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[lostandfoundnostalgia]

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[quietriverrage]

You Know What Your Problem Is?

You know what your problem is??

She screamed as she pointed furiously at me...

You let your heart get away with doing WHATEVER it wants!!

You wear it on your sleeve...

You allow it to believe...

But not everyone is here to love you...

Not everyone is honest and not everyone wants what you do...

She turns away, enraged at my naivety...

I tremble as I find the courage to whisper...

But if I don't risk getting hurt...

How will it ever be possible for me to find that love?

As I turn back to the mirror...

I struggle to reconcile my mind with my heart ...

Because I know what my problem is...

And it's never going away...

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[gabrielerner]

El apetito insaciable de Sempra Energy

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[cartierrings]

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[aludraslytherin]

Why the fuck, when the Fidelius Charm was cast, did they not think to make a goddamn unbreakable vow !? Like, it's so obious ???

And Sirius ? They can literally take a memory into a pensine something and watch it, they have legilimency for crying out loud !! They have veritaserum ! So whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ??? It's so stupid!

And Dumbledore ! oh this sorry excuse of a human being !

He knew that Peter was the secret keeper ! So WHY IN THE EVERLY MOTHERLY FLIBBIDY FUCK didn't he said so ???

It makes me so fucking crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

And everyone that is like 'ThE BoY WhO LiVeD' 'hE DefEtEd tHe DaRk lOrD' erh, NO ?! It was thanks to LILY ?? He was just an INFANT who had the chance to be under a protecting spell created by LILY when she SACRIFIED HERSELF for her son ? Why is everybody forgeting about her ??

Oh, and don't start me about Snape !

'hE wAs BulLiEd bY JaMeS, HiS WoRsE MeMoRy iS HiM BeinG BuLliEd' Yeah, because he called Lily a slur

'hE WaS jUsT MiSuNdErStoOd' No, he was a death eater, fully believing in Voldy's BS,he only changed side because the girl he was obsessed with was in danger... Because of HIM ! People tend to forget that he was the one searching and giving the prophecy to the dArK LoRd, resulting in Lily's death.

And, 'JaMeS WaS jUsT A BulLy' We only sees him throught Snape's pov, aka, when he got 'bullies'c after he called Lily a mudblood.

And if James is a bully, doesn't that mean the Snape is one too ? No because :

-He made fun of Hermione for her teeth

-He bullies his students

-he exposed Remus when he had no reason for, since he is the one brewing the wolfsbane potion

-he hates and bullies the son of 'the love of his life' because Harry had the infortune of looking like his father, that Snape resents

-favoritism

-he was a death eater

-he is a racist

-he is a blood supremacis

-he is Neville worst fear, the boy who literally had his parents torturedby Bellatrix. Shouldn't she be his boggart ?? But noooo, it's our 'wonderful and misunderstood' Snape

-when he hugged Lily's body, while her son was crying his eyes out, being hurt, seeing his mother die, having blood on his forehead, and then leaving the house without even comforting or taking Harry to Saint-Mungos !!

-blamed James for bullying him, when he created Sectum Sempra, and was into dark magic !

-trying to make Harry expelled

[suugarbabe]

[Chapter 11] the final chapter

word count: 3.6k

warnings: mentions of blood, mentions of torture, mentions of death (murder), heavy smut, oral f!receiving, oral m!receiving, p in v

an: this is the LAST CHAPTER of Protego. I am very very thankful to all who've stuck around and read everything. Please note that this chapter ends the way it does as it is leading to a sequel. Be on the lookout for my Enzo series soon

The sound of bone smashing bone rang between Mattheo’s ears as he watched Birdie’s fist connect with what was left of Damiano’s face. In an instant his arms were wrapped around her, lifting her up and pulling her a few feet back. “Woah, there, hold on now,” it was like his words fell to the ground, not even reaching her ears as she thrashed in his arms. Enzo’s voice invaded his head, Let her down, Matty. She needs this. She deserves it after everything he put her through. Reluctantly, Mattheo obliges, and the clever little witch is immediately on the fucker again but with more of an unforgiving hand. 

