#try yucatan real

[bonnietheoutlaw]

JJ Maybanks fic prompts.ideas

some of these may be silly or stupid (kinda lots of ooc), but pls don't judge, dm me or leave the link in the comments if you use any of these pls!

JJ sometimes visits his dad in a form of self-destruction/self-harm, so now that his dad is gone, he doesn't know how to deal with or process his emotions - this could be used in many ways, but my main idea is that JJ is depressed after they get the gold (after pogue-landia or being "alone"), so he kinda shuts down or smth

During 1x05 when John B. and Kiara start slapping the mosquitos, The pogues involve all of each other In the activity, but it triggers JJ or he gets worried about the pogue's continual fighting

Barry or one of Luke's dealers has a problem with Luke and can't find him or smth and takes it out on JJ, maybe by beating him or badgering him for money - this could be REALLY dark, or simply hurt/comfort

JJ insults one of his friends on accident and has anxiety and regret over it - that's it, but I feel like you can do a lot with it, create different reactions, and display the inner workings of the pogue's relationships

A parallel to the Sarah and Kiara scene where they tricked them onto the boat to solve their fighting, what if Big John did the same thing when JJ and John B were having a huge fight as kids. I think that Big John is irresponsible enough to do it and the boys would be petty enough as kids to need it. Ik it was pope's idea, but I think it would be so cute to see the little pogues.

Barry going to attack JJ to get his revenge but ends up seeing him getting beat by a kook or smth and relating to him bc of when Ward beat him or smth in his past (even just the relation of kooks vs pogues). I think that the development and atmosphere of the fic would be interesting.

I would DIE for a fic abt when jj was little and his parents both were in love with each other (like only had eyes for eachother and had the rest of their life planned out together) and they were eating dinner or some other normal family things and his parents were talking about their dreams of moving to Yucatan, and that is one of jj's favorite moments with his family and he remembers that as his parents perfect dream (before drugs took over their life and they abandoned/abused him), sooo I think that that alone would be beautiful, or you could add how he always want to go to Yucatan to solve their problems, because he thought that Yucatan would solve his mom and dad's struggles. Ik this was confusing, but if you understand, this would be beautiful 🤩

This may be confusing, but in the seen where he fights back against his dad and has the wrench held up and says "well I ain't scared of you no more" what if his dad usednto threaten him with tools or if he really did, so jj is taking the high road or is just like having flashbacks or smth - this one is kinda stupid and a real stretch, but I feel like Luke could have hit jj with one of his tools bc jj interrupted his work or something. Idkkk y'all

This is more of a headcanon, but I love the idea of jj being named Jesse James after his mom (Jessica - her name isn't mentioned in the show) if you wanna make it a fic, it could be abt him being bullied for having a girls name and his mom comforting him or abt his dad telling him that he will never live up to her name - I read a fic (I don't remember the name, but it COULD have been 'mental Polaroids', but idk) and Luke was yelling abt jj having the same "fucking weepy-ass eyes' as his mom

This is again just another headcannon, but jj has younger brother energy sometimes, and I think he was born in June or August for some reason - probably the youngest of the pogues, maybe celebrating his birthday ro smth

I think we can all agree that John b. is sometimes an ass-hat, so maybe a fic abt him getting reeaaaalllly drunk and upset over his dad in season 1 and trying to fight jj bc jj was insensitive or for another reason

[thequeenofsarcaasm]

😅🧐🤯 for the fanfic ask game <3

This finna be loooooong

1-What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

I don’t know what embarrassed means but if I did it would probably be Okay, but please here me out because of the tentacle sex. However, I love that Gojo hits his head against the bed and faints. I was too lazy to write a second sex scene so I had to find something.

2-Do you spend much time researching for your stories.

Yup. I try to get things right, especially when it’s an important subject. I did a lot of research for There’s a honey jar on the good witch’s table cause I wanted to add elements from my culture and the culture of other African countries. The magic rituals are therefore based on something real even though I often just take the information and run with it. For the sequel Bewitched, I did the same (they travel a lot so It was a chance to honour other cultures. My favourite chapter is chapter one cause they visit Yucatan and someone in the comments was glad that I chose places they’ve been to)

For Love is in the hands, I’m also doing a lot of research to make sure it makes sense. All the places are real (I’ve been to some of them) and I wanted the queer experiences to be authentic so it took me some time too. Gojo’s giving me a lot of work cause his exploration with gender might be very loosely inspired by mine but the rest of his life is really messy for a reason that will be revealed later (and that asked quite some research from me). You need to get the symptoms right!

3-What's a genre you struggle with as a writer?

I need to write horror and gore but it’s never fucked up enough. The best I’ve done is the scene in How can I decide what’s right? where Gojo slits his wrist and covers his body with blood cause he wants Vampire Geto to lick him. One day I’ll make them eat each other!

Damn that was long. Thank you for asking 💕

[mountphoenixrp]

We have a new citizen in Mount Phoenix:

          Choo Taavi, a 24 year old son of Huracan.           He is a baker at Black Forest Bakery.

FC NAME/GROUP: Kang Yeosang / AteezC HARACTER NAME: Choo Taavi AGE/DATE OF BIRTH: 15 June 1999 / 24 PLACE OF BIRTH: Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico OCCUPATION: Baker at Black Forest Bakery HEIGHT: 173cm / 5'8" WEIGHT: 63kg / 138lbs DEFINING FEATURES:

Birthmark: spreading from the corner of his left eye to above his cheek, reddish in color. https://www.pinterest.ch/pin/3448137207536261/

Ears piercings: one on the left, two on the right.

Scars: lightning strike scar alongside his right leg, from hip to foot. - Tattoo: a delicate snake on his left foot in honor of his father. https://pin.it/3dVQJca

Fashion: often wears androgynous clothes, loves makeup (especially if it has ✨glitters✨).

Others: Taavi has a lisp and a slight hands tremor (especially when he’s nervous).

PERSONALITY: Taavi is sweeter than the desserts he carefully crafts, there’s not a bad bone in his body. Altruistic, he always makes sure to help others, to the extent of his possibilities. He tends to prefer solitude but he can be a loyal friend, someone on who people can count. He’s also a great confident, ready to listen to others and sharing advices when necessary. However, he will never try to impose his beliefs or opinions.

