#Doctor Cerebro

[arrumiekookie]

Quentin Quire looks so hot here. "There he is" yeah... He looks so epic. Idie Okonkwo was ahead of her time, a visionaire.

Strange being unified with Wanda and Clea as one soul is so beautiful... I have no words. Feeling blessed.

Also tiny Hyperion about to land on Strange's hand. The symbolism.

[myiliterallyhavenolifegoals]

the mcu-ification of the doctor who intro??

[soloen]

[tmbmtb]

Dime qué ves cuando yo te miro / tell me what you see when i gaze at you Dime qué ves cuando estás conmigo / tell me what you see when you're with me Somos tú y yo algo sobre natural / together you and I are supernatural Dime qué ves cuando yo te miro / tell me what you see when i gaze at you Dime qué ves cuando estás conmigo / tell me what you see when you're with me Somos tú y yo algo sobre natural / together you and I are supernatural

✯ Sobre Natural, Víctimas del Doctor Cerebro

[a-roguish-gambit]

I made a turn of the century x men evolution au

Hey everyone so a big special interest of mine is the period from 1900 to about 1928 so I decided what if I took the kids from the X-Men evolution cartoon from their point at the turn of the 21st century and put them at the turn of the 20th century instead...and also added a few characters. I hope you enjoy this. I have a lot for this au, and I'm gonna put it all under the read more.

So Au thoughts

 The year is 1912. Xavier has started his institute a few years prior with scott summers and jean grey as students. Scott was adopted by Xavier after his parents died in a train crash and jean comes from a family of doctors and scientists Xavier is friends with. 

Because no computers yet, as the microprocessor  has yet to be invented, Forge didn't get stuck in a pocket dimention and got to grow up he works for xavier. He helps design and build a modified danger room that's more steam punk/dieselpunk. Lots of things are gear powered and Holograms are projections onto steam curtians. Because no computers, no cerebro. But jean and Xavier have trained themselves to be able to sense those with mutant powers around them and have been working with a network of underground individuals, some cases literally like the morlocks, to find out about new strange individuals popping up in the states. The morlocks are much more involved in this. they are good friends with Xavier and frequently helps young morlocks train their powers. 

One of those individuals is Gambit. Gambit is 17 in this and does various jobs for xavier. One is listening through the grape vine for odd individuals popping up. The other is essentially working the danger room with forge. As The danger room  is more steampunk/dieselpunk in this, with storm's help as well it can simulate weather events, earth quakes, fires, unstable ground, flooding, (bb gun based) old west shootouts, explosions (thanks to Gambit), search and rescue, avalanche / rock fall settings, and much more. 

Gambit helps set up the room and make the mechanisms work.  it functions well with automatons, steam engines, pistons, and a lot of theater special effect tricks. Gambit helps forge scrap hunt for machinery to repurpose for it. He has befriended the local street children and finds out from them wherever a factory tosses out a machine. 

Speaking of theater though, we have morph as well as a staff member. Kevin is well known fairy(period equivalent  to someone who does not fit into either gender) and drag expert from New York where they worked on broadway and a very close friend of Logan. So close they share a bedroom....;)

Morph is there to help with tailoring as well as helping kids who need disguises to pass in public cause of their time in broadway and avoid harassment, like Kurt. 

They also help simulate battles in the danger room with foes they have faced off against before.

Kurt doesn't have an image modifier in this obviously. No computers, no digital holograms. But with forge and morph they are able to help him pass. Morph designs pants for him that have a  special pocket for his tail to tuck away, as well as boots with  special braces that help disguise his digitigrade feet. Morph also helps him with makeup and hair in the morning to hide his blue face and pointed ears. 

For his hands forge has built some prothstetic fingers that are controlled by the other fingers in his hand like a puppet, so it appears he has five fingers on each hand covered by riding gloves, as well as colored contact lenses for his eyes to disguise them as brown. 

Kurt's parents came to America from Germany with him as a toddler. People found out about their adopted son and they had to flee. They settled in a small German speaking community in the middle of nowhere Iowa where they could be safe. They would have a priest visit Kurt to give him mass in private for his own safety and had a nun come to tutor him. Xavier found out about Kurt through gambits grapevine. 

