#lady lifa

[superkooku]

My thoughts on the apothecary diaries

(volumes 1 & 2 of the manga)

I'd like to write a review for the manga. Of course, it's just my subjective POV. I'm no professional reviewer, just a fan.

The (very) good

Maomao

If I had to pick knh's greatest strength, it's our protagonist.

Of course, many have noticed how we have an actually fleshed out female character, and that's great. But even by normal standards, she's awesome.

I could see both her strengths (levelheaded, curious, smart) and some weaknesses (too blunt, missing some social hints, getting carried away in her passion). She's also very expressive and it's delightful to see.

Finally, her sudden promotion is actually justified. She's helpful and smart.

The side characters

So far, no character has annoyed me (except maybe some maidens. But it's on purpose).

The rest of the cast may not be as fleshed out as Maomao, but they're all interesting.

I like how the concubines aren't villanized. We see how they themselves suffer, but also their qualities.

Lifa especially surprised me. I initially thought she'd be nasty, but she's quite nice. Her outburst at Gyokuyo becomes more interesting when we learn she isn't her normal self. She's just a sickly woman who's afraid for her son.

And of course, there's Jinshi. He's quite intriguing to me. He seems to put on some kind of facade in front of the others, one which matches his beauty, but it makes him seem shallow and annoying to Maomao.

Speaking of them.

The complicated relationship between Maomao and Jinshi

I talked about the characters in general, now, I'll focus on the "main" relationship.

(Right after Maomao X Poison, my OTP)

First of, yeah, Jinshi's a bit clingy with her 😅. I've seen some people dislike this fact, but personally, I don't mind it. It makes them imperfect and that's a good thing.

And it manages to stay funny instead of creepy (for now at least).

I'm pretty sure it'll become romantic, because I got spoiled 😅. Jinshi's clinginess and Maomao's comments kinda hint towards it anyways.

It's like a healthier version of "Enemies to lovers", though the first part is mostly one-sided.

(No actual hate or spite, just a bit of unease from her side.)

I seriously love how each one can throw the other off their game. Jinshi can't use his charm on her. But Maomao can't hide her schemes from him, he always catches her.

It's like a little mind game. Fun to read.

In volume 2, their interaction after the banquet felt different. I'm excited.

(also, if it becomes romantic, I'm pretty sure he'll realize his feelings way before she reciprocates, lol.)

The politics and commentary

I'm not that good with politics, so I could be wrong, but I like how knh delves into the palace (more specifically the harem).

We see how beautiful the concubines are, the lavish decorations in their rooms, but also the darker side of their lives.

The NINE YEARS OLD concubine (Lady Lishu), how women are put against each other and forced to always be careful in order to survive.

We also see how much damage superstition and ignorance can cause (r.i.p the prince), while most characters aren't dumb, but just used to the system.

There's also that sweet story on the woman dancing at night. We see how far she has to go just to reunite with her childhood friend.

Knh delves into many complicated themes inherent to the society in culture while staying tasteful.

The illustrations

Kudos to Nekokurage. The style is often cute and expressive, but some panels really are beautiful.

(like the final one in volume 1, with the woman dancing, or the freaking covers !)

The cuteness of the style doesn't make more serious scenes less impacting (like when Maomao gets angry at the maid).

Smaller points

The humor

Gyokuyo's three assistants are cute (though a bit foolish)

Other relationships (Maomao with Lady Lifa or Honnyan)

The mystery

The lack of useless fanservice

Maomao's past is acknowledged several times and not only in a negative way. Her background helps her. It's sweet.

The... less good

Although I really enjoyed reading this manga, there were some spots that (imo) can be improved or added on.

Pacing issues

I feel like some things are too fast or could be expended on.

Also, many months sometimes feel like mere days. For example, when Maomao first comes into the palace or when she spends time with Lady Lifa.

Some characters are too incompetent and mean for no reason.

MOST characters aren't dumb. There are exceptions.

It's probably made so Maomao seems even better in comparison. I don't really like this approach.

At least, the doctor is nice, but I would've liked to see him being useful. Maybe some flawed mentor figure for our protagonist.

Maomao can't do everything in this big palace. Seeing other people actually doing their job would be refreshing.

Also, that maiden Maomao slapped is a bit too "strawman" to my taste. Is beauty the ONLY reason why she gave Lady Lifa the notoriously toxic powder again ? Really ?? Is someone actually that stupid ?

It doesn't really make the moment less impactful, but a bit more frustrating (maybe it's made on purpose).

The science can be a bit vague

The vagueness can be justified by the context. This part is handled very well (like Maomao explaining what an allergy is without using modern terminology).

Especially when it comes to Maomao's immunity. I googled it and it only works under very specific conditions.

It's effective against venoms, not poisons.

It takes many years

It can backfire in the long run

It's a small problem, because expositing everything to the reader is not the way to do it and I actually don't hate this subtler approach.

There's nothing too unrealistic, but it's very vague.

Now, there are three options.

It's vague on purpose. Knh will delve into it later on. This approach would mean Maomao would suffer from her methods. I don't want her to be hurt, ofc, but it'd be interesting to delve into the problems of this method.

It'll be justified later on. Not exactly like 1, because the problems will be cancelled instead of solved (for example: she used this method since her childhood)

It will remain vague and we will have to suspend our disbelief.

Also, chocolate isn't an aphrodisiac for us, but knh somewhat explains that it's because they're not used to it like we are.

(Maomao can eat chocolate for example).

Again, it's vague but not completely incorrect, so it's just a little personal issue.

I expected a bit something like Dr. Stone that delves deeper into it, but knh's approach is also interesting. It's not like Maomao doesn't explain anything, she does, it's just more focused on the knowledge she can gather in their era.

Final thoughts

But it's not 100% realistic and focusing more on the "apothecary" part of knh (without forgetting the characters) would be beneficial.

I love this manga and although it has it's little flaws, it's really a wonderful discovery.

I'm very excited to learn new things about the characters (especially Maomao and Jinshi) and the palace in general.

I give it 8.5/10 🤩

[letomills]

Download: SFS / Mega

Full-body underwear and swimwear converted for CelestialSpider's Lady Apple body shape. All are for TF, AF and EF. Adults and elders share the same mesh and recolors, teens have their own mesh with recolors that can be either standalone or repo'd to AF-EF. All recolors are BSOK'd.

For both the AF-EF and TF meshes, you'll have to choose either blockfeet or sexyfeet. All have fat and preg morphs. Polycount: blockfeet: 1,944 // sexyfeet: 6,520.

