#and i like to be very organised and in charge during a move

[senzasord]

I got like four hours sleep, Cody is apparently sick again and can't see the vet until 4:45, my mum asked my uncle to help me move without asking me first which has kicked up a whole bunch of awful memories, and I have a stomach ache because I'm so stressed.

But I am finally getting some assignment work done.

[skepticdoe]

okay hey gang 😛

so this is my headcanons for what the South Park characters specialise in terms of dancing

this may be a bit messy because the only dancing I know is just dance from when I was like 9 🙏

also thanks to @voltadream for feeding into my delusional headcanons and for providing me with samba dancer Craig!!

Here we go!

Kyle:

Headcanoning Kyle is always a wee bit difficult BUT I persevered and came up with the idea that he would be in ballroom. Not like your elegant super slow dancing but more foxtrot, upbeat and complex footwork. He would aim for perfectionism and every relationship he gets into with his co-dancer always ends with a breakup which leads him to keep on having to change partners. He eventually realises his feelings for Stan and he gets a permanent partner: Bebe. Bebe herself would be in a secret situation ship with Wendy lmao

Stan:

I personally cannot see him as a dancer😭 he gives off really strong personal trainer vibes who’d help the others train their mobility and flexibility. He would help craft an appropriate nutrition plan and would be against extreme dieting because it does more harm than good.

It’s either a personal trainer or a physical therapist for Stan. He would just be in charge of making sure everyone’s taking care of their bodies and helping them adapt physically to their performances.

Kenny:

Kenny is UNDOUBTEDLY a hip hop dancing. Breakdancing is his favourite (because of course it is) and he would literally FLY around the dance floor. He’d be into the political graffiti movement. Honestly a chill guy. He would stress poor Stan out SO much by attempting a move that Stan himself said he should train more for instead of attempting lmaoo.

Cartman:

I’m always tempted to put Cartman in the “tyrant manager who everyone hates but he’s good at his job” BUT I’ll try to be different and put him in the swing dancer category. By this I mean he’ll be as over the top as possible and he would wear his suit with suspenders and try to give off seduction vibes with smouldering glances and by licking his lips while dancing thinking it’s going to get him all the women 💔 literally no one likes him but he’s mysteriously getting a lot of funding and somehow made a name for himself. He’s also guilt tripped and coerced Heidi to be his dance partner (free Heidi 2025 ‼️🙏).

Butters:

He is LITERALLY the most theatre performer coded character ever! He would be at the front of every dance member (and would probably dabble in a bit of singing for musicals). He would also be REALLY good at line dancing.

Craig:

solo samba dancer OR a samba dancer with Red as his partner and all the fans keep shipping them and it gets to a point where a public statement has to be made saying they’re cousins 😭

Tweek:

He would be in production. Whether it’s event staff or just the general competition day manager who walks around yelling into his walkie talkie and making sure everything’s up to code before competitions. He’s also the one everyone begs for favours like a bigger lounge or for insider production information about other teams lmao

Wendy:

Our fav chair organiser who handles finances and CRASHES OUT whenever Cartman puts in an order for over the top and probably dangerous props and equipment. She’s the one that handles all the legal stuff and the aftermath after one of her dancers makes a very questionable comments or decisions during interviews. In a secret situationship with Bebe

THATS A WRAP!! thanks for reading this far and I would LOVE to hear any opinions and suggestions!!

[m-jelly]

Part 1. Request where reader is a wolf shifter and noone knows. She, Levi and Hange get separated from the main scout group during a missing outside the walls, their gear damaged and their horses gone, they seek refuge in a cave. When a hoard of Titans starts to slowly chip away at the cave entrance, reader makes the choice to save them by shifting into a giant wolf and fights off the titans.

Anonymous asked:

Part 2. Afterwards she uses her size and speed to carry them back to the walls, once there, they are spotted by garrison members, Levi and Hange make it up the walls with their help but the garrison shoot at reader forcing her to flee. You can decide what happens from here. 😀

Comfort fur

Levi x fem!reader

Canon world, shifter reader, fluff, romance, protective Levi, concerned Levi, becoming a couple.

Things get desperate for you, Levi and Hange in a cave. Worried you'd lose a close friend and a man you secretly loved, you decide to reveal the truth about yourself. You turn into a giant black wolf and rip into the titans. You take your friends to safety but are sent away by the garrison. Determined to get you back, Levi gathers supplies and searches for you.

@ladycheesington @levisbrat25 @nyxiieluna @li-anne @galactict3a @youre-ackermine @thebobaprincess @2moth-anon2 @cypidity @nbinairyn @bts-spnlvr12 @darkstarlight82 @notgoodforlife @demonic-bird

The crumbling of rock was getting louder and closer. The crackling of the fire keeping you all warm was no longer comforting. No matter how much you all thought about what had happened, there was no way around how you came to be in this situation. This time the titans seemed organised.

As the threat of the Titans clawing closer brought the thought of death, you could see Levi and Hange going through their own personal stages of facing the situation. Levi was putting together something that could be a weapon. Hange was observing the titans and drawing on the floor as if she was inventing something to help.

The stinging in your heart got worse and worse. There was no denying it now, you were the only one who could save the lives of Hange and Levi. Hange was a good friend to you and cared for you. You felt a little out of place in the scouts, but she took you in and became a good friend allowing you to feel like you belongs.

When it came to Levi, it was an emotional thing for you. The two of you had gotten close over late-night cups of tea. Something built up in your heart towards the tired Captain. However, the feelings inside you would remain hidden because you didn't believe a man like him could ever love someone like you.

As the cave entrance fell apart you knew very well you were the last hope for the two, and after doing this it was the end of you wanting to be with Levi. Even when you thought about being a couple with Levi, you didn't think it'd ever happen because you thought he was too good for you.

With a long sigh, you rose to your aching legs and walked to the cave entrance. Echoes of your friends shouting surrounded you. You came to a stop and looked back at the two of them. "I'll get us out of here. I understand this will mean the end of us being friends and working together. Please, stand back."

Levi moved closer as he called your name. "What are you talking about? Get back here. We'll find a way. Don't throw your lift away."

You clicked your neck. "I won't die, so don't worry."

As soon as you ran and jumped a heat consumed you. Black smoke wrapped around you before dissipating to show black fur moving in the breeze. Large paws slammed on the ground and a deep growl echoed in the cave. The cave was tight around your big wolf body, but soon you'd be out.

The gasps and shouts behind you stung your heart a little, you couldn't hear what they were saying but you assumed they were scared and disgusted. Before you could hear anything you were saying, you charged towards the titans and dove for them.

Your large teeth ripped are tore into flesh. You used your claws to swipe at others. The desire to kill and protect those you cared for consumed you. You lost track of what was going on and kept killing up there was nothing left but a steaming pile of flesh.

You shook your body and walked through the steam and stopped by the cave entrance. You lowered down and lay there before Hange and Levi. You were waiting for them to hate you, hurt you or shout but you were surprised.

Levi approached you and fussed the fur on your snout because you were so massive. He smiled a little. "You're soft and beautiful."

You closed your eyes and enjoyed him petting you. It surprised you that a tear ran down your cheek, but it was so emotional to be accepted. You shifted a little and gazed at him to give him a hint.

Levi nodded, climbed up your fur and sat on your shoulders. "Oi? Four eyes? Get on her back."

Hange raced over. "YES!" She climbed up and patted your back. "You're amazing!"

You stood up and turned on the spot until you were facing out of the forest. You sniffed the air and smelt where there was a large gathering of humans, meaning that was where the walls were. You walked at first so they could get used to you before you started running. It felt nice to be free and in your wolf form, but you knew that you could never go back to the scouts now.

As soon as you reached the wall you heard the shouts and screams of panic from the garrison. You needed to be quick to save Hange and Levi. With your paws firmly pressed on the wall, you lifted up and allowed Levi and Hange to climb off you.

