#it was a non-negotionable

[reluctantjoe]

But the first thing I need to say to you is that I am so sorry. You know, I created you as a-a prisoner and as an escape. Lumon told me you'd be happy, that innies are content, and because I took their word for it, you've been living a nightmare for two years. It's horrific what they've done to you. And part of the reason I'm here is to make it right. And I hope, uh, now with all we have in common, that you'll give me that chance.

ADAM SCOTT as MARK SCOUT | Severance — S2

[b-blushes]

tiny face your fears friday done: 2 gay little shirts that i can wear to hopefully not feel out of place over the holidays acquired 👍

[etheries1015]

You are a rather popular prefect. It isn't a surprise when you walk into your dorm and a bunch of students are just hanging around.

Trey is in the kitchen exploring new recipies to have you taste test, Azul and Riddle are studying in the lounge, you find Leona sleeping on your bed for some reason...kalim brought it upon himself to redecorate a couple of the rooms (much to Jamils anger and apologies to you), Idia decided you could use some more gaming equipment so he set up a gaming room (be prepared for HOURS of gaming with him. Non negotionable. Ortho practically begs you to bare with it.) Ace and Deuce are watching movies with a couple of random students...

You manage to finally kick them all out, but night time you have another issue! You hear knocks on your door...

"Prefect! Can I sleep here tonight? House warden riddle kicked me out-"

"Why"

"well...I might have uh..cheated on a test-"

*SLAM*

as nice as you are and beloved by the students, but you knew how to put your foot down!

...right?

Another dreaded knock brings you to your feet, dragging yourself out of your room and opening the front door to find a Malleus standing in the rain holding a pillow whilst in his night clothes, staring pathetically down at you.

"Child of man, I had a nightmare."

Alright. Nothing new. You let out a defeated sigh and let him in, lending your bed for the night. Surely you can get some sleep now, right?

Wrong.

Several knocks later and you find your dorm full of the very students you kicked out. Each for various reasons...Epel couldnt stand Vils nagging any longer, Floyd wanted to bother you for no reason, Jade followed suit. Jack and Deuce stopped by with snacks to be by Ace out of pity (you finally let him in.) Ruggie heard some strange rumor about late night free food from who knows where- and random students simply received news of the empty rooms and thought it'd be a nice experience to try something new!

You find that each of your once desolated rooms were full of students of many backgrounds. After settling the final student who interuppted your peace, you sigh and look up at the staircase of ramshackle to the many bustling bodies and laughter coming from each of the rooms.

You began to smile, ignoring the fatigue. Slowly heading up the stairs, you sigh as light of dawn peaked through the glass windows of the once run down and lifeless dorm, shaking your head with a breathless laugh.

Yeah...you love your family.

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[roughentumble]

current list, i have songs i could add if i decide depressing meaning doesnt matter, and i have songs i could remove if i decide they have to be happy

i wanted to avoid doubling up on artists, but i might add prom night anamanaguchi for more english lyrics because it's heavily jpop and instrumental rn

ok im making a playlist of alien-ish themed songs based on hot shit by tom cardy, and i have to decide if im going with any song that fits the same sound and feels space-y to me, or if i want it to be a "alien uses this playlist to pump themselves up" positive vibes type sound. obviously the second option will massively cut down on the number of songs in the playlist. thoughts?

[grrapess]

Non-negotionables at morning & night

oil pulling

one big glass of mineral water + pink salt

prayer or spiritual practice

time-dependent skin and hair care

stretching/yoga

breathwork + acupressure mat

taking pills and supplements

especially magnesium

room cleansing

[onehundredwishesss]

How to get the love of your life in 3 steps

• What are you looking for in a partner? Write down a list of all your negotionables or non-negotionables, your standards and preferences.

• Be your own lover first: Would you want to date you? Would you be a good partner too? Do you also match with all of the things you write in your list?

• Believe, let go and have fun: Believe in yourself that the love of your life will come to you, be patient and have fun meanwhile. Date yourself, take care of yourself and study yourself before someone else will come to you.

