#Help With Emotional Eating UK

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HELP. PARTNER CAR TROUBLE. BIG ONES. I GIVE GOODS FOR FINANCIAL COMPENSATION. CLICK HERE FOR GOODS.

24 stories.

Some big (10)

Some small (7)

Some in between (guess)

It's most of my best work, and it's all for like, €5 (okay, it's $6, so like, same difference). I promise if you like reading and you've managed to get this far in English, there's gonna be something in here you'll enjoy. Horror, science fiction, fantasy, drama, romance, action, surrealist action romance coming of age eldritch dramedy, you know, the *usual*.

Please enable my AWFUL habit of writing books and support my lexical addiction by giving this bundle a look and maybe just maybe please with cherries on top share and mayhaps give me a penny for it, I ain't askin' for much, please, Miss-Or-Mista'-Or-Perhaps-Neitha'-or-Both, jus' a penny, it ain't much but it'll feed me it will, I promise and thank you for y'r kind heart, thank you and a bloomin' good day to yas

Anyway here's the full list :3

Any Other Name is my version of the Magic School Novel. It's even set in the UK! The biggest difference is that the protagonist, along with friends, are the familiars to a various roster of witches, warlocks and wizards, and the emphasis is on exploring queerness when you're young, so expect some young gays, bisexuals, lesbians and a smorgasbord of trans people. And magic duels.

Witches Loving Werewolves is a bundle of three supernatural novellas that all feature, if you'll be so good as to carefully examine the title, lesbians, be they of the witch, demonic or werewolf varieties. This one is cute and sweet and for all ages and was very much me writing slightly more high concept wish fulfilment.

Mxletoe is a one-shot about making a wish at christmas :)

Principles of Non-Euclidean Romance is what happens when you raise a trans woman on Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams and then ask her to write a romcom. It's about an Eldritch Abomination coming to earth to listen to the Vengaboys. It's about a time loop. It's about finding out you're a lesbian. It's very silly.

Further Principles: On the Dynamics of Interdimensional Emotional Support is what happens when you forget to tell the aforementioned trans woman to stop. It's a sequel, it's a fantasy, and it's about learning to love and accept love when you're a straight trans girl in deep deep deep denial. It's also a little bit about really wanting Senshi Dungeon Meshi to cook for you and tell you everything is going to be okay.

Icing On The Cake: What if you inherited a bakery and the new assistant was tall and hot and you didn't know you were a lesbian yet?

Clear Blue is, all things considered, the best standalone thing I've written. It requires very little preamble and no further context. Here's the core premise: What if you didn't have to be tired all the time? What if you could be loved? What if you could eat good food and dance in the warm evening air? What if you were good enough? And what if, maybe, just a little bit, you could be a mermaid? This one's a love letter to the audience.

Fey Tricks is about making a deal with a fey that doesn't really know what they're doing.

Love In Times Of Corona is short and sweet, about falling in love with your roommate during what is arguably one of the scariest couple of decades: 2020 to 2021.

Horns In The Library is an erotic novella, so that's, like, most of what it's about, but it is also an exploration of healthy sexuality for trans women. But it's mostly the erotica.

We Unmake Ourselves is a cyberpunk detective story with a cyberpunk twist :3

Can We Not Do This Right Now is about breaking up with someone shortly after you've been broken up with. It is exceedingly silly.

Okay. Meat and potatoes time. NEXUS ALPHA is sort of my magnum opus in that it's the one that kind of put me on the map with a very specific community. It's a hyperviolent, hyper-erotic cyberpunk action novel about giant robots, giant women, fighting to the death and having a lot (and I do mean a lot) of lesbian sex in between. It's one of the books that was there at the start of the resurgence of the mechsploitation genre in 2023 and it's still here. This one's got themes coming out of its ears, from consent to autonomy to explorations of late stage capitalism. This one's for the little freaks :)

NEXUS ALPHA 2 is more of the same, with a heavier emphasis on the plot (you know how it goes) though the characters are no less kinky or horny. Things happen. There's references. Lots of brain rot. Even more brain rot.

And then TEETH, which is something of a spiritual sequel. This one is themes first, really. What if, hypothetically, you had been told your whole life that the thing you know you are is a monster? What if someone forced you to be that monster? What if they loved you for it? It's about being trans and it's about female rage and it's about abusive relationships and it's about really wanting to eat someone but it's also a metaphor for sex, kind of. Teeth is a lot.