He does have problems to express his emotions, the fear to trigger his powers and cause catastrophes stronger than his wants and needs to be more open with his feelings. He can get very emotional when he allows himself to ‘let go’ and will prefer to withdrawn than putting others in danger. He wish he could learn how to control his powers better.

His mother would say that Taavi is innocent but he’s also quite naive and would easily let people take advantage of him. He’s too nice and the world can be a bit too rough for him sometimes. Taavi believes that staying away from others  instead of opening  to them is the solution, so no one and nothing can hurt him.

Concerning his divine heritage, Taavi is extremely respectful of it. He bears no hate or resentment towards his father Huracan and would even be happy to meet him. He’s alway willing to learn more about the Mayan mythology and thinks that being in Mount Phoenix could truly help him to find the balance he desperately needs.

HISTORY: TW for mention of child’s death.

Taavi was born in Mérida, Mexico, where his mother Hana was an exchange student. After the birth of her son, the young woman had to find a way to support them. She started to work as a waitress, allowing her to continue her studies. She then met the restaurant’s chef, Francisco Flores, a widower with a daughter slightly older than Taavi, Luna. One year later, they were married.

The two children immediately got along, forming a close bond. As they grew up, they started to consider each other as real brother and sister. Always together, they shared everything, from secrets to snacks. The small blended family lived a truly happy life for a few years, Hana finishing her studies and finding an History AP position at the university.

Soon, Taavi’s powers started to manifest. Soft rain showers when he was happy, lightning when he was excited and small storms when he was upset. His mother decided it was time to tell him the truth about his father. The boy was quite interested in his heritage and showed great respect for it, though he still loved and considered Francisco like his true dad.

However, the small boy wasn’t able to control his powers yet. It took a dramatic turn when, once that he was playing with his sister, his joy was too intense, provoking violent lightnings. The children were hit, giving Taavi’s his scar but Luna unfortunately didn’t survive her wounds. Unable to forgive and forget, Francisco filed for divorce and disappeared from their life.

Taavi started to withdrawn, becoming a quiet, solitary child. He did his best to keep his emotions in check, not wanting to provoke other accidents and kill more people. Seeing her child so inconsolable and now reserved, Hana decided to bring him back to her hometown, Seogwipo on Jeju Island, where they went to live with her brother Seo-Jun.

The child began to open a bit more, enjoying the seaside life, learning to use his powers with the help of a local chaman. He also got interested into his uncle’s bakery, often helping him after school or during the holidays. After finishing compulsory schooling, the now teenager boy started his baker apprenticeship, soon showing a true talent for it.

Once graduated, Taavi decided to travel overseas (Japan, France, USA) to perfect his skills and learn new techniques and recipes. Upon his return a couple years later, the young man first heard about Mount Phoenix from his mother. Together, they decided he would move there to look for Huracan and perhaps learn how to master his powers better.

Arriving in Incheon, Taavi met another young demigod, Saengdao, and the two of them bonded while looking for the bridge. Reassured by the presence of a new friend, he was ready to start a new life in what he hoped to be a more accepting place for him.

PANTHEON: Mayan CHILD OF: Huracan, God of Wind and Storms POWERS:

Lightning manipulation.

Rain generation.

Storm manipulation (weakens him). His powers can sometimes be triggered by his emotions if they are too intense.

STRENGTHS:

Sweet and caring. Altruistic.

Generous (e.g. he will never let someone go hungry if they can’t afford something from the bakery).

Creative.

Multilingual: Korean, Spanish, English, a bit of French (mostly related to cooking/baking), some Maya (Yucatec and K'iche’) notions.

Practice archery (it helps him to control his hands tremor).

WEAKNESSES:

Withdrawn. He’s afraid to ‘let go’ and fully express his emotions.

Naive. He trusts others too easily and can be taken advantage of.

Can take things too personally.

[azuremallone]

Not everything is "trauma". You realize women have a stronger recognition of others' emotional states, right? It's a biological defense system built into our threat-assessment portion of our brain. It's normal.

Empathic capabilities are also a curio amongst Humans. Certain Esper traits have been known to frequent Humans. However, biological tells are stronger in Human faces than in most animals on this planet. You can look at a Human, unless they're a complete psychopath, and know what they're thinking and feeling by their emotional state, social context, lingual pattern, and it's called physical body language.

It is not a trauma response. Stop making everything trauma. It's like everyone renamed "drama" to "trauma" and now it's like this big thing that everyone has to have some kind of "trauma" in order to be considered worthy of some kind of reinforcement of negativity! Here, have a badge.

You want to know what real trauma is?

Try waking up in the middle of a smoking crater, surrounded by fire and brimstone because you really fucked up and annihilated 70% of all life on a planet, and got some rando stranger killed because you were flying on space coke, liquored up, and getting banged on your navigation console to heavy metal music. Then, realize that your starship, while in one piece, is badly damaged in a way that cannot be repaired with the equipment and tools you have. Worse, you don't have a spare part you should have because you sold it to make bail on a shit coreward world. But here you are, stranded in the outer rim on a desolate ball of death that you caused by dumping FTL energies into what would later be called the Yucatan.

Oh, and here's the real kicker: That's not even the trauma. The trauma is having to uplift a bunch of fucking lemurs into highly evolved apes that unwittingly are guided to build the tech you need to get off the planet, having to live amongst them, while other aliens come and go as they please because they're fucking assholes. Everyone knows you're wanted in thirteen star systems, and do not want to harbor, aid, or abet such a criminal, despite that you're actually an extremely wealthy Princess of the most fierce and feared species in the Galaxy!

Yes, the trauma I have to shoulder isn't murdering a shit planet's dinosaurs. It's having to live with a bunch of monkeys where the majority of them thrive and feed off their own perceived drama, when all I need them to do is build me a new fucking navigation crystal so I can get off this rock.

I miss the days you apes would knock each other off branches just to point and laugh while a sabretooth mauled the poor fool on the ground below.

