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mentallyilllagomorph · 9 days ago

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I will never get to draw this be cause I have no time nor much skill. So I choose to be a script writer for whoever wants this.

Say for the sake of argument Sam and Max is shared in the same 90s fox universe as the Super Mario Bros Super Show. John could very well be the tv version of king koopa for no reason beyond an accident in flordia. It's Christmas and John promised to visit his family in new york. Rather than reschedule, John Koopa comes to New York with princess toadstool in tow after a successful kidnapping.

Title page:

Narration bubble: Apparently Sam and Max wanted to throw a nice christmas party for their close friends and family. It could happen! If Sybil planned it.... Okay they might have been planning to crash Sybil's Christmas party at the Lincoln-Pandemik estate.

Either way, wanting to spend holiday with their children, Sam and Max planned to meet up with and have an early light dinner with the kids at Stinky's diner!

Scene: Sam, max, Sam jr., and Geek are already waiting and arguing about what to order. Grandpa stinky is in his gorilla form, standing by with a note pad.

Geek: So John really asked to bring a date? I had assumed he was asexual since the rest of us are all different spectrums of asexual.

Sam: Keep an open mind, it's the 90s again, hetronormativity is fashionable right now.

Max: Ignoring beastiality or specism.

Scene: John bursts in with 1990 Princess Toadstool and shuffles her over to the table, shuffling her inbetween himself and Geek. None of them comment on the ropes and instead casually greet her.

Geek: What's your name?

Max: Where ya from?

Sam: What's your blood type?

Princess Toadstool: *bewildered and struggling in ropes* Why are you all okay with this monster kidnapping me?!

Geek: *shrugging* My dads have kidapped, illegally detained, and led to the mysterious disappearances, of so many unimportant side characters over the years, both past and post, i'd just be glad my brother was excited to bring you to christmas dinner. You're then guaranteed to make it to the end of the episode.

Scene: Toadstood scrambles from her bindings and grabs a knife to try and stab John when Max slows her efforts with a tazer leveled to her temple.

Max: My husband said he wanted a bloodless christmas.

Background bubble: *love sick sounds*

John: Where'd you get that?

Max: None of yer dam business.

Sam: Marsupial little guy

Scene: Toadstool sits down and stinky serves dinner. It's completely inedible.

Princess Toadstool: where am I?

Max: New york. *Digs into meal like a feral beast*

Princess Toadstool: *perks up* Oh Mario has told me lots about new york! Are we in the brook of land?

Sam: No, east Manhattan.

Princess Toadstool: Oh so we can see the Queens?

Geek: Nah, we don't need tires.

Scene: Toadstool looks a little sad, Sam Jr. Comes close to express her sympathies. Max pauses and leans over with a wide smile and renewed intrest.

Max: Wait, so you're not from america?

Princess Toadstool: No?

Max: Then its a pleasure to intolerance (sam:"introduce," max:'gusuntheight') myself to your filthy illegal immigrant self, I am Max President of the United States Of America and-

Geek: Wait no Max it's the 90s remember? Bush hasn't even started a war yet.

Max: Oh right. Wait. How's stinky a monkey then?

*distant mariachi noises*

Sam Jr.: its best not to think on it dad.

Scene: Everyone introduces themselves to Princess Toadstool by their brand safe titles before turning to John and asking what he has been up to. He tells an altered tale of his battles (on tv) with mario.

John: and my kidnapping- my sudden vacation with the Princess Toadstool here is to show her how I'm a soft heart who came from the honest means of a family of police, and how much I care about family, so she will sign this document drafted by (best lawyer) to hand over the kingdom in the same manner as Max sold Sybil the United States when she was acting Queen of Canada. *big grin*

Princess Toadstool: wont work.

Geek: *doesnt believe him and gives over complicated scientific explination for John's experience*

John: *teasing* "This is the 90s dont think on it too hard."

Scene: Everyone finishes their meal and they go to leave, but as they get outside Mario and Luigi arrive and in a confusing fight take toadstool, The Geek and Samantha (in geeks pocket) get "rescued" and whisked away with the Mario Bros "back" to the mushroom kingdom. Mario and Luigi can't believe that geek is John's sister and shows her around the kingdom as a new friend who may settle. They even give them a gender neutral royal outfit.

Scene: By the next day a letter arrives from king koopa.

Letter: "Please return Geek, if they arent returned unharmed, (or returned harmed, or arent returned at all. Basically we want the geek, we'll take harmed but unharmed avoids the punishment)*all in small font to the side* in the next 24 hours... I King John Koopa will not be held responsible for my father's natural ability to unhinge his jaw and how he chooses to use it. Good luck."

Geek: it's not a bluff.

Luigi:*shaking* I believes her.

Mario: it probably is the right thing to return a child to her parents.

Greek: *bristles as she is shorter than mario* I am somewhere between 14 - 40! I am Hardly a child.