Levi's heart stung when you cried out with a heart-wrenching whimper when you were hit on your back leg. He screamed with Hange to get them to stop firing, but they were too terrified. He watched in horror as you clambered to your paws and raced away, a trail of blood left behind you.

He hurried to the nearest base, gathered up some gear and changed his items before rushing to the wall again. He told Hange to give Erwin an update and he would be back with you. Levi refused to leave you behind and Hange agreed with him.

Levi followed your blood until he reached you. His heart fluttered as you sat in your wolf form near a cliff. The sun was setting and covered the place in a beautiful warm glow. There was a large lake that perfectly reflected the mixture of colours. Levi thought the glow of it all and how your fur moved gently in the wind was pretty.

He moved closer to you and called your name. "I've get medical things for your leg."

You looked down at Levi and whined a bit.

He reached over and fussed you. "I'm not afraid of you. I think you're beautiful. Please?"

You lowered your head as smoke moved around you. As soon as the smoke went away you were stood in front of your Captain. "Levi."

Levi scooped you up into his arms before sitting on the floor with you. "I need to patch you up."

You whined. "Levi, we should-."

He used his blade to cut your trouser leg open. He cleaned up the wound before wrapping it up tightly. "I'm sorry you got hurt. Tch, people are too shit scared of everything. They just have to take a moment to understand."

You stared at Levi. "Why are you not scared of me?"

He gave you his water canteen. "If you were like Eren, then I would be concerned, but you're just a big dog." He smiled a little at you. "You helped us and you have full control over what you can do. I feel safe with you."

You rubbed your tears away and sniffed. "I'm glad. I don't know what I'd do if you hated me."

Levi's cheeks burned. "Why me?"

"You're special to me, Levi."

Levi held your hand. "I didn't know you felt the same way." He lifted your hand and kissed it. He softly said your name against your skin. "I always wondered why you were so warm and now I know."

You wrapped your arms around Levi and hugged him. "I hope that I don't get locked away. I want to stay with you."

Levi held you and sighed. Having you in his arms relaxed him. "I'll make sure no one ever hurts you. I'll protect you."

[greenpanda-basicfakewitch]

Moon Phases | Rituals

Types of moons: Blood moon. Eclipse. Hunters moon. Blue moon. pink moon.

As the moon grows so should our action towards our intentions. With the growing light of the moon we should slowly start to see our intentions forming habits and those habits improving our lives.

“New Moon Prayer: Mother Moon I call to you. Tonight, Your energy is new.   Under your new cycle,  I heal and cleanse myself.       This new moon, my spirit is renewed. I will remain in this path of groth.          I welcome growth.      I welcome abundance. I welcome transformation. Blessed be.”

Wipe down mirrors on monday on/after a new moon. Clean the bathroom the Friday on/After a waxing moon Wash down windows the sunday on/after a full moon. Luander the linens on the Saturday on/after a waning moon.

New Moon:

Is a time to create your visions, setting new intentions and goals. It is the time of a new cycle and bringing focus and awareness on positive and loving intentions, raises your frequency and allows you to create what you dream about. Start fresh and positive!

New Moon Ritual:

Making the most out of the new moon’s magic. Sage Take a ritual bath Make a list of wishes Set Intentions and Goals Burn Candles Ground Yourself Practice Gratitude Charge your crystals Set up/Rearrange your altar Organise

Full Moon Rituals:

Charge Your Crystals. Stay Hydrated. Smudge yourself. Take a bath. Light a candle and say a prayer. Journal. Write a letter and burn it. Meditate. Give yourself a reading. 

Tips to avoid Full moon energy Overwhelm:

Moon Bathe Get Outside and Soak up the beams and energy of the full moon. Kind of like sunbathing but in the moon!

Journal

Journaling your thoughts and feelings is great for helping to identify what might be holding you back. This will help to release old patterns with the full moon energy.

Use Crystals.

You can use specific crystals to help align your energy with the moon. For example, crystals which align with the energy of Virgo are Smoky Quartz, Unakite, pink calcite and Amazonite.

Meditate

Meditating during the full moon can help ease any anxiety brought on by the lunar energy and assist in making you feel more grounded.

Yoga

The full moon can create an excess of energy in your body and moving with yoga is an effective way to release this energy.

Women's circles

You can attend an official women's circle or just meet with like minded women. It is very reassuring to share your thoughts and feelings with other women and you will likely find that the moon is affecting others in similar ways.

For many pagans, the cycles of the moon are important to magical workings. It’s believed in some traditions that the waxing moon, the full moon, the waning moon and the new moon all have their own special magical properties, and so workings should be planned accordingly. 

 The full moon has long had an aura of mystery and magic about it. It is tied to the ebbs and flows of the tide, as well as every-changing cycle of womens bodies. The Moon is connected to our wisdom and intuition, and many pagans and wiccans choose to celebrate the full moon with a monthly ritual.

Influence:

  Gratitude, friendliness, safe travel, physical health, wealth, protection from the enemies. Curses a location, interfaces with business/work/vocation

Many witches choose to time their spells based on moon phase. Generally, spells for gain or increase or decrease are done during the waxing moon while spells for banishing or decrease are done during the waning moon, the moon shines through the darkness to reveal secrets. Even those we keep from ourselves.

Herbs: Willow, coconut, Hazel, Papaya, Narcissus, Lilies, Wintergreen, Eucalyptus, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Mugwort, poppy, orris root, Lotus.

Minerals, Crystals: Moonstone, Alexandrite, Pearl, White Quartz

Day: Monday

Colour: Purple, White, Blue, Silver

Metal: Silver

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Next pages:

Moon Phases | Moon Phases through the year

[wellthebardsdead]

Clockwork heart pt13

Part 12 here

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“WHAT DO YOU MEAN HES MISSING?!?!”

Tolfdir: Urag I take full responsibility for what occurred but please- *blocks a book flying for his head* Calm down! We’re organising a search party as we speak!

Enthir: HOW DO YOU LOSE AN ELF?! *rubs his face* I’ll reach out to all of my contacts I’m sure we can find him.

Onmund: we can search around the area again maybe he didn’t get as far as we thought.

J’Zargo: dunmer are not made for the cold, you don’t suppose-

Arniel: Don’t talk like that. Urag as second in charge of this-

Urag: Shut up. All of you just get out… *voice cracking as he starts rummaging around to prepare a pack for himself*

???: My, my. So the rumours are true.

Urag: *blood boiling to an uncontrollable rage as he turns around to see ancano standing at the entrance*

Ancano: *looking so smug despite the threatening warning talking to he was given by the arch mage* he’s so ‘precious’ to all of you and you lost him so easily. No matter, I’ll inform my fellow agents to track him d- *blinks as Urag suddenly teleports from his desk to right in front of him, only seeing his fist for a split second before suddenly ending up on the ground with the old orc glaring down at his bloodied face with murder in his eyes*

Urag: My baby is lost somewhere out there. All. Because. Of. You. *snarls as atronachs suddenly appear around him, all of them poised to kill* Get. Out.

*meanwhile*

Wyrm: *staring up at the horse he’d purchased nervously* u-um…

Taliesin: *brushing out his pretty white steed* …Oh don’t tell me you’ve never ridden a horse before.

Wyrm: there weren’t any stables in winterhold… and you grew up on an island and never learned how to swim.

Taliesin: I- th-that is neither here nor there thank you very much. *takes the reigns from Wyrm and ties them to his horse* but until you can ride on your own with only one arm you can ride on neigh-omi with me.

Wyrm: o-oh, c-can she handle carrying two people I don’t want to hurt he-EERR! *squeals and kicks as Taliesin picks him up and places him on his horse*

Taliesin: with how lite you are? Absolutely. *climbs up behind him and hands him the reigns keeping a thumb on it just in case* okay then, nudge her side with your foot.

Wyrm: *nervously does as he’s told and clings to the saddle as the horse takes the hint and starts moving, Wyrms horse following along side obediently* o-oh gods she’s moving! She’s moving!