[maryse127]

Now that I have escaped from Kyoto Station let's take a peek at the HAUL

Final Fantasy XV Ultimania in two parts (I don't even really know what is in here but I am not immune to Final Fantasy XV)

Xenoblade The Secret File Monado Archives!! Which was a surprise to me because that thing is OLD

XENOBLADE X The Secret File Art of Mira. I didn't even know this existed but I had to get it. Like. Non negotionable.

Xenoblade 3 Official Artworks Aionios Moments. Which is what I was actually looking for in the bookshop XD

Also yes, I did already add extra check in luggage to my flight home because this was so heavy the paper bag the store packed it in ripped on the way to the subway.

[the-wayside]

Pit Babe was about the strength of the found family bond.

Yes, there is romance and it plays a big part but the bond of these men is not back benched or shied away from. Charlie, Dean, Way, they grieve the losses from their pack.

I know and support the mpreg agenda, but from someone who read the novel, it is non-negotionably (is that a word?) the worst thing to happen to Babe. He specifically sleeps with alphas originally because he didn't want to get anyone pregnant, such was his negative feelings towards having a biofamily. To him, biofamily, children, they're not positive things. They're abandonment, abuse, and trauma. He healed himself when he found his family.

Babe's journey was to truly sever ties with his past, his adoptive father, and to heal the hurt parts of himself. I liked that the found family wasn't replaced by a biokid for anyone. And I know, wanting and it actually being are two different things. I just really enjoyed a series that stuck to the path and truly honored what it means to have a found family.

[wrathunts]

checked your carrd but don't see rules or verses. Are there important rules and verses to know? would love to give a follow but am uber shy xD

I do but don't because I am incredibly lazy and forgetful person in that regard. Because they're is just so much to cover with rules, the do's-and-dont's but I really could care less about DNIs, or banned face claims. Since I haven't really been active on Dean but that's just because ( I miss my people ) and muse has been abysmally low because of that, or the few others I have still active it just isn't clicking together for anyone. The only relevant information that I can say on-hand that is important, is my affiliates, and those relationships are non-negotionable in any verse. As for rules I am just going to say the simple man's rp ettiquete.

[c-bookwyrm]

Really, she didn't know what to expect. She held the bottle in her hands, gently swishing the liquid back and forth in thought. When Walter had given it to her, he merely said Gilbert had wanted it prepared for her- yet when she blinked up in confusion, stating she hadn't felt ill lately, he had paused.

"Have the two of you not spoken about this yet?"

Yet.

Her face must have been enough for Walter, as he sighed and muttered some choice words about Gilbert before shaking his head.

And now she sat in his room, swishing the liquid, bouncing from thought to thought. She wasn't stupid, despite the initial reaction she had. There was a suspicion to what the liquid was, but quietly, privately, she was hoping it was something else entirely.

Her thinking was interrupted by the clack of his doorknob turning. Gilbert came into the room with a sigh, visibily perking up when seeing her waiting.

"Hehe, did you miss me? You could have visited me in the lab, instead of leaving me all alone."

She hummed, glancing down at the item in her hands. Was there a point to go over a preamble?

No. There wasn't. Not when she realized just how tense her shoulders were, her stomach twisting in anticipation.

"Gil..." She lifted it out of her lap for him to see, "Walter g-gave me this. What is...?"

His expression changed, just for a moment- a flash in his eye, vacant of emotion until he blinked again, smile lingering.

"I'd like you to start taking that."

Mm... The feeling in her gut churned once more.

"Why?"

He didn't respond, focusing on dressing down for the evening.

"I won't. Not until you explain." Her voice was firm, and she was quietly thankful her stutter didn't surface.

"Little rabbit, you know what it's for."

"No."

Sighing, he put his hands on the back of his desk chair, keeping his back to her, "this isn't a debate."

"No, it's a discussion. That I want."

"We can't have a child." A pause, as if waiting for her to speak, "that's non-negotionable. If the medicine makes you ill, I'll improve on it to combat the side effects-"

"Explain."

She could hear the creaking in the wood as he gripped his chair harder, but he relented. Gilbert turned around now, facing her with his cryptic smile.

"You know of my plans, what they were, or have you forgotten?"

"I haven't. Don't regard me so poorly."