Ororo came from Africa as a citizen of  British colony egypt to Jamaica where she met Charles she has family living in the states via her sister who do  are wealthy merchants.  they were british colony  expats that moved to the states to control British imports to the states easier. Thus how we get Evan. Skateboard hasn't been invented yet so he is big into the turn of the century cycling craze as well as roller skates. 

 Rogue is still a goth. A very very classic goth. Victorian goth. She still dresses like it's the 1800s to in part keep others from touching her skin but also she is just a great appreciator of Poe and Shelly and stoker. 

One thing that is different for Scott is that on top of the train crash his brother havoc is still with him at this time. His parents are very, very dead tho. No alien rescues. (Forgot to draw Alex tho but he's there as are the minor character students)

Beast is also there more from the begining as a teacher he helps take care of the kids medical needs. He got kicked out of his scientific circle, not cause of his mutant ness that came later, but because he insisted doctors must wash their hands before interacting with patients. 

Jean grey is a highly educated absolute Gibson girl. She and Kitty sneak out to do suffragette stuff regularly.  Speaking of, kitty is definitely a girl of the new century. Wants to go to college one day with Jean. Insists on wearing riding/sports pants wherever she goes. She is girly in certain ways, but defs is a very modern young woman. She likes helping Forge out with his projects. 

Magneto's hatred for humanity in this case comes from his survival of the pogroms of eastern Europe only to see there is still antisemitism once escaping them. And mystique has a boarding house where the brotherhood kids live, but she wasn't principal of the bayview school. 

Wolverine is a cowboy in this au yes. He has a horse, but he's also toying with some of the very few motorcycles. They are more of dirt bikes at this point tho, so his horse his still his go too. It's a deep black mare named Blackbird. He does not have an adimantium skeleton but his claws have been capped with silver to help protect them. 

No x jet but they do have a few biplanes they are training with. Forge is modifying them to be able to cary more people. So far he's made one that can vary five. 

 Gambit introduces everyone to jazz cause it hasn't left Louisiana yet. He brought his Grammaphone and all hell broke loose from there. 

Also rogue having a bit more of a high society upbringing thanks to irene. Gambit hasn't had a day of real school as public school wants universally established until the 1910s. He knows his reading, writing, and arithmetic from Sunday school and such and whatever jean luc  had him taught, but he's excited to learn about what the kids are learning about in their normal school. 

Rogue brings him her study material and teaches it to him and in return he teaches her the various crafts and skills he learned in the bayou and as a member of the theives guild. 

Hope you guys enjoy all this!!! Please feel free to share your thoughts!

Tried to keep things period accurate outfits wise.

[ven0moir]

Byler Analysis: Mike’s phone calls.

This analysis is going over why Mike’s phone calls were, without a doubt, for Will. Bylers have been talking about this for months now, but I’ve compiled all the evidence I could find. 

So, to start us off... 

Hawkin’s Lab is owned by the ‘Department of Energy’, which according to Mike, Ted has said is Government/The Military. 

In S1, the main antagonists in regard to Hawkins Lab were Connie Frazier and Dr. Brenner. However, by the season finale, Connie was killed by Eleven and Dr. Brenner’s status was unknown.

With the two of them out of the way, we are introduced to Dr. Sam Owens in S2. 

Now, whether or not Owens is truly trustworthy or not is a whole other can of worms, but for the sake of this analysis, we will follow his introduction as an ally to the Byers-Hoppers. He was the primary doctor looking after Will and investigating what was going on with him when he was possessed by the Mindflayer. S2 concludes by letting us know that Owens has pulled some strings to give Eleven a new identity and thus a new life: that of JANE HOPPER. 

Owens recommends to Hopper that Eleven should lay low for about a year before living freely, as a PRECAUTION (since, like he said before, ‘those people’ aka the bad ones, are gone), but overall, things are safe enough that Owens even approves of Hopper letting Eleven go to the Snow Ball. 

S3 starts in June 1985, about six months after S2, which means Eleven’s year of laying low isn’t done yet. But since Owens is in charge of the lab, Eleven and Mike can call on the phone. We also see them using walkie-talkies, so I’m assuming that they don’t call that often as a precaution as well, but they can do it as long as it’s not too frequent. 