Taliesin: and she hasn’t thrown us off yet~ good job.

Wyrm: …what do you mean by yet?

*a few hours later*

Wyrm: so far we’ve been attacked by wolves, 5 bandit clans, two thieves, a bear, one skooma dealer, and I saw a tree get up and run away!

Taliesin: Ah yes, skyrims nature at its finest isn’t it? At least no dragons have turned up today, I only just got my hair sorted after the last battle, why couldn’t they breathe ice instead of fire… can they breathe ice I wonder… gods can you imagine one spitting lightning that’d be- hm? *blinks as the horse suddenly stops*

Wyrm: *pulled on the reigns, staring at a crumbling prison across the waterfall* …

Taliesin: …What’s wrong?

Wyrm: I… heard somebody scream.

Taliesin: *ears twitching, not as big as Wyrms but able to pick up quite a bit* hm, I only hear the waterfall. Are you sure?

Wyrm: yes I heard a man, and-

*crack!*

Taliesin: *ears distinctly catching the sound of a whip* … *slides off his horse and leads it to some trees by the waterfall tying them there* someone’s being tortured. *grabs Wyrm by his waist helping him down* stay behind me, if I say run, run. No ifs or buts. Am I clear?

Wyrm: *nods, feeling a bit uneasy at how serious the high elf suddenly became* y-yes Tali.

Taliesin: *nods and carries him across the water right as the door suddenly swings open revealing a thalmor guard*

Guard: *holding a bucket to fetch cold water* gods why do they always pass out during lash- *pauses seeing Taliesin standing there with Wyrm behind him* What th- *suddenly silenced as Taliesin cuts their throat and kicks them over the waterfall*

Taliesin: Of course the thalmor would be behind this.

Wyrm: you… I thought-

Taliesin: Im not with the thalmor anymore Wyrm. My loyalties have changed, and if they get in your way or pose a threat to you, I will be there to protect you.

Wyrm: *blushes a little and smiles* th-thank you Taliesin, does this mean-

Taliesin: no you may not know my real name… but you can call me piper.

Wyrm: piper??

Taliesin: Oh yes, my mother used to call me her little piper~… so did the boys at the academy in fact.

Wyrm: *clueless* …why???

Taliesin: … *clears his throat* nope I’d rather not taint you with that information. Let’s um, just go inside shall we?

*a few minutes and killing another guard later*

Taliesin: *crouched down, ears pricked forward listening for life in the jail cells*

???: Ah. Good. You’re awake again~ enjoy your little nap?

???: f-fuck you cunt! I’ve told you everything I know!

Wyrm: *behind taliesin* what’s happening?…

Taliesin: shhh, I have a plan, hand me my robe and gloves, quickly.

Wyrm: *hands them to him*

Taliesin: *quickly slides them on over his new clothes before getting up and walking with purpose hoping he correctly recognised the voice* Ah, Cyrelian I thought I’d find you here! *pauses seeing an ungodly tall man shackled to the wall, back so bloodied his bones can be seen from the lashings* Busy as usual I see?

Cyrelian: *seconds from drawing back the whip to strike again* hm? Oh piper! What brings you here I thought you were assigned to finding that-

Taliesin: shrine to talos? Oh yes turns out it was real. A shame the worshippers killed my superior however. *walks over to him calmly* speaking of killing* cuts his throat in one swift motion watching the other high elf drop like a fly* Wyrm? It’s safe now. Bring a healing potion. Quickly.

Wyrm: *hurries in and freezes seeing the injured man and the dead elf* h-how did you know that’d work?

Taliesin: oh simple I recognised him, he owes me some coin. *takes the healing potion from him and walks over to the man* hello friend-

???: *looks up at him with murder in his eyes* when- when I get out of here. I’ll kill you all myself.

Taliesin: Tsk, my my you’re a feisty one aren’t you. You can relax, we’re not with the thalmor.

???: you?… *looks Taliesin up and down* you’re not?

Taliesin: hard to believe I know. What’s your name?

???: *looks at him then at Wyrm* Kaidan… my names Kaidan.

Taliesin: Well then, Kaidan- *bites the cork off the bottle and suddenly pours the potion over his wounded back* Welcome to the team.

Kaidan: FFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Taliesin: *covers his mouth* Language, really now it’ll heal instantly this way, you can drink another one in a moment. Honestly so dramatic.

*a few hours later*

Kaidan: *riding on Wyrms horse as Wyrm rides with taliesin* that’s about it really… was camping by the lake when they sprung on me…

Taliesin: huh, to think we were in the same area. Me searching for a shrine of talos and you searching for who you really are… it’d certainly explain why I suddenly ran into Cyrelian when we were headed to that area.

Kaidan: *glares at him, very obviously not open to the idea of talking friendly with him* eat shit and die.

Taliesin: ugh. Really? In front of Wyrm? The swearing isn’t necessary.

Wyrm: oh my papas said a lot worse in front of me. Though the worst I’ve ever said is shit, usually when I smack my thumb with a hammer.

Kaidan: how? You only have one arm?

Taliesin: *moves his horse closer just to hit him on the arm* don’t be rude.

Kaidan: fock you.

Wyrm: oh it’s not rude, *pulls his prosthetic arm from the saddle bag* it’s broken right now, but when it’s assembled I can control it and use it like a real arm! Like my eye! My papa enchanted it so I can see!

Kaidan: oh aye? That’s really neat, your da sounds like a good man, I think he and I would get along.

Taliesin: Hardly. He’s a librarian and I doubt you can even read. *ducks as Kaidan suddenly swings at him with the scabbard of his sword*

Kaidan: I can focking read you asshole!

Wyrm: *blinks feeling it woosh over his head before reaching into his bag and pulling out the book he’d found by the lake* oh, is this, your book then? mr kaidan?

Kaidan: You found that? Aye, just something to pass the time, didn’t really like it much. You can keep it if you’d like. But since your da is a librarian I take it you’re very well read? I envy that. I can read fine but I’d like to learn more.

Wyrm: oh! I’d be happy to lend you some books of mine.

Kaidan: I’d appreciate that.

Taliesin: *suddenly feeling a pang of jealousy well up inside of him* next you’ll be asking him to teach you how to count to te-

Kaidan: *pushes him off his horse*

Wyrm: TALI!!

*meanwhile*

Nerevar: *quietly steps into his and voryns room in the Mournhold temple* my love?…

Voryn: *dressed for travel but still regal as ever, sitting on the floor after getting dizzy* neht…

Nerevar: Ryn! *hurries to him helping him up* my love you’re not well, are you okay? What happened?

Voryn: I got dizzy brushing my hair… my legs ache…

Nerevar: *strokes his hair from his face* the transport is ready to take us to the ship, I made sure it’s comfy for you to rest, are you sure you want to-

Voryn: I want to come with you… but please…

Nerevar: Ryn?…

Voryn: can you do my makeup?… I don’t want to be seen in public so dishevelled… it’s taken so long to fix my houses reputation…

Nerevar: oh darling… of course… *gently lays him on the bed and picks up the red paint and a brush to apply his markings* anything for you…

[theprissythumbelina]

Hey!

I decided to make a small list of what I've 'gotten' as far as Alyss's unit is concerned. Feel free to edit or add anything that comes to mind:

Some inspiration taken from WW1 'Stormtroopers'

Organised with platoons of 30

Made up primarily of 'Fire Mages', analogous to 'shock / assault troops'

Recruiting on a regional basis, akin to Pals Battalions

um, very very minor inspiration, Yup, yup, yup.

And I'm trying to write a little thing of her army days, so I got like, events and stuff!

So Alyss was a corporal during the retaking of the city-state of Astvania, which took several weeks and resulted in heavy casualties due to sustained urban fighting. During the fighting, she gets promoted to sergeant in the field as a result of the death (due to loss of head) of the former sergeant. She receives minor injuries, including burns from losing control of her flames, but heals quickly. Her platoon is stationed in Astvania for resupply, including replenishing the soldiers lost, before being ordered to move out for a siege on a castle near the border with Entasos.

