#2nd epoch part 8

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Thinking about Laura saying "I was alone with him" three times.

It reminds me of two things... The first, from earlier in the book [about Count Fosco and Madame Fosco]:

The rod of iron with which he rules her never appears in company—it is a private rod, and is always kept upstairs. The Woman in White - Second Epoch, Part 2

And the second from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall [between Ralph Hattersley and his wife Milicent, when she tries to remind him that they are in company]:

“Do let me alone, Ralph! Remember, we are not at home.” “No matter: you shall answer my question!” exclaimed her tormentor; and he attempted to extort the confession by shaking her, and remorselessly crushing her slight arms in the gripe of his powerful fingers. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Chapter 31

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Wicked fanfics- Greg Awards Winners

Every year on Fanfiction.net, the fandom holds the ‘Greg’ awards, where readers nominate and vote for their favourite fanfics from the past year in various categories. I’ve been lucky enough to be nominated. Here are the fics that won awards, so I’m assuming people liked them!

40 Weeks: Elphaba and Fiyero have a baby. Part of the Out of the Blue series. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 105,000 words. 40 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2013 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

A Fractured Fairytale: An alternate ending to Long Time Coming. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 19,000 words. 8 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Angst Fic

2nd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

2nd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

After Forever: 10 years after leaving Oz, Elphaba and Fiyero have six months to determine if their marriage can be saved. Fiyeraba. Post canon. 120,000 words. 31 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Angst Fic

1st Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba Fic

1st Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Kalhey

1st Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

Come What May: Part of the Come What May series. Elphaba gets cancer. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 129,000 words. 41 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2013 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Michi

Do the Work: Fiyero wants to date Elphaba. Elphaba asks him to read a book before she agrees to anything. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 3500 words.

1st Place Winner 2021 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Fiyeraba

2nd Place Winner 2021 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Overall

Don’t Tell the Bride: To win a bet, Fiyero plans his and Elphaba’s wedding solo. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 67,000 words. 24 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2014 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Most Humorous Fic

2nd Place Winner 2014 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Original Character- Corin

Exhale: Fiyero holds his breath- figuratively- during the two years Elphaba is gone. Fiyeraba. Canon compliant. 3000 words.

2nd Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Family Ties: Stories from Fiyero’s family tree- as told by Fiyero in different contexts. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. Ongoing- added to when the mood strikes.

3rd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Most Humorous Fic

Far Longer Than Forever: The day with the Lion Cub changed everything for Elphaba and Fiyero. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Canon divergent. 69,000 words. 31 chapters.

3rd Place Winner 2011 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Fiyeraba Fic

Get it Right: Elphaba may have embraced her “Wicked Witch” label, but she’s near breaking point. Fiyeraba. Canon compliant. 3100 words.

1st Place Winner in the 2011 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Angst Fic.

Haunting You: Fiyero is living a lie, but he finds he can’t escape Elphaba. Fiyeraba. Canon compliant. Intermission fic. 3000 words.

1st Place Winner in the 2022 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Hiraeth: Elphaba makes a stop on her way to the Emerald City to free the Monkeys. Gen. Canon compliant. 2600 words.

3rd Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

In Your Eyes: Soulmate AU where a chosen few are blessed with a sign from the gods. Fiyeraba. Flinda. Soulmate AU that follows canon. 7400 words. 5 chapters.

1st Place Winner in the 2022 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Overall Fic

3rd Place Winner in the 2022 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best General (equal third)

Life’s Epochs: AU where Frex hires a governess to care for his daughters. Gen. Frex/OC. Not canon compliant. 51,000 words. 19 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2015 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Other Pairing- Frex/Annalie

3rd Place Winner 2015 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best AU

Life’s Epochs: Hopes, Fears and Tears: 3rd in the Life’s Epochs series. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 61,000 words. 16 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

2nd Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba

1st Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Other Pairing- Frex/Annalie

2nd Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Blaze

1st Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Tomaz

2nd Place Winner 2019 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

Long Time Coming: AU where Elphaba runs away from home to make her own way to Shiz University. Fiyeraba. Not canon Compliant. 99,000 words. 31 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

3rd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba Fic;

2nd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Arora

3rd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Kasmira

May I Not Lose You: Frex will go to extreme lengths to protect his family’s image when scandal threatens. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 30,300 words. 15 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2011 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Overall Fic

On a Night Like This: A late-night walk leads to a terrifying epiphany for Elphaba. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 2700 words.

2nd Place Winner 2020 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best General

One Night With the King: Elphaba becomes queen and must risk her life to save her people. Fiyeraba. Esther biblical AU. 46,000 words. 28 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2011 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best AU Fic

2nd Place Winner 2011 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Fiyeraba Fic

Out of the Blue: An AU where Fiyero actually does run Elphaba over upon his arrival at Shiz. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Canon divergent. 54,000 words. 25 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2012 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best AU Fic

1st Place Winner 2013 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Kastle

3rd Place Winner 2013 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

peace: Elphaba worries Fiyero is going to regret his choice. Fiyeraba. ALAYM. Canon Compliant. 3000 words. 

2nd Place Winner 2021 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba

Public Enemy Number One: Elphaba’s peers demand justice for Fiyero’s broken nose. Companion piece to Out of the Blue. Gen. Past-Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 1700 words.