It is important to note that the lab was not the main antagonist in neither S2 nor S3 (It was the Mindflayer & Russians respectively). 

Eleven can even afford to go out a couple of times to the mall with Max without consequence at all. It isn’t until things get bad enough with the ‘flesh flayer’ that the military immediately steps in to cover it all up (and despite their best efforts, the town is still suspicious). 

Owens is FIRED at the end of S3 as a consequence of the mall “fire”. This is significant because it means that he no longer holds the power to protect Eleven. Still, he managed to use his contacts (which include allies like Ellen, Wallace, and Hamon) to relocate Eleven + the Byers to Lenora and look after them very discretely. 

Because of this plan, Eleven is safe in Lenora enough to go out and have a life as Jane Hopper. However, that plan does NOT include calling Hawkins as that would be FAR TOO RISKY. 

She cannot call or be called from Hawkins as it is no longer just a precaution, like when Owens recommended Eleven to lay low for a year, just in case. Now, her staying away from Hawkins (which includes calling there since the phone-lines are tapped) is a NECESSITY for her long-term survival since the cover story is that ‘Eleven is dead’.

Powell’s call about Chrissy’s murder is enough to immediately summon Sullivan to investigate and pin the murders on Eleven. He even tells Owens that there are rumors of her being alive and receiving help from the ‘inside’ aka Owens. WHICH IS TRUE. So, they’re onto Owens and ALL OF THEM require to be extra careful with calling to Hawkins. 

Mike was likely not able to talk about Eleven/Jane much during his calls with Will either.

THIS is likely why we see a walkie-talkie on Eleven’s Mike box and why Mike spoke about stealing Cerebro from Dustin at the end of S3. 

HOWEVER, because the mail system isn’t under surveillance like phone lines are, LETTERS were established as Mike and El’s primary method of communication. 

Whether or not Mike truly did steal Cerebro from Dustin to call El a few times, we see Cerebro at the top of Dustin’s house in what seems to be a very permanent set-up. I personally think this implies Cerebro hasn’t been moved, and their communication happened solely through letters. 

But even if, say, Mike went to visit Dustin to use Cerebro (which wasn’t established, but is within the realm of possibilities) it doesn’t change the fact that phone calls were off the table, and thus, those were for Will and Will alone. 

So, as Will himself explained, the letters were for Eleven, and phone calls were for HIM.

Which means ... this was all about Mike being unable to reach WILL. 

Byler is endgame

[cyber-streak-2]

Red Alert: What if I get booed out of the doctor’s office?

Cerebros: For what, failing your blood test?

[nevenkebla]

Acabemos con esto

Ultimate Fantastic Four (2003) #32 Mark Millar (Escritor), Greg Land, Mitch Breitweiser (Dibujantes)

— Doctor Doom: Siento romperos la burbuja, chicos. Abrid los escudos y acabemos con esto. — Susan Storm: Las alarmas se disparan. Bajan las defensas y envían a alguien a la desesperada. — Reed Richards: Fabuloso. No tendremos que compartir la carne con todos los de casa. — Johnny Storm: Por favor, que sea su Antorcha Humana. El monstruito merece morir, solo por su estúpido pelo. — Doctor Doom: No tengo tiempo para líos, colega. — Ben Grimm: Vic von Doom, ¿Eh? No me digas que eres un superhéroe en este mundo de locos. — Doctor Doom: No exactamente, Ben… pero ahora soy todo lo que tienen. — Reed Richards: Sue, échale un campo al cerebro, al corazón y a los ojos, rápido. ¡Esto es grave, que no ponga en peligro la misión!

— Susan Storm: Lo… lo intento, Reed, pero no puedo. Como si no hubiera más que… — Doctor Doom: Acero frío y duro… Aunque lograras atravesar mis defensas mágicas. Victor aprendió a hacer cualquier cosa con los libros de hechizos de Atlantis. ¿Qué podrías hacer si necrotizara un poco más esos huesos y ligamentos medio muertos, Susan? — Susan Storm: ¡Agh! ¡Pedazo de basura! ¡Muérdelo, Reed! ¡Haz algo para infectarle! Deprisa… deprisa… — Doctor Doom: No tengo nada que quieras comer, amigo mío, pero puedo conjurar a unos amiguitos que estarán más que felices de probar ese sabroso tejido necrosado… — Reed Richards: ¿Qué quieres decir, maldito loco? ¿De qué demonios hablas? — Doctor Doom: Empecemos con lombrices, ¿eh?

