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[goodlifevancouver]

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[roamertv]

When you have the highest bid for Taylor Swift artwork to benefit BC Children's Hospital Foundation but run the risk of your wife divorcing you for yet another shrine dedicated to Taylor Swift 🤭😆

[ourladyoftheflytrap]

I'm so excited to actually learn some science this semester bc I kind of struggle with vague notions of ethics & interpersonal communication but I fucking LOVE science

On a related note, I'm so scared for this semester because it's biochemistry specifically related to the movement of fluid in the body 😭 and that was fascinating to learn in A&P but it was easily the most difficult concept

[bluebananabarry]

IMO, the best way to characterize Tim’s bio parents are as “hyper competent+business driven people who had an *oopsie!* unplanned pregnancy and decided to keep the baby”.

Janet and Jack both loved Tim and were well-meaning but their passive negligence came from assuming their child is as competent as they were (which he was, to be fair, just not in a way they imagined lol)

Also in my perfect universe— Jack was an archeological doctor. Janet was a surgical doctor who practiced in hospital funded by the Wayne Foundation and HEAVILY contributed in completing research studies that Thomas Wayne used to lead. She eventually left to travel abroad with Jack and shifted her profession to a biological archeologist

I like the idea of Tim snarking “at least my mom finished medical school 😤” to Bruce bc we as a fandom don’t make fun of Bruce for dropping out enough

[flagellant]

have an idea of when the essay will drop?

i've been working on it i promise. its been hard bc my computer hasnt been set up yet since i moved still. here's the latest paragraph or two of the script

The first trouble we face is that a traditional haunting is a symbiotic relationship, a form of mutualism where a spirit inhabits a place–a gray lady haunting a hospital; a black dog howling at the crossroads; a hanging tree that spins spidery black branches into the horizon. One half of the relationship is the haunting grounds themselves, places of power or importance to their resident spirit, which provide an anchor that they can latch onto. The other half is, of course, the haunting itself–a thing which is tied so fundamentally to a place that the boundaries between itself and its home begin to blur. If you’ll forgive the pun, this is the most foundational rule of hauntings: There is a place, and there was a person. But there is an important aspect, one that might arguably be more important, at least within the context of horror: there must be a third party. A haunted house is, after all, still a house. It demands to be lived in. Conflict emerges from the intersection of past and present in a place that demands to be able to define itself by its own metrics, rather than have definitions imposed upon it.

[frownyalfred]

damn everyone out here today to cause pain and angst eh?

How would all the bat kids react you think? Like here are these people who are their grandparents but only by virtue of being their Dads parents they've only ever heard of them through memories shared, and the portraits in the house etc but they're more familiar with their memorials than the people themselves; the Martha Wayne charity foundation; the Thomas Wayne wing(s) in the hospital; and the biggest one of all, the reason for Batman existing and thus what has shaped a big portion of their lives. Sure with some of the kids they may have done some form of vigilantism themselves in a world without Batman, but not at the same level and not to the extent that their lives have been shaped by it.

And now these people are real and tangible and not just a memory and idea anymore, and they're technically supposed to be grandma and grandad but they're younger than Dad. Their dad who they can see is pulling himself in tight, restricting and restraining and holding himself back from who he actually is. And no matter how happy Bruce is that they're alive the kids can see how it hurts him. And like it was talked about before w the Clark/Lois stuff would the kids close ranks? Bc despite any interpersonal issues or current fighting the batfamily is fiercely protective of their own, and Martha & Thomas are family, but at the same time they're not truly Family yet (?)

The very first thing I thought of actually was okay they get all the initial shock and reunions and identity verification over with and it's been a very long and taxing experience so everyone is heading to bed and they'll figure out what happen next in the morning. Except. Bruce probably sleeps in the master bedroom, why wouldn't he at this point? And the manor has more than enough rooms for everyone but how do you even go about that discussion? It's Martha and Thomas's room but also it hasn't been for decades. Do you have your newly resurrected parents sleep in their familiar and yet completely unfamiliar room the first night back? If they say a guest room is fine should you as their son insist that they have their room that's been yours for decades now back? Does this cross anyone's minds before they all decide to head to bed and Bruce and T&M all go to the same room?

OOOOOF. Okay yeah, kind of in line with the cheating fic — I kind of want to write a fic now where Martha and Thomas come back and it ISN’T all sunshine and tearful reunions. It’s awkward and defensive and ultimately unsustainable.

