#this is in reference to my oldest sc comic

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day 18- secrets (made this prequel comic to one of my older comics because apparently im not stressed enough for this challenge) :)

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Bundeslihaha: New story alert!

I updated the AO3 series with a new story called Bundeslihaha Redux: The Cutting Room Floor, where I’ll be posting Redux material regardless of completion status! Check it out! :D

“Wait, what? Why are you doing this?” you might ask. Well, here’s the explanation!

I want to be more organized. This story, I feel, would be easier to read if it only contains Bundeslihaha: Where Fussball Meets Fun's finished chapters and art. Here's the plan:

Bundeslihaha: Where Fussball Meets Fun will be updated with other completed Bundeslihaha WFMF material

Don't Worry, Love (formerly a deleted chapter, Bayern/Hertha one-shot)

I hate you (formerly a deleted chapter, crack Leverkusen/FC Koeln poem)

The Bad Guy (an edgy Bayern-centric one-shot)

Horrible Idea (a fun Retortenklub one-shot)

Bundesliga Project art from 2014 - 2015 (yes, the oldest art where my art-style was still fully anime and were all drawn on notebooks!) (aka the nostalgia tag from Tumblr)

Various WFMF art

WFMF aesthetic/moodboards

Bundeslihaha memes for the soul

RB Leipzig

Augsburg aux cord

Comic Sans Valentines

Would you fuck your clone?

Stoppage Time (working title) will be updated with unfinished WFMF stories and concepts (+ Commentary)

This story has not been posted yet. I’m taking my time and prioritizing Bundeslihaha Redux. (Scroll down to the next bolded text)

Frauen-Bundeslihaha (Women's Bundesliga 1 and 2) and Drittelihaha (3. Liga)

Bundeslihaha: The Series

Chapter 14: Moe's Coming Hoam (Crossover)

Chapter 16: To Quälix inside Your Boots (Wolfsburg-centric)

Dortmund's Wonderful Life (Birthday Wish Gone Wrong)

Disguise (Bayern-centric)

Hoffenheim Lost His Soul

Die Macht am Rhein (Drabbles about Fortuna, Leverkusen, and Koeln)

Chapter 16: The Dressing Room (Bayern and Porto)

Bayern and Bochum '77

Shoot for the Stars (Darmstadt-centric)

Ask the Bavarian Clubs (if you want to see it now, click here)

Note: I'm not going to discuss deleted chapters and stories.

Bundeslihaha Redux: The Cutting Room Floor will be updated with Redux material (+ Commentary)

Bonus Round

Bundeslihaha Redux V1

Bundeslihaha Redux V2, Chapter 1

Bundeslihaha Redux V2, Chapter 2

Bundeslihaha Redux V2, Chapter 3 (Unfinished)

Main Story Comic, Prologue (sketch only)

Main Story Comic, Chapter 1 (sketch only)

Main Story Comic, Chapter 2 (sketch only)

Bonus Comic (sketch only)

Concepts

Furrionette - Wolfsburg/Augsburg

Retortenklub shenanigans - Leverkusen, Hoffenheim, Leipzig, Wolfsburg, occasionally Augsburg and Ingolstadt

Media Days: Bundesliga Personification Reality Show

Club Makeovers and "Image-Protection"

Roommates (Hannover and Freiburg are roommates, of course)

Bunducksliga (with pedalos!)

Queer Clubs

The Fairytale Date (unfinished story, Darmstadt-centric)

Reveal 2021 Draft (Bayern and Sechzig-centric)

Art (including the ones posted on the Bundeslihaha Tumblr)

2018 Halloween Comic

Darmstadt's cursed costume

Ingolstadt and Augsburg Kasperle

Petersen, Baetersen

The Josip Brekalo Issue

Freiburg vs Stuttgart painting

Bayern/Bochum pride art

Autograph Cards

SC Freiburg Reference Sheet

More coming eventually!

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On Nuns and Witches

So there seems to be a bit of confusion on what’s the deal with the conflict between Witches and Nuns, and, as always, I’m here to ramble about Sister Claire and explain it all to you in a nicely sourced Tumblr post.

So many sources this could be a damn academic paper.

A couple disclaimers first:

Some of it will be speculative, but I’ve got Ash’s seal of approval on this post, so rest assured. You’re in good hands.

If you’re not reading the Missing Moments, it’s no wonder you’re lost. That’s like only reading every one page of a book. Why are you doing that to yourself. Go read the MiMos. Then get back here.

Now let’s get to it!