[racefortheironthrone]

Okay, so the next time Marvel retools its continuity, Steve Rogers has to be né Stephen Rothkowitz, son of Russian Jewish immigrants on the LES, right?

That's a very interesting question!

The first thing I'd note is that Marvel doesn't really retool its continuity per se, that's more of a D.C thing. Indeed, Marvel kind of takes pride in the fact that the main continuity of the 616 has never been formally rebooted, that while the plates may have wobbled from time to time they've managed to keep them spinning since 1961.

Leaving aside that bit of pedantry, I think the question of whether or not to have Steve Rogers be retconned as Jewish is a very interesting one - and I think it ultimately comes down to what kind of message or theme one is trying to convey through comics. When Siegel and Shuster decided to bolt a Moses allegory onto their reclamation of the Nietzschean Ubermensch, that was a statement to the Nazis of the world: the ubermensch was a Jew.

As I've said before, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon were on to something a bit more complex than Superman when it came to Steve Rogers. To quote myself:

In a deliberate thumb in the eye to Hitler’s racial science, Steve Rogers is turned from a malnourished working-class intellectual into the very image of the Aryan Superman Hitler fetishized by a Jewish refugee scientist – alternately named Joseph Reinstein or Abraham Erskine – who is then gunned down by a Nazi agent.[3]

Pre-serum Steve Rogers stands in for many things that Hitler hated and wanted to purge from society - he's the "degenerate" "cosmopolitan" artist/intellectual, he's physically disabled and absolutely would be labeled as "undesirable" under the "Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring," he's a working-class premature anti-fascist (i.e, he's a "red"), he's a second-generation immigrant from the Lower East Side - so the question naturally arises, is he also a Jew?

I think it's a bit complicated. Certainly, as I've written about before, subtextual Judaism is all over Steve Rogers' origin story. In addition to the immigrant LES backstory, there's also the fact that Rogers' transformation into Captain America is absolutely depicted as the work of Jewish emigre science. To quote myself again:

So in 1941, when Jack Kirby and Joe Simon introduced us to Captain America and the name of the scientist who gave him his powers was Professor Reinstein at a time when the most famous Jewish emigre scientist in the world was Albert Einstein, the subtext was clear: Captain America’s serum is the result of Jewish emigre science, here to save us from the threat of Nazism. And while it’s changed somewhat in the last 60-70 years, the fact that the 2011 film has Doctor Abraham Erskine be both a scientist and a quasi-rabbinical figure, the subtext is still there.

I think there's something very deliberate in Kirby and Simon's choice to have Steve Rogers be transformed into a blond-haired, blue-eyed ubermensch, the very ideal of Nazi eugenics but one absolutely dedicated to a political ideology that's anathema to Nazism. In that context, it might be argued that having Steve Rogers be Catholic rather than Jewish might be a useful part of the analogy rather than just subtextual cover - he's the Popular Front cross-ethnic coalition, he's the example of righteousness among the goyim to inspire other goyim to take up the cause of anti-Nazism.

There's also a reading of the text that both points to the subtextual Judaism of Rogers' origin but also why Rogers is in Judaism but not of it - the rather common reading that Captain America is a golem. As I've said, Reinstein/Erskine is a quasi-Rabbinical figure, endowed both with higher learning (the super-science formula that is lost with his murder so that there is only one Captain America) and moral authority, who creates an incorruptible force for good to defend America and its Jewish commuunity from the evils of Nazism.

As Captain America, Rogers bears a letter A on his forehead that is analogous to the Hebrew letter א that plays a crucial role in the tale of the golem. At the same time, not everyone agrees with this reading, so it shouldn't be taken as a given.