1st Place Winner 2012 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot Fic

Reality Bites: The Shiz-gang watch The Bachelor, much to Elphaba’s dismay. Gen. Not canon compliant. Shiz-era. 3400 words.  

2nd Place Winner 2020 Wicked Awards: Most Humorous

Rest in Peace: Glinda the Good is coming to visit Quox. Elphaba and Fiyero have a dumb plan. Fiyeraba. Post canon. 2700 words.

1st Place Winner 2020 Wicked Awards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Save My Soul: Frex fails at being a father. Elphaba is not surprised. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 5000 words.

1st Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

1st Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Most Humorous Fic

2nd Place Winner 2016 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

Saviour: Not everyone is festivating the death of the Wicked Witch. Fiyeraba. Post-canon. 2200 words.

1st Place Winner 2013 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Sins of the Father: The fates intervene to give Frex one last chance to repair his relationship with his daughter before it’s too late. Gen. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. A Christmas Carol AU. Shiz-era. 14,000 words. 5 chapters.

3rd Place Winner 2014 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best AU Fic

3rd Place Winner 2014 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

Summer Rain: It’s raining and Fiyero is bored. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 4800 words.

2nd Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Taking Chances: Part 2 of the Taking Chances series. Elphaba takes a chance on Fiyero and herself. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 106,000 words. 44 chapters.

3rd Place Winner 2011 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Fiyeraba Fic

3rd Place Winner 2011 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Overall Fic

The Ghost of Kiamo Ko: A Fiyeraba AU inspired by the classic novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Fiyeraba. AU. Not canon compliant. 66,000 words. 26 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2014 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Angst Fic

1st Place Winner 2014 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best AU Fic

The Governor’s Gambit: Frex meets with Fiyero’s parents. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 9000 words. 4 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Most Humorous

2nd Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Kasmira

3rd Place Winner 2017 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- Ibrahim

2nd Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

The Lenrosis Prophecy: There’s a prophecy, a baby and a mother who may or may not be a ghost. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 72,000. 22 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2020 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Fiyeraba

The Most Convenient Definitions: AU of The Breakfast Club. Gen. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 14,000. 5 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

The Next Best Thing: Glinda helps Elphaba and Fiyero get their happy ending. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 6000 words. 2 chapters.

2nd Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

The Party: Galinda will take any opportunity to throw a party. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 10,000 words.  

3rd Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

The Right Thing To Do: Sometimes, love hurts. Fiyeraba. Flinda. Not canon compliant. 86,000. 28 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Original Character- ‘Sassy Gay’ Julyan.

3rd Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Angst Fic

They don’t see (the parts of you that make me want to stick around): “I just don’t get it” Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 12,000 words. 8 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2022 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba

This is how the story ends: Elphaba and Fiyero’s story comes to an end. Fiyeraba. OC-centric. Not canon compliant. 5600 words.

2nd Place Winner 2021 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Til Death Do Us Part: A night of murder and mayhem. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Not canon compliant. 13,000 words. 5 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2021 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Overall Fic

Until the End of Time: Elphaba finds letters at Shiz from a hundred years ago and solves the mystery behind them. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 165,000 words. 38 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best AU Fic

1st Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba Fic

1st Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Other Pairing- Frex/Annalie

1st Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

3rd Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

What I Never Knew I Always Wanted: "I didn't know there was a hole, something missing in my soul, until you filled it up with your love." Fiyeraba. Post-canon. 2400 words.

1st Place Winner 2015 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best SongFic

What’s an 8-letter word for “love”?: Fiyeraba moments through crossword puzzles. Fiyeraba. Shiz-era. Canon divergent. 18,000 words. 13 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2022 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General

1st Place Winner 2022 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic (equal first)

What’s in a Name?: Elphaba and Fiyero try and name their child. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 3600 words.

1st Place Winner 2017 Wicked Fanfiction Awards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

Wildest Dreams: Elphaba lets herself dream again. Fiyeraba. Post-canon. 3800 words.

1st Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Drabble/Oneshot

3rd Place Winner 2018 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Fiyeraba

You’ve Got Mail: Shiz starts a pen pal program. Fiyeraba. Not canon compliant. 48,000. 25 chapters.

1st Place Winner 2012 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best General Fic

1st Place Winner 2012 Wicked FanfictionAwards: Best Overall Fic

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📌Documentaries (Part 1/6) – Awakening, Uncensored, Recommended - White Rabbit Index (Updated Dec 2022)

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Saints&Reading: Mon., June 1st, 2020

Martyr Justin  the Philosopher and his Companions

St. Justin Martyr, (born c. 100, Flavia Neapolis, Palestine [now Nāblus]—died c. 165, Rome [Italy]; feast day June 1), one of the most important of the Greek philosopher-Apologists in the early Christian church. His writings represent one of the first positive encounters of Christian revelation with Greek philosophy and laid the basis for a theology of history.