Because where do you go from there? With Bruce holding himself back, the batkids closing ranks, and Alfred awkwardly trying to mediate Martha and Thomas who are becoming increasingly suspicious and confused? Maybe they don’t agree with this new Gotham. Maybe they’re even disappointed, something that would probably cripple Bruce even just temporarily.

[thezombieprostitute]

Lol, half the comments on this video are about hot, competent doctors and nurses. Which babes do you think are getting inaccurate heart rates bc they’re just too damn fine!?

So, my brain started with Curtis as a nurse to a single mom who gets her heart racing by how good he is with her son. And then it went off to create the foundations for an entire Hospital AU! What the frick, brain?!

Lots more characters than I intended, making this post pretty long so I'll add a Read More. No promises on all characters making the cut, but also open to adding other characters.

Please let me know if you think the characters and their roles work or not! This is all very theoretical at the moment.

Bucky Barnes - Physical Therapist. He develops a crush on a new patient after they get to talking about all of their shared interests (including cats).

Chris Beck - Chief of Surgery. Established relationship with a woman he met in college. Married with at least one child.

Clark Kent - Oncologist. Sometimes throws off his coworkers because he's so friendly and good natured towards his patients but then gets steely and focused when it comes to everything else. He's been in the field so long, people think he must be superhuman, but what no one knows is that Clark regularly visits a BDSM club to help him keep his cool at work.

Curtis Everett - Nurse for an Internal Medicine practice. He meets a single mother during a regular appointment. Her babysitter canceled at the last minute and Curtis becomes the kid's favorite person.

Geralt - Pharmacist. Knows all the right medications and will question doctor notes, especially if there's an interaction with another medication that will cause problems. Primarily enjoys the company of one of the pharmacy tech's whose been there almost as long as him.

Jake Jensen - Nurse in the Pediatrics Ward. He's popular with the kids for his willingness to play, bring plushies, and fix up video game systems. Whatever they need to help their treatments go easier, he's there to help them. He meets a newer nurse and helps her with the emotional struggles that come with the job.

James Mace - Custodial. It's not the most celebrated job, but it's honest work and Mace is happy to do his part to keep the hospital running. He's the go-to for when things break down, including the car of a lovely doctor who's at her wits end.

Johnny Storm - New surgeon. Definitely a hot shot who thinks he's the best of the best, despite having so much more to learn. Regularly hooks up with the nurses as part of his "good luck" ritual. Eager to impress the one nurse who turned him down.

Lloyd Hansen - He's put enough money into this hospital to get a wing named after him. Now his mother is in need of care and Lloyd is very demanding of the cardiologist in charge of said care.

Ransom Drysdale - Major donor to the hospital. It's pretty much just to look good to the press but he meets either the Hospital Director or the Gifts Manager (not yet sure which) at a charity event and wants to get to know her better.

Steve Rogers - ER Doctor. Always cool under pressure, able to prioritize cases when there's a rush, and quick to protect his staff from an unruly patient. He has a crush on one of the cafe/cafeteria workers that he talks to when he needs a moment of peace.

Walter Marshall - Security. Divorced with a teenage daughter. Meets another single parent at a school event.

[chaifootsteps]

Honestly the whole moment of Stolas getting mad at Blitzo for not being there or warning him abt Striker really just makes no sense the more and more you think abt it.

Like first off, he called right in the middle of Loona’s important shot while not acting scared or urgent in the slightest in his call, of course Blitzo wouldn’t think it’s the biggest deal.

Secondly, the fact that really most of the time Blitzo has always been good at protecting Stolas, even when he didn’t have to.

In ep 2, Blitzo had no benefits to being a bodyguard besides money. Like he said, that’s not their type of job and it’s not a part of their deal, if I.M.P. really didn’t want/need any extra money atm they could just say no (and the end Stolas proves he really didn’t need one the whole time, just wanting to make sexual comments at him).

And in HM, Blitzo could have easily gone with Striker to kill him and take the book, maybe have to go on the lamb or something but still, at the end of the day Blitz still made the decision to save him. And even in WE, he still did send Moxxie and Millie who did end up saving him and he got sent back to the hospital (where he was perfectly fine in his next appearance). They got the job done and helped him!

Lastly, just how many times has Stolas saved IMP? Only one time. Sure it was impressive using his powerful form, and they were pretty much abt abt to be done for by the agents, but really that only one single time really gets undermined by the fact that the very first time Stolas first proposed their deal, the foundation of this whole relationship in the first place?