[the-firebird69]

My ex is way better than yours you're a piece of s*** Ellie and I talk still you don't talk to anyone you're just winning recluse you're worse than us for some reason staring at the wall saying bad s*** and he doesn't like you you start ranting about John remillard and you won't get him out of your apartment it's not that hard you've created an addiction you think it's good you're a piece of doodoo we hate you everybody hates you now we're discovering this disgusting conspiracy of you getting rid of your own army just like Trump they were wondering if you infected him with a dumb idea and he's going to have normal kids with Hera and she's she's disgusted and says no but that's what he's up to like all these women and it's kind of giggling because it's his idea the other way and you're sick you're wasting your time but you're out there playing fake tiddlywigs with people over real money it's really weird this is a bizarre scene she's a crazy people stupid and he said he needs to have money so he can get away from this turd and I guess the turd would have survived now you're not going to stay in and Trump and kids some of them and Jesus Christ you f****** nuts you're insane none of this makes any sense that he's been saying you don't listen you have this really awesome plan for foreigners they don't have to come in stupid s*** that you're doing the job you have to see him they're going to be coming up from the Yucatan and you're going to see him and then you're going to be gone yeah but that's what it is you got to see Trump go then someone is going to be happy that you're going so he kind of gets it but really not enough to do anything this sucks you people blow this guy stand is completely off the wall he's insane and our friend is saying he has no right to get rid of himself it's illegal and getting rid of his army will do that if you will figure it out Jesus people have figured it out he's saying the robots don't do well and they don't and your kids will be too young so what's your point you're going to do s*** like this idiot and you're nuts and the place is a mess and he can't stand it it's like he wanted him just to sit there and be his blob s*** that you are and you win stuff for some reason he says it's a hostage situation that Stan is holding him for a Mac and others and it's not going to change it's the wrong thing to do but Stan is an enemy of mac daddy and figured he's having to do it and treat him bad and Stan has a stupid idea Mac Daddy has a similar one I'll tell you what there's something fishy about it and this is not too fishy it's fighting Abel his brother wow you said that before we'll see it now it's biblical it goes back to the beginning and it makes sense you have to hide and he had to hide it again and he's very dangerous and he's big came up with a massive plan and Marcus country and it's kind of faltering and we are going to have to start to do stuff

John Gallagher

I'm not having him hold you there now I see what you're saying this guy is threatening me all the time and trying to use extortion and all these other guys are doing it and he's saying he's threatening for something I'm going to see what it is cuz it's too much for us

Mac Daddy

He's a small potato threatening us all the time and taking a lot of stuff and we're getting angry at that piece of s*** we're not putting up with it and mac daddy is starting to see it they're just going to take over and it's cuz of you and he had the idea to do it but he's catching it earlier than most do and yes too much for our son and us we can't deal with this stupid f****** app and it's this guy's technique and we know about it but really he probably won't apply the brakes and we're going to have to do stuff keep our son out of the hospital one of those things is by putting these two underneath the hospital or on the grounds yeah they die in Star wars no but they got after and Dan was making fun of our son pizza oven is saying that he'll burn is it's facing him but really it's because he was close to being burned in terms of it says I wasn't doing it I'm trying to stop them it could have been much worse by the way and he says oh that makes sense yeah you get like 200 instead of 200,000 in a ditch and he went to town on it and said it slowed it down big time and we're in trouble somehow this stupid thing follows us around this this God damn brick oven it's oh my s*** and shut up Stan you f****** little girl you gave me little s*** f***** m*********** mother f***** yeah you're American with a capital a and you're all for the war against the Germans and stuff yeah they know what that's from the Holocaust and thereafter you because if you're American heritage and doing stupid things because of it it's sitting here and turning into a blind melon bothering me trying to get me to the hospital but still if you try you're going to go over there underneath the pavement and really it's damn Dave he gets hit because they tried to get him in there and it failed and the torturing me some reason

Zues yes I'm here helping him say it Hera

Yeah and our son was helping Dan Dave cuz he's helpful he was doing things in westborough and he's doing things here that are not really that great but he gets it this stupid oven is following him around and Trump was the guy out there inside them as steam and stuff he said do you know what those damn things are it says these are brick ovens or something it's a snow he says now and originally they were something else but they went through the Holocaust he says wow that f****** blows that's terrible get out of there you idiot he's taking a bath so he started screaming they say no no and look for this and I looked around in Jesus Christ it's this Castle s*** you want me to follow your footsteps and lose everything and he's saying oh no this is what it is it's good frame this one doesn't go inside I don't think and he says what the f*** does this mean he says think about it you're inside of Castle it's cold and clammy because I know they're built and also need turned white a little bit and he says holy s*** we're in the whole thing and it's true and so they start to look and it helped a little this is horrible so he's telling Stan you're an American and they're bothering me with this brick oven pizza stuff is there going to actually start doing that and they do it to Dan and his sister Alicia they missed him in the Holocaust but they do it to push him to push his father out oh yeah that would come before April 15th so that's what he has to look forward to and Tommy F helps and we see why and he's saying this you should have cooked instead you're here and our son is saying you need factories and you suck at it no you can't keep doing that and he goes oh no and it's going to be a problem we're going to monitor and probably engage the Mac proper a little but mostly it's going to be you guys and a nightmare and Stan is a nightmare getting rid of his own kids because they're gifted and he has a plan to do it and a lot of people are going to look into it and they're the ones figuring it out by the way and you're going to die stan and Sherry because her after you. And Sherry says he doesn't have to do anything these people will but he has a hard time too but what's he going to do you can't face the empire directly and it's true. We're getting on all this stuff there's a lot of junk around here we have to straighten it out most of them turn sour and they're useless. Star wars happens before Trump gets out of office and for Christ's sake it's Dave Dan and sister guess he's in the house threatening stand and he thinks it's good it's not really and they straighten out the other stuff and they hate the hospital yeah you get a fight on your hands and you're going to lose you're getting smaller and smaller and they're addicts to robots and Terry cheesman has been doing stuff with the propane anymore on and ruin your plans trying to play my son it's a prick boy are you a f**** so stand kind of figured it out no but he gets it and yeah the robots are walking away yeah let him sit those propane it's been helping you and Sherry says your c********* holy f****** crap and they're playing their brains in there cuz that's what works

Thor Freya

Olympus

We might try the helmet stuff it works

Dan dave

[breserker]

i think it's real fun that because of my books and my skill in spanish i'm always crying at the feet of spanish speaking friends asking for clarification or translation while i'm trying to write and then many of those friends are not mexican and certainly not middle aged/older mexican and even my mexican friends are like. from yucatan instead of sonora but i speak it like shit but because i love blasphemous i'll be speaking the shittiest shit gringa spanish and then drop some high edge castilian spanish with fucking 'os' and everything

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[evolvecolving]

Must-See Digital Nomad Hotspots in North America

Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

This bustling resort town is located on the Yucatan Peninsula and attracts tourists because of its white sand beaches and clear blue waters.