Life

A pagan reared in a Jewish environment, Justin studied Stoic, Platonic, and other pagan philosophies and then became a Christian in 132, possibly at Ephesus, near modern Selçuk, Turkey. Soon after 135 he began wandering from place to place, proclaiming his newfound Christian philosophy in the hope of converting educated pagans to it. He spent a considerable time in Rome. Some years later, after debating with the cynic Crescens, Justin was denounced to the Roman prefect as subversive and condemned to death with six companions. Authentic records of his martyrdom, by beheading, survive.

Works

Of the works bearing Justin’s authorship and still deemed genuine are two Apologies and the Dialogue with Trypho. The first, or “Major Apology,” was addressed about 150 to the Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. In the first part of the First Apology, Justin defends his fellow Christians against the charges of atheism and hostility to the Roman state. He then goes on to express the core of his Christian philosophy: the highest aspiration of both Christianity and Platonic philosophy is a transcendent and unchangeable God; consequently, an intellectual articulation of the Christian faith would demonstrate its harmony with reason. Such a convergence is rooted in the relationship between human reason and the divine mind, both identified by the same term, logos (Greek: “intellect,” “word”), which enables humankind to understand basic truths regarding the world, time, creation, freedom, the human soul’s affinity with the divine spirit, and the recognition of good and evil

Justin asserts that Jesus Christ is the incarnation of the entire divine logos and thus of these basic truths, whereas only traces of truth were found in the great works of the pagan philosophers. The purpose of Christ’s coming into the world was to teach people the truth and save them from the power of demons. In the third part of the First Apology, Justin vividly describes the early Christians’ method of celebrating the Eucharist and of administering baptism.

The Dialogue with Trypho is a discussion in which Justin tries to prove the truth of Christianity to a learned Jew named Trypho. Justin attempts to demonstrate that a new covenant has superseded the old covenant of God with the Jewish people; that Jesus is both the messiah announced by the Old Testament prophets and the preexisting logos through whom God revealed himself in the Scriptures; and that the gentiles have been chosen to replace Israel as God’s chosen people. In his brief Second Apology Justin argues that the Christians are being unjustly persecuted by Rome.

Legacy

Justin’s distinctive contribution to Christian theology is his conception of a divine plan in history, a process of salvation structured by God, wherein the various historical epochs have been integrated into an organic unity directed toward a supernatural end; the Old Testament and Greek philosophy met to form the single stream of Christianity.

Justin’s concrete description of the sacramental celebrations of baptism and the Eucharist remain a principal source for the history of the primitive church. Justin serves, moreover, as a crucial witness to the status of the 2nd-century New Testament corpus, mentioning the first three Gospels and quoting and paraphrasing the letters of Paul and 1 Peter; he was the first known writer to quote from the Acts of the Apostles.

Source: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. This article was most recently revised and updated. Click for more

Acts 21:8-14 NKJV

8 On the next day we [a]who were Paul’s companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. 10 And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11 When he had come to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”

12 Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

14 So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The will of the Lord be done.”

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Footnotes

Acts 21:8 NU omits who were Paul’s companions

John 14:27 -15:7 NKJV

27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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15:7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you[a] will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

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Leveraged Yield and Deposit Protection on ETH2 with Lido and Idle

Metaverse, February 2nd – Lido and Idle have partnered up to launch stETH Perpetual Yield Tranches (PYTs). This DeFi primitive provides users two risk-adjusted financial products for ETH2 staking.

With more than 9 million ETH already staked and 280k+ active validators, and staked amount is constantly growing. ETH2 has now almost 20x more staked ETH than the amount required by the Ethereum Foundation at launch.

Lido represents one of the most popular and widespread liquid staking solution for ETH 2.0, and the integration of stETH into Idle’s PYTs now empowers Ethereum stakers to join protected staking or leverage staking yields. The bootstrap phase will initially last 4 weeks, with the distribution of 10,000 $LDO tokens per week to stimulate liquidity provision on stETH Senior Tranches.

The current stETH APR is approximately 1.8% on Senior Tranches and 8% on Junior Tranches. With the upcoming 40,000 $LDO incentives provided by Lido, returns will be higher than 5% APY with $20m in Senior Tranches TVL.

PYT Details

Perpetual Yield Tranches is a novel primitive developed by Idle DAO, released in production in late December after 2 audits (Consesys Diligence and Certik) and 4 months guarded launch phase.

Depositors into the Junior Tranches receive a higher proportion of the yield generated via Lido, but also take on extra smart contracts and financial risks. Inversely, the Senior Tranches receive a smaller portion of the generated yield but they’re in line to be repaid first in case of default.

This new DeFi primitive is flexible, with no locking period or epochs, and fully fungible, allowing it to be easily embedded into other structured products or protocols. Integrators now have the opportunity to offer different products to their final users depending on their preferred risk level.

PYTs are fully automated. The yield generated by stETH is accumulated and auto-compounded by the PYT directly. Users receive Senior/Junior Tranches Tokens which represent their share of the Tranches’ deposits.

Senior Tranches as an innovative solution to deposit protection

While insurance services are becoming popular among institutional and conservative DeFi users, they require payment in advance, users need to know how long they will deploy liquidity for, and they even might end up losing money if the generated yield is lower than paid premium.

Senior Tranches can be considered an alternative and more flexible way to receive protection on deposits, with no upfront payments and without the risk of negative returns.