Scene: Sam and Max cause mayhem. John is a cartoony villian with his back up of koopa troopas all shouting for their Princ/ess Gugenheek.

Toad: *shouts* We will never surrender Princess Toadstool!

John: *also shouts* I don't give a Goomba's miniature glazed mcguffin about that illiteration illiterate folical fungus. were here for the prince/ess of the Koopa Kingdom Gugenheek, MY sibling.

Toad: NO ONE as pretty as the princess could be related to such beasts.

Max: I personally thought I was soft and marketable.

Sam: Didn't they recently release plushies of both of us?

Max:They made your tummy extra soft.

Sam: How would you know?

Max: *whisper*It's almost Christmas dear.

Scene: Toad still objects so Max takes a bite of him and toad shrieks. Its just a hat but could you imagine! Geek comes out and runs to her family.

The Mario Bros Apologize and John forgives begrudgingly but wants something in return.

Geek: No need, already took care of that. *hands john a document giving him the eastern dark forest of the mushroom kingdom. He is ecstatic and the mario brothers look confused but it's the dark forest so who cares. Boo filled area anyway.*

Scene: Everyone leaves in smiles, waving goodbye as the head into the distance... Until Princess Toadstool runs down the stairs of her palace shouting that the geek forged her signature and left a note "barrowing" her royal seal for that gift.

John: *shouts* "NO BACKSISIZYS!!" *shoves everyone into the clown copter before flying away.*

End.

#sam and max #sam and max freelance police #freelance husbands #sam & max #bad joke #darla gugenheek #Geek #mario bros #super mario bros super show

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luverofralts · 4 months ago

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Arkhelios Adventures

Ulyssa rushed to the cradle she had placed in her bedroom. The infant was crying, and with all the tears currently being shed in the castle, the queen regent thought it would be best to keep a close eye on the child. On her child.

The little girl stopped wailing as soon as Ulyssa picked her up. It brought back so many, now painful memories of her own children growing up. Alysiara had fussed whenever she was about to be put down for a nap to the point where even the nannies couldn't get her to sleep. She'd happily sleep in Ulyssa's arms while Maura held court.

This baby was hers in the same way that Georgiana was Maura’s. Ulyssa repeated that sentence in her mind every time she had to feed or change the baby. This little girl looked a lot like her father, but then again, so did Georgiana. There were bits of Maura in her face as well, but her eyes were all her father's.

"It's okay, baby. I'm scared without your mom too," Ulyssa confessed, holding the infant close. She couldn't understand all the words Ulyssa needed to get out of her system. "We'll be okay, though. She'll wake up and we can try to be a family again. You'll see."

"Ah, you're not as fussy as Alysiara," Ulyssa remarked sadly. "You're like Viola, shy until you get hungry. That's pretty good; we could use some more shy family members."

"Go to sleep, little princess. The nanny will be here soon."

The nanny was due to arrive within the hour, to Ulyssa's relief. She could handle babies, she and Maura certainly had enough of them, but dealing with a newborn, a country, funerals for her children, and praying that Maura woke up soon, all seemed impossible. She could delegate baby duties to a trained professional while trying to keep up with the rest of her responsibilities.

"Your Majesty, there are guests at the door. Security has cleared them. It is safe to approach."

Ulyssa groaned. All this security didn't feel like it was to protect them. It felt like it was some kind of test of patience just to get breakfast. We're they really any safer with all these "safeguards"? They had thought they were safe at the family cottage, and look how that turned out.

Ulyssa reached the door and had to check behind her for a camera or a group of people waiting to jump out and yell "surprise"! She couldn't have predicted the identity of her guests even if she'd had a hundred guesses.

"Your Majesty, it's great to see you again so soon."

"It's just Claudia at the moment," the queen replied, smirking at her daughter. "The three of us are simply foreign citizens, out for a walk on the royal estate."

That was an understatement. Despite Claudia's words, the three people on her doorstep were very much not a simple thing to acknowledge. Firstly, if you had asked Ulyssa to picture Claudia with her hair done up like a teenager, she could have never imagined what was before her. Victoriana was easy enough to expect to be with her mother, but Theo? The last Ulyssa had heard, Theo was away in a foreign school for almost killing his boyfriend with his broken magic. To see him casually strolling the palace gardens with his half-sister and the queen of Pleasantview? Had Roman approved this visit, or was it one of Claudia's games?

"Thanks for meeting with my lawyer about the cottage," Claudia exclaimed, greeting Ulyssa in a superficial manner. "He said that everything went through just fine and i have you to thank for it. Maura’s going to be so proud of the way you've handled things in her absence. Her doctors are saying that she might wake up soon, are you preparing all the documents and papers she's going to need?"

Ulyssa felt gross just listening to Claudia try to be nice. The papers giving her a legal stake in the cottage were already signed, what else did she have planned if she needed to butter Ulyssa up like this? She would ask how Claudia knew about what Maura’s doctors were saying, but she already knew the answer. The queen of Pleasantview knew everything.