None of the textures are my original work. Credits, previews and details under the cut.

The meshes

They're the same meshes that I used for the swimsuits & undies in the Lady Apple clothing pack #1. I made them based on the nude tops and bottoms provided by CelestialSpiders on the Plumb Bob Keep (smoothed some kinks, closed the thigh gap on the fat morphs, reduced breast size on TF).

AF-EF Lady Apple (aefLA) ↓

TF Lady Apple (tfLA) ↓

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The recolors

All recolors are for AF-EF and TF.

RentedSpace Bra Briefs

Categorized as underwear. Textures 3t2 converted by @rented-space (I edited some of them).

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MissTiikeri Carolus Rex Undies

Categorized as underwear. Textures by @misstiikeri (from their MediaFire, scroll down to “[MissTiikeri] Carolus Rex”).

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Beatrice Crumplebottom JolieBean Lingerie

Categorized as underwear. These are based on JolieBean's textures 4t2 converted by @beatricecrumplebottom here. I edited the bra straps and crotch.

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Veranka Lingerie

Categorized as underwear. Textures by @veranka-downloads.

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RentedSpace V-neck Swimsuits

Categorized as swimwear. Textures 3t2 converted by @rented-space.

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Chalkmetal Seasonal Changes Bikinis

Categorized as swimwear. Textures by Chalkmetal.

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sga_girl Swimsuits

Categorized as swimwear. Textures by sga_girl on MTS.

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Lifa Swimsuits

Categorized as swimwear. Textures by Lifa / @withlovefromsimtown from here (I edited the grey).

[thequeenofsarcaasm]

Me when Mao Mao dog walked Lady Lifa’s lady in waiting

[herearedragons]

🍖🌈💖 for The Hanged Man?

The Hanged Man

🍖 [Meat] How many fictional people were harmed in the making of this WIP?

...okay, no, let's try to actually count it.

people harmed in the making of the first three (3) chapters of THM, from key players to minor characters:

- Lady Ygrid (RIP)

- Edér (going through it near constantly)

- Hattorn (RIP)

- Selene (headaches and probably minor injuries from the end of chapter 3)

- old man Serrel and his daughter (family tragedy and alcoholism)

- Lifa (family tragedy)

- Urgeat (psychic damage) (no one is upset about this one)

🌈 [Rainbow] If at the beginning of your WIP the characters knew about the end, would they kill you to stop you from writing it?

I don't... think so??? I mean, they wouldn't be happy with me, but I don't think it's that severe

💖 [Heart] What is your favorite moment in this WIP?

Currently? The second half of chapter 3. Everyone please go read chapter 3 so I can be Not Normal about it on main without hiding spoilers. (but fr, the visual at the end of that chapter has haunted me ever since the outline)

[rediron123]

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[clouseplayssims]

Since I’m in a sharing mood and still feeling it all out, here are my thoughts so far:

I’ve been very inspired by Gielnor as I mentioned, changing things up with the MCC. So there will be 8 Jarls all vying to be the top dog of the former Barrett kingdom. Because obviously Bernike’s brother Aithan was trash and there’s no way the Edirann war didn’t impact them severely. Each is going to get a different ecosystem so I can really play with a lot of build styles.

SO. To keep things cute, instead of fully random families, each group gets basically four couples. One gentry, one yeoman, and two peasants. Everybody gonna be the same age ya’ll because I don’t want to think about adding little kiddos in yet.

Another thing is that I’ve pre-rolled a lot limitation for each area. That means each area will have a maximum number of yeoman/peasant families per level of the MCC! If they go over? That sim will be moving to a new area - which is the only way they’ll be able to leave their area in level 1. Not sure if I’ll open it up as we progress. I also might not share the sizes for ~mystery~

To help as a visual aid, clothing is going to be color coordinated per location.

Eyes - Whysims.

We’re going to be playing with bodyshapes honeychild.

I’m going to limit available careers even more, depending on location. Maybe.

Still can’t decide on skintones yet. I might let myself go wild.

Desert

Color: Yellow

Hair: Dark browns, natural textured, worn in dreadlocks

Naming: undecided

Eyes: Brown (no spots)

Builds: Maxis

Height: Average (5′5-5′10)

Other Features: Freckles, monolid

Buildings: undecided

Dry Coast

Color: Purple

Hair: Auburn/dark reds, wavy, style undecided

Naming: undecided

Eyes: Light Brown/Amber/Orange

Builds: gender? I think not

-Male: Aquilegia’s Androgyny, Lifa’s Trans Shapes, Punk Junky, Runner, July77 Slim Male, Harem Dude -Female: Aquilegia’s Androgyny, Lifa’s Trans Shapes, Fashion Model, Fairie Gal

Height: undecided

Other Features: undecided

Buildings: undecided

Grasslands

Color: Green

Hair: Pale blondes, straight, style undecided

Naming: undecided

Eyes: Green

Builds:

Male: LLB, SBBv2, Consort's Heavy Male Female: Lady Apple, Booty Cutie, Bootylicious

Height: Tall (undecided)

Other Features: Freckles, Pointed Ears

Buildings: undecided

Mountains

Color: Brown

Hair: Black, curly, men have short hair, women have long hair worn in updos

Naming: Names are shorter, blunt. "ulf" and "mar" endings common, Anglo-saxon, anglo-saxon mythology, germanic

Eyes: Hazel

Builds:

Male: BB, HBB, Bear BB Female: Athletic Girl, BBG, Amazonian, Death by Snu-Snu

Height: Short (4'10-5'4)

Other Features: Aquiline Noses, lots of body hair

Buildings:  Homes built of log and stone, vikings-style.

Riverlands

Color: Red

Hair:  Dark/dirty blondes, curly, style undecided

Naming: undecided

Eyes: Teal

Builds:

Male: LBB, Cyclist Female: Rio, CPU, Vol Gal, Cyclist

Height: undecided

Other Features:

Buildings: undecided

Tropical Forest

Color: Black

Hair: Yellow blondes/light reds, wavy, style undecided

Naming: undecided

Eyes: Blue

Builds:

Male: Melodie9′s Fat Family, Consort's Heavy Male Female: Momma Lisa, Rengal V2

Height: undecided

Other Features: undecided

Buildings: undecided

Tundra

Color: Blue

Hair: Black, natural textured, worn in braids

Naming: Names ending in k are very common, names that mean any type of "animal" in other tongues. Use a lot of "q" Inuit, Greenlandic, Mapuche Both Genders (Names are unisex)

Eyes: Purple

Builds:

Both: Melodie9′s Slim Family

Height: Short (4'10-5'4)

Other Features: undecided

Buildings: They don't stay put in one area, tents/caravans.