So, the conflict between Witches and Nuns comes primarily from Three (3) Things:

Witches Attract Shards

Witches Have Scary Powers

Historical Context

TL;DR: The conflict between Witches and Nuns is rooted in old, systemic prejudice against Witches. Witches are discriminated against because they’re so dangerous and the world is already such a hostile place.

For a better explanation, let’s break each of these factors down:

Witches Attract Shards

One of our very first introductions to Shards comes from the early Missing Moment, “Pezzi Rotti — Broken Pieces” (geddit? Geddit? Ahem). And in there, Jackson gives us a very important piece of information:

“See, they’re mostly drawn to high energia — to Witches, people with magick.” (x)

Energia, as Mother Yolanda kindly explains in Chapter 5, Page 78, is the “spiritual power that flows in all creatures”. In other words, it means one’s Life Force. Everyone has it.

Witches have lots of it.

Because Witches have lots of Energia, they’re a homing beacon for Shards. Energia’s often compared to light in SC — see Clementine being hailed as the Bright One — and Witches are Lighthouses that have Shards swarming to them. The more powerful you are, the brighter you are, the more Shards you attract.

Is there a way to prevent this? Well...

Olga gives Claire a neat sum of all I’ve been telling you in Chapter 6, Page 118:

Witches often refuse to ward their magick quiet, and magick draws Shards. Shards destroy everyone. Sometimes, we have to pick... destroy a Witch or doom the rest?

So for Witches, the choice is: either Ward your magick, or...

But as it’s been explored throughout the comic, Magick’s not just a fun trick for Witches. For many, it’s part of their identity. Think of Hana, who’s been shamed and taught to suppress her magick. Think of the Flock, whose magick allows them at least the safety of being able to fly the fuck away from there. Think of the Wolfwitches, whose magick’s intrinsically a part of their culture.

Take a minute to check out this Livewrite about Magpie, where it’s implied her previous guardians wanted to ward her.

So on one side, you have Nuns wanting Witches warded to avoid Shards and keep people safe — and on the other, you have Witches to whom magick’s precious and part of their identity.

Yikes?

Yikes.

     2. Witches Have Scary Powers

There’s more to Witches’ magick than their Shard-attracting effect.

The general populace’s wary of Witches for the same reason people are scared of the X-Men. If you’re just a humble little human trying to farm your potatoes — how do you feel about your neighbor John over there, who can start fires by snapping his fingers?.

How do you feel about Clementine, who can make the trees fucking walk just to fuck your shit up?

Or how do you feel when that friendly bird up on a branch could be a human being spying on you?

All of the while you’re standing there holding your pitchfork. Fear the might pitchfork.

We’ve had an entire Missing Moment devoted to the ways magick can be scary, inconvenient, and make people want to run you out of the village.

Think that’s bad enough? Oh, we haven’t even covered mind fuckery yet.

Cause remember, some Witches have mind powers. And what’s scarier than knowing you’re not safe even in your own mind?.

But you know, you have a pitchfork. You should be just fine.

    3. Historical Context

Here’s one thing y’all have to understand: Sister Claire is not Ye Old Medieval Magic AU.

Sister Claire is the fucking zombie apocalypse.

The SC world had huge, advanced civilizations. Big ass cities. It had Jaegers Machina. Hell, it still has electricity — Maman has an electrical fan.

But, as Abraham and Clementine explained in “Non Svegliarle — Don’t Wake Them”, around the same time Shards first appeared, those old civilizations all went to hell. The Sister Claire world we know today is all but a corner of the world with very small pockets of civilization scattered throughout it.

The biggest of those pockets we know of, Salvation, has to be walled in, warded to its teeth, and continuously kept by a rotation of Nuns. The world is overrun by Shards. How are you gonna get anywhere as a society when things such as big gatherings of people, electricity, light, all attract the zombie Shard horde upon your head?

Not exactly welcoming to commercial routes, if you know what I mean.

Now, when you’re living in the middle of the damn zombie apocalypse, how are you gonna deal with, you know — those people, that attract the zombies Shards to your home by virtue of simply existing? You realize this is not a very welcoming reality at all — not the sort of place where you'll see people practicing tolerance and acceptance.

And you know what? There’s precedent.

Mother Abraham tells us that, in the wake of Shards, the Old Civilizations used Witches to pilot Machinas. Essentially used them as cannon fodder. Fast-forward centuries later, to pre-Eden era, and Witches are still facing systemic prejudice.