Red light leaves the tip of her wand as a spell Mattheo knows all too well, both as the caster and the receiver, hits Damiano’s weakening body. Funny thing about the cruciatus curse is that there are different levels and intensity to it. And with the hatred Birdie held for Damiano, Mattheo could only imagine the pain he must be feeling. Fucking good, he thought. The screech that left Damiano’s throat was like music to Mattheo’s ears, a sinister grin breaking out on his face. Mattheo can’t help the pride that swells within him when she spits another spell from her lips. “Sectum sempra,” even through gritted teeth her voice was the sweetest sound to him. 

With a flick of her wrist the wounds she had just created disappeared. Looking to his left Mattheo sees that he’s not the only one wearing a confused expression. The spell leaves her lips again, the bastard in front of her grasping for breath and bleeding profusely before she heals him once more. Theo leaned in close between Enzo and Mattheo, his voice speaking the thoughts that were roaming in Mattheo’s mind, “What is she doing, why is hse healing him after inflicting wounds.” Mattheo shook his head, searching his brain for the right answer but Enzo enlightened them cooly, “She’s prolonging the torture.” 

Letting her go on for a few moments longer, Mattheo watches Birdie work meticulously. Fun’s over, grab her, Mattheo gives silent instruction to Theo. Mattheo and Enzo approach Damiano once more. Tongue in cheek and licking his teeth with glee Mattheo casts his own torture spells onto the waste of human life in front of him. “You started something you couldn’t finish, but now it’s finally over. I hope you enjoyed tonight, Damiano. Because it’s going to be your last.” Mattheo took a few steps back, raising his wand and pointing it directly where his heart clearly wasn’t. Mattheo had to give credit where credit was due. Ollivander knew how to make a fucking wand because the grip he had on his should be splitting the fucking wood. 

He could feel the beginning of the spell start to form on his lips. The first syllable forming on his tongue when he felt her grip on his forearm. He turned, locking eyes with the person who meant the most to him in this life. He could see the pain, see the yearning. He’s felt it himself. He nodded, lowering his wand and stepping back to join the boys once more. Birdie took his place, standing where he once stood but her small frame seemed to stand taller than he did previously. She held her want out firm, grip knuckle white. She lifted his head, forcing eye contact with the one she hated most. She spoke steady and slowly, the calmness in her tone making all three boys have a new respect and fear for her. Then the words left her lips, tongue dancing around each vowel and consonant like they were created by her solely for this moment. 

“Avada Kedavra.”

The green light emitted from her wand with more gusto than she expected. It’s like that the first time. Mattheo remembers his so clearly. He was so young, his arm so small that the power of the spell blew him back several feet. But not Birdie. He could see the muscles in her arm flex as she held her wand tighter. Mattheo shifted a glance to the two boys beside him, making sure they couldn’t see him adjusting his trousers. 

When the spell hits it’s intended target Damiano’s body goes impossibly limp, his head hung over the back of the chair, mouth slightly agape as blood runs down his chin. Mattheo’s smirk growing at the scene before him was reflexive. It’s nearly wiped away when he notices Birdie wobbling. His arms are wrapped around her so quickly she probably didn’t even notice the shift in balance before he steadied her. 

Mattheo nudged his nose against her neck, lips ghosting along her skin as he speaks, “How do you feel, Princess?” Her eyes are still straight ahead, looking at her handiwork limp on the metal chair like a used rag doll, a single word leaving her plush lips, “Powerful.” Mattheo can’t help the slight growl that leaves his throat, “That’s my fucking girl.” He spins her around to face him, a hand grasping at the small expanse of her throat as he pulls her lips to his. He caught her off guard, her gasping into the kiss, but he takes quick advantage, allowing his tongue to explore her mouth, explore what’s his. 