It was made while putting Blitzo’s life at risk. In ep 1 Stolas makes his call while Blitzo is in the middle of literally being hunted down and nearly killed, while he can see everything in his bubbles, and gets him to make this deal. When he’s full aware he’s in such a situation where he can’t fully give a good consensual agreement to it bc he is literally on the run.

I’m genuinely surprised they didn’t have Blitzo bring this up once during the entire argument in Apology Tour, when this is how their deal all begin. They can have Stolas ask why didn’t Blitzo save him or tell him abt Striker, but why couldn’t Blitzo just as easily bring up in retaliation why didn’t Stolas save him with his demon form in ep 1? Or why did he purposely choose to start this deal when he when he knew it was a bad time? When he was basically putting his life at risk?

If im being honest, it’s entirely stupid, and it’s annoying that the show will pick and choose which scenes to take seriously, bc Stella literally was screaming at the top of her lungs that she hired someone to kill him in the end scene of HM why didn’t his dumbass care abt that lol.

Stolas, as a general rule, is absolutely terrible at ignoring things that are literally being screamed in his face. Things like "I've hired an assassin to kill you" and "The way you treat me makes me feel bad" and "I don't want to have sex with you."

[auschizm]

one difficulty in explaining to people how doctors can force medication on patients is that they assume that forced hospitalization is always a net positive. like if you say they threatened me with hospitalization if i wouldn’t take the pills then they see that as you being difficult because obviously if you’re sick you need to go to the hospital and if you don’t agree then you’re just being an irrational contrarian for no reason. there’s a fundamental refusal on the part of some people to acknowledge that psychotic people are full human beings who should be in charge of what happens to their bodies which makes them think that if you’re in disagreement with a doctor you’re not to be trusted, so any kind of forced medicalization story is suspicious bc of course it wouldn’t need to be forced if you weren’t so crazy. very similar to catch 22 (in a literal sense, this is a plot point in the novel catch 22) because like if a doctor wants you to be hospitalized and you don’t that must mean you need to be hospitalized because you’re so crazy you’re arguing with your doctor. of course if you want to hospitalized people cheer you on because you’re seeing sense supposedly. no way to win.

on a side note i really appreciate you for running this blog, i find it really difficult to talk to even other mentally ill people because so many spaces are just so invested in telling people to do everything their doctor says without criticism. i appreciate your perspective

Yeah what you describe is a very scary and unfair situation that many psychosis spec people get caught up in. And that's definitely part of the reason why the ideology of the anti psychiatry movement is part of the foundation of this project

[sunset-bobby]

thinking about buddies friendship (like the actual foundation of them being best friends)

it took them maybe a week to become it’s other’s best friends

a week to cement the fact they want to be in each other’s lives for a long time

and that’s crazy to me

like maybe i’m just not a trusting person but when like tv shows and movies have ppl be like platonic soulmates after three days and im confused

like sir it’s been a week why am i coming to the hospital with u for ur kid i’ve never met

like a month maybe (even that’s a stretch) but a week?? i met my best friend in fourth grade and i didn’t even like them until 6th and we weren’t best friends til 8th bc i thought they were annoying and they didn’t wanna be associated with me cause ppl bullied me and they didn’t wanna catch a stray (respect bc id do the same)

except buddie somehow makes a funky timeline work and i think it has to do with the fact both of them were in very vulnerable spots in their lives and they offered what the other needed and also they went through a life threatening situation so there’s that

but watching that friendship develop over 6 seasons a *chefs kiss*

i think that they fit into a category of friendships i call “would die for each other”

ppl say “omg i love them id die for them” so loosely nowadays and that might be this generation’a nonchalant attitude towards death and dying

but personally i prefer to use “i would kill for you” i think if it came down to it i would easily kill a bitch for all of my friends no matter how long we’d been friends but to lay my life on the line for someone i’ve know for a year or two??? absolutely not…so sorry

but buddie…buddie would no questions asked i mean they’ve continuously risked their lives for each other when one is in danger bc that’s how deep their friendship is and even if the timeline is a little funny it’s really nice to see male friendships run that deeply because the media still refuses to let men be really good friends friends lol

and i know it could be argued that maybe their feelings are less platonic if they do all this except i know ppl out there that do have a buck to their eddie and its just platonic i think its nice to see platonic male intimacy they really are ride or die

and personally i think they’re in a qpp but 🤷🏽‍♀️

anywho here’s to more buck and eddie friendship in season 8 (and not to be a bucktommy stan on main but i hope we get more of tommy and eddie’s friendship bc i think it’s important for eddie to have friends who know what he’s been through on a personal level and provide a perspective outside of buck)

