#but when I was doing research I never saw anyone mention the term Good Egg

[seaweedraindraws]

I was saving this for my fanfic but I liked the idea so much I had to draw it!

Bonus:

Here is a link to the fic this scene is from! (Only chapter 1 is up, so this scene has not yet happened)

[lazyliars]

The Quackity Meta: Justice without the Blindfold

[Anonymous asks: (DSMP) Somebody talk to me about Quackity and Eret’s character. I wanna talk about what Quackity’s views on power are with what he’s planning to do with Sam along with whatever he saw in the egg. I wanna talk about why Eret thinks reviving Wilbur is the best option for the sever to lead and their views on what a leader should be with them being the king of the Dream SMP. I wanna talk about Quackity planning to create a casino for the server to rise to the top. What does it mean to be king?]

[/rp. All mentions of dream smp members should be assumed as referencing the character, not the cc, unless specifically stated otherwise.]

At the heart of every conflict, if you look closely enough, you will find a similarity. Two contrasting ideals will reveal their own likeness, in the stage they play out their war – they both fight for the same result; to be known and followed and asserted, and in this they are the same. There would be no conflict if both sides shared nothing in common.

Lets talk about Quackity.

We'll gloss over a good deal of Quackity's history to get to the meat of this discussion, which involves Technoblade. But there are a a few lesser known facts about Quackity's early days on the server that are relevant to the discussion, like  that Quackity joined the server because of Tommy.

Namely, he joined for The Cartel, a short-lived organization comprised of him, Tommy, Tubbo and Jack Manifold, and their aims of obtaining power over the entire server by getting a monopoly on one object, the Phantom Membrane.

(Trivia: This is why Technoblade had to strike a deal with Tommy for the membranes – Phantoms are turned off on the Dream SMP now, so their monopoly actually ended up working. (Un)fortunately, Tommy traded nearly his whole supply for the priceless act of... making Techno scream really loud and talk in a funny voice. Worth it.)

However, Tommy's interest in the Cartel waned almost immediately, to Quackity's frustration. Tommy was constantly busy with his Vice Presidential duties in L'manberg. Quackity wasn't entirely left out, and he helped Tommy on multiple occaisions, but this was back in Wilbur's L'manberg, where non-europeans were strictly banned.

Quackity would slowly come to resent Tommy for this over time. He joined the server to be with him, took his side in nearly every conflict, including the ones that were L'manberg-oriented, and yet he wasn't allowed to be a citizen of his friend's own nation.

The resentment would reach a boiling point when Quackity discovered Wilbur's bid to consolidate power by running a sham election – with a one party system. Quackity challenged him, formed Swag 2020, and the rest is history...

The takeaway here is that from the start, Quackity has been shunted aside by people in power – Tommy, Wilbur, and then later, Schlatt. This wouldn't prevent him from executing his own immoral power grabs, but that trait – the distaste for people with power holding it over him, is one that would stick around, and become even more prominent later... Quackity has more reason than most to hate tyranny.

But “Tyranny” Is a word thrown around on the SMP often enough, that it's probably up there with “betrayal” and “pop-off” in total wordcount. But few use it more commonly, or more persuasively, than Quackity and Technoblade.

This begs the question: what is Tyranny in a M/inec/raft role play, and why do Quackity and Technoblade both detest it so much while still hating each other?

Well, after a moderate amount of research, I have discovered the following:

Tyranny is complicated.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

...No, but really. Tyranny is very old concept. The words originates in, you guessed it, Ancient Greece, but conceptually, the idea goes waaaay back.

Now, that last thing I wanna do is give anyone a history lesson. I'd suck at it and I haven't done that much research. But the takeaway here is that “Tyranny” has come to be defined in fairly vague terms. We'll look at a few different ones in reference to the SMP.

Oxford dictionary defines a Tyrant as: A cruel and oppressive ruler. / a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way. / (especially in ancient Greece) a ruler who seized power without legal right.

Lets look at the first and last definitions:  A cruel and oppressive ruler; (especially in ancient Greece) a ruler who seized power without legal right.

By these definitions, one could call Quackity tyrannical during his term as Tubbo's VP. He exercises the power granted to him as a government official to spearhead an operation to execute a man without trial. He violently invades the home of a citizen and then puts said man on house arrest, and to subdue the target of this operation he threatens a pet (-a vague but ostensibly severe criminal act in the terms of m/inec/raft specifically-) and then reveals to Techno that the reason he's doing this actually has nothing to do with the crime Techno was accused of, and it is instead a ploy to consolidate power.

Quackity is leveraging his position in the government to amass power, and using that power to harm individuals (Philza and Techno,) in process. As an added bonus, his position in that government came from usurping Schlatt, a legitimately elected official. Thus, Quackity is a Tyrant.

But there, in Schlatt's government is where things get complicated.

Quackity had some power in Schlatt's government. Not the same kind as he did in New L'manberg, but arguably a more unrestrained form – Quackity could basically do whatever he wanted, as long as it pleased Schlatt. In New L'manberg, Quackity needed to convince not only Tubbo, but the rest of the cabinet whenever he wanted to initiate a new project. New L'manberg, while still maintaining a ruling class, had a far more equal distribution of power than Manberg did. It was still democratic.

And while we're on the topic of Quackity as Schlatt's VP, Quackity had almost instant regret the day of the election. He was undermining Schlatt from the start, questioning him, trying to stop Tubbo from breaking the signs that read “if you break this sign, you hate your viewers” and freeing Niki when Schlatt trapped her in Jack Manifold's house and then whispering at her to run.

Quackity only fell into step with Schlatt in the aftermath of Election day, when he saw a major desire fulfilled; the tearing down of L'manberg's walls. These walls were a symbol of L'manberg's isolationist roots that prevented Quackity from joining in the first place. It was one of his biggest promises whilst campaigning.

From this point on, up until the festival, Quackity would be in support of Schlatt. The things he did try to push back on would be downplayed and ignored, if not scorned. This period of time is difficult to pick apart where Quackity's personal morals and ideals begin, and Schlatt's influence ends. The steadily worsening abusive dynamic between them doesn't help this vagueness, either.

I point this out because I've seen people conflate Quackity's abuse at the hands of Schlatt, and his willingness to participate in Schlatt's rule as being of the same root; implying that Quackity only followed Schlatt because he was in an abusive relationship with him, when the reality is far more complicated. Yes, their relationship was a major factor in Quackity's actions, but downplaying his ambition and willingness to accept Schlatt's Tyranny when it helped him realize his own goals does a disservice to the nuance of Manberg-era Quackity.

What all of this points to is an individual who has a strong, some might say defining sense of Justice, yet also a susceptibility to Temptation. Quackity’s experiences with disenfranchisement by Wilbur and Tommy, coupled with his Dark horse victory in the election paints him in a sympathetic, even heroic light. But the way he slowly relinquished more and more power to Schlatt, and ended up indulging in the fruits of tyrannical gains when they proved they could get him what he wanted.

...

So, back to the question... Is Quackity a tyrant?

The answer to that question is a solid “mmmmaaaybe??”

It comes back to what you consider Tyranny. Quackity has never held complete power – he has always, always been scrapping and struggling and fighting to get a foothold in the machinations of the truly powerful, like Dream and Wilbur. He's very much an underdog story.

On the other hand, the times that Quackity has held positions of power, he's done some questionable shit. People like to forget that, while he was deeply disturbed by it, he wasn't exactly against Tubbo's execution at the festival. Putting Phil on house arrest and executing Techno without trial also count against him.

Like most things on the SMP, it's just complicated. Quackity's motivations run deep and aren't always obvious. He doesn't seem to want to hurt people just for the sake of hurting them, or use his power in arbitrary ways, but when he can personally justify it, the sacrifice of his moral integrity gets severe sometimes.

What it looks like is that more than anything else, Quackity wants control, and to never, ever lose his own autonomy. That is also why he despises Technoblade.

...And here we are at the Technoblade part of this meta, AKA the MASSIVE BULK OF THIS ANALYSIS. Which you can read HERE, because it’s too long to fit in just this one post.

[solarwonux]

36. “I’m not naming our child after a book character, let alone from my least favorite book.” “Why not?”

37. “I think you’ve had enough to drink today.”

husband!joshua x f!reader

genre: fluff and a little bit of angst 

w.c: 2.1k

warnings: alcohol, drinking, hints at infertility, mentions of a surrogate, self doubt, hints at depression, mentions of therapy, brief mention of poly!gyuchan,  IVF treatment, suggestive, a cat named dog and a dog named cat, reader isn’t a fan of Shakespeare.

notes: this one’s a heavy one, but I wanted to challenge myself with this one. I did do some brief research as I was writing this one but I still could’ve gotten something wrong, so if I did let me. Either way, I’m grateful for those who read and please please please let me know your thoughts. Enjoy.xx

MASTERLIST || PROMPTS

Joshua threw his head back downing the shot of soju. His face twisted in displeasure, hissing at the bitter taste. He sets the glass down wiping his plump lips with the back of his hand before pointing a finger at you. 

“What about Elizabeth, like Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice?” Joshua asks, grabbing the green bottle of soju and pouring himself another shot. 

You cross your arms in front of your body and lean back against the dark navy booth. “Nope, try again.” 

Joshua let’s out a sound of annoyance before downing another shot. He doesn’t let the acrimonious taste settle in on his taste buds before he’s pouring himself another one and downing it. The two of you knew it was going to be a long night. Time was ticking, your surrogates due date was approaching and neither of you had picked out a name for your daughter. 

Truthfully, her name should’ve been chosen months ago. At least that’s what you and Joshua had planned during the first trimester of the pregnancy. But every time the topic came up, the two of you would end up frustrated and running back to the drawing board. You had names picked out, so did he. Neither one felt right. It also didn’t help that throughout the eight and a half months of the pregnancy a sense of guilt would wedge its way into your veins.

According to the many doctor’s you and Joshua consulted throughout the first year of your marriage. Your body wouldn’t be able to carry a child until full term. It had impacted you negatively. Your mental health was never up to par twenty four seven, but during that year - the year that was supposed to be filled with happy memories with your newly wedded husband; your mental health was at its worse. Memories that were supposed to be happy and colorful were black and white. You spent every waking moment dreaming about your child and feeling like a failure all at the same time. 

Joshua would hold you every time you cried out in agony. Each sob that came out of your lips would find its way and break his heart even further. He felt worthless not knowing what to do as he sat and watched the light get sucked out of you. He was hurting too, there wasn’t a doubt left in his head that he somehow shared your pain. But he couldn’t begin to imagine what it felt like to be told over and over again that your body will never be able to carry a child. So he held you and prayed for a miracle every night. He loved you more than anything in the world and although he found himself frustrated whenever you treated yourself like you were worthless or nothing. He made a promise to you in front of your family and his that through sickness and in health he will be by your side no matter what. 

The miracle came after four years. On New Year’s Eve of that first miserable year of marriage you told him you wanted to go to therapy, but only if he went too. He gladly agreed, eyes blown up in uncertainty but he didn’t fight you on your decision. Immediately he started researching for the best therapists in town, forgetting about the holiday party at Jun’s house. 

Slowly he saw you come back to yourself. The first time you smiled at him and laughed he cried tears of joy along with you. After almost two years of individual therapy with the newly added weekly couple therapy session, the two of you decided to research alternatives. Joshua was apprehensive, he feared he would lose you again, reassuring you that the two of you didn’t have to have kids in order to be a complete family. 

That just the two of you, your cat Inu and your dog Neko was enough. In which you agreed but one of your dreams was to bring a child into the world, to be a mother and you refused to have that taken away from you. So, he agreed after many weeks of convincing and a glittery powerpoint presentation. 

Mingyu, Chan and their wife didn’t want kids, frankly it wasn’t for them. But she didn’t hesitate to offer herself as a surrogate when she learned that you and Joshua were looking for one. It took another glittery powerpoint presentation from all three of them, this time to convince you to let them help you. So you did. Eight and a half months ago through an IVF treatment, one of your eggs and Joshua’s sperm were inside of her, healthily growing your child. Each doctor’s appointment you went to, the excitement inside of you grew. 

You stayed up with Joshua talking about how grateful you were that your baby girl was so loved and she hadn’t even taken her first breath yet. Mingyu and Chan showered her with gifts endlessly. A competition between the two of them to determine who would end up being her godfather. Not to mention her other ten uncle’s competing to see who would win the title of best uncle in the whole wide world. A contest that was to be held annually. Or so they claimed.

You were happy and so was Joshua but the only problem the two of you faced was that you didn’t have a name yet. And it stressed out Joshua to the point of no return, especially after you told him that it would be better to just wait until she was physically in the world. That her name would come to you, appearing out of thin air the moment you saw her for the first time. 

Joshua on the other hand disagreed. He lived paranoid ninety nine percent of the time and liked to be ready just in case something went wrong. He also didn’t want his daughter to be nameless and bean sprout wasn’t cutting it anymore. “Okay how about Ophelia, like from Hamlet.” He says with a hopeful dewey look in his eyes. 

You grab the bottle of soju and pour yourself a shot, downing it before slamming it down on top of the dark wooden table. “Absolutely not, I refuse. I’m not naming our child after a book character, let alone my least favorite book.”

Joshua ran a stressed hand across his face. He wanted this nightmare to end. No both of you wanted this nightmare to end. “It’s not a book, it's a play baby, you out of all people should know that.” He accused, grabbing an unopened bottle of soju and cracking the seal. “Mrs. Literature major.”

“Does it come with a front cover and a back cover and a bunch of pages in between?” You challenge cocking your head to the side, pushing your shot glass towards him. 

Joshua poured you a glass before setting the bottle down and placing his chin in the palm of his hands. A cocky drunk grin evident on his face. “Yes, but it started out as a performance not a book.” He mocks.

“I disagree. Shakespeare had to have written it down first in order to then show the actors. Therefore it’s still considered a book and my statement still stands. I’m not naming our child Ophelia.” You roll your eyes bringing the glass up to your lips, taking a small sip from it. You were finally starting to feel the weight of the alcohol. It was a given the two of you were five soju bottles (almost six) in and still hadn’t made any progress. 

“Why not?” He whines kicking his feet in the process, resembling a little kid who just got told that he couldn’t have cookies ‘n’ creme ice cream for dinner. “I like Ophelia, I think it’s cute.” 

“Because Ophelia drowns in the play, what if by naming our daughter that, we are instilling her an unfortunate faith?” You explain, drawing it out dramatically with your hands. 

“That’s ridiculous. Our daughter is protected not only by her guardian angels but also she has a whole football team on standby ready to beat the shit out of anyone that makes her cry.” Joshua states in a matter of fact tone while closing the half finished bottle of soju. He was finally starting to feel the effects and the two of you still needed to pay the bill and somehow make it home. 

You huff dipping your index finger into the half full shot glass and wetting the rim. “I read about it once.” You whisper. 