After all, Steve Rogers could also be argued to be Marvel's answer to the atomic bomb, a force of superhuman might capable of winning world wars - but one endowed with a moral intelligence and free will that the bomb lacked. (Incidentally, I was absolutely gagged that some Gen Z folks think that the Manhattan Project was something made up for the MCU, because it was mentioned in passing that Howard Stark worked on it. I can't wait till the kids find out about the Black Womb Project...)

Conclusion

At the end of the day, I don't know whether I would prefer Steve Rothkowitz to Steve Rogers - there is something indefinably different between the idea of Jewish resistance to a genocidal ideology directed specifically against them and the idea of a goyish neighbor, someone who grew up in the neighborhood and learned some Yiddish along the way but who wasn't exactly au courant with Rabbi Hillel, taking up arms in the cause because they've reasoned it's the only morally acceptable thing to do.

[justkidneying]

Okay new series/setup of asks I'm gonna hit you with

Let's start with everyone's favorite--what does media/what do writers often get wrong about characters blacking out via head trauma?

a) What should actually happen with that? b) What kinds of causes for blacking out or stunning or delaying the character could potentially be done instead? c) Anything else you feel needs to be made clear about this kinda thing?

Okay, I like this, keep it coming. What do writers get wrong? A lot, lol. So, the most common thing I see in media that stands out as something you shouldn't do, is when people will knock out their buddy because he wants to go do something stupid. Do not do this to your friends. Any blow to the head (especially one severe enough to cause loss of conciousness [LOC]) is bad. Don't do it.

Let's go into what a concussion is. It is a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). They happen when you get hit in the head. The space your skull and brain is filled with cerebro spinal fluid (CSF). There are also a lot of layers of connective tissue, but that's not important right now. The main thing is that you only have a few millimeters (0.5-6.5 mm depending on the region) of space between the bone and brain. This means it is really easy for your brain (which has some flexibility to its position) to hit the inside of your skull.

A famous type of injury is a coup contrecoup, where the brain strikes the skull, then bounces back and strikes again on the opposite side. This isn't always what happens. You can get a brain injury where the brain only strikes one side or is simply damaged from the impact through the bone.

Concussions are graded from I-III. A grade I has no LOC and amnesia lasting no more than half an hour. A grade II has LOC for no more than 5 minutes and amnesia lasting from half an hour to one day. A grade III has LOC for more than 5 minutes and amnesia lasting more than a day. Obviously, losing conciousness is bad, yet everyone in media does it like it's no big deal. The person who gets knocked out should be pretty mad, because they will likely have head ache, nausea, vomiting, memory issues, etc. They should definitely see a doctor.

One thing to note is that uneven pupils is not a normal sign of concussion, and is indicative of a more serious TBI. Also, a person with a concussion can go to sleep. They aren't going to die just because they took a nap.

What types of things could we do instead? I mean, if the person is an enemy, by all means knock them out lol. But if they are your friend, can you guys not just use words? I jest, but any kind of LOC as a result of trauma is not great, especially if it is serious enough to last several minutes. You could do a blood choke, I guess, but that should not do anything other than stun them for a minute or two. I've seen a lot of people get blood-choked, but they were only stunned for a moment. Blood chokes are when you cut off the blood supply to the brain (like with a rear naked choke). An air choke is when you cut off air supply (such as with an Ezekiel choke). *Please note that these are not good things to do IRL unless you're into martial arts. Don't do them for fun*

I would honestly just chloroform someone or use some other drug to knock them out. We knock people out all the time for medical reasons, and they're fine afterwards. So just drug them, lol.

I think the last point I want to make is about how improper the technique used to knock people out is. A punch to the temple is probably the most likely area to knock someone out (it is very thin). But punching people in the head hurts. I would much rather kick them in the head. Punching someone in the head is more likely to just hurt you. You're either hitting unpadded bone or getting teeth stuck in your knuckles. Palm strikes to the nose are pretty good, though.

In a fight scene, I would probably have a character punch someone in the throat if they're enemies. This won't hurt their hand and will probably kill their opponent. The solar plexus (midline bottom ribcage) is also a good place to hit. That will knock the wind out of someone. The kidneys and liver are good targets, too.

I hope I answered your question, and I thank you for asking it. Bottom line is that you shouldn't hit your friends, and you shouldn't hit your enemies in the head with your fist.