"Anyway, I thought I'd drop by and see your newest daughter," Claudia continued, ignoring Ulyssa's attempt to answer her last question. "She's upstairs, right?"

"Yes?" Ulyssa was still trying to figure out what exactly was happening here. "The nanny is doing to be here soon. I think she's almost asleep-"

"Perfect! I'll just say hi before she falls asleep. Victoriana, Theo, run upstairs and signal to our security team that we're safe. You know how they worry when we're out of sight these days."

Before Ulyssa could stop the teens, Victoriana and Theo were on their way upstairs to complete Claudia's command.

Theo did pause long enough to give his godmother a dirty look. Clearly, his feelings for Ulyssa hadn't changed since she'd last seen him.

"Oh, isn't she the cutest?" Claudia cooed, reaching into the cradle to hold her cousin's baby. "She's got that Siew fierceness, you can see it in her eyes."

Ulyssa craned her neck, looking for signs of where the Bellamy half-siblings might have run off to. Security was still on high alert, so they had to be being watched by someone, surely. What reason did Claudia have Theo for anyway? There was no honest reason that Ulyssa could think of for Claudia to have her ex-fling's teenage son sneaking around Twikkii Island when he could be home with his parents or safe at school. There was still a week left in the semester, wasn't there? After everything that had happened, Ulyssa had no sense of time. It could suddenly be Winterfest tomorrow for all she knew.

"Princess Victoriana is just using the washroom," Theo announced upon entering the room. "Our security team wants us to move on shortly. They're not comfortable with our being in the castle when another strike could come at any time."

"Understood. Theo, would you like to hold the baby? You probably have enough experience holding children with the size of your father's family."

"No, Your Majesty, I'm fine here."

Theo looked as interested in seeing the infant as any typical fourteen year old boy. If it had been Adam's baby, that would be a different story, but someone else's crying, smelly kid hardly seemed worth Theo's time.

Ulyssa used Theo's reluctance to position herself beside the teen before he could bolt away. She would likely never have a chance to speak with him like this again.

"So Junior-uh, Theo. How have things been lately? I heard that you were admitted to one of the hardest schools to get into. That must have been quite an honour."

"It sucked and they took away my phone," Theo replied curtly. "I still haven't got to see Adam yet, but at least I can text him again."

"Well, what did you learn?" Ulyssa tried again. She'd clearly forgotten how self-absorbed teenagers could be. Maybe it wasn't his age, but his bloodline. God only knew what went through teenage Roman's head.

Theo shrugged. He kept his eyes averted from Ulyssa at all times.

"I learned that the life deity thinks that I'm practically a demigod and that Adam has a talent for making crystals now. I'm going to go back to school next semester, and they're probably going to have to assign me to the advanced classes. Maybe even some university level courses."

"Uh, huh. Well, I'm happy that you're back home safe. What are you doing hanging around with Claudia? More advanced magic lessons?"

It was a gentle probe, but it was probably too much. Claudia's well trained ears missed nothing, or so Ulyssa assumed.

"He's helping my mom with a project," Victoriana replied, skipping past her brother. She made a silly face for the baby and tickled her softly. "Very hush hush. Can I hold her?"

"Very," Theo agreed, still avoiding his godmother as best he could.

"Does she have a name yet?" Victoriana asked, rocking the infant in her arms.

Ulyssa looked at Claudia expectantly before answering. The name had only been entered into the records that afternoon, but Ulyssa had no doubt that Claudia already had that information. Claudia did her best to look innocent under Ulyssa's stare, but Ulyssa was quickly learning some of the queen's tells.

"It's Coby. Princess Coby Augusta Ulyssa Siew," Ulyssa answered wearily. Just when had Claudia learned this information? Was she secretly psychic, or did she have spies in every corner of Ulyssa's life? "Her Majesty was very fond of her father, and it's a unisex name, so I thought it was fitting. I hope she agrees."

"You couldn't have waited?"

Another snarky question from the cocky teenager. Ulyssa wasn't sure how Roman dealt with his son's attitude.

"No, there are laws in place about when an heir is registered and a name is needed rather quickly," Ulyssa replied. "They have to make sure that she's the daughter of the queen and her titles need to be assigned very quickly after birth. The process is all very formal."

Ulyssa could read the next thing Theo wanted to say as easily as if it were written on his forehead. How had Princess Georgiana gotten through that process if she wasn't the queen's biological daughter? Maura had seen to all of that in her authority as the monarch, something Ulyssa couldn't do now even with her role as regent. The crown had wanted a name and Ulyssa had given her one.

"Well, it's been fun, but we really should get back to our walk around the grounds," Claudia declared, handing Coby back to her mother. "Theo, are you all set? Victoriana?"

Both teens nodded, and Ulyssa could feel her stress rising exponentially. They were up to something and barely trying to hide it. Whatever plan Claudia was working went far beyond Ulyssa's understanding, and Claudia knew it.