DeFi protocols that integrated Lido as underlying yield source, current stETH holders, and ETH owners interested to generate passive income can benefit from the built-in protection feature on Senior Tranches with incentivized APY, or deposit into Junior Tranches to overperform the Lido yield.

What’s next

stETH PYT is the first ETH2 product with a built-in protection mechanism, targeting a market segment with a conservative risk profile. With the rising interest of institutional capital for ETH2 in sight of the Merge in 2022, the need for a secure and sustainable yield will increase, thus the need for protection features.

The initial bootstrap phase will represent the first of a long series of potential joint initiatives, with the aim of working with DAO treasuries, collateralized stablecoin protocols, or CeDeFi applications, as integration partners for PYTs.

As part of the PYTs release plan, Idle organized a contest (aka, the Tranches Battle) to allow $IDLE token holders to select the next 5 assets to integrate, using Convex as the underlying yield source. And stETH is currently running as a potential candidate.

While the native integration via Lido enabled single-sided stETH deployment, the eventual integration of stETH via Convex would represent an additional gateway to provide liquidity into Curve and Convex, reducing slippage and improving the resilience against asset fluctuation.

Tranches Battle Finals will start on January 31st.

Last but not least, Idle DAO is now discussing to route 990 IDLE/day into Senior Tranches, distributed using the Gauges model (Curve-like). stETH PYTs will also benefit from these incentives, strengthening the relationship between Lido DAO and Idle DAO.

About Idle

Idle DAO is a decentralized organization that builds financial infrastructure for Web3. Businesses of every size – from brand new DeFi protocols to public companies – use our protocol to optimize capital efficiency and manage their treasuries with DeFi.

We believe that everyone deserves the best for their idle funds, both in terms of returns and risks. Over the past three years, Idle has rolled out the features and services that now define a new category that we call ‘automated yield services’.

To learn more about our products and services:

Perpetual Yield Tranches

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About Lido

Lido offers simplified and secure staking for digital assets and liquid staking on Ethereum, Terra and Solana with more chains to come.

Lido users can stake their assets for daily rewards whilst also using staked tokens throughout the various DeFi mechanisms within the ecosystem for further compounding yields.

Lido also lets you use your staked assets to gain yield on top of yield. Use your tokens (which earn daily staking rewards) as collateral, for lending, yield farming and more.

Lido is governed by Lido DAO with an ever increasing number of contributors, participants and proposals about how to take the protocol into the future.

Contacts

Idle: Discord, Twitter

Lido: Discord, Twitter

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Across 5 Aprils – Wargaming the American Civil War.

Despertaferres Blog 

One hundred sixty years ago this month, one of the most terrible conflicts in American history began with a cannonade aimed at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. One hundred fifty-six years ago, after some of the worst bloodletting in American history, the conflict came to a merciful end at Appomattox Court House with the surrender of the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia. 

During those years, a war raged that was unlike many wars past, yet had elements of wars that had gone before it. Linear tactics were still used throughout the war, but small arms fire, once a prelude to shock action, had now become effective with every soldier having in his hands a percussion cap rifled musket. Add in rifled artillery able to shoot over the horizon, and you had a recipe for carnage. And carnage was one thing to describe the Civil War from a tactical and operational standpoint, at least in the East. In the west, the armies moved, fought battles, then moved and fought again. Railroads became the lifeblood of armies, both in strategic movement and in supporting armies in ways they had never been before. Add in the telegraph, and these armies could be, to some extent, controlled far from home. It was, as many described, the first modern war. 

But wargaming this war has its own challenges. In this war, the defender often has an advantage, especially if he has rifled muskets, more so if he has repeating rifles and is mobile. A good example is Buford at Gettysburg and the delaying action he fought against the leading elements on the first day of Gettysburg. The fact his command had Sharps rifles played a huge part in his ability to fight that delaying action. 

Confessedly, most of my own experience gaming the Civil War is on the miniatures side, but as a period, the American Civil War (ACW) is third only to World War II and Napoleonics. There are dozens of games and rules sets out there for aficionados of the period. I am just taking the time to recommend my personal favorites.

So, without further ado:

Board Wargames

Board Game Geek 

Personally, I think this is one of the best strategic treatments out there on the Civil War. It’s since taken a back seat to GMT’s For the People (an outgrowth of the original AH design), which I have also played and enjoyed the hell out of. I don’t think you could go wrong with either game if you want to play out the strategic level of the war. I think For the People is a better game, having played both, but A House Divided came out first (from GDW), so I played it a lot more. Happily, A House Divided is fairly affordable on-Board Game Geek as is For The People. Neither one is a bad investment of your time and money.

Board Game Geek

I’ve played a lot of Gettysburg games, but this one was my fave. I had a subscription to Command Magazine back in the day, and this was one of the games I received. I really liked it, and having seen the movie Gettysburg at the same time, it was a great chance to learn more about the engagement (Not to mention I was working my way through Bruce Catton’s three-volume series on the Army of the Potomac at the time). I liked the unique system and the way it handled the battle at the brigade level, which kept the counter density low (you don’t need 500+ counters to make a good game, in my opinion). This was one of Command’s better efforts, and it’s also affordable on Board Game Geek if you want to give it a try.