Woodlands

Color: Orange

Hair: Light browns, straight, style undecided

Naming: undecided

Eyes: Grey

Builds:

Male: Neanderthal, Martaxl’s Plus Size Female: Well-Rounded Sim, E-Neillan, Curvy

Height: undecided

Other Features: Monolid

Buildings: undecided

All of this is subject to change, but I’m having a blast planning it out. I’m going to use some parts of the WRC challenge too, like alignment, health, and birth record. I appreciate any feedback or ideas you might have!

[katsurinssims]

I’ve been working so hard at my brand that the itch to make CC has become hard to ignore! I needed a new HH kimono recolour PSD base for another project as my methods have changed a bit since the last one, so I ended up making a bundle of basics for your wafuku-enthusiast-about-town and tea ceremony guests!

First up, Iromuji for the ladies! these come in 86 colours from Aelia Jewels (swatches), Lonesome (swatches), and Retro (swatches) pallettes + Kinu Hanakotoba (swatches) and Poppet Lonesome (swatches) for variety, with various patterned obi. Some are more traditional style, while others are more retro, modern, or kawaii kimono hime type style. TF-EF, everyday and formal, there are options where the other ages are repo’d to AF if you fancy saving some space! I also popped the colours on my kimono mannequin mesh (included) for decorating your lots with! Meshes for TF and EF by Skell included as well as my new PSD for your own colours!

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For the men, I tweaked this Mercury mesh a bit to have morphs, and converted it for TM (both included). I’ve made 12 tsumugi style recolours using some Aelia colours and some Lifa Neutrals (swatches) with coloured or Maxis obi. I’ve also included a PSD for this and a repo’d option for TM! Available TM-EM, everyday, formal and outerwear.

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Mesh credits: @whattheskell, Mercury ~ Colour credits: Aelia, @kiinuu, @poppet-sims, @withlovefromsimtown ~ Pattern credits: Shishi 2011, CG Elves, Brusheezy, Gimei, Tash11, PS brushes, RADIANTWHOR3, Thearchetypes, WebTreatsETC, GraphicSurf, Gamekiller48, Ransie3, Coby17

[rabbitcruiser]

Sierra de las Nieves, Spain (No. 2)

This natural viewpoint over the Turón basin, named 'the Forest Ranger', is at an altitude of 900m above the sea level, and its privileged position on the northern border of the Sierra de las Nieves Nature Park provides spectacular panoramic view. From this hillock, you can observe the top end of the Turón basin, tributary of the Guadalhorce, and its leafy slopes covered in diverse greenery and Spanish fir, Aleppo pine, maritime pine, oak and Spanish juniper grove.

On the top of the hill, there is a statue which was placed there in 1977 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the forest rangers unit.  The viewpoint looks down on the white and mountainous town of El Burgo, and offers marvellous sweeping view of the cliff in Lifa Valley, the snowy tops of the Pilones and the Cabrillas Mountains, the ruins of the convent of Our Lady de las Nieves, and the Fuensanta Flour Mill.

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[shifting-lark]

hello!! I think of you as a trusted source, so I hope you can help me. last night, I had a dream that turned lucid at one point. I wasn't even trying to do the lucid dream shifting method? but, I remembered the method, and opened a portal to my dr. but, I don't know if I actually shifted, but if I did, it was a reality where I was an old lady staying at a hotel in which a family was murdered? I also had a lifa app, and tried to go to my actual dr through it, which made me wake up. what happened?

HELLO ANON

So I’ve had this in my ask box for awhile not really sure what happened BUT last night I had a similar thing occur!!

When I was lucid dreaming and tried to go to my DR I just couldn’t and it made me wake up in my CR. So maybe the “energy” it takes to shift kinda like interrupts your lucid dream??? This is me just thinking out loud but it’s interesting that you experienced something similar!

[rotttnapple]

so I’m tryna get rid of A Migraine (I cranked my screen brightness up from like, zero, a couple times checking colors like Wow! That’s Suddenly So Different!) but here’s some very specific titled playlists I’ve been vibing to while writing!

you're the hero waltzing with the villain, realizing they were right all along for when you just really wanna hear a whole bunch of folks going absolutely apeshit on instruments but it’s like, coordinated A playlist for a 19th century villain plotting their revenge some softer vibes, some folks going HOO HEEE HOOO AUUUGH but it’s in italian or german or something, it sounds very nice

since you're looking I'll put on a show modern music with girlboss vibes (not sure what a girlboss is tbh) but with some peppy pop to it but she’ll also kill you

a dark academia playlist for reading the classics much piano (good) and quite chill if you don’t want to suddenly feel the urge to take over your local Pizza Hut in a loincloth 

pov: you're the villain with a tragic backstory very good stuff in here, modern, when you need to write something that’s kinda sweet but also sad and maybe there’s a knife? like a small to moderate knife maybe

you plan to assassinate the lover who betrayed you just started listening to this one but so far big girlboss (what is that??) bosswife (???) vibes but she has titanium heels on her stilettoes and they’re sharpened to a point Oldies music playing in another room and it's raining (no thunders , fireplace) for when you just need to unwind and relax <3 this one is one of my favorites but the channel has all sorts depending on what kind of chill zone you’re looking for and it’s wonderful other general recs without Oddly Specific Titles and Individuals!   Heilung | LIFA there’s dirty men with shields and a lady wearing antlers do I need to even Say anything (yes I posted this before)

The Heavy Horses - Murder Ballads & Other Love Songs just casually strumming a guitar and singing about accidentally shooting his new wife sometimes SYML - Mr Sandman yes they changed the pronouns but BITE ME I LIKE IT. honestly just listen to it and shhhhhhhush. Jacob Lee - Demons this is weirdly enough my go-to song when writing smthn Spicy I'll Take Care Of You · Mark Lanegan this was recommended to me and hot damn these VIBES (I also can’t remember the name I just remembered a second ago, it do be like that) Shakey Graves - Roll the Bones this guy is weirdly sweaty but I dig it Nanci Griffith - This Old Town this was on one of two albums that played continuously, twelve hours a day, for three straight days during a bathroom remodel, for some reason I remember this one and another one (awful) the most Living Room Songs || Ólafur Arnalds what I write to when I’m writing something Painfully Tragic, these songs are very sad vibe :( Kany García, Residente - Banana Papaya no I don’t know what’s going on, kind of NSFW, gay, this is part of my Rook Island playlist 

[psyduckery]

Here’s my top 9 albums of the decade.