[lovedumb]

good morning everypony!!

jan 05 2025 • of Montreal - The Party’s Crashing Us

today has been kind to me thusfar, i woke up today at 9am, brushed my teeth, washed my face, made my bed, and did little sun salutations in the sunlight before i smoked a bowl or went on my phone do u guys think i am a genius yet or whaaat? lolol. i want to read a book today methinks. ill have to clean all of the clothing piles in my room first tho bc i just cleaned everything else in my room and itll feel better to read if i can get in my little reading chair thats currently covered in junk lolol… keeping my space clean is too hard but i have motivation because my friend is coming over this weekend for con. Oh JEEZ CON IS THIS WEEKEND???? where does the time go.. its okay everything will come together.

i made plans to go rollerskating on tuesday with a friend i havent seen in a long while & i made plans on wednesday with someone i havent rly hung out with too much one on one before so hopefully that goes well :3 plus my gf is taking her drivers test so things are looking exciting in terms of new dates we can go on :D and not having to uber everywhereeeee. i need to apply for jobs today after ive done my other tasks and things. i should get dressed in something comfy and go to ralphs to get ingredients for a smoothie.. i got a blender for christmas and now i want an excuse to use it. AND i have a new minifridge in my room and it would feel good to put things in it.

my gf was at my house for a week so now i have to find ways to entertain myself and keep myself preoccupied on my lonesome and i want to not be on my ipad literally all day. i can do this! i feel well rested and soft (i moisturized my body before bed ^_^) so i have a good foundation for the day. maybe i can paint my nails and toes if i get really bored cleaning and need a break. it’ll be a good day. i miss my best friend a lot right now and i cant wait to talk to them again soon. they’re in the hospital rn but im taking extra good care of myself in hopes they’re doing the same, i love u. i cant wait to show you all the work ive been doing.

give yourself a big hug today,

love, lucky!!

[cursedfell]

satoru "i have love and dreams, too" gojo. here's an au where he survives bc idgaf.

after  the  battle  with  sukuna,  the  world  shifted  for  satoru  gojo  in  ways  he  never  thought  possible.  the  moment  his  body  was  split  in  half  was  etched  into  the  memories  of  everyone  who  had  witnessed  it—a  symbol  of  the  fall  of  the  strongest.  but  against  all  odds,  he  survived. 

shoko  ieiri  had  done  the  impossible,  stabilizing  his  mangled  body  with  her  cursed  technique  and  the  help  of  others.  still,  the  damage  was  catastrophic.  the  lower  half  of  his  body,  though  reconstructed,  was  left  weakened  beyond  repair.  nerves  and  muscles  refused  to  fully  heal,  and  his  once-effortless  strength  was  gone.  it  was  a  cruel  irony  for  someone  who  had  spent  his  life  untouchable,  invincible.  the  six  eyes,  his  birthright  and  the  foundation  of  his  strength,  are  destroyed,  leaving  him  completely  blind.  his  body,  though  still  infused  with  remnants  of  limitless  cursed  energy,  is  a  shadow  of  its  former  self.  for  nearly  two  years,  he  remains  in  a  coma,  a  figure  suspended  between  life  and  death,  a  symbol  of  hope  and  grief  for  the  jujutsu  world.

the  first  few  months  of  recovery  were  a  haze  of  pain  and  frustration.  confined  to  a  hospital  bed,  gojo's  pride  took  a  beating  every  time  someone  had  to  help  him  sit  up,  eat,  or  even  adjust  his  blankets.  his  cursed  energy,  though  still  immense,  couldn’t  mend  the  physical  limitations  of  his  body.  he  hated  feeling  helpless,  hated  the  pitying  looks  his  students  and  colleagues  tried  to  hide.  but  even  then,  he  cracked  jokes,  deflecting  concern  with  sarcasm  and  wit.  humor  was  his  armor,  even  as  everything  else  fell  apart.

learning  to  walk  again  was  a  battle  in  itself.  with  hours  of  grueling  physical  therapy,  he  managed  to  regain  some  mobility,  but  his  legs  were  no  longer  what  they  used  to  be.  his  balance  was  unstable,  his  strength  diminished.  on  bad  days,  he  needed  a  cane  to  move  around,  a  sleek  black  one  that  megumi  had  picked  out  after  much  prodding.  "at  least  try  to  look  cool,"  megumi  had  said,  earning  a  rare,  genuine  laugh  from  gojo.

