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elismor · 6 months

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@cacodaemonia tagged me for this and I'd rather do ANYTHING than work right now so...

20 Questions for Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

149 at the moment.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 119,562

3. What fandoms do you write for?

99.9% Star Wars The Clone Wars, but there are a few for Stargate, Firefly, Supernatural, and other SW incarnations thrown in.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

When the Cat's Away (167)

Pillow Talk (137)

Intensive Care (131)

Forty Winks (128)

Whiskey, Tango...Foxtrot?! (108)

Interestingly (or perhaps predictably?) they are all Codywan and the last four were written for an event.

But also? If I ran AO3, I would eliminate Kudos.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Always. Though not always promptly. I feel like the least I can do is thank people for taking the time to both read AND comment.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmm. IDK. I really don't ever write angst? How does one define an angsty ending?

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I'm not sure how to answer this one, either. Most of my fics have what could be described as happy endings...I don't know that any of them are happier than any others, though?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet. But I think I fly low enough on the radar that no one really knows to read me unless they know me personally?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Welp. I have tried, anyway. I did a series of smutty drabbles as practice in 2023, but they pale in comparison to what I would consider actual smut.

The closest I think I have come to real smut is a Thire/OFC Jedi piece, but I think even that is probably like rated R for nudity, not graphic sex.

I do not really feel qualified to write m/m smut and I only did the m/f as an exercise to prove to myself that I am not an actual prude.

10. Do you write crossovers?

I have, in the past. But nothing since the early 2000s.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I am aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! So cool to have been asked that.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yep--a couple of times, with mixed results.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

So. I don't actually tend to ship? At least not like everyone else seems to? I know I know. I do fandom wrong.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

A sequel to my first piece of SW fic that was written in 2002 right after ATOC came out. I started it when Kenobi was airing, got maybe 20K words in and...stopped. For lots of reasons.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I am pretty good at rhythm and character POV. And maybe narration.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I think I used to be pretty decent at action, but now it really vexes me. It tends to feel very tit-for-tat in drafts which drives me crazy because the rhythm is off to my "ear".

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I don't care for it, actually. It feels very forced and inaccessible, so I wonder why people even bother. A sprinkling of words here and there is okay, but whole conversations? No thanks.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Well. Do my self-insert Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter era) pieces count? I was like 6 or 7 at the time...so, not IN fandom. If not...Highlander: The Series.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I don't know that I have one? Maybe one of my old HL fics, which I am sure I would hate now, but really loved at the time.

Otherwise, I have gathered my personal fave SW fics into a series:

Spiral Bound

I like them all for various reasons. Don't make me choose.

And now, god damnit, I have to go back to work. But I tag @odekiisu, @come-chaos, @valkeakuulas and @elthadriel, as well as anyone else who wants to play.

And here's a copy of the questions, to make it easy for folks to answer:

20 Questions for Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

3. What fandoms do you write for?

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

5. Do you respond to comments?

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

10. Do you write crossovers?

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

16. What are your writing strengths?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

19. First fandom you wrote for?

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

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no-off-switch · 9 months

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8, 14, and 25 for the end of year ask game!

Thanks for the ask! Sorry for taking an eternity to answer it. :'D

8. Game of the year?

Oof, it's a tie between Hogwarts Legacy and Baldur's Gate 3, which is funny because I've never actually finished a single run of BG3. I've never even made it out of Act 1 (yet). It's such a blast, though, how could I not mention it? Also Gale. Just, Gale.... ❤

14. Favorite book you read this year?

I think I read the most books this year than in any year previous. I rediscovered my library card and kind of went to town. Again, we have a tie: The Name of the Wind (Patrick Ruthfuss) and The Fall of Hyperion (Dan Simmons). I loved both author's writing styles, and the characters - and worlds - they created. If I had to choose just one, I'd choose Name of the Wind simply because it's fantasy and deep in my bones I'm a fantasy-loving nerd, despite trying to convince myself to leave it behind some years back for some stupid reason. Glad I came back to my senses.

25. Did you create any characters (in games, art, or writing) this year? Describe one.

Oh oh, I get to talk about Royce? Royce, whomst I love?? As much as I would love to gush on and on about him he's still kind of new(ish) so there's limited info to share. Let's see. He initially started out as a (kind of random tbh) HL avatar, then the brainrot had me making a DnD version of him so I could play him in BG3, and now I'm attempting to adapt him into an original character untethered from existing media. He's definitely still undergoing development in that regard, but I can say that he has an affinity for fire magic, is friendly, kinda clumsy, low-key goofy, a bit impulsive and easily distracted, and loves to sing and play musical instruments. I have no art to share at the moment, so here's a screencap of his BG3 self, complete with dorky hat because, yes, I forgot to mention, he loooves hats.

Forgive my graphics card, it can't render hair for whatever reason. *sigh* He's still adorable, though, in my totally neutral, unbiased opinion. ;)))

Thanks again for the ask!

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irispublishersagriculture · 3 years

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Iris Publishers - World Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science (WJASS)

Suitability Evaluation of Urban Soils underline by Asu River Parent Material forCassava Manihotesculenta and Bambara groundnut (Vignasubterranea (L.) Verdc) Production in Ebonyi, Southeastern Nigeria

Authored by Chris-Emenyonu

Nigeria is the most populous black nation in the World and in sub Saharan Africa [1]. Nigeria’s population 202,363,773 million [2], which is 61% of the World’s Population. 51.2 % of this population lives in urban area. Increase in population, especially in urban area means more persons to be fed and yet less available food in these areas due to insufficient food production as a result of unplanned land uses resulting to land degradation of urban landscape, Inadequate information on soil suitability prior to land use and lastly, Inadequate Information on urban and peri-urban soils for crop cultivation. Land suitability evaluation is used to ascertain the compatibility of the land for a specific type of use [3].

Cassava deserves special recognition as a crop which has placed food on the table of various homes in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Nigeria is among the major cassava growing countries of the World and cassava is relatively adaptable to marginal soils and erratic rainfall. According to Anikwe, et al. [4], famine rarely occurs in regions where cassava is widely grown since it is known to provide a stable base to the food production system. According to Ahukaemere, et al. [5] cassava is primarily grown for its starch containing the tuberous root. These roots are the major source of dietary energy for more than 500 million people in African [6,7]. Cassava is a major crop in South Eastern Nigeria and can help in the quest for food security for the teeming population.