In order of release:

1. The Unforgiven - Within Temptation

2. Decompositions: Volume Number One - Circle Takes the Square

3. Helvetios - Eluveitie

4. Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Nightwish

5. Joanne - Lady Gaga

6. Solid State - Jonathan Coulton

7. Mareridt - Myrkur

8. Lifa - Heilung

9. Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) - Turilli / Lione Rhapsody

A mix of genuinly great albums (Heilung, CttS, Lady Gaga) with some I just really enjoy (Rhapsody).

I was tagged by @thombreon​, and I’ll tag @tunnocksteacakes​, @kubo-kubo​, @vai-chan​, and @bitter-asexual​

[letomills]

Download all custom outfits: SFS / Mega  Download efbodycrumplebottom defaults: SFS / Mega 

The other day I woke up wanting a default replacement giving Mrs Crumplebottom @digisims2′s Dummy Thicc body shape. Turns out this shape suits her beautifully!

Anyway, since I’m always on the lookout for elder and mature clothing, the idea expanded into a whole set of Mrs Crumplebottom outfits converted for: • Maxis AF, EF • Lifa’s trans AM-EM • Melodie9 fat AF, EF • Momma Lisa AF-EF • Trans Momma Lisa AM-EM • Dummy Thicc AF-EF • MartaXL AF-EF • Lady Apple AF-EF • Athletic Girl AF-EF

Polycount is low since this is a Maxis outfit: 2,108.

The textures come from Lemonlion (bottom of this page) for the de-necklaced Maxis one, and Colorbox-sims for the others, I just edited them to remove the necklaces (thanks to @oldasscustomcontent for reblogging that post!).

So in the end, you get:

★ Custom outfits in 11 colors + a recolor repo’d to efbodycrumplebottom for all 11 body shapes, categorized as everyday, formal and outerwear. They have fat morphs, no preg morph. The 11 custom recolors can be either standalone or repo’d to Maxis EF. The recolors of the non-Maxis body shapes are BSOK’d. Swatch included in the download.

★ Default replacement textures and meshes for efbodycrumplebottom. All are in individual files so you can combine whichever texture you want with whichever body shape you want. Choose at most 1 texture replacement (numbered swatch included) and 1 mesh replacement. Note that these only replace Mrs Crumplebottom’s outfit - the white bag shown on the titlecard is by @katsurinssims​ and can be found here (it also makes her knit white), and the hair default I used is this one by @peppermint-ginger​.

Full swatches/previews under the cut.

A couple default replacement previews:

Mrs Crumplebottom’s boobs are very perky, which isn’t visible on her very thin Maxis mesh but does show when you give her a fuller figure. It may have to do with the way she was animated, since she walks and stands differently from your regular elder (regular sims don’t have this issue). It’s not striking enough to bother me but it might bother you so just be aware of it.

[writinggeisha]

Honorific titles

Main article: Chinese honorifics

The most common honorific titles are similar to the English Mr, Sir, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Madam, etc. The Chinese titles, unlike in English,   always follow the name of the person and can stand alone.

Men

Xiānshēng 先生 (born first, Mr., Sir.): This is a term commonly used as a respectful form of address for all men and male law enforcement officials. Originally it was reserved for teachers and other professionals such as doctors and lawyers, but its use widened during the Republic of China era to include all male members of society. It can either follow the surname or the given names (or courtesy name). In common speech, the former is more common (e.g. Mister Jiang is 蔣先生, Jiǎng xiānshēng), but in formal contexts, the given names are often used as if they were the two character courtesy name (e.g. Chiang Ching-kuo is Mister Ching-kuo: 經國先生, Jīngguó xiānshēng). This can be combined with formal titles to indicate even more respect (e.g. Chiang Ching-kuo can also be referred to as President Chiang, Mister Ching-kuo 蔣總統經國先生, Jiǎng zǒngtǒng, Jīngguó xiānshēng). It is the same as sensei in Japanese, though its use is much less restrictive, more like how san would be used in Japanese. It is also used as a title for a man of respected stature.

Gōng 公  (lord, literally duke): Today, this respectful honorific is mainly applied to deceased male relatives. In imperial times, it was a title of nobility equivalent to duke (e.g. the head descendant of Confucius was normally appointed the Duke Kung 孔公, Kǒng gōng). Whenever it is used, it always follows the surname of the person being referred to (e.g. Chiang Kai-shek is posthumously known in Taiwan as the Lord Chiang 蔣公, Jiǎng gōng).

Women

Xiǎojiě 小姐 (young woman), Miss: This honorific was originally used to refer to young and unmarried women. It follows the surname of the woman or can be used alone as a title of address. 小姐 indicates only that the maiden name is being used and does not refer to marital status anymore. Today, however, it could in mainland China be associated as a slang term for "prostitute" or in restaurants addressing waitresses, by means of verbal inflections of tone or other indications.

Tàitai 太太 (Madam): This honorific is used to refer to married women. It is added after the surname of the husband or can be used alone as a title of address. It is used in familial and personal relations, but completely absent in formal business contexts since it emphasizes age and marital bond.

Nǚshì 女士 (Ms., Mrs.): In proper usage, this title follows a married woman's maiden name only. For example, Hillary Rodham 女士, not Hillary Clinton  女士.  However, it is loosely used by those looking for a Chinese equivalent of "Ms." An older single women is often addressed as 女士 but this term presumes the woman is married.

Fūrén 夫人 (Madame; Mrs.): Traditionally used to refer to a lady of high rank, the term has fallen into disuse since the late 20th century except in formal contexts: President Hu Jintao and Mrs. Hu are 胡锦涛主席和夫人, Hú Jǐntāo zhǔxí hé fūrén (but contemporary custom dictates that Mrs. Hu is never Madame Hu Jintao 胡锦涛夫人 Hú Jǐntāo fūrén), or to translate women's names derived from the surname of their husbands:/Mrs. Thatcher is 撒切尔夫人, sǎqiē'ěr fūrén). It is used following the husband's full name or surname, or can be used as title on its own (e.g. Madame Chiang is 蔣夫人, Jiǎng fūrén). It can also be used to address female law enforcement officials.

Occupational titles

Chinese people often address professionals in formal situations by their occupational titles. These titles can either follow the surname (or full name) of the person in reference, or it can stand alone either as a form of address or if the person being referred to is unambiguous without the added surname.