"It was nice seeing you and little Coby," Claudia lied, suddenly slipping back into her well practiced monarch cadence.

"Yeah, you too," Ulyssa said as politely sarcastic as she could manage without offending the foreign monarch. "Stop by any time."

"Tell Maura that I'll be by to see her," Claudia called as she began to descend the stairs. "Tomorrow probably. We'll have lunch."

Ulyssa frowned. Well, that was cryptic. Was Claudia guessing about Maura’s condition, or was she aware of some secret information that even Ulyssa didn't know? Had her reaper parents given her information known only to the guardians of the dead?

Ulyssa released a frustrated sigh and turned her attention back to the infant. First, she would take care of finding their nanny for Coby and then she would pour herself a large, strong drink and continue to look over the remaining documents she had to review before holding court tomorrow and put all thoughts of Claudia Goldman and her schemes out of her head.

#sims 2 #arkhelios #sim: theo bellamy #arkhelios adventures #theo bellamy #ulyssa durant #victoriana goldman #claudia goldman #coby siew

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theartisticcrow · 6 months ago

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🌻 :)

Alright, I saw this ask last night, but decided I'd save it for the next day when I was feeling actually awake. Well, now I've got a Queen record playing so i might as well talk about the French Revolution, particularly Maximilien Robespierre. Now you might be thinking, "Robespierre? The bloodthirsty tyrant that guillotined half a France? What about him?" Well I am here to tell you that he wasn't actually a tyrant or a dictator, despite what your high school teacher might have told to the entire class. If you don't know who Robespierre was, without accidentally writing a short biography of his entire life and career (again), he was lawyer from Arras, France, most well known for his involvement in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. I will get to that [his involvement in these events] in a moment, but firstly, what was the Reign of Terror? Hell, what was the French Revolution? I'm sure you know, it's a very famous events after all, but I shall explain as though you do not for anyone who may come across this post and not know exactly what I'm talking about.

Alright, so the French Revolution began in France in 1789. The country is drowning in debt after the American Revolution, people are starving because of a poor harvest season and prices of bread are rising, and it's just not a great time. The country was in crisis and something needed to be done. The Third Estate (social class involving anyone who is not nobility or a member of the clergy) demanded change and the other Estates actually sort of agreed that "yeah, country's fucked". Thus the king called upon the Estates-General, a sort of meeting of the three Estates (First Estate: Clergy. Second Estate: Nobility. Third Estate: literally everybody else, they make up 97% of the population). This was a pretty big thing because the Estates-General hadn't been called upon in a very long time (I think it was roughly 175 years?). Anyways, the point of the Estates general was basically, correct me if I'm wrong, to fix things in the kingdom when everything had gone to shit. Each Estate was represented by one singular vote. This was sort of a problem, you see, because the minority of the population, the First and Second Estate, had collectively two votes while the Third Estate, the majority of the population, only had one. Do you see where this is going? Anything that the majority of the population wanted could be very easily outvoted and it was incredibly unfair, obviously. After a while, after various disagreements and things just not really going according to plan, the Third Estate decided "Fuck this, I'm not doing this anymore", and they went off and formed something called the National Assembly. The National Assembly was to represent all members of the population though in particular the Third Estate. Literally 3 days after forming this Assembly, the King, Louis XVI, locked them out of their own building so that they wouldn't be able to meet there anymore. This sort of backfired on the King because they just went down to the nearby tennis court and sort of signed something called the Tennis Court Oath, which basically was them saying, "Well fuck you, we are never going to stop meeting".

(I've had to go back through my 30 page essay to find the correct dates and timeline but anyways). Without getting too deep into the politics and technicalities of the time, let me just walk you through the major events of the Revolution that would eventually lead up to the Reign of Terror. (At this very moment I've only now just clicked back on to that document so I can look through it and oh my God I forgot how small the fucking font is. This is going to take me a few minutes.)

OKAY, Third Estate wants lower taxes (taxes are partially result of the country's debt and the country's debt is because of their funding of the American Revolution and a really flawed taxing and banking system); Estates general is called, all three Estates bring up collectively 60,000 grievances; the Estates general doesn't go so well because of unfair voting; fueled by the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment, the Third Estate goes off and forms their own little kind of government, that being the National Assembly; the National Assembly would represent the entire country; only a few days after forming, the King would lock him out of their own building; Tennis Court Oath happens, Robespierre is among those in the National Assembly and he is one of the people that signed the Tennis Court Oath. Alright, by this point Louis XVI is getting a bit nervous, understandably. The King begins organising troops near Paris and, understandably, people begin to panic. In this panic, (that along with the King firing or dismissing Jacques Necker), people begin to riot a bit, and thus is how came about the storming of the Bastille. The storming of the Bastille was a massive turning point in the Revolution, not only because it was an incredible display of the people getting together and successful storming this prison which represented mass political power, but even the army, who was likely called to 'disperse' the crowd, fought on their side and helped them take the Bastille. A couple decapitated heads later and the Revolution is imminent. It has begun.