Bambara groundnut is the third most important legume after groundnut (Arachishypogaea) and cowpea (Vignaunguiculata) in Africa. Azam- Ali, et al, [8] reported that Bambara groundnut seed makes a balance food due to the fact that it contains sufficient quantities of carbohydrate (63%), protein (16.25%) and fats (6.3%) with relatively high proportions of lysine and methionine as percentage of the protein (6.6 and 1.3% respectively) and it can be consumed in different forms either in the immature green state or matured form. In South Eastern Nigeria, it is well consumed especially in Enugu State; it serves as one of their local delicacies. If the yield of these crops is to be increased, there is a need to match cassava and bambara groundnut cultivation with the suitability of soil for its production.

With the recent increase in urban and peri-urban population, suitability evaluations of soils for cassava and Bambara groundnut production in these areas are important as it is essential in enhancing their production in these areas.

Materials and Methods

Description of study area

The study was carried out in Amatam, Isiagwu in Ebonyi State rainforest agro-ecological zone of Nigeria. Ebonyi state lies approximately within longitudes 7° 30’ and 8° 30’ East of the Greenwich Meridian and latitudes 5° 40’ and 6° 45’ North of the Equator [9] while the study area lies between 5057.290N and 7033.445E with an elevation ranging from 73 to 81m. The climate is humid tropical. The rainfall pattern is bimodal with peak in July and September but this has been altered by climate change. The minimum rainfall is 1700 mm while the maximum is 2000 mm with a mean of 1800mm [10]. The temperatures are 27 °C and 31 °C for minimum and maximum, respectively. The relative humidity is 60% during the dry period and 80% in the rainy season [11]. Isiagwu area has savannah vegetation characterized by abundant tall grasses and other herbaceous plant species. Shrubs are also found but not in a regular pattern amidst the grassy or herbaceous vegetation are trees that are scare. Relief of the study area is lowlying and undulating [9]. The geology of the area is made up of sequences of sandy shales, with fine grained micaceous sandstones and mudstones which are Albian in age and belongs to the Asu River Group [12]. Low input agriculture is generally practiced and land preparation is by slashing and burning.

Field study and soil analyses

Three urban soils were randomly selected for the study. One pedon was dug in each urban soil and a total of three pedons were evaluated. A total of 15 soil samples were collected from the three pedons based on horizon differentiation and analyzed in the laboratory for various soil properties following the procedures outlined by Soil Survey Staff [13].

Land suitability evaluation was done in line with the FAO Framework for land evaluation [6] for the arable crops. The land requirements for Cassava (Manihotesculenta) and Bambara groundnut (Vignasubterranea (L.) Verdcwere matched with the land characteristics of the study area.

Geo-graphical Co-Ordinates of Urban Soil (Amatam, Isiagwu, Ebonyi, State)

• Pedon 1

5057.33N-7033.445E, Altitude: 73m

• Pedon 2

5057.290N-7033.401E, Altitude: 81m

• Pedon 3

5057.454N-7033.167E, Altitude: 73m

Results and Discussion

Soil characteristics

Table 1 shows the characteristics of the study sites, and Table 2a & 2b show the land requirements for cassava and bambara groundnut production while Table 3 and Table 4 show the suitability evaluation. The soil texture ranged from sandy loam to loam in pedon 1, sandy loam in pedon 2 and sandy loam to sandy clam loam in pedon 3 ( Table 2). Mean sand content ranged from 481.85g kg in pedon 3 to 669.6 g kg-1 in pedon 2. Clay content was increased with depth. Silt content ranged from 192.8 g kg-1 to 330.27 g kg-1. Bulk density ranged from 1.40 to 1.44 gcm-3. Soil reaction was very strongly acidic (4.37) to moderately acidic (5.79). pH values obtained from soils of Asu River group is similar to those of Nwite, et al. [12] and were higher than critical limit of pH range (pH 3.7 – 4.9) which is limiting to plant performance and may cause aluminum toxicity [14]. Organic matter ranged from 5.08-7.94 g kg-1 and this is below the critical limit of 10 g kg-1 as reported by Esu [15]. Low organic matter of the area is typical of urban soils because of the removal of the rich top soils as a result of urban activities. Soils were low in available phosphorus with values ranging from 7.60-10.34 mgkg-1 and total nitrogen ranged from 0.30 to 0.85 g kg-1. Cation exchange capacity ranged from 7.37 to 12.90 cmol kg-1 while percentage base saturation ranged from 86.94% to 95.67%.

Land suitability evaluation of studied soils

Land characteristics considered for the cultivation of cassava and Bambara groundnut were rainfall, temperature, topography (slope) and drainage. While the soil characteristics considered for cassava production wereorganic carbon, pH, cation exchange capacity, Total Nitrogen and Base saturation (Table 2a & 2b). All urban sites studied were marginally suitable (S3) for the production of cassava as a result of organic carbon (Table 3) and these values were lower than the critical limit of 20-40g kg and for the production of Bambara groundnut, all site studied were currently not suitable for its production due to rainfall (Climatic) and Total Nitrogen (Fertility) and pH in site 3 (Table 4) [16].

Conclusion

Generally, from the results, organic carbon was the most sever fertility characteristics limiting the production of cassava in the studied urban soils as values were low, while rainfall and total Nitrogen were the major constraints limiting the production of Bambara groundnuts in studied urban soils.

However, for cassava production, management practices that enhance soil fertility such as addition of organic materials should be encouraged, while for the production of Bambara groundnut should be practiced under irrigation agriculture and nitrogenous fertilizers should be applied

To read more about this article: https://irispublishers.com/wjass/fulltext/suitability-evaluation-of-urban-soils.ID.000599.php

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Sensor used at CERN could help gravitational-wave hunters

CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research logo. Sept. 2, 2019 A new seismic device developed by CERN and JINR is now being tested at the Advanced Virgo detector