Academia

Main article: Education in China

Lǎoshī 老師 (old master), when addressing a teacher.

Xiàozhǎng 校長 (school senior), when addressing the school headmaster or principal. Chinese does not have specific titles for heads of universities (e.g. Chancellor, Rector, or President), so this term is applied in higher education as well. Generally, the word zhăng (長) is added to an institutional name to refer to the leader of that institution.

Jiàoshòu 教授 (instruct confer; confer instruction), when addressing a professor.

Xiānshēng 先生 (born before), when addressing a teacher, currently less used but still remains legitimate[citation needed]

The use of the term equivalent of "Doctorate / doctor" (博士, bóshì) is less common in Chinese as it is in English. The term boshi is used both as an honorific title and a name for the degree. Like in English, holders of a doctorate can have the title added to their names (but at the end instead of before), but use of the undistinguishing xiānshēng or nǚshì (or professional titles such as jiàoshòu) is much more prevalent.

Government and politics

Shūjì 书记 (secretary): Leaders and representatives of the communist committees or organizations. Currently, the Head of the Communist Party of China is called General Secretary (Zǒngshūjì, 总书记).

Zhǔxí 主席 (chairman): Leaders of certain organizations such as political parties use this title. Notably, it applied to Chairman Mao Zedong who was referred to as Máo Zhǔxí (毛主席) as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China.

Wěiyuán 委员 (delegate): This term can be used to refer to any member of a committee or council. This was especially prevalent in the system of party and state committees the Kuomintang used to govern China in the 1930s and 1940s. The Communist Party of China also operates under a system of parallel committees, but prefer the more proletarian term tóngzhì (e.g. members of the  Legislative Yuan are all addressed as lifa weiyuan, legislative delegates, and individually as surname+weiyuan or more formally surname+wěiyuán+given name+nushi/xiansheng).

Tóngzhì 同志 (comrade): This term is commonly used by political party members to address each other. Its use expanded to all segments of society during the rule of Mao Zedong.  It is still used by leaders of the Communist Party of China on formal occasions, and to a much lesser degree, leaders of the Kuomintang.

Medicine

Main article: Traditional Chinese medicine

Yīshēng 醫生 (medical scholar), most commonly used when addressing a doctor; used for practitioners of both Western and traditional Chinese medicine.

Yīshī 醫師 (medical master), is a more formal title when addressing a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine.

Dàfū 大夫 (great man), an older title used to address high officials in ancient times, now used colloquially when addressing a doctor.

Xiānshēng 先生 (born before) historical, no longer used.

Martial arts

Main article: Chinese martial arts

A list of titles when addressing a martial arts master.[1] The titles below are listed by the Mandarin pronunciation which is the national language in China. In the West, the titles are more commonly known by their Cantonese pronunciation which are given in brackets.

Shīfu (Sifu) 師父 (teacher father), used when addressing one's own martial arts instructor. But can also be used for teacher/instructors of other kind.

Shīgōng (Sigung) 師公 (teacher grandfather), used when addressing the teacher of one's Shifu.

Shīmǔ (Simo) 師母 (teacher mother), used when addressing the wife of Shifu.

Zōngshī 宗師 (ancestral teacher), technically the founder of a discipline or branch (宗派), used when addressing a great master.

[chopper-witch]

Cost of Creation: Noble versus Nature

Pairing: Loki x Reader

Other characters: Frigga, Loki, you, your parents I made up, Fandral, Volstagg, Thor, Sif and her mother that I made up.

Locations: This town I made up :) Völuspá (in Asgard), the Capital

Things/words to know:

For aging since we know nothing, I’m making them age the initial 18 years for 50 years (so 50 equates to 18) and then they age slow as shit.

Völuspá is the first poem in the Poetic Edda and basically is about a völva (seeress) telling Odin about the world’s creation and end. So I used it as the name of sacred grounds of Asgard.

Veleda is what germanic tribes referred to as a highly respected seeress

Fjalltindr is basically an adjective for mountain/hills.

Word Count: 3,000+

Summary: You and Loki approach 19; you venture outside the Völuspá for the first time

A/N: Pretend your parents have other names (in this case their names are Lifa and Mikkel). As usual all mistakes are mine. :)

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Previous

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Every Saturday and Sunday Loki came down with Frigga to the Völuspá. And every Saturday and Sunday the two of you learned and practiced together. Everyone else in the Völupsá is older than both of you, so your training is always quiet, nice, and filled with a little too much trouble. 

The first weekend the two of you trained together was… odd. You could already do so much and Loki had no clue what he even was supposed to possibly do - he had only seen the small tricks of his mothers to distract he and his brother on occasion. 

The two of you were left alone under the shade of the ancient Yggdrasil tree while your parents and Frigga were off to do something. Since the tree is the center of the Völupsá, it is the center of all the magic in Asgard and is where every connection to seiðr begins. Its roots lead down to Mimir’s Well, a small staircase carved beside the roots with a door near the base of the tree. 

You were sitting against said door, fingers tracing the old carvings in the roots that have worn into unreadable runes over the years. After only a few minutes you had begun to grow bored, eyes rolling at Loki’s little balled fist as he angrily repeats the spell on the page before him. So you began to shift the leaves on the ground to butterflies, different shades of blue and green and ensuring they flew to his hair and stuck in his black locks. 

“How are you already so good?” Loki demanded to know as he gave up a moment, swatting the butterflies away. 

“What do you mean how am I already so good?”

“Well I mean you are already making butterflies out of leaves and I can’t even turn a page!”

“I was born here, I was born down in the Well, and I’m a descendant Seiðrine. I’ve been doing magic since I was born, I have over a decade on you.” 

Loki huffed. “Well I’m going to be as good as you one day.”

“I hope so, otherwise I’ll be quite alone here.”

And after that woeful first day when it took far too long for him to even begin, most of your lessons were more equal. And while most things you both are learning for the first time or things Loki studied more during the days in which he was supposed to be doing his normal schooling, there is one thing you have already masted well beyond your age: telekinesis. Which always causes problems whenever you two are by any sort of water since your favorite thing to control is water; freezing splashes and drops in midair. It’s a struggle to explain why this is general telekinesis and not a specific type of kinesis to Loki who is just now learning magic at all. It does, however, give your father an idea of what the gift you will be receiving during your 50th birthday ceremony will most likely be. 

He was always immensely proficient at shapeshifting, so he got the ability to shift to be invisible. Heimdall excelled at aura reading and healing, so he got the ability to see all souls. Lorelei excelled at fate magic, so she got enhanced persuasion through her voice.