Breaking the kiss, Mattheo keeps his hold on her throat as he directs wordless orders to Theo and Enzo, Clean up the rubbish, I’ll find you later for a debrief and next plans. He can feel Birdie’s pulse quicken under his fingers and it makes his skin hot. “C’mon princess. Let me show you how proud you just made me.” He only just catches a glimpse of her biting her bottom lip before apparating them both back to his room at the manor. 

With a flick of her wrist Birdie has the door locked and that small action has Mattheo’s pants growing tighter as she pulls him in by his tie for another searing kiss. Her hands were fast on his tie and the buttons of his shirt as he ripped away the stinky top adorning her chest from her shift at the club. The sound of diamonds hitting the wood floor nearly covered the moaning gasp that left her throat at he palmed her perfect breasts.

He does his best to slow down but all he can think about is marking her up, making sure she knows how proud he is of her. Proud for her first kill, proud for how much strength she displayed, how much ruthlessness. “Oh fuck, Matty,” whimpering moans leave her lips as his wrap around her perk nipples as he lays her down across the duvet. Her nails lightly drag along his back as his lips trail further down. His fingers hook into the elastic of her skirt and panties before dragging them down her legs at an aching speed. 

“Please, Matty, thought you were gonna show me how proud you were of me,” she juts her bottom lip out in a perfect pout as she spreads her legs to display her glistening cunt. Mattheo’s nearly growling at the site of her putting on a view for him. His hands trail back up her legs, thumbs massaging the plush of her inner thighs, “Oh, I’m very proud of you Princess. You did so well tonight. Now let’s see if you can keep that behavior up.” 

Birdie is only able to respond with a gasping moan as Mattheo flattened his tongue to lick a slow, tortuous stripe through her folds. His thumbs continue massaging her thighs as his mouth closes around her aching clit. Birdie’s hand shoots to his hair as her back arches off the bed, “Fu-uck, Matty, just like that.” Mattheo moaned into her cunt as she pulled at his curly locks, his erection aching against his trousers. A whimper rumbled in the back of her throat as he sunk two fingers deep inside, curling and pumping and hitting that spot she needed most just right. Mattheo can feel her legs tremble as they tighten around his head, the action causing him to grind his hard on into the mattress. 

He lets her grind against his mouth and fingers, riding out her high before trailing kisses back up her body and capturing her lips on his own. He feels her small hand push against his broad shoulder until his back hits the mattress. She shifts, legs straddling his waist, her mouth never leaving his as her hands trailed down the divots of his abs to get to his belt. Mattheo can’t help the smile spread across his face as he mumbles against her lips, “Eager are we, pretty girl?” Birdie simply nods, bottom lip pulled between her teeth as she crawls down, dragging his trousers and boxers with her. 

 Mattheo’s hand caught Birdie’s wrists with a smirk, heavy breaths causing his chest to rise and fall quickly, “Aren’t I suppose to be taking care of you, Princess?” Birdie wears a sly smile, “You took care of me very well, Mr. Riddle. Why don’t you let me show you how much I appreciate you.” Mattheo laced his fingers through her hair, gripping tightly at the use of his surname. Birdie smiled at this, taking his cock in one hand while massaging his balls with the other. Mattheo’s head lulled back, eyes closing at the sensation of her small hand gripping him with just the right pressure. A growl of a moan left his throat as her tongue trailed wide and flat from the base of his cock until her lips wrapped around the head. 

He lifted his head, eyes trained on her mouth as she slowly filled her throat, using her hand with what couldn’t fit. “Bloody fucking hell, you look gorgeous like this, Princess,” Mattheo’s voice was low and possessive, eyes darkening with each bob of her head, each twist of her hand. He tried his best to keep his hips from bucking, wanting to allow her to move at her own pace. But the way her tongue trailed along his cock, flicking across the tip while her hand continued to work had Mattheo nearly going insane. With a slightly harsh pull, he lifted her head, her mouth leaving his cock but a trail of saliva still connecting the two. 