As a result of trying to write this, I have some questions.

the person immediately in charge of her platoon is likely to be a lieutenant, and this is the person she is basically reporting to and is second in command to?

would the new soldiers to the platoon be like, brand new recruits? Trained for the position, of course, but not having seen battle.

How does one distinguish a platoon from another? Because you have the companies A,B,C,D, ect, and the Battalions have numbers (but the numbers seem kinda random?), but all the platoons I've looked up have no names or really strange names?

[autistic-sidestep]

17, 28, and 31 if u want!

17. what is their ultimate goal?

this is the question that made me sit on this ask since september cos idfk lmao. (im also lowkey shaking sidestep WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS WAR YOU'VE STARTED THAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO,,,) while sura IS a tactician and presumably she does have plans like expanding the syndicate? making sure she stays the hell out of the farm's reaches? this is probably where the fate/"all of this just feels inevitable" motive plays in cos honestly? [plankton voice] "i never thought i'd get this far" (in their villain career and like. living wise. lol suitag at it again) is tempering a lot of what she thinks she can achieve. this is not great when you're supposed to be the leader of a budding criminal organisation but! he's doing it anyway!

28. what do they find attractive in others? what’s a turn-off? i think it's assertiveness/confidence? but mainly being able to annoy the shit out of each other/bantering/general sense of humour.

there is a running theme across the various people sura's attracted to that being mutual annoyances to eachother. (well. idk if cigs' rey can really be annoyed back. he's the one being annoying + the outlier out of the four. ortega, chen and geek-o13's cyrus all fit tho)

most of all just being able to be… comfortable with the other person, ig. that used to be ricardo pre-hb but not anymore :/ sura's very annoyed that they're still crushing on him. something something lingering hero-worship feelings + do i want to be him or BE him 🏳️‍🌈. fun fact! in a julia verse sura would be equally smitten with charge. more femme presenting pre-hb for sure and copying the long hair to have braids just like her. and then going completely the opposite direction post-hb to distance itself from her by having its hair short.

i'll get back to you on turn-offs i have no idea atm lol.

31. what is their combat style like? it's a mix! there's definitely a stylish flair to it as argos, but they can change it up on the fly. usually they like baiting opponents with an opening move/getting a feel for the way they react before going in, similar to chen and ortega with a mysterious/functional step during the gala. sura was originally a fighterstep before i flipped them to tactician, but some of that fighty mindset is still there (hopefully reflective of their daring/caution stat being pretty balanced). even though the powersuit exoskeleton lets sura fight more directly, there's still a lot of obfuscation/dodging/momentum redirection still leftover from being sidestep. sura likes being hard to figure out. keep em guessing lol.

[thessalian]

Thess vs Cautionary Tales

Okay, here's another reason for all of you in the US to please please please fucking vote Democrat in November. Because there's shit going on in the UK right now that's a hangover from our fifteen or so fucking years of Conservative government, and it's ugly.

The other day, a bunch of people got arrested for conspiracy to organise protests.

Not even, like, actually protesting, which would still be pretty fucking egregious (and has been happening for awhile here in the UK, frankly), but for planning one.

Full story is that back in 2022, a bunch of Stop Oil people were planning on blocking the M25 in a large non-violent protest. They planned this on Zoom, apparently. Someone went undercover, found out what they were planning, and arrested the ringleaders. Because the Crown Court's been rather backlogged, and even more so because of the Covid lockdowns, they only went to trial a couple of weeks ago. The ringleader was sentenced to five years. His "co-conspirators" were sentenced to four years each.

Look, I get that blocking the M25 is not a great thing for a lot of people and businesses, especially in London (which is still basically the hub of everything in this country). For you Americans - the M25 entirely circles London. If traffic isn't moving on the M25, you aren't getting into or out of London. Plus even if you only block parts of it, you're causing traffic chaos in greater London because you'd have to travel through the city to find a spot that wasn't shut down. Blocking the M25 is to England what the Evergreen blocking the Suez was to ... well, a lot of places.

Thing is? They hadn't done it. They took no actual action. I can see where your non-violent protest there would come with a host of ancillary criminal charges for which they would be arrested, but there was a way to both stop it and not be all about the fucking thoughtcrime. An insider could have sabotaged the whole thing if they even came close to enacting their blockage of the M25, and then they'd have an actual action to arrest them for. But no. They arrested them for talking about it. That was it.

This country has gone to hell, and a lot of it is down to what the Tories put into practice during their years in power. There's voter ID, which Jacob Rees-Mogg outright admitted was gerrymandering and voter suppression, and was almost certainly at least a part of the painfully low voter turnout earlier this month. There's the Public Order Bill, which made arresting these people for even talking about protesting legal. There's the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts bill, which preceded the Public Order Bill and started the job of eliminating our right to peaceful protest in this country. They're outright banning puberty blockers not only in NHS practice, but in private practice as well.

For those of you thinking, "Well, you have a Democrat equivalent in government now, and nothing's any better for you, so why bother?" See, this is why you bother. Your news outlets don't talk about it enough, because it's not sensational enough (because, c'mon, they're in it to generate ad revenue or very occasionally sell papers; they want entertainment and the spectacle is profitable for them), but Biden has done some wonderful things for the US already. Also, he seems quite keen to do even more once the razor-thin Republican majority in the Senate and Congress gets overturned and stops blocking him at every turn. This is more than our so-called Labour government has promised to do.

The thing is, the reason Labour went this way is that our actually progressive Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was a) moving too fast with the changes for most people, and b) slandered to hell and back by the opposition, with no critical thinkers looking any deeper into the slander at all. They called him antisemitic. They said he was going to bankrupt the nation. (Not that the Tories didn't do a great job of that, frankly, but y'know.) He was reactionary and the people who rely on sacrificing most of the population for the wealth of a few panicked and basically got him blackballed. Labour decided he was unelectable as a result, and they threw him and every other progressive in the party out - that in favour of people who quote Thatcher and seem happy to continue the punitive policies of the Tories. They decided that this bigoted bullshit is what gets votes.

Do you want to show that "slow and steady wins the race" doesn't get votes? Because if you do that, take it from me - the entire Democratic party will boot out anyone remotely progressive and take the party to the right in self-defense. I know because I've seen it. I know because I am living it even as we speak, and it is fucking terrifying.

Biden is playing the game but he still seems to be playing the game for you. He's moving slowly to not panic businesses, because if he moves too fast, they will destroy him. He's not doing anything sensational because sensational policies alarm people. But he's moving, and if you actually do some research, you will see that. And yes, he's willing to let the genocide in Gaza continue, but Trump just wants to nuke them. So if every vote not cast, or cast for a third party, is a vote for Trump? You're voting for a localised Armageddon in Palestine.

Voter suppression. Transphobic policies going into effect nationwide (not just the puberty blocker ban, by the way - there's very much a turn on banning trans women from single-sex spaces). The erosion and basic destruction of our right to peacefully protest. We can be arrested for even talking about a protest that disrupts anything (which is the only way a protest actually works). Labour may be a little better than the Tories, but it isn't by much. That all happened because the so-called left leaned too far to the right to achieve power, and now we look from the pigs to the men, and then back, and discover that there is no difference. Yeah, basically this entire country is a piquant little blend of 1984 and Animal Farm. Those were supposed to be cautionary tales, not how-to guides!

Yes, I am passionate about this. I have to be. I've been where you are, and I'm living what happens next. I want better for you. If I have to live in a cautionary tale, I want the people who can still learn from it to have better.

[chaletnz]

First Stop, Cartagena!