Board Game Geek 

I played this little game with some friends in NYC and also enjoyed the hell out of it. It was a pivotal battle in the West that I’d never heard of. (Yes, the Civil War isn’t my wargaming period, ok?) But that said, it was a solid game about a unique but pivotal subject. (The Union victory here historically kept Missouri in the Union!) Gameplay itself was bog-standard SPI in the 70s, but again, it was a small, fun game that did a fine job of portraying the Civil War at the brigade/regimental level. It was part of a series put out by SPI and later TSR (yes, that TSR) called the Great Battles of the American Civil War series, which eventually the following battles:

1st Bull Run - July 21, 1861, First Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas / Red Badge of Courage

Wilson’s Creek - August 10, 1861, Wilson’s Creek: The West’s First Fight, August 10, 1861

Pea Ridge - March 7-8, 1862, Pea Ridge: The Gettysburg of the West March 7-8 1862

Kernstown - March 23, 1862, Stonewall: The Battle of Kernstown / Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Shiloh - April 6-7, 1862, Bloody April: The Battle of Shiloh, 1862     / Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh

Winchester - May 25, 1862, Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Cross Keys - June 8, 1862, Jackson at the Crossroads: Cross Keys & Port     Republic, June 8-9, 1862 / Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Port Republic - June 9, 1862, Jackson at the Crossroads: Cross Keys & Port Republic, June 8-9, 1862 / Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Cedar Mountain - August 9, 1862,     Twin Peaks / Cedar Mountain

2nd Bull Run - August 28–30, 1862, First Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas  / Red Badge of Courage

South Mountain - September 14, 1862, Twin Peaks

Antietam/Sharpsburg - September 17, 1862, A Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam

Corinth - October 3-4, 1862, The Battle of Corinth: Standoff at the Tennessee, October 3-4, 1862

Stones river - December 31, 1862, to January 3, 1863, Dead of Winter: The Battle of Stones River / Dead of Winter: The Battle of Stones River (Second Edition)

Kelly’s Ford - March 17, 1863, Rebel Sabers: Civil War Cavalry Battles

Brandy Station - June 9, 1863, Rebel Sabers: Civil War Cavalry Battles

Trevillians Station - June 11-12, 1863, Rebel Sabers: Civil War Cavalry Battles

Dutch Roads (side Battle during  Gettysburg) - July 3, 1863, Rebel Sabers: Civil War Cavalry Battles

Gettysburg - July 1–3, 1863, Terrible Swift Sword: Battle of Gettysburg Game / The Three Days Of Gettysburg / The Three Days of Gettysburg (Second Edition)  / Three Days of Gettysburg (Third Edition)

 Chickamauga - September  19-20, 1863, River of Death: Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863

Pleasant Hill - April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill: The Red River Campaign

New Market - May 15, 1864, Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Brice’s Crossroads - June 10, 1864, The Horse Soldiers: Forrest at Bay

Tupelo - July 14, 1864, The Horse Soldiers: Forrest at Bay

Monocacy Junction - July 9, 1864, Drive on Washington: The Battle of Monocacy Junction, July 9, 1864

2nd Kernstown - July 24, 1864, Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

3rd Winchester - September 19, 1864, Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Fisher’s Hill - September 22, 1864, Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

Cedar Creek - October 19, 1864, The Guns of Cedar Creek / Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah

The series also covered some of the Mexican American War, which was fought with similar weapons and tactics, If with some Napoleonic set-dressing. In fact, GMT is taking many of the games in the series and is republishing them after sprucing up the rules a bit. I’ve played Three Days at Gettysburg, and I liked it, though be warned, it’s a huge game! As for Wilson’s Creek? It’s available from Board Game Geek for a pretty reasonable price, and I, for one, recommend it as a way to get your feet wet in the series.

Miniatures Games

Board Game Geek

I’ve played just about every incarnation of these rules you can imagine. I’ve played them for Civil War, Napoleonic, Mexican-American War, yep. I’ve done it. To me, these are the best Brigade/Regimental 19th Century rules on the market. These rules handle the subject matter well, are easy to learn, and reflect the realities of command at the level portrayed very well. I’ve played these rules dozens of times and been in games with up to a corps in contact (in the Brigade version) and actually finished the game in four hours. Yep, not a lot of rules sets that can say that. Some aren’t nuts about the command system and don’t like its unpredictability, but it forces leaders to be active on the table and not to force march your troops all over the place (like some games allow you to do with near-impunity). And, the rules are perfect for the new 15mm plastics coming from Warlord!  The rules are still available for a pretty reasonable price from Fire and Fury Games.com.

To me, Sharp Practice is one of the best 19th Century Skirmish rules there. I’ve played Civil War, Napoleonic, and even medievals, and a western gunfight with these rules. The command system and turn sequence take some getting used to, but once you do, you’ll find a good set of skirmish rules with a roleplaying element that can handle any part of the 18th and 19th Centuries with little modification no matter what the book says. In fact, Too Fat Lardies published a supplement just for the Civil War:

To me, these are some great skirmish rules for the period. If you want to wargame Civil War at this level, these are the rules set to get. Trust me. You’ll get a great game out of it.