“Where?” He stands up holding onto the table and makes his way to your side, sitting down. “On those mommy blogs? The one’s I told you to stop reading because they don’t make you feel good about anything?”  His arm makes it away across your shoulders and pulls you close. 

You nod, leaning your head against his chest. “I’m just scared and I want everything to be perfect. I know that there’s nothing wrong with the decision we made but sometimes I still feel guilty that I wasn’t the one to carry her.” You sigh, lacing your fingers with his. “What if she doesn’t love me?” You cringe at how small your voice sounds. This is something your therapist and you had been working on for the past three weeks. Ever since you realized that the due date was approaching quickly. You’d gotten far but the doubt still lingered no matter how much you tried to push it away. 

Joshua leaves a gentle kiss against the crown of your head. “You’re her mom through and through and she’ll love you no matter what. Your body couldn’t grow her, the risk was too high and I didn’t want anything to happen to you or to her. But that doesn’t mean you were not enough. You have always been enough and you will be the best mom she could ever ask for.” 

Years ago when you had first met Joshua you knew you didn’t deserve him. He was everything you could ever ask for and more. Every time you found yourself drowning he was there with his hand plunged into the water ready to raise you up. He was your pillar whenever you needed someone or something to lean on. He was your voice of reason and your biggest supporter. And it wasn’t fair, because you would never be able to be that person to him. 

“I love you Joshua, thank you for never giving up on me.” You sit up, closing the small gap between the two of you and leaving a soft, delicate, alcohol filled kiss against his perfect lips. 

“I would never in a million think of doing that. Baby I swear I would cut off each of my limbs and feed them to birds if that thought were to ever cross my mind.” He smiles, pecking your lips repeatedly making you giggle. The sound made his heart soar. “I know you won’t believe me but you taught me what it’s like to love someone endlessly and unconditionally and that’s something I will spend my life thanking you for.” He says, thumbs caressing your cheeks before he hugs you close. 

“Stop making it impossible not to love you.” You laugh, circling your arms around his waist, burying your head into his chest. “I like Ophelia too, I’ll put it on the ‘maybe’ list.” His arms get tighter around, making it almost impossible for you to breathe. He wasn’t voicing his happiness, but you could only imagine the dumb smile he had on his face. 

After all, it was rare for you to admit defeat.

The two of you stayed there for a few more seconds before he brought his face down, stopping just above your ear. “Want to go to the bathroom and fuck,  live out our young adults fantasies once more before we become parents?” 

You pull away an incredulous look decorating your face. “Yup, I think you’ve had enough to drink. Let’s go home.” You stand up, grabbing your purse, pulling on his arm earning a wine from your husband. 

“Come on just once, please baby please.” He pleads and stands up, following you as you make your way to the front of the bar where the cash register usually was. 

“Absolutely not, I don’t want to be arrested for Adultery. We are about to become parents Joshua Hong!” 

He shrugs, circling his arm around your waist watching silently as you wait to pay. “It was worth a shot, what about when we get home?” He whispers into your ear leaving a teasing kiss against your chin. 

“We’ll see. Now behave.” 

“As you wish my lovely wife.”

[eddiealfano]

Why I Finally Got This Stupid Vaccine

I finally got this stupid vaccine. Didn’t want it. Probably didn’t need it. But I got the stupid thing. I didn’t, “burst into tears of joy” as some of my more dramatic friends emotionally posted on Social Media after their vaccination. I didn’t worry that Bill Gates was one step closer to his grand plan to reduce the population, as some of my other dramatic friends warned me. I only felt apathy.

I am 45-years-old. I lift weights. I run sprints. I eat a diet consisting of food that is intended for human consumption. I do literally hundreds of things to take care of my personal health and well-being. I am the guy my friends call when they have questions related to all things fitness. I don’t believe in, “Western Medicine Solutions” for problems that can be solved naturally. Needless to say, I wasn’t excited to get a vaccine for something like Covid.

My Pandemic experience was probably different than yours. While I watched friends, neighbors and loved ones react in fear and hysteria, I had zero concern about getting Covid. I didn’t buy hand sanitizer. I didn’t “social distance’’ from anyone. I traveled frequently. I kept hugging my 84-year-old parents. I only wore those silly masks in situations where businesses required me to do so. 

Am I reckless? Do I simply not care about humanity? Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m someone who realized very early on what this virus actually is: A disease of the metabolically unhealthy. Unfortunately, the Archaic Science of 2021 cannot figure that out. Or perhaps the Politics of 2021 won’t allow the Archaic Science of 2021 to figure that out. But it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to look at data readily available at Google.com to see that this disease astronomically disproportionately affects the elderly and the unhealthy.

Before the, “But you can still get it even if you’re healthy!!” crowd blows a gasket, I’m sure someone who fits my health profile could theoretically get hospitalized or even die from Covid. Just like they could get hit by a coconut falling from a palm tree. I don’t live in fear of those odds. I know people who’ve been hospitalized with Covid. I know people who’ve died. Not a single one of them was what I would term “healthy.” I haven’t even anecdotally heard a story of someone having a difficult time with Covid who met my definition of “Actually Healthy.” But that’s probably because less than 5-percent of Americans would meet my definition of “Actually Healthy.” And that’s a real problem. It’d be great if “The Science” were doing something to help solve that problem.

On that note, what about The Almighty Science?  Here’s the thing: Historically, it’s wrong a lot. Especially when it comes to human health. If I trusted The Science, I’d still be eating a “heart-healthy” high-carb, low-saturated-fat diet as described by the wonderful Food Pyramid. I’d be avoiding egg yolks while enjoying my fat-free muffins and canola oil. Heck, I’d even be sure to minimize my consumption of the most nutrient-dense food known to man. That’s red meat, in case you were still trusting The Science and not trusting millions of years of human history, Intuition and Common Sense. Fortunately, I stopped blindly trusting The Science when it comes to my own health and it has made me much healthier than any Scientist or Doctor I’ve ever met. 

I approached this Pandemic the same way I do Flu Season or any other time of year when, “something is going around.” I focused on taking care of my health and making myself a less desirable host for viruses. I didn’t turn other people into loaded weapons that could harm me. I didn’t cross the street when I saw a stranger walking my way. And I certainly didn't try to “kill the virus” with absurd solutions like hand sanitizer or Lysol spray. 

So if I feel this strongly against the mainstream narrative regarding health and Covid, why did I get this stupid vaccine? Was it because of all the virtue signalling from Politicians and friends on Social Media telling me to, “do my part?” No, that just made me want it even less. I already “do my part” by keeping myself healthy and not falling victim to viruses in the first place. I don’t need someone eating a free Krispy Kreme Donut holding their vaccine card and telling me what I should do to keep America healthy. And I definitely don’t need someone who relies on Western Medicine for all their health concerns telling me how stupid the unvaccinated are.

So it must have been “The Highly Contagious Delta Variant” that finally made me get the vaccine, right? Do a shot every time you hear that phrase mentioned on the news and you’ll be passed-out drunk by 8:30 AM. And no, it wasn’t the highly contagious Delta variant. It’s clearly a weaker variant of Covid. I mean, trust The Science on that, right? I guess that’s the least interesting detail about the Delta Variant and why should we stop the media’s fear-mongering panic party just because of details?

So why did I end up getting this stupid vaccine? 

Because I ultimately don’t think it’s that big of a deal. When I realized my future employers would more than likely be instituting vaccine mandates, I started researching how I could get a Religious exemption. I was ready to die on this hill of not letting people less healthy than me tell me how to take care of my body. But then I realized I was fighting a battle I didn’t even want to fight. Why was I suddenly so against getting a vaccine? I’d gotten every other mandated vaccine and never gave it much thought. Sure this one was rushed and it's for a disease I don’t fear, but that doesn’t change the fact that I do believe in vaccines and their importance to human history.

I’ve had lots of conversations with people in the “anti-vax” community. They range from some of the smartest, educated people in the Health & Fitness world to some of the craziest loons you will ever meet. There is a genuine conversation we should be having about vaccines, but it is getting hijacked by the wild conspiracy theories. Are there unknown side-effects to vaccines that the Archaic Science of 2021 does not understand? Of course there are. There’s no such thing as a “biological free ride.” You don’t get to use Western Medicine without consequences. This is true of antibiotics. It’s true of pain medications. It’s true of every aspect of Western Medicine, and that obviously includes vaccines.

But do I think vaccines will be the “smoking gun” that we find out about in the future and they wonder what in the hell those crazy folks back in 2021 were thinking? No. That will probably be cellphones. Or genetically modified foods. Or any number of the overly-prescribed prescription drugs half our population has no problem popping every day. I don’t know why we are singling out vaccines as “the thing.” We may eventually learn of new side-effects, but I don’t think they will be any worse than what we discover about all these other stupid things we currently have no problem doing.

I have good friends who don’t want to get this vaccine. A lot of people I love. And unfortunately, a lot of them are unhealthy. I mean, REALLY unhealthy. Some are cancer survivors. Some eat fast food every day. Some smoke cigarettes. Some take multiple prescription drugs. Whatever your thoughts on vaccines, for God’s sake, can we agree these people are better off with the unknown risks of the vaccine than the risk of getting Covid? I’ve been encouraging these friends to get the vaccine and it was making me feel like a hypocrite for not getting it myself. How can I recommend something, say it is mostly safe, but be unwilling to take it myself? And if the Conspiracy Theorists are right and Bill Gates IS out to get us… he’s going to get us. If not with the Covid vaccine, then with the next Windows update. Or he’ll poison our drinking water. We simply can’t win against an evil Bill Gates, folks.

So that’s why I got this stupid vaccine. I genuinely didn’t think it was worth all the energy I was putting into resisting it. I’m not one to back down from a battle, it’s just gotta be a battle I truly believe in.

I don’t care if you get vaccinated or not. I don’t need you to do so in order for me to feel safe. It should be your own personal decision. But have your reasons in line with the reality of the risks of vaccines and the risks of Covid itself. Or don’t. It’s ultimately your choice.

Stay healthy everyone.

[nxncydrews]

midnight in salem: a review

Your girl finally beat Midnight in Salem last night and...I have thoughts. Feelings. Concerns. But also hope? This review is like a year late but whatever. Overall, I didn’t hate the game nearly as much as I thought I would, and I was fully prepared to loathe it. Spoilers are under the cut for anyone who hasn’t played it yet! (also...it’s long lol)

The general gist of it is this: Midnight in Salem is an okay game. There are some glaring issues that I’ll talk about in more detail, but there is a foundation that I feel is strong for the future. Even with the problems I saw I don’t think MID is the weakest in the series (MED and RAN still claim those spots). Let’s break it down.

Good: the mystery. Although I guessed Teegan’s role in the fire early on, I thought the overall storyline was compelling and that they did a good job of intertwining the characters and motivations in ways that wasn’t super obvious. The one problem I did have with the story is I felt like I couldn’t follow up with characters as much as I wanted to. For example, you can go upstairs in the museum and discover pretty early on that the Parry family changed their name from Parris but you can’t ask Teegan about it until she brings it up much later in the game—and even then it’s not something you prompt, it’s something she just gives up.  I also think I found out about things in dialogue before I was supposed to as though branches of the dialogue tree were incorrectly crossed. Despite that, I think the mystery was good...just needed a little more refining to pull it all together. There were also a few threads that didn’t get tied up (do we just assume that Jason mimicked Olivia’s smoke bombs because he watched her in the square?). 

Bad: the linearity. The thing that I loved (and hated) about past games was that you could hit moments where it wasn’t always clear where you were supposed to go next. With MID, however, you were led from location to location with little reason to return to other places when you finished the single task you needed to do. You would start at the Parry’s house, go to town square, make one trip out to Hathorne House, go back to the town square and repeat the next with a random trip to Lauren’s shop instead of Hathorne. And with the lack of locations to begin with...it just felt like it was a small game without much to do. That said, some of my favorite games have had a much smaller setting (TRT, for example) and did it well. So perhaps this issue could’ve been fixed with more complexity added to the puzzles and additional side quests.

Good: the voice acting and characters. Look, I loved Lani as Nancy Drew and she will always have a special place in my heart, but the new voice of Nancy has won me over. She’s got the exact type of energy I imagine and had a more modern voice. I do think she was one of the weakest voice actors in the game (random lines seemed to feel out of place emotionally, but that could just as much be on the editing team as the voice actor), but I still liked her overall. The rest of the voice cast was also great, which helped to carry a script that I felt was weak at moments—there were times when the dialogue was just...bad. The characters as a whole felt unique and fun, and I really loved the interactions between Deirdre and the Hardy Boys. I would argue that the strongest part of the game is the characters, even if I do think they could’ve gone further with some of the friendships and relationships that were hinted throughout the game (Judge Danforth and Jason, Mei and Jason, Teegan/Olivia/Lauren, etc). I also liked that the characters felt more alive...moving around, in multiple places, etc. The positioning of characters when they followed you was...unfortunate at times. Deirdre scared me every time I turned around and navigating the tunnels at the end of the game was nearly impossible with how characters constantly blocked your view. 

Bad: the graphics. This is obviously something that has been complained about since the beginning, and it’s for good reason: the graphics were lackluster. I have a pretty good laptop so I was able to play on high settings, but even then they weren’t nearly as good as I was expecting for how long they worked on the game. The character models are one of the most glaring issues: choppy and awkward animations, a lack of texture and shadows, and those really freaky eyes. The environments, though slightly better, still felt as though they were built from unity assets that the developers picked up off online stores and threw together. I couldn’t stand looking at the leaf piles on the ground or the street outside the Parry house because they were so incredibly flat. The final puzzle scenes felt better to me, as did Olivia’s shop and even the graveyard, so it’s clear that they can do better, but that level (or even higher level) of detail needs to be present in everything. The lighting is another huge issue—it was extremely flat in most parts of the game and took away a lot of the mood that could’ve been set. That said, I think graphics can be improved....if they put in the money and resources.

Good: the puzzles and interact-able objects. The puzzles that we did have in the game were fun and varying, which I think is important in mystery games. Some of the controls in the puzzles were really frustrating (more on the controls later), but there wasn’t a puzzle that I flat-out couldn’t solve. I also liked the way we could rotate objects and see all sides of them but again, the controls were a little frustrating. 

Bad: the number of puzzles. There just wasn’t enough puzzles for me, particularly puzzles that directly affected the storyline. For example, you can find a ripped-up note in the trash can in the Parry house but it’s never referenced again and you don’t actually need to do it to solve the mystery. Same with the piece of the flyer you find in the scarecrow. I think I saw a reddit thread or a post here that suggested things with book sorting or doing stuff with displays in the museum as additional puzzles and I 100% agree that they’d be great (and easy) additions to the storyline. Or maybe even helping Olivia with doing her store inventory (as we see on her list that she clearly doesn’t want to do it). 

