#flexible Lady

[eatableconcrete]

FineShyt

[revoevokukil]

This emerged in the middle of writing up thoughts on Ciri and Avallac'h based on the books alone.

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The Witcher’s theme of choice and destiny is complicated by psychological barriers – one must be emotionally ready to accept the way the dice can fall.

Interestingly, Avallac’h’s rejection mirrors how Lara rejected the plans for her destiny. His rejection of Ciri's offer ironically puts him in the position of resisting destiny – the very 'crime' he condemned Lara for committing.

Elves had plans for Lara – to stay and have special children. She rejected this. Elven goals were upended.

For Ciri, Avallac’h has orchestrated a destiny, but when Ciri gets sick of the official programme not working out and offers herself to him directly – effectively suggesting getting the goal they want faster – she gets rebuked. She’s creating an unexpected path to achieving the elves’ goals; one where she shows agency in choosing the father.

In poetic justice, Avallac’h is mirroring Lara’s rejection of the elves’ plans: the man who spent centuries judging Lara for prioritizing personal choice over racial destiny ends up making essentially the same choice, but from the opposite side of the equation. In rejecting Ciri's offer at that point, he implicitly asserts that the manner in which destiny unfolds matters, not just the outcome.

Avallac’h, however, seems blind to this parallel between himself and Lara.

This suggests though, that perhaps Avallac'h's centuries of resentment toward Lara concealed a deeper, unacknowledged understanding of her choice – one that surfaces in his own moment of revelation. You cannot force it if you are not ready for it, but avoiding it will bring consequences. The sword of destiny is double-edged.

Sapkowski often structures his narrative so as to force characters to confront their own contradictions, often without them fully recognizing the pattern they’re repeating or inverting.

[hanzajesthanza]

the training montage in crossroads re-ignited a headcanon i had of geralt waking up and doing gymnastics, performing kickflips and mid-air spins around on a fencepost outside an hour before sunrise to ‘limber up,’ and bleary-eyed dandelion wrapping himself up in a blanket to be like "heyyy... what the hell are you doing 💖"

[karda]

i do not think a binder is supposed to hurt this badly😭

[rawliverandgoronspice]

being a zelinker that enjoys nuance and the pairing not being the sole focus of this series is like being killed by rocks. I can only imagine how it feels like for ganon mains

hahaha well yeah I feel like. I don't mind Zelink at all, especially in certain games, and I love them having this special transcendant bond; but I feel like people who do insist Zelda games are about Zelink and nothing else, and having any other kind of HC about what their relationship means is akin to blasphemy is not that encouraging for creative interpretations overall.

[stardusteyes]

Me: *reading through stories where dudes fall in love with robots* There's a metaphor for being gay in here somewhere, I just know it

[allieinarden]

I also appreciate centering Porky Pig if you want to incorporate a female character on the “Love Interest” ticket. Porky Pig has been coupled up since ‘37. It’s part of his game and his leading lady’s shortage of professional opportunities up to this point was a wrong in sore need of redress. You know who does NOT need a leading lady? Bugs Bunny.

[thewardenisonthecase]

i desperatly need to know how marriage amongst the ferelden nobility works (<- is a fan of bridgerton)

[nikkinelson1313]

time to stretch

[ben-crytalker]

i had to go to an orthopedist and while she did say i have a slight ~form~ of hip dysplasia, she also told me it’s the same thing a lot of olympic level gymnasts have (aka why they’re all preternaturally bendy and i’m similarly hypermobile), so guess which part i’m choosing to bring up when people ask me how my appointment went

[quicksilversquared]

Since my health insurance is through the state (because being a grad student doesn't get me health insurance and also doesn't pay enough), I have to report any change in income when it happens, which as of the last time (at the start of the summer contract), has become even more stupidly difficult, because I have to call it in instead of them having a functional website that can do things like that (which is how it has been), but they've gone from hours of (I think?) 8-5 to instead 9-3, and every. single. fucking. time. I call in, I get a message of "I'm sorry, we're experiencing an unusually high call volume right now" followed by automatic hang-up.

YEAH NO SHIT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING UNUSUALLY HIGH CALL VOLUME DESPITE IT BEING NOT RENEWAL SEASON, YOU'VE CHOPPED YOUR FUCKING HOURS AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU CUT YOUR STAFF, TOO.

anyway, got through that, figured that I was done with that until late August, when the school-year contract kicks in, and then they sent me a letter wanting me to submit proof of income. Submitted copies of my previous school year's contract along with the summer contract. Got another letter, dated after I already submitted my fucking documents. They still want documents. Now I'm trying to call again to force them to admit that my contracts are perfectly fucking valid forms of proofs, and I am once again getting the "unusually high call volume" message.

IT'S NOT UNUSUALLY HIGH CALL VOLUME IF THE CALL VOLUME IS ALWAYS THIS FUCKING HIGH-

[fideidefenswhore]

The Venetians could not hide their perplexity. Why, if Henry and Katherine were involved in a dispute that was rocking Christendom, did they still continue to attend functions together, to dine together in public and to behave, with their daughter present, as if nothing was going at all? In June 1530, the Signory in Venice were told [...] 'this most virtuous Queen maintains strenuously that all her king and lord does, is done by him for true and pure conscience' sake[...]' Maybe this is the line that Katharine took with Mary, absolving her husband of blame, emphasising that conscience was the key to the difficulties that Henry faced. It would certainly explain Mary's otherwise misguided confidence in her father, whose conscience was actually one of the most self-serving and self-pitying in history. At an impressionable age, Mary learned that conscience was the most important justification for behaviour that anyone could make. It became her guiding principle— a clear conscience was what you owed yourself and God—and the cause of much of her unhappiness.

The myth of "Bloody Mary" : a biography of Queen Mary I of England. by: Porter, Linda. Publication date: 2009

[chatpileroan]

30 minutes in and today is already such a mess 😭 maybe the only thing i dislike about this position is im like a scapegoat role a little bit. like when the boss/the leads cant handle something the person Directly under them that those responsibilities go to is Me. which is. well it does mean i work very hard and still make only about 2 bucks (3 ish depending on the time of the day because late shift makes like 50 more cents) over minimum wage. so our compactors broke we have someone out sick we have someone at a doctors appointment so i have to cover and do things that didnt get done by the sick one this morning AND i forgot my bag . what else. what else can be thrown at me

[cipher-of-the-round-table]

Also The Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman is good.

Unless he's an asshole.

why aren't there more mysteries that take place in nursing homes & retirement communities. i want to watch a group of deranged retirees-cum-amateur-detectives combine their powers of:

decades of life experience

boredom-fueled busybody shamelessness

access to the most gossipy next-door-neighbors in existence

"I am too old to be arrested and/or give a shit" attitude

and solve crimes. this should be an enormous subgenre.

[themandalalady]

24-306 Flexibility

, Flexibility “the ability to change or be changed easily according to the situation” We need to be more flexible. Things are changing faster than ever…at least it appears that way to me. If we’re not paying attention, life will pass right by us, leaving us wondering “what just happened?” As important as it is to “stay the course” with our goals/dreams, it’s just as important to be…

[anotheranonrpside]

OOC I guess if you want a random dude to RP with, just ♥️ this.