"Then is it a surprise I don't want this bloodline to continue? To pass on the curse of this-" He cut himself off, pausing before speaking again, "I won't have a child."

"I... Don't want a child, either." She began, glancing up at him after she spoke. When he continued to look her way, expression... telling her nothing negative, she went on, "I don't... like my choice being decided. Without d-discussion."

"There is not disc-"

"Yes. Yes there is. I-It's talking to me, before ha-having someone else hand me the bottle. It's t-treating me more as an equal, instead of s-something you own." She furrowed her brows, frustration growing at her stutter spiking, "I respect your choice. But I want the r-respect of you telling me what you would like to d-do to prevent this, instead of e-expecting me to accept wordless treatment."

Quiet seeped back into the room, and she found her heart didn't stop pounding. Instead, her ears rang, chest tightening uncomfortably.

"O-one of the reasons I love you i-is for treating me as a person. I don't like being treated otherwise, I've already gone through that a multitude of times. And I deserve more than th-that."

She saw Gilbert pull himself away from the chair, before carefully joining her by her side. Wordlessly, he slid his arm around her middle, pressing a kiss against her temple.

The way his hand rested on her hip was gentle, as if pressing on her further would hurt her. It didn't resolve her anger, not completely. But it quelled the heavy unease, the general fear of speaking for herself.

"You're right."

It was a simple agreement. But it helped her shoulders ease, her breath come out sooner.

"Yes. I am."

The huff in her voice brought forth a chuckle from him, and her brows immediately furrowed. However, he was quick to quell her, planting another kiss against her forehead. And another, as her frown persisted, until she relented.

They'll have more moments like this, that she knew. Until he learned to further let his walls down, to accept that trust needed to be needled into every action that they took together. But she was willing to be patient with him, as he was with her.

[isei-silva]

As I am replaying Deyaenus and re-exploring his character through RP, I noticed the difference in how I RP'd him in the past, versus how I play him now - especially in regards to his confidence. His lack thereof before, to today's abundance. Back in the day, Deyaenus was far more ill-tempered, anxious, and depressed; a reflection of myself. We often say and try not to bleed over into our characters, but these figments of our imaginations are our brain-puppets, and as ours as can be are inevitably reflected by the thoughts, emotions, and constitution of their birth place.

Once my exterior environment changed and bettered, so did I. And, by extension, so did Deyaenus. This reflected itself in RP through a burst of confidence and tempered demeanor from the character that was a pleasant surprise.

Mind you, the meat and potatoes of the character has not changed: opinionated, stubborn in some archaic beliefs, and faction biased. You know, the good stuff that people dislike him for. And that's fine! I enjoy being the "in-the-wrong" character if it helps push other people's RPs and character development. Both those things can only really move forward with conflict.

"It's me hi, I'm the problem, it's me~"

It's just funny how I remember Deyaenus, as a Holy Priest, desperately clinging to the doctrines of the Church, the Light, and stomping his foot about being right in it all, when he was at his emotional lowest because being part of something greater and as non-negotionable as The Light made him feel just as indomitable. He could hide behind the white robes, and the verses and preaching, behind prayer, behind dogmatic virtues of beliefs carved by mortals, because it made him feel good. He wanted to be a preacher for the immediate idolation he would get, for the attention, the praise, bask in the benefit of devotion, from the lack of receiving the same in his home life. Of course he never recognized this himself, and he DOES truly, honestly believe in the goodness that the Church has extended and wants to be part of that, but with that little sidenote of "and I will get everyone's love and respect because of it too".

Now, as a Shadow Priest, stuck with a parasitc infant (not so?) Old God and dealing with it through the adventures, trials, and shenanigans thereof, he is both at his loneliest (no guild, friends moved on, on-and-off romance(?)) and, at the same time, his most confident. I've been personally headcannoning and RP'ing that the void parasite - named Junior - managed to anchor itself to the physical realm by feeding on Deyaenus' depression and poor emotional state. He doesn't know it, recognize it, or think about it, under the misguided belief that this is just normal and every shadow priest has a little bugger like his. It's not like the parasite has 'eaten' or removed or replaced Deyaenus' depression. It's, much like in Real Life, you can eventually learn to positively live with it! I still have the same poor thoughts, fears, and insecurities as before, when I first roleplayed Deyaenus and these were more evident both in RP and in myself, but over time I've grown to nurture myself, build myself up, and find confidence inwardly.