Image above: Aerial view of the Advanced Virgo detector, where a precision laser interferometer used at CERN was installed and is being tested (Image: Virgo collaboration). It started with a relatively simple goal: create a prototype for a new kind of device to monitor the motion of underground structures at CERN. But the project – the result of a collaboration between CERN and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia – quickly evolved. The prototype turned into several full-blown devices that can potentially serve as early warning systems for earthquakes and can be used to monitor other seismic vibrations. What’s more, the devices, called precision laser inclinometers, can be used at CERN and beyond. The researchers behind the project are now testing one device at the Advanced Virgo detector, which recently detected gravitational waves – tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time that were predicted by Einstein a century ago. If all goes to plan, this device could help gravitational-wave hunters minimise the noise that seismic events cause on the waves’ signal. Unlike traditional seismometers, which detect ground motions through their effect on weights hanging from springs, the precision laser inclinometer (PLI) measures their effect on the surface of a liquid. The measurement is done by pointing laser light at a liquid and seeing how it is reflected. Compared to weight–spring seismometers, the PLI can detect angular motion in addition to translational motion (up-and-down and side-to-side), and it can pick up low-frequency motion with a very high precision. “The PLI is extremely sensitive; it can even detect the waves on Lake Geneva on windy days,” says principal investigator Beniamino Di Girolamo from CERN. “It can pick up seismic motion that has a frequency between 1 mHz and 12.4 Hz with a sensitivity of 2.4 × 10−5 μrad/Hz½,” explains co-principal investigator Julian Budagov from JINR. “This is equivalent to measuring a vertical displacement of 24 picometres (24 trillionths of a metre) over a distance of 1 metre,” adds co-principal investigator Mikhail Lyablin, also from JINR. The team assembled and tested the PLI prototype at JINR and at CERN’s TT1 tunnel. It performed so well that it showed the potential to be a helpful early warning seismic system for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) and other machines and experiments. The Large Hadron Collider and its proton beams are extremely robust to seismic activity, but the HL-LHC will use narrower beams to increase the number of proton–proton collisions and as a result the potential for particle-physics discoveries. This means beams are more likely to go off centre in the event of a high-magnitude earthquake with an epicentre relatively close to CERN. PLIs located at several points around the machine could serve as early warning systems for such events.

Graphics above: The PLI (bottom two plots) picked up the same signals as devices already installed at Virgo (top two plots) for an earthquake in Northern Italy on 17 August (Image: Beniamino Di Girolamo/CERN). Given the PLI’s potential, the HL-LHC project has provided support to the team for the constructionof several new PLIs. One is already installed at the Garni Seismic Observatory in Armenia and another has been deployed with the support of CERN’s Knowledge Transfer group and Italy’s INFN institute to the European Gravitational Observatory in Italy, where Advanced Virgo is located. The Virgo PLI is the result of a collaboration that started after the APPEC conference in November 2018, triggered by the JINR Director-General and encouraged by CERN Management. The collaboration went so smoothly that, less than a year later, the Virgo PLI was tested. The results from the first tests are encouraging. With just 15 minutes of data taken on 6 August, the PLI picked up the same signals as devices already installed at Virgo, and from that day onwards it started running continuously and detected several small-magnitude earthquakes. The Virgo and PLI teams are now setting up the flow of data from the PLI to the Virgo data system. This will make it easier to compare data from different seismic devices and to assess the PLI’s potential impact on Virgo’s operation and detection of gravitational waves. “Virgo and the two LIGO detectors in the US have recently begun another search for gravitational waves, one that will reach deeper into the universe than previous searches,” says former Virgo spokesperson Fulvio Ricci from La Sapienza University, Rome. “We’re confident that the PLI can play a part in this important search,” he added. Note: CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Its business is fundamental physics, finding out what the Universe is made of and how it works. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature. The instruments used at CERN are particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before they are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions. Founded in 1954, the CERN Laboratory sits astride the Franco–Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe’s first joint ventures and now has 23 Member States. Related links: High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC): https://home.cern/science/accelerators/high-luminosity-lhc CERN’s Knowledge Transfer group: https://kt.cern/ APPEC conference in November 2018: https://indico.desy.de/indico/event/20154 For more information about European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Visit: https://home.cern/ Image (mentioned), Graphics (mentioned), Text, Credits: CERN/Ana Lopes. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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ohmaipie · 6 years

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Pilu of the Woods and More!!!

Hi, Friends! It’s been so long since I’ve been on here, but with the recent Tumblr chaos, I just wanted to pop-in and give y’all an update of where you can find me!

So the most exciting update is that my middle-grade graphic novel is coming out April 17th of next year!!

🌱It’s called Pilu of the Woods and it looks like this: 🌱

It’s about a girl named Willow who runs away from home. She befriends a lil’ lost forest spirit named Pilu and they try to find their way back home. It’s a short story, but I put my whole dang heart in it, so I hope you’ll enjoy it.

✨You can pre-order it with these links!!:✨

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2u6pHE2 Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/2v8pp0V Simon & Schuster: http://bit.ly/2u4BrXX

Or you can ask your local book store to order some! Pre-orders help creators a lot, since it shows that people are interested!

Lastly, I’m a bit more active on other social media platforms. I have a low-key internet presence in general, but you can still find me at these locations:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohmaipie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ohmaipie/?hl=en Website: https://www.ohmaipie.com/

I’m generally just ohmaipie anywhere on the internet!

#Pilu of the Woods #mai k. nguyen #ohmaipie

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Queer Representation: How Can We Get The Gays to Watch Our Movie?

The Vito Russo Test is the queer equivalent to the Bechdel Test (which tests the representation of women in films). It was created by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) and is used to test the representation of LGBTQ+ people in film. The way a film passes the test is if there is an “identifiably lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender” character who isn’t defined by their sexuality and/or gender identity, and who is significant to the plot. Despite the fact this test is quite easy to pass, most films do not. Out of the 109 films released by major studios in 2017 only 14 had LGBTQ+ characters in them (that’s 12.8%). Gay men are the most represented out of those 14 films (64% or 9 out of the 14 films feature a gay man that pass the test) while trans people are the least represented in 2017 (zero out of the 14 films featured transgender characters). These numbers are insanely low, and shows that there is a clear problem with the representation of LGBTQ+ people in films.

