs. Zoey

Zen vs. Zara

Final questions!

Your name (first and middle): Chloe Elizabeth.

Do you like it? Yeah.

What your parents almost named you: Clara.

Your favorite girl’s name (first and middle): I don't know.

List five unique names of girls you have met:

List five girl’s names you don’t like:

List five girls name you really like:

Your first best friend’s name: Janice.

Your siblings names: -

The name of the first pet that you loved: Brandy.

What you would be named if you were the opposite gender: Ian. Ew.

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1567.

Boys

A Andrew vs. Aaron Alan vs. Alexander Aiden vs. Adam B Brennan vs. Brayden Brandon vs. Braxton Bentley vs. Brimley C Cayden vs. Camden Cole vs. Cameron Cade vs. Chandler D Denver vs. Dallas Deklan vs. Dylan David vs. Dennis

E Ethan vs. Ezra Eitan vs. Elijah Emmanuel vs. Eden

F Fabio vs. Ferdinand Finnegan vs. Finley Fernando vs. Frankie G Gavin vs. Gus Gumby vs. Gerrick George vs. Grant H Harper vs. Harley Hayden vs. Henry Harlow vs. Hank I Ian vs. Ivan Indigo vs. Iris Indiana vs. Iris

J John vs. Jericho Jacob vs. Jameson Jasper vs. Jedidiah K Kayden vs. Koa Kent vs. Kyle Kevin vs. Konner L Lars vs. Liam Levi vs. Lance Lester vs. Lorenzo M Michael vs. Matthew Maverick vs. Mason Madison vs. Micah N Nolan vs. Nathan Niko vs. Nathaniel Nicholas vs. Nate O Ocean vs. Oscar Orville vs. Otis Otto vs. October P Patrick vs. Percy Preston vs. Paisley Parker vs. Passion Q Quincy vs. Quinn Quada vs. Quinten Quailen vs Quidditch R Raven vs. Riley Rowan vs. Rod Ray vs. Roy S Skylar vs. Scott Storm vs. Steven Sorin vs. Solomon T Trevor vs. Travis Todd vs. Taylor Taytum vs. Tanner U Ulysses vs. Uman Umbo vs. Uno Utah vs. Usher V Vance vs. Vincent Vern vs. Vayde Vernon vs. Vayden W Walter vs. Wyatt Wade vs. Winter Wallace vs. Whisper X Xenon vs. Xayden Xayler vs. Xavier Xandon vs. Xennan Y Yvonne vs. Yonder Yuletide vs. Yasser Yancy vs. Yancer Z Zeeland vs. Zayden Zion vs. Zenon Zander vs. Zenner

Girls

Final questions!

Your name (first and middle): not saying coz it’s too unique and would come up on a google search lol. Do you like it? i do like it now. growing up it was annoying having to spell it out etc but whatever. What your parents almost named you: erika. so weird. Your favorite girl’s name (first and middle): first name definitely will be sierra. idk about middle. List five unique names of girls you have met: i’m blanking out right now but i should start listing this as i meet people. List five girl’s names you don’t like: honestly the only names i don’t like are related to girls that i don’t like with that name lmao. List five girls name you really like: haha too lazy to. Your first best friend’s name: pearl. Your siblings names: rather not say. The name of the first pet that you loved: sky. What you would be named if you were the opposite gender: no idea actually!

#survey #surveys #quiz #bored #questions

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wtfzodiacsigns · 5 years

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Important Historical Figures and their Zodiacs

Aries: Thomas Jefferson, Bach, Charlamagne

Taurus: Leonardo da Vinci, Adolf Hitler, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth the Second, Florence Nightingale, Ulysses S. Grant, Sigmund Freud, Harry S. Truman, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Socrates, Malcolm X, Tchaikovsky , Machiavelli

Gemini: Queen Victoria, Ann Frank, Anastasia, John F. Kennedy, George H.W. Bush, Donald Trump

