#but It’s magnetic so i departed it with some magnets and now I actually have some decoration in here aside from my eras poster

[theamazingannie]

Fun thing about cleaning my room is I’ll find something I was using like a week ago buried deep under my bed in a pile of old receipts and candy wrappers and then also find something I haven’t seen in MONTHS like right there sitting exposed on the floor

[astralnymphh]

from the river to the sea, palestine will be free 🇵🇸 READ: this account stands with palestine, and so— i require everyone who interacts to educate themselves, and support/donate before reading. READ THESE; 1 and 2, HELP HERE, BOYCOTT. silence is complicity, do not scroll past this. DO NOT BUY THE REMASTER, TLOU2, TLOU1, OR ANY GAME FROM NAUGHTY DOG! neil druckmann (the creator) is a zionist. PLEASE READ THIS. AND REBLOG THIS.

jackson!ellie who makes the first move? kiss–wise. cause okay— we've got the scene from the actual game where dina locks in that first kiss, a drunken whim, and whatnot, but what about ellie doing so? allow me to conjure a picture up; that freckled, mellow–eyed portrait leveled to your face, her lips pinched to a demure crease— tense enough on the corners to hollow her dimples, the fat auburn worms above her eyes tweaking alongside a nod to your wisping words that enlighten her very eager brain right now, arms slack to wrap your waist and frisky warm upon the sacral of your spine with palms overlaid, waddling in a legato and sluggish manner to each pace of song. your lips are consistently ashift, lacing over every honeyed vowel that kept this silly little girl christened ellie— too attentive. eyes unto your lips, pupils enlarge and bedim all color to her organ–throbbing crush on you, a feeling, fennels and columbines a manifestation inside her flattered eyes watching you speak, "y'know, i just think that everybody on patrol is a dumb cunt, n' can't shoot for shit. maria needs to reassign." and, my. how words of curses and a rigid, shit–talking nature blow from your throat like a damn aria, on and on rambling, contract some balled sensation in ellie's gut to burst open a thousand angels serenading— their feathers a silken uncomfortableness in her guts. how it pushed her, made her spine shiver, made her face slowly tilt in, made her brows flinch sunken into the sea of her skin, and a little voice compelled her when you spoke, "totally should assign you and i—" mmmph. two mouths sealed as one. ellie, who was already a magnet, reached voice to voice and consumed the trails of your speech, flesh chapped yet somewhat plump and velvety of a 'sorry' she could not push into vocals rolled over the knoll of yours, pursing her top lip inside as her mouth steals your bottom one, an ample pressure on your inner–cheek that smushes her cute button nose as it pokes, and releases when she departs your consumption of that sudden kiss. her face lingers, still slanted, eyes darting across your face maddenly for any ounce of a reaction written in flesh, unsure on whether to sanction you some breathing room or to mention boldly about it— but you're too damn pretty to fleet away, so she decides to act somewhere balanced upon that spectrum gently, "did i do okay?" not 'was that okay?' nor 'fuck, m'sorry.' but those foolproof words, yet the look of a lost puppy was most pitiful on her features. you chuckle dry, and her palms flock to your waist— gripping, narrowing the answer out of you so timid, you have to chuckle the reply out as well, "more than okay," and you soften, bored of the blurry, obnoxious string lights a mere background to her big head, "very okay, williams." and shut the scene to nothing, pulling her rosy heat on your lips, once more.

sorry gays, idk what came over me. fluffy hours

(gif from nramvv on pinterest)

[its-your-mind]

alright fuck this I’m making a TIMELINE. and a FACT SHEET. it will not be in order. Nor will it actually track dates really. Mostly it’s going to contain the seeds of my theories. I’m red stringing this Shit via tumblr post on mobile.

TIMELINE:

Magnus Institute fire: 1999

Windows NT 4.0 (the Windows NT that was the commercial predecessor to Windows 95) was released to retail in 1996 (with the final version released in 2001) so Freddy has been creeping around the web since around the time the Institute burned down

Jon, Martin, and probable Jonah Norris, Chester, and Augustus started actively reading roughly 1/30 statements entries out loud ~a year ago, according to Alice

Statements Entries so far are dated to May 2022, and it’s implied that Freddy collects them more or less as they appear, so as far as rough estimates for when tmp is set, it’s nowish, or just a bit earlier than now (similar to how tma was)

My kingdom for an ARG player who can hook me up with the founding date of the OIAR and the dates on those Magnus Institute records, just cuz I’m curious

SHIT WE KNOW:

Jonah Magnus exist(s/ed) in SOME form in this world, and built an institution designed to research the paranormal. That institution burned down and cleared of all records. Unclear exactly when the clearing happened.

The voices in the computer are the same as Martin Blackwood’s and Jonathan Sims’s

The OIAR has a department (this one) dedicated entirely to sorting weird shit scraped from online with an obsessive specificity

Everyone who works in this department wasn’t forced to be here and isn’t forced to stay, but all of them do have something that guided them to this position and is keeping them here

There is supernatural shit happening here in this world right now

Annabelle Cane said that the rift under Hilltop Road was a rift in reality - time, space, dimensions

She also said that the Fears would be following the voices that were woven into the web made of the tapes

In the TMA-verse, the Fears had a penchant for spreading themselves around via books (and then someone stupid idiot motherfucking dusty ass book collecting rat old bastard avatar of the whore biggest clown in the circus cowboy— starting slapping a label on em

SHIT THAT IS STILL A ???:

Did the fears exist in this world for an extended period of time, or have they only recently appeared? All the dates we have for statements entries are recent, but there was at the very least some FUCKED UP SHIT happening before the jmart+Jimmy Magma squad popped up

Did Robert Smirk build batshit crazy buildings and also a panopticon under London?

Was Magnus fear-aligned? Was the Institute? Or was it just a place for fucked up research?

Are there alternate-reality versions of any beloved TMA recurring cast members running about?

Was the og TMA world the place where the Fears started? Or had they already spread?

How far have they made it at this point? Is this the first new world post-archives-crew? Or are we several down the chain?

COLLECTION OF FACTS INTO BATSHIT THEORIES:

The Fears have been Updated for the Twentieth (not twenty-first, rip to Colin) Century and now they have infused themselves into computer systems via Jon’s tapes letting them encode themselves in a new and fun way (I am not 100% sure how tapes work besides magnets somehow, but I DO know that early computers used them for data tracking, which makes enough dream-logic sense for me) and are thus able to hack themselves into forum posts and also spy on the whole world via one (1) government computer system

Panopticon screenshot happened in March 2021. First two statements are May 2022. Alice said the voices started showing up about a year ago. So even if the Fears were already here, JMart are here now once more to lend their voices to the verbal record of Fear

Speaking of the Fears already being here. If the Rift was also for Time, I’m sure the Web could have figured out a way to drag the Squad back along the timeline while somehow leaving jmart behind

OIAR is EITHER. The Fears (Web specifically) preparing a perfect funnel-spider web trap for JMart when they did show up (oh voices? tapes? telling fear stories? here you go motherfuckers) or someone’s Leitner/Smirk/Magnus-ass attempt to wrangle all the trauma under one roof. Either way I’m p sure it is Web-ish-aligned, if the Fears even exist in this world in the way we’re used to seeing them

If we’ve got two grown up paranormal guinea pigs, AND a bouchard running around, and all of them are here because of Some Sort Of Reason, and are Still Here Even Though They Could Leave, I assume everyone else is too. I wonder if they all have some tie to this world’s Institute, or if they’ve all had encounters, or were selected based on their compatibility with the OIAR’s aims

Speaking of which

WHAT IS THE OIAR? Cuz this part of it is clearly kinda similar to the Archives in terms of collecting and sorting statements. Is there more of it? What do those people do? Do they use these sorted entries somehow? Also why tf do they have do work overnight????