But, even in the movies that feature LGBTQ+ characters, how well are they being represented, really? Films like Call Me By Your Name (2017), Carol (2015), Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013), and Brokeback Mountain (2005) have all been praised as iconic queer movies with great representation, but how great is this representation? Right off the bat you can see that all of these characters are white. Not a huge surprise when it comes to Hollywood, considering how bad they are at representing people of color, but, still, not all queer people are white, obviously—Marsha P. Johnson, anybody? How about happy endings? Shouldn’t queer people be allowed to see a relationship like their own end happily? Well, it seems not. In Call Me By Your Name, they break up; in Blue Is The Warmest Color, they break up; in Brokeback Mountain, they break up and one of them dies (the good-olde “bury your gays” trope https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/06/30/queerbaiting-bury-your-gays-tv_a_23005000/ )! Carol seems to be the only one that has a semi-happy ending. Although, Therese (Rooney Mara) and Carol (Cate Blanchett) do breakup at one point, at the end of the film it is implied that they get back together. An implication is a we can get apparently. Oversexualization is also an issue. All of these movies have semi-graphic sex scenes in them, with Blue Is The Warmest Color’s sex scenes are borderline pornography—and definitely from the male gaze. Now, sex isn’t the problem here, if a director wants to show two characters getting it on, they very well should be allowed to do so! The problem is that the only kind of movies that are popular and feature queer people at the forefront are romantic dramas (usually tragic) that are very heavy on the sexual discovery. This would be fine if there were just as many goofy LGBTQ+ romantic comedies or action movies with queer leads as there are LGBTQ+ romantic tragedies.

Now, that’s not to say things aren’t getting better! With the release and success of Love, Simon in 2018, a romantic comedy about a teenage boy coming out as gay, things are, hopefully, starting to look up. However, there has recently been a new disturbing trend when it come to LGBTQ+ representation in films. A film will announce that there is an “openly gay” character in their movie before the film is released. Thus, attracting a large queer audience that is sorely disappointed when they realize “openly gay” actually means “not openly gay at all.” Take Beauty and the Beast (2017) for example. Before the release of Beauty and the Beast, Dir. Bill Condon announced that there was going to be an “exclusively gay moment” (WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN?) in the film involving LeFou (Josh Gad), Gaston’s groveling sidekick. Fans were obviously excited! But, when the movie came out, what we got was very a stereotypical depiction of a gay man (who is supposed to be crushing on Gaston?), and one moment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sadujj45Y90 blink and you’ll miss it) where LeFou accidentally starts dancing with another man and… that’s it—wow, how groundbreaking.

While there is at least a small moment in Beauty and the Beast, other films that use this tactic to get a more diverse audience don’t even bother following through. Before the release of the much anticipated Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan announced that Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) is pansexual. This revelation prompted fans to go crazy, but when the movie came out there was nothing, besides some semi-flirty lines and an “implied” romantic relationship with a droid (okay…), explicit in the film that showed Lando’s pansexuality. Some people (https://lwlies.com/articles/queerbaiting-solo-lando-calrissian/ ) are calling this trend, a new from of queerbaiting, and going by the definition (“the practice of hinting at, but then not actually depicting, a same-sex romantic relationship between characters in a work of fiction, mainly in film or television” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queerbaiting ) I’m have to agree. Except, this kind of queerbaiting is almost worse because the “hinting” starts before the film comes out. Therefore filmmakers are literally using a the possibility of a potentially queer character as bait to get more LGBTQ+ moviegoers into their theaters.

There are other, less nefarious, examples of this kind of queerbaiting. Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in Thor Ragnarok (2017), made a post on twitter before the film came out about how her character is bisexual and how she wanted that to come through on the big screen. However, she was quick to add that Valkyrie’s sexuality is never explicitly shown in Thor Ragnarok (https://www.avclub.com/thor-ragnarok-ultimately-cut-the-one-scene-that-confir-1820047758 check out this article). It’s clear that Thompson wan’t trying to get more LGBTQ+ people to see Thor Ragnarok, she was just trying to spread the word about her character’s sexuality—Valkyrie is canonically bisexual in the comic books.The character of Albus Dumbledore, the grandfatherly headmaster of Hogwarts from the Harry Potter film and book series, could also be another example of this kind of queerbaiting. However, unlike all of the other examples, Dumbledore’s sexuality was revealed by author JK Rowling after the release of the last Harry Potter book in 2007 (https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=3755544&page=1 check out this article from that year talking about it). Dumbledore’s sexuality was never explicit in the Harry Potter books or movies, but recently Rowling has started another film series that takes place in the Potter universe (but during the 1920s) called Fantastic Beasts. Before the release of the second installment, it was announced that Jude Law would be playing a young Dumbledore in that next film (Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of Grindelwald), and people began to ask if Dumbledore’s sexuality is going to be addressed in these films. Not much was said by Rowling, but before the movie was released Dir. David Yates said Dumbledore’s sexuality is not “explicitly” shown in the film. Fans were obviously upset be this—myself included. However, after seeing the movie, I feel like it’s safe to say only a person in serious denial would claim that Dumbledore is straight after watching The Crimes of Grindelwald. There isn’t anything “explicit” in the movie (Dumbledore doesn’t say “I’m gay” or kisses a man) but the relationship between Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, the antagonist of the series and Dumbledore’s ex-lover, is shown or alluded to in in more ways than one—not explicitly telling the audience about his sexuality is in character for Dumbledore, who has always been secretive. As a fan of Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts films, I hope in future installments Dumbledore’s sexuality will be more explored—and it should, especially since the main antagonist is his ex-boyfriend!

Queer representation is important. The constant censoring of LGBTQ+ people and relationships in media needs to end. It’s often said that this kind of censorship is to protects kids from exposure to “inappropriate” content. News flash, there are kids out there who are queer! (Because queer people have always been queer.) I remember when I was a kid how big of an impact seeing queer characters and couples in film and TV were for me. Seeing characters like Tara (Amber Benson) and Willow (Alyson Hannigan) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer made me feel like I wasn’t alone and that there wasn’t anything wrong with me. Even though queer representation in film is still lacking it’s getting better, and it’s getting even better on TV shows! The Legend of Korra, and Steven Universe are two kids shows that feature LGBTQ+ couples. Sense 8, Orange is the New Black, Queer Eye and Black Mirror (specifically season 3’s episode San Junipero) are all Netflix original series that have great LGBTQ+ representation and/or are LGBTQ+ centric—trans characters played by actual trans actors? YES! Things are looking up and I have high hopes for the future when it comes to queer representation.