Cancer: Helen Keller, Malala Yousafazi, Alexander the Great, Julias Caesar, George Bush, John Quincy Adams, Emmeline Pankhurst, Rousseau, Henry the 8th, Nelson Mandela, Nikola Tesla, Gregor Mendel

Leo: Napoleon Bonaparte, Barack Obama, Neil Armstrong, Mussolini, Emmett Till, Fidel Castro, Amelia Earhart, Louis the 16th, Bill Clinton, Alexander Fleming, The Virgin Mary

Virgo: Elizabeth the First, Mother Theresa, Lyndon B. Johnson, Augustus, Jesse James, Henry Hudson, Caligula, Genghis Khan, Michael Faraday, John Locke

Libra: Eleanor Roosevelt, Gandhi, Confucius, Jimmy Carter, William Penn, Virgil

Scorpio: Marie Curie, Marie Antoinette, Bill Gates, Christopher Columbus, Teddy Roosevelt, John Adams, Martin Luther, Leon Trotsky, St. Augustine, Voltaire

Sagittarius: Beethoven, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Walt Disney, Mark Twain, Noam Chomsky, Mary Queen of Scots, Jane Austen, Billy the Kid, Nero

Capricorn: Martin Luther King Jr., Mark Antony, Michelle Obama, Isaac Newton, Richard Nixon, Andrew Johnson, Robert E. Lee, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Nostrodomus, Stephen Hawking, Joan of Arc

Aquarius: Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Mozart, Rasputin, Charles Darwin, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Magellen, Francis Bacon

Pisces: George Washington, Albert Einstein, Galileo, Alexander Graham Bell, Steve Jobs, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Constantine the Great, Nicolaus Copernicus, Michelangelo, Andrew Jackson, Jesus Christ

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Adam und Ulysses auf einem Date in Südfrankreich

#adam raczek #ulysses #adam x ulysses #polizeiruf frankfurt #kleo #was diese stopfen in adams nase machen? denkt euch was aus #my gifs #dimitrij schaad #lucas gregorowicz

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Random Things You Might Not Know

On a lighter note: five things you might not know about.

1. Grover Cleveland was the President who went the longest amount of time during his administration without having a former living President. When former president Chester Arthur died on November 18, 1886, Cleveland was over a year and a half into what would turn out to be the first of two non-consecutive terms of office. Five other presidents served at least 58 or more days of their term without having one of their predecessors alive at the same time: John Adams (445 days, 1799-1801), Ulysses Grant (582 days, 1875-77), Teddy Roosevelt (253 days, 1908-09), Herbert Hoover (58 days, from Jan. 5 to March 4, 1933), and Richard Nixon (564 days, 1973-74). Ironically, had Nixon not been forced to resign due to Watergate, he would have set the mark of longest time without another living President, as Lyndon Johnson's death came 1,459 days before the inauguration of Jimmy Carter.

2. The National Football League was founded in the showroom of a car dealership in Canton, Ohio. Ralph Hay, who ran a Hupmobile and Pierce-Arrow dealership, also owned the professional Canton Bulldogs. Hay sought others in the Midwest to join together and form a league in which rules could be consolidated, contracts made, and a championship awarded. In August of 1920, Hay – at the urging of his star fullback and "meal ticket," Jim Thorpe – invited several other clubs to join them in forming the American Professional Football Conference. Hay and Thorpe got a surprise when they found that not just the three Ohio-based teams but six more clubs sent representatives to the league's foundational meeting. As Hay had little room in his office, the group moved the meeting into his showroom. One of the individuals at the meeting – George Halas, whose Decatur Staleys would eventually become the National Football League's Chicago Bears – recalled having to sit on the running boards of the cars while agreeing upon league rules.

3. Downtown Detroit is located due north of Canada. The 10.4 mile border through the Detroit River on the city's south and east side is an international border. The area on the east side of Detroit – known as Grosse Point – is closer to Canada than it is to the western edge of the city. Detroit is also odd in that it was surrendered to British and Native American forces early on in the War of 1812.