The temperature is pleasant year-round, with the mercury going as high as 28C in December and a lower end of 21C.

If you are intent on escaping the winter, this is a fantastic destination with beach-worthy weather. 

There is a good co-working and cafe scene in Playa, and digital nomads are catered to quite heavily, with gluten-free food being common and high-quality coffees readily available.

It isn’t high on the list for providing an authentic experience of Mexico. However, if you are looking for somewhere with fast and reliable Wi-Fi, friendly people, good facilities to work from, and excellent beach and surf possibilities, you have come to the right place. 

The nightlife is also notable, with several excellent clubs located on the busy tourist strip on Quinta Avenida.

It is known for being a party town, so it may not be perfect for those looking for a quieter, more sedate lifestyle. 

In terms of coworking, there are some excellent options, including Nest, which is fairly centrally located, and Work Zone Coworking, for those who require a quieter space to work.

San Francisco, USA

An iconic destination in its own right, San Francisco is one not to be missed, particularly by the LGBTQ+ community.

Everyone has seen the classic films with car chases on the steeply banked streets leading down to the harbour, and they are truly worth seeing in person.

The whole vibe of San Francisco is fabulous; there is a real buzz in the air, and there is so much to do and see. 

The Golden Gate Bridge is a particular landmark, and any visitors should definitely try out the street trolleys that still trundle up and down its steep streets.

Known for being a technology hub, you are likely to meet many people who work for some of the big internet companies, such as Apple and Google.

San Francisco offers all the amenities provided by a big city. These include extremely fast internet speeds, high-quality cafes to work from and food choices in abundance.

San Francisco caters well for people who are into healthy living and wellness, with a plethora of gluten-free options available and options for even the most restrictive diets.   

The only real downside is the cost compared to many other places, particularly those in Mexico. San Francisco is a premium destination in the USA, and this is definitely reflected in the cost of rentals.

Vancouver, Canada

Our only Canadian entry on the list, Vancouver consistently leads charts for quality of life and for liveability, and it is easy to see why.

Boasting extensive parks within the city, Vancouver is very green and an excellent space for those who enjoy walking in the shade of the trees on a sunny day.

Vancouver is known for being very culturally open and welcoming to newcomers, with friendly locals and diversity in both food and the arts. 

Vancouver is the classic mix of beaches, mountains, parkland, and downtown corporate office spaces.

There is something for everyone, all of the time. If you have always wanted to go to a nudist beach, you can do so easily here. 

If you would prefer to mountain bike or surf, you can do that too. z

The activities change with the seasons, so those more inclined to winter sports can schedule their stay accordingly and take advantage of the snowboarding and skiing opportunities nearby. 

There is a range of different accommodation options and some of the best are the coliving spaces, as these can minimise the cost in what would otherwise be quite an expensive city.

Austin, Texas, USA

Despite being the Capital of one of the most Conservative states in the USA, Austin leans very heavily Liberal and is safe and welcoming for LGBTQ+ people who might be thinking of visiting. It is also considered to be very female-friendly and racially tolerant.

The live music capital of the USA, Austin has always something going on, and it has a really great vibe that many people seem to enjoy.

The internet is fast and stable here, and Austin is considered a bit of a tech hub. Because of this, there are a large number of places to work from.

Epoch and Industrious Austin are two of the best coworking places. Each has its pros and cons, so it depends on what you are looking for in your workspace. 

Austin is one of the more expensive places on the list to spend some time because it is located in the USA. However, the cultural richness of the experience and the natural beauty of the surroundings make it worthwhile.

It may be best to avoid the summers when the temperature reaches an unbearable 38C, but other times of the year are more temperate.

Tulum, Mexico

The second on the list in Mexico, Tulum has a radically different vibe from Playa del Carmen, one that is more attuned to spirituality and wellness rather than partying hard.

It’s a lot quieter and more suitable for those seeking a chilled, laid-back vibe. Tulum is situated on the Caribbean coast and has gorgeous white sands.

It was built upon the ruins of an ancient Mayan settlement, which can still be seen today. 

Tulum is particularly well-served by coworking spaces, some of the best of which are Coworking Tulum, which provides access to over 20 locations throughout the town, and Los Amigos Cowork. 

When it comes to coliving, there is also an excellent range of options from independents like Ko’Muna Tulum.

This company bills itself as “Community Living in Paradise” and is situated right between the beach and the jungle in gorgeous, well-kept accommodation.

Other players in the coliving space include the larger chains like Selina and Outsite.

There is a wide range of accommodation options for those who would rather not stay at a coliving, everything from entire apartments to bunk beds in hostels.

It is possible to find somewhere to stay for a few hundred dollars per month, making Tulum a very attractive option, even for those on a tight budget.

Original Source: https://evolvecoliving.io/blog/must-visit-digital-nomad-hotspots-in-north-america/

[steverubenfaer]

Living Vacation

After living in San Francisco for more than 20 years, it was time to leave. And as in all of my previous moves, the principal reason for leaving was because I was done there. I wasn’t sure where to move to, but nowhere in the US sounded appealing (not much does after you live in SF and won’t live anywhere colder). A friend lived in SMA, and suggested I move down there, and it just happened pretty quickly after that. I had always wanted to live in another country & learn their language, and since I had just started a business, the lower cost sounded great. The timing seemed perfect.

The most remarkable part of moving to SMA was how easy it was, it didn’t feel any different than moving within the US. Things are a little different, but it wasn’t difficult to move. I really liked my first year in SMA; I missed hiking around the Bay Area, but I walked all over San Miguel, aesthetically it has few equals. But I always felt that something was ‘too easy’ about living here, something I could never define. When I brought this up to people living in SMA, they immediately recognized what I was referring to, and could answer me with responses I knew had to have come from previous thought on this exact issue. One guy absolutely agreed with me, and said ‘so what? I decided long ago that it was worth it.’ Someone already had this exact dilemma years ago! At first this didn’t bother me, because there was so much to explore. But I really wasn’t sure if after I had seen everything there was to see, would there be anything left under the hood to keep me in SMA.