And in 31 years, at this point, everyone around you will know for sure. But all signs thus far are pointing towards enhanced telekinesis. 

As tradition follows, when the lessons for the day are finished, all four of you walk back towards the entrance of the Völupsá so you and your mother can see Loki and Frigga off. 

“Hey, are you both coming to Sif’s birthday on Wednesay?” Frigga asks before she and the youngest prince leaves. 

“I don’t see why not?” Your mother’s hands rest gently onto your shoulders. “It will be (y/n)’s first trip to the capital. First trip anywhere but the Völupsá, to be honest."

“Then you guys should most definitely come down. It will be nice for her to finally meet the rest of the children.” 

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So on Wednesday you and your mother walked hand in hand down to the Capital. Your mother made sure the pair of you left earlier so if your mind wandered and you tugged too hard to force her to go on an entirely different path. 

Surprisingly, you were mostly undistracted by the crowds of the Capital and all the fanfare that went with it. So guiding you from the outskirts where there weren’t many people to the overflowing markets to the more secluded fields where many noble families were gathered for little Lady Sif’s 22nd birthday. 

“So this is your daughter, Lady Lífa,” a woman with long auburn hair twisted upon her head practically squeals, leaning down to look at you. 

As she draws closer her tawny freckled skin becomes far too detailed, dark blue eyes uncomfortably excited. You tilt back from her face as she grew close; the woman continued to interfere with your personal space as you tried to pull back, still gripping to your mother’s hand. 

“Sorry about that, Ásví. She’s not used to people getting so close to her,” your mother apologizes. 

“It’s alright, she is cute a gorgeous little girl. Though her outfit is… curious.” Ásví stands back up, trying to hold back her grimace as she looks at your mother. 

Your brows furrow as you look down to your outfit. It’s a nicer outfit than normal: dark green leather pants with a white tunic that goes well past your knees, slits beginning just above your hips and the tiniest detailing of a Yggdrasil where a keyhole neck cut out would normally go, but your parents insist you don’t wear yet.

“What’s wrong with my outfit?” You question angrily before your mother can speak. 

“Well,” Ásví begins condescendingly, “it is common for women of all kind, but especially those of noble descent, to wear dresses, see?” She gestures towards the group of people behind her, her own blue dress swaying with her movements. 

“But I’m not just noble, I’m a descendant. I’m wearing clothes typical of the Völupsá, especially a descendant.” You stomp your foot as you finish. 

“But you are at a noble gathering, sweetie.”

“I’m not just a noble, though. It-”

“I’m sorry, Ásví,” your mother interrupts. “Maybe next time, we’ll find her a dress. I’m going to introduce her to the other children, alright?”

Ásví turns her scowling face away from you and switches to a pleasant smile as she looks back to your mother. 

“Of course. My little Sif is with all the others.”

With quick steps your mother ushers you both away from Ásví. Your mother sends a quick glance backwards as she moves you quickly along the grassy field.

“Mom?” You ask as you grow closer towards everyone else.

“Yes my little veleda?”

You look up to her. “You won’t make me wear a dress next time, will you?”

“Of course not, little veleda. You can choose, you always have the freedom to choose.” She smiles down at you, her matching eyes looking at you directly to assure you of what she has said. “Come on, you have more than just Loki to know. Outside of the Völupsá there are tons of people for you to know.” 

Both you and your mother look back towards everyone else. 

“You made it!” Loki yells as he dashes away form the group he is in the near middle of, tripping on his own feet to get to you.

Your right hand releases from your mother’s left and you dash towards Loki as well. Loki throws his arms around you in sheer excitement as if he this party was an utter bore before you got there. He lets go of you but keeps hold of your shoulder.

“Let me introduce you to everyone.”

“Alright.”

He grabs your left hand in his right and practically drags you towards everyone else. One girl stands separate from the rest as she moves to greet you and it is clear it is likely she who is celebrating her birthday.

“So this is Sif, whose birthday it is,” Loki begins, gesturing towards a girl a little bit taller than you while also dropping your hand.

She’s also got tan pants beneath her green dress, just barely visible and it’s clear her mother was not the one who approved her outfit. But her birthday, her rules, right? Her hair is braided back tightly to clearly reveal her stony-green eyes. 

“Hi Sif, I’m (y/n),” you reply and extend your hand. 

Sif grins after eyeing your outfit, easily shaking your hand. “I like your outfit, (y/n).”

“I like your pants, Sif. Happy birthday.”

Sif rolls her shoulders back to stand higher with her eyes sparkling as soon as the words pass your lips. It’s clear she has not received many, if not any, compliments on her choice of clothing. 

“Thank you.”

“Now, there are more we need to meet, come on!” Loki insists, pulling you away from Sif’s tight grip. 

“I’ll see you later!” You shout behind you as Loki ushers you away towards everyone else. 

He stops you in front of group of similarly aged children as they all tumble into a pile of wrestling and wildness. His hands stay rested on your shoulders in almost possession combined with nervousness. Loki is radiated anxiety as if everyone is going to suddenly reject you, yet he is also terrified to share the one friend he never thought he had to share.

“So, now, this is Fandral,” Loki points to a blond, “and Volstagg,” ginger, “and Bjǫrn,” auburn hair, and…” but the boys are all scattered now, running in different direction. 

A different blond jumps in front of the pair of you and you stumble backwards, the intrusion on your space so quickly startling you. Loki keeps his grip hard on your shoulder to steady you.

“I’m Prince Thor!” He practically yells in your face. 

Your brows furrow at his loudness and suddenness. Though you have not been to the palace, you have read many books of the previous Allfathers and Allmothers and you know that is no way for a prince to introduce himself. 

“I’m (y/n),” you slowly say. 

“I know. Loki has told me so much about you and your lessons.”

“Thor!” Loki whines from your left.

“It’s unfortunate you haven’t been here before. Two years since you’ve met and you’ve been hiding past all those mountains.”

You shake your head, trying to keep a smile on. “I’ve never left and I’m nearly nineteen.”

“Still.”

An involuntary grimace appears on your face as Thor lacks to explain. 

“I’m just going to sit, I think,” you mutter, utterly confused how Loki and Thor could possibly be siblings. 

You wander away from the brothers, feeling the aura between them change slightly suddenly at your words. A good twenty feet away you simply plop down on the grass unlady-like (not that anyone has taught you thus far how to perform like a lady) and begin plucking on the grass beneath you.