[statementends]

So who do we think is listening?

Last time of course it seemed like the tape recorders were beholding aligned, but turned out to be the Web using the Beholding's need to archive against it.

We're in a new universe now and a new story with new motives behind the recordings. They're just as sinister as the old ones, but now with internet access in a world where everything has internet.

The spying on the employees of the OIAR certainly aligns with Eye Powers, but it might be a redherring. What if the spying is done by humans this time?

Like, oh spooky the technology is listening into them oooo~~~~ but that sort of technology has been around for a long time. The tape recorders were 'analogue.' They turned themselves on and off, but the computers and phones, and things attached to the internet? That happens in real life right now. Someone can hack your computer and gain access to your web cam. We're in sketchy government department of literal horror. Let's tap everyone's phones!

To what end? Probably something that started as 'for the greater good' and has become a monster of its own.

Time for some conspiracy theories!

So. Here's another question. Was the Magnus Archives listened to by someone in the TMAGP universe? Is that why the OIAR was made? Because they heard the tapes and what happened and have used Jon, Martin, and Jonah(?)'s voices to, with a mixture of horror magic and technology, be able to find incidences.

I'm assuming the Voices in the computer are reading out the real statements. Maybe The Archivist's Voice is doing it automatically. It Knows everything all the time but that's useless if you can't see or search for the information. Whoever built the program needed a way to use the Knowing. So it puts in the data and the Archvist sorts it. Archive gotta archive.

My theory is the Archvist's voice is being used as a tool rather than having any agency or mind.

The OIAR needs to find and document horrors. You have three beholding alligned entities trapped in magnetic tape. You put them in a computer program and boom. You have things that can start monitoring the data you're already stealing from citizens and weed out the real horror from the fake ones.

I wonder if this time corporations and governments will be more overtly trying to use and control the dread powers. Like rather than cults and worship it will be people trying to bend the dread powers toward their own end.

Because the biggest question is, if the Voices are sorting real statements, and someone is listening in part for that reason, then what do they do when real ones are found?

Guess we'll see!

Oh and one more thing. It's called the Magnus Protocol

A protocol is the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state.

So when something happens, the protocol gets put into place.

So what is the Magnus Protocol? Is it to do with finding the TMA tapes? Or does it have to do with what the Magnus Insitute of this universe was doing with children (see the ARG).

So like Jon was actually the Magnus Archives, is Sam going to be a part of the Magnus Protocol?

Only time will tell.

[eldritch-spouse]

lmao Vesper 😭😭😭

Ok wait for me I have new genius idea for crackass scapegoat!AU

Reader is the poor employee with a curse of being a magnet for Icons. They're trying their best, applying for the jobs in the most "human" spaces – but it's useless to try, it's only matter of time when they're meeting face to face with something very huge and demonic. They're not even trying, really. They're not even at some high position. They're just too unlucky to being the one who listens to all complaints and death threats... yet still very lucky to somehow remain alive after that.

After being kicked out from the theatre, their first honest job, they're totally broke. Underground casino? Yeah, yeah, shady. Sign them up!

Work is actually not so bad until some strange green giant scolds the shit out of them for "playing cheap" and almost brings them to that hot shithole– good thing he got distracted and the only thing poor employee lost are all their money and a job.

Damn, here we go again- Nothing could be wrong with working in a popular restaurant, yeah? Everyone gone through it-

Oh, how lucky they're to stay alive after that day when enormous snake woman decided to visit their modest establishment of a workplace. Their coworker, fellow waiter, is not so lucky tho. Poor Kenny.

With a generous amount of trauma, our scapegoat is escaping to something- something completely different, you know? They got a jackpot! Luck is TOTALLY on their side after all this suffering, how else you can explain that they got a job in that prestigious boutique?

... Well, let's say, they haven't break in tears only because of their lack of dignity at this point. That guy was marvelous, but he almost crashed them into the pulp with all his requirements- they're not even a designer, really....

Okay, maybe, they need to take a rest. Big rest. Take their stress out somewhere. Ikea, furniture store, bed section. Peace and love.

How it's even possible to be fired from a chill place like this? Oh, that's easy. Some buff dude built like a mountain just sorta appeared and fell asleep at the one of the biggest beds- and for some reason they fell asleep on their workplace while it happened. When they woke up tho, here was no one but a broken bed and complain in the customer's book.

That's it. That's a last nerve they had. They're escaping to the amusement park, to be the clown they are and being paid for it, as they deserve.

Only to be mocked by a guy with a fucking macaroni limbs. No, here was other people too, but he brought the greatest display of mockery and dishonour ever possible. Even their destroyed dignity somehow reanimated just to get beat down again.

...

Kalymir has zero idea why he woke up with a strong desire to go on the fucking "DOTA tournament" and tf it even means, but he already hyped up and ready to crush in-

After having to gamble at the same table as the Lord of Greed and nearly losing ownership of your soul.

After working at a restaurant good enough that the Queen of Gluttony unintentionally erotically fellated your entire body and made you feel like a twinkie.

After getting your department in IKEA utterly destroyed by the King of Sloth's insistence that he nap specifically in your section.

After having the King of Pride rip into you so viciously that you only wished you had been swallowed.

After having the King of Envy out-clown you.

And now, seeing what you can only guess is the King of Wrath well on his way to likely turn you into a stain on the wall...

You think of what could have been. Before this chain of horrid luck took over your life. In that one first job where you had to confront Vesper about his tendency for "group affections"-

Maybe you really should have just taken the deal and sucked him off.