The Flock’s not allowed to drink water from a village well. Remember when Maman referred to her home as “This place full of whores and Witches”? Remember Oscar screaming at King Michel because the organizations he supports, all organizations that come from the upper rings of Thronum Mare, “routinely and proudly turn away people with magick”?

The attitude towards Witches in the pre-Eden era is riddled with prejudice. “We’ll let you exist, as long as you do it the fuck away from us”, more or less.

And then?

Then comes along Clementine.

Clementine’s the most powerful Witch to exist in her time. She builds a huge city that’s a sanctuary for Witches, gathering dozens, maybe hundreds of Witches in a single place. Can you imagine the terror? The thought of this gigantic Shard beacon filled with powerful Witches?

In a society that ostracizes and fear Witches, can you imagine the panic that caused?

And then the worst happens: Eden falls. Eden totally self-destructs, I mean, it really fucking explodes. On the wake of its fall, Thronum Mare, one of the last and oldest pockets of civilization left, also crashes and burns in spectacular fashion.

Do you know what that creates? Shards. A fuckton of Shards set free. And what else? Refugees. Dozens, maybe hundreds of Witches turned refugees.

And there’s backlash.

Leaving Witches be clearly didn’t work, so the fall of Eden and TM sets off years of pent-up prejudice and hatred. Enough tolerance. Enough letting Witches run rampant. They’re too dangerous to be left alone.

Cue a massive Witch hunt, tensions breaking out, war breaking out, the whole world going to absolute fucking shit — until, mysteriously, the day Baby Claire’s found, the Witches all go into hiding to escape persecution. 

Reiterating:

The conflict between Witches and Nuns is rooted in old, systemic prejudice against Witches. Witches are discriminated against because they’re so dangerous and the world is already such a hostile place.

For any questions, please hit my askbox!

For clarification on another, related topic — why are the Mercy Nuns acting like such Witch hunters in the comic, when they were all pretty chill in the MiMos — please check out this post.

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The Wonders of Ginger

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The rhizome Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has been used in Asia for centuries as a culinary spice and as a medicinal for the treatment of various ailments. The milder young ginger root as well as the more pungent mature root is used in Chinese and Japanese cuisine to flavor dishes. In the Qing Dynasty it was even used to make a ginger-flavored liqueur called Canton. In Great Britain ginger is used in the production of a spirited beverage called Crabbie's Green Ginger Wine. Both the Orientals and Arabs use ginger infusions to flavor their coffee and tea, while in the West the traditional use is to flavor cookies and candies, and in the beverage ginger ale.

A most unusual use of ginger was amongst pre-WWI British mounted regiments when during public ceremonies a peeled ginger root suppository was placed in the horse's rectum. The practice known as figging (or feauging), resulted in a burning sensation, while leaving no permanent damage; it made the horses hold their heads and tails high. As you can well imagine this practice in humans is observed within the S&M community.

In medicine, Ginger root (a misnomer as it is not a root but rather a horizontal subterranean stem) is use by TCM doctors for gastrointestinal illness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and arthritic disease. In the United States it has been used to treat gastrointestinal upset, nausea, motion sickness, pregnancy-induced nausea and arthritis mostly in folk medicine and alternative medicine. It may be gradually gaining acceptance in traditional western medicine in this country with recent scientific studies reporting positive outcomes.

The flavor and characteristic sent of ginger root is due to a mixture of zingerone, shoagoles and gingerols which are the volatile oils making up about 3% of the dry weight of fresh ginger. Gingerols are the medicinal components having analgesic, sedative, antipyretic, antiemetic and antibacterial properties in addition to reducing gastrointestinal motility. Gingerol ( [6]-gingerol ) is a relative of capsaicin, the compound that gives peppers their hot spicy taste. When gingerol is exposed to heat (such as in cooking) it is transformed into zingerone with its more palatable less pungent and spicy-sweet aroma.

The mechanism of action of ginger is poorly understood, however the antiemetic properties may be due to inhibition of serotonin receptors which exert affect directly on the gastrointestinal and central nervous system. The use of ginger in the treatment of arthritic disease such as osteoarthritis and rheumatism may be due to the fact that ginger inhibits the activation of tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-a) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression, thus acting as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Ginger has been used for years as an over-the-counter preparation for treating motion sickness without the drowsiness of medications such as dimenhydrinate (Dramamine). It apparently works pretty well, according to some scientific studies conducted on seagoing naval cadets. While a rather entertaining "scientific" study on Discovery TV's hit show the MythBusters explored [in "Episode 43: Seasickness - Kill or Cure" (premiered: Nov. 16, 2005 )] several non-pharmaceutical remedies along with placebo to tackle Adam's very sensitive motion sickness. Ginger happened to be one of the more successful "home remedies" to combat this illness on the show. Now back to double-blinded peer reviewed published studies. In pregnancy-induced nausea several trials show comparable effectiveness with vitamin B6 and superiority over placebo of ginger to control morning sickness. The Cochrane review showed ginger as a safe (for baby and mommy) and effective antiemetic in pregnancy.