Check out these cool sources!

https://lwlies.com/articles/queerbaiting-solo-lando-calrissian/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/01/disney-launches-first-exclusively-gay-moment-beauty-beast/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/05/17/lando-calrissian-pansexual-solo-star-wars-reaction/620566002/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/movies/jude-law-dumbledore-gay.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/glaad-report-hollywood-is-failing-lgbt-characters-in-its-movies

https://books.google.com/books?id=AoQrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT143&dq=the+vito+russo+test&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj25Yj_oaDfAhXwx1kKHZODBU0Q6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=the%20vito%20russo%20test&f=false

https://www.glaad.org/sri/2018/vitorusso

https://www.glaad.org/sri/2018/overview

How about this cooler bibliography!

https://books.google.com/books?id=UWtECwAAQBAJ&pg=PT203&dq=queerbaiting&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ6M3zzprfAhWu11kKHT6ZAcwQuwUIMTAB#v=onepage&q=queerbaiting&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=f6YwSZlsyJMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lgbt+film&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjprcyuz5rfAhXSq1kKHbkGAzgQuwUILTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=jI_IHFUidlwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=lgbt+film&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjprcyuz5rfAhXSq1kKHbkGAzgQuwUIUTAH#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=ROhSbOQIzmYC&pg=PA31&dq=the+hays+code&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6tc3zzJrfAhXIqFkKHaOoAUQQuwUITDAG#v=onepage&q=the%20hays%20code&f=false

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/we-need-to-talk-about-lgbt-representation-apparently_us_5a3d4dede4b06cd2bd03da68

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0HsPIquRmc

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/22/lgbt-representation-in-hollywood-has-somehow-got-even-worse/

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knnnhen503 · 3 years

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Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister, born in Brendz Austria on the 6th of August 1962, is a graphic designer, conceptual typographer and performance artist who is most famous for the use of typography, unique style of somewhat controversial imagery, and humorous design.

Although rejected in the first attempt, Sagmeister was accepted into a private art school in Vienna when he was 19 years old. Later succeeding in one of America’s top Art and Design universities, Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, he moved back to Austria to complete his military services. Perhaps his first spark of Sagmeister-ism was the poster design he did for Hong Kong Design Awards(1992) by 4A’s with the now-classic controversial nudity and humour.

He starts to further establish his style when he starts his own company, Sagmeister Inc. with the main design focus on CD covers for artists such as Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, and David Byrne The unique and effective use of optical illusion, layering, and colour makes the viewer want to feel the product in hand, gaining some a Grammy nomination for the best album cover. He also designed outside of the music industry, creating the all famous poster for AIGA in 1999 by physically cutting into his skin for typography and the use of nude photography.

In 2012, he renames his company to Sagmeister & Walsh after collaborating with Jessica Walsh to expand their design field in such ways as the Happy Show. This is the company in which he is currently working in as well as making some non-commercial designs using his name.

Extra side notes: The design process mentioned by Sagmeister was, referencing Maltese philosopher Edward DeBono explains, taking a random object as a starting point into designing something irrelevant to the original object. Sagmeister also shares and critiques other designers’ works on his Instagram page. In his interviews, he mentions countless creators from all different fields of art and design such as architects, musicians, painters, sculptors, directors, and more.

The change of Sagmeister’s perception or approach to design is evident in recent works, Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty.

On his website ‘Answer’ section, Sagmeister states, “When I was a young designer I believed that it's all about the idea and that form and style are secondary… I came to believe strongly this is wrong. Formal attributes including beauty are absolutely central when it comes to producing anything that should function well.”

He indicates that he moved from ideas and functionality based designs to a low-functionality design that integrates beauty. He even comments that saying design is, “all about solving problems” is a piece of bad advice given in the industry, backed up by his points such as, “the Pantheon in Rome, 2000 years old and it is still there, in use, because it is so incredibly gorgeous that no generation had the heart to tear it down.” or, “the public housing projects of the 50ies and 60ies… were not fit for human habitation, - they needed to be torn down again 20 years later.”

The ever-evolving designer continuously takes in the surrounding environment as well as inspiration from other creators to show his uniqueness. It is clear that he will extend his influence and expand his one and only world of design.

Source:

https://sagmeister.com/

https://www.instagram.com/stefansagmeister/?hl=en

https://sagmeisterwalsh.com/

https://kevingallagher.github.io/Stefan-Sagmeister/stefan3.html#Biography

https://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/stefan-sagmeister

https://the-talks.com/interview/stefan-sagmeister/

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DRAFT Critical Commentary

(taken from brie) DRAFT: Critical Commentary (all word counts indicative — 1500-2000 words).

• Abstract (100-150 words)

• Contextual knowledge — Review of context including annotations of, or citation from, at least two credible sources (500-750 words)

• Methods. Analysis of practice-led research method(s) used or considered for use. (500-750 words)

• Conclusion. Key insights or breakthroughs in understanding and defining your practice-led design research. Your conclusion will form and frame potential practice-led research questions as future opportunities to explore in Year 3. (300-500 words).

• Contextual knowledge — Review of context including annotations of, or citation from, at least two credible sources (500-750 words)

Keywords

Environmentally conscious

Thought provoking

Circular design & packaging

Minimalist

Vector illustration

Sustainable design

Whimsical

Abstract

Sophie Lewis

Minimal, playful and whimsical design that is environmentally conscious, thought provoking and pursposeful.

contexts - circular design, environmentally conscious design, circular economy

methods - vector, collage, photomontage, cyanotype, riso graph and screen printing

Contexts

Circular packaging

Ethical products

Environmentally conscious design

Regenerative design

Designing for thought - thought provoking and purposeful

Sustainability - social, economic and environmental

Raising awareness of issues

Using design to create change

Design for sustainability

As designers we play critical roles in the development of products, objects and visual culture.

Important role of minimising environmental footprint during the manufacturing of products and establishing sustainable practices within the industrial world.

Sustainable development urges people to be conscious of social, economic and environmental issues.

Materials

Sustainable development

Designers who are interested in reducing this footprint, are thinking beyond the aesthetic and functional qualities of design and focusing on the materials and their whole lifecycle.

Circular design

Circular packaging and products refer to the product lifecycle, including the type of materials used, how they are maintained and how they are disposed of.

Designers must consider and think about all aspects of what goes into producing, using and disposing products designed.

Questions include:

What are the resources needed to develop prototypes?

What are the resources needed to produce? - thought provoking

What kind of packaging is needed to transport these products?

What is the plan for disposing of the product when or if it is no longer usable?

What will the ecological footprint be?

Can the product be recycled?

The relationship between the products and the design and their users - circular design

Circular economy systems - a way of assessing the lifetime of a product and its ability to be successful in terms of sustainability whilst also maintaining sales.