Since this is getting long: March on Versailles happens, the King and Queen are overthrown and later executed, lots of stuff happens but it would take me another eleven days to write about. Reign of Terror begins (a fuck ton of mass executions).

Now, back to the topic of MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE, my god is this ever getting long. Right, he wasn't a dictator. Lots of people think that he was a dictator but that is a truth this is based on Thermidorian Propaganda and basically no truth... What if I just... screenshoted or copied that essay... Like the actual essay part of the essay. Hold on... OKAY, HERE'S THE ESSAY ITSELF THAT I WROTE. HAVE FUN READING ALL THIS:

And that's pretty much it. The rest of the essay was fucking background context that turned into a biography of Robespierre's life and career. Important things that I want to say here: Robespierre was not a dictator. He was one of 12 members on the Committee of Public Safety; they had equal superiority, it physically could not have been a dictatorship even if he wanted it to, and he didn't. He signed the least number of arrest warrants out of all Committee members, he was generally a pretty decent guy. His death was horribly cruel and unjust. He advocated for equal male suffrage, (even supported a few women's rights which I know right now may seem not impressive, but like you need to think about the time and how revolutionary that would have been), he did not support slavery, he basically said to the colonies that 'hey if it takes slavery to keep your colonies running, then your colonies can fucking perish'. Was he perfect? Oh absolutely not. He wrote up the Law of 22 Prairial which I absolutely do not support and he still did sign arrest warrants but he signed the least number of arrest warrants out of all Committee members like I previously mentioned and did I mention that this guy fucking hated the death penalty? He absolutely hated it, tried to have it abolished even but the National Assembly had already accepted a proposal by one Joseph Guillotin a year earlier. (I'm sure you can figure out what roughly that proposal lead to). Robespierre hated blood and physical violence, he never attended a single execution except his own. And every single person that he would have signed and an arrest warrant for would be arrested, have a trial and then may or may not end up being executed. Whether or not they were executed was actually out of his jurisdiction. But here's the thing about his execution: he didn't get a trial. His enemies overthrew him and executed him without fucking trial. And you know what they did after his death I probably mentioned that already in that essay but they pinned all of their crimes on him. I mean you look at how many wild accusations were coming out of the time and really, what's a little gasoline on a forest fire? It's already burning, it's not like anybody's going to notice. I cannot stress how much propaganda there was after his death. And that's what so much of our modern view of him is based on: propaganda, of all things. The evidence is right there you look the propaganda and then you look at the records and you say well no actually he didn't fucking do any of that. It just takes a little bit of digging and it's really not that difficult. Also I don't know if I mentioned it in the essay part of the essay but, why don't I just take a moment to briefly touch on the Festival of the Supreme Being. Everybody likes to say oh this was him thinking of himself as some kind of God and trying to start a cult around himself. That is not true. France at this time was so chaotic and out of control. The hardcore atheists were very much against relation they wanted to abolish all religion and this caused a lot of conflict so he wanted to try and bring the people together. That is literally all it was. And it was a massive success actually, but his enemies obviously saw the opportunity there to slander him more and they took it.

Maximilian Robespierre was an autistic little nerd who was so obsessed with equal rights of people that he was nicknamed The Incorruptible and loved fruit tarts so much that he wrote a poem about god damn fruit tarts. How can you not love him? He was a decent guy he wasn't that bad, at least not in comparison to a lot of people at that time. Sort of the same story for Saint-Just: he's only known as the Archangel of Terror because he supported Robespierre and defended his dear friend on 9 Thermidor.

And it's honestly quite funny, the reason I know all this. In my Socials class we had just started learning about the French Revolution, and I was excited, everyone was excited. Because we love blood and violence and overthrowing the government. And in my English class, we were doing basically a book club thing and the group I was assigned to was reading the novel Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. And I remembered seeing a short video on YouTube by the author of this book that was basically along the lines of one person going, "You can't just have your protagonist murder their way to the top!" and the author responding, "The protagonist is based on the only female Chinese emperor. How do you think they got to that position? By being nice?" And so I went looking for this video because I found it amusing. I found the author's YouTube channel and began searching and while I was looking, I gound out that the author of the book that is literally about a murderous bisexual polycule destroying the patriarchy and overthrowing the government, also does Robespierre cosplay... Anyways, I found the videos quite amusing, but then at some point I came across this one that was basically them saying, "Yeah, I know I joke about him a lot, but I do have to come to his defense here because wasn't actually a dictator". And that's how I found out. I later pirated one of the books that they credited and read that in the span of like three days. Then I made the entirely impulsive decision to write a 30 page essay on Robespierre and why he wasn't a dictator... I'm not a masochist, it's only a coincidence that I happen to be the cause of a lot of my own suffering.