the  cane  became  both  a  necessity  and  a  symbol  of  his  new  reality.  on  days  when  the  pain  was  too  much,  he  leans  heavily  on  it,  his  steps  slow  and  deliberate.  other  days,  he  forced  himself  to  walk  unaided,  stubbornly  pushing  his  limits,  though  it  often  left  him  exhausted.  he  hates  how  his  body  betrayed  him.  but  he  also  knew  he  couldn’t  give  up—not  when  there  was  still  work  to  be  done,  still  students  who  looked  to  him  for  guidance.

gojo  had  always  been  larger  than  life,  the  strongest  in  the  room  without  question.  now,  he  felt  stripped  of  that  identity.  his  students  and  colleagues  assured  him  he  was  still  a  pillar  in  their  lives,  but  it  was  difficult  to  reconcile  their  words  with  the  reality  of  his  frailty.  he’d  catch  himself  staring—figuratively,  since  his  blindness  was  another  wound  he  carried—at  where  his  legs  met  his  torso,  feeling  the  faint  scars  that  marked  the  point  where  his  body  had  been  severed.  the  memory  of  that  moment  haunted  him,  a  reminder  of  how  close  he’d  come  to  death. 

still,  he  pushed  forward.  even  if  his  body  was  weak,  his  mind  remained  sharp.  his  strategic  brilliance  and  cursed  energy  manipulation  were  as  formidable  as  ever.  he  adapted,  training  himself  to  rely  on  his  other  senses  and  his  cursed  energy  to  navigate  the  world.

emotionally,  the  loss  of  his  vision  is  compounded  by  another  weight:  the  ashes  of  suguru  geto,  which  he  carries  with  him  everywhere.  the  small,  ornate  urn  is  his  constant  companion,  tucked  into  his  jacket  or  resting  on  a  shelf  beside  his  bed.  it  is  as  though  carrying  the  remnants  of  his  closest  friend  keeps  him  tethered  to  a  time  when  his  life  had  more  meaning.  on  quiet  nights,  gojo  traces  his  fingers  over  the  intricate  patterns  of  the  urn,  his  thoughts  drifting  to  memories  of  their  youth—their  shared  laughter,  their  shared  ideals,  and  the  pain  of  their  eventual  separation.

he  learns  to  embrace  the  quiet  moments,  sitting  outside  with  his  students,  cane  resting  beside  him  as  he  listened  to  their  voices.  yuji’s  optimism,  megumi’s  quiet  determination,  nobara’s  fiery  spirit—they  became  his  strength.  on  especially  hard  days,  he’d  reach  into  his  pocket  and  feel  the  urn  of  suguru’s  ashes,  the  weight  grounding  him.  he  carried  it  everywhere,  a  reminder  of  his  failures  but  also  of  the  bond  that  had  shaped  his  life.

life  after  the  battle  wasn’t  easy,  but  gojo  found  a  way  to  keep  moving  forward,  one  step  at  a  time,  even  if  some  of  those  steps  required  a  cane.  he  was  no  longer  the  strongest,  but  he  was  still  satoru  gojo—stubborn,  sarcastic,  and  unwilling  to  let  the  world  break  him  completely. 

[eyesontheskyline]

oooh talking about that scene in 3x02 i think that kickstarted their whole relationship, but im curious to know what was the moment in cm or maybe what season when you felt like something shifted between them? for me, season 5 after foyet’s attack is for sureee a turning point. In my head, the recovery from 9 stabs in a month would’ve been an absolute bitch. And considering that hotch had no family bc they were in witsec, how did that man manage to change his dressings, take care of his wounds etc etc?! Getting that glimpse of rossi telling morgan that Prentiss is driving hotch to and from work kinda connects the dots that she was probably the one that spent the most tine with him and helping out. Bc no matter how hardheaded that man is, he was fucking stabbed, there’s no way he was able to do shit on his own # just a thought

Yes! So okay in between writing my S7 fix-it, I'm also (oh god I just looked at the word count) like 23,000 words into writing a ficlet / chapter for each episode from S2E15 onward, and they deal with Emily and her friendships with the whole team but tend more Hotchniss as they go on. So I've been thinking a lot about where those little shifts are.

I think she sees a different side to him in the burn ward in S2E19, when he sits with the dying woman for no reason other than not wanting her to die alone. And he tells an against-protocol lie that's just kind.