Conclusion

This has been just a survey course about wargaming the American Civil War, and I’ll be writing more articles about the period as time goes on (and my wargaming knowledge improves!) But that said, I hope this has inspired you to take your own trip “across 5 Aprils” and explore the wargaming possibilities.

Good Gaming out there everyone!

Further Reading

The Army of the  Potomac Trilogy by Bruce Catton – If you can only read one trilogy on the Civil War, read this one. It’s a great series that stands     up well today. It’s formed much of the basis of my limited understanding     of the ACW as a conflict.

A Savage War by Williamson Murray – This is more a study of how the     Industrial Revolution influenced the war and was a surprisingly easy     ready, considering the breadth of the material covered.

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[vinkunwildflowerqueen]

Got this message from @motherofdragons7: 

“Hi! If you're bored, would you mind doing this for Don't Tell The Bride, (lol my fave fanfic of yours, my 2nd favorite is The Right Thing to Do)”

And I’m taking it easy atm, because I gave blood today, so why not?  1: What inspired you to write the fic this way? Um, basically, there was an Australian version of the TV show Don’t tell the Bride, I got hooked. And then I wondered “how would Fiyero go on the show?” but as there’s no TV in Oz, I decided to make it a magazine article instead.

2: What scene did you first put down? The first scene. I wrote it in order. 

3: What's your favourite line of narration? Oh, that’s a tough one. I haven’t re-read it in a while... but this was the first one that came to mind “And as for Galinda, Corin may as well have said that pink and purple were basically the same colour.”

4: What's your favourite line of dialogue? Anything Corin says? Does that count? 

5: What part was hardest to write? Uh, Frex, from memory. Frex is always hard to write. Also trying to make each element of the wedding planning interesting. 

6: What makes this fic special or different from all your other fics? Well, the big fic I’d written before that was Come What May, so it was such a relief to write something that wasn’t soul crushingly depressing and heartbreaking (which clearly, I did not learn from looking at After Forever). A lot (ok, most) of my fics have weddings feature in them, but looking at all the aspects of the planning was different. 

7: Where did the title come from? The TV show of the same name. It’s great, I love it. And the grooms vary on the scale of “this is really sweet” to “do you even know the person you’re marrying?” 

8: Did any real people or events inspire any part of it? Me? Lol. The editor of the magazine and the two reporters were inspired by me, and my friends Julia and Kelly. 

9: Were there any alternate versions of this fic? Nope. What you see is what I originally planned. Although I think I considered the idea of a Gloq wedding with the same premise. 

10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story? It’s Fiyeraba. Do I need any more reason? But honestly, I thought it would be interesting to see Fiyero plan a wedding and Elphaba would be game to let him plan it. 

11: What do you like best about this fic? Micah and Corin. I love them. And the flashbacks, which turned out much better than I expected. 

12: What do you like least about this fic? You know, overall I’m really happy with it. I can’t think of anything I’m not really happy with. Although, again, it’s been a while since I read it. 

13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn't listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to accompany us while reading? I don’t think I really listened to anything while writing. I tend to watch more TV/movies while I write than listen to music. I think I watched a lot of Bones and Friends while watching this one. And possibly the third Anne of Green Gables movie, judging by my use of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (I love that song. That can be my recommendation!)

14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic? Wedding planning is exhausting? And DTTB is a great show you should all watch. 

15: What did you learn from writing this fic? Again, wedding planning is exhausting. Even when it's a fictional wedding.  other question, what are your top five favorite fanfics you've written?

This is such a hard question. But I’m going to go with You’ve Got Mail, Come What May, Sins of the Father, Life’s Epochs and Long Time Coming. 

By other writers? (For Wicked Preferably but any fandom is great!)

I’ll stick to Wicked- Following the Rules (but I really, really, really wish it was updated/completed); Almost Like a Prophecy; Changed, For Good (it’s one of the first ones I remember reading); Ghost of Green Girl’s Present; and Skin Deep. 

[hoopslab]

Kidd vs Nash: scouting, boxscores and impact

In the RealGM Top 100 project, we have done a lot of analysis and comparisons of great players vs one another in NBA history. One very interesting one pits the best two point guards of the last generation against each other: Jason Kidd vs Steve Nash. What do their careers look like if we step away from team accomplishments and narratives, and really look at them from a scouting/analytics level? Let’s find out (original post from 2014 Top 100 project).

The box scores: the least important part of this comparison?

Regular season, 10 year primes per100 possessions Jason Kidd 1998 - 2007: 20.6 pts (50.8% TS), 9.6 reb, 12.9 ast (4.4 TO) Steve Nash 2002 - 2011: 24.9 pts (61.3% TS), 4.9 reb, 14.9 ast (4.8 TO)

Playoffs, 10 year primes per 100 possessions Jason Kidd 1998 - 2007: 20.6 pts (49% TS), 9.9 reb, 11.8 ast (4.3 TO) Steve Nash 2002 - 2010: 25.5 pts (58.9% TS), 5.1 reb, 13.3 ast (4.7 TO)

I put these stats here for easy reference and for posterity's sake, but for point guards in general (and especially these two) their impacts are about so much more than the box scores that this data isn't especially telling to me without couching it in with the rest of their game. So let's go ahead and jump into the stylistics and other aspects of the comparison, and I'll bring up box score stats as the need arises.