4. The Saguaro Cactus is native to the Sonoran Desert region of the states of Arizona and California, as well as the Mexican state of Sonora. They can grow to be 150 years old, and generally don't start getting an "arm" until they've reached 75 years of age. The tallest one known to have existed reached 78 feet in height (it fell over in 1986 from a windstorm). While it is true that Saguaros are not to be harmed or vandalized under Arizona state law, they can be moved or removed with appropriate permits. Incidentally, all those Westerns where you see a saguaro cactus in the background are patently false, as they don’t grow well outside of their native region.

5. Poniatowski, Wisconsin is a small unincorporated village named for Jozef Poniatowski, a general in the Polish army. The village is located within Rietbrock Township of Marathon County, about 22 miles west of downtown Wausau. There's not much there – a few houses, a Catholic church with a cemetery, a corner bar. Surrounded by farmland, there is little to see – unless you take a short drive out of town, taking County Road U a half-mile west from the TC Bar. There, you will reach a road and a sign: "GEOGRAPHICAL MARKER" with an arrow pointing to the right. Driving down the road about 0.3 miles, you will see a small turn-off into a parking area – and a path leading off to the left through the corn fields. If you follow the path around, you will reach a remarkably interesting marker, seemingly dug right out of the farmer's field. The spot is the corrected location of what is known as the 45° x 90° point. If you were to look at your GPS while standing in the middle of it, it would say you are located at 45 degrees north latitude, and 90 degrees longitude west of Greenwich. The point is the only one of four such midpoints that is located in an inhabited place: two of the other three are located within the ocean (the Indian and Pacific Oceans); the third is located in the rural depths of Xinjiang, China. The road that the marker's entrance is located on is named Meridian Road – but it is actually located 15.89 seconds of longitude to the west of the 90th meridian. The mistake was made in the days of non-satellite surveying. And no, the city was not named for the point.

#random thoughts

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Survey

Have a name survey because these are always fun.

Bold = like, italics = if I have to choose.

Boys

F Fabio vs. Ferdinand Finnegan vs. Finley Fernando vs. Frankie G Gavin vs. Gus Gumby vs. Gerrick George vs. Grant H Harper vs.Harley. Hayden vs. Henry Harlow vs. Hank I Ian vs. Ivan Indigo vs. Iris Indiana vs. Iris

J John vs. Jericho Jacob vs. Jameson Jasper vs. Jedidiah K Kayden vs. Koa Kent vs. Kyle Kevin vs. Konner L Lars vs. Liam Levi vs. Lance Lester vs. Lorenzo M Michael vs. Matthew Maverick vs. Mason Madison vs. Micah N Nolan vs. Nathan Niko vs. Nathaniel Nicholas vs. Nate O Ocean vs. Oscar Orville vs. Otis Otto vs. October P Patrick vs. Percy Preston vs. Paisley Parker vs. Passion Q Quincy vs. Quinn Quada vs. Quinten Quailen vs Quidditch R Raven vs. Riley Rowan vs. Rod Ray vs. Roy: S Skylar vs. Scott: Storm vs. Steven Sorin vs. Solomon T Trevor vs. Travis Todd vs. Taylor Taytum vs. Tanner U Ulysses vs. Uman Umbo vs. Uno Utah vs. Usher V Vance vs. Vincent Vern vs. Vayde Vernon vs. Vayden W Walter vs. Wyatt Wade vs. Winter Wallace vs. Whisper X Xenon vs. Xayden Xayler vs. Xavier Xandon vs. Xennan Y Yvonne vs. Yonder Yuletide vs. Yasser Yancy vs. Yancer Z Zeeland vs. Zayden Zion vs. Zenon Zander vs. Zenner