[judiiloved]

Hola princesas, volví ;)

No sé si alguien me recuerde o lo que sea, hace casi dos meses no entro a Tumblr, ademas de que no he ayunado NADA. No saben lo mal que la he pasado... mande todo a la m1erd4 y ni siquiera merezco estar aquí. Empecé a comer mucha chatarra, papas fritas, galletas, chocolates, helados... nunca paré. Lo peor es que nadie me lavo el cerebro para hacerlo, he estado tragando como cerda sin parar, le he fallado a Ana miles de veces y me siento horrible. Hace poco fui al doctor y me pesaron, subí un kilo, la doctora dijo que estoy al borde de la obesidad y me quise m0rir. No sé cómo ni por qué caí tan bajo, pero en verdad ya no quiero seguir así y voy a cambiar cueste lo que cueste.

[vooktacora]

ALMENDRA

“Las relaciones humanas son realmente difíciles”  AMYGDALA - Agust d. 

 Todos tenemos en la cabeza dos almendras. Están metidas en algún rincón del cerebro más o menos a la altura de las orejas. Tanto por la forma como por el tamaño, son iguales a estos frutos secos, por eso se las llama «amígdala», que significa «almendra» en griego.

Cuando estas amígdalas reciben un estímulo exterior, se enciende una lamparita roja. Dependiendo del tipo de estímulo, se despiertan sentimientos como el miedo, el enfado, el agrado o el asco. Sin embargo, las almendras de mi cerebro parecen tener un desperfecto, ya que no se enciende del todo esa lamparita roja. Por esta razón, nunca sé por qué los demás se ríen o lloran y apenas puedo percibir de manera vaga lo que es la tristeza, el amor o el miedo. P.25

Almendra fue mi primer acercamiento a la literatura coreana; para ser sincera, leerlo me provocó una mezcla de emociones y un deseo por conocer toda la historia de nuestro protagonista. Ésta historia maneja temas comunes como son la juventud, el amor, la amistad, la búsqueda y la muerte. Won-pyung Sohn tiene una manera tan sutil pero a la vez directa en su narrativa y al mismo tiempo es ágil y preciso.

La obra nos narra la historia de Yunjae, un adolescente incapaz de reconocer y sentir emociones. Desde que era un bebé su madre notó que su hijo sería diferente porque él no sonreía. 

El primer suceso ocurrió cuando él presenció la muerte de un joven y, a partir de ahí los hechos desafortunados surgieron. Cuando Yunjae pedía ayuda para aquel joven sus expresiones eran secas, secas como una almendra. Lo que ocasionó que el señor de la tienda a la cual fue a pedir ayuda lo ignorara, después de todo solo era un niño de primaria sin importancia. A partir de ese día la gente empezó a etiquetarlo como “raro” por no sentir dolor ni empatía por lo sucedido.

Desde pequeño los médicos le diagnosticaron que, las amígdalas de su cerebro no se había desarrollado por completo; las amígdalas de Yunjae eran incapaces de procesar ni almacenar reacciones emocionales. Por ello su madre le hacía comer tres veces al día almendras con la creencia que las que tenía en la cabeza crecieran.

Su madre le dejaba letreritos por todos los rincones de la casa, con las reacciones que debía tener en diferentes momentos de su vida como por ejemplo  : El otro sonríe → sonríe del mismo modo. Sin embargo para Yunjae seguía siendo difícil. 

Yunjae creció sin emociones ni sentimientos, pero su madre y abuela estuvieron en ese proceso para guiarlo en un mundo donde lo veían como un monstruo.

Pero eso cambió cuando en Nochebuena, el mismo día de su cumpleaños número dieciséis, su madre y su abuela fueron víctimas de un hombre; la única que sobrevivió al ataque fue su madre pero su cerebro se sumergió en un sueño profundo. Yunjae presencio todos los hechos pero no sintió nada, ni dolor, ni llanto, ya que no tenía la capacidad para hacerlo.

A partir de ese momento Yunjae tuvo que enfrentarse al mundo sin sentir emociones, sin la ayuda de su madre y su abuela. Alegría, enfado, tristeza, placer, amor, odio y vergüenza fueron las emociones que su madre escribió en aquellos letreros alrededor de su casa. A partir de ese momento, Yunjae se encontraba solo y esas emociones, según él, ya no tenia caso aprenderlas de memoria. 