[beauty-of-nyx]

OK @youcanseethecosmos I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR AU IT HAS TAKEN OVER MY BRAIN

[TW: mention of ED, fainting. I have marked where both these start and end]

Dream, being the most introverted person imaginable, hides in his trailer almost all the time, alternating between rehearsing and writing

He does like to help out the BTS departments whenever he can, and can often be found quietly painting props and sets whenever there are less people on set

Hob on the other hand is the guy always telling jokes and making people smile on set

Sometimes people accuse him of getting the jobs he does by pulling strings via Dream, but then meet him and realise just how sweet and talented he is

Dream seems to forget that he's an A lister most of the time and does not know how much power his word/recommendation has in the industry

This is why Hob never really snaps back at Dream's accidental barbs. He has fallen in love with his new world and cannot exactly risk Dream saying he is not worth working with

(Dream would never say that but he is an idiot)

Hob is friendly with Death and often goes out for coffee with her whenever she is in the area

Dream is closest to Death out of all his siblings - she is his confidante about everything that even mildly bothers him, even if it takes a bit of prodding to get him to spill - and she makes it a point to regularly visit sets of projects he's in so he can unwind/let out everything he keeps bottling up

These visits are some of the few times Dream doesn't hide in his trailer, and they can be found chatting on a couch or floor or something until Dream falls asleep (going off on the point about Dream sleeping between takes)

Dream is always cold, and seeks out sources of warmth like a cat, but only when he's asleep, because he's too awkward to do so casually enough when he's awake, and holds back anyways because he doesn't want to be a burden. He curls into Death's side once he drops off, and she has never and will never tell him about it [ED mentions begin]

Dream has an ED, as a result of being in the movie business for so long, which is why Hob hasn't ever seen him eat, despite having known him for so many projects

He thinks Dream is so lean/slender because he just works out a lot, but is always a little alarmed whenever he has to touch him for any takes/photos/etc because his bones seem to be literally hanging out

He's always worried until exactly the moment Dream opens his mouth and says something mean

(I know you have something planned about The Big Reveal™ but my brain fixated on Dream having an ED and went off)

In one movie, Dream is to have a shirtless scene and he goes into overdrive with his workouts so he looks Perfect™, plus it's with Hob so he's even more anxious about looking good. He also subconsciously starts restricting his food intake even more. [Fainting mentions begin]

When filming the scene, he does look great, but in a slightly sickly way. The script calls for him to "faint" into Hob's character's arms, but he actually passes out

Hob thinks it's just his usual stellar acting and magnetic fervour that he brings into each role and scene

Until the director yells "Cut!" and Dream... doesn't wake up.

Cue panic

Death is conveniently on set that day, and realises what's going on

Oh no, we need to take him to his trailer and need a big strong man because he obviously can't walk there himself

Hob, thoroughly confused about what to feel, takes Dream to aforementioned trailer

While Death takes care of his idiocy, she ends up ranting about how he is Utterly The Stupidest, Most Self-Centered, Pathetic Excuse For An Actor on This, Or Any Other Form of Media, and simply cannot take care of himself or even ever say what he means

Hob, awkwardly hovering around and trying to not get in Death's path, asks what happened to his dearly detested

"He's been starving himself for this stupid scene. Probably hasn't drunk anything in a day or two."

Oh shit now things make a bit of sense

Hob is now extremely overbearing when it comes to making Dream eat regularly, now that Death has given him her blessing to yell at him to eat [All TW mentions end]

Death has also now informed him about how awkward he actually is, and how often he ends up implying exactly the opposite of what he means

Oh shit, he's trying to compliment me.

I've gone overboard and it is now very AM. Good night.

[lavendermiko]

Bio

(FULL NAME)

GENERAL

Name: Aruna Aiko

Name Meaning(s): Loving Moon

Nickname(s): Ai

Gender: Female

Age: 17 despite her height

Birthday: 5/6

Height: 4′4

Weight: 85 pounds

Hometown: Ecruteak City

Region: Originally Johto, but moved to Kanto

Goal: Preserve the peace within Lavender Tower

Quote: “You can either respect the dead, or you can return to them.”

Starter: Ghastly.

APPEARANCE

Other: As stated above, Aruna has a stunted growth issue. Chronologically, she’s 17 years old, however, at the time of her accidental electrocution, that shock ended up making her look like she’s 14 or lower.

PERSONALITY/TRAITS

Voice: Ina

Singing Voice:

BACKSTORY

After her electrocution incident, Aruna, at first, felt like her entire set of goals were all over. Just when she was well and prepared to give up altogether…a small smoky wisp approached the young girl. The Gastly was much smaller than its other counterparts. Her first assumption was that this Pokemon has recently passed. Whatever the reason, That Gastly brought Aruna a great deal of comfort and joy.

When she had finally recovered from her more serious injuries, Aruna threw herself back into her training but now she had a little friend by her side~ As the years rolled on and the young girl was finally of legal age to become an official Trainer, there was no other Pokemon she felt more deserving to be her Starter.

Those precious moments, both past and future are what set Aruna on the path to dedicating herself to Ghost Pokemon. She did have some snags here and there with a few select Gyms, but she pushed forward and stuck to her guns. Gastly soon became Haunter, and finally Gengar thanks to the assistance of her Father.

By the time Aruna had made her way to Blackthorne, a thought began to fill her head. “…Is this really what I want?” She had gone through 7 of the 8 Gyms and each time the first thought through her mind was “I want to be on the other side.” That’s when it hit her. The ship in Olivine City was much too pricy, but the Magnet Train was perfectly within her budget. The only thing standing in her way was the Dragon Master herself.

It took several attempts on Aruna’s part but in the end she managed to just narrowly scrape by and earn her final badge. With all that set, she made a beeline to the Magnet Train Station after going home to prepare for her trip and give her goodbyes to her friends and family. Before leaving however…Morty himself granted Aruna with a single gift. A…teacup? No! A little Pokemon! She wasn’t too sure who the little happy teacup was, but Aruna welcomed them to the team with open arms.

All that was left was to depart to Kanto. As soon as she reached Saffron City, Aruna bolted to Lavender as fast as she could, expecting to see what she had always seen in the pictures and stories. Needless to say…she was deeply disappointed in what she saw. Not only was the entrance itself nothing like what she had seen, but all this pointless radio equipment was strewn about in a place that was originally meant to be a Pokemon’s final resting place! Honest anger was a rarity for the young Trainer, but in this case she was absolutely livid.

But, as it stood, Aruna had no leverage to actually move them out. And as angry as she was, the last thing she wanted was to jeopardize someone’s livelihood. For the next three years or so she worked towards earning the right to become a Gym Leader, the first step was establishing a building to use as her base of operations. What better spot than the Tower itself. That was indeed where she felt the most at peace after all. But before that, Aruna met with both Sylph Co. and Sabrina as well to work out a relocation deal. In exchange for them taking both the radio equipment and the workers themselves, she’d take up the mantle of maintaining income within Lavender Town via her Leader position.

When it was all said and done, Aruna made true on her word. She kept the first floor as it was, but the upper floors onward were all returned to their respective original state. Save for the upper floor…

The wide untouched area near the center was made into Aruna’s battle zone, while still maintaining a good distance away from the graves themselves.

With her Gym finally set in stone, all Aruna had to do now was wait and accept any and all challengers…

[kemendin]

For Cas - Why Scourge over Theron? (Apologies if you've gotten this ask already!)

I haven't actually, so thanks!

Let me preface with - sometimes I think characters just do what they want, and I'm only here to record it rofl. So in a way it's 'I dunno, it just happened that way!' But let me try to lay it out (punctuated with fanfic excerpts because I can).