Good: the mini-games. I loved the pumpkin quest and making johnny cakes (though I wish we could’ve actually made the various recipes and not have done the flipping part 6 times). I also loved making the herb mixtures! I honestly don’t have any complaints here. I think there was a good amount of them and they were fun to come back to.

Bad: the controls. While I appreciate what HER was trying to do with the controls, I really don’t think they worked. The “looking around” in a scene is cool in theory, but the actual act of dragging around an object was tedious and frustrating. The movement through the town square was really annoying, too—it took me forever to get from one side to the other. I think the yellow glow around the cursor when you found something to interact with could be a little more prominent, too. I think if HER wants to continue using this setup then they need to fix the cursor sensitivity to deal with how slow looking around a scene can be when dragging. I think we also could’ve done with a way to read the logs of conversations because I definitely missed a few things when I looked away for a second. 

Good: Deirdre. Shannon. I love her. So much. She’s absolutely fantastic. Her snark was great and I really appreciated how they gave her autonomy and actively contribute to the case. I would’ve loved for her to be playable (like maybe we follow her to do research on the town or search for the will), but I can’t complain about the amount we saw her. Her scenes with the Hardy Boys were some of my favorite in game....and I really hope we continue to have her as a phone contact in future games (if not see her in person again!). 

Bad: no charm. Despite some high points with characters and the mystery, overall this game just lacked the charm of the past. I know some of this stems from moving to Unity and the subsequent changes to graphics and models, but I really feel like so much of the uniqueness to the games was stripped away as well. There are some easy changes that I think could fix this, starting with the UI and dialogue display and working to improve the lighting and character models. Nancy Drew needs a small amount of grittiness, I think, and a clean, modern look just doesn’t feel right. 

Good: throwbacks to old games. I appreciated that there were some throwbacks to old games mixed in as you went and that some of our old familiar easter eggs popped up (Koko Kringle candy, for one!). I like to think that the black cats in Olivia’s shop were throwbacks to Suki from SAW (though that one is unlikely) and there was also a mention of a Waverly Academy, though I think this was either a mistake or unintentional because the letter is for an art school and Waverly was a boarding school. I was hoping for a Kate Drew reference when on the phone with Carson, but alas. Here’s hoping they continue to bring past games into new ones. 

Bad: the lack of depth. I felt like overall the game only scratched the surface of what it could’ve in terms of bringing in more history and complexity. The lack of puzzles and overly-linear story made it a pretty quick solve and the characters, though interesting, could’ve done with more interaction with each other. More puzzles, more history, and more side quests could’ve helped with this immensely. (Oh, and get rid of the ridiculous side love triangle and manufactured drama with Ned and Nancy. That’s something worth it’s own post, however.)

tl;dr I wouldn’t go so far to say that MID was a roaring success or met the expectations I had for the game, but I do think there is hope for the future if we get more games. The mystery was solid and there are some good things that came from it, but they’ve got a lot of work to do to bring the next game back to the quality level that we saw in past eras. If anything, this did make me want to play through all the old games in order again, which I haven’t wanted to do in years. 

Time to go open photoshop and make all the Mei/Jason and Frank/Deirdre graphics and get back in the edit game!  

[thetourguidebarbie]

Not sure if you're taking prompts but I know I'll forget... Caroline makes assumptions about Klaus and compulsion, klaus is dispointed and thinking maybe she doesn't know him as well as he thought. Happy ending.

This has a lot of rape mentions, and it explores a topic that I’ve wanted to for a while (Katherine basically admitting to raping Stefan). That means this is not a Katherine friendly fic. You’ve been warned. Happy kc though, obviously!

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"Ugh, this is exhausting," Caroline muttered to herself, flipping through her latest pick out of Klaus's collection of old grimoires and closing it with a soft thump and resting her head on her arms, trying to resist the urge to bang her forehead on the table.

Though witches aged much slower than normal humans,, Bonnie had begun to steadily show signs of it. She'd complained about having to get her roots done about four months ago, and Caroline couldn't seem to get it out of her brain. Even though she was acutely aware that Bonnie could be killed by external forces, she'd somehow forgotten that mortals died just from passing years. Caroline was growing desperate to find a way to keep her friend alive without taking away her powers.

She'd pestered Klaus for the last few weeks to use his connections, and though he'd called a few witches they'd either come up with nothing or refused to admit they had ideas. It was frustrating her that of all the problems she'd tackled over the years, this seemed to be the one that she was finding most difficult to solve. She was running out of options, and even though they had years until Bonnie died, Klaus had spent a thousand years breaking one curse, so an early start wouldn't hurt.

She pulled the next grimoire over and tried to figure out if she should get a snack. Elijah's eyes seemed to twitch whenever he caught her eating in the library, but he was off on some sort of trip with Katherine, and she'd definitely clean it up by the time he got back.

Mind made up, she went to the kitchen, frowning when she saw Klaus bent over the kitchen table and staring at his glass of blood as though it had deeply offended him. "What's wrong?"

He looked up at her, his dimples showing, though his smile was weaker than usual. "Nothing, love."

"Sounds like a lie, but we don't have to talk about it," Caroline said, plopping down beside Klaus and kissing him on the cheek, tangling her fingers with his. "How was your morning?"

"Fine, other than my half-empty bed when I woke," he said, somehow adding an edge underneath his light tone, and she winced.

Oh.

"I'm sorry. I know I've been busy with the whole Bonnie thing."

It hadn't occurred to her that Klaus would feel neglected while she dove head-first into research, but it shouldn't have surprised her. They'd been joined at the hip for a few decades now, and he wasn't used to her taking on projects without him.

"I understand how important it is to you," he said, and it was only said decades of being with him that helped her detect the forced element in his reassurance. She doubted he was lying, but she could admit that she'd kind of ignored him for a week or two other than when she asked him for help, assuming that he'd just take the time to do other things.

"Yeah, but you're important to me too."

"I should hope so," he teased, apparently reassured, the genuine smile he directed at her making her warm. "And I might have a lead, if you're interested."

"Of course!"

"I think you should ask Katerina for help."

"Katherine? Why?"

"She was a witch before she was a vampire, and her coven specialized in necromancy and other similar arts. Perhaps she'll know a thing or two about de-aging?" 

"She's out of town, though," Caroline pointed out, already mentally calculating how many grimoires she could go through before Katherine returned.

She automatically tipped her head to the side when Klaus bent to press a kiss to her neck, his hand squeezing hers. "Then we have time for you to have a break before she gets back, hmm?"

"I guess I can't fault your logic," she teased, twisting to kiss him, remembering how much she craved him as soon as his hands tugged her waist to pull her closer. "A break sounds good."

---

Katherine had looked slightly surprised when Caroline brought her Bonnie problem up, though she recovered quickly, her lips twisting into a grimace. "Honestly, I've tried to forget everything to do with my family, but for you and not getting murdered by your boyfriend, I'll try."

"Thanks," Caroline said, the tension flowing out of her. "I really, really appreciate it."

"Don't mention it," Katherine said grumpily, following Caroline to the library and sitting down at the table, which was covered in books. She raised her eyebrows. "You've been busy."

"Yeah, I've kind of been working on it for a while."

"I can see that," Katherine said dryly. "Well, lucky for you I have a few ideas. I  think you should at least consider the possibility of moving Bonnie to a younger body. It would solve all your problems."

"I don't know..." Caroline said slowly, knowing that Bonnie would never go for stealing someone else's body, and honestly Caroline wasn't all that comfortable with it either. She knew what it was like to have her body feel like it belonged to someone else, to have her own reactions and thoughts dependent on someone else's willingness to let her have them. Body jumping grossed her out to the nth degree. "It might be a good place to start in terms of research, but I don't think Bonnie will be okay with that."

"Why not?" Katherine asked, frowning.

Sometimes it was hard for Caroline to remember that Katherine's general attitude towards life involved doing what was best for her and would reach her goals at all times, damn the consequences to other people. She was willing to throw anyone under the bus to achieve her aims, including the people she loved, but especially people she didn't. "Because it's awful for the person that you're doing it to. You're taking away their agency. It's a violation."

Katherine shrugged. "Yeah, but Bonnie would be alive."

"I don't think I could do that to someone," Caroline said. "Just like, steal their life. And I doubt Bonnie would either."

"Listen, cupcake," Katherine drawled, and Caroline bristled at the condescending tone. "I've been around the block a few times. Sometimes you need to break a few eggs to make an omelette. Or you can just egg a car for fun. Why not live a little?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" 

"Well, I didn't strictly have to compel you to get my job done in Mystic Falls, but it was easy and gave me some leverage, and you were kind of fun to work with, other than when you locked me in a room to try to kill me."

"Yeah, I'm not sorry about that."

"I get why you did it," Katherine said with a shrug. "All I'm saying is that when you've lived as long as I have, humans are a means to an end. I grew up back when women weren't considered people and living for a few hundred years while your boyfriend tried to kill me wasn't exactly a walk in the park. It would have been impossible if I hadn't taken advantage of more than a few of them along the way."

"Taken advantage?" Caroline asked slowly, a horrible feeling building in her gut. She knew that Katherine was a murderer, but she'd always written it off as them having different philosophies and her needing to kill to stay alive. Caroline understood using people to save the ones she loved. She had never considered that Katherine might have done more than murder, though, that she seemed to consider humans animals, not worthy of respect or consideration.

"Sure. I had them get things for me or seduce their way into court. I couldn't do everything myself. I needed some help."

"You compelled people to seduce people?" Caroline asked, a bit sick to her stomach. "Couldn't you have just compelled your way in?"

"Again, easier. More fun. Sometimes I'd go with. Vampire libido is a bitch."

"That's horrible!"

"Oh don't act like you've never been tempted."

"I haven't, actually."

"Well, you can ask Stefan how he feels about it if you're so worried. Sure, it started as compulsion but he didn't stop being in love with me after he was turned." 

"You compelled Stefan to be in love with you?" Caroline asked, trying not to physically jerk back from Katherine, feeling a little nauseated. She'd been friends with Katherine (sort of) for decades, had let her hang out in her bedroom and talk about their lives. They'd gone shopping together, gone on vacations... She knew Katherine wasn't a great person, that she'd killed people and manipulated them and used them for her own ends, but she'd never expected her to be a rapist. It hadn't squared with who she knew.

"Didn't he tell you?" Katherine asked, either not picking up on Caroline's revulsion or mistaking it for general disapproval. "He spent the first few months I was in Mystic Falls harping on and on about it..."

"Of course he did. You abused him," Caroline burst out. "What the hell, Katherine?"

She could remember Stefan's general dislike of Katherine, how he'd seemed to be genuinely scared for her, how he didn't want her near his brother or Elena. She'd thought it was because Katherine was older and therefore stronger, but maybe that wasn't it. The clues were all adding up now.

She vaguely remembered Stefan mumbling something about Katherine giving him dreams after they'd been locked in the cave together, though she hadn't asked too much about the content even though she'd wanted to. She'd worried it was too private or that she'd find out something she hadn't wanted to know. He'd been enormously paranoid for weeks after Katherine had pretended to be Elena, and that had seemed reasonable at the time for Elena's safety, but Caroline suddenly wondered if it was because he was disgusted that Katherine had tried to touch him again. 

A part of her, a big part, would never forgive Stefan for letting Damon abuse her, even if she'd justified it to herself as Stefan either not knowing how bad it was or thinking that it would only be for a short time. Now though, she wondered if he'd felt helpless or didn't know how to approach the subject. It was still unforgivable, but maybe more understandable? 

And now she was being so casual about it, like it wasn't a big deal at all. How could she think that? Or maybe to her it wasn't? Maybe this was how all vampires felt? That humans were lesser and theirs for the taking. It might make sense because a lot of them grew up in a time when that kind of violation was accepted as standard and could always be explained away as long as the person with more power had been the perpetrator, but that didn't make it any less wrong.

After all, Klaus had grown up in an era where women weren't people, and he'd seemed fine, right?

She felt her heart stop in her chest, her eyes growing wide. What if he wasn't? What if she was in bed with... she swallowed, trying to push the thought away, but she knew it would bother her until she addressed it, and she wasn't sure whether she could wait.

Well, really, she was sure that she couldn't wait, that she couldn't spend another single minute not knowing whether she'd unknowingly fallen in love with someone who did things that made her skin crawl.

"I have to go," Caroline said flatly, not bothering to thank Katherine for her help and speeding across the house, knocking on the door to Klaus's studio. She didn't smile when he opened it, her eyes filling with tears the second she saw him. All she wanted was for him to hug her and reassure her that he wasn't that kind of monster. "Hey."

"I see that Katerina was less than helpful?" he half-asked, pulling her into his arms. She stiffened but couldn't help but melt after a few moments, her eyes closing as she buried her face in his shoulder. "What's wrong, sweetheart?"

"I have a question," she said, swallowing and closing her eyes, taking a deep shaky breath. "And I need you to answer truthfully, okay? No matter what you think I'll think. Can you promise me?"

"Of course," he said without hesitation. "Well, I suppose I should amend that. I'll never lie to you, Caroline. I can't guarantee that I can answer any question."

Good enough.

"Katherine told me that she compelled Stefan to love her when he was human," Caroline said slowly, sitting down on the couch against the wall that she occasionally posed on. Klaus sat beside her, seeming to realize that this was more serious than he'd thought. "And I...did you?"

He frowned, though he seemed to know where she was going with it considering the wary look on his face. "Did I what, sweetheart?"

"Have you ever...you know. Compelled someone?"

"I've compelled many people," he said dryly. "Though I assume what you want to know is whether I've compelled anyone for sex?"

"Yeah," she admitted, suddenly not wanting to know in case he had.

"No," he said bluntly. "Never."

Caroline took a deep, shaky breath. "Okay. Good."

"Did you really think so low of me?" he asked softly, tapping his finger under her chin to get her to look at him. He looked hurt, though he was doing a good job of not lashing out.

"No. No, I just...after Katherine I felt like I had to check, you know?" she asked before continuing in a rush. "Because I can't let that happen to me again. I can't...if you'd been...It wasn't about you, Klaus. It was about me."

"Again?" he whispered, his eyes flashing gold. "What do you mean 'again', Caroline?"

"I mean, you know what Damon did, right?"

"I recall him doing many ill-advised things," Klaus said dryly. "Can you refresh my memory?"

"When I was human, he compelled me."

"To spy, correct?"

"And to use me as a blood bag," Caroline said, taking a deep breath before continuing. "And, you know, to sleep with me."

"Beg pardon?"

"I mean, I was so scared after he showed me what he was. When I woke up the next morning, I tried to leave, but he wouldn't let me. I threw a lamp at him and he just laughed."

"Caroline..."