Birdie wore a slight pout on her lips. Mattheo grinned, cupping her cheek and using his thumb to swipe over her bottom lip, “Don’t be sad, pretty girl, you were doing such a good job for me. Almost too good, and I wanna finish inside that pretty pussy of yours, is that alright?” Mattheo pushed his thumb past her swollen lips, Birdie nodding as she sucked enthusiastically on his thumb. “Good girl.” Mattheo grips her neck gently, lips ghosting teasingly over hers as he guides her back to the mattress, “Be nice and loud for me, princess. I know you can do it.” 

Birdie opens her mouth to quip back but what comes out instead is a whimpering moan as Mattheo sinks his entire length into her dripping cunt. He could feel her body react to him, feel her walls contract around his length, her legs shake slightly at the force he applied with his first thrust. Birdie held onto him tight, legs wrapped around his waist, hands gripping his hair and his face buried into the crook of her neck. Mattheo felt like he could stay like this forever, buried deep inside her, feeling her walls clench around him, hearing her moans and whimpers of pleasure. Pleasure he was giving her. 

Mattheo hooked her knees over his elbows, pushing her knees to her chest. The new angle made it feel like he was deeper, loud cries of pleasure falling from her lips. “That’s right, Princess, let it out. Tell the whole manor who makes you feel this good. Let the whole manor hear who owns you. Who owns you and this pussy, Princess?” Birdie’s head lulled back, eyes rolling as a near pornagraphic moan came out. Mattheo dropped a leg, hand catching her throat, “Eyes on me, pretty girl. I asked you a question.” 

Her mouth fell agape after a particularly hearty thrust before a smirk graces her features. “It’s you, fuck, Mattheo! Mattheo, Mattheo, Mattheo,” his name fell from her lips like a praised chant as her vision turned white with pleasure, her orgasm wracking her body. A small whine emitted from her as he pulled out, but she was quickly gasping again as Mattheo flipped her over, pulling her up to her knees and sinking deep into her from behind. 

His hands dipped over her curves, up the muscles of her back, over her shoulders before clasping around the front of her throat. He used this leverage to fuck her harder, her previous orgasm making her oversensitive, her second one fast approaching. Mattheo could feel it, feel her cunt squeezing him harder, feel it trembling around his cock, “That’s it, that’s my good girl. Let go f’me, gimme one more so I can fill that pretty pussy up.” His words seemed to be all the permission her body was waiting for, her legs trembling beneath her as her second orgasm wracked through her.

Mattheo’s hands slid from her neck back down to her hips, gripping tightly as his thrusts became sloppy, “Fu-uuuck me, Princess, that’s it. Right. Fucking. There.” His last three words each punctuated by deep thrusts before he held his stuttering hips flush to hers, spilling his seed deep inside her still convulsing core. Mattheo pulled his cock out slowly, both he and Birdie making small gasps and whimpers at the disconnection. Mattheo laid down on the bed, pulling Birdie flush to his side, placing a long kiss to her temple. 

Birdie’s fingers trailed up and down his chest, occasionally dipping in the divots of his abdomen. His muscles seemed to twitch at the action, the slight ticklish nature making her smile, “You think they heard, hmm? Or was I not loud enough? Should I shout that you own me again?” She peered up at him, his arm not wrapped around her tucked behind his head as he looked down at her, eyebrows raised and a smirk on his lips, “Cheeky girl, ready for another round so soon hmm?” The hand wrapped around her gave her bum a light pinch causing a girlish squeal to leave her mouth as she attempted to shy away from his hands. 

This small play fight soon ended with a series of deep kisses before Mattheo stood from the bed, waving his wand over her, then him, cleaning them both up from earlier activities. Birdie settled in under the covers, tilting her head, “You going to join me?” Mattheo smiled, walking to her side of the bed as he pulled on his briefs, then a pair of slacks, “As much as I would love to, I have to have a quick meeting with the boys. Will you survive without me for a while, or will you soon perish?” Birdie giggled at his dramatics, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him in for another quick but deep kiss, “I shall survive, but I’ll be ever so lonely.” She did her best impression of an old Hollywood movie star, falling back to the pillows with her eyes closed,  one hand on her heart and the other over her head. 