Naturally Cas spent a lot of time with Scourge before he ever met Theron, as they went through the last part of the class story together. As much as Cas wanted to deny it, there WAS a bond between himself and Scourge, though he couldn't have put it into words and wasn't about to try. Might have been the will of the Force, might have been how Scourge literally carried him to the ship in escaping the Emperor's fortress and then pledged his loyalty to Cas. (Might have been all the things Scourge did to keep him alive and prevent him from entirely succumbing to the Emperor's domination, but Cas at this point didn't remember any of that.)

Cas found Scourge to be as fascinating as he was infuriating - intelligent, quite open-minded for a Sith (about some things anyway), surprisingly sassy, in so many ways just utterly magnetic. And the truth was, they made a good team - Cas was not a typical Jedi, and Scourge was not a typical Sith, and much to Cas' surprise, Scourge never tried to turn Cas to the dark side during their travels, which prompted a certain amount of respect for him. It wasn't long before Cas was feeling at least a physical (also vocal xD) attraction for him, despite how often they butted heads and argued. By the time they hit Corellia, and Scourge had started to open up a bit about his past, that attraction had become emotional as well - which was unfortunate, because Cas knew Scourge couldn't and didn't feel the same. Cas did his best to hide his feelings - unsuccessfully, he found out, years later - but it made for a distinctly frustrating situation.

Once, in what may as well be another life now, he had known chagrin over his undeniable attraction to the Emperor’s traitorous Wrath. He had shied from it, fought with it, turned his back on it - anything to keep his prevailing feelings for the man from overtaking him. And all the while knowing that his efforts to bury them would never be enough. 

In the end, the best he could manage was a truce. Acknowledging that he would never fully eradicate what he felt, but by the same token, that Scourge would never want - or be able - to reciprocate.

Then Theron came into the picture, and Cas found him attractive in a refreshingly different way - casual, funny, yet incredibly good at his job, not to mention they could talk shop over both being proficient slicers. Knowing he wasn't going to get anywhere with Scourge, Cas was all aboard with trying to point his feelings in a different direction, though admittedly at the beginning he was trying to make Scourge jealous by flirting with Theron (it didn't work).

Scourge is watching him intently. “By the time we departed Corellia, all those years ago, it was clear that you were infatuated.”

Despite the fact that this is ancient history, and there’s nothing left to be embarrassed about, Cas feels a slight blush warm his face.

“You never let on,” he says, surprised, and there's the faintest trace of accusation there too. “Not once.”

“There was no point.” Scourge shrugs, but the callous motion is softened by the way his thumbs press lightly into the backs of Cas’ hands - one covered in smooth, pliant skin, the other set with lines of dark metal and cold pinpricks of light. “It seemed unwise to risk encouraging you, considering our circumstances. Defeating the Emperor was our paramount concern, and there were already too many distractions. And I….”

He falters, and gives Cas’ hands another careful squeeze.

“I could not give you what you sought. I thought that with time, you would find… another path for your attentions. And you did.”

“Yeah, I… I did, but -“ Cas scrunches his face. “You know I only started flirting with Theron to try and provoke you, right? I mean, not only, but that was part of it.” He lets out a rueful sigh. “And that didn’t do a thing, did it? Because you wanted me to find someone else.”

“You needed someone else. That much even I could see.”

So Theron and Cas had a thing going, and while it was fun, and sincere, and actually deeper than either of them were willing to admit, they saw each other only as various crises allowed, and never got around to really talking about it. They needed each other, for their own reasons, and it worked well for both of them, but they kept it on the down low from anyone not in their immediate circles.

And then Cas got yeeted to Zakuul, and came back a changed man - uncertain, lost, angry and exhausted, and he just couldn't go back to where he'd been before, emotionally. Not to mention, he couldn't abide the thought of trying to be intimate with Theron again - or with anyone - with Valkorion always hovering in the back of his mind.

“What we had before - whatever it was, I’m not sure I know either - that was right, for both of us.” The words were halting, but earnest all the same. “You let me feel something wonderful, something I hadn’t felt in a long, long time. I promise, I don’t regret a second of it. And if those memories were what kept you going through all this shit, then that makes everything I’ve gone through worth it. I mean that.”

He flicked his gaze up again, tentatively searching Theron’s face, unsure of what he might find there. The other man’s eyes were lowered, half lidded, distant. Cas tightened his grip on the calloused hand he held.

“But now - I can’t, Theron. I can’t go back to that. It’s not you - it’s me.” His throat tightened. “Look at what’s happened. The Republic I fought for is cracked and suffocating. I’m a fugitive, hiding from a mad emperor who stole five years of my life without a thought. Half of my friends may be dead, countless others have already died because I dared to fight back. And to top it all off, I’ve got my worst fucking enemy, whom I’ve already killed twice now, living inside my head, trying his damnedest to make me become like him.”

So they didn't renew their relationship, and Theron was disappointed for a while, but he understood. They remained fast friends regardless of some awkwardness that hung around for a bit, and actually did sleep together again once or twice just for that feeling of being close, but any romance essentially died there.

Aaaand then Scourge finally shows up again with another dramatic rescue, pulling Cas from the wreckage of the Meridian Complex (I'm sorry but it's ABSURD to me that in game, Scourge and Kira rescue Arn and Tau, rather than the JK, the potential for dramangst is so good, I'm changing it, sue me). The thing is, Cas never got over his feelings for Scourge, and suddenly Scourge appears and now he's got EMOTIONS and Cas can actually FEEL him through the Force, as opposed to the void he used to be, and Scourge has realised how deeply he feels for Cas, and just - yeah. It was never going to be anyone else, once Cas started falling for him.

Once Cas and Scourge are life partners, it does take some time for the tension between Scourge and Theron to die down. They don't like each other much, but after a while they at least respect each other. Cas still goes and complains to Kira and Lana when the boys are being particularly bristly to each other, however.

The agent and the Sith had never gotten along particularly well. Prior to the Alliance they had rarely needed to work together in close quarters - Theron had stayed out of Scourge’s way, and Scourge had seemed content with that arrangement. But the present situation was far more complicated. Theron was understandably wary of the Sith - a traditional enemy, a latecomer to the Alliance fold, and not forthcoming about his intentions to anyone who wasn’t the Commander. And Scourge, for his part, held no love for a man with a clear preference for Republic values and the talents of a top notch spy, who’d already proved he could betray Caspian and nearly get away with it.

All of this was compounded, of course, by the fact that Theron was Caspian’s ex-boyfriend, and Scourge his present partner. Privately, Cas was of the opinion that Theron was handling it all far better than Scourge. Though the agent might have moments of regret and wondering what could have been, in essentials he had moved on. But Scourge was prone to possessiveness when it came to his relationship with the Jedi, and although Cas had assured him that any feelings between himself and Theron had long since settled, he could still sense flashes of resentment and jealousy at times, when the Sith and agent were in the same room. He supposed he couldn’t entirely blame Scourge for that. Cas and Theron had spent years together, as friends if not lovers, and Cas knew that Scourge still lamented the loss of that time he could have spent with his Jedi.