La casa estaba silenciosa; para Yunjae su madre y abuela constituían todo su universo, pero debía de aprender que existen más personas en el mundo y, durante su historia van a pareciendo nuevas personas así como nuevas emociones pero ninguna de esas nuevas emociones estaban escritos en sus letreros pegados a la pared. Fue entonces cuando su vida empezó a cambiar. El primero en acercarse a él fue el doctor Shim, uno de sus vecinos del piso de arriba. Quién le ayudó y alentó para continuar con la librería de su madre, figurando así como su “figura paterna”, ayudándole con sus emociones y su escuela pues Yunjae se enfrentaría de nuevo con la burla de sus compañeros por ser un chico “raro y diferente”. Aunque el principio Yunjae se negara a su ayuda, tiempo después accedió. Después de todo su madre le había pedido al doctor Shim que se ocupase de él si algo le llegara a pasar. 

Un día mientras visitaba a su mamá en el hospital, conoció a la persona que le presentó al monstruo. Su nombre era Yoon Kwonho, un reconocido profesor. Hace algunos años, él y su esposa perdieron a su único hijo.

Así se encontró con el otro monstruo. Su nombre era Goni, un joven de su misma edad con las emociones desbordadas y por otro lado, Yunjae sin ninguna emoción; como dos polos opuestos. Cuando los dos monstruos se conocieron, lo único que Goni quería era molestar a Yunjae, porque como a todos le parecía “raro”; lo golpeaba e insultaba pero no conseguía ni una reacción de Yunjae.  El día que le dio una golpiza tampoco paso nada. La lamparita roja de Yunjae no conseguía encenderse por completo, al igual que la vez que la tetera roja le quemó la mano, su cara no mostraba ningún tipo de expresión.

A medida que Yunjae crecía empezaban a presentarse sus nuevas emociones, y su madre no estaba ahí para ayudarlo a entenderlas. Y él por si solo no tenia los recursos suficientes para entender de que ser trataba. 

Cada personaje tiene un papel importante en la obra y que marca la vida de Yunjae y así pasó con Dora, una chica de su mismo colegio. Él lo interpretó como fiebre pues no tenia  de referencia de otra cosa. A veces para una persona que no tiene alexitimia es muy difícil expresar y entender el amor.

Goni refrecuentaba la librería y mientras pasaban los días Yunjae y Goni se volvieron más cercanos.

 Los dos monstruos convivían frecuentemente, en la librería y en la escuela. Poco a poco desarrollarían una amistad. Nadie pensaría que estos dos polos opuestos se llevarían bien sin embargo encontraban cierta fascinación el uno al otro. Goni era un chico problemático, había crecido sin la guía de sus padres.  Sus emociones eran exageradas. Todo lo contrario a Yunjae que había crecido con la guía de su madre y abuela, pero con la ausencia de sus emociones. Goni quería ser como Yunjae, no sentir nada. Y así llegó Goni a la vida de Yunjae desarrollando una amistad diferente, aunque Goni lo tachaba de robot por no sentir nada. Yunjae comprendía a Goni y, Goni trataba de entender a Yunjae.

La historia se consuma cuando aparecen las primeras lágrimas de Yunjae. La autora nos muestra varias facetas en la vida del protagonista mismas que nos hacen identificarnos con él. La obra es toda una mezcla emociones. Y mientras más avanzamos queremos conocer a detalle al protagonista y sentimos empatía hacia él. Esta es la historia del niño que comía almendras y como paradoja final, después que las dejó de comer empezó a “sentir” pero de eso se trata crecer y de crear relaciones humanas.

[palovasdumpster]

No le digan a mi doctor 🥴 pero tenía que salir de casa a trabajar en alguna parte porque mi cerebro nada más no está cooperando.