Girls

A Acacia vs. Alexa Aurora vs. Annalise Avonna vs. Alessandra B Brogan vs. Brooklyn Bianca vs. Brigitta Bailey vs. Brynn C Carlotta vs. Christine Cheyenne vs. Cescily Cecilia vs. Cassidy D Diedra vs. Delilah: Devia vs. Daytona Dakota vs. Darcy E Evonna vs. Eliana Emerald vs. Evangeline Eden vs. Eliza F Felicity vs. Fiona Faith vs. Faye Flavia vs. Flora G Grace vs. Gretchen Genesis vs. Galaxy Gabriella vs. Greta H Harper vs. Hope Holly vs. Hailee Harmony vs. Harvest I Imogene vs. Ivy Isabella vs. Iris Irene vs. Ingrid J Jessica vs. Jacinda Jade vs. Juniper Joanna vs. Joy K Kaleidoscope vs. Kaylee Kennedy vs. Kendall Katelyn vs. Katrina L Lacey vs. Linsey Lynnea vs. Liberty Lara vs. Lola M Morgan vs. Madison Mackenzie vs. Miranda Marissa vs. Monica N Nora vs. Natalie Nevaeh vs. Nicole Niki vs. Noelle O Ophelia vs. Ocean Olivia vs. Onna Opal vs. October P Passion vs. Primrose Penelope vs. Pixie Pandora vs. Palace Q Quintessa vs. Quincy Quaila vs. Quilala Queen vs. Quiencia R Reyna vs. Riley Rosanna vs. Rosemary Rhonda vs. Rodica S Skylar vs. Skye Serena vs. Simone Shailey vs. Sienna T Tessa vs. Taylor Tia vs. Tiana Taytum vs. Trixie U Una vs. Uta Ulyssia vs. Umba Ula vs. Ursula: V Violet vs. Vylette Veronica vs. Victoria Valencia vs. Valerie W Wynona vs. Whitney Wynter vs. Whisper Willow vs. Wanda X Xaila vs. Xara Xana vs. Xenon Xavier vs. Xena Y Yasmin vs. Yvonne Yvette vs Yolanda Yori vs. Yaya Z Zayara vs. Zion Zayana vs. Zoey Zen vs. Zara

Final questions! Your name (first and middle): Kai (don’t have a middle) Do you like it? Yes What your parents almost named you: Zach ;-; Your favorite girl’s name (first and middle): Kiana Nicole List five unique names of girls you have met: Kiana, Celaena, Princess, Ciara, and Layla

List five girl’s names you don’t like: Kathrynn, Becca, Analyse, Amanda, and Cathy List five girls name you really like: Celaena, Ciara, Xayna, Kiana, and Eva Your first best friend’s name: Kiana

Your siblings names: (oldest to youngest) Johnathon, Christopher, and Thomas The name of the first pet that you loved: .Gracie What you would be named if you were the opposite gender: Hmmm.... Xaira

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Have a name survey because these are always fun.

Bold = like, italics = if I have to choose.

Boys

A Andrew vs. Aaron Alan vs. Alexander Aiden vs. Adam B Brennan vs. Brayden Brandon vs. Braxton ( I prefer Brendon) Bentley vs. Brimley C Cayden vs. Camden Cole vs. Cameron Cade vs. Chandler D Denver vs. Dallas Deklan vs. Dylan David vs. Dennis E Ethan vs. Ezra Eitan vs. Elijah Emmanuel vs. Eden: I prefer Eden for a girl.

F Fabio vs. Ferdinand Finnegan vs. Finley Fernando vs. Frankie G Gavin vs. Gus Gumby vs. Gerrick George vs. Grant H Harper vs. Harley: I like both of these for a girl, but I can see a boy named Harley. Hayden vs. Henry Harlow vs. Hank: I like Harlow for a girl, though I Ian vs. Ivan Indigo vs. Iris: Again, I like Iris for a girl. Indiana vs. Iris: ^