#this isn't even all the reasons people think he's a dictator #this is only the tip of the fucking iceberg #and i am so near to bringing down this entire ship #robespierre #maximilian robespierre #frev #feel free to correct me on any details i got wrong #ignore any errors in grammer #i'm not checking to make sure there aren't any this is already too long #iron widow #xiran jay zhao #french revolution

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jawanaka · 7 months ago

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7, 29, 30 for the writers ask! (Mostly cause I want to make myself feel better about all my ideas that won't see the light of the day 😂)

Hahaha, its all good

7. How many ideas for fics do you have right now?

Counting or not counting WIPs? I think about four that are not down on paper, at least if we count ideas that I'm somewhat serious about.

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic. (If you don’t have either, just share a random fic idea you have that you don’t plan on getting to.)

Have a cut Dandelion cameo from Swallow:

As the princess prepared to face down a queen, Morvran, meanwhile, was facing down a buffoon. He was of course no stranger to buffoons. Nilfgaards nobility, merchant guilds, senate and even military had their fair share: as, had he come to learn, did the northern kingdoms. This particular buffoon was, according to a prodigious intelligence file that Morvran had taken care to peruse beforehand, named Julian Alfred Pankratz and held, or at least had once held, the title of Viscount de Lettenhove. The man was also a graduate of the norths most prestigious university and, apparently, a man of letters and poetry famed in every court of the northern kingdoms. He also styled himself after a pestilent weed and operated Novigrads most (in)famous cabaret. His hat and clothes were of garish purple coloring and his head held the most ridiculous combination of a goatee and puffy bereft that Morvran had ever had the misfortune of setting eyes on. In short, a buffoon. Unfortunately for Morvran, the man known as Dandelion was, on the viceroys personal request mind you, contracted to organize and provide the entertainment for the feast. Which is why the man was currently parked in his office and was already in the process of quaffing a fairly decent wine that Morvran had hoped to save for a better occasion, instead of being thrown into the mud outside the gate were Morvran would have dearly liked to deposit him.

30. Ask anything!

Ya forgot to ask something :P

But because I'm a fair and benevolent writer, and becase its you, have a slice of the Ciri/Cahir WIP I might even finish one day (if you bribe me sufficiently):

He is a strange one, the smallfolk agree, the lord of Darn Dyffra. Younger then most lords, unfailingly polite when you met him riding on the roads between the olive groves and vineyards, attentive to the needs of his people and a fair man all round. Yet he is also distant, if not exactly cold and you may as well catch him daydreaming, sitting in the shade of a plum tree or on one of the walls separating the fields from the rocky lake shores. Curled black locks waving slowly in the wind as his horse happily munching son spring grass, eyes blank as if seeing something else, far beyond the stony and green hills of Vicovaro. Some say he was always like this, those times you saw him after his old father forced his nose out of whatever romantic nonsense he had found in the castle library. Others say it was the war that changed him, the burning and slaughter at Cintra, where he led a the first forlorn hope that breached the gates. Other say no, it was on his way home after the emperor dismissed him. Cahir does not particularly care what they think, or at least so he tells himself. He is too busy, he tells himself, too busy being the man of the household (his mother and sister laughs at him when he claims this) too busy getting to know the intricate runnings of the family holdings. This is fact not true: his father left the estate a well oiled machine, run smoothly by a dedicated team of clerks and lawyers, with his mother being far more capable then him in the running of the affairs. And his siblings does not seem to have caught up to his new and lofty status: mourning their father they may be but surely that is no reason to give their older brother any more respect then he is due? Which, in the way of younger siblings everywhere, is precisely none.

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What is the dream jobs of IVE members if they weren’t kpop idols?

please i wonder if gaeul should get job in psychologie since she said that and wonyoung's dream jobs were lawyer and annoncer since izone she reveal that.

Gaeul || three of pentacles, ace of pentacles: My first thought was architecture. Also, design (product or communication design). Pottery or other handicrafts. Fashion design, even. Something that results in some sort of product/an actual item.

Yujin || ace of cups, queen of cups: Nurse? Pre-school teacher? That or something beauty-related, like an influencer or founder of some makeup/skincare brand. It's all about caring and sharing something with others; being creative and staying connected.

Rei || the hermit, eight of cups: She would've stayed completely out of the spotlight, I believe. I can see her pursuing a teaching or research career.

Wonyoung || six of wands, justice: Still a celebrity of some kind; perhaps a model? I keep seeing contracts with makeup and fashion brands. She could even establish her own company/brand in those fields. Law, with Justice here, yes! She would wanna be an A-list type of lawyer; someone who deals with the biggest cases and famous clients. Either way, fame & contracts are relevant here.

Liz || the emperor, four of wands: I see her following her father's (other father figure!) steps or guidance. Whatever he would've said was the best option for her, she would've considered. Real estate also came to mind, or wedding planning - both having to do with family and unions.