After a few minutes one of the kids Loki pointed out, Fandral you believe, comes to sit you beside you. At first he says nothing. You are content with nothing as you watch the squealing and yelling and chasing of all the other children. It’s not that you don’t want to play, but it’s already overwhelming to see all the people and families walking about. There are more people in this gathering than you have seen in your entire life. 

“So, I haven’t seen you before. What house are you from? Or are you not noble?”

“Oh, um, my mother is of the house of…” you pause to think back to what your mother told you, only days ago. Each noble house had a name based on what land they controlled when Asgard was first built… “Fjalltindr.”

“Oh, okay.”

It’s another good two or so minutes in silence before Fandral speaks again.

“If your mother is from a noble family, why are you never at any of these gatherings?” Fandral wonders.

You shrug, tugging on the grass beside you. “I don’t know.”

“Well what village are you from?” He pushes.

“I’m from the Völuspá.” 

Fandral’s eyes go wide in surprise. “So you’re one of those vættr?”

“Vættr?” You look to him, brows furrowed. “I’m not a vættr. I’m a practitioner of magic. And vætter aren’t bad either, they are just creatures of the supernatural. Like the great wolves, the serpents that once were. They aren’t bad, just… are.”

Fandral furiously shakes his head. “You’re one of those freaks, those unnaturals.” 

“No I’m not. Magic is what runs and protects Asgard.”

“Maybe, but everyone from the Völuspá is a freak!

“That doesn’t even make sense!”

The next tuft of grass you tug goes flying into the air, turning into a flock of yellow, wasp-like dragonflies, all turning directly towards Fandral. They dive-bomb into his hair and bury deep into the locks, the black bodies easily lost amongst the blond. 

He screeches like a newborn as he stands, shaking his head back and forth to rid of the dragonflies. 

Your mother (along with every other adult) turns towards the screaming. In order to stop you from causing more chaos, your mother dashes towards you. 

“What did I tell you?” 

You kick the dirt beneath you and avert your eyes from your mother. “Not to perform magic during this gathering.”

“Little veleda, it is not a punishment.” Your mother leans down to try and look at you. Her right hand lands onto your shoulder softly as a gentle assurance. “Most of the magic people here know of is only the enchantment of the bifrost and the basic protections, everything else they don’t understand. So not here, not now.” 

“Why are we even here? It’s boring.” You look back up to her to beg her, eyes widening in an attempt to convince her to take you home. “Why can’t I be at home with father?” 

“Only a couple more hours. And you would have to come with me at some point, figured this would be a better time than an actual formal event.” She drops her hand from your shoulder. “Go.” 

Frigga walks up behind your mother as you run off towards the rest of the children. 

“It’s hard enough to raise a kid. Try raising one who already has such an insane grasp on her connection,” your mother sighs as she stands. 

“Loki’s already getting strong. At least you don’t have two boys, one who wants to fight his way through everything and the other wants to trick his way through everything.” 

With your mother and Frigga distracted and a majority of the other people not paying any mind to you an opportunity arises. The forest is close enough for you to sneak off to it. And nothing was said about magic not at the gathering. So you slip into the trees quietly, careful to avoid eyes of watchful adults. 

A little bit in, there is a river, more like a brook, surrounded by gray boulders. Your hands touch one of the smaller ones, looking up to assess just how large it is. From the friction against your hands you know even if it were taller it would still be climbable. With a small jump, your hand reaches the first crevice where you can actually grip, followed with your left hand feeling for another as your feet press into it. In all honesty, it isn’t the best rock to scale but it’s better than just sitting along the bank. Thankfully it only takes a few minutes to climb it. 

Once up on top, you swing your legs to dangle off the other side. In this moment you would hate to wear a dress and glad your mother let you wear pants instead. 

A few snaps in the woods alerts you to someone. It’s likely they followed you from the party. You know it isn’t any of the adults, they were not watching. Another kid. None of them would hold enough interest to follow you except Loki so you know it is him.

“All these things are so boring, Loki. It sucks,” you announce.

The steps pause. 

“It’s alright, you know? You can come sit up here.” 

The sounds of him clamoring up the rock are quiet compared to the rush of the river in front of you. But you listen still. Each scrape, each small grunt his another noise for you to focus on as you wait patiently for him to join you. 

Loki swings his legs around sits beside you on the rock. 

“Well I’m going to be king one day so I am proud to sit through these boring parties,” Loki announces, tilting his head up.

“No you’re not.” 

Loki turns to you. “Pardon me?” 

“I said no you’re not.” Your fingers grab a pebble from the boulder and begin swirling it between your hands. “Unless your entire family dies, the crown will never go to you unless explicitly passed on. Your father dies before Thor comes of age, your mother rules as Queen Regent. Thor dies after the crown has been passed to him but your father is alive? Crown goes to him. I could keep going on. You will never be a king so why bother sitting through all this stupid stuff.” 

You throw the rock into the river. 

The following splash freezes midair as you stare at it. It’s small; the pebble barely disrupted the much rush at all. Still the droplets remain as the rest of the water pushes on as though nothing is happening at all. Loki still isn’t sure how you do it. 

“Let’s suffer together then,” Loki proposes, turning back to you from the river. “You don’t want to be here and neither do I, let’s at least make it more bearable together.” 

All you reply with is a hum. It’s not a horrible offer, to be honest. Together. 

Your eyes glance over to him. “Are you coming tomorrow down to Völuspá?” 

“I should be. Mother told me are working on shape shifting.” 

You sigh. “I don’t know what we will be doing.” 

But anything would be better than this dreadful gathering.

So your fingers move to grab another pebble to toss, this one larger, and once again stop the splash. Loki’s eyes follow yours back to the water to see your little trick.

“How do you do that?” Loki asks innocently. 

“It’s just telekinesis,” you mumble, releasing the splash. 

“But ho-”

“We’ve been looking all over for you two!” Lífa yells. Both of you turn over your shoulder, looking in towards  “Why are you down by the river?” 

“You said no magic at the gathering but nothing about the river.” 

“Then what are you doing here Loki?” Frigga demands. 

Loki shrugs and looks back to you. “I saw her leave and I thought I should follow.” 

The friends share look to each other, both with their own unique twist of concern. The two of you are only going to become more and more of a handful. 

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petty

qrow + Lifa Hakon ( @lifahakondotter​ )

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“get away with it? psh. not in the least,” qrow reaches into his pants pocket to pull a wallet that most certainly isn’t his.