There are also studies to substantiate the use of ginger in post-operative nausea (post anesthesia). Ginger did not fare as well in controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting however.

How does ginger stack up when treating arthritic pain? Where several studies showed mixed results when ginger was used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, a couple of trials did show statistically significant pain relief and reduction in swelling with the use of ginger. Ginger has also been studied in in vitro models and animals for conditions ranging from the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections, cancers and as anti-hypertensive agents. However, not many have been successfully studied in humans.

There does not appear to be any significant toxicity with Ginger. Although the FDA considers Ginger rather safe, there is a theoretical risk when used with the blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin). At high doses Ginger may cause elevation in protimes (PT) of those who take this medication. The only other caution to be observed is the use of this herb in people with gallbladder disease; those suffering gallstones may have an exacerbation in their condition as ginger releases bile from the gallbladder.

Clinical trials typically use 250 mg to 1000 mg of standardized powdered ginger root in capsular form. This dose is taken anywhere from once to four times a day. For pregnancy-induced nausea studies a successful regiment is 250 mg four times daily has been used.

In my neck of the woods a common beverage consumed by folks today started out as a local medicinal. The "world famous" Blenheim Ginger Ale is bottled less than 15 miles from my home in Bennettsville, SC. Blenheim Ginger Ale is named after the natural mineral spring in Blenheim, SC. Dr. C. R. May in the late 1800's advised patients to drink this mineral water to sooth their upset stomachs. When it was reported that the remedy worked, but that many of the patients disliked the strong mineral taste of the water he added Jamaican Ginger to the water, thus spawning the now famous ginger ale. Jamaican Ginger has historically been used as a medicinal. It is classified as a stimulant and carminative for treatment of dyspepsia and colic and the tea brewed from the root was a folk remedy for colds. In 1903 Dr. May teamed up with a partner to bottle the product under the Blenheim Bottling Company. To this day it is considered the oldest and smallest bottling company in America. Some folks today use the "HOT" red-topped Blenheim Ginger Ale more as a medicinal than a soft drink for the treatment of sore throats, colds, the flu, and to settle their stomachaches. Renown journalist Charles Kuralt in his famous "On the Road" TV series featured the ginger ale on one of his episodes, and Penn Jillette (of the comic-magic duo Penn & Teller) is reportedly a big fan of the beverage. Penn was pictured on the cover of a September 1994 Wired magazine issue wearing a Blenheim T-Shirt, bottle in hand. Cheers!

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Reference:

White, B, "Ginger: An Overview", AmFmPractice, June, 2007, Vol. 75, Num. 11, aafp dot org/afp/20070601/1689.html

Grontved A, Brask T, Kambskard J, Hentzer E. Ginger root against seasickness. A controlled trial on the open sea. Acta Otolaryngol 1988;105:45-9.

Stewart JJ, Wood MJ, Wood CD, Mims ME. Effects of ginger on motion sickness susceptibility and gastric function. Pharmacology 1991;42:111-20.

Borrelli F, Capasso R, Aviello G, Pittler MH, Izzo AA. Effectiveness and safety of ginger in the treatment of pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting. Obstet Gynecol 2005;105:849-56.

Ernst E, Pittler MH. Efficacy of ginger for nausea and vomiting: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials. Br J Anaesth 2000;84:367-71.

Altman RD, Marcussen KC. Effects of a ginger extract on knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2001;44:2531-8.

Jiang X, Williams KM, Liauw WS, Ammit AJ, Roufogalis BD, Duke CC, et al. Effect of ginkgo and ginger on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of warfarin in healthy subjects. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2005;59:425-32.

The Blenheim Shrine, blenheimshrine

Aliverti, Brent, Blenheim Ginger Ale, theacf dot com/blenheim

Wikipedia, Ginger

Susan Jakes, "Beverage of Champions. Part One: Hot Coke with Ginger, A Possibly Magical Elixir"

MythBusters Episode 43: Seasickness - Kill or Cure, dsc.discovery dot com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/00to49/episode_02.html

(c) 2007

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