Economic, social and environmental sustainability

Economic sustainability

Economic prosperity in capitalist societies is associated with increased consumption. This can be a challenge for designers who are interested in sustainable practices, as capitalistic societies thrive in the business of convincing people to consume.

Many designers work in a way which disregards long term societal wellbeing, the concept of consumption and an economic virtue

Social sustainability

Globalisation - transformed the ways industries conduct business

Social sustainability is the way in which people benefit through products designed

Promote social inclusion

More attuned to human needs

Environmentally conscious patterns of behaviour

Consumer benefits are as regarded as the economic gains

Tending to the needs of humans

Environmental sustainability

Design makes demands on nature

Consider ecological footprint

Minimising damage to the natural environment, the use of natural resources and the creation of products that will have low or no ecological impact.

Decoupling - breaking the correlation between economic growth and environmental degradation

Thinking about the future of the planet

Design exists within a larger system

Designing in an interconnected world natural economic and social systems coexist

Designers have a vital role in bridging the barrier of language which exists between the goals of an industrial world and a sustainable one

Rethinking of the process of how we make things, not just settling for what we already know or what is considered as a trend

Product lifecycle

Make sure not to negatively affect future generations

Help contribute to society

Asin, I, (2020). Design and Sustainable Development: Beyond Aesthetic and Functional Qualities. Ethics in Design and Communication: Critical Perspective. Bloomsbury design library.

DOI: 10.5040/9781350077027.0026 Pages 137-142

Iván Asin

Circular packaging - Seedlip

The whole world is being suffocated by plastic and single use plastic - a huge and almost irreversible global issue - in which humans are the main cause for

Living in a throw away society - throw away wrappers and containers are very difficult to avoid during this convenient times

Most packaging is encased in plastic

Plastic is made from petrochemicals, spews greenhouse gases and it takes more than a century to break down.

Seedlip (case study)

Is a maker of distilled non alcoholic spirits

Home compostable gift box

Composed of biomass and mycelium - the root structure of fungi is durable and lightweight packaging that can break down in compost in 40 days.

In future work I want to avoid using plastic as a material in any designs or products that I work with. Instead I would want to find alternative solutions such as sugarcane, or algae which are bio based sources and are biodegradable or compostable.

This market and solution is expected to grow in future years as both consumers and manufacturers envision a waste free world, in which packaging feeds into the environment rather than polluting it.

The movement towards being conscious about the environment is often associated with millennials - an ecofocus poll of us shoppers conducted a survey in 2019 in which nearly 57% of millennials said they try to buy products that are made up of plant based materials.

The design goes hand in hand with the communication of how to dispose of the product which should be signalled or indicated.

Communication arts Interactive Annual (2021).Environment. [physical book]

Retrieved from Seedlip. https://www.instagram.com/seedlipdrinks/?hl=en

Conscious design

Illustrative designs and imagery which convey a deeper social, political, environmental or economic issue

Designing with sustainability in mind

Plant based materials and ingredients

Thinking about the future generations and minimising the waste and pollution

Designers have a super power in which they can create change through the universal language of design

Methods. Analysis of practice-led research method(s) used or considered for use. (500-750 words)

Methods

Cyanotype

Collage - physical/analogue

Vector illustration

Product photography and styling

Embossing

Malika favre - her creative process as a method of my own creative process when starting a new project

Using organic materials

Low impact on environment

Packaging design

Branding design

Social media and web design

Risograph

Screen printing

Malika Favre’s Creative process as a method

Vector

Woman

From paris

Independent illustrator

Describes her work as

Minimalistic

Bold

Colourful

Pop

Narrative

Malika Favre Method

Malika Favre is a french independent illustrator who describes her work as minimalistic, bold, colourful and pop. Her method is dominantly minimal vector illustration which is a method that I am most drawn to as a designer. Malika Favre’s creative process is one which I want to integrate into my future work. She takes pictures and collages them together, for inspiration and research. This is her starting point for her work. Malika Favre looks into contrast, colours, patterns, light and shadow and graphic elements which emerge from the images. She captures the essence of a location, object and looks for the overall vibe that is articulated from the series of images. A vibe - Muted colour palette and no colourful houses. The sky was the only thing that was bright - most houses were white.

The second step is articulating the colour palette from these images which are true to the images. She then looks for shapes, how they might relate, or not relate.

Malika then begins sketching which series of images were a starting point. She often creates a base for her illustration by sketching significant parts of the island as shown below

Malika Favre then adds in the narrative, drawing from her own personal experiences.

Malika then sketches with human presence and then sets herself a brief and develops and refine ideas based on brief. With this in mind Malika started to generate and develop her ideas. Using graphical aspects, colour palette and guidance from her brief she was able to come up with the 6 illustrations.

Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGABk4d9NA

Future led practices

Using vector, collage, photomontage, risograph, screen printing and cyanotype as my main future led practices. A combination of digital and analogue methods to gain a broader range of design methods and skills.

Vector Illustration is my preferred practice, and is like my default method when approaching projects and working with clients. Vector illustration for me is the cleanest and most minimal method, which can be used across many design outputs and collateral. Vector is a base for risograph and screen printing, which are two other methods that I would want to look closely into. Having more design skills and alternative ways of designing, offers more options for the clients you work with.

Cyanotype is an interesting method which I have briefly touched on in 2021, and is a method that I would consider picking up in my future practices.

Product photography, styling, and interior design are also methods which I encourage myself to experience and explore in my years as an emerging designer. Product photography and styling attracts and draws me in because of its ability to tell a story. I believe that design and photography go hand in hand, and it would be adequate to be able to offer these skills as a couple working with clients in the future.

Conclusion

Bullet pointing the main key findings and breakthroughs in defining my practice led research.