Lifa’s jaw dropped slightly when she realized what he had done and the implication that it was done for her. “Only you could make committing a crime a sweet gesture.”

petty thievery. the most basic of basics. 

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qrow acknowledges Lifa’s presence with a tap to her crown and a drink set before her on the table of the tavern. He then tucks himself into the bench opposite with his own stein as best he can, knees nearly bumping the underside of wood.

“it’s over. quit simmerin’. don’t let ‘em get in your head, Spitfire.”

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If he hadn’t been there, she would have make several paneless windows in this place. But she only had the chance to sharply spitting at their feet, since he was there in a heartbeat to keep her from doing something she couldn’t take back.

Lifa knew she should appreciate that. But she couldn’t admit it. She scowled into the face of her drink, wishing she could smash it into their faces. “An insult to me is an insult to my people. What am I supposed to do? Let them get away with it?”

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qrow knows when to step in, because if the situation had been reversed, if someone had dared insult his family, he’d be throwin’ punches all the same. but Lifa’s hit packed more than a singular force, and she actually had a reputation to uphold.

even if Gulheim standards were somewhat more barbaric. all the more reason to subvert the general opinion.

“get away with it? psh. not in the least.”

he reaches into his pants pocket to pull a wallet that most certainly isn’t his, “the big guy’s payin’ for it by buyin’ our rounds tonight.” ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Now, Lifa was raised under the belief that thieves were among the lowliest of souls when it came to honor. Right below them were thieves who stole from the dead and then much worse people. But Lifa did pride herself in being open minded.

Lifa’s jaw dropped slightly when she realized what he had done and the implication that it was done for her. When a smile threatened to shatter her resting menace look, she looked back down at the counter and brushed a nonexistent flyaway lock behind her ear. “Only you could make committing a crime a sweet gesture.”

It still hurt, though.

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petty thievery. the most basic of basics.

“They say revenge is sweet.” This bourbon sure is, and so is her mouth hanging open like that. With a grin, he raises his glass in a toasting motion and takes another swallow. Situation itself diffused, it’s not nearly enough to sate her fury, though, and he’s well aware, still feels the tingles of rage from here.

“y’can take the rest of it out on me for pullin’ you away later if ya want.”

he leaves just how up for interpretation, and happily prepares for any of them.

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“Whoever they are, they haven’t reached the Gulheim philosophy community.” Revenge was generally frowned upon, however justice was greatly encouraged and the different between the two was in the eye of the beholder.

If bourbon was a sipping drink, nobody had informed Lifa but it wouldn’t make a difference. As the last of the liquid heat fades, she leaned her forehead into her hand with a heavy breath before sliding her fingers over her brow and pulling her band of gold free and setting it on the counter.

“No, thank you. I would only feel sorry for it later and we both know guilt isn’t a good look on me. How is it so easy for you to sidestep conflict? I can’t wrap my head around it. It just slides off you, like water off…shit. What does water slide off?”

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“eh, met a lot of theys. not sure where that one comes from.” noting the red draining from a freckled face, and the metaphorical letting down of her hair with the literal setting down of her tiara, he lets his focus wander over the rest of the tavern to take stock of the surroundings and anything off.

not so far. only thing off is the lady in front of him.

qrow sidesteps both her questions with all the skill she accuses him of, “damn, passin’ up the chance to sock me one? they really did get to ya.”

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What she really wanted was a whole bottle of freezing cold sweet ice wine to drown all these yucky feelings with but that was a delicacy they were just too far south for. So she would settle for another clear distilled something dashed to death with sweet herbs and wild cranberries. A favorite cocktail of hers.“Please, you know me better than that. I’m a fortress.” Lifa ran her finger around the rim of her new glass, before popping it into her mouth for a moment and resuming the task until she got a pretty, crystal clear hum out of it. And grinned to herself at the very irritated looks she earned. “And I like your pretty face too much to deck it.”

[letomills]

Download all: SFS / Mega

These are the Maxis soccer outfits converted for 16 24 body shapes (if you want Maxis-size elder conversions and Maxis-size TU-AU preg morphs, see my previous post). 

The body shapes I chose include roughly all the shapes in @kaluxsims’s EveryBody project, as well as Melodie9 fat TU-AF-EF, Dummy Thicc TF-AF, MartaXL AF-EF, Lifa’s trans TM, Rio TF-AF-EF, Athletic Girl TF-AF-EF and Lady Apple TF-AF-EF. All have fat morphs, all adults and teens have preg morphs. They recolors are categorized as athleticwear and are BSOK’d. You’ll have to choose if you want them to be standalone or repo’d to the Maxis textures.

Complete previews and details under the cut (the download includes a swatch and an abbreviation guide but no previews).

1. Body shapes with breasts

If you choose the repo’d versions: adult and elders will be linked to the Maxis AF textures, teens will be linked to the TF textures. They will pick up any texture-only default replacement you may use.

❥ AF-EF Momma Lisa (aefML) ↓

❥ AM-EM Trans Momma Lisa (aemTrML) ↓

❥ AF-EF MartaXL (aefMartaXL) ↓

❥ AF Melodie9 Fat (afFat) ↓

❥ EF Melodie9 Fat (efFat) ↓

❥ AM-EM Melodie9 Fat Male with Breasts (aemMFMBr) ↓

❥ TF Melodie9 Fat (tfFat) ↓

❥ AF-EF Dummy Thicc (aefDT) ↓

❥ TF Dummy Thicc (tfDT) ↓

❥ Lifa’s trans AM-EM (aemTr) ↓

❥ Lifa’s trans TM (tmTr) ↓

❥ AF-EF Rio (aefRio) ↓

❥ TF Rio (tfRio) ↓

❥ AF-EF Athletic Girl (aefAG) ↓

❥ TF Athletic Girl (tfAG) ↓

❥ AF-EF Lady Apple (aefLA) ↓

❥ TF Lady Apple (tfLA) ↓

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2. Body shapes without breasts

If you choose the repo’d versions: adult and elders will be linked to the Maxis AM textures, teens will be linked to the TM textures. They will pick up any texture-only default replacement you may use.

★ AF-EF Momma Lisa Chestbound (aefMLCb) ↓

★ AM-EM Melodie9 Fat (aemFat) ↓

★ AF-EF Trans Melodie9 Fat Male (aefTrMFM) ↓

★ TM Melodie9 Fat (tmFat) ↓

★ AF Androgyny (afAndro) ↓

★ EF Androgyny (efAndro) ↓

★ TF Androgyny (tfAndro) ↓

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I hope it’s all clear, let me know if there’s any issue.