Mattheo couldn’t contain the boyish giggle that he let out, the next words falling from his mouth, something he never thought he’d say to another person, “Merlin, I love you.” Birdie’s eyes shot open, mouth open half in shock, half in a smile, “What did you just say?” Mattheo felt like his throat was closing, suddenly nervous and hot, palms sweaty as he wrung his hands together, “I, erm, I said I love you.” Mattheo didn’t expect the high pitch squeal, or for her to jump from the bed and into his arms, his hands quickly holding her still bare arse as she began assaulting his face and neck with kisses.

“You love me, huh? Like really love me?” Her voice was slightly muffled as her face was still smashing kisses all over the skin she could reach. He laughed again, “Yes, I love you. Really, truly, deeply, so far deep in love with you, Birdie.” Birdie lifted her head then, the smile never leaving her face, “Well that’s good, Matty. Because I’m really, truly, deeply, so far deep in love with you, too.” Mattheo dropped her onto the bed, crawling over her naked form and capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. His hand trailed up her side, ghosting up the valley of her breasts before her hand caught his wrist, her other hand pushing him away slightly at his chest. A frown found it’s way to his features, but Birdie only smiled, “Go. Have your meeting with the boys, I’ll be here when you get back.” 

Mattheo gave her one last long kiss before grabbing a black dress shirt and shrugging it over his shoulders. Meeting in my office. Now, he relayed to the boys. Mattheo fitted his buttons together as he descended the stairs and down the hall to his office, walking through the open doors as he finished the last two before tucking his shirt into his trousers. Enzo gave Theo a pointed look, eyebrows wiggling as Mattheo shut the door behind him. “Theo, Enzo, did you do what I asked of you?” Both men stood straighter, Enzo responded, “Yes, boss. Everything’s taken care of.” Mattheo nodded, leaning against the front of his desk. 

“Is that all we’re here for, or is there more?” Draco wore a slightly annoyed look, but Mattheo was pretty sure his face was just stuck in a sneer. Mattheo rolled his eyes, “Excuse me, cousin. You can’t really blame me for making sure the biggest problem we’ve had over the last several months is officially gone. Let’s not forget what he did.” 

Draco huffed, crossing his arms, “I’m very aware of what happened. I’m the one that healed her lest you forget, cousin. She got her revenge, didn’t she? Or was Berkshire lying about our little birdie’s triumph.” Mattheo glared at his relative, “He wasn’t lying. I’m well aware she got her revenge, I was there. She was in my arms after it happened.” 

“Yeah and it sounded like you were in a couple things of hers afterwards, too,” Theo couldn’t help the slight snort that left his lips at Blaise’s quick response, soon causing the rest of the boys to erupt in boyish laughter and pushing Mattheo’s shoulders back and forth between them. “Alright, alright, enough mucking about,” Mattheo pushed his friends off him, the smirk he was wearing not easily hidden. “I actually brought you all in here for a purpose, yeah?”

The others settled down, all nodding. Mattheo grabbed a stack of papers from his desk, flipping through them quickly until he found the one he was looking for, “Right, I want to make sure that Damiano’s family isn’t a problem anymore. I know his closest goons are gone, thanks to Theo and Enzo,” the two mentioned boys each giving a curt nod, “and Damiano himself is effectively…nonexistent now thanks to Birdie.” 

Mattheo set the papers back down, now crossing his arms over his chest, “But what I want is absolute certainty they won't be a bother, whatever's left of them. We’ve also got two shipments to deal with later this week. Blaise,” Mattheo turned to the taller man, “you and Draco are going to handle that, a’right?” Blaise and Draco both nodded. 