One of the unexpected awesome things about SMA is all the places to travel nearby; for gringos almost any Mexican town with a square & church are lovely. Guanajato, Salvatierra, Pozos, there are tons of cute towns less than 2 hours away, gorgeous places that Americans have never heard of. After a year in SMA my partner wanted to move out of town because of the cuahetes. I would have stayed in SMA longer, but felt like living somewhere else could be fun – and for the first time, I started thinking about the concept of moving before I felt like I was done with a place, just to try someplace new.

My partner & I wanted to travel, but we had full-time jobs, and were a bit poor. So we had an idea – why not move around Mexico, changing home base every six months or so. We could experience living in new cities; but also travel on the weekends and explore many new places, place that would each take days of travel & much cost from SMA but were easy from the new base. Since winter was coming, we decided to try the Yucatan for our first such endeavor, and we took an exploratory trip to Merida to check it out. We weren’t super impressed with Merida, it seemed a little like Queretero, a huge modern city wrapped around a small Centro Historico. We were looking for a prettier city, something more colonial, and checked out Valladolid a couple hours away, really the only other major city in the Yucatan. We loved it immediately, it is small but gorgeous, and decided to move there for 5 months, leaving for somewhere else yet undecided before the summer. Our leases ended March 31, and for the first time in my life, I moved somewhere with an expiration date.

If moving to SMA was not that different than moving somewhere in the US, moving to Valladolid was definitely different, way different. It wasn’t so easy like SMA, it had more of a third world feel, doing things was more difficult. Paying the water bill meant going to headquarters, where there might be a long line, or the cashier might have just left for an hour, with everyone still waiting. There is no laundry machine in the entire city hooked up to hot water. Little things took much more time than they should have. No one spoke English. Nothing major, no real issues mostly just things of convenience, but just a lot of little things that made life a little ‘harder’ there.

It made me realize what it was about SMA that was so easy – SMA just completely caters to gringos. It is the world’s largest retirement home basically, designed for easy living for gringos who don’t want to learn Spanish, who basically want the same experience as America, except with better weather & lower prices. Not that everyone in SMA is on that program, but if that’s what you want out of your life, there is no place I have seen that caters to you like SMA; you can pretty much live your life the same way you did back in the States. If you are one of those people, SMA is not that different than living in the US. If you are one of those people, Yucatan might be a difficult experience for you, at first.

There were a lot of expats, but surprisingly, there were almost no gringos; the expats and visitors were almost all from Northern Europe, and you always heard French, German, and strange Scando languages around town; going out to dinner felt like being in a Bergman movie. The city itself has a very Euro feel to it, at night it seems like you are in Rome the way everything is lit.

Valladolid isn’t a place I would consider moving to forever (too small, weather), but for 5 months it was a lovely experience. Because I knew I was moving out soon, it made me feel like my entire life was a vacation, even though I was working the entire time. It was a very different feeling than a more permanent move, where you are trying to ‘spread roots’ or ‘build up your network’. But we were there to travel around the peninsula, and that we did, and it was spectacular.

In 5 months, we were able to travel almost every place we wanted. Everything is close by in the small peninsula, we definitely felt like it was enough time to see everything. And travelling in this part of the world is super cheap, much cheaper than Guanajato. Busses are cheap, rental cars are reasonable, nice Airbnb’s or hotels easily under 1000. Breakfast for 2 for 100 pesos or so; Valladolid is pretty inexpensive, but the surrounding villages/towns are much cheaper.

Basically, the plan to travel while being poor & having full time jobs worked; by moving to a new place, and traveling on weekends, We were able to work full time, travel to many new places, and life seemed like a vacation. I know I wasn’t the first to think of this idea, but I’ve never heard it quite expressed in this way.

I’m back in SMA, but there’s nowhere here for me to explore anymore, and it’s time to move on. What would be perfect would be to string together 6-mont stints in various cities around Mexico, centers that have concentric circles to explore. Oaxaca, Puebla, San Cristobal, SLP, Monterrey, are just some of the cities that seem like they would be great to live in for 6 months, to explore the town & surroundings. At some point maybe I’ll want to land somewhere & ‘spread roots’, but for now, the allure of exploring these Mexican towns is more seducing.

[averagegrimlockenjoyer]

And Look, I ain't trying to be overgeneralizing or rude, but I was Born in Wisonsin, gf from Quintana Roo, so I feel qualified to speak on this.

Point 1: Wiscon's biggest cities are Green Bay, Milwaukee (where I was born) and Kenosha. Madison is the outlier. Yucatan's buggest cities are Cancun, Merida, Playa Del Carmen, and Campeche. Both hug the coast like their lives depend on it.

Point 2: Living in Wisconsin is like living 10mi away from either a nature documentary or a cryptid slasher waiting to happen. Yucatan literally has an entire civilization buried under the jungle.

Point 3: The rest of the Wisconsin is farmland and rural communities, and Wisconsinite/Cheesehead might as well be a dialect of American English to anyone foreign to the state. Yucatan has Spanish and Maya, and Maya is both fascinating and comprehendible to outsiders. For example me when I visited Chichen Itza.

Point 4: If you leave the city you will never have more than 2 bars in either region.

Point 5: Yucatan has the Tren Maya, which is VERY new and that means it's still working out the kinks. The furthest the Amtrak goes into Wisconsin is Milwaukee, which is bascially a sneeze away from Chicago, and that's the only city it connects to outside of Wisconsin.

Point 6: Yucatan lives and dies by Cochinita Pibil, which is this slow roasted pork, just as Wisconsin worships cheese more than Jesus. And in both cases the reverence is well deserved, that shit is GOOOOOOOOOD.

Point 7: Both people are too chill for the environments/situations they are in. How do they walk out into 100+ degree weather and just exist? I guess like how we Cheeseheads walk out into 20-30 degree weather in shorts.

Point 8: SO MANY COWS. It's not as pronounced in Yucatan but they are still everywhere just better hidden.