Environmental design

Conscious

Ethical - materials - product lifecycle

Product styling and photography

Raising awareness of global issues through storytelling and illustrations

Illustrative design

Corporate but values that align with mine

Ethical

Care about environment

Sustainability across all sectors

Conscious consumer

Natural and ethical materials

Experiences

Packaging design - circular packaging

Brand identity - branding

Rebranding

Logo, colours

Vector illustration

Photomontage

Risograph

Screen printing

Cyanotype

Collage

Working with smaller local business

Ambitious

Authentic

Organic

Raw

Natural

Narrative

Working alongside charities - giving back to the community and environment

B- Corporation - Certification

Fair trade

Curated and thoughtful design

high quality

Putting it into sentences (rough)

Environmentally conscious about working with clients, and how their products will impact on the environment. Considering and have a consciousness and awareness of the product lifecycle. Producing and executing high quality, organic and natural designs which feed the environment rather than degrade or pollute it. It has gotten to that point in time, in 2021 that every move and decision we make is taking away from future resources. Using alternative materials to plastic such as algae or sugarcane which are biodegradable or compostable. Collaborating with clients, organisations and charities, ensuring that their values align with mine - care for environment, conscious design, circular design. Circular design, living with the ambition of a circular economy. Aligning design with nature, instead of separating humans from nature. Working alongside charities which give back to the community and environment.

Natural, organic, ethical materials, colours, vibes, vegan or vegetarian friendly - giving back to people in need. Trying to create a cure, rather than assess the symptoms. Connecting on a personal and social level, creating calming, and still designs which uplift and radiate.

Methods include continuing to develop my vector skills, adobe skills and to look and explore further into analogue skills such as screen printing, risograph, cyanotype and collage. Also possibly down the avenue of product styling and/or photography as through my research I have noticed that I feel very drawn to this. Coupling design and photography could provide more options and opportunities for clients.

“whilst its true that transitioning to more sustainable growth requires large changes, it is individuals whose combined impact has power to change the world and its entirety” - Aaris Sherin

Sustainable thinking. Ethical Approaches to design and design management. [Physical book]. AUT Library.

References

Asin, I, (2020). Design and Sustainable Development: Beyond Aesthetic and Functional Qualities. Ethics in Design and Communication: Critical Perspective. Bloomsbury design library.

Communication arts Interactive Annual (2021).Environment. [physical book]. Retrieved from Seedlip. https://www.instagram.com/seedlipdrinks/?hl=en

Sustainable thinking. Ethical Approaches to design and design management. [Physical book]. AUT Library. 2020

Youtube. (2019). Malika Favre. [Video] Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGABk4d9NA

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【A cyclist's guide to biking the city ? a cartoon】 - The Guardian : https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/28/a-cyclists-guide-to-biking-the-city-a-cartoon : https://archive.is/DIbvh Dave Walker Fri 28 Jun 2019 11.00 BST

The Illustrated City: Urban cycling is good for health, the wallet and the environment ? but is still not without its risks

　{{ 図版 1 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　THE CITY　　　　to work, shopping, the thatre, a gallery, an evening class, the pub... we go by bike　 }} 　{{ 図版 2 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　WHY WE LOVE CYCLING in the city　　　　mental wellbeing.　brain. (artist's impression)　low-carbon transport.　saves a fortune. (cost of running a car, public transport tickets)　brilliant for exploring new places.　often the quickest way from A to B in the city.　you can stop for a chat　free parking. (this is a bike rack)　various health benefits.　 }} 　{{ 図版 3 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　THE URBAN PELOTON　　　　lycra-clad. (might think it's a race)　hipster a fixie.　carto bike for deliveries.　tourist on hire bike. (a bit lost)　handcycle.　folding bike fot the train.　electric bike. (hills no obstacle)　parent with children.　elderly person cycling as they always have done.　commuter.　electric scooter.　ordinary bike, ordinary clothes.　 }} 　{{ 図版 4 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　CYCLING IN ALL WEATHERS the conditions don's have to defeat you　　　　GREY and OVERCAST --- usually it is like this.　SUN --- shades, sunscreen, shorts.　RAIN --- human skin essentially waterproof, waterproof jacket, mudguards are a good idea.　COLD --- additonal coats and scarves and gloves, small print: ice may be a reason to let the conditions defeat you.　WIND --- just ride in the direction it is blowing.　 }} 　{{ 図版 5 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　CITY CYCLING the reality　　　　taxis.　buses.　motorbikes. (speed limit doesn't always seem to apply)　drivers passing too close.　potholes.　pedestrians on their phones.　tram tracks. [slippery]　other cyclists meandering.　raised drain covers.　sunken drain covers.　drain covers that aren't quite sure.　cycle routes that don't join up.　uttely useless cycle lanes. [a painted white line with no segregation from traffic = worse than no line]　 }} 　{{ 図版 6 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　THE SHARED-USE PATH as found in many cities　　　　[EXPLANATION OF THE LANES :: QUALITY OF THE ROAD SURFACE]　cars :: smooth.　more cars :: smooth.　inactive cars stored at the taxpayer's expense :: we don't really know because there are always cars parked there.　shared-use path : pedestrians, cyclists, road signs, trees, overhanging branches, dog walkers, children, bus stops, people waiting at bus stops, more parked cars, street furniture, dis carded furniture (etc) :: very bumpy.　 }} 　{{ 図版 7 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　INNOVATIONS to help phase out cars in urban areas　　　　driverless car [just won't ever work (sorry)] --> carless driver.　special adaptation designed to optimise not going anywhere in gridlocked traffic.　vertical parking to save space. [parking coodinator]　driving wheel. (for those determined to use a car no matter what)　massive investment in clean and sustainable alternatives.　 }} 　{{ 図版 8 : City cycling cartoon : 　　　　WHAT WOULD MAKE CYCLING SAFER?　　　　[According to people on the internet]　　　　　helmets.　　　　[According to actual statistics]　　　　　separating bikes and traffic.　educating drivers.　enforcing speed limits.　dedicated traffic-free route.　close pass laws.　disqualifying repeat offenders.　investment in active travel.　getting people off their sofas. [conditions relating to inactivity are by far the biggest killer]　 }}

Dave Walker is a cartoonist from Langdon Hills, Essex, who often cycles in London. He is the author of {{ The Cycling Cartoonist : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1472938895 }} , published by Bloomsbury

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What are yours and your /favorite/ nicomaki headcanons?

My favorite NicoMaki headcanons? Hrm… where to begin…? Imean I’ve explored quite a few already in HtHaN. Am I allowed to include those,or should I stick to ones I haven’t covered yet? Maybe both? Yeah, I’ll doboth.