From an OOC perspective - there is a LOT in my brain about why they suit each other, and this post goes into a bit of that, primarily the dichotomy of light and dark and, against the background of Scourge's vision/the apparent will of the Force, the theme of CHOICE in their relationship.

For those interested, there's a lot of Cas/Scourge relationship exploration in my fic Cover Your Crystal Eyes, and I went into Cas' breakup with Theron in How Reflections Change.

Thanks for the ask @swtorpadawan, this was a really fun one to lay out for folks!

[intheirdarkesthour]

yknow what im gonna do like i did for Melody and do a ramble post or two about Charlie cause shes beloved gay idiot

Charlie and Melody my beloved girls Courtesy of the lovely @kiwikinq

So Charlie is older than Jim, she's 19 at the start of the series and already neck deep in the mystical world of magic and mayhem. She works at the Italian restaurant with Douxie and is a member of Ash Dispersal Pattern, Douxie and Zoe are some of her best friends and probably her only friends thanks to her chaotic and trouble-magnet energy. She's already got quite the police record and is an avid fan of destroying things, so bashing magical monsters with Douxie and Zoe during the night is perfect for her.

there's a one shot i think i posted somewhere of Charlie's first meeting with Douxie, but they literally met while he was fighting a big lizard monster and she tried to run it over with her beat up car. So of course she decides he's stuck with her from here on and it's history from there.

She was a baseball player as a kid and has a small collection of bats in her room, but her most treasured bat and weapon of choice in Thunder

(courtesy of friend @eraberry)

A pretty solid bat on it's own, but she's done some.... reconstruction on it. She's carved all kinds of stuff on the thing but she also cored it and shoved a solid metal tube in it so it's especially heavy. Not field legal and... probably not legal legal either, but it sure does a great job cracking down on monsters!

And your eyes don't deceive you! There is a magical rune carved on there too! Because she's got no natural magic, she convinces Douxie and Zoe to give her a rune to make her bat a magical weapon! It basically wreathes her bat in a magical fire which will come back to bite her later.

She's taking college classes online in the evening and spends her nights out with her crew. She's the current bass guitarist for Ash Dispersal Pattern and is HUGELY in love with her besties.

Courtesy of @drax-is-inthefandom beloved friend

She's actually worse at cooking than Barbara is because instead of things simply burning or tasting wrong, Charlie sets things on fire. Not on purpose but she does know the Captain of the local Fire department very well now. She jokes this means Lake Ladies are cursed and they may very well be but that hasn't stopped her yet, much to her brother's chagrin.

She's a coffee-holic. She knows the menu of every coffee house in town and always orders wild stuff with lots of add ins and is ok at making coffee at home, though she cant make as complex stuff as she orders. She's also always sure to tip well especially because half the baristas in town are magic users who she knows through Douxie and Zoe or through her own nonsense and Momma didnt raise no cheapskate.

She's technically punk aesthetic-ed but her trademark is literally a flannel because i almost made her country girl coded. But hse does have a leather jacket she's sewn patches into and saves for special occasions cause its her special jacket.

She and Douxie both have a bunch of jingly things on them: bracelets, zippers, earrings, etc; so whenever they're together, they jingle jangle like you've got a jar of coins and its especially funny cuz Charlie has def got ADHD or something so she bounces and doesn't sit still like ever so she's constantly making some kind of sound.

So in a TOA world where Charlie exists, she finds out about the Trollhunter thing pretty early on, either because she's home the day he finds the amulet or because they run into each other while he's out doing Trollhunter things while she's out doing monster hunting things with Douxie and Zoe. And she can't lie to their mother to save her life either because she's bad at lying or because she hates the idea of lying to their mom.

uhh additonal rant post in the future thats a little more coherent of charlie storyline

[kyndaris]

Oh! Bento, My Bento!

After a slew of interactions with less than stellar individuals on Hinge, I started to despair whether or not dating was for me and if I ought to put an end to this strange experiment of mine to find a significant other. In fact, after having someone just talk at me about how great Japanese light novels were in comparison to 'western literature,' I changed my dating preferences to women only.

Why, you may ask?

Well, I was exhausted by men. And two, because for a while I've been questioning whether or not if I wanted a man in my life.

Confession time.

During high school and even at university, I never had crushes on anyone. In Year 8, I was told that another classmate might have had a crush on me, but while I tried to suss out their interest because I was flattered by the fact (although I thought I was toad in terms of the looks department - and I honestly still think I am), I never did get a proper read of his interests and began to doubt the claims made by my friends.

In fact, for a lot of my life, I've been told by others whether or not I've 'crushed' on others. But when I try to explore my own feelings on the matter, I've not thought of them as romantic. In fact, romance is a thing I've struggled to understand.

How DO you know if you like someone in that way? I've certainly never wanted to jump anyone's bones and the mere thought of engaging in those acts turns me off.

It's why I've often wondered if I was asexual. After watching a video where a YouTuber explained their own personal experience, I'm starting to think I truly do sit on that asexual spectrum.

But men, women or anything in between, that hasn't precluded me from romancing fictional characters. And in fact, I've enjoyed my time with many a great digital construct be that Garrus Vakkarian or Riku or Morrigan. Then, of course, there's the fact that I ship any and all types of relationships although some of my favourites in recent history has been Imogen Temult x Laudna, Catra x Adora, Kaz xInej, Arenza x Grey and Tifa Lockhart x Cloud Strife (although, I wouldn't mind Tifa and Aerith somehow becoming a pair in Remake). Of course, I also read some very questionable ships like Jacob Seed x Female Deputy...so take what I enjoy reading with a grain of salt - particularly if it has anything to do with AO3. There's a lot of messed up stuff on there.

So, don't read it!

You've been warned, dear readers.

Still, it was the trip that I went on in March this year that solidified that perhaps my interests were a little bit fruity. Despite the fact that the woman was married, there was something magnetic about her personality and I wanted to be around her. Sure, I wasn't going to immediately jump her bones but I did want to know as much as I could about her.

And when I think about a few of the interactions in the past, it's been the same. I might not have admitted it to myself but during a trip to China camp back in 2008, there was another girl that I really wanted to get to know better. It was somewhat disappointing to know that she was also popular with the boys too, but a part of me wished that we would be best friends.

Did it mean I wanted to be romantically entangled with her?

Who knows. I was unsure of my actual feelings at the time though I knew there was a strange sort of obsession on my part to be a really good friend to them.

But the wider implications passed me by.

I didn't know if that made me gay or not. In fact, I never truly pondered that question properly until now. Especially when in high school, a friend pretended (or at least I thought they were pretending) to be overly amorous with me and I never felt inclined to return it.

Heterosexuality had always defined my understanding of romance and I never much challenged it until more recently.

In any case, back to my dating!