The style makes the fight: two opposite ends of the spectrum

I think for many, the Suns version of Nash defines an ideal point guard. He was an offensive wunderkind. A maestro capable of controlling every aspect of his team's offense while leading said offense to historic ratings; a distributor/general that knew the strengths/weaknesses of his troops to a T and was capable of putting them into maximal situations to succeed; an excellent penetrator who was able to deform defenses and get them out of position off the dribble which helped him to get those easy shots for teammates; and on top of that, an excellent shooter who could put up scoring efficiencies unseen at the point guard position outside of Stockton but who could also call his own number to volume scorer at similarly great efficiency when the team needed him to. That is a very complete offensive package, and he was able to demonstrate it effectively for several years in Phoenix.

Kidd, on the other hand, is seen as more of a misfit than an ideal as point guard. I say this because his J was limited enough that he was known as Ason Kidd as a young player. Thus, Kidd could never be the scoring threat to opponents that Nash (or, frankly, most point guards) could be. And it's not just that his jumper wasn't a strength (after all, as his career progressed he developed his 3-point shot enough to be (I believe) 3rd on the all-time made 3s list)...it's that he couldn't reliably score off the dribble or on the move outside of layups. This did limit his abilities as a half-court point guard, and also limited his ability to have individual take-over games as a scoring PG. But even with that said and that limitation placed front and center, Kidd was still high on the list of best offensive players in the NBA during his run (see the RAPM section below). He was an incredible floor general, also able to maximize the talents of his teammates and to set them up in positions to succeed. I remember reading the USA today back when Kidd was a high school senior, and them deeming him the #1 prospect in the country before he went to Cal because his court vision was ridiculous. He was outstanding at finding teammates off the bounce, and excelled at doing so on the fast break. Of course, even with that vision Kidd didn't have nearly the offensive impact that Nash had in Phoenix...but he DID also have a very strong defensive impact. Kidd was a great on-ball defender (especially against big guards), he was a monster defensive rebounder from the guard position, and he was also very disruptive in team defense. Thus, it is the combination of his offense AND defense that makes his impact comparable to Nash even at Nash's best in Phoenix.

The impact stats: databall helps greatly in evaluating Nash's effect vs Kidd's

As has often been pointed out, Nash measures out as the highest impact offensive player of the databall era using RAPM. From Doc MJ's spreadsheet of 1998 - 2012 normalized PI RAPM, and using his technique of ranking by the best 5 years, Nash's offensive marks are off the charts with a 5-year average of +9.1 that laps the field (LeBron is 2nd best at +8.1, and no one else is over +8). Kidd's offensive scores are further down the list at #16 overall (best 5-year average of +4.7). He is the 9th rated guard on offense by this method, trailing Nash, Wade, Kobe, Ginobili, Paul, Baron Davis, Chauncey BIllups and Ray Allen.

However, on the defensive side of the ball, Kidd comes out much stronger with a best 5-year average of +3.3 that ranks him 40th on defense overall but 4th among guards (behind Tony Allen's +3.9, Eddie Jones' +3.5, and Doug Christie's +3.3). Nash, on the other hand, ranks #650 overall on defense using this method and only once had a value above 0 (0.6 in 2012).

Thus, when you look at their overall 5-year peaks according to this method, it is fairly close. Nash has the 5-year advantage with an average of +7.9 (8th overall) vs. Kidd's 5-year average of +6.9 (12th overall). To put this in perspective, this difference is similar in magnitude to the differences between the 5-year best marks of Shaq (+10.3) and Duncan (+9.3)...slightly smaller than the distance between LeBron's +10.5 and Dirk's +9.1, but slightly larger than the distance between Wade's +8.4 and Kobe's +7.5. In other words, there is a reasonable line there and in Nash's favor, but that the difference isn't very big at all. And this is for their best 5-year spans.

As you might expect, Nash's best 5 years all come from his time with the Suns and 4 of Kidd's 5 best marks came from his time with the Nets. However, it does have to be at least mentioned that both players played in multiple situations. How much those other time periods are weighed is of course up to the evaluator, but I think we should include that data here to make for easier evaluation:

Kidd (Late 90s, Phoenix): average scaled RAPM of +4.8 from 1998 - 2000 Kidd (late 00s, Dallas): average scaled RAPM of +4.4 from 2008 - 2011 Nash (early 00s, Dallas): average scaled RAPM of +0.5 from 2002 - 2004

I think this was important to point out for a few reasons. Nash is universally rated higher in Phoenix than in Dallas, but I don't think many people appreciate the massive scale of difference in his impact. In Phoenix he was the most impactful offensive player of this generation, but in Dallas (despite being a 2-time All Star) he was pretty much measuring out as a net neutral player. Kidd, on the other hand, measured out as a strong positive player at every stop in his career. His +4.8 and +4.4 averages would both have snuck into the top-20 scores from 1998 - 2012, despite his roles changing dramatically.

Postseason: where Nash separates himself from Kidd...or does he?