Penumbra is a superhero story about trans depression. It's a trans drama starring a superhero. It's about what if Eddie Brock was a trans lesbian. It's one of my earlier stories but I have a lot of love for it :)

Penumbra 2, is a sequel with a new protagonist. Where the first one is about depression, this one is about unlearning copaganda and killing the little police dad in your brain. If the last one was "what if venom was trans" this one is "what if spider-man said acab"

Loose Change is a coming of age heist thriller inspired by stuff like Ocean's Eleven and Pulp Fiction. It's silly and queer and exploring gender and sexuality from a very messy perspective. It's very much about the kind of shit we do while figuring ourselves out. It has characters being imperfect and using slurs and trying to understand who they are. It's also about robbing banks :)

Not So Different is a nonlinear cyberpunk action romance set in an infinite city that is also at the basis of a ttrpg i'm working on. It's not really about any deeper themes other than the usual "hey exploring your identity is good lol" but it has a 6'+ woman that's all beef and uses a giant hammer so like, come on, you know what you're about

Among Brighter Stars is a story with queer people but it is less about the queerness and more about trying to write an actual modern star trek but with my spin on it. Think of it as the first 4 episodes of a trek-style reboot :)

Plot Twist: It's Gay is probably my most realistic trans hatching story. Food, love and gender all come together in a novella about, well... read the title lol.

The Flesh Cathedral is a series of short stories that about violation. It's queer horror with the biggest and hardest emphasis on horror I can place. There are stories in this that are likely to make you feel Bad. There's a separate chapter just for CW's. Read at own risk.

And finally Campus Creatures is just a very queer little college coming of age story about various kinds of queer people, the only human beings coming together in a school for monsters. It's very heavy on the romance.

So yeah. Please signal boost and consider picking up the bundle. It'd mean the world, and you'll get a lot of proper books out of it :)

[binniesbooks]

hi my fayebae~ since u said u loved the car clip of soobin, here’s one for u to write ur heart away!! (U can of course choose whether u wanna do it or not no pressure!! Im just sending since its at the top of my mind rn, ahh n im sorry for so many request i usually dont send anyt in but🥹i didnt think it would be this fun to see my request coming to life uk but i digress)

idk whether u would like this but:

bf!soobin x gf!brat!reader

they got into an argument and stuff but soobin who still loves his gf comes n picks her up after (cheerleading?prac of some sorts)

Otw home… reader gives the cold shoulder to soob, not talking thru out the entire journey? So soob decides to take a detour n drives to somewhere that doesnt have many ppl looking in the night.

They start talking n tried to resolve whatever their fighting abt, one thing led to another, well reader is giving him a bj!!(the rest of the smut is up to u!!)

inspired by that soob clip of course~ have fun love💗

REVVED UP EMOTIONS

SB 000 .F23 2024

wc 3.7k

pairings bf!Soobin x bratgf!reader

warnings oral sex, semi-public, unprotected sex, slight brat taming, being almost caught, pet names (+ anything that I missed)

faye's note this clip was on my mind 24/7. And after receiving it I got excited making this one out but I'm not sure if it turned out good because my mind was kinda occupied with thesis shit. Omfg. Anyways, I hope it isn't dry tho 😔

Conflict is an inevitable part of any relationship, be it familial, platonic, or romantic. Arguments can arise from misunderstandings, unmet expectations, or simply the simple things from daily life. Recently, you found yourself in a heated disagreement with Soobin, your boyfriend.

The sun hung low one afternoon, casting golden lights through the window. You were sprawled on the couch, mindlessly scrolling through your phone. Soobin on the other hand, who had just come home from a busy day at university, was busy, again, in the kitchen, occasional noises of clicks and clangs of utensils on pots and pans plus the opening and closing of the faucet can be heard.

You overheard him murmur "Yeah, dinner for two," as he clicked his tongue. You felt a strange pang of irritation swell within you. It wasn't about him or the meal he was preparing, it was you. You actually promised him you would help out, maybe even cook together, but here you were, scrolling on your phone.

You stood up as you trudged to the kitchen, arms crossed as you leaned on the sink. "You didn't have to do all this," you stood feigning nonchalance as you bit your cheek to not show the guilt you were feeling. "You could have asked me for help."

"Oh?" He looked at you with disappointment, "I thought you were busy checking social media," his blunt reply and harsh tone made your ears hot out of irritation. "I didn't want to interrupt your 'important' scrolling."