My trip has begun at long last, with the unfortunate circumstance that I broke my ankle snowboarding just three weeks ago. Now I’m in the walking boot for at least another week or two and then can move to my extra supportive ankle brace and then probably just a supportive compression sock after that. I had been okay walking around at home with the boot but wearing an 8kg backpack made things more difficult with the additional weight. I found the airport currency exchange to buy my first Colombian pesos and waited an uncomfortably long time behind a guy with an ankle monitor. With the bag secured I could join another long uncomfortable line for my ritual airport Panda Express before boarding. I slept most of the flight to Atlanta and then joined yet another line for a Caribou coffee during the layover until finally I was on the final leg to Cartagena. We were disembarked onto the tarmac into the heatwave and then hit with a welcome icy blast of air conditioning when we got inside the terminal. I joined the regular line having missed the signs for the disabled line and after 30 painful minutes on my feet I asked the attendant if I could switch. He was very kind and asked the next people in line if they would mind if I went next as I had already waited a long time in this line. These folks were the same ones I had sat beside on the flight so they were happy to let me go ahead of them. Once I was safely in Colombia I connected to the limited wifi and summoned my driver Jaime who took me into the city to my hostel. Surprisingly the Spanish conversation flowed pretty well, I could find a lot more words to carry the conversation than when I had tried to talk to the taxi driver a year ago in Cusco. Jaime told me how it’s the 491 year anniversary of the city of Cartagena and how safe it was to walk around the city. When I checked into the hostel they’d assigned me a room that was still dirty because I’d asked to choose a bottom bunk. I put my card on the bed I wanted and then put all my unneeded things into one of the lockers, I’d also snatched a towel from the cleaning trolley left unattended outside the room. With some shorts on I felt immediately a lot better and started off with a walk to the clock tower for a look around. There was a band setting up to play and a lot of people milling about, trying to sell their wares or tours. Surprisingly most seemed to leave me alone which was great! The exchange rate at a nearby cambio was pretty good so I changed some USD to pesos and carried on walking to Plaza de Bolívar which was a shaded park. It was still much too hot even in the shade so I walked down further to Plaza de Santa Domingo and walked into the first cafe I saw hoping for air conditioning. It was San Alberto Boutique Coffee Experience and there were about 10 people working there to 4-5 customers. Unfortunately there was no air conditioning but it was too late, I had been seated with a menu already! I went for the paraiso which was a blended frappe iced coffee and was delicious - tasted like I was on holiday! On the way back to the hostel, I stopped for a chicken and potato skewer - he definitely charged me gringo prices though. He gave one away to a guy in a wheelchair so I wonder if he charged me for two and gave one to him. Around 4:30 (three hours after landing in the country) I had my first offer of weed and cocaine (“we have the best blow bro”). Instead I went for a limon juice which was a refreshing lemonade basically. I bought a mixture of coconut sweets on my way back to the hostel and stopped at a bakery to buy a pastry for the next morning. One last stop for a fresh bottle of cold water and I was ready to go to bed by late afternoon! Luckily the room was still empty when I arrived back so I took a shower in the clean bathroom, and organised everything ready for leaving early for my tour the next morning. As I was drifting off two girls arrived in the room but they got ready for a night out and left soon after. The last dorm mate arrived around midnight and turned on the light, and the girls arrived back at 2am.

[modestcatholiclife]

Small Steps Towards Big Goals

This week has been a mixed bag. I've been able to mostly keep to my dairy fast. Getting to finally have cheese again was such a rewarding experience. My fiance made me gnocchi, a perfect Lent meal that I had never had before and I enjoyed it immensely. I'll have to learn to make it myself for him one day. I also bought dairy free butter to allow me to at least have toast, one of my staples for this past week. But let's move on from food.

I finally finished my skirt on Tuesday. I had begun making it several months ago and had finished most of it by Christmas Day so I was able to wear it then but it took me until Tuesday to finish off the last section. It still needs a good iron and it's not the most skillful work ever done but it's only my second ever sewing project so I'm going to go easy on myself.

Wednesday was by far one of my most fun days. My friend and her brother took me to a carpark so I could learn to drive for the first time! I was there for about two hours, mainly going around this carpark over and over again but was eventually able to drive up the road and go around the roundabout. I feel very proud of myself for taking that first step but am still somewhat apprehensive for my next time driving. Towards the end of my two hours, one of the tyres hit something and had to be changed over. We were fine, it didn't affect the drive at all. Just created a bump in the tyre is all.

On Thursday, our Catholic young adult group started back up. I may have mentioned before but this year, I want to try and be more sociable at this group and become better friends with everyone. I was able to have a good conversation with a couple of people that I think I'll have the best chance of developing a friendship outside of the group with.

Towards the end of this week is where things became a little more sour. Five Uber Eats transactions that I didn't make showed up in my bank account, all from Thursday during a one hour window in the afternoon. I didn't see them until I began work on Friday. They added up to $82. I reported the transactions to my bank and then filled out a form on the Uber Eats website the next day. Fortunately, they are planning to refund the charges. Two of the charges have since disappeared and the other three are still pending so I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Sunday came with a beautiful Divine Liturgy, as it should. The priest that came down to say the Liturgy is the one organising my Catechism. He brought with him a book for me: Christian Initiation of Children. It's a book all about baptising children. Obviously I'm not a child, but it still has a lot of good information on why we baptise, what will happen during my baptism, the role of sponsors, and how to prepare for my baptism. And the parts that pertain purely to infant and child baptism, as our priest said, will be useful to my fiance and I in the married life. It's a beautiful book, filled with prayers for conception, pregnancy, before and after childbirth, and for new mothers and fathers. I'd like to add some of those prayers to my intercessory prayers for my friend who herself is pregnant. The book is also presented in both English and Ukrainian, which will be useful for language learning. I've already picked up on the word for baptism (Хрещення). I've been told to read it with my fiance and we've already started it. I'm eager to continue. I've started reading the youth catechism I was given some months ago. I know a bit more than I knew then so it's starting to make more sense to me.

Today has been quite a calming day. I went to a psychology appointment that has left me feeling more comfortable with the direction my life is heading and what I'm focusing on. I also got to see the therapy dog again and was able to get some pictures of her. She's a lovely, albeit sleepy, lady. I've finally brought the bins to the curb. Someone was taking them up each week when we moved in but recently they stopped and our apartment building has gone a few weeks with no bins being emptied so I've taken them up tonight.

Lastly, I ordered some books for my fiance's birthday last month but they still haven't arrived. I had contacted the monastery that printed them last week and have been in contact with one of the nuns. She's all but prepared to print the books again for us, free of charge, but asked to wait two more weeks to make it a full month due to frequent delays in the Australian Post Office. My fiance agreed and wouldn't you know it: tonight, I found a warning in my mail box telling me that I'll need to pick up my package or they'll be returned to sender. All this for a package that I've gotten no update or notice about at all 🙃. Hopefully, it'll be my fiance's books.

Glory to Jesus Christ!

[rwbyazre]

How do the different criminal underworld's of each kingdom function in your au?

The criminal underworlds aren't really something I super built on outside of a few factions that're important to AZRE's personal stories.

Vale

Vale has a few criminal organisations, all of which are fighting each other for the more lucrative territory, but the two biggest names there are the Wicker Men and the Xiong Family.

The Wicker Men is the name for Roman Torchwick's gang, who're based on the lost boys from Peter Pan with Roman being Peter Pan and Neo being Tinkerbell. They first started when Roman and Neo were aged out of the care system and gathered others similar to them, with the sole purpose of doing what they want since no one gave them what they needed.

They mostly run on robberies for many expensive things like cars, Dust, jewellery, dealings, shakedowns on businesses, but they can't go near businesses that're ran by the Xiong family.

The Xiong family is an older organisation that're based around the Xiong and their relatives. You can come into the group if you're not related, but you tend not to get very far since the highest positions are reserved for the family.

It first popped up in 5 PTP by Junior's grandfather Xiong Taifu, as during the Colour War, the police force and government were too preoccupied with fighting off Mistral and Atlas to keep crime down, along with growing anti Mistral sentiments in the kingdom.