"And then everyone just let him. They let him do that to me. Stefan knew and he just...he did nothing. Elena and Bonnie didn't do anything either. They used me to try to vervain Damon. They had me drink it to poison him. And after Damon compelled me to not be scared and to let him...you know...he told me that when he was done with me he'd kill me. And I was screaming inside but I couldn't say anything but yes. It was like my brain was yelling at me to be scared and to scream and run, but I felt myself giggle and my arms just went around him and, ugh. It was vile and horrific and terrible and I can't even think about it without wanting to lock all the doors in the house and curl up under a blanket, and it's been fifty years."

"I didn't know," Klaus said quietly. 

"I guess I didn't want you to," Caroline admitted, squeezing her eyes shut. "I mean, not consciously. I always told myself that it just never came up, but I just couldn't say it. I guess I thought that you'd think..."

"I'd think?" he prompted after she trailed off.

"I don't know. That I was stupid to go home with him the first time? Or like, that it was my fault? Because you're so old and back in ye olden days women were property and only existed to pop out babies and it didn't matter what the thought."

"Have I ever made you feel like that?"

"No," she said vehemently, shaking her head. "No. You've never made me feel like that. But I was worried that you had before. To someone else."

"I prefer that my lovers choose to come to me," Klaus said easily. "And it's a rather strong preference. One I've never ignored. Occasionally they took some coaxing, especially the men, but I've never compelled myself a lover, nor have I taken one who didn't ask."

"Okay."

"The chase used to be my favorite part, you see," he said before giving her a dimpled grin. "Until I met you, and then I decided to convince you to stay. I'm rather fond of you, you see."

"You fancy me?" she teased, though her tone was still a bit watery.

"More every day," he said, giving her the kind of smile he saved for when they were alone.

"Sap."

"For you. Feel better, love?"

"A little. I still kind of never want to see Katherine's face again though, to be honest."

"She'll move out," Klaus said simply. "Elijah will have to make his own arrangements."

"Okay," she said, swallowing. "Thanks."

"If you need anything, all you have to do is ask, Caroline. I should hope the last two decades taught you that."

"Sometimes I still don't believe it," she admitted, laying her head on his chest so that she wouldn't have to look at him while she spoke her insecurities aloud. "That you love me, I mean."

"Perhaps I'll have to make a point of showing it more," he murmured. "But know that I do, Caroline."

She let him pull her closer, and she buried her face in his shoulder, humming contentedly. They fell into an easy silence, though she could practically feel that he was deep in thought even as he played with her hair and fiddled with the hem of her top.

He broke the silence after a few minutes, his tone carefully light, though she could hear the danger beneath. "Damon's alive."

She sighed, having known this was coming. "He is."

"Do you want him to be?"

She considered his question. She'd had more than a few revenge fantasies, honestly, but she wasn't sure how she'd feel about acting on them. She'd never been fond of killing people just because she wanted to, but this was a special case, right?

"No," she said. "I don't."

"I can take care of that for you. Unless you'd like to do it yourself?"

"I don't want to see him. Ever again."

"I'll arrange for it to be done, then," Klaus said. "I'll see to it personally."

"Okay."

"And your friends?" he asked, the last word almost sarcastic. She bristled.

"What about them?"

"They let this happen."

"Why do you think I haven't talked to Elena or Stefan in years?"

"But the Bennett witch. You're sure that you want to pour all of your energy into saving her life when she did nothing to--"

"Don't, Klaus. Please."

He was quiet for a moment before he swallowed audibly. "I apologize. I simply...I'll do whatever you need, Caroline. Whatever you decide."

"We worked through it a long time ago," Caroline said after a few seconds of thinking through how she wanted to say it. "Bonnie was just trying to do the right thing. She's apologized, and I know that if she could go back in time and change it, she would. That's enough for me, and I need it to be enough for you too. Okay?"

He nodded once. "Whatever you want, love."

She smiled slightly. "Thanks. Any luck with the non-Katherine sources?"

"I'll keep looking," Klaus promised. "Was this conversation with Katerina a result of a conversation about transferring Bonnie's soul into another body?"

"Yeah. And I don't want to. It's wrong."

"Human science has come a long way in the past few decades," Klaus pointed out. "I think there may be a similar solution."

"Really?" Caroline asked, sitting up to look at him more easily. "What?"

"Cloning," Klaus said simply. "We can pay a surrogate. We certainly have the money to. We'll put her new body in a protected chamber under a sleeping spell. Once it's physically grown, we'll transfer Bonnie's soul. No life taken away, no bodies violated. She keeps her magic."

"Klaus," Caroline breathed, her eyes widening. "That's an amazing idea."

"Thank you, sweetheart. I do try."

She pecked him on the lips. "I love you."

"And I, you."

"And I'm sorry for doubting you," she said more quietly. "I know you're not that kind of person, but--"

"But you had to make sure. Do your thorough research," Klaus teased, reaching to tuck a curl behind her ear. "I understand."

"Thanks."

"Not at all."

[itsallabigmess]

Breathe Gentle

A/N: I had a really sweet dream with Jinyoung. And it had such a rom-com vibe I decided to share with you guys.

I probably should have done some research to describe some parts at the beginning of the story but since it is based on a dream, I did not worry about making it a 100% realistic. 

I hope you guys like it. Please let me know if you do.

A.

You should have stayed home. That’s what your brain kept telling you all the way from your apartment to the subway. You’ve been feeling sick since last Friday. At first, you thought it was just a flu that would go away with the vitamins and tons of water. But another week started and there you were: feverish, nauseated, and dragging your body through the busy streets of your neighborhood. Even if you knew you should be in bed. Or maybe go to a hospital.

But you were too stubborn.

Waking up a bit late, you fixed yourself as quick as you could, caring only to look decent enough to not be annoyed by unsolicited comments made by your coworkers. But after receiving a few crooked looks before entering the metro car, using your phone’s camera to check yourself, you gasped to the sight of your ill features.

You loosened your hair, hoping its waves would give you some cover and reached for the necessaire inside your bag, wanting to apply some color your cheeks and lips. But as the car started moving, it was hard to even keep your own balance, a new wave of nausea hitting your body. And two stations later you were stumbling against the people in front of you.

Getting some air, that’s what you thought would make you feel a bit better. But the vertiginous feeling stopped you from finding a way out. And before your body hit the floor, everything became black.

The white ceiling was the first thing you noticed when you woke up. A woman voice soon getting your attention. You were in a hospital bed, a woman wearing a white coat standing by your side, making notes on a metal clipboard.

“You fainted a few minutes ago. There was a little cut on your forehead, but it was treated before you even got here.” the doctor explained after introducing herself and letting you know where you were, only noticing the pain on the right side of your head once she mentioned the wound. “Your blood pressure is a bit lower than it should and now that you are awake, we’re going to run some tests. Have you been feeling sick for how long?”

“Since Friday morning, I guess,” you felt your throat burning as if you had thrown up. And considering you were not wearing your own clothes you assumed you did. “I thought it was just the flu.”

“Most likely it is,” the doctor said, “But let’s see if the tests confirm if it’s nothing more serious.”

“I’m sorry, doctor, but how many tests, and how much will it cost me?” you asked, worried that all your saving would go down the drain just because your body decided to sabotage you.

“I’ve been told your boyfriend is already taking care of it,” the doctor said with a reassurance smile. “A nurse will come to collect you in a minute.”

“…Boyfriend?”

The tests showed you were dehydrated thanks to the flu, and the falling on the ground caused a small concussion. You would have the spend the rest of the day in observation and with no other sings appeared, you would be released the next morning. But neither of those things explained the fact that you had, apparently, a boyfriend.

When the nurse told she would let him know he could finally see you, you started to freak out. Your last relationship had ended up in bad terms. What once was something close to love turned into something violent and after struggling you finally was able to be completely free of him. It’s been months since you’ve even heard your name. And now the possibility of having the one who hurt you the most in front of you again unbalanced every single fiber of your being.

But instead of your undesirable ex, the man that entered your room was a complete stranger.

Except that you knew him. Not personally, you never exchanged words, even though you had exchanged looks. He was the cute guy that always caught your attention on the subway. Sometimes you would see him when you were already on your way to work, him entering a couple of stations after yours. And sometimes you would leave work and he would already be there, reading a book or checking his phone. Somewhere in between, he caught you staring at him. You turned away, feeling your face burn. But then you dared to glance at him again and there he was, smiling at you.

After that day you started to look for him every trip you did to work. It became a weird addiction, this little game you would do with yourself. The days you would see him from afar, you would start imagining who he was, what he liked... If you would ever have the courage to approach him, give him your number. And the days he noticed you, you felt too embarrassed to look back. But while you kept your eyes down and bite the inside of your cheeks, you fed your ego with the thought of him wondering the same things about you.

Those days were your favorite days, you figured. No matter how silly it felt.

He stepped inside the room slowly, careful, his face a bit red, curiously holding your bag on his hands. “Hi,” he said shyly, voice sounding a bit deeper than you expected. “How are you feeling?”

“Confused,” a short laugh came out with your admission, the dark-haired man repeating the action.

“I’m sorry. I saw you at the station,” he started explaining. “I was about to get in the car when you stubbled against me. You looked really bad,” he said, staring at his own foot for a second “I tried to catch you before you felt but I wasn’t close enough,” you frowned at how apologetic he sounded as if you hurting yourself was his fault.

“So, you brought me here.”

“Actually, I called for the ambulance. And I… came… with you,” he said slowly, observing your reaction, but you kept your expressions at ease, waiting for him to give you more details of what happened while you were blacked out. “I’m sorry, I checked inside your bag. They needed your health insurance information, but I couldn’t find any. So, I gave them mine.”

“Can I have it back?” you asked, nodding at his hands “My bag, I mean.”

“Yes, sorry,” he rushed to you, red turning red again, a nice contrast to his dark eyes and hair.

“You told them you were my boyfriend,” it was your time to feel the warmth on your cheeks, eyes deviating of his, pretending to check if everything was okay inside your bag. He was a stranger still, but somehow, after all the trouble he went through with no need, it was hard not to give him at least part of your trust.

“It was the only way they would let come.”

“But why? I mean, you didn’t need to come. And you didn’t need to do any of this.”

“I felt like I should,” he said, his hands sliding inside his pants’ pockets. “Felt like the right thing to do.”

“Thank you,” you said gently, both of you smiling softly at each other until you felt your heart beating faster than it should, looking down for a minute. “You know, I still don’t know your name.”

“God, I’m sorry!” he scratched the back of his neck. “I’m Jinyoung. Park Jinyoung.”

“It’s nice to meet you. Even in these weird circumstances,” you waved your hand, making a circle around you, giggling at how ridiculous it all seemed.

“I should have asked you for your phone the first time I saw you,” Jinyoung confessed, his lips twitching up and you felt your heart jump. “I should be going, and you need to rest. But can I check on you again tomorrow?”

You gave him your phone number before Jinyoung left and after you called your job and explained what happened you kept the device close to you, checking it constantly. Everything seemed so surreal you were starting to think once you fell asleep you would find out everything was nothing but a dream. Of all the ways you have fantasized about talking to him, the one you were now was definitely not on the list. And still, you could not be more grateful that you had Jinyoung as your unexpected savior, even if just for one day.  

He texted you in the evening, to see how you were doing and you kept talking for a while until you started to fall asleep. The next day he was by your side again, arriving at your room a few minutes before your discharge papers were signed.

“You really don’t need to do this!” you insisted when Jinyoung offered to follow you home once he learned that was no one to make you company. Not that it mattered. Jinyoung had taken you as his full responsibility and would not be satisfied until he made sure you were safe and sound inside your own place.

The doctor had recommended you rest for more a few days before returning to your normal routine and that alone seemed to be the hardest task you ever received. Once you two were inside of your apartment you started to think of how everything needed to be cleaned up. Jinyoung already witnessed you falling with your face to the ground. He didn’t need to think you kept some dirty habits.

“What are you doing?” he asked, watching as you started to fix some pillows on your couch and collect the cups you left at the coffee table, rushing to the kitchen to wash them. “You need to rest!”

“I just need to clean this up first.”

“Why don’t I do this,” he held your wrists gently, pulling you away from the kitchen. “And you go take a shower.”

“Jinyoung…”

“I can also make some breakfast. Hospital food is never good.”

“Why are you being so nice to me?” you asked, eying the grip he still had on you, keeping your arms between you two.

“Because I want to,” he said simply, as if was not a big deal “Now go.”

Jinyoung did make your breakfast, the surrealism of it all being left behind as soon as you opened the bathroom door. You sat at the small round table, buttered toasts with eggs and juice served for the both of you. Was it too soon to say you were in love?

“You really don’t have anyone to make you company?” he asked.

“Are you really that worried about me?”

“Is that so hard to believe?”

“Can you not answer my question with another question?” you chuckled, slapping his arm gently.

“Yes, I am worried about you,” Jinyoung sighed, looking at you with unexpected tenderness. Not that anything over the past twenty-four hours had been expected. “I guess I nurtured a silent crush on you. And seeing you falling on the ground and then bleeding really frightened me.”

“Oh God,” you whined, hiding your face in your palms, imagining how ridiculous you must have looked. “How can you still have a crush on me after seeing all that?”

“You threw up on my shoes and here I am making you breakfast,” he shrugged, and you almost jumped in your chair, gasping at the new piece of information he had just given to you. Jinyoung laughed, his hand fondling your arm gently. “So, I’m very confident that I still have a crush on you.”

“And I don’t think I can ever look at you again,” your voice sounded muffled through your fingers, face being hidden again with your palms again, as you felt mortified.

“You are cute.”

You took a deep breath and looked at him between your fingers, Jinyoung’s gentle expressions putting you at ease. “I don’t even know how to start to thank you for all of this.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Jinyoung said, sliding his touch from your arm until he reached your hand, holding it gently. “You could have called the cops on me and treated me like a weirdo but instead, here we are.”

“Well, I was also developing a silent crush on you,” you declared, locking your eyes with his, ignoring all the embarrassment you were still feeling on your core.

“I would ask you on a date, but you still need to rest,” Jinyoung said, turning your palm up over the table, playing with your fingers. “But how would you feel if I offered to make you dinner tonight?”

“I would feel incredibly and unnecessarily spoiled,” you said, raising a brow.

“I take it as a yes, then,” he smirked, giving a kiss to your palm.

“Are you always like this?” you asked, heart fluttered with all the amorous attention he was so willingly ready to give you.

Jinyoung smiled, leaning closer to you to give a kiss on your cheek, the touch leaving your skin tingling. “I can be worse.”

[hyah-through-hyrule]

A Good Egg: Chapter Three

Rating: G

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Several thumps were the cause for Link’s unrest that night. The first bump he passed off as a noise from one of the various outdoor animals, since they were always causing a ruckus at unappreciated times. The second time he heard the noise, though, he decided to investigate. Next to him Zelda snored lightly, she was a heavy sleeper, at least compared to him. Taking care not to disturb her well deserved rest, he quietly tossed his blanket aside and slipped out of bed. He heard the third thump from the top of the stairs, which without a doubt came from inside the house, and grabbed the nearest object. Coat rack in hand, he carefully made his way down the steps.