I think the shift to him trusting her as a person is definitely S3E02, and then once she has that trust it's absolute - I think there were moments before that where he liked her, but this is a different thing. They have this intense, life-in-hands trust in each other from this point on that becomes the foundation for everything.

It feels to me like they get gradually closer and more in tune with each other from that point and I could ramble forever about that but if I ever want to actually publish that fic I probably shouldn't.

S4E02 where his eardrum does its thing in the cemetery and she follows him and touches him while he is vulnerable feels like a Thing to me. And then the next ep is Minimal Loss where he's listening to her being beaten up and looking tortured, and then we see her hug Reid and Hotch just staring at her. So that also feels like a Thing. Like I'm suuure he drove her home or showed up at her place or something after that.

And then by the time Foyet gets him, she's already the one who's like 'where's Hotch?' and can't relax because it feels like something's off with him. Sits with him in the hospital. And I think you're right - I think she would be the one to show up to give him any practical help he needed, because that's the clue we get from her driving him to work after and him just accepting that.

So yeah, I became a shipper the first time I watched S4E03 Minimal Loss, but watching it back I can see something developing between them before that. I think they both just know how to care for each other quietly, in this quiet, understated way that never feels like too much.

But one of the things I really enjoy about them as a ship is that there are multiple different plausible starting points - some other ships for me feel like they hit a point in canon where they've missed their chance, and I never get that from Hotchniss. I think you can start something right after he signs his divorce papers, or after he's left the show (my first Hotchniss thing after a long break was set in S13), or more or less any point in between.

[yomiurinikei]

the ask i got for this fucking SPLODED idk what happened to it… but! mido-do-do-dori!! :3.. she’s so silly to me i need to wrap her in a blanket

•FIRM red velvet supporter. #1 advocate. biggest fan. which is funny bc she prefers vanilla over chocolate

•likes sweets but has a low tolerance. they make her feel sick/jittery easy. which isn’t even a result of her disability (iirc it shouldn’t be?) she’s just sensitive to sweets

•kakeru always let her try all the donuts in the box if anything was new, then pick what she wanted, since he’d be having the rest bc she couldn’t

•an oddly particular eater in general. she’s just picky in Strange ways. BIG fan of crackers she has tons of assorted types. 

•had short hair for a good while and liked it, but kinda affiliates it with a time when her condition was Really poor, so she’s grown her hair back out

•speaking of, has kinda thin hair. she’s a Wee insecure abt it but not enough to ponder haircare habits

•generally stresses a bit over her appearance, but gets VERY flushed if u call her on it

•the type who’s Curious abt makeup but too embarrassed to ask

•just a highly stressed creature in general to be so honest. making friends is Also rough on her bc one, she got so used to the social structures of the hospital, and two, poor girl has the yamaguchi scary expression curse

•likes fish. she’d really enjoy going to an aquarium to see all the types- but doesn’t have a particular fondness for big or colorful fish. lowkey finds minnows the cutest

•really likes the look of embroidery and wishes she could embroider well. just doesn’t stick with it, but she Does have more knowledge than your average person

•once got her thread so Miserably tangled she just slumped to the floor and cried. not projecting NOT PROJECTING

•would be really good at effectively Any instrument if she ever got the chance to try

•doesn’t even have perfect pitch or anything, but scales and harmonics and even just things like rhythm and tempo would just make Sense to her

•her aforementioned stress is a Big issue post tragedy. on the one hand, she’s way better at managing it- but consequences can get so high, if she loses it, it’s usually for good reason, which makes it hard to relax

•favorite method of self regulation is to try and tap her hand against her chest in time with her heartbeat (as she guesses it is), but she feels watched if she does this in public

•looks up to rei a Lot. rei coming in and saving the cast in 6.5 was something that stuck with her

•in her early days as an employee at the foundation she wanted to trail around after rei a lot, but that was Hard to pull off. 

•her shadowing habits have worn off, but getting to work on something for rei + get commended by her still means a Lot. she’s very inspiring to midori

•(rei has Somewhat picked up on this. she’s too busy to do much w it but she is a bit extra kind to midori. will offer the last treat in the break room to her first)

•(…in a way, it feels to rei like a means of recognizing kakeru. she was in the locker when he tried to save kanata. she thinks a lot about what she would’ve done if she weren’t tied up, and what kinji could’ve chosen to do, and the things that kakeru did. she can’t try to step into his role, not for a million different reasons- but irregardless of her views on the afterlife, she thinks he’d be glad to know his choices are leading to more kindness for midori)

•Not the reason minako started trying to curb her addiction, but midori was the one who came up with using lollipops as substitute for the motions/ritual of it. 