“What about us? We’ll be able to double check on the Lombardi family and be back before the end of the week. What're we gonna be doing just sitting on our arses?” Enzo was grumbling like a school child, Theo equally pouting beside him. Mattheo held the bridge of his nose, reminding himself to take deep breaths and that Birdie would be incredibly tiffed if he punch her best friend in the nose just for annoying him. 

Thankfully there was a knock at the door briefly before it opened to reveal Pansy, a tan folder grasped in her slender hand. “I’m done with the interviews and I’ve chosen for the spot,” Pansy held the envelope out towards Mattheo who took it quickly, wanting any excuse not to answer Enzo’s whining. The others waited briefly as he scanned the file before shutting it and setting it on his desk. 

“Just your luck, Enzo, you and Theo get to stay at the club with me and Pansy next week.” The duo groaned slightly, Theo cursing in Italian under his breath. “Are you punishing us or something?” Enzo slumped in the chair behind him, his long arms hanging over the arm rests. Pansy smirked,, “Don’t pout Enz, you’ll be working. I need your skill of reading people.” The rest of the boys all looked between each other, their curiosity peaking with each passing moment. 

Mattheo rested his hands on either side of his hips on the desk as he leaned against it once more, “I need you and Theo at the club because I need you both to keep an eye on things, make sure things stay in order, nothing goes missing, and that who Pansy’s chosen minds their own and doesn’t push to know more than is necessary until we agree it’s necessary.” This piqued Theo’s interest, Enzo’s too, who was now sitting up straighter in the chair. Blaise was the only one bold enough to ask for more detail, “So we’ve got a new hire or something and you need Enzo’s elite body language understanding to double check everything before they officially have the job? Who’d you hire? Another bartender?” 

Pansy shook her head, a playful smile playing on her lips, “No, Birdie and Enzo have the bar covered. What we hired….is a new dancer.”

[iamnmbr3]

I love how literally the one time Draco didn't come to visit him on the train Harry immediately went to find him. And then Draco recognized him by the sound of his breathing and a glimpse of his shoe. And then despite being convinced Draco is a Death Eater on a mission Harry never once worries Draco would harm HIM even tho it would be logical to assume that's what his mission at Hogwarts is.

And he's not even that mad at him about the nose breaking incident. Like he's more angry at Snape for berating him for being late than at Draco for actually attacking him. And he backs off completely after the Sectum Sempra incident even tho Draco has basically admitted that something is going on - just because he doesn't want to hurt Draco more.

And then in book 7 when you'd think he'd blame Draco for Dumbledore's death as well as Snape he doesn't and feels great pity for Draco. And when he sees him using an unforgivable thru Voldemort's eyes he immediately accepts Draco doesn't want to and is being forced. And instead of assuming he's beyond redemption now he just pities him more for what he's going through. It's wild. You would not expect him to view someone he purely dislikes this way or give him so much benefit of the doubt.

And that's not even getting into how in book 6 Draco has Harry entirely at his mercy in the beginning and doesn't even think of trying to take him to Voldemort or kill him. And in book 7 he risks a horrific death for himself and his family and gives up the probable last chance to get back in Voldemort's good graces - in other words gives up everything he has been taught to aspire towards - just to say "I can't be sure."

[sacrificialter]

WAIT so I just googled the meaning of 'sectum sempra' and it's 'cuts that never heal'?? Oh my, the potential! The implications. Imagine Harry, standing in front of Draco, breaking his heart and thinking he was right to do so because Draco isn't reacting in the slightest. At least he assumes so, until he sees the blood seeping through Draco's shirt, falling like tear tracks over his rib cage.

[dhanukaagritech]

सेम्प्रा - मोथे का सबसे बेहतर समाधान!