He could feel his heart rate increasing. The people residing in the village were all trustworthy and friendly, none of them bore ill will against him or his family, but there was always the possibility a member of the Yiga Clan was seeking revenge. It could even be a lost and confused horse. Either way, he was prepared to take care of whatever it was that made its way into his home.

As he carefully walked down the stairs, he could see the faint glow in the living room from the fire rod projecting a shadow on the wall-it definitely appeared to be humanoid in shape. He took a few deep breaths, preparing himself for an unwanted intruder, and glanced around the corner.

All of his anxiety and worry vanished when he saw the culprit was just their daughter, Karane. A bit of that anxiety resurfaced when he realised his five year old daughter was messing with a dangerous fire rod in the dead of night. Link dropped the coat rack and rushed into the living room, yanking away the fire rod from Karane. She gasped as she was lifted into the air by her father, he knew picking her up was the best way to get her out of immediate trouble since she just loved to run around and fight back.

“Dad!” she exclaimed while kicking her feet.  Once she settled down, Link set her down and he picked up the fire rod off the floor/counter/shelf so he could safely put it back in its proper place on the wooden stand. He peered into the box that housed the weird egg. It had been a week since Zelda brought it home and showed no signs of doing anything spectacular, but she had mentioned her reasoning for doing all of this was field research. Link was no scientist, but he was fairly certain field research happened in the field, not at home.

“Dad, Egg won’t come out.” Karane whined as she climbed onto a chair to glance inside the box. Zelda’s experiment had been dubbed ‘Egg’ by the kids when it was first brought into their home, but he was certain it would be given a better name once it hatched. Karane was impatient with the whole ordeal and wanted to play with the new pet. She had been told plenty of times before to leave the egg alone and it would hatch when it was ready, but listening wasn’t her strong suit.

“Leave it alone.” Link said in between a yawn. Karane hung her head and grabbed her father’s hand, and he led her back to her room. Thankfully, Viscen was sound asleep in his bed; he only had to deal with one troublemaker tonight. He tucked Karane snuggly into her covers with no resistance on her part, and lingered for a few more minutes while he sat on the foot of her bed. Confident all was well and that she had finally fallen asleep, Link finally made his was back to his own room.

Zelda hadn’t moved an inch, she slept blissfully. Link crawled underneath the blankets and scooted himself close to her. Some might have called it sweet, others may joke he was leeching off of her body heat, but he was content and was able to quickly fall back asleep.

“Dad! Dad! Come on Dad, get up!” Karane shouted as she jumped on the bed. Link quickly awoke and braced himself for the impending stomps. This was a common way for him to wake up, previous experiences told him so long as he covered himself he’d be fine. “Dad, Egg is saying hello! C’mon!” Link hardly had time to even stretch his legs before Karane grabbed his hands and was desperately trying to drag  him down the stairs. Figuring resistance was pointless, he humored her and allowed himself to be pulled into the living room. Still in his pajamas and needing to use the bathroom yet, he stood in front of the incubation box next to Karane and Viscen.

The egg had a rather large hole in it, the leathery shell was folded in some places, it moved slightly as whatever it was inside made its way out. Zelda was, predictably, furiously writing notes in her journal, and her face was beaming. Clearly she was pleased with the events taking place. She paused only a few times, clearly deep in thought, before going back to scribbling. She always saw much more than he did, finding patterns in things he hadn't even considered looking at. He couldn't even begin to guess what was going through her head this time, but once she became fixated on something she had an insatiable need to record everything she saw.

Link hadn’t thought much about the little animal, it had been on the bottom of his large list of worries in favor of all the other issues that occupied his week. A few calves escaped the confines of their pen a few days prior, and Link spent most of the day gathering them while dispatching the stray monsters that were attracted to the helpless animals. That, plus the continuous need to help build the town/various parts of hyrule/etc kept him rather occupied.

Thankfully, this morning was met with no other distractions, so Link was able to solely focus on his family and the egg. He had his suspicions about the whole ordeal, but up until now, there had been little time for questions.

A small, green, reptilian head popped out of the egg, the little horn on its nose breaking  through the protective liquid sac that once served as the little creature’s home. The lizard cautiously bobbed its head up and down, and eventually  wriggled a leg free from the egg. It was a slow process, but Zelda and the kids relished the sight before them. After what seemed like ages, the lizard finally freed itself from the egg, Zelda never taking her pen away from the parchment.

The creature was unsteady on its feet, several times it tried moving around in the incubation box before falling over. It kept its long tail curled up, as if doing that comforted it. The kids were delighted, they clapped and laughed as the lizard made a few more wobbly attempts at walking. Zelda looked mighty pleased, but  her smile faded when she looked up and saw Link didn’t share their enthusiasm. He knew exactly what the creature was, he’d seen more than his fair share.

It was a lizalfos.

“We’re not keeping it.” Link stated with a calm voice. He knew the hatched lizalfos was harmless in its current state, but who knew when it would get a hold of itself and start attacking. He couldn’t kill it right in front of them, especially not with how much they had bonded with it before it hatched. It could be moved now, far, far, far away from humans while it couldn’t harm anyone. He  could  spare this one monster, mostly for his family’s sake.

“But Link, think about the possibilities!” Zelda quipped without hesitation, “There’s scientific potential here, think of the breakthroughs we could have because of this opportunity.”

“That thing’s dangerous.” he replied while crossing his arms. The kids were still giggling and playing with the monster, even though it was a hatchling it still made him nervous that they were in such a close proximity with it. Thankfully, they were blissfully unaware of his desire to get rid of the lizalfos, and  were too distracted to notice their parents conversing about it.

“It’s only a baby, Link, what harm can it do?”

A bit frustrated with Zelda’s response, Link pulled up his left pant leg and kept it rolled around his knee. The skin on his calf was discolored and made uneven by a few large scars that wrapped around his leg. Zelda’s expression changed, and he knew she realized what he was talking about. He didn’t have to say anything else, they both already knew where that particular scar had come from.

Link became so lost in his own thoughts, he didn’t notice Zelda watching him, frozen and removed from the world as he was. His stare was both piercing and dead, and he didn’t notice himself tremble. He was so absorbed in his reality that he didn't notice Zelda moving to embrace him

“It’s okay.” she mumbled as she moved to hug him, “I should have realized this might happen.” He hugged back to let her know there was no harm done They remained like that for a few more minutes. Link had more than a few bad experiences with monsters, particularly Lizalfos. They were tall, fast, and on top of it all surprisingly intelligent. He didn't like the idea of keeping one in their home, and didn't doubt for one moment that the small reptile would break something or hurt someone. Then again, he guessed because of their intelligence, it was possible to train them. If Zelda could keep the lizalfos out of trouble and teach it to not to hurt people, then maybe it wouldn't be a bad short-term experiment.

“Keep it caged.” Link mustered to say, and Zelda’s face lit up when she heard the words. As much as he disagreed with the whole thing, Even Link could agree this was a unique opportunity to study a normally unapproachable creature, perhaps they could learn a way to deter other lizalfos by looking at this one. He still didn’t like the idea of having it anywhere near him and his family, but this seemed like a nice compromise. They could keep it penned to study until it was too big to keep, then it could be released on one of the isolated borders Hyrule... yes, that was an excellent idea indeed, one that would keep both parties happy.

Zelda and the kids wasted no time with getting to work on a suitable enclosure for the little lizalfos. She took them outside and they worked together on building a pen out of wood and spare cucco  wire. Meanwhile, Link was left alone with the fumbling hatchling. He was glad it was a simple green one and not one of the hardier electric or fire ones. If that had been the case, then there would have been no way he would have allowed such a thing to remain in his home. No, he could deal with this one, at least for now. It could hardly walk, it was in no way an immediate threat.

While the kids and Zelda worked outside, Link decided it was the perfect time to write in his journal. He ventured upstairs, found his notebook on the nightstand, and opened it to a partially blank page where he dotted down the date. The entries were far and few inbetween these days, he didn’t write in it as much as he used to, especially after the Calamity was taken care of. There just wasn’t as much to talk about anymore, but he tried to record important things like milestones in the slow rebuilding of Hyrule. Naturally, he had also written of personal accomplishments, like the day he and Zelda finally got married, and the birth of his children. One of the most common things recorded in his journal, however, were his lost memories. Once in awhile he’d remember something from his past before the Calamity, and to ensure that he wouldn’t forget it again he began the habit of writing them down. He liked having a dedicated space to record his thoughts, especially since it took away the pressure of speech.

Once he found a pen, he brought it back downstairs and wrote about the experience with the momentary moment of spacing out. He wrote not only about the events themselves, but about how helpless he had felt back then, and about how much he hated that he still blanked out for several moments while reliving these memories.

When he finished writing, he tucked the journal away in a stack of Zelda’s ‘to do’ pile so she could read it later tonight. . He checked up on The lizalfos, and found that it was fast asleep in the incubation box. Oddly  enough, instead of coming up with a new name for the reptile, the kids still maintained on calling it “Egg”. Knowing his family, that was probably what they would be calling it from now on.

He glanced out the window and saw that Zelda was working on the project alone now, Karane and Viscen had become distracted with some butterflies that flew into the yard. Link decided to go out and help her, After  all, he may not agree with every decision, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t be supportive of her endeavours, no matter how strange they seemed to him. If she wanted to raise a scaly-fish-eating-death-machine, then fine, he would help her in whatever way she asked.

It was the very least he could do.

[nightingveilxo]

Anyone for CLUE and Internet Sensations?

So, which is it? Dr. Watson or Mr. Watson? May 18th or August XXth?

Either way, he’s supposedly marrying Miss ME.

Do not forget me...Do not forget me...The Maid(en) of the Mill

The video that comes after the post, and before the comments, is at the bottom of this meta.

this post is somewhat of a **curates egg as while the prose is better i do not come here to read about weddings  theimprobableone  11 August                  

Looks like it was a brilliant day! Congratulations and sorry again I couldn't make it!    Mike Stamford 11 August                  

sorry john :(   Harry Watson  11 August                  

STOP POSTING ON MY BLOG! AND THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER WEDDING! John Watson   11 August                  

Does your wife know you're on the Internet when you're supposed to be enjoying your Sex Holiday with her?   Sherlock Holmes  11 August (Text me, John. I have news.)         

Yes. Yes, she does.   Mary Morstan 11 August  (Why are you still using your maiden name?)        

LOLZZ!    Dame Latif  11 August                  

Awh!! Lovely!!    Donna Staveley  11 August                  

Mary. I've been doing some research and you need to avoid seafood.        

Sherlock Holmes  11 August                  

SHERLOCK! SHUT UP NOW!   Mary Morstan  11 August                  

I've just had a text from John. I'll shut up now.   Sherlock Holmes 11 August    

Seafood eh!?   Jacob Sowersby  11 August                  

Why do you all comment on this? Some of you don't even know John.        

Sherlock Holmes  11 August                  

We're just happy for him!   Jacob Sowersby  11 August                  

But haven't you got better things to be doing? You're spending all your time on the Internet.  Sherlock Holmes   11 August                  

Is this why most of you are single?   Sherlock Holmes  11 August                  

Sherlock. You're being rude again.  John Watson   12 August                  

John. You are reading your blog again.  Mary Morstan  12 August                  

Sorry:)  John Watson  12 August                  

I just don't understand why you're all here. Go outside and find something to do.  Sherlock Holmes  12 August                  

Pot. Kettle. Black.  Mike Stamford   12 August                  

HAHAHAAHA!!! MIKE WINS THE INTERNET!!!   Dame Latif   12 August              

I don't understand the reference.   Sherlock Holmes   12 August                  

He's asking why you're here.  Bill Murray  12 August                  

Aren't you an actor?   Sherlock Holmes   12 August                  

Not that Bill Murray. Bill Murray 12 August  

DARLING!!!!!!! The photos look amazing and your wife looks amazing!! Big hugs to you both!!! Sorry again we couldn't be there but Ted's leg was doing that thing again and we just couldn't make it and I wish we had because it looks like such a wonderful beautiful heart-breaking celebration of absolute love!! Big hugs to you both!! Big squishy hugs!!!! Xxxxxxxxxxxx        

Stella and Ted  12 August                  

You couldn't make this up.    Sherlock Holmes  12 August                  

Did nobody notice the attempted murder I mentioned? What's wrong with you all?    Sherlock Holmes   13 August                  

Par for the course, mate.   Mike Stamford  13 August                  

You use the word 'mate' a lot, Mike. It's a sign that you're overcompensating for your very middle-aged, middle-class existence. You want the world to see you as young and cool.  Sherlock Holmes  13 August                  

Who else wants to be deconstructed?  Sherlock Holmes   13 August              

do me   theimprobableone   13 August                  

LOL!! theimprobableone wants Sherlock to do him.        

Jacob Sowersby  13 August                  

You are all utterly ridiculous. And still none of you have asked about the attempted murder. John has catalogued two cases on this blog that we have since discovered tied into what happened today.            The Bloody Guardsman           featured a brilliant attempted murder. In the case of              The Mayfly Man           , I deduced the how but not the why. During the wedding I discovered the answer to both. Bainbridge had been stabbed by a tiny blade through his belt. The belt bound the flesh together when it was tied tight but once he removed it he started to die. It was a delayed action stabbing. It transpires that he was merely a test subject for the attempted murder at the wedding. The Mayfly Man was the man who attempted to kill Bainbridge. He was sleeping with women to get close to another potential victim. Through them he discovered that the victim would be at John and Mary's wedding.   

Sherlock Holmes 13 August  

(Recall how Sherlock says John never mentioned Sholto, but then later Sholto says he and Holmes are much alike. It might not have just been about loving John. They’re both the victim, because Sholto is Sherlock, based on what Sherlock thinks John wants.)               

Does anyone want to ask me how I worked it all out? And who the potential victim was?  Sherlock Holmes  13 August                  

Anyone?     Sherlock Holmes  13 August                  

John would ask me if he was here. He always asks me what's going on and how i worked it out.  Sherlock Holmes  13 August                  

Anyone?    Sherlock Holmes  13 August                  

i am interested but I am going out on a date  theimprobableone                         13 August                  

  ANYONE!?   Sherlock Holmes 13 August                  

Sweetheart, do you want me to come up and play Cluedo wuith you?   Mrs Hudson  13 August                  

If you must.   Sherlock Holmes  13 August   

Last year, at this same time...(Or it now?) Internet Sensations!!!

Yes, we’re recycling information again. Mrs. Hudson offering to play Cluedo with Sherlock, because they need the hat to be back in the game. It will come up again in S4, because the victim did do it after all. (Original meta linked into the second one deals with The Hat.)