Before I was unceremoniously kidnapped by a group of my friends for an impromptu road trip down to Canberra for Oz Comic-Con (and thereby proving White Coat correct that maybe I do go to a lot of conventions), I met up with another hopeful at a small cafe in Chippendale called Something for Jess before we toured the Oh!Bento exhibit at the Japanese Foundation.

This man, from a purely objective standpoint, was probably one of the better candidates that I'd met. Dikotter (my code name for him) had a good job as a software engineer, was always intent on self-improvement and had his own interests that didn't become his entire personality. There was a maturity to Dikotter that I appreciated and found common ground with - especially when it came to our discussions after we toured the Oh! Bento exhibit and Fortress and were sitting at a dessert bar for nigh on two hours.

Dikotter was a man that didn't just talk at me about his latest hyperfixation or how strange it was that he had such 'normie' work colleagues that didn't understand video games. Rather, he was much more introspective and was able to provide more thought-provoking questions than I'd expected.

In fact, I probably came off as the less intelligent of the pair of us as he asked what I might do if I had access to a billion dollars.

He also respected that I didn't feel comfortable talking about my job and we somehow ended up on a semi-serious conversation about dictators and the echoes of current China with Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.

Hence the codename.

We had both read Frank Dikotter's work on modern Chinese history. And that's not something I ever thought I would share with anyone I've met on any of my dates. Most of the time, I've had the same discourse on favourite video games as men try to think of something interesting to talk about without realising how quickly they limit themselves by making these things the dominant subject.

So, yes, meeting a fellow intellectual and one that knew how to dress well (or at least not in an unironed shirt and cargo pants) and was good at making conversation/ a lively debate on the pitfalls of socialism/ communism was something I most definitely appreciated even though I wasn't sure if we had any romantic chemistry.

Does this mean there might be hope for Dikotter? Maybe.

As yet, I'm still unsure where I swing when it comes to pursuing a relationship. Do I actually fancy the fairer sex? I, honestly, don't know. But I'm also hesitant to commit to Dikotter in saying that we'd be endgame.

A part of that may come from my ambivalence in terms of romantic relationships but I think that if we do become friends, it will definitely be a much more interesting partnership than I've known with most except on the odd occasion when I chat with individuals much older than I am and who have a wealth of life experience to draw on for their thoughts and opinions.

[vacantgodling]

Okay now I wanna know about Amon/Di, Hya/Toph, Amon/Toph, and Hya/Di, like who works the best and who's a disaster?

OHHHHH INTRIGUING. the funny thing about the four of them is they’re all kind of?? similar in some ways to each other. but different at the same time lol. i like to refer to toph & di as the og amon & hya bc i made them first HOWEVER there’s key differences between all of them in the morality and vibe department but anyway enough prelim ramble

AMON & DI: like tbh they’d be really chill with each other but the chemistry would just not fucking spark unless they were fighting and bc they’re both just a twinge too logical to fight for no reason it’s like hmm. you’re cool, ig? they’d get a lot of shit done and a lot of heads would be knocked but they’re bros lmao. HOWEVER, if i were to pair amon with the SUPER OG version of di where he could talk to animals and was kind of part wolf (long story) amon would be fucked he’s his type lmao. og di is rugged, an asshole and would absolutely beat you up for no reason and amon likes that. however di being into him is questionable bc di is such a pretty boy fucker LMAO. they struggle bc they have the same type and it’s not each other 💀 but they’d get along :)

HYA & TOPH: god they would get on each others NERVESSSSS SO MUCHHHHHH. and not in a way that they’re endeared to like how they are with their boys no; they’re too alike but too different at the same time lmao. they both bitch and cuss like sailors, don’t take shit from anyone, and Know that they’re right. but toph is a metal head and a demon and is absolutely all about the grunge so hya would piss him off for being too “prissy”. not only that but hya’s tolerance and morals are like Way Lower than toph’s and toph’s like ok i’ve been through shit but you’re an ass. and hya’s like i don’t really know where you get off thinking that just because you care about other people means you’re better. so like similar personalities but the morals clash and they’d just be bitching at each other non stop or it’s silent treatment no way in between.

i would genuinely prefer a amon/di escapade before a hya/toph LMAO.

AMON & TOPH: they’d work a little too well 💀 toph would actually get down and dirty and fight amon and while verbal fights do get him going, physical fights get him zero to 100 really fast. both of them have no qualms about fucking whenever and however so it’d just be all the time lmao. ntm they’re both pretty laid back—they don’t let things bother them unless they need to and when they’re bothered it’s all hands on deck to get this ASS WHOPPIN— they also have similar crass senses of humor and the banter is definitely tHere lol.

HYA & DI: a bit rough ngl. hya is a very hard person to get along with if you aren’t ready for him and while di would definitely be magnetized to hya from afar i think he’d think he was too intimidating to really approach. even if he were, the likelihood that hya would give him anything to work with is null and void. see, the thing about di is he’s actually pretty easy to read if you look enough, and with hya that’s kind of bad because if he can read you he can learn ways to avoid opening up to you. he can’t read amon well bc amon doesn’t make sense to him and lets a lot of hya’s bullshit roll off his shoulders so it inevitably ends with hya floundering for ways to push him away that he just can’t fucking find. but di? angel, he’s easy. he’s got a tell where he rubs his nose when he lies, he looks down and to the right when he’s uncomfortable, he gnaws his lips when he feels some type of way. hya would avoid opening up. and while di enjoys an intimidating partner (toph cough), he’s still a goody two shoes trying to learn to spread his wings. he needs someone more willing to approach him and meet him on his level which hya absolutely would not do lol. i doubt they’d even talk they have very little to go off of 💀

so in order of best to worst:

amon & toph — best

amon & di — pretty good but chemistry needs help

hya & di — by virtue of nothing happening

hya & toph — at each others throats actual disaster

[robthewriter]

Cruising Caspian’s Seas (not a spelling mistake)

So, I have been following an entertaining thread in one of my Goodreads groups. Someone asked, “Just for fun, if you could visit one setting of a Sci-Fi or Fantasy book for a day, which would you choose and why?”

There were some great suggestions, like the Shire, Wall, to visit the fair every nine years, Rivendell, Arrakis, San Francisco in the Star Trek universe and a lot more, that if I’m honest, I didn’t get and had to Google.

This reminded me of the FAQs I answered when I first set up my Goodreads author page…

Q: If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

A: Robin Tompkins That’s a tricky question. Most of the fictional places I engage with, tend to be great to read about but probably not the best places to actually visit. It’s a bit obvious of me but I would perhaps say Narnia? Not White Witch era Narnia though. Perhaps they are running Dawn Treader cruises now? Nice, comfy, all-inclusive ones, with a good buffet and a nice bar? I’d probably do that.

Which got me thinking about what that cruise would be like exactly…

Join us on our latest island-hopping cruise,

In the Footsteps of the Dawn Treader

Cruising on either MS Cair Paravel or MS Queen Lucy, identical sister ships recently refurbished to the highest standards. Facilities include: two pools, sauna, spa, gym and fitness centre. Five restaurants, eight bars, movie theatre, planetarium and enclosed observation deck.