आनंद अपनी खेती में मोथे के प्रकोप से कई दिनों से परेशान था, जिसका उसने सबसे बेहतर समाधान पाया - धानुका का उत्पाद "सेम्प्रा"। यह सीधा मोथे को गाठों से ख़त्म करता है। आप भी एक स्वस्थ गन्ने की खेती के लिए अपनाएं धानुका का सेम्प्रा - मोथे का सबसे बेहतर समाधान! अपने स्वस्थ गन्ने की फसल के लिए धानुका कंपनी के अभियान "अब होगी आपके गन्ने की जीत" से जुड़ें रहें। .

[quietriverrage]

Ignis Sempra

And just like that, the nightmare I was living ended...

Could this be real?

I'm afraid to trust what's being given to me...

It feels too good to be true...

Happiness isn't a river that flows my way...

For I am one that often drowns in oceans of despair...

Am I finally being given a hand to pull me out of these deep waters and guided towards bliss?

If my life has taught me anything, it's to proceed with caution...

I have yet to find anything painless in this existence...

Could you be the exception...?

[epistrefei]

ROLEPLAY HISTORY!

The rules are simple! Post characters you’d like to roleplay as, have roleplayed as, and might bring back. Then tag ten people to do the same (if you can’t think of ten, just write down however many you can and tag that number of people). Please repost, don’t reblog!

CURRENT MUSES:

artemis (oc....ish)

FORMER MUSES:

bruce wayne/batman (DC)

angela ziegler/mercy (ovw)

gabriel reyes/the reaper (ovw)

amelie lacroix/widowmaker (ovw)

moira o'deorain (ovw)

reinhardt (ovw)

cassandra pentaghast (dai)

leliana (mainly dai)

tabris (oc/da:o protag)

inquisitor giles morel (dai protag)

pamela isley/poison ivy (DC)

zinda blake/lady blackhawk (DC)

renee montoya/the question (DC)

tim drake/robin (DC)

noel mctavish (oc)

kassandra (assassin's creed)

eivor (assassin's creed)

randvi (assassin's creed)

natasha romanoff/black widow (marvel)

peggy carter, alt. captain america ver. (marvel oc-ish)

steve rogers/captain america (marvel)

megurine luka (vocaloid)

meiko (vocaloid)

takane enomoto (kagerou project)

archon arvan bryric (oc)

ona (oc)

sempra (oc)

simos gedrich (oc)

siv solheim (oc)

oksana astankova/villanelle (killing eve)

eve polastri (killing eve)

athena the gladiator (borderlands)

lilith (borderlands)

annabeth chase (pjo)

usagi tsukino/sailor moon (sailor moon)

glenn rhee (twd)

rick grimes (twd)

flanker (oc)

and SO many more.

MUSES I WOULD WRITE AGAIN:

too. many. for the love of god, let me be satisfied with One Muse

tagging: @ofspvrta / @thcdoomed , @sorrowsick , @miidnighters , @soulmissed , and you!

[beardedmrbean]

At a Planning and Design Commission Meeting last week, associate city planner Laura Tuller disclosed that Sacramento will back off — at least for now — on enforcing what has been touted as a key policy in combating climate change.

“The city will not currently preclude mixed fuel development,” Tuller told the city council-appointed commission. during an update on the city’s building electrification strategy.

Her statement referred to enforcing an ordinance passed by the council that would, with some exceptions, ban natural gas hookups in new construction projects starting in 2023.

Methane from natural gas is a potent contributor to greenhouse gases and climate change. State and local leaders in California have identified what is called “building decarbonization” — relying on cleaner electric power — as a crucial way to achieve its zero carbon emissions goal by 2045.

Tuller explained that the decision to pause enforcement is the result of a recent court ruling. Other cities such as San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz have made the same determination.

In April, The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the City of Berkeley’s building electrification ordinance in a lawsuit backed by the Sacramento-based California Restaurant Association. The court said that the city had stepped on the federal government’s role regulating energy markets.

The ruling has, for the moment, put a chill on what building decarbonization advocates say is a sensible movement. Prior to the Berkeley ruling, 76 cities from Los Angeles to Sacramento had passed electrification ordinances banning natural gas hookups in new construction. Sacramento leaders say they can’t enforce the gas ban until they see what happens with the City of Berkeley’s appeal of the decision.