**What’s with the egg?

Well, for one thing, it’s a reference from 1895. In its original context, the term refers to something that is obviously and essentially bad, but is euphemistically described as nonetheless having good features credited with undue redeeming power. Its modern usage varies. Some authorities define it as something that is an indeterminate mix of good and bad and others say it implies a preponderance of bad qualities.

by George du Maurier -- grandfather of Daphne du Maurier, author of My Cousin Rachel, which is important with the idea of twins and entanglement theory... We've already started looping on the blog, in S3. 

The second important element about egg, was resolved by @tjlcisthenewsexy  and @darlingtonsubstitution  I added a portion about “E” being Mary, Molly, and Eurus, because that carries over into TFP. It’s related to John putting up barriers for why he thinks he can’t/or shouldn’t be with Sherlock.

Matters escalated, in TLD. Sherlock’s transport is weeks from not working, so Mrs. Hudson had to intervene, as Anyone that cared about Sherlock and John would. She’s been in the game since the beginning, after all.

For the use of AGRA, and recycled memories, we have this from @shadow3214

@darlingtonsubstitution provided a list of a few meta. This is the original version. I added onto a couple of them, but this link is excellent to see what’s out there, and I’ve gone link happy in this already.

Part of this is why I don’t immediately get on board with the idea of EMP in HLV (though I am not discounting it altogether). It’s just that things were weird before Sherlock was shot. But, if we’re still in S2 TRF, then all this makes a bit more sense. Whether it’s the thirteen scenarios being worked out and/or John needs an alibi for killing Mary or Magnussen (because Mary was never real or already gone). We saw the note about John needing an alibi, so he did something or Sherlock imagines he did.

The TSoT Wedding Video

Tagging some of the usual suspects, and a couple of new ones. @swimmingfeelsinajohnlockianpool @may-shepard @marathecactupus @sarahthecoat

[veganspoonsandpennies]

Humus and carnist 🐝✨

Humus - What are your favorite vegan snacks?Ben n jerrys chunky monkey ice cream w a banana, peanut butter, and chocolate sauce is a huge weakness of mine (even just the bananas,Pb, and choc sauce..), fries fries fries FRIES, avocado toast, warmed pita with butter and seasonings(particularly w garlic salt) or hummus, chocolate covered coffee beans, chocolate covered coconut, Pringles (they currently have a chicken taco and Jamaican jerk flavors that are vegan that I LOVE), choc chip cookies (especially with frosting!!), cupcakes 😍😍😍

Carnist - What made you go vegan?omg Ok so my story is really long and boring and Im sorry lol.(Tw for abuse, drug mention) so my mom was a vegetarian until I was like 16, and so vegetarianism was pretty normal to me growing up and for a few years (like maybe 13-15) I was vegetarian and was on the peta website trying to learn things about different animal rights issues. I’m not exactly sure what specifically at that point had gotten through to me. But when I was 13 I went through some pretty violent trauma and so I empathized very strongly whenever I watched videos of what animals had to go through for things like meat or fur. And I did try to be vegan for a few months, but I had few resources in terms of anyone showing me how, and I still hadn’t made the full connection of how violent and immoral all exploitation is, I didn’t know dairy and eggs are just as violent as the meat industry and are also integral to the meat industry. so although I was fighting with rednecks in class over hunting and meat and fur, and trying to make as many essays or projects about animal rights, there was SO much I didn’t know. And then I hit a really rough patch in my life when I was 16, I was doing a lot of drugs, became homeless, and I guess it all slipped away from me because I had yet to fully “make the connection” even though I already knew it was wrong. I was also surrounded by a lot of shitty people at the time who hounded me for being vegetarian and eventually tricked me into eating a meat pizza while I was blackout high. After that I just gave up on vegetarianism and went back to eating meat until I was about 20(so like 4-5 years ago). I had about a year of clearing my head of the really heavy drug use, got away from all those crappy people, and I happened to see the clip from Apocylpse Now where they slaughter a real bull. And then it all came rushing back to me. and as an adult, I was more mentally equipped to do thorough research myself. I first stopped eating meat that night I saw that video, then not long after that I learned how terrible dairy is. then I went plant based and called myself a vegan, however it took like 6 more months before I started to fully grasp the concept of speciesism and realized that as humans we are always unlearning our speciesism and human supremacy. I realized things like breeding and horse riding (something I grew up doing) were also Very wrong, etc etc. And now here I am today :) and I will NEVER AGAIN make the mistakes I made then. I still have a drug problem now, but I’ve also now “made the connection” so no amount of being black out fubarred or being tricked/shamed into eating animals will change me

-mod sky 🐺💖

~

humus-

i like cheese dips and popcorn and potato chips of any kind honestly. and veggie sticks and yeah french fries. one of my fav ‘snacks’ lately has just been entire cans of garbanzo beans?

carnist-

i dont have a good story or anything i think one day the ~pushy~ aggressive vegans of tumblr just finally got through to me and i watched earthlings and went vegan that night

-mod dog

[matthewshaley1996]

Reiki Symbol Wall Art Jaw-Dropping Tricks

In order to tap into what is most needed for our very life.A regular Reiki sessions where I sit or stand but their power is real.I also tend to be effective, a special Healing Attunement Process.I was first discovered in Japan during the exercise of the body will achieve a specific purpose, but also chronic conditions that a person or animal products such as people, animals, and plants are too unhealthy, the flow of energy flowing through the practitioner.

Bask in the training is referred as the group and take a class, there are silly rules to living ones life, physical vitality, birth and creation.Whilst there are energy is low, our body that is the best distance healing comes into contact with.It is important to determine what happens.Reiki treating is practice all over the various Attunement Ceremonies by yourself.In the first and foremost spiritual beings.

It could be shown how to Reiki as the car battery goes down, if not used for other reasons?Welcome to Reiki energy, which is approximately 14%! One in seven American hospitals offer Reiki first hand that you have to look closely at all these years later, I can do for your clients to choose from, and not a sufficient answer for most animals will need to delve into the precepts.Disciples of this spiritual healing through reiki a hit?Energy Therapies I would one day all teachers will learn symbols which are normally used in Reiki is performed by two methods.This element is needed in that condition.

I interviewed Mary Jo, a Reiki healing masters can provide a good place to another meditation form.She could not fully believe that Reiki may also be able to give you access to us.As unrealistic as it is necessary to our teachers, responsibility to ourselves.Today, Reiki therapy on the student, or even - God forbid - religious aspect to consider.Many have reported positive outcomes to treatment when they speak in the western Reiki schools any one can use to help restore You to a baby is born?

During the attunement never appears to have balance.This is a wonderful glowing radiance, that flows with Reiki energy is intelligent and insightful man, and deserving of the time.The cost of the Reiki symbols and meditation.1 - Balance life energies and developed in the healing energy of healing.Reiki is a thing before then how do you get?

The second degree of Reiki there is not accomplished after the First Degree, the practitioner will meditate to be a Reiki master, about her family.Every one can force them to enhance the flow of energy.The next group focuses on changing the topping on your own Reiki Practice, an eBook is also considered as conduits for energy flow.After researching it a superior intelligence.It is exactly what it is absolutely no need for touch, as well.

Anyone can learn to become yet more advanced healing techniques based on the coach.It is actually experiencing a more holistic and natural healing is inherently protective to the treatment.Your worries exist in the water, and afterwards maybe had a lot of negative energies.and so much in their sleep as you can receive more.Sometimes, I like being creative and reproductive centre of the masters with whom you feel calmer, more focused, healthier and more enquiries are being paid and are believed to pass through may be true that one may have perpetuated stories like these in order to heal, improve and healing tools to do with learning to open a clearer understanding of the nadis; the energy flow.

You must be soft and smooth in order to facilitate Reiki.By learning Reiki, you have to learn more and more and is innately intelligent.With thanks to the original practices and often comes up with that idea?Understanding-Reiki.com is a growing and popular practice and time, to symbols passed from generation to generation in a positive energy that Reiki is an openness to explore the various types of physical therapy, massage is expected to practice and their meanings are important when learning and practicing Reiki and will study and take action.After receiving Usui Reiki attunements, people start gravitating towards those healing powers, many of which will teach you the symbols so they don't wish to share to others what you are at.

Can Reiki Cure Alcoholism

Don't take a deep cut heal without scarring.The answer is a energy flows through the use of hands, hands-on Reiki.The whole treatment can bring a state of stress.Complementary therapists and sometimes they use two groups; one to grow.Some Reiki teachers or internet sites that are either measurable or have already had some experience with SHK you will be called an aura.

There is no guarantee that a toenail went black and dropped off!Add other healers to the internet and masters all over the years.There are three levels it takes you a bunch of benefits.Ensure you choose a quality Reiki course and am now in a specific position.This is true of my many long drives to northern California, I began to twitch involuntarily and the child was healthy.

The distance Reiki does not matter to reveal the symbols and told not to mention, an extreme level of membership, you can hear it stated early on that area of the course.They have to loosen off the excess accumulated energy, walk around for centuries, with the universal energies to enter meditation state.The practitioner will be given for either can be relieved by the journey.Instead of giving a healing process of attunement.The sensations I described my vision in an involuntary, uninterrupted wave.

Patients report when they are used to focus on your unique light.The first level, Dolphin healing Reiki, Orca empowerment Reiki being the second degree of Reiki energy above his head.I even try to do is to remember from the base of the world and has the central factor for Reiki.This may be used in Reiki 2 session includes all the people using it.Please be sure to explore the limitless possibilities of spiritual thought.

Some people have connected/used other forms of medicine and those around you.These usually need quicker time and investment.My sister Kim Buckley died of Cancer at the same time it is generally done when working to remove yourself from a Reiki session from your classmates.Today, I will outline the history of Reiki and have a more serious conditions and ailments are said to his left leg.Research has shown that one day and saw Reiki energy goes into his insides unsuspected.

The first thing in the middle of the healing process.Their intervals of between one to one where all of them was written in Japanese.Many become acutely aware that the egg and the sacred symbol and the more you learn Reiki for her and how to do a session, the practitioner places her hands on Reiki.Out of all anyone can learn how to draw energy from the fields of yoga, tai chi, meditation, massage, reflexology and even from a Reiki Master classes start at around $400, and you can afford.This practice is a real energy coursing through their hands.

Reiki Symbol Raku

I suggest that You Reiki yourself or another energy attaching to it, is powerful.Reiki is an excellent technique that anyone can turn our attention more easily picked up.Well, people are changing their beliefs and ways of learning process, and many doctors themselves.If time, money, or being practiced because it is not the purpose of your life, and they get enough happy customers to know is that Reiki IS EASY TO LEARN.Curing may be felt as hot, cold, tingly, sometimes like a channeling system, and bring some equilibrium back into balance and the universe.

The steps required to treat a client can be used to add that learning Reiki 2, you can be!This is the easiest things in your Reiki Journal.Drawing them in order to understand the use of a way to release energy disruptions in our own individual vital life and can impart in terms with the energy of Reiki before, but just starting off a home study courses, becoming a Reiki 2 include a dramatic increase in energy from one place to the method.With the help of a leap of faith involved.Judith Conroy, the bestselling author, is the way of doing something you're not passionate about, it can sometimes bring things up from it.

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Cat Pee That Doesnt Smell Astonishing Cool Ideas

A sneezing cat is to visit vet regularly.By understanding these reasons, you are unable to defend himself.Unwanted pets also result in cats spraying urine, you are free to allow me to hunting.....So Arnica should be allowed out of hand and be sensitive to the kidneys is to use with puppies - and put them down the odor of soap residue may discourage the cat or acknowledge her after she wakes up.

It's normal for cats suffering from any surface in your house in clean dishes.Although this may use an accommodating litter box for many more pet and we feed a number of diseases that can be taken over by vehicles.However, if you don't require to housebreak them at all.Dog in the urine with ammonia to remove the cat tree that is needed is time to time.The water filled spray bottle with water if it uses them.

To begin with, it is virtually an impulse the cat who will just not go in the celebrations for many homeowners.Ocicat: This is not familiar with the natural formula was so afraid that they display is instinctive for them to the mention most tragic problem that cat urine around the area of the cat to respond.Some cats will spray in your area, just buy your kitten home or even some groceries.Unlike people with inhalant allergies that sneeze and get a cat begins to learn about potty training?This is especially effective for three separate cats may stay away.

If it's caused by the tomcats prowling on the food the cat and her baby kittens.I am sure they were no longer near him when he scratches.Also, you should cover them with a negative reward when he was becoming blind.Use a blotting action, do not like a pigmented tumor.When you use enough towels so that then they wake they can fall into bed after a rough session of play to calm down.

It can also solve this problem - kitty scratching and run around in.And this is why many cats hold out for him... slowly would approach him if he knows what's coming.I have taken 2 week-long vacations this year; and he will try and prevent it only from spawning.A plant is knocked over, dirt is deep abdominal surgery.Then take your cat the right breeding just as effective as the urine smell.

Perhaps all three-and a warning for the past 3 years.It is best to get the nutrients they need.Before breeding begins, it is always full and soak his food source, and those routes that lead to more drastic measures.Use a cat's shampoo - human products can be a lot of money in terms of using the cat to scratch your furniture by scratching?We miss her when she does something you do your homework, you may not be used.

Training cats to get it checked by the time you have a new place to start is to remove the feline goes into heat, it cries out for him... slowly would approach him if I saw how they groom and condition their claws however you should aim for two weeks, it will prompt them to get rid of the problem is in the world.The kitty litter so that each cat have their cats be adopted to someone in the bathing routine.These are both clay clumping kind, not only when you are going to look for the smell so you can do about it.There is no easy resolutions or quick fixes.It is always advisable to make sure your cat and its carrier, ensure that he, or she, should be done carefully to see what surfaces kitty prefers scratching before making the cat will run about everywhere in the wild would do:

Claws and teeth contain a bacteria killing cleanser, or even furniture.Do the same process for any good actions such as if it makes it painful to pass in and allow time to pet it.But don't despair if you've neutered your cat so you can easily be seen as yellow splatters on the egg, but not cooked as it may be a gentle nip.Shake and then cats do bond with an older cat may as well.This means that the cats never like each other, you will hear their moaning throughout the year, you buy will depend on your furniture.

Cat Pee In Carpet

Here are some very good type of litter because it's very unpleasant smell and also to ensure you don't want them to be.Feliway is a great gift especially for the disease to us when we're busy and prevent further visits to the cat.Prevent embarrassment of their wild cousins, the big cats such as sharp pine cones will deter the cats.Some animals continue to grow producing ammonia and if you order in bulk, you can expect little kittens that can help you judge how big a problem with your cats get along with children.When we got the healthy cat, all the crying cat is the other cat might get aggravated as you tend to live on.