Point 9: These are real towns in Yucatan: Tixcacalcupul, Xnoh-Ox, Oxkutzcab, Xohuayán, Kantunilkín (I actually visited this one on the way to Isla Holbox). And those were just the ones I could find on a map. These are real towns in Wisconsin: Mukwonago, Wauzeka, Gays Mills, Lemonweir, Weyauwega.

Point 10: Yucatan has cenotes, Wisconsin has the Dells. Everyone loses their minds over these things and yeah they're cool but it's like how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa and now the Louvre is so overcrowded.

The Yucatan is just Tropical Wisconsin.

I mean think about it, both have…

Mostly cities on the coast

90% forest and farmland

scattered rural communities speaking languages hard to understand (Maya, Yucatec, Cheesehead)

crappy cell service outside major areas.

Like, one serviceable train network

Obsessed with a specific food product

Surprisingly chill

So many cows

What are these town names?!

That one natural phenomenon tourists eat up like hotcakes.

[redwitchredspeedster]

A moment of appreciation from an anthropology student regarding BP2: Wakanda Forever…

After the disaster that was The Eternals trying to recreate Tenochtitlan as a weirdly small looking RAINFOREST settlement (did they mix up the Aztecs/Mexica and Maya??? Wtf) with only one temple and no lake or canals in sight, I was so thrilled to see Namor’s Maya community be far more accurately depicted as being located in the Yucatan. The inclusion of Chaac and their prayers to him mirroring ancient Wakandan’s prayers to Bast and her gift was a very nice parallel that showed the similarities between Namor and Shuri before showing the stark differences between them in how Namor murdered the Catholic priests (honestly cannot blame him though).

Honestly there is so much I could say about Namor and how well the movie handled him and the Talokans. The traditional indigenous clothing, the use of jade (especially in Namor’s jewelry), the rainforest setting, the involvement of underwater caves, Chaac, the smallpox that the conquistadors brought with them when they colonized Mesoamerica, Namor’s very real rage towards the Spaniards for what they did to his people, the depiction of the enslavement of other Maya… it was so well done. Even Namor’s winged feet resembling hummingbird wings felt like a reference to how many Mesoamerican cultures believe hummingbirds to be connected to their most important and powerful deities. I give the movie a million thumbs up for those accuracies alone.

PS: I do still adore Eternals, but those inaccuracies… no thank you ma’am

[sodasback]

Coconut Chapstick - For You Series

JJ Maybank x Allie Routledge (John B.’s younger sister)

Reposted from my deleted account:

JJ was out sitting on the dock, just looking out at the water. He heard the back door to the Chateau’s porch slam and saw Allie coming outside looking distressed. He could tell even from that distance that she was holding back tears and she placed her hands on top of her head and paced like she did when she was really upset. He turned back towards the water, letting her have her moment and because he wasn’t in the best mood either. 

Allie took several deep breaths and paced back and forth until she saw JJ sitting out on the dock. At first, she thought she would just leave him be, but she figured she could use some patented JJ Maybank lightheartedness right about now anyway. 

JJ heard her steps down the dock, but didn’t turn around. 

“Hey loser” He greeted her with their usual term of endearment as he took another sip from his can of beer and Allie sat down. 

“Hey” she replied, sitting next to him, both their feet dangling just above the water. “What’re you doing out here?” She asked. 

“Existential crisis, teenage angst, nihilistic thought spirals... the usual” He quipped, earning a small chuckle from Allie. 

“Those are some big words there, pretty boy. Did you accidentally eat a thesaurus?” she teased. 

“Ha ha you’re so funny Allie” he griped, nudging her leg with his and then offering his can of beer. John B. had just yelled at them the day prior about not living up to their potential and JJ being a bad influence on Allie and how if Allie continued doing stuff like drinking, he was gonna send her to live with their mom in Colorado. So Allie raised her eyebrows, surprised JJ was already breaking John B’s new rule. 

“Are you gonna take it or what? Because I’d actually rather not share-” He said, starting to pull his offer back, but Allie grabbed the can from him, inciting a smirk to grow on his face.

“No, no. I’ll take what I can get at this point.” Allie said sipping the beer and taking a deep sigh as she looked out at the water with JJ. 

There was a comfortable silence for a couple minutes. 

“You ever just wanna leave?” Allie asked, still looking ahead at the marsh. 

JJ snorted a little, “Are you kidding me? Did you forget who you’re talking to?” He asked, looking at her. 

“Right, right. How could I forget? Yucatan.” 

JJ nodded, “Yep, that’s right. Surf all day and eat lobsters I-”

“You catch with your bare hands? Yeah, I remember now.” They both smiled.

“So little miss perfect, you have dreams of running away too? I don’t think that’s in big bro’s big plan for you.” 

Allie sighed again, “Yeah, well John B. is just setting himself up for disappointment ...and everyone else for that matter.” She added quietly at the end. 

“Wha’dyou mean?” JJ asked; a furrow in his brow now appearing. Allie shrugged. 

“Everyone thinks I just have it all together all the time. And everyone just assumes I’m gonna go off to a big university and do great things. But I have no fucking clue what I want to do. I don’t know what I’m going to study in school. I don’t even know if I want to go to college.” 

“What? Of course you’re going to college.You are like the single most prepared person for college I’ve ever met, including Pope and he’s off at Chapel Hill.” 

“See? Exactly. Everyone just thinks I’m gonna go, and I just always thought I was supposed to too but... what if I’m not?” 

JJ contemplated her words for a minute and looked at her and she looked back at him, finally seeing the other side of his face the first time that day. JJ looked at her in confusion as he saw her thoughtful expression quickly turn into worry and concern before she reached up and grabbed his chin.

“Owww” JJ exclaimed as Allie not-so-gently wrenched his face toward her so she could get a better look at the damage. 

“Oh my god JJ! What happened to your face?” Allie’s question instinctually slipped out, even though she pretty much already knew. Although, knowing JJ he could have gotten the cut on his lip and the black eye from several different right hooks on the island. 

“Jesus, Al. Careful! .. Well, you can cut anything from the medical field out from your list of potential majors because you are about as gentle as a gorilla.” Allie ignored this comment and just continued looking at his face in concern, waiting for him to answer her initial question. “...I had to go home to get some stuff.” He mumbled, gently moving her hand off his face and looking back at the water. 