Nowadays, I like thinking that while Junior is the symbolic, physical manifestation of depression (how similar are those corruptive "your friends hate you" whispers in-game to actual depressive thoughts?), Deyaenus has learned to depend on himself and keep positive momentum regardless. Junior works for him. Deyaenus can't afford to wallow in these poorly thoughts, even though he won't ever get rid of them. And if ever he did end up overpowered by those thoughts, THAT'S when corruption would kick in at its strongest. THAT'S when depression eats you alive IRL too.

Deyaenus cannot ever get rid of depression, mental illness, what-have-yous, but what he has done is recognize it ("I guess this weird worm is part of me"), take responsibility for it ("The actions of this weird worm and the powers thereof are what I make of them"), and move forward with it ("Weird worm is coming with me whether I like it or not"). And he's that much better for it.

Not perfect, but better.

[girlsnightcc]

5 Non-Negotiable Spots for Cocktails with the Girlies

Planning your next night out with the besties in Dublin? From cozy cocktail bars to rooftop bars with views of the city, Dublin has a bit of everything. Here are five must-visit places that guarentee amazing drinks and instagram worthy settings for every type of girls night.

Drury Buildings

Located in a vintage restored brick building on a lively street Drury buildings offers a expansive Cocktail menu varying from margaritas to mojitos. With a stunning outside terrace perfect for sipping on cocktails with your besties.

2. The Bar With No Name

Located on Fade street The Bar With No Name can only be located by the snail hung above the door so keep an eye out! This hidden bar is perfect for the girls looking for a cozy but lively atmosphere. With an expertly crafted cocktail menu The Bar With No Name is an essential stop.

3. 777

For margarita lovers 777 is a non negotionable stop. Known for its expansive menu of margaritas and tacos alike 777 is ideal for a high energy start to the night.

4. Sophies Rooftop Bar

Located at the Dean Hotel Sophies offers stunning panaramic views of the city along with delicious cocktails. Top Tip: Arrive just before sunset to ensure a picture perfect start to your night with dublin city as your background

5. Bonobos

Located in Smithfield Bonobos offers a cozy atmosphere to any girls night from cocktails, boardgames and wood fired pizza they have it all. Bonobos is the perfect spot for a more casual yet just as memorable girls night.

[forb1dden-fru1t]

When is a good time to tell someone you're flirting with that you're in a bdsm dynamic and it's non negotionable

[holyshit]

Firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publically. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non negotionable, positivity is cool) <3

aww tysm linda, that's so sweet 🥺🫶 i am definitely not in the best of frames of mind about myself rn rip but let's seeee

i think i'm a pretty good listener/advice giver and a trustworthy friend! i think my friends know they can trust me with their emotions and confide in me without judgement so they will often come to me with things they feel they can't talk to other friends about, which i appreciate a lot a lot

i like that i am an overall positive person and do not hold grudges or passive aggression often at all

physically, i like my hair and my legs most of the time

i like my emotional intelligence- i think i can relatively easily pick out where my emotions and other's emotions are coming from in order to deal with issues from the ground-up constructively and see others' points of views and emotions with compassion even when i am disagreeing with them

i like how easily i love and how i have become much more comfortable with telling and showing people i love them instead of trying to put on a cool front. it can bite me in the ass sometimes, but ultimately it's worth it.

[enchantedlandcoffee]

Firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publically. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non negotionable, positivity is cool)

thank you to @fearlesslarrie28 @wemadethishome and @gaybirdwizard for also sending me this. I love all of you guys 💞💞

I like how I don't give up

2. I like how I'm always ready to help people

3. I like how I'm constantly creating something

4. I like how dedicated I am

5. I like that I'm loyal

[niallermybabe]

Firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publically. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non negotionable, positivity is cool)

Heyyy Kelly:

uhhh

My new hair yay

My eyes?

My 1D obsession

My ability to make ppl laugh

uhhh….my luv for puppies