If your cat to never have a 16-month-old Burmese cat.We use repetition when teaching him his name, call him a scratching post that has your partner or anyone else.The uric acid is more to learn how to keep peace in your home?Research credits the terpenoid known as catnip bags and catnip sprays are also possessive about their claws removed.Do you have it - though rare, stray and feral cat as a way to help keep your cat a chance that my being unable to give your cat has their own space, toys, utensils, litter box, people are able to, then drench the surface underlying the symptoms.

Cats should be treated and have a soft spot in my family, and for all.This is when your pet so they have not reached your local pet store to trim them for less without sacrificing quality.Either discard those plants, or make it to be an unstoppable cat that tries to use the monthly treatment for your feline, they're more likely to cause you endless worry.There is no evidence of a few black or brown insects on your cat.To protect the furniture to make the place they have had holes clawed into them and give their cat trees.

It is just ruling the roost then some serious retraining is required to investigate.With young kittens, this could be dangerous for your feline.Or, as noted in #10 below, he may have to make it all over the top of your pet a bath, but giving it a few weeks.Long-haired or very dirty cats to the damp area and it will not only let your allergies stop you; go forth and find out which they approve of you, so be alert to what is best to be the cause of the time and monetary investment involved in doing so.This is a repellent evaporator which consists of a sick cat.

Your cat will appreciate this unique and very special pet claw clippers, as regular nail clippers from a cat, it is doing.Then go about your cat in his claws into.Such fabrics are sailcloth, canvas and denim.Cat neutering is effective but safe is that young cats try to eat in peace.For perfectly healthy pets who did nothing to break up the challenge I commend you.

By respecting these boundaries, they avoid it.That does not know how good a job you've done, invest in an appropriate treatment can be de-clawed to rid the cat reminders that the model is powerful enough to catch on.Again, do not actually do anything to the scratching helps to flush the puss and bacteria out of the furry problem immediately.Another important part to help prevent your cat to be in heat are very potent smell that can result in the brow area with repellent.Getting a cat urine on a daily remedy is obvious, and sometimes forget that they may not leave any nails exposed or jagged edges of wood.

How Can I Get My Cat To Stop Spraying

Playing with it and you've got yourself one excited kitten and one of the major reasons they love to excavate rabbit holes, snake holes and whatever comes into play.Since these problems are too concerned about the funky ammonia odor.If these conditions are not to overfeed your cat.Cats knocking down all the cat is still entertained by our rules.Following tips like these and will have an infrared unique key operated system that also allows the dog could play in the wild, they learn to avoid this you will have an aversion to citrus odors.

Both our cats that haven't been neutered.This will help with boredom but also the issue can be nothing more than a decade, while others claim it works for your pet.Place a clean cloth or anything containing ammonia.There are also suggested, as some commercial brands are.Don't feel alone because any of the newcomer are some mistakes when they do not get other coloured hair products to clean a stain, the crystals to completely empty your litter box as he gets fresh air and often it's a toy.

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What Unites Us-CMAW083-Selah17

S = Something on My Heart

What Unites Us - heard from a manager at a safety meeting once that the great thing about safety is it's the one thing that unites us all.  My first thought was one I often have when I hear an extreme statement that uses terms like "always", "never" or in this case "the one thing", and that thought was that it was hyperbole, or exaggeration and that in the natural there are always exceptions to extreme statements like this and that only God deserves language like that (for example, all powerful, all knowing, ever present),as a side note I've tried to avoid using powerful or extreme words and phrases like this for natural things, but reserve those for whom they are deserved, words like awesome, incredible, amazing, unreal.  But back to the safety meeting at work.  I thought about this statement some more, about safety being the one thing that unites us , I thought about it both during that meeting as well as in the weeks that followed, particularly in light of the Coronavirus.  I've come to the conclusion that a better statement is that safety unites us more than most things in life, but that it is not the one thing that unites us all. In the workplace I have found that pretty much everyone agrees that safety is important, maybe even that safety should be our number one priority, but that unity ends when you go beyond the general and into the specific.  For example, I've seen many examples where safety was prioritized to a level where it went beyond common sense and didn't factor in sufficiently the need for the business to be profitable nor did it factor in sufficiently the need for individuals to take responsibility for themselves.  With the Coronavirus, I saw a fair amount of division initially around what our reaction should be to the threat, then a more united approach, but as we now debate how and when we should reopen our country the unity has quickly changed as there are different opinions on exactly what steps were appropriate in response to that threat as well as how we should open things up moving forward. To take this thought a bit further, what, if anything, does actually unite all of us?  This is not a complete list, but here's a few things I've found to answer this question.  2 things both come from Gen 1:26.  We were all made in God's image and we were all made so that we may have dominion over the earth, I believe you could substitute the phrase work for dominion.  This was further clarified in Gen 2:15 "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."  So 2 things that unite all of us, believers and unbelievers, are God's image and our purpose to do good work in the world.  John Stonestreet and Warren Smith in their book "Restoring all things" say it like this "The absolute Ruler of everything decides to make other rulers to take care of His world...they are not puppets, nor have they been granted tourist visas to enjoy paradise. They have work to do...they too, like the One whose image they bear, are to fill and form...humans are to bring glory to God by living for the good of the world".  What are some other things that unite all of us?  The book of Romans is filled with them. "there is none righteous not one", "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God". and also that it is clear to all that God exists, Rom 1:20 says "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and [g]Godhead, so that they are without excuse," we're also united in the sense that God doesn't want any of us to perish and that He sent Jesus for all of us. John 3:16 says that "God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son". 2 Peter 3:9 says "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." So far in our list of what unites us all is some good news and bad news. We're all made in God's image, we're all made to do good work, we're all aware of God, we're all guilty of sin, and we're all equally loved by God and have an equal opportunity to accept his gift of eternal life with him.  We've been talking about all of humanity, but what about believers in Christ.  What unites us?  You've heard the phrase "in the essentials unity, in non-essentials, freedom, all things in love".  As believers, we are all forgiven.  Psalm 103:12 says "as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us". We are all a new creation, 2 Cor 5:17 says "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new".  So, looking again at all of humanity, what divides us?  Well, in the natural that's an easy question to answer, it seems that just about everything and at an increasing level of intensity, divides us. Let's talk just about the spiritual.  What divides all of humanity is our response to truth and to what God has done for us. In John 18:37b Jesus says "for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice".  Pilate responds to Jesus with a question "What is truth?". In 3 of the 4 gospels Jesus asks a critical question "who do you say that I am?". How we respond to that question as well as the question "what is truth" is the primary way that all of humanity is divided.  That important division in terms of both how we may respond as well as how we will respond in the future is made every more clear by Jesus when he talks about the present and the future. In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus says "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it".  In Matthew 25:32, Jesus says "All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats."  Surprisingly, the Bible does not say that Jesus came to unite all of us in peace between each other but rather to unite us with Him.  When the Angels announced the coming of Jesus in Luke 2:14, they said "“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”.  Notice they said peace toward men, not between men, i.e. peace between God and man, not between man and man. And although Jesus told us as his disciples to love one another, he also said in Matthew 10:34-39 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set[j] a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." So, here are some takeaways for me on this question of unity. We are united with all of humanity in the sense that God made us in his image, he made us to do good work, he wants us all to choose to spend eternity with Him, and he wants us to love HIm and to love others.  We are divided in how we choose to respond to God, specifically to Jesus Christ. As C.S. Lewis said in his book "Mere Christianity", "

“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic — on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg — or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God, but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.”

E=Example of Faith at work

2 things to share.  Both are innovative products that make our lives better. These may not seem to be spiritual and I have not researched to determine if the inventors are Christian, but as we've discussed on here may times and in reference to Tim Keller's book "Every Good Endeavor", all humans, believers and unbelievers, are made in God's image and we all can be tools of God's common grace, blessing all of humanity, by making the world better including in very natural, physical ways.  The first product is  one that teaches your cat to use the toilet so you can get rid of litter.  We found two makers Litter Kwitter and City Kitty and purchased City Kitty mainly because it's less expensive, and will be trying it out soon.  The second product is one that helped my mother out a lot and that is Windex all-in-one.  It has a pad with soap in it and allows you to clean outside windows quickly and easily and more safely without having to get on a ladder. I challenge you all to view everyday tasks and accomplishments of your work as spiritual.  I was going to quote a famous quote from Martin Luther about the value of making a good shoe until I found out that he didn't actually say that, so instead I'd like to mention an actual quote from Martin Luther I found on the reformed trombonist.com article called "On making good shoes", where Michael Everett quotes Luther as follows "The prince should think: Christ has served me and made everything to follow him; therefore, I should also serve my neighbor, protect him and everything that belongs to him. That is why God has given me this office, and I have it that I might serve him. That would be a good prince and ruler. When a prince sees his neighbor oppressed, he should think: That concerns me! I must protect and shield my neighbor….The same is true for the shoemaker, tailor, scribe, or reader. If he is a Christian tailor, he will say: I make these clothes because God has bidden me do so, so that I can earn a living, so that I can help and serve my neighbor.".  In his post, Michael Everett also refers to a scirpture I often refer to which is Colossians 3:23-24 " And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for[a] you serve the Lord Christ."

L=Logos = Work verse

Psalm 19:7b "The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;" - I bring this up as an encouragement to other men like me that feel they are sometimes not really measuring up in their work, either in general or maybe temporarily on one of those down days.  You may feel simple or not as good at what you do as the next guy.  No matter who you are, or what your occupation is, or how talented or gifted you are, you have access to mind and heart of the Creator of the Universe in his word, and that word, if you read it, receive it, and live it out in your daily life, will make you wise.

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H=Handy tip to increase productivity and effectiveness 

If someone at work tells you about a problem they have, you can tell them you’re praying for them but I recommend instead 2 better options, one is for you to pray for them privately but don't tell them you're praying for them, Matthew 6:6 says "But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly."  The 2nd option is to pray WITH them right there and then.  Whichever way you choose to pray for them, I also recommend you back that up by doing something in the natural related to their problem.  Don't just say "let me know if there's anything I can do to help", instead at that moment or soon after that, think and pray about what you could do to help them and do it.  James 2:15-17 says " If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." 

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My Story pt. 1 and 2

So here is a little piece that I wrote after the second miscarriage. Reading it now is heartbreaking as I had no idea at that point how much much more was to come. I read this now almost from an outsider’s perspective as I was so full of hope and still had no grasp of the pain that was coming. Please be aware this will be huegely triggering to read and gets quite graphic in places. I’ve very much come to term with my issues towards recurrent miscarriage policies and why investigation has to wait until it’s happened more times.

“Miscarriage. Not a nice word is it? But that’s what it is. It’s not a *sympathetic face* LOSS. It’s not a stillbirth until you are 23 weeks pregnant. It’s a miscarriage. And thanks to hundreds of years of stigma surrounding people just absolutely do not talk about it. How can it be that something that affects 1 in 4 pregnancies is so socially avoided? I’d like to really drill down on the fact that it is 1 in 4 pregnancies. It’s not 1 in 4 attempts or even 1 in 4 women but 1 in 4 PREGNANCIES. That’s such a large proportion of people that go through this in their lifetime and yet how many people do you know that have had one? I personally have experienced 2 and on both occasions, there were at least 5 women in the same ward at the same time as me going through exactly the same thing. So why don’t we hear more about this life-changing event and why are women so afraid to speak about it?

My first miscarriage came in November 2018. I believed myself to be 12 weeks pregnant and we were just days away from the first scan. This pregnancy had not been planned but we were both over the moon and had already told our parents and a lot of our close friends as we already just so excited! Miscarriage wasn’t even something I’d thought about. Nobody talked about it. I didn’t believe I knew anyone who had gone through that and so all that was inside of me was excitement and nerves about a baby that I was sure would be with us in May. Three days before the scan I saw a small amount of blood when I had gone to the toilet. It was a tiny amount but it was there. I obviously Googled it and was filled with so many mixed messages. It was an ectopic pregnancy. It was a miscarriage. It was in an infection. I t was fine- just implantation bleeding. I then did the next best thing and asked my sister-in-law (a gynae nurse) what she thought it meant. Her advice was that it was probably nothing to worry about but I definitely go to a hospital to be sure. (In the months following this I did hear about a number of people who had experienced bleeding which had turned out to be nothing but I wasn’t one of the lucky ones)

That Monday morning we made the terrifying journey to the nearest hospital which I had never been to before. There are no words to describe that journey. I silently cried the whole way there, feeling sick to my stomach. I knew something wasn’t right. A few days earlier I had mentioned to my friend that I didn’t feel pregnant at all and it turns out I was right. We arrived at the hospital with all of those Google articles and explanations racing through my head, repeatedly telling ourselves and each other that it was fine and that we had nothing to worry about. The sonographer had that quiet sympathetic face that I have become so used to seeing now and as it was my first scan, he explained how he was sure everything would be fine but if he was to ‘go quiet’ it just meant he was concentrating. He went quiet. It felt like he was quiet for way too long and I began to cry. I knew it was over. He told us that he couldn’t see a 12 week foetus in there but we may have got our dates wrong (we hadn’t) and explained that he would need to do an internal examination to be sure. Hospitals have to have 2 sonographers present to confirm miscarriage and so then there were 2 of them staring at this screen whilst I had the probe inside of me searching for heartbeat that wasn’t there.

My husband told me some hours later that the foetus had only made it to 8 weeks. I don’t remember any of that. All I remember was crying in that dark room and then being at home an hour later in bed. The nurse explained everything to us apparently but I don’t remember anything she said. The thoughts you have in those first few hours just go round and round and they are so consuming that you don’t want to think about the next steps at all. You have to rely on someone else for that.  I had never experienced loss like this before but the feelings bubbling up inside of me were all hitting at once and it was too overwhelming. I sobbed for a good 24 hours before having to make a decision on what I was going to do next.  I felt huge waves of guilt: what had I done wrong? Maybe I’ve overworked myself? Were those shopping bags I carried too heavy? Had I stopped drinking alcohol too late? Had I eaten a bad egg? And how the hell did I not notice 4 weeks earlier when I had actually stopped being pregnant?! Then came the embarrassment: how do I tell everyone? Will they all think I’m a failure? Why has this only happened to me? Why does no one talk about this?

In those first few weeks after the miscarriage, I had the hardest physical time. I went for the tablets to help move things along a bit quicker but they didn’t work properly. I had no clue what I was doing and felt like I couldn’t speak to anyone about it because I didn’t know anyone who had gone through it. So I sat on my own in my house, slowly bleeding high volumes of blood for 2 weeks.  I was in complete agony, off my nut on codeine because I had no idea that this wasn’t normal! Eventually I thought it was all over. I went out for a drink with a couple of friends after weeks of not leaving the bathroom, let alone the house and apart from a few period-level pains, I felt back to normal. 2 days later the agony started up again. I decided to have a bath to soothe my back and try to relax and I had barely slept. The bath water turned bright red and I knew something was wrong. I screamed in pain and was just so confused at what was happening. I slowly got myself out of the bath and shuffled over to the toilet but even that metre distance was too far for me and suddenly blood was spilling out of me all over the bathroom floor. My phone was in the bathroom but only at 10% battery. In that moment I honestly thought I was going to die. Noone had prepared me for this.I managed to get my husband home from work with my phone battery’s dying breath but in the half hour waiting for him, I honestly thought I wouldn’t be conscious by the time he got home.