Itinerary:

Depart Cair Paravel docks on an early morning sailing into the Great Eastern Ocean.

The Lone Islands

Plenty of time to visit the bustling local markets and get a bite to eat at one of the many fine restaurants, or, if you prefer, the street food scene here is a lively one.

Optional Tour

Guided excursion to the Ducal Palace (former Governor’s residence) and a chance to hear about the darker side of the island’s history, with a visit to the Museum of Slavery. Entrance to both included.

Dragon Island

A small but lovely island with an interesting past. Simply relax on the beach or at one of the many cool beach bars. Local speciality is a cocktail made with fermented palm sap called a “Hot Dragon,” (two shots) or a “Warm Dragon,” (one shot).

Optional Tour

Locally guided tour to the Dragon’s Cave. Marvel at the life size animatronic dragon and see the actual dragon bones in the small museum. The museum shop is a great place to pick up souvenirs, they have dragon themed gifts to suit all budgets, from key rings and fridge magnets to gigantic and wonderfully cuddly plushies!

Deathwater Island

An unremarkable looking little island with quite the secret. Purchase one of the sweet little key ring sized teddy bears from the gift shop at the docks and follow our experienced guide up to “The Pool.” Please, Please, stay behind the line and listen to your guide at all times, it’s for your own safety. Watch, as the local custodian takes your teddies for a dip in the pool and returns them to you, now made from solid gold!

Duffer’s Island

The friendly locals will make you very welcome. There is plenty to see and do here and the restaurants are superb. However, you might want to be aware of this comment that we snipped from “Trip Advisor.”

“The Dufflepuds could not have been more welcoming. Lovely restaurant, decorated in the island style with curios everywhere and a great ambience. The food is to die for but don’t make my mistake, you have to remember the local’s mode of locomotion here people… Don’t order the soup, don’t order the soup or any, and I mean any, hot beverage… oh yes, and no red wine either, don’t go there, trust me.”

Optional Tour

Guided visit to the Magician’s Palace and two hour “introduction to simple spell casting” lesson with a registered second year apprentice magician.

The Dark Island

Unfortunately, due to new international maritime guidelines and certain well publicised incidents that you may be aware of, we no longer take parties ashore here. It is still a spectacular and mysterious site as we sail by though.

The Island of the Star

There is a wealth of information available at the visitor centre here and in the “Sleeping Lords” Museum. Star spotters though need to be cautious, as Ramandu and his lovely daughter understandably, do not like people turning up unannounced at their gates. There are however, a number of lovely items that they have been gracious enough to trap a little starlight in, available in the gift shop. These range from earrings and necklaces, through to tiny bottles of starlight and snow globes. Proceeds from the sale of these items benefit local charities.

Merpeople Fiesta

At the edge of the “Sweet Seas” we anchor up. Your ship will hold a spectacular gala party with fireworks and dancing. It’s Merpeople themed, and costumes are available in our onboard shop. For that authentic touch, why not barter with the actual Merpeople who will swim out to the ship in the afternoon? They love to trade for their hand made trinkets, sustainably made from coral and shells.

Only the Brave

If you are brave enough, the ship’s launch can take a small party out onto the Lily Sea to get a better look at the Reepicheep memorial and the Great Wave. The really intrepid can take out a two-man kayak with one of our expert guides and get even closer. Please note that the line of lion headed buoys marks the international Aslan Line and your guide cannot take you beyond that point in line with maritime law. Please be aware that places are limited on this excursion, it’s first come first served, so register early.

A Fond Farewell?

For those on the Short Package, we sadly must say farewell. You will portal back via picture/wardrobe to your original joining point. *

The party is not over yet for those clients who opted for the Full Package. Your ship will now return to Narnia Cair Paravel Docks via a limited stop reverse of the outward route. There will be more days at sea but that is all the more time to enjoy the wonderful facilities and “me time” available on your lavishly appointed cruise ship.

Here be Sea Serpents

You may have noticed on your maps an area near Deathwater Island marked “Here be Sea Serpents.” The reverse route will take in this enigmatic ocean area and if you are lucky and we usually are (management cannot guarantee sightings) you will be able to observe these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat. For your own safety, we recommend viewing from the enclosed observation deck, where our resident serpent expert will be on hand to answer all of your questions.

Cair Paravel and Sadly we Must Say Goodbye

Upon docking at our final destination, we include a tour of the castle and a farewell luncheon in the main hall. After which we say goodbye as you portal home via picture/wardrobe to your original joining point, * your mind brimming with happy memories. See you next year?

*Please note some clients may need to change at the “Wood Between the Worlds” interchange before travelling on to your original joining point. Royal Narnia Lines representatives will be on hand to safely guide you through the process.

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What do you think? Who wants to come with me?

PS: For any Narnia super fans who have stumbled upon this, it is not meant to knock or mock the series in any way, I love the work of C S Lewis too, it’s all just in fun OK?

[reachexceedinggrasp]

Omg, thank you for replying to my ask. (*/ω＼*) Yay so excited to hear about your Lokane fic! Such a Heraklean effort! I have a similar problem with a novel-length WIP, actually near the same emotional peak and I really think it must be that last final push that's almost harder than anything else - in a way I don't want to finish mine! I had a similar rule about not starting other WIP's so I have a document where I've amassed everything I'm not writing, and that's helped me a little because it feels like I've 'done' something so I can do other stuff haha.

Regarding Solas/Lavellan: don't worry about a disappointing response, to be totally honest I was a bit worried you already didn't like it (though wanted to know what emotional chord didn't work for you), but the fact you're not familiar with it is almost kind of better!! It's one of those pairings for me that manages to hit the epic romance notes and actually consummate the romance and then affirm the narrative importance, which is already pretty hard to do with a video game (and often times I'm left disappointed by pairings grounded primarily in potential). I can't really reveal too much about Solas because learning about him is the journey but if you like your trickster god/vulnerability/concealed pain/the dinan'shiral (the Journey of Death) that love endures against etc. it's all there. A non-spoilery detail I like about him is that sometimes when he talks he speaks in iambic pentametre or the musical notes of Hallelujah, so there's a poeticism to him and subtlety to his character execution that I just love.

I think the only drawback to Solas/Lavellan is that because it's a game it's more of a time investment and you also need the Trespasser DLC for full effect, but honestly you can watch it on YouTube lol. There's a lot of lore that enhances the pairing as well. I don't think you need to really play the first two games to 'get it', but I generally enjoy Bioware games and I think they're both fun experiences. The Solas/Lavellan romance also doesn't have an awkwardly animated sex scene, if that puts you off like it does me, though it's not entirely lacking eroticism.

wank magnet tragic murder boy

I love this thank you hahahaha.

If you ever get around to playing Dragon Age or watching the romance on YouTube, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it, though my curiosity is now successfully sated! Thank you! (Hopefully my ask doesn't come off as pressuring you to get into it... mostly I'm just surprised/happy you didn't know much about it hahah!)