Girls

A Acacia vs. Alexa Aurora vs. Annalise: Ugh I like both of these Avonna vs. Alessandra B Brogan vs. Brooklyn Bianca vs. Brigitta Bailey vs. Brynn C Carlotta vs. Christine Cheyenne vs. Cescily Cecilia vs. Cassidy D Diedra vs. Delilah: Devia vs. Daytona: No. Dakota vs. Darcy E Evonna vs. Eliana Emerald vs. Evangeline Eden vs. Eliza F Felicity vs. Fiona Faith vs. Faye Flavia vs. Flora G Grace vs. Gretchen Genesis vs. Galaxy Gabriella vs. Greta H Harper vs. Hope Holly vs. Hailee Harmony vs. Harvest: Yeek don’t name a kid Harvest. I Imogene vs. Ivy: I like both. Isabella vs. Iris Irene vs. Ingrid J Jessica vs. Jacinda Jade vs. Juniper Joanna vs. Joy K Kaleidoscope vs. Kaylee: Are you kidding me Kennedy vs. Kendall Katelyn vs. Katrina L Lacey vs. Linsey: But I prefer it Lindsey. Lynnea vs. Liberty Lara vs. Lola M Morgan vs. Madison Mackenzie vs. Miranda Marissa vs. Monica N Nora vs. Natalie Nevaeh vs. Nicole: PSA Stop naming girls Neveah it’s not clever. Niki vs. Noelle O Ophelia vs. Ocean Olivia vs. Onna Opal vs. October: Don’t name a kid October. That is a dog’s name. P Passion vs. Primrose Penelope vs. Pixie Pandora vs. Palace: Yikes. Q Quintessa vs. Quincy Quaila vs. Quilala: my brain hurts. Queen vs. Quiencia R Reyna vs. Riley: true story, I know twins named Raina and Riley. Rosanna vs. Rosemary Rhonda vs. Rodica S Skylar vs. Skye Serena vs. Simone Shailey vs. Sienna T Tessa vs. Taylor Tia vs. Tiana Taytum vs. Trixie: Tatum would be a better spelling. U Una vs. Uta Ulyssia vs. Umba Ula vs. Ursula: V Violet vs. Vylette Veronica vs. Victoria Valencia vs. Valerie W Wynona vs. Whitney: Winona though. Wynter vs. Whisper: Stop. Willow vs. Wanda X Xaila vs. Xara Xana vs. Xenon Xavier vs. Xena Y Yasmin vs. Yvonne Yvette vs Yolanda Yori vs. Yaya Z Zayara vs. Zion Zayana vs. Zoey Zen vs. Zara

Final questions! Your name (first and middle): Hannah Martina Do you like it? Yes. What your parents almost named you: Matilda Your favorite girl’s name (first and middle): Althea Janet and Frances Lorraine are the names of my favorite girls :D List five unique names of girls you have met: Calliope, Noemi, Iyla(eye-la), Luciana, McKenna....These are all kids in my niece’s class lol. List five girl’s names you don’t like: Addalyn, McKenzie, Madison, Paisley, anything with an unnecessary “leigh” List five girls name you really like: Cecelia, Ramona, Stella, Alex, Josie. Your first best friend’s name: Randal, Sarah, Ellen. Your siblings names: Corrina The name of the first pet that you loved: Featherbrain. What you would be named if you were the opposite gender: Dylan.

#surveys #names

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Have a name survey because these are always fun.

Boys

A Andrew vs. Aaron Alan vs. Alexander Aiden vs. Adam B Brennan vs. Brayden: Both of these are awful but I guess I gotta pick. Brandon vs. Braxton Bentley vs. Brimley C Cayden vs. Camden: Again, both equally cringey for me. Cole vs. Cameron Cade vs. Chandler: Chandler is a cute name for a girl, but I have a bias for Chandler Bing too hahaha. D Denver vs. Dallas Deklan vs. Dylan: I prefer the spelling Declan, though. Also, I technically like Dylan just a little bit more and would have picked it, but I like it for a girl. My sister had a classmate named Dylan and it sounded really good on her. David vs. Dennis E Ethan vs. Ezra Eitan vs. Elijah Emmanuel vs. Eden: Again, I prefer the name Eden for girls.