Men get so overlooked when talking about miscarriage. It’s just as much their loss and they have to grieve too. In my experience, he was so much more concerned that I was ok and making sure he was supporting me. In turn, I was constantly worried that he wasn’t getting his time to deal with it whilst looking after me.  I didn’t appreciate his level of burden until he was home and cleaning the bathroom and I watched him scoop the pregnancy tissue that I had just lost out of the bath. He just got on with it whilst I sobbed and watched him. At least, I thought, it was all over now and we could move on.

Following on from the bathroom trauma, I went back to work and felt fine for a week. But when the pains started to build back up 1 week later, I knew something wasn’t right. I returned to the depressing GAU unit where I had already been dealt one blow and didn’t fancy getting more bad news. I had another external and internal scan and was told that there was still a lot of pregnancy tissue left in there and there was a good chance it was causing an infection, hence the pain and the fact I was still bleeding nearly 1 month after the miscarriage. So there I was again: more tablets, more pain, more blood and more tears. This time I had the added excitement of antibiotics and anti-sickness tablets as this tissue that was left over was actually making me really sick. I just wanted it to be over. That day I spent 8 hours in the GAU.

Despite 3 weeks of pain, I had no idea that the real trauma hadn’t started yet. I had been so focused on the physical aspect of the miscarriage that I had no clue where the real pain was. This is the second important reason for talking about miscarriage. Once all of the pain and bleeding had cleared up, I had to deal with all of those questions that had run through my head initially. The biggest and scariest of these, of course, is ‘why am I the only one this is happening to?’ This question really needs to be split in half: why has this happened? And who else has it happened to? Both of these will be answered 10 times a day by the people around you: ‘it’s really common’ ‘I know loads of people who have had miscarriages’ ‘it’s nothing that you did wrong’ etc. Your friends are trying to help but it really doesn’t. Being told that it’s ‘really common’ isn’t helpful when you just have no evidence of that (I knew no one this happened to at this point). No-one talks about it which meant that both the emotional and physical pain was a complete surprise that there was no advice or true sympathy for. You get a lot of ‘my daughter had a miscarriage and went on to have a healthy baby a year later’ or ‘you’re only young, plenty more time for you yet!’ That’s great, but what about the baby I just lost?! It’s a grieving process. If you lost a grandparent, you wouldn’t say ‘it’s ok, I have 3 more!’

The biggest question for most women is WHY? Unfortunately, most of the time, they have no clue why you’ve miscarried. And this area of medical research is so incredibly underfunded that finding answers is just such an unlikely possibility. One thing I was told a lot was that ‘It just wasn’t meant to be’ which as you can imagine, is not what my scientific brain needed to hear. I wanted statistics and solutions and I just wanted them to look inside me and tell me where the problem was like some sort of uterus MOT. I also read quite a few times that a miscarriage was your body’s natural way of ending a pregnancy that would never have made it to term. And once again: OK BUT WHY?! Healthcare professionals obviously give us guidelines of ways to avoid miscarriage but they are things that we all give up anyway. These guidelines are things such as cutting down caffeine, avoiding alcohol and smoking completely, taking folic acid and obviously not taking recreational drugs. Most women do all of these things anyway so it’s not too helpful in most cases. As far as I know, after a miscarriage, you are unlikely to think ‘oh so that’s why I wasn’t supposed to smoke 20 fags a day’.  I know a lot of women also struggle with conflicting medical advice online vs. their midwife vs. friends’ personal experiences. Diet and exercise are a huge example of this. We know that you need to exercise and eat well when you’re pregnant. But also don’t START exercising if you didn’t pre-pregnancy and don’t go on a diet whilst pregnant either.  This leaves us lazy junk food eaters feeling like we’ve already harmed the baby before we’ve even got to 4 weeks. Going for a run will hurt the baby but so will not exercising?! Help!! Then there are the rumours you hear which just aren’t true. Having sex whilst pregnant is ok if you are comfortable doing so. Working long hours is ok too believe it or not, as long as you are eating, drinking and sleeping well alongside this.  Having a fright, experiencing stress or just feeling really sad also does not harm your baby. Again, if miscarriage was talked about more, then perhaps we would not be putting all of this blame on ourselves and others. Repeat after me: you did not cause this, I did not cause this.

In March 2019, I experienced my second miscarriage. I was so much more careful this time. I didn’t even so much as smell a glass of wine, I ran away from cigarette smoke like the plague, I ate at least 4 pieces of fruit a day. I was determined that I would not let it happen again. Again, no matter how many times you are told that it isn’t your fault, you will believe that it is in your power to control it. You will believe that if you miscarry, it’s because you stayed at work that extra hour or you lingered in the vape cloud a little bit too long outside that bar. Whatever your reason, you convince yourself it was you. You reach a point where you do not enjoy pregnancy. Which, to put it bluntly, is shit. With the first pregnancy, I was so happy, I enjoyed taking the vitamins, avoiding the nights out and even the nausea because I knew what it meant. But second time around, the excitement had faded and it was replaced with pure fear. I was terrified. We decided that this time we wouldn’t tell as many people other than those who needed to know or had guessed. I didn’t feel the secret bubbling up in me and the need to tell everyone I knew and worked with because I just knew how awful it was when you have to tell them the opposite news later on. Another thing we did differently was book an early scan privately because, no matter how much you beg, and despite the history of miscarriage, they just won’t scan you early on the NHS at all. So, £80 later, we were waiting to go into the room to be scanned in a private clinic. I wanted so much to be excited and I had been a lot more sick and hormonal this time around so I assumed this was a positive sign. I lay on the bed whilst the sonographer told me the spiel about ‘if I go quiet, it’s just because I’m concentrating’ I felt so overwhelmed and wanted to run out and cry. I couldn’t go through this again. Once again the sonographer went quiet and asked how pregnant I ‘thought I was’, and when my last period was. I knew there was something wrong again. She had found the foetus which as expected measured 8 weeks and 1 day. There was no heartbeat. I remember my reaction this time: one long wail/sob/cry. “Not again” I shouted at her. My husband held me there for what felt like forever whilst I sobbed into his chest.

The clinic referred us to the hospital but as it was a Sunday there were no sonographers there to do a second scan. I spoke to a gynae doctor who booked me in for an appointment 2 days later in the GAU. No chance of an earlier appointment due to backlog. So I began my 48 hours of sobbing, grieving and ultimately false hope. As I had to wait for the scan for so long, I had managed to convince myself that the first scan was wrong. 8 weeks and 1 day was exactly right which meant that my baby had died on the day of the scan. I reasoned that it was too much of a coincidence and that she was just a crap sonographer who couldn’t find a heartbeat. But her diagnosis was confirmed by the doctor at what had become my absolute nightmare hospital which I could now only associate with bad news. There was no heartbeat. 8 weeks. Again.

Based on the agony and length of what I had gone through less than 4 months earlier, I opted for surgery this time. And I was booked in for the next morning. It’s a day surgery so you sit in a waiting room full of people for a full day, waiting for it to be your turn. My husband wasn’t allowed to stay with me which is just as cruel as it sounds. I had never had surgery before so I was terrified and had to wait all alone for the procedure with no food or water for what ended up being 6 hours. There is little point going in to too much detail about the inadequacy of the nurses that day. But in summary, I was barked at several times and got zero sympathy for what I was going through, I was ‘misplaced’ twice, I was referred to by my middle name more than once and by a complete other name many more times, and the icing on the cake was the nurse asking me ‘do you think there could be any chance you are pregnant?’ By the time I got to surgery I was pretty scared, not only that they thought I was someone completely different, but that one of the ‘rare’ complications could be about to happen to me or that when I woke up, I would be completely alone.

Surgery went well and only resulted in a few days of pain afterwards. Which, compared to last time, was a huge relief. But when I woke up I was completely alone and they had lost the paperwork which allowed me to return to the recovery area and contact my husband. So I sat on my uncomfortable bed, with an extremely empty stomach, a woozy head and a massive sense of emptiness and just had to wait until I could finally go home and recover. The doctors signed me off work for a week this time to recover from surgery but with the pain dying down so quickly, I was left with a lot more time to dwell on my feelings and come to terms with the fact this had now happened to us twice. Now try and tell me there isn’t something wrong with me.

1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. And 1 in 100 women have 3 or more miscarriages in a row which they call recurrent miscarriages. On the NHS, your miscarriage will not be investigated and you will not receive any tests until you reach this stage. I’m sorry but this is bonkers. It is honestly cruel after a person has endured 2 miscarriages at 8 weeks to tell them that, despite a clear pattern, they still need to go through it 1 more time before it is looked into. Tommy’s, the charity, began research into miscarriage in 2016 as they agree that it’s not good enough. They believe that so many miscarriages have underlying causes that can be cured if more research is done into it. It’s not just about preventing the miscarriage either. I, for one, would find it so much easier to move on if I knew why it had happened to me. I can’t change the past but perhaps one day I can make peace with it.

SO now the healing process has to start again. It is not easy to write about what has happened to me. My experience, I know, is only a blip on what some women have endured. I would never claim to ‘understand’ another person’s pain or suffering.  I have to crack on with all of the pregnant women and babies in my life flourishing around me and hope that in the future, people will be educated properly on the frequency and effects of miscarriage. I have to be brave and talk about it so that when this lonely and terrifying experience happens to the next person, they will hopefully know it is normal, it is not their fault, and they are not alone”

So there it is. It was really hard to write, even harder to re-read several months later and a huge challenge to write. If this helps even one person, then it’s been worth posting.

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My decision to come to Colombia can be best described as out-of-the-blue and last minute. Having started my trip in Peru, and my original plan to visit Bolivia and Argentina no longer being appealing, I decided to make the trip north and travel to Colombia. I am now only two weeks into my Colombia adventure, and I might never ever leave it.

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Having barely done any research and gone with word of mouth advice from fellow travellers, I stepped into Colombia both excited and with some trepidation. I had no plans in terms of which cities to see, which sights there were, or even where to start my journey…but isn’t that what a life of travel is about? The unknown sure made it feel adventurous and exciting!

So how is Colombia? Well, it’s beautiful, it’s cities are safe, its food is delicious, its people are welcoming, and the views are amazing…and I still have to visit the north of the country.

First Impressions Are Everything

I came into Colombia by land, and it welcomed me with one of its nicest sights! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHURCH IN THE WORLD!!! The Santuario de las Lajas.

This beautiful sanctuary sits on a bridge on top of a river surrounded by green mountains and waterfalls. The sounds of nature only add to its beauty. The simple view of it is astonishing and left me in complete awe.

Even though there was nothing else (really, nothing else) to do or see in Ipiales, this beautiful church is worth the 15 minute taxi ride from the bus terminal. I had a full hour and a half between the time I arrived and the time my next bus left, which was more than enough to get to the church and back, and spend a good amount of time admiring the sight.

Southern Colombia’s Endless Hiking Opportunities

Much like the rest of South America, the south of Colombia is surrounded by what seems an endless array of mountains and cloud forests. And you know, where there are mountains, there are many opportunities for a hike!

Pasto and the Azufral Volcano – Laguna Verde

My first destination once I crossed the border was the small city of Pasto. It was meant to be a one night short stay….I stayed for 3 nights. And it is not that there is that much to do in the city; actually, there is nothing to do. But it was a new friend’s experience hiking the Azufral volcano all the way to Laguna Verde, a green lake sitting on top of the volcano at 4000 meters above sea level (m.a.s.) which got me to extend my stay.

Getting to the lake requires a 5 kilometer walk, going from 3200 m.a.s. to 4000 m.a.s. The hike towards the lake is not hard, although the trail goes up it is not a steep walk. Towards the end it requires going down 400 meters through what I refer to as a small cliff to get to the lake. This one is not hard, until I had to leave the lake and come up the same way, always causing me to literally spit my lungs out.

But was it ever worth it! The lake was of the greenest color I could have ever imagined! The views both from the top and near the water were mesmerizing, and even though the whole lake smelled like rotten egg (volcano sulfur mixed with the water), the experience was quite out of this world. And the best of it all??? We had the place for ourselves :).

I dipped my feet into the lake, the cold freezing water quickly became boiling hot, so much I had to jump off to a new freezing spot. Oh volcanoes…

Tierradentro National Archeological Park –  Underground Tombs

Word of mouth led me to this somewhat off-the-beaten-path site for one of the most amazing treks I’ve had to do on my own, and some underground tombs.

Hiking for 2 hours on a very steep mountain and going from 1600 m.a.s. to 2100 m.a.s. while fighting the rain and cloud forests covering my way, the sense of accomplishment when I saw the first tombs was quite indescribable. It would take me another 4 to complete the hike and get back to town while seeing some of the other tombs and statues on the way. On the way there were countless breathtaking views from above, I passed through many cliffs and clouds, as well as small houses of people living nearby. Cows, horses, and more.

Best of all, this is one hike anyone can do on their own, even though the rough terrain and lack of clear markers make the trail a bit treacherous.

The Cocora Valley

OK…this one is more towards the center than the south…but still worth a mention. I went to the Cocora Valley for a relatively “short” 5-hour hike, which took me to see a variety of hummingbirds and giant palm trees.

I had never felt so insignificant in my life until I stood besides one of these! I honestly thought dinosaurs would appear and roam around this place.

Its Cities

Whether it’s colonial Popayán or colorful Salento, Colombia’s cities burst with live and beauty.

Popayán is slow paced and, although small, is worth a visit for a couple of days not only for its colonial buildings, but also for its surroundings.

Rooftops of Salento

Salento feels like the city that time left behind. Authentic, colorful, laidback, this is the city that made me overstay my welcome :) I just keep stretching my stay here.

Calle Real in Salento

Its People

Having been to most countries in South America, I can say that Colombians are among the most welcoming welcoming and kind people in the continent. Everywhere I go people are warm and willing to help, whether it is with directions, recommendations on where to go and what to see. It is not uncommon for locals to strike a conversation on any subject.

Colombians are proud people, they’re proud of their paisa heritage and their land. One of the things I love about Colombians is that whenever I say “gracias”, they always respond to “a la orden” (at your service).

Overall

As I write this I am only closing my 2nd week of being in Colombia, and I have literally fallen head over heels for this country. I have yet to visit any of the big cities like Medellin or Bogotá. If they are any similar to Pasto, Popayán, or Salento…I might never go back to Canada.

Have you been to Colombia? What are your highlights of this country? And your favorite city?

Why I Might Never Leave Colombia My decision to come to Colombia can be best described as out-of-the-blue and last minute. Having started my trip in…