"JJ” She said in an aching voice, “I don’t get why you go back there at all anymore. You should just move in here. You’re done with school, you’re 18.” 

JJ was quiet. He didn’t know why he kept going back to be honest. Allie reached out and grabbed his hand squeezing it. 

“You know how amazing I think you are right?” She asked him with a small smile. 

JJ scoffed, “Yeah, I’m so amazing. I’m an 18 year old homeless, stoner surfer who busses tables and mows lawns, who’s only goal is to run away to Mexico.”  He said with dark sarcasm. Allie furrowed her brow, deeply troubled by JJ’s perception of one of her favorite people. 

“Hey” she said getting him to look at her. “You’re so much more than that and you fucking know it. Don’t give me this self-deprecating bullshit. You’re JJ fucking Maybank. Best surfer I know. Can fix anything with a motor. Can charm any room. Got a 5 on your AP Spanish test. ...And you’re a pretty good kisser, I guess.” Allie shrugged at the last part. 

JJ chuckled, “Yeah? How would you know?” JJ asked, nudging into her again. 

Allie gasped in shock,  “Wow, J. I am deeply hurt. You don’t remember?! ... you were my first real kiss. ...Right here on this dock. ...I was like 12 I think or 13 and getting ready for my first boy-girl party and I was out here trying to practice kissing my own arm. And you came out and made fun of me and then offered to teach me?” She said trying to jog his memory and blushing at the last part as revelation washed over JJ’s face. 

“Okay, I was way more smooth than that though! ... yeah, do your lips still taste like coconut chapstick?” He teased, but paused when he saw the way Allie was looking at him.

“You could find out” she said quietly. Then her gaze moved from looking in JJ’s eyes to looking down at JJ’s lips as they started to lean in to each other. 

“Yoooo!” Pope yelled walking down to the dock as JJ and Allie instantly pulled back, turned away from each other and scooted in opposite directions. JJ coughing awkwardly, before realizing his best friend was back. 

“Hey college boy!” Allie recovered from the moment more quickly, standing up to give Pope a hug. 

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[akirakan]

Onyx Equinox episodes 3 & 4

Aka Zyanya is back, and by pure coincidence the two best episodes are the ones with her.

So we start with episode 3 with Izel and Yaotl arriving to Oxte Tun, modern day Calakmul. Still in maya region, we’re introduced here to the twins Yun and K’in, two highly skilled players of ballgame who may or may not be the reincarnation of the hero twins from the myth. 

Curiously, the music during the ball game was a maya rap/hip hop tune. There is a actual movement of maya descendents who are promoting and saving the language through rap and hip hop. I actually went ahead and checked the page of AMC Producciones -the pioneer and largest group from this movement- to see if they were consulted, but there’s no mention of OE anywhere. It’s not a bad thing, maya easily fits the genre, it could be pure coincidence that for a scene like this they wanted something on that tune.

One thing that really took me out, but it wasn’t until this episode when I noticed, the utter lack of indigenous expressions, particularly insults. Maya in particular has a whole ass variety of swearing that is used in everyday language in the Yucatan region to this very day. Hearing them swearing only in spanish and completely avoiding any use regional expressions really feels... unrealistic? In other words, let K’in and Yun say pelaná.

In episode 4 Zyanya returns, the character whose city was destroyed in the first episode. Their journey takes them to Palenque. Now, Palenque is known for two things: the tower that is very unusual structure in maya architecture; and being the homeland of ruler Pakal, one of the the most recognize rulers during the peak of maya civilization, and whose tomb is infamous for reasons we’ll see in a moment.

Overall, episode 4 was a improvement from the previous ones. The pacing is better, we were already introduced to Zyanya we don’t go into her backstory and we go straight to moving the plot, we get hints of Yaotl’s nature, the twins realize into what they’re getting at, and Izel is slowly assuming his leadership position. It pains me to say this, but Izel is the weakest character of the series so far. He doesn’t have much personality beyond “MY SISTER”, does what he does more from obligation than having a genuine desire of save humanity. The show tries to make us sympathize with him by making us feel sorry about him, but that can just take one so far.

The use of real cities is still a mixed thing for me. It just feels weird that they recreate them accurately from the distance, but don’t go into the little details of them that make them awesome. Palenque is a city that immediately stands out for that damn tower, but Oxten Tun ultimately comes more as “generic maya city”. Which is shame, since it has some incredible things like this:

I know this is probably the result of budget + wanting to move the plot, so we can’t show the little things, but as I’ve been saying pacing is one the major issues of the series and that doesn’t help.

Oddly enough, the biggest highlight of Oxten Tun is it’s entrance... which is seemingly based on the entrance of Labna. On paper there’s nothing wrong with that, but had they set the locations in fictional cities I probably not be having this nagging feeling. There’s so much cool shit in any given city, show them to us!

Now we go now to Palenque, which is very accurate, but boy, did they omitted one of the most recognizable art pieces from maya culture.

Yes, the tomb of Pakal in Palenque is the infamous “space man” that ancient aliens dummies try to use as prove of “aliens”. The gigantic piece actually depicts the Pakal and the tree of life. This really seems like a glaring omission considering Yaotl literally goes to the tomb and uses Pakal’s body to summon Quetzalcoatl.

We know that’s Pakal since he is using his mask that was found in his tomb.

But, here’s were my praise comes, since even though they didn’t depict the actual, they still pay homage to it in a very creative way. As it happens, the entrance of the underworld is designed after the tree of life. You can see elements from the depiction of Pakal’s tomb in the chamber of the entrance.

Gotta say, this was extremely creative and makes me want to see how the other doors will be depicted!