Also, as one final departing remark, yes, I'm actually the same regarding genuinely Nice Guy/Ingenue/Bad Boy, but I don't really gravitate towards that dynamic because it can come off as a bit superficial to me and I cannot STANDDDD love triangles unless it was only ever a matter of who she 'should' be with versus whom she really wants, it has to be true love soulmatism or I cry!!!

Hope you have a lovely day and good luck with fic writing!

Yeah, I pretty much know some memes about Solas and that he apparently betrays the PC somehow. And people debate his motives and level of sincerity a lot. But I know so little about the plot that I've forgotten most of the details I ever came across. Poetry is a selling point! but I really can't say whether I will vibe with the ship or not based on what I know. The sad murder boy really has to hit a specific way for me.

Yes, exactly! I feel exactly the same way about love triangles. I talked about this before, but I hate them unless they're the forgone conclusion kind where it's not about who she actually loves (because this is never in doubt), it's about whether she's going to choose love over pragmatism or whether true love will conquer outside circumstances, etc. I think it was in my first ramble about Fated to Love You, which is a great example. All three characters know Mi Young is in love with Gun, the tension is always about whether they will overcome both the internal and external obstacles separating them and take the risk for true love or if she'll settle for playing it safe in a platonic pseudo-relationship with Daniel where her heart can't be broken.

If there's genuinely romantic feelings for more than one person and the middle point is not just in denial about where their heart lies, I'm out lol.

Ditto! ;)

[weepingpiratepoetry]

Doesn’t Carbon-14 Dating Disprove the Bible

But sometimes, awesome can use a bit of assistance in the dating department. Errors in procedure can also lead to errors in the results. Let the Lord lead you! But once you both made the effort to put on nice clothes, commute, and pay for drinks, the least you can do is let them know it’s not a good match and that you wish them the best. For just about every type you can imagine. This guide can help you figure it out. Everything from biting ice cream to not tipping 15%, your preferences help guide your online dating for free. The Sister Cleophas Costello Lecture is free and open to the public. Loyola University Maryland will hold the 31st annual Sister Cleophas Costello Lecture with speaker Sharon Donnelly Love, co-founder and spokesperson of the One Love Foundation, which works to empower young people to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships and prevent dating and domestic violence. Previous Sister Cleophas Costello lecturers have included authors Amy Tan, Mary Higgins Clark, and Piper Kerman, poet Maya Angelou, Olympian Gabby Douglas, activist Elizabeth Smart, activist Tarana Burke, and Paralympian McKenzie Coan, ’18.

One Love films have also been shown in undergraduate and graduate counseling courses at Loyola. Love has reached groups of students at every age level, professionals in the relationship violence arena and politicians on both a local and national level. “I didn’t know then what I know now, that relationship abuse is a public health epidemic and that young women in Yeardley’s age group are at three times greater risk than any other demographic,” Love said. HG: Would you say that you are more interested in a serious or a casual relationship post-pandemic? נערות ליווי באילת The original OP then replied to the tweet, and it isn’t surprising that he seemed even more confused than before. Then try to start a conversation about that. Find men and women in your local area today and start dating. Doing this whenever you start to feel negative emotions about your ex and his new partner will help you accept what's going on-and it may even help you move on, too. You may feel like you are alone, but once you get out there you will notice that there are a lot of people your age dating online.

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[musegame]

Aruna bio

(FULL NAME)

GENERAL

Name: Aruna Aiko

Name Meaning(s): Loving Moon

Nickname(s): Ai

Team

Gender: Female

Age: 19 despite her height

Birthday: 5/6

Height: 4′4

Weight: 85 pounds

Hometown:  Ecruteak City

Region: Originally Johto, but moved to Kanto

Goal: Preserve the peace within Lavender Tower

Quote: “You can either respect the dead, or you can return to them.”

Starter: Ghastly.

APPEARANCE

Other: As stated above, Aruna has a stunted growth issue. Chronologically, she’s 17 years old, however, at the time of her accidental electrocution, that shock ended up making her look like she’s 14 or lower.

PERSONALITY/TRAITS

Voice: Ina

Singing Voice:

BACKSTORY

After her electrocution incident, Aruna, at first, felt like her entire set of goals were all over.  Just when she was well and prepared to give up altogether…a small smoky wisp approached the young girl. The Gastly was much smaller than its other counterparts. Her first assumption was that this Pokemon has recently passed. Whatever the reason, That Gastly brought Aruna a great deal of comfort and joy.

When she had finally recovered from her more serious injuries, Aruna threw herself back into her training but now she had a little friend by her side~ As the years rolled on and the young girl was finally of legal age to become an official Trainer, there was no other Pokemon she felt more deserving to be her Starter.

Those precious moments, both past and future are what set Aruna on the path to dedicating herself to Ghost Pokemon. She did have some snags here and there with a few select Gyms, but she pushed forward and stuck to her guns. Gastly soon became Haunter, and finally Gengar thanks to the assistance of her Father.

By the time Aruna had made her way to Blackthorne, a thought began to fill her head. “…Is this really what I want?” She had gone through 7 of the 8 Gyms and each time the first thought through her mind was “I want to be on the other side.” That’s when it hit her. The ship in Olivine City was much too pricy, but the Magnet Train was perfectly within her budget. The only thing standing in her way was the Dragon Master herself.

It took several attempts on Aruna’s part but in the end she managed to just narrowly scrape by and earn her final badge. With all that set, she made a beeline to the Magnet Train Station after going home to prepare for her trip and give her goodbyes to her friends and family. Before leaving however…Morty himself granted Aruna with a single gift. A…teacup? No! A little Pokemon! She wasn’t too sure who the little happy teacup was, but Aruna welcomed them to the team with open arms.

All that was left was to depart to Kanto. As soon as she reached Saffron City, Aruna bolted to Lavender as fast as she could, expecting to see what she had always seen in the pictures and stories. Needless to say…she was deeply disappointed in what she saw. Not only was the entrance itself nothing like what she had seen, but all this pointless radio equipment was strewn about in a place that was originally meant to be a Pokemon’s final resting place! Honest anger was a rarity for the young Trainer, but in this case she was absolutely livid.

But, as it stood, Aruna had no leverage to actually move them out. And as angry as she was, the last thing she wanted was to jeopardize someone’s livelihood. For the next three years or so she worked towards earning the right to become a Gym Leader, the first step was establishing a building to use as her base of operations. What better spot than the Tower itself. That was indeed where she felt the most at peace after all. But before that, Aruna met with both Sylph Co. and Sabrina as well to work out a relocation deal. In exchange for them taking both the radio equipment and the workers themselves, she’d take up the mantle of maintaining income within Lavender Town via her Leader position.

When it was all said and done, Aruna made true on her word. She kept the first floor as it was, but the upper floors onward were all returned to their respective original state. Save for the upper floor…

The wide untouched area near the center was made into Aruna’s battle zone, while still maintaining a good distance away from the graves themselves.  

With her Gym finally set in stone, all Aruna had to do now was wait and accept any and all challengers…

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