F Fabio vs. Ferdinand: I very hesitatingly picked Fabio hence the italics, but I very much dislike both. This is also what I’ll be doing for the rest of the names on here. Finnegan vs. Finley Fernando vs. Frankie: For the millionth time, Frankie is cute for a girl (this is where y’all really see that I prefer daughters more HAHAHA), and this is also because there’s a local singer named Frankie that I really admire. G Gavin vs. Gus Gumby vs. Gerrick George vs. Grant H Harper vs. Harley Hayden vs. Henry Harlow vs. Hank I Ian vs. Ivan Indigo vs. Iris: Can I just say these are both better off as girl names? Indiana vs. Iris: And these, too?

J John vs. Jericho Jacob vs. Jameson Jasper vs. Jedidiah K Kayden vs. Koa Kent vs. Kyle Kevin vs. Konner: I prefer the spelling Connor, though. L Lars vs. Liam Levi vs. Lance Lester vs. Lorenzo M Michael vs. Matthew Maverick vs. Mason Madison vs. Micah N Nolan vs. Nathan Niko vs. Nathaniel Nicholas vs. Nate: I honestly like both. I can go with naming a son Nicholas then giving them Nate as a nickname. O Ocean vs. Oscar: I hate nature names and Oscar screams old-guy-name to me. Sorry to all the Oscars :( Orville vs. Otis Otto vs. October P Patrick vs. Percy Preston vs. Paisley Parker vs. Passion Q Quincy vs. Quinn Quada vs. Quinten Quailen vs Quidditch R Raven vs. Riley Rowan vs. Rod Ray vs. Roy: I have a bit of a sentimental attachment to Roy cos it’s an occasional nickname Gab’s dad uses. S Skylar vs. Scott: Only because a high school classmate named her kid Schuyler and that baby is seriously adorable, bubbly, and well-behaved. Storm vs. Steven Sorin vs. Solomon T Trevor vs. Travis Todd vs. Taylor Taytum vs. Tanner U Ulysses vs. Uman Umbo vs. Uno Utah vs. Usher: I dislike most geographic names, but I’d rather I name my baby Utah then have them be sang sex-themed songs by Usher by meaner kids throughout their childhood lmao. V Vance vs. Vincent Vern vs. Vayde Vernon vs. Vayden W Walter vs. Wyatt Wade vs. Winter Wallace vs. Whisper X Xenon vs. Xayden: I really wanted to pick one name for each question, but being stuck between a chemical element and a name ending in -den is an easy no to both for me. Xayler vs. Xavier Xandon vs. Xennan Y Yvonne vs. Yonder: These names are getting more awful now that we’re ending dude, lmao. Yuletide vs. Yasser Yancy vs. Yancer Z Zeeland vs. Zayden Zion vs. Zenon Zander vs. Zenner