Originally only based in a small backstreet club that Taifu owned, the organisation grew with the Xiong family specialising in information brokering, blackmail, club racketeering and gambling. By the time that Junior is in charge, he expanded to own over half of the clubs and betting shops in the capital, and his marriage to Muffet Malachite allowed the Xiong family connections to the biggest crime syndacite in Mistral.

There's other groups and such running around, but these two are the big dogs in the Vale underground.

Mistral

As mentioned before, Mistral has a similar running to Vale but whereas Vale is constantly fighitng with each other, Mistral has a strict hierachy that can be moved about with the rise and fall of gangs, but has a lot more taboos and ettiquettes.

Typically lower ranking gangs don't go near the territories of higher ranking gangs, or try to go into their businesses, and acts of disrespect are often ended first with the heads discussing, and then violence if it doesn't resolve the issue. This is why a lot of gangs don't tend to murder each other like in Vale, because the higher ups would rather avoid unnecessary bloodshed that would cause power vaccums and bring the law down on them quicker.

There's a few families that hold the highest ranks in the underground, with one being the Spiders run by Atlas-born Muffet Malachite. They're very recognisable with their purple uniforms and spider themed tattoos reminiscent of the tattoos that other gangs have.

Her smart business sense and pragmatism helped her build her influence outside of the middle rings, as she runs a lot of the inns and social clubs that most people visit, but also established connections with the Xiong family in Vale when she married Junior.

There's also a severe human trafficking gang in Mistral that runs the underground fighting rings that Zanthus found himself in. They typically take Faunus, using them for entertainment and betting like old gladiator games, and while certain Faunus can win enough admiration to be bought out of the rings, many just fight until they die.

If Zanthus didn't escape, his fight with another that unlocked his Semblance would've ended with him being bought by a few interested betters.

Atlas

Atlas has some of the worst crime in the kingdoms, especially in Mantle, because of the intense criminalisation around like 90% of every single thing in this stupid kingdom. It's even worse in Mantle due to the poverty inflicted by Atlas.

A lot would say that the Macaques are one of the biggest crime groups, but that is because they technically are in Atlas' law book, despite the fact that they are actually not and in every other kingdom lawbook, what they are doing is within the law to do so.

But there's differences between Atlesian criminals and Mantlese criminals. Atlesian criminals have more of a wealthy air about them, and try to present themselves as honest businessmen and citizens while also dealing in a lot of white collar crimes like embezzelment and conmen.

Whereas Mantlese criminals are more blue collar criminals with a very high drug crimes and such with many gangs running the streets. The safest places to be in Mantle is the Macaque-sanctioned areas, because no gang would go near anything that is run by Lou.

Vacuo

For Vacuo, the biggest crime issue in this kingdom is the human trafficking abuse. Before they were hired by Merlot, Carmine and her gang, the Crown, ran around all of Vacuo and trafficked people for numerous things, and is able to get away with it for so long because Vacuo is so fractured and struggles with the different provinces refusing to unite.

It's very easy to get lost in Vacuo as well, so people disappearing so much wouldn't immediately be chalked to the trafficking rings. There are other organisations that try and get a piece of this very lucrative trade, but the Crown is the big dog of this game and that infamy is why Salem and Merlot recruited them in the first place.

It's also the hotspot for piracy with Isla de Toroso at the bottom of the continent, right in the Goldrush Sea. Pirates had been there for centuries, and have only gotten more and more better equiped after the Atlesian and Mistrali occupations of Vacuo, where they could steal not only better ships and weaponry, but convince underpaid and abused sailors to join their ranks.

In modern time, the pirates have formed a society of their own, similar to real life Nassau, where the different crews work together and the strongest and most infamous captains lead. Originally, it was Captain Noirbarbe who was the head of the captain coven, but in 67 PTP, Muireann Duibhshíth took control of her own crew and ship; the Kinslayer, and was titled the Pirate Queen due to her charisma and fierce skill.

Menagerie

Menagerie deals with a lot of smuggling with contraband, especially given the restricted tradeflow with the other kingdoms due to Menagerie's unique formation. It's more common in the coast cities like Asíle, whereas the more inland cities like Vikela find less smugglers for typical out of kingdom goods due to just how hazardous the trip between cities is.

Gambling is also illegal in all of Menagerie, but many places have hidden gambling and betting dens for people to bet on cards, fights and such. They are typically more family run than formal gangs though, whereas the bigger smugglers tend to be agents from organisations off shore in other kingdoms.

That is the basic outline of the underworlds of the kingdoms!

[qnewsau]

Sydney Leather community events in February and March

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Sydney Leather community events in February and March

Sydney’s Leather and Kink communities are coming out to play this Mardi Gras festival season, with a host of events through February and March.

This Thursday (February 20) Sydney Leather Men (SLM) and Sydney Bootblack Jon Nguyen are hosting Leather & Laces, a Leather and Fetish social celebrating and supporting bootblacks, on Level 2 of the Burdekin Hotel from 7pm.

Bootblack Jon told QNews that the event was “an occasion for all the different LGBTQ+ communities of Sydney to come together under a common banner.”

“We all wear boots and lace them up. Regardless of your gender, fetish, how much experience or gear you have, you’re welcome here. If you want to learn and practice caring for your leather (aka bootblacking), this event is also for you,” Jon says.

Jon says that he was very humbled when SLM approached him with the idea for the event, which he describes as “an inclusive, accepting, nurturing environment for bootblacks to connect with the wider community and put themselves out there and also fetish folks with varying degrees of experience to connect with the bootblacks in turn.”

“One way to appreciate acts of service is by experiencing for yourself. At our last Leather & Laces, representatives from many diverse organisations in Sydney came to support the event, for which I’m truly touched.

“I want to keep the interest and love in bootblacking going. Hopefully, someone will find the same joy in bootblacking as me, and develop their talents and run for the next Sydney Bootblack title!

Jon says he is looking forward to marching in the Mardi Gras Parade with the Leather community this year but named MAX Fetish (Eagle Bar), INQUISITION (Haus of Savvy), Wet Fur (Harbour City Bears) and GearUp (Studio Kink) as other events during the festival calendar he was really keen to attend.

The regular Leather Social events that SLM hold throughout the year have now moved from Kinselas upstairs to the Oxford Hotel’s Polo Lounge and Jon says he really likes the vibe of the new space.

“The space and people are amazing,” Jon says.

“SLM events are like a second home for me. We were also only a few steps away from the Harbour City Bears at the Oxford. They’re a friendly and positive crowd, and I can only imagine great things as a result of the Leather and Bear communities being able to share space and inter-mingle with one another with great ease.”

Here are all the Leather and Kink themed events happening in Sydney until the end of March 2025.

Leather & Laces Leather & Fetish Social Celebrating Our Bootblacks $5 door charge Location – Burdekin Hotel, Level 2 Date – 7pm Feb 20th

Free to be Kinky Art Show  Opening Night FREE Location – Studio Kink, St Peters Date – 6pm Feb 21st

INQUISITION Dance Party  Tickets available from Haus of Savvy  Location – Factory Theatre, Marrickville  Date – 6pm Feb 22nd 

MAX FETISH @ Eagle Bar Breaches Leather & Uniform Fanclub (BLUF) night  Tickets available on the door Location – Eagle Bar at the Burdekin (level 2)  Date – 8pm on Feb 22nd Pizza & Pups – Mardi Gras Pride Mosh Pups and Handlers Mosh Tickets available from Studio Kink Location – Studio Kink Date – 3pm on Feb 23

Rogue  Dance Party  Tickets available from the Brute Club  Location – Universal Superclub Date – 8pm Feb 27th 

The Hide Leather & Fetish Social  Tickets available from The Hide  Location – Burdekin (ground Level)  Date – 5pm Feb 27th 

GearUp   Dance Party – Fetish  Tickets available from Studio Kink  Location – Our Secret Spot  Date – 8pm 28th Feb

Sydney Leather Men Monthly Social  Meet up  FREE Location – Oxford Hotel Polo Lounge Date – 7pm March 21st

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[ciaossu-imagines]

Dunno if i am still on for the "talk to me i feel bad" show but you remember my varia boys right? You remember my oc Ava, Squalos lil brother who may be a lil obsessed?