[the-firebird69]

This area stinks again and the water is flowing out so it's keeping the crap from coming in but soon it's going to be trying to come back in come Monday Tuesday the radiation is going to dissipate the crap yeah cuz it's carrying salt Air and the radiation does it too so it shouldn't be too bad on Tuesday and Monday but it's gross it's going to change but it will take a bit of time the danger is there and it's real but right now the salt water is flowing up pretty good it will continue to do so until around mid July and yeah that's months of this then it kind of slows but those kind of canals will be open and we mean Yucatan peninsula and their crabs down there 20 miles offshore that are 10 ft and they're starting to harvest them it's a stretch of beachfront or waterfront about 150 miles north to south at Guatemala and a bit of the country is north and south no it's all Guatemala and they go out and they grab about 2,000 3 footers and nobody of ours can eat them they've been eating people leaving the little ones disgusting they're going out pretty soon to get like 300,000 and then it'll be millions cuz they can see there's millions and they're starving there's a lot of hungry people this is going to happen today and tomorrow into the weekend when they start grabbing millions they're going to be moving in and the ones that are like 80 ft see the ships as food the other ones think there's a predator and they want to see what it is and if they can try and eat it they move in and they see that it's ships and boats and usually they just sit there because they're stupid and they'll keep moving in until the big one see it then they will attack the fisherman the fisherman will bring bigger boats or guns if they bring guns and they shoot 20-footers 10-footers and they will haul them up in pieces if they have to more big ones will come in and larger to attack them and say stuff this is what we've been waiting for it's really not hard for their assholes too and then it will start a war it could start this weekend there's a lot of people who are hungry as a matter of fact they're planning on sitting on a flotilla tonight which will probably take about from around 10 miles offshore out to 20 mi still clear out 3 ft to 6 ft crabs and they're all start eating they'll freeze it and people will keep coming from all over the country other countries will start to try and harvest it we'll fight go out deeper it's going to turn into a little fight but mostly there's so many crabs they can never crab them out you know they have to be careful but they're hungry and they'll see people eating a lot of it and getting pretty big eating with rice and taste good and tons will eat it more shortly

Thor Freya

The point is that the fishing has begun. That's a good sign very good

Hera

Olympus

[ryanmeft]

Movie Review: Don't Look Up

If you intend to sway a skeptical audience, you need wisdom, cleverness and passion. When The Big Short did not just take aim at the housing crisis but argued that the entire system was broken on purpose, Adam McKay had all three of those things. Now he’s made Don’t Look Up, about…well, we will discuss what exactly it is about later. It does not have cleverness. It does not have wisdom. And the passion has dried into nothing but empty anger.

The film’s supporters, or rather supporters of the film’s message, will likely say that we should be angry, that the planet being doomed is a thing which must produce outrage. The form of the planet’s doom in this film comes in a comet bigger than the one which took out the dinos. The movie could just say that, but instead it chooses to refer to the Chixculub crater and Yucatan Peninsula.

I knew what that meant instantly, and that is of course why McKay did it that way: to allow people who knew it instantly to pat themselves on the back about how smart they are. This conclusion is delivered by a student (Jennifer Lawrence) and her professor (Leonardo DiCaprio). Going forward I will use actor names, because the movie does not have characters, it has ciphers for McKay’s rants. Other ciphers include Meryl Streep as a very thinly veiled Trump stand-in, Jonah Hill as an equally transparent representation of the Trumplets, Mark Rylance as a mish-mash of the many tech billionaires who can talk to machines but not humans, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry as caricatures of TV talking heads, Timothee Chalamet as a very inaccurate representation of millennials, and Ron Perlman as the film’s lone redeeming feature, the love child of Hellboy and Chesty Puller.

Rarely has a film done so little with so much. DiCaprio turns in a career-worst performance that, out of respect, I’d like to move past without further comment, except to say the running asthma joke isn’t funny. Lawrence has been on a decline in terms of roles taken, with one or two worthy ones in about six years, and here gets the kind of character that could destroy a once-rocketing career. These two are McKay’s attempt to say that in our world, passion gets you destroyed while cynicism gets you ahead, but when you’ve got two of the finest popular actors of this century made to repeatedly deliver the same bad lines, your message isn’t effective. Hill plays the same stupid-but-also-cruel shtick he has in Wolf of Wall Street and War Dogs and a half dozen others, and it’s getting weak. Rylance is just weird. Rather than try to satirize Jobs, Zuckerberg and Musk all at once, McKay should have picked a target and aimed more carefully. Blanchett’s not actually capable of bad acting, and this script gets her so close to it that it proves that statement---if she can do this and just barely not fall over the edge, she can do anything. Chalamet’s skater boi is proof that McKay hasn’t updated his perception of The Rebel Youth since 1979. Streep, who seems to have recently decided she has turned in enough real work for one lifetime and begun phoning it in, gets the worst job in the whole film: to play Donald Trump in heels. The problem is that Trump is a thing beyond caricature, and since McKay’s entire film is just one big polemic, it doesn’t have anywhere near the patience or wit to find a way to do it. Ironically, in a movie with one of his worst performances, DiCaprio gets the only excellent scene, in which he has a simple dinner table conversation with his family and friends as disaster looms. Somehow, McKay missed the fact that this one long scene is more effective at conveying the message than the entire rest of his movie.

It’s impossible for a cast like this to all be bad at once, so the only logical conclusion is to blame McKay. By the time he made 2018’s Vice,he was already veering into rant territory. Now, he’s clearly developed Michael Moore Syndrome, where you forget you’re making a film and simply yell at people. I’ve been treated to a few bullhorn sermons by sidewalk prophets. The audience doesn’t know what the speaker is trying to say because the speaker does not know what the speaker is trying to say. They jump wildly from the Bible to Democrats to 5K, and by the end a tightrope walker would be dizzy.

That is how McKay’s film feels. I will summarize the things I believe he is mad about:

Environmental destruction

Old people not listening to young people

Lying politicians

News channels that are really just partisan entertainment

A lack of belief in science

The fact we don’t talk to each other

The idea we don’t value our families

Maybe spaceships? That one’s unclear

The thing about actual smart people is they don’t need to be told over and over again how smart they are, and this is the kind of movie made to remind the target audience of their superior intelligence every three to four minutes. I have been told that this is one of those films where if you don’t like it, you just didn’t Get It™. I can’t say if I got it or not. I do think I’m smart enough to note that a comet from outer space is not a good metaphor for anthropogenic climate change, that asthma is a serious medical condition and not shorthand for a person’s inadequacy, that a movie still needs to be engaging regardless of its message, and that just because someone doesn’t enjoy being yelled at for two hours doesn’t make them ignorant.

Verdict: Not Recommended

Note: I don’t use stars, but here are my possible verdicts.

Must-See

Highly Recommended

Recommended

Average

Not Recommended

Avoid like the Plague

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