Leeseo || ten of pentacles, six of swords: Does her family have a business? Perhaps she would like the establish a family company or something of that sort. Banking is also possible here; loans; aiding immigrants. Representing her home country or company abroad.

(Disclaimer: Based on current energies. All readings are alleged and for entertainment purposes only.)

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Back In The Day, You Might Have Thought Everyone In Cincinnati Loved Fred Trump

People in Cincinnati were raving about Fred C. Trump a full decade before he ever dipped a toe into Cincinnati’s real estate market. Mildred Miller, in her Cincinnati Enquirer “Talk About Women” column [2 March 1954], begged the New York developer to buy some Queen City rental property:

“Sa-ay, why can’t it happen here? We sure could use a few ace-high landlords like Fred Trump of New York! He not only rents to families with children but also provides many extras to make them happy! . . . Such as playgrounds, indoor recreation centers, summer camps and baby sitters!”

Ten years later, Mildred Miller got her wish when Fred Trump purchased the moribund Swifton Village apartments in Bond Hill. Originally constructed with Federal Housing Administration financing at a cost of $10 million in 1954, the complex was half empty in 1964. The FHA foreclosed on the property and put it up for auction when the original developer defaulted. Fred Trump was the only bidder, snatching the complex for $5.7 million. The Cincinnati Enquirer [6 January 1965] was delighted:

“Before ink was dry on the Swifton deed, Mr. Trump said he sent his maintenance crews into the village on a $500,000 reconditioning and redecorating program. A new community center was built; streets and sidewalks were repaved; paint was dabbed here and there; new refrigerators and new laundry machines were installed; window shutters were ordered. New tenants started coming in.”

Although several sections of the complex were reserved for adult tenants, Fred Trump did build playgrounds in the portions of Swifton Village in which children were allowed. He also maintained a private swim club and sun deck for the exclusive use of tenants.

Fred Trump apparently worked overtime to satisfy the folks who lived at Swifton Village. One employee recalled when the owner visited Cincinnati around Mother’s Day and bought 1,000 orchids to distribute to the resident mothers. Trump passed out thousands of pre-stamped, pre-addressed post cards to all his tenants encouraging them to send complaints and suggestions directly to him. Enquirer business editor Ralph Weiskittel enthused [2 October 1966] about the benefit:

“This is the ‘service’ aspect of our plan, Mr. Trump said. When a tenant calls for a service he wants it ‘then’ – not an excuse that workmen are busy and will get to it the first thing tomorrow morning.”

Of course, the New York developer spent a lot of money burnishing his own image. The entire time he owned Swifton Village, every newspaper advertisement specified that the official name of the complex was “Fred C. Trump’s New Swifton Village.” Trump ran advertisements touting his concern for the tenants’ welfare. One advertisement in the Cincinnati Post [25 August 1966] promised a lofty goal:

“Who’s this man Fred C. Trump anyhow? He’s head man of Swifton Village. He loves this place. He’s out here regularly overseeing all the improvements that will make our Swifton Village a veritable paradise of suburban living.”

Another advertisement in the Enquirer [27 August 1966] emphasized his personal touch:

“This man worries a lot. If you lived here, you might be getting a phone call from Mr. Trump. Sound strange? Well, that’s the way Mr. Trump works. Several times a week (in addition to his regular visits) he picks up the phone and makes a long distance call to a tenant in his Swifton Village Apartments. Just to check up and find out if they’re content. Are things being taken care of? Anything he can do to help make living in his apartments a bit more pleasant? He’s the kind of landlord who worries about you.”

As a couple of lawsuits revealed, Fred Trump reserved his worries for his white tenants. In 1969, according to testimony by Trump’s own lawyer, only two or three apartments out of 1,167 in the complex were occupied by Black families.

The Cincinnati lawsuit was filed on behalf of Haywood and Rennell Cash, a young couple living with relatives because they were unable to find an apartment. At Swifton Village, they were told there were no vacancies, but they suspected otherwise. They consulted with the Housing Opportunities Made Equal organization, who sent a white woman out to Swifton Village. She was immediately offered an apartment. When the H.O.M.E. shopper returned with the Cashes, the apartment manager threw all of them out of his office.

A New York case, filed in 1973, involved almost identical circumstances, including allegations that Fred Trump’s managers falsely claimed that no vacancies existed and required higher rents from Black applicants. The New York lawsuit itemized incidents of discrimination at more than 17 Trump properties in New York and Virginia.

As it turned out, Fred Trump had been accused of discriminatory rental practices for years. At one point, folksinger Woody Guthrie lived in one of Trump’s Brooklyn buildings and crafted a new verse for his song “I Ain’t Got No Home” as a protest against the policies that kept that complex exclusively white:

We all are crazy fools As long as race hate rules! No no no! Old Man Trump! Beach Haven ain’t my home!