Anyway, probably one of my biggest headcanons is that thingsseldom go as planned. This is based partly because both girls are bumbling foolswhen it comes to love, though good luck getting either to admit it, or evenrealize it in Maki’s case; Nico fancies herself a romantic and is more likelyto have grandiose plans. But the idea is also steeped a bit in reality, as manyin my family have plaques that read along the lines of “Life is about how youhandle Plan B” and a running joke is that we need to add “or Plan C, or Plan D,or…”

That said, Plan A failing is a theme I’ve tried to carryinto HtHaN. Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t read The Proposal story arc, butNico certainly had big plans, most of which did not come to pass. However, atthe end of it all, she realizes that what is far more important to her is thefact that she and Maki are engaged and Maki is happy; the details of how it allhappened just don’t matter when compared to that. I’m also currently collectingnotes for the shenanigans that will occur during the wedding, the honeymoon andall of the events that lead up to the big day, so spoiler warning, not muchwill not go off without a hitch or two, or three…

Mind you, I can’t help giving the two a break every now andagain and allow things to go as planned. Spoilers for How to Celebrate a Maki,but not much went off script there. But while things going as planned is fineevery so often, where’s the fun in a story if absolutely everything goesperfect for the characters?

One thing I have noticed in the LL universe is that of theeye colors we have seen, the mothers seem to have all passed down theirs totheir daughters, and son in the Yazawa family. This got me thinking about theeye color of a child born to Nico and Maki. Would she take the Yazawa crimsonor the Nishikino amethyst? Honestly, I am leaning towards red, as both theYazawa and the Takami families have proven it to be quite the dominate genethrough multiple children. So, I guess if I ever end up writing scenes thattake place after the numbered set in the HtHaN timeline, any daughters are morelikely going to end up with red eyes. Hrm… I should probably make sure that is inmy notes…

Another favored headcanon of mine that should be painfullyobvious to anyone who has read even just two or three scenes of HtHaN is thatNico thoroughly enjoys teasing Maki, because a flustered Maki is an adorableMaki; not to say she isn’t adorable elsewise, of course. However, on rereadingsome of my own work, I have come to realize that the teasing I have portrayedthus far is fairly heavily on Nico’s side. That said, I do still headcanon thatMaki enjoys teasing Nico in return. So, I guess I’ll have to include more ofthat at some point.

And sometimes the teasing goes a bit too far which leads tobickering or fighting. This is by no means a groundbreaking headcanon for thepair and has been explored in what I would estimate to be at least 95% of the NicoMakifics out there. However, it remains one of my favorite aspects of the volatile pair.And while some fans bemoan the aspect as being unrealistic and “not howrelationships work,” I must vehemently disagree; I’ve seen it work in real life,many, many times. As the two push against the other’s boundaries, they learnmore about them. And by bickering over trivial things, they form a bond oftrust that will hold strong when life throws more important things at them overwhich they may disagree.

Both Nico and Maki are two prideful and stubborn individualsthat come from vastly different upbringings; it is only natural they butt headsevery now and again. However, they both see in the other something they admire,envy, wish to emulate or simply enjoy. They also recognize, be it consciously orunconsciously, that their relationship will take effort and believe that thepositives will outweigh the negatives.

And from the fights spawns a bit of a quirky headcanon ofmine; the trope Insult of Endearment. For whatever reason, I’ve always likedthe idea of insults being used affectionately in a couple. And while the canonmaterial has given me nicknames for my YohaRiko pairing in HL, the µ’s side ofthings has really only given us a Maki who uses -chan with Nico exclusively anda Nico who does the same with Maki, though a bit more sporadically – pre-animematerial occasionally contradicts this, but Characterization Marches On. Assuch this left me free to come up with something for HtHaN. And while Nico’slater use of “Dear” is a certainly more in line with common terms ofendearment, Maki’s “Idiot” is unquestionably on the side of the affectionateinsult.

Wow, this is ending up almost as long as some of my scenesand I’ve only listed a few… so maybe just a few quick ones with shameless self-promotinglinks to the scenes in which I’ve included them? Maki is a lightweight when itcomes to drinking, and remains one throughout. Maki will resort to living like astereotypical bachelor when Nico isn’t around. The couple can bicker and makeup spontaneously. And finally, Maki isn’t good with kids, but Nico is. I wishto further explore all of these headcanons as I continue to write scenes forHtHaN.

Finally, there are the headcanons that are a bit morechallenging to explore while keeping HtHaN mostly a K/G and T rated fic – The Incidentnotwithstanding – and that is physical intimacy in the relationship. I have abacklog of notes on this topic, yet no driving desire to write about them in anygraphic detail. The keyword there being driving, as sure, the desire exists,just not a very strong one. There are things I would like my readers tounderstand about the couple, but the last thing I want is for HtHaN to becomesmutty. Happy fluffy NicoMaki is my favorite NicoMaki and that is how I wouldprefer HtHaN to remain – again, The Incident notwithstanding. That said, asanyone who has read scenes from Consolation Prize onward would know, I am notabove implicit implications that intimacy occurs offscreen, frequently.

One of my headcanons along these lines is that despite Nico’sbravado about being the cutest girl on the planet, she actually has a fairlylow view of herself when it comes to being sexually attractive. Combine thiswith Maki’s self-conscious reluctance to pursue anything beyond hugging and kissingand things are quite awkward for a while. Eventually, Nico comes to realizethat Maki is indeed attracted to her, but even years later, she gets a smallrush of joy when Maki says or does something to remind her of this fact.Eventually, Maki is able to move past her shyness, though really, only behind closeddoors, but progress is progress.

I also headcanon Maki as having a higher drive than Nico. Isee her as growing up fairly naïve to most things sexual, beyond the cold,scientific knowledge needed for pursuing a career in the medical field. As abit of a late bloomer, she initially chalks it up as trying to “make up forlost time” but eventually realizes she just has a strong drive. And as for Nico,she absolutely loves knowing she has such an effect on Maki, even if it doesexhaust her from time to time. Honestly, I think noelclover put it best in thispost with the whole “Touching Nico feels good -> I like feeling good -> Ishould touch Nico more” thing. That really sums up my NicoMaki intimacy headcanonsquite well.

Actually, the more I think about it, perhaps I can include allof this in a scene after all. I’ve kinda sorta opened the door for such a scenewith where I left off in HtHaN 6. Perhaps 7 will be either Nico or Maki, or both,looking back on the development of the intimate side of their relationship. Thatmight be a way for me to include my ideas in the story without actually goinginto detail on anything.

Huh… That did end up being longer than some of my scenes… Que zura, zura.

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