State policymakers are similarly nervous about the implications of the Berkeley ruling.

A Sacramento Bee investigation earlier this month found that donations to CRA and its foundation from SoCalGas, the nation’s largest gas utility, soared after CRA launched its lawsuit.

Critics of SoCalGas as well as the California Public Advocate’s Office, which is an independent state watchdog arm of the California Public Utilities Commission, have accused SoCalGas of financially backing the Berkeley lawsuit with millions of dollars.

“It strains credibility to suggest that the utility did not fund research that supported the California Restaurant Association’s litigation,” the watchdog said in a filing this month.

The restaurant association has vigorously denied any coordination with Southern California Gas Co. on the lawsuit. The CRA said its motivation for the lawsuit was purely to protect new restaurants who prefer using gas, especially Chinese restaurants that prefer gas-powered woks.

SoCalGas has vehemently denied that it in any way funded the CRA’s lawsuit.

The recent Bee investigation noted that contributions to the CRA and its foundation from SoCalGas and its parent company Sempra grew from $174,594 in years 2015 to 2018 to $1.8 million from 2019 to 2022 — a tenfold increase.

The original Sacramento electrification ordinance passed in 2021 and went into effect, albeit briefly, on Jan. 1. Restaurants, however, were exempted until 2026. But through its role as members of a technical advisory panel advising the city, the CRA along with two allies connected to Chinese restaurants, argued the gas ban was culturally insensitive to the tradition of wok cooking.

Several Asian chefs that The Bee spoke to, including celebrity chef Martin Yan, pointed out that induction wok cooking is becoming more common in Asia, and that the industry needs to do its part to combat climate change. Many chefs believe cooking with electric-powered induction woks —although more expensive — is better than cooking with gas-powered woks, especially when environmental and health effects are considered.

At the technical advisory panel’s recommendation, in November 2022, the city council adopted “infeasibility waiver guidelines” that included a key clause;: If the business was found to make a legitimate claim that precluding them from using natural gas would “prohibit socio-cultural traditions that communities practice,” they could be exempted.

“I was shocked when I read that. It just felt like this secret gutting,” Rosie Yacoub an activist with the climate group 350 Sacramento told The Bee. She added, “What does that even mean? It seems like anyone could make that case.”

At a City Council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Darrel Steinberg and City Council member Katie Valenzuela said that The Bee investigation raised questions about the city’s conflict of interest policy for advisory groups like the technically advisory panel, though stopped short of any specific suggestions for reforming the process.

Charlie Spatz, research manager at the Energy and Policy Institute, said that the conflict of interest issue raised thorny questions.

“The question here is whether the utility money was motivating or influencing the restaurant association’s engagement with the city council,” he said. “There’s nothing wrong with restaurants engaging in electrification policy, but it’s important to remember that gas utilities are spreading disinformation to restaurants with the goal of blocking electrification policy.

“It’s a bad faith campaign designed to drive unfounded fear in the restaurant industry and it only serves the interests of gas utilities.”

That disinformation, Spatz and others note, centers on what they believe are dubious studies that try to undermine research such as that performed by Stanford University that concludes gas cooking can be harmful without proper ventilation.

There are signs that even if the Berkeley decision is not overturned, market conditions at least in Sacramento, which has through SMUD some of the lowest electric rates in California, are pushing new construction to be all-electric.

A tool that the city links to called Xerohome appears to typically show cost savings in utility bills of $600-$1,100 annually when homeowners opt for modern all-electric appliances.

Brian Hanly, President of Next Generation Capital, says his company has increasingly opted for all-electric developments in Sacramento, including the 21-unit development, Icon @14C, which was completed in 2020.

“We were a bit afraid of the consumer response in the beginning,” Hanly told The Bee. He added, “It’s above my pay grade to understand the environmental ramifications between natural gas and electric, but we’ve had a positive experience.”