Despite his advertisements professing love for Cincinnati and his tenants, Fred Trump dropped a few hints indicating he was on the fence about his investment here. He told the Enquirer [6 January 1965] that Cincinnati was “a real disappointment” because the market was “overbuilt.” He described Swifton Village as a “Mexican stand-off,” meaning he expected to do no better than break even on his investment and that the property would mostly function as a tax write-off.

In December 1972, Fred Trump sold Swifton Village to Prudent Real Estate Trust of New York for $6.75 million. He never again entered the Cincinnati real estate market. All of the original Swifton Village apartment buildings were demolished around twenty years ago to make room for a new housing development.

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Seventy percent of Americans include members of their furry families in their household. Our animals bring us happiness, companionship, and unconditional love. We work hard to protect our pets' wellbeing in all facets of their lives as conscientious pet parents. But in the midst of optimal nutrition, veterinary treatment, and grooming, there is one obvious gap: future legal preparation for our dogs. It's important to include our pets' wellbeing in our estate plans in the event that we become incapacitated or pass away, just as we would for our loved ones.

Taking Care of Pets:

It is essential to name a pet caregiver when creating an estate plan. If you become incapable of caring for your pets, this person should be able and willing to take over their care.

Create a Pet Trust:

The best method for providing continued care is to set up a pet trust. This enables you to set aside money expressly for your pets' upkeep. You can appoint a trustee to oversee the trust's assets and make sure they are spent as you have directed for the benefit of your pets. Give thorough directions for your pets' upkeep, taking into account their food demands, vet visits, preferred methods of grooming, and any other unique needs they might have.

The Pet Trust Must Exist as a Separate Document:

It is not advisable for me to include the Pet Trust into a Will. This is a result of wills being probate. The pets remain in legal limbo throughout this time, which frequently lasts for several months. Furthermore, the pets will have fewer assets due to the high fees of probate.

Maintaining Frequent Plan Updates:

Because life is unpredictable, things might alter over time. Regularly reviewing and updating your pet-related legal planning is essential, particularly when significant life events like marriage, divorce, or the addition of new animals to the family occur. Verify that all beneficiaries, trustees, and authorized caretakers are still able and willing to carry out their responsibilities.

It is our duty as committed pet owners to see to it that our cherished animal friends are taken care of in the case of our incapacity or death. Pets can have peace of mind knowing that their legal needs will be met, and that they will continue to get the affection and care that they need. You may feel confident that your pet's future is safe by being proactive and including them in the estate plan.

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Excellent Probate Lawyer in New York

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How to Choose the Right Probate Lawyer in New York: Key Factors to Consider

Selecting the right probate lawyer is critical in determining how your estate will be administered and how any legal matters that arise after a family’s patriarch or matriarch’s death will be handled. Indeed, given the vast choice, there are some vital criteria one should employ in order to choose competent as well as empathetic attorneys. Read on to get an insight on how to go about it;

1. Experience and Expertise

Tips to consider when searching for a probate lawyer is to consider someone who specializes in probate law and more so a lawyer in New York. Having an experienced lawyer such as Richard Cary Spivack, who has been practicing since 1985, a New Yorker will be in a good position to know more about New York probate laws. His experience as a person who used to be an Assistant District Attorney may just turn out to be an added advantage when dealing with issues of disputes.

2. A focus on the Probate and Estate legal sector

Make sure that the attorney narrowed down his/her practice to probate and estate planning. An estate planning attorney will be conversant with estate matters, wills, trusts and any matters to do with guardianship. That is why this specialization is important when it comes to solving your needs.

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Check their record on their previous cases just to find what the clients are saying about them on the internet. References from the previous clients are a source of information about professionalism, approach and the percentage of case success in different Probate law. It is common knowledge that the best reputation equates to quality service delivery.

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It is important that a probate lawyer be communicated with because he or she is an important lawyer to work with. Select a person, who is articulate in their speech, and quick to respond to your messages. You want an attorney who will not only simplify legal nuances but also report to you on every stage of the process.

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When there are chances that there could be future disagreements with the other beneficiaries or the family then go for that lawyer who handles such cases peacefully. Certainly Richard Cary Spivack has an ability to remain calm in court which can minimize some of the emotions that come with probate matters.

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Choose an attorney that offers a vast service portfolio dealing with the issues of probate legislation, estates, and guardianship. This way, all the aspects of your legal requirements are fulfilled under the service from one provider, making the whole process much easier and faster.

7. Local Knowledge

It is sometimes helpful to retain a lawyer with experience in Queens probate court since the court in Queens has its procedures. Local legal assistance is especially beneficial considering any inhibitors that may exist when it comes to the probate process.

Conclusion

Understanding these parameters of selection will help you choose the right probate lawyer in New York, and ensure smooth working and closure for the estate as well as you and your family. To get more information about a specific case involving probate law, you should get in touch with Richard Cary Spivack today and receive a free consultation right away and secure your family’s future.

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