•keeps a few in her bag because she’s around minako so often

•…also admittedly Enjoys giving them to kids she sees (family of foundation members) though she grapples a bit with “…am i really encouraging them to take candy from strangers?”

•hm. i think as she grows older and gets closer with the 6.5 cast, she does get better about her issues with feeling like a burden/unhelpful…. 

•but she just feels sort of.. Aimless. she doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life or where she wants to go. a lot of those more common exploratory experiences in childhood were shot down by her illness

•midori needs to learn that it isn’t too late to try new things, and also that it’s okay to just do what makes her happy, there’s value in whatever she’s inclined to doing- but she’s not there yet. she has time to learn though

•for a while she tried to kinda shadow hikaru, but pretty quickly went from doctor -> diagnostic specialist -> receptionist -> “oh i am Not built for this”. hospitals just stress her out!! she doesn’t need/want to be spending More time there

•+ probably not the best for her health

•dog person with a preference for big dogs with long coats. usually too shy to ask to pet one on the rare occasion she sees one- ryutaro will Always without fail ask for her, as soon as he notices it. has shouted across the street “HEY CAN WE PET YOUR DOG ?” before midori spotted it before. she gets flustered, but is v happy for the opportunity 

•kinda has eclectic taste, in terms of style/decor? curating an aesthetic never occurred to her. she’s Very content so i have no notes i fully support her!!!

•i think.. her relationship with her grief is just Weird. compared w ryutaro and kiyokas more normal bickering relationship, kakeru was like… sorta her best friend, tho she doesn’t realize it. he always looked out for her like a good big brother, but he also brought donuts to her hotel room and had fun passing time with her. she misses his presence in So many ways. doesn’t really feel particular survivors guilt, her biggest struggle is Regret. she wishes they had more time

•cries a lot the birthday where she turns older than him

•in non despair, i think she’d want to become a paralegal, but kakeru would try and dissuade her because of the stress. who wins the debate is up to you !

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Dr. Randeep Gill, Surrey Hospitals Foundation’s director, and other B.C. doctors held a rally in Surrey on Saturday to raise awareness about issues within Surrey’s health-care services. The rally started at 2 p.m. in the Surrey Civic Plaza outside Surrey City Hall, with hundreds of Surrey residents in attendance. “These are decades of issues, decades of chronic underfunding and we look forward to the response from the (province),” Dr. Gill said. “We can’t treat the three leading causes of death here in the south of the Fraser. We need acute care beds. We are decades behind.”

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Broke (me until a few days ago): Siegvinn is just Rorveth with a dash of religious guilt

Woke (me now): Maybe on surface. Really, Siegvinn is nothing like Rorveth

If you care about my rambling about a ship that I like too much for it having no freaking foundation (I mean they never talked IIRC), sorta about Rorveth, and comparison of the two, you can see below (spoilers for the first Witcher game and for the second (those being more minor, I didn't finish it yet))

Like, the similarities are obvious - on one side, a member of the Scoia'tael, on the other, an member of a faction opposing it. The representatives of the two sides Geralt can choose, them standing directly against each other.

Iorveth seems to have respect for Yaevinn (even if he finds him an idealist) and Roche and Siegfried seem to respect each other (based on the interaction in front of Loc Muinne).

But their attitudes towards their rival are so much different.

Roche and Iorveth are so much more intense. They are directly angered by the other's existence, want the other dead, they throw insults at each other... There's genuine hatred there. Sure, their factions are still important, but it's really personal.

Yaevinn and Siegfried? No personal vendetta Iorveth and Roche have. Like I said, they never talk on-screen. They've fought off-screen, but just as a part of their faction. Not even directly against one another, I think. It's not about Yaevinn for Siegfried, or vice versa. (it would make no sense vice versa, after all. Yaevinn is the leader of Wizima's Scoia'tael in the games, while Siegfried is just a run-of-the-mill member of the Order - that potentially changing at the very end of the game, only if Geralt takes the Order path) The most close they've gotten is standing next to each other as illusions on Geralt's path to fight de Aldersberg if he goes neutral.

Rorveth would be the more typical enemies-to-lovers story. They hate each other, but one day, it hits them that the line between love and hate is thin, and that they are feeling some desire for the other. Not even love at first, maybe. I think they could grow to love one other, but there'd be a good enemies-with-benefits stage between that.