Yeah i just recently realized that if he was a character in a dating sim two of his bad endings would be related to Squalo. Either the MC becomes a danger to Squalo/hurts him and he cuts them down or just stabs them

OR

they get TOO CLOSE to his brother and Ava ends up slowly (torturingly) choking them to death while saying how much they do not deserve to be by his side bc that is HIS brother and he will be the most important person in his life, fuck you.

Also since I am rewatching reborn, I've had thoughts.

So SOMEONE has to run the varia while the officers and boss arent there during the ring battles, so Squalo (bc xanxus cant be fucking bothered) puts Ser, Lorenzo, Leo and Ava in charge until they are back. Ava is ofc not happy about not being actively there to see his brother fight but ah, he'll take it since they get live transmission on a big screen!

And then Squalos fight occures. First shock: Squalo loses his fight.

Second: he gets eaten by a shark.

And thats when i realized. One of the reasons Dino FUCKING JETS TO CONFIRM SQUALO IS OKAY AND ALIVE would be because

Ava would've lost his mind and likely obliterated the entire remaining Varia. Its not like there are many strong enough to actually stop him when there is NOTHING he has left to lose. Usually he doesnt go unhinged, he doesnt have a reason for it snd as a swordsman he knows to have control over himself and his emotions. But if he loses SQUALO, his ONLY tether to sanity, all bets are off.

So Dino makes sure to save Squalo, not just to find out what actually is going on, or because they are old friends but bc DINO OFC KNOWS AVA, HE IS SQUALOS BROTHER AFTER ALL, THEY MET! and just thinks "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK, SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT, I HAVE TO MAKE SURE SQUALO IS ALIVE BEFORE WE GOT A MASSACRE ON HAND!!!"

Meanwhile the situation at HQ is fucking tense as shit. NOBODY dares to say anything or even move at first as they stare at Ava whose eyes are still glued to the static of the screen. Lorenzo, hand slowly to his weapons, is already getting ready to interfere once Ava snaps and Sergey very cautiously just goes

"A-Ava...?"

And then Avas phone rings. He mindlessy takes the call and Dino just loudly blurts

"Ava, he is alive!! We got Squalo and are getting him into medical care right now!"

"Dino...?"

"Yes! Yes, Ava its me! I made sure my men would get a hold of your brother, so you dont need to-- he's alive, okay?!"

"Ah... I see... Thank you, Dino."

Sergey slumps back in his seat, Leo leans against the nearest wall and exhales and Lorenzo relaxes, hands now off his weapons and crossed in front of his chest.

Cavallone better not lie about this, or Ava is going to go for him next.

"Dino." And Avas voice turns cold in a way that is very clearly not very mentaly stable.

"Please make sure that he stays alive and recovers properly."

And for a second everybody tenses again.

"Y-yes of course! Don't worry about that, everything will be allright!!"

The call ends and Sergey feels the cold sweat still on his back.

"Ava, you're fucking terrifying for a 16 year old, you know that?"

--

I just thought its a funny thought. So often the Varia is haled as this organisation of almost superhuman assassins, but it cant just be the main officers and the boss who are absolute maniacs.

You’re still on for that, but gosh the way you put that makes me feel both called out but is so incredibly accurate. I honestly do love how straightforward you are in things and as a person; it’s one of my favourite things about you 😊 Also, oh my good god, can I just say how happy I was to read this and that you sent it in as an ask so all my readers can read about these boys?! The Varia boys honestly have my heart and I adore them!

I love that you thought out what the boys would be like in a dating sim, because that’s just such a cool thought pattern and it’s also something that I love thinking about! It’s just a lot of fun figuring out what the routes would look like for characters, especially people like your Varia boys, where dating definitely isn’t the utmost importance to them and Ava’s bad endings sound heartbreaking and brutal but like things I would playthrough and find cheat guides for just to see them all played out. Also, how goes the rewatch? How far along are you?? Any episodes you were really glad to see again or arcs that you feel aren’t as much your favourites?

Also love your thoughts! The Varia’s missions and base being left to the most elite of the underlings makes perfect sense, especially these boys where they’re all very much trusted by the commanding officers. But at the same time, I feel so bad for Ava because I know he would have killed to be able to be there to see his brother wipe the floor during the Ring Battle and to finally wear the completed Rain Guardian ring…or you know, that’s how everyone figured it would go. All of your thoughts were just so lovely and I had so much fun reading them! Thank you for the smiles and the ‘holy, that’s so interesting’ moments 😊 Also, you write dialogue so well, just saying!

[hardynwa]

IRS demands Achimugu’s tax returns after lavish birthday

The FCT-Internal Revenue Service has asked Abuja-based socialite, Aisha Achimugu, to provide details of her annual tax returns to the agency. In a now-deleted post on its official X (formerly Twitter) platform, the FCT-IRS had reached out to the socialite to avail the agency of her tax returns. It said, “The FCT-Internal Revenue Service extends our warmest birthday wishes to you! “May this special day be filled with joy and blessing. Remember to fulfill your tax obligations by filing your annual tax returns.’’ The move by the tax agency came on the heels of viral reports of how Achimugu partied with friends and cronies on the Caribbean island of Grenada to mark her 50th birthday. A dedicated website for the seven-day birthday party included information regarding visa arrangements, available chauffeurs, travel schedules, and the nearest airport to the event venue, among other details for the guests. The birthday fete was reportedly attended by high-profile names including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. However, the governor, in a statement countered claims that his visit to the Caribbean island was to party with Achimugu and her cronies. The Lagos State Government released photos of Sanwo-Olu in Grenada presenting a miniature of the Blue Line train to Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Michelle. The government, on its X handle, said the presentation was made after talks on bilateral relations between Grenada and Lagos State in St. George at the weekend. It said, “The two leaders exchanged ideas on tourism, agriculture and other economic interests. Mr Sanwo-Olu also attended some social engagements during his visit. Michelle spoke about Granada’s 50th anniversary coming up in February.” Achimugu’s guests were reported to have camped at Calivigny Island, an 80-acre private and exquisite location that costs about $132,000 per night. Those familiar with the event alleged organisers rented the Island for seven days, amounting to about $924,000 in total, in addition to other charges. The festivities commenced on 16 January with the arrival of guests. It ended on January 23 with an all-white breakfast culminating in a luxurious dinner-themed ‘glitz and glam’ before guests bid farewell to Grenada. While responding to the media buzz which surrounded the event, Achimugu, who is the Managing Director of Abuja-based Felak Concept Group described herself as the most popular person in the world. In a statement, the socialite insisted that she was not apologetic about how she celebrated her birth anniversary and that Nigerians should ‘expect more.’ She said, “Good evening, everyone, lovers of mine. This is not an official thank you for being there for me and coming to Grenada. It is a very tough time. It was a moment for me to thank everyone whom I should be concerned over the pleasant media help about this famous Aisha. “And I want to congratulate myself for being the most popular person in the entire world, apart from the Gaza and Israeli fight, I guess something that’s most popular on the news globally. I give God the glory, and I thank God for my life. And for those who have genuinely shown concern over the media, I want to assure you that I’m well, I’m in a high spirit. “I really don’t give a hoot. I’m doing me; I’ve always done me, a happy soul, doing what makes me happy. And again, celebrating people who love me, genuinely love me, who have always been there for me in the last 50 years and even less, but feels like they’ve known me all my life. I thank you all.” Read the full article

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A Whole Bunch of General Clone Headcanons

-Each battalion is 4 companies, each headed by a captain, and 1 commander (+some exceptions like the corries guard which is four ~sections~ not exactly companies but each has a commander)