Girls

A Acacia vs. Alexa Aurora vs. Annalise Avonna vs. Alessandra B Brogan vs. Brooklyn Bianca vs. Brigitta Bailey vs. Brynn C Carlotta vs. Christine Cheyenne vs. Cescily Cecilia vs. Cassidy D Diedra (pronounced Dee-ay-druh) vs. Delilah: But I prefer the spelling Deirdre. Devia vs. Daytona Dakota vs. Darcy E Evonna vs. Eliana Emerald vs. Evangeline Eden vs. Eliza F Felicity vs. Fiona Faith vs. Faye: Both have always been on my blacklist for girl’s names, sorry lol. Flavia (pronoucned Flah-wee-uh) vs. Flora G Grace vs. Gretchen Genesis vs. Galaxy: Please don’t make these names happen. Gabriella vs. Greta: I love both names and have always liked the name Greta because of Greta Garbo, but I’m obviously biased towards my girlfriend so Gabriela/Gabriella it is. H Harper vs. Hope Holly vs. Hailee Harmony vs. Harvest: Again, both cringe material but I guess Harmony makes me cringe juuuuuuust a little less. I Imogene vs. Ivy Isabella vs. Iris Irene vs. Ingrid J Jessica vs. Jacinda Jade vs. Juniper: Juniper would be cute if a baby can stay a baby forever lmao, but I’m generally not a fan. Joanna vs. Joy: But I like the spelling Johanna more. K Kaleidoscope (Kallie for short) vs. Kaylee: Can I just pick the nickname? I hate the other two options :(( Kennedy vs. Kendall: I’d pick both, but thinking as a future mom, I wouldn’t want my daughter to be mercilessly teased for being given a name that’s usually understood to be more masculine in nature. I know we’re all about breaking stereotypes and all, but y’all – realistically, kids can be pretty fucking cruel. Katelyn vs. Katrina L Lacey vs. Linsey Lynnea (proncounced Lynn-ay-uh) vs. Liberty Lara vs. Lola M Morgan vs. Madison Mackenzie vs. Miranda Marissa vs. Monica N Nora vs. Natalie Nevaeh (pronounced Nev-ay-uh) vs. Nicole Niki vs. Noelle O Ophelia vs. Ocean: Only picking Ophelia because I’m generally not a fan of nature names, but there are a lot more better options if I wanted to name my kid after Shakespeare plays, like Beatrice or Emilia. Olivia vs. Onna Opal vs. October: Was never a fan of gemstone names, and there are much better month names than October. P Passion vs. Primrose: I feel the same way for Primrose as I do with Juniper. Mostly cute with babies, but is less cuter on grown-up girls. Penelope vs. Pixie Pandora vs. Palace Q Quintessa vs. Quincy Quaila vs. Quilala (Kwi--lah-lah) Queen vs. Quiencia (Kwee-ence-ee-uh) R Reyna vs. Riley Rosanna vs. Rosemary Rhonda vs. Rodica (Roe-dee-kuh) S Skylar vs. Skye Serena vs. Simone Shailey vs. Sienna T Tessa vs. Taylor Tia vs. Tiana Taytum vs. Trixie: Tatum would be a better spelling. U Una vs. Uta Ulyssia (You-liss-ee-uh) vs. Umba Ula vs. Ursula: Only because it can be a Friends reference lol. V Violet vs. Vylette Veronica vs. Victoria Valencia vs. Valerie W Wynona vs. Whitney: Winona > Wynona, but still. Wynter vs. Whisper Willow vs. Wanda X Xaila vs. Xara Xana vs. Xenon Xavier vs. Xena Y Yasmin vs. Yvonne Yvette vs Yolanda Yori vs. Yaya Z Zayara vs. Zion Zayana vs. Zoey Zen vs. Zara

Final questions!

Your name (first and middle): Robyn Isabelle.Do you like it?I hated the name Robyn throughout my childhood because I always got teased about it. When I got to college and everyone just kinda matured and told me they liked the way my name flowed, I ended up warming up to and loving it.What your parents almost named you:I was almost named Ariel after the Disney princess, and I know my parents were also thinking of naming me Katrina/Katherine/Kaitlyn.Your favorite girl's name (first and middle):Olivia. I don’t have a pick for middle name yet.List five unique names of girls you have met:Shauna, Shontrice, Unila, Ciamae, Rheezan.List five girl's names you don't like:I mostly dislike in-your-face weather/nature names like Winter, Snow, Amethyst, Cloud, Gaia, or Daffodill. But some, like Cheyenne, Rose, and Luna are super cute, too.List five girls name you really like:I’ve done this like 10 times on 10 different surveys but I like names such as Olivia, Elizabeth, Mia, Ava, and Isabella.Your first best friend's name:Kaye.Your siblings names:Nope.The name of the first pet that you loved:Tobi, my pet rabbit.What you would be named if you were the opposite gender:I’ve never asked my parents about this, actually. They’d probably go with a Spanish/Hispanic name, seeing as they went with Joaquin for my brother but were also thinking of naming him Diego.

#survey #surveys

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