As I mentioned above, Suns Nash is considered to be an ideal offensive point guard in part because of his excellent scoring efficiency that scales with higher scoring volume in the postseason. Scoring in the playoffs is much more difficult on both a team and individual level against the ramped up quality and effort of defenses in the postseason, so individual scoring (at great efficiency) is highly valued. This is one of the big areas where Nash is postulated to separate himself from Kidd as a player.

However, while having an individual offensive player that can carry the load in the face of increased defensive pressure is very valuable, it should be noted that there is the obvious other side to the coin, that perhaps defensive impact also has the potential to scale up in value in the postseason. After all, if defenses as a whole are making the larger impact with respect to offense that many of us see and point out, then perhaps the defense of an individual might also scale up in value in the postseason vs. the regular season?

That isn't proven. But of course, I have started populating a postseason on/off +/- table of the elite players of this generation from 2001 on. I've posted many disclaimers and examples of data each time I bring this up in the project, so let me go ahead and re-post them in spoilers here so that you can decide how much (if any) credence to put into these results. Colts18, for instance, gives them no value. I, on the other hand, do think the data is worth seeing and evaluating. So:

(Aside on playoff on/off +/-)

With that done, here again is the career (or at least since 2001, which is when B-R has postseason on/off +/- results available) on/off +/- data in both the regular and post season for most of the current players that either have already been voted in or are coming up on the horizon. The chart is listed in descending order for who has the best difference between postseason and regular season on/off +/-, but at a glance you can also see who has the best regular season and best postseason on/off +/- scores (per 100 possessions):

And here, again, is a similar chart for these same players when focused on their best years. The following table will track important multi-year periods in these players careers...e.g. the Lakers years for Shaq, the "dynasty" years when Duncan's Spurs won the majority of their titles, the pre-LeBron years for Wade, the Cleveland years for LeBron, the Jersey years for Kidd, the post-Shaq years for Kobe, the Suns years for Nash and the post-Nash years for DIrk:

For both their entire careers (post 2000), as well as for their peak years, Kidd has better on/off +/- scores in the postseason than in the regular season, and in both epochs Kidd's scores are solidly higher than Nash's. Again, your mileage may vary as to how much you weigh these postseason +/- numbers. However, I would like to re-post Lorak's post from the #20 thread where he points out the trends of the postseason offenses and defenses of Nash's squads, and at least loosely ties them to his postseason on/off scores:

“There's no "ergo" in that, unless you will provide evidence showing how often Nash was actually defending opposing PGs or that "hiding" him on Bowen or opposing SGs hurt his teams defense. But I think that I agree with your general conclusion - that Nash's defense was a problem for DAL/PHO in the playoffs. In fact, I'm looking at his on/off playoffs splits and I'm shocked how bad he looks:

Sure, "off" in playoffs always deals with small sample issue, but here we see year by year consistency - he improves offense and defense with him usually was much worse than without him. What's surprising, is that overall his net impact in playoffs doesn't look so great as in regular season. Five years with negative (!) on/off, one slightly positive (0.1), one ok (4.8) and only two really great.” -- Lorak

Conclusion 

I've always loved this debate, because I always thought that Kidd was better and was surprised at how conclusive it was considered in these parts that Nash topped him. We had some good Nash vs Kidd talk in the 2011 Top 100 project, but I wasn't able to get much pro-Kidd traction. Which is fine, as this is more about information than the ranking to me. However, it's interesting to me that at the time of the 2011 project, we lacked the pre-2003 RAPM scores and the basketball-reference playoff on/off +/- scores, and that lack of data definitely hurt Kidd in those rankings. A HUGE part of Nash's case is tied up into his impact, with RAPM scores used as evidence of that impact. The fact that so many of the offenses that Nash has run have been so great is obviously also big evidence, but the RAPM data is more granular and shows that those offenses (at least in Phoenix) can be correlated directly to Nash's presence. Without that +/- support, those that question why Nash should get the benefit of his team's outstanding team ORatings without that opening him up to the ringz argument as the ultimate team accomplishment would have an excellent poing. So +/- results are VERY important to Nash's "campaign". Thus, I find it interesting that the expanded +/- data really muddies the comparison between Nash and Kidd to such a large degree. Yes, Nash had the advantage in RAPM over their 5 best years (both a higher mark, and a consistently higher year-to-year mark when compared in rank order with Kidd, e.g. Nash's best is better than Kidd's best, his 2nd best better than Kidd's 2nd best, on down through that top 5 or 6 slots). However, that advantage at their 5-year bests wasn't very large...while Kidd's advantages in their non-peak RAPM scores was much larger. Kidd had the impact of a star at pretty much every stage of his career and every role...even when that role was seemingly more role-player late in his career in Dallas. Nash, outside of his time in Phoenix, didn't. Plus, Kidd's postseason +/- scores also look better than Nash and (for Nash in particular) these results seem to track with his team's performances. And could be a solid evidence point that in this particular comparison, defense DOES matter even though it's point guards we're discussing. Nash has major traction here, and I wouldn't even be surprised if he gets the vote. But to me, Kidd has an excellent argument against Nash. Maybe Nash at his best may have been slightly better, but Kidd was right there with him at his best, but had a pretty large impact longevity edge, demonstrated much better portability, and (to the extent that you believe it) may have been the more impactful post-season performer. I think that's a pretty strong case.