-Usually there is a clone commander. If there is a padawan, they become like a co-commander (501st is the exception with no clone commander, only Ahsoka)

-Each Batch is of 20 clones. Their training is supervised by an Alpha until their 5th growth cycle (when they are biologically 10). Then they are split up for specialisation/squad training for troopers etc

-The designations of each trooper that we normally hear are randomly assigned (5555, 7567, 2224 etc). BUT each has a prefix which tells which batch they are from. The prefix is only used when needed i.e. when the Kaminoans are doing tests etc. So Glaze, being from batch 70, would be CT-70-1911. Fives is 27-5555 so I headcanon that he is from batch 27. Maybe they have another number prefix that shows what generation they are from? And maybe letters or numbers showing certain differences (e.g. Commander vs Commando vs Trooper)?? If Glaze is gen 1, she would be CT-1-70-1911. Someone else, like Hardcase, would be CT-1-70-9415. Maybe Fives (as I headcanon him to be younger than Glaze) is CT-2-27-5555. (I’m just going to pretend that Echo’s number is 1409 and has been the whole time because I really can’t be bothered to find a way around his canon number change)

-CC troopers are different genetically and educationally to CT troopers, and so are  Commando troopers. They are still ‘regular’ clones, but they have different enhancements, conditioning etc.

-Headcanon that CC-troopers are trained/conditioned to be very protective of the CTs, to avoid taking unnecessary risks while strategizing. Sadly, this leads to a not insignificant amount of emotional distress during the war.

-The main Kaminoan strategy for dealing with the clones’ mental health was pretending that it didn’t exist, since the clones aren't ‘technically sentient’

-Clones had ‘social enrichment’ classes that were introduced by some of the nicer trainers as a way to temper this a bit. They were not supervised or scored by the Kaminoans, so they were the only part of training Glaze could escape without fear of punishment.

-Clone cadets are subjected to ‘pain simulations’ of various injuries they could receive in battle to get used to moving around while in pain. 

-Squads are more or less randomly assigned - there may or may not be some batchmates together or not

-All clones, even ‘non combatants’ have armour and all keep up combat training, organised by the captains/commanders of their respective companies/divisions. This includes medics, pilots, ‘soft shells’ etc. Of course, active combatants will have more practice and therefore likely to be more skilled at fighting, shooting etc but basic training is kept up to standards and those standards are High

-Clones have different nutritional requirements to regular humans, so their rations are specifically designed for this. They CAN eat regular food, but they can’t survive off it solely, without some form of supplements. They won’t starve to death, but it will negatively impact their health quite a bit (lack of energy, weight loss, all that fun stuff).

-Jedi have a personal allowance allocated by whoever is in charge of temple finances. Many Jedi use this to buy treats/gifts for their troopers.

-There is also a ‘main’ jedi allowance, separate from war funds, that Knights and Masters can dip into if needed.

-Standard clone armour can withstand 3-4 shots in one area from a standard battle droid blaster. One kill shot from a standard republic blaster will instantly penetrate the armour. There are exceptions for commando armour, commando/other battle droids, specialised weapons (e.g. rotary blasters) etc but this is the rule for bog-standard clone armour and blasters. The bodyglove is not blasterproof and is made of synthetic material so will melt if shot.

-Strangely enough, clone armour is REALLY good at shock absorption. Clones have been chucked around and hit my many blunt kinetic projectiles and survived unscathed or with minor injuries. But for some reason this means that the armour does not have some of the needed protection against blaster bolts. It’s not useless, but it’s nowhere near, say, traditional mandalorian armour (even ones not made from beskar).

-Blaster wounds don’t bleed out, but they do ooze a bit of blood. Penetration depth of the blaster bolt depends on the blaster (standard republic blasters make a bigger hole than standard droid blasters). If you are shot, you will die due to the damage done to your internal organs, not through any sort of blood loss. So flesh wounds (provided that they are properly patched up) are pretty easy to recover from. A clone is more likely to die from being stabbed in the shoulder than by being shot in the same place.

-Each company has a CMO and a bunch of medics per company who report to them. Each company has combat medics, who work on the battlefield, and ones who stay mostly in the medbay/med tents. The CMO and their second in command does both, depending on where they are needed. Again, there are exceptions for some divisions like the Corries, Kamino Guard, Spec Ops etc

-Each company has an engineering division with a Chief Engineer and SIC. The specialised divisions (weapons, communications etc) each have their own officers who report to Chief Engineer, but they are more or less autonomous. So slicers are ~technically~ engineers although they are usually seen as separate.

[danadiadea]

Voldemort literally suggested Lily herself to join the DEs! It's evident his initial plans were less genocidal during the first war, and more directed towards defeating the Ministry and the Order and putting himself in charge, not towards Muggleborns per se. They also weren't oh so exclusive. Basically – this post. Wizards literally chose a blood purist – a mild one, but still – as a Minister even after the war: "You place too much importance, and you always have done, on the so-called purity of blood!". The DEs were more radical than average on the topic, sure – but weren't exceptional, and how much truthful information was accessible to Severus on the organisation is questionable. His pro-DE friends probably wouldn't concentrate on anti-muggleborn stuff when recruiting him considering he's a Half-blood with a close Muggleborn friend, but rather on studying Dark Magic freely, maybe on rising above Muggles, not to say about personal benefits Severus could gain from joining and not having to return to Cokeworth until he finds a job good enough to be able to move out. We also know that Severus had close connection to Lucius Malfoy at school which Sirius was well aware of – to the boy with more social and financial power than him and 6 years older, who also happens to be one of the closest DEs to Voldemort during the first war, comparably so to Bellatrix. Is it any wonder Severus joined the same organisation?

Talking about Lily's perspective, in the argument scene, she didn't blame Severus' friends for being Voldemort supporters – she blamed Mulcibier for the evil sense of humour, bullying and Dark Magic. This is EXACTLY what Marauders can be blamed for too (well, not 100% confirmed on Dark Magic, but at least illegal one for sure)! The only time she calls out Severus for wanting to join DEs and having DE friends is during their very last conversation – and to mee it doesn't seem like it was brought up before. Every time people are like – oh, but Lily tried to talk Severus out of being friends with DEs – we never see her doing that, the arguments she presents against Severus' friends are not about Voldemort! It's possible she did somewhere between the argument and SWM, but it's not like it always was her point.

Not to say that belonging to different identifying groups is a crucially important part of our lives, of course, but our primary way of learning is through having first-hand expieriences. From the argument it's evident nor Mulcibier nor Avery ever did anything bad to Lily personally at that point – or she'd bring this up. People who Lily got together with targeted her friend for 6 years, and committed violent crimes against him. I would argue what is better – being dehumanised as a part of the group, or being dehumanised as an individual; having the risk to be potentially harmed, or living through the very process of receiving harm....

I wonder if, after Hogwarts, Lily ever thought about the fact that she blamed Severus for hanging out with the pureblood slytherins during their last years while she did exactly the same.

Severus was unpopular and yearned for community and validation. Being half-blood in slytherin might have been barely good enough.

Lily was pretty and well-liked so she already had friends, community, a support-system. She was lucky to have been sorted in a House where being muggleborn wasn't (seemingly) a problem.

AND the pureblood jock was in love with her so she had to make no effort to try and fit in with the 'higher crew'. She didn't even had to pursue him, the guy was drooling after her for literal years. She got accepted - welcomed - amongst them so easily. She married James Potter who was best friend with Sirius Black.

She had it so easy.

There's this headcanon that I find interesting about Lily being somewhat of a gold digger and marrying James Potter as a way to climb the social ladder. I'm not against it, it's a pretty interesting take which gives depth to her character. But if she did that, the nerve of her for taking the moral high ground over Severus.

And of course, if she married James because she genuinely loved him, it would have - nevertheless - been a social ascent for her. And I'd be curious to see stories where she realized that and maybe thought of the irony of the situation.

Like... she did the same as him. She just got lucky.