[happystudentpoet-blog]

Me temo estar enfermo y peor aún desconozco de mi padecimiento, los doctores dicen que puede ser algo endocrino, otros que es el metabolismo y algunos proponen que es mi corazón, los psicólogos y psiquiatra afirman que el daño puede estar en mi cerebro , que todo se radica de mis pensamientos, pero unos pocos han dicho que quizás me dañe el alma y que este mundo no posee la cura, estoy enferma y no lo entiendo, hoy me duele la panza pero en otras circunstancias no puedo ni contar mis pasos y en ocasiones me encuentro con una debilidad muy repentina en mis sueños, no abrazo ni siento, no duermo y el cabello se me empieza a caer, mis ojos ya no soportan el desvelo y mis manos tiemblan al inicio del día y finalizo entre un llanto desesperado 🍂

[quiero-leer-en-paz]

Almendra (2017), Won-pyung Sohn

Hay lecturas que no elijo sino que me son elegidas. Por lo general, es mi novio el que se encarga de eso cuando yo no puedo tomar una decisión. Esta vez, fue algo más bien “impuesto”. Durante la Feria del Libro Infantil, tuve la suerte de trabajar al lado de Joel. Durante los primeros días, en los que estuve sola y no había casi gente que visitara la feria, Joel me hizo el enorme favor emocional y psicológico de venir a charlarme cada tanto. Yo sola no me hubiera acercado, todavía hay vestigios de timidez de mi adolescencia. Reconocí en él un lector compañero y confiable cuando me dijo que le gustaba Amélie Nothomb. Charlando, me comentó que Almendra es su libro favorito, entre broma y broma me comprometí a leerlo. Días después, Sol vino a trabajar conmigo y se dio la casualidad de que estaba leyendo ese mismo libro. Ante la presión amigable de ambos lados, juré que mi próxima lectura después de Los reyes de la casa sería Almendra. Cuando llegó el momento, Sol me prestó su ejemplar.

No me parece ajeno a este libro contar toda esta anécdota personal. Primero, porque esta es mi página y puedo hacer lo que me parezca. Segundo, porque la amistad es el núcleo esencial de esta novela. No es el único vínculo importante, la relación madre-hijo también es central, pero sí el que más se desarrolla. Luego de una tragedia terrible, el protagonista crece gracias a sus amistades: con el doctor Shim, con Dora y con Gon, especialmente. El amor que circula entre todas estas personas está presente, en cada relación a su forma, aunque Yunjae no lo pueda percibir del todo. Si hay algo que no le falta a este libro es emociones: las que nos provoca a nosotros como lectores y nos conmueven. Yunjae no es una piedra absoluta, al contrario. Tiene curiosidad y ganas de entender el mundo que lo rodea. Sin siquiera darse cuenta, empieza a sentir a su modo.

El estilo de escritura logra muy bien la falta de percepción emocional sin perder la cualidad literaria y bella. Es un libro que fluye y se deja leer fácilmente sin sacrificar los matices de los temas que trata. Nos me esperaba estar “al borde de mi asiento” con esta lectura, pero tiene grandes momentos de tensión. No pude parar de leer las últimas 50 páginas hasta que se terminó todo.

Me resulta curioso que este libro haya llegado a mis manos a través de nuevas y viejas amistades. Curioso y lindo. Hay libros que llegan en los momentos que los vinculan exactamente con contexto en el que aparecen. En lo personal, lo interpreto como un recordatorio de lo importante que son mis amigos; que vale la pena atesorar a los viejos y darle la bienvenida a los nuevos.

Las almendras en mi cerebro disparan dopamina.

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https://www.tumblr.com/roleplayhonestybox/761273726718410752/why-do-people-ask-for-a-link-to-my-rp-ad-when-it

i know this is from yesterday and i usually don’t reply to other people’s asks but this one in particular upset me

i know i—and im sure many other people—like multiple ads in a row, and/or even go off to like other posts after that. so if you dm us like “hey you liked my rp ad” and NOTHING else?? obviously we’re going to be confused, especially if we liked multiple ads for the same source material. so you can’t just be like “hey you liked my dungeon meshi rp ad” and expect me to know which dunmesh rp ad ur talking about bc i just liked like. 4 of them. i cant read your mind dude, just send the link to your ad when you initially reach out, it takes 2 seconds

and also especially if you posted it anonymously. like yeah dude i’m gonna become doctor xavier and use cerebro to see into your mind and figure out which ad was yours 😭😭 /sarc

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