That wouldn't happen with Siegvinn. They just don't feel that for each other. There's no intense hate to grow into something else. They hate the groups the other belongs to, not each other. They'd have to meet first, gain a personal connection, but even then, I don't think they could be like Iorveth and Roche. Their personalities just aren't like that. I've gone on the Order path (well, neutral till the hospital bank (edit - I forgot what the spot was, where you couldn't stay neutral. dunno why I thought it's a hospital) ordeal) and on Roche's path (but tbh I'm mainly on it bcs I wanted to meet Siegfried - my favorite character - on friendly terms. If not for that, I'd probably be on Iorveth's), so I mainly know how Roche and Siegfried differ, but I know Iorveth and Yaevinn are different too.

If a relationship was to grow between Yaevinn and Siegfried - now, I'll be taking inspiration from the two fics for it on ao3, but I think they have a point - it couldn't be through an intense tension turned lustful (even if we ignore Siegfried's vow of celibacy). It could be rather from feelings fostered through occasional wandering thoughts on the battlefield growing into some sort of a infatuation, that's not really sexual in nature, or - and this is my thought - I think it could most potentially happen with some sort of a truce happening between the Order and Scoia'tael in Vizima, with the two forced to negotiate instead of fighting, getting to know each other and starting to see the other as more than the stereotype of a Scoia'tael member/Order of the Flaming Rose member they have build in their heads.

Not that it's in allignment with canon, since Grandmaster Siegfried (important enough to negotiate with the opposing leader) and alive Yaevinn can't coexist. But the two as a couple aren't in any allignment with canon anyway.

They'd, of course, also be devastated to learn they're in love with the other, but for other reasons than Rorveth. With Rorveth, their "factions", as I've called it, would also play a role, but I feel like the personal would be the main source of the anguish. With Siegvinn, it's about the factions, and not hatred towards the other, but these feelings igniting a hate for themselves.

Siegfried vowed to help humans, loving a member of the Scoia'tael goes against that, and more importantly, vowed to be celibate. Loving, wanting at all goes against that. And I think he'd be horrified at it being a man, at that. As far as I know, being queer generally isn't illegal in the Witcher world, but it is frowned upon, especially in lower classes (if I recall right? feel free to correct me on that), and I think Siegfried couldn't really "afford" to be gay openly.

A paradox is that despite me saying this, I usually write his homosexuality as a side issue, with me writing a oneshot where he's actually semi-open about it, before his relationship with anyone (not published, none of my Witcher fics are)

Yaevinn, on the other hand, is rumored to having his lover killed by the Order. (at least the Witcher wiki says so, I never heard it in-game, but I'll believe it) In which case, he'd most likely feel awful for loving someone from the Order. I imagine it would make it even more like a betrayal than it already did, then loving a human would.

Both of them would try to repress these feelings, hating the fact they feel them, feeling like traitors to their cause, but with next to no hate towards the other man himself. Unlike Roche and Iorweth, who hate each other, Siegfried and Yaevinn hate what the other symbolizes.

And if they didn't manage to repress those feelings, I feel like it'd be less enemies to lovers, but forbidden love/star-crossed lovers sort of thing.

Which really summarizes it all. Rorweth - personal hate, enemis to lovers, Siegvinn - not personal, it's the fractions, forbidden love were the relationship to happen. That's what I've been running into the ground here.

Another difference is that Rorweth has more canon base, but that's a whole another thing. I honestly hope that they at least have Siegfried and Yaevinn interact in the planned remake. I don't want them to have a Roche/Iorweth sort of relationship, but I'd like to see them talk.

Really, there's this Rorveth fanart I have to thank here (https://www.tumblr.com/abi-kamikakushi/655332732248948736/rivals-for-witcher-rarepair-summer-bingo?source=share), without it, displaying Siegfried and Yaevinn having a discussion while the other two pairs fight (well, questionably for Rorveth), I wouldn't have had thought of this. And, it was cool to realize (and kinda embarrasing I didn't sooner) and think about, so I'm glad.

And I'm glad for anyone who managed to read this down to here, especially considering I've never seen a Siegvinn post on tumblr (the ship is not even called that! I made the name up, only I call it that. I never saw anyone else give it a name) and it has three fics on ao3 (one being a translation of one of the other two, so, technically, two fics). So, yeah, thanks if you got here, I'll cut it here😅