The sarcasm was too emphasized and it stung more than you expected. "What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Your eyebrows furrowed as you met with his gaze. "Nothing! I just thought maybe you'd care enough to have some initiative or something. We both agreed to share the chores. I was tired the whole day only to come back home without even eating a single thing." His voice raised with frustration as he threw down the spatula.

"I was going to help!" Your voice was quite high as you tried to cover how you abandoned your promise. "Oh yeah? I was out all day to finish my projects. And there you were scrolling through your phone." He said as he crumpled the apron he was wearing and threw it also on the table.

"You know what, Soobin? Maybe I don't always want to help! Maybe I want a day off too!" You felt the tension suffocating the air around you. Your heart raced but you're too afraid you're wrong.

"That's fucking selfish!" His voice rose, echoing in the confines of the kitchen. "You can't just say you want a break when we agreed to support each other!" He even added. "Fine! I guess we don't need any support then!" You turned on your heel as if fleeing away would help erase the hurtful things that had been said.

"Hey, y/n! Where are you going!" He called but you did not even take a glance. He called you multiple times but his voice just faded out as you were stomping your way to the bedroom.

That night, you didn't come out for dinner. Your mind was in a whirlwind of regret and stubborn pride. Soobin had a point, you were just lazing around that time, however, you don't want to accept that it was your fault. That same night, he didn't come into the room. Your shared bed feels so empty, but you can't just bring yourself to ask for an apology.

Later that morning, you tiptoed your way out. Still too early that your boyfriend was still sleeping, uncomfortably by the way, on the couch. You just grabbed bread and water and went out.

You two always ride his car to go to school. But this time you were determined not to ask for a simple apology and went out by yourself instead. And yes, you were planning to walk to school for your practice. However, some guy passed by and let you ride their car. Since you know the one who offered you a ride, you accepted the offer. It was Kai anyway, aside from being in Soobin's circle of friends, he was part of your cheerleading team.

"Why are you walking so early in the morning? Where's Soobin?" He asked out of curiosity.

"I don't know, maybe somewhere." You answered as you rolled your eyes, still being stubborn. "Are you two fighting?" Kai chuckled as he watched your actions while the traffic light was still red.

"We broke up." You nonchalantly remarked. Well, that was supposed to be a joke, and you never thought that Kai would actually believe those words.

"Woah shit! You what?" He was really startled at what you said as he covered his mouth while keeping the other on the wheel. You just laughed at him as you took the last bite of the bread.

Your whole Saturday went on like the usual cheerleading practice days. But since your mind is still in a whirlwind of pride, you couldn't focus. Causing you to crash multiple times while practicing. You were even scolded by your coach and instructors telling you that you looked like your mind flying or some sort. You just rolled your eyes at them whenever they turn their backs to you.

For that reason, you got hurt, earning yourself a few scratches here and there. You didn't even bother at all. Kai on the other hand, took the chance to treat your scratches. You're still not aware that he actually took your words this morning to heart and mind.

"It's just a scratch, Kai. No need to create a big fuss." You chuckled as he handed you a few bandages.

"Still, scratches can cause infection." He defended himself.

"Fine fine, you win." You sighed in defeat.

You two shared each other's company during lunch that day. You could even tell that many eyes are watching you -- no, most probably judging you at this point. Nonetheless, you just shrugged it off and enjoyed Kai's company instead. Not knowing that this could fuel some bigger fire. Fire that Kai holds, and fire that your boyfriend holds.

Since Soobin was not on the campus that day, he just stayed at home. He can't even contact you since you purposely left your phone. He was just cleaning all day. Just decluttering everything at home. He knows you're practicing today anyway. The only difference is that he usually accompanies you to school and waits for you until practice is done and brings you home, but now, he's just at home busying himself with the chores. He just planned to fetch you later this afternoon and treat you to some restaurant to make it up to you since he feels sorry about raising his voice at you.

"Let's wrap up here today." Your coach shouts as he reminds the assigned cleaners to clean the gymnasium before going home.

"Ugh! Cleaning this whole gymnasium sucks!" You complained, picking up the materials your team has used.

"Anyway, why are you still here? You're not on the list to clean today, right?" You were pertaining to the young boy tailing you. He smiled as he scratched the back of his head, "I want to offer you a ride home." His voice was barely above a whisper.

"Don't you have like, any other things to do?" You asked, counting the pompoms before storing them in the box.

"Don't have any." Kai shook his hand as he took the box from your hand and headed to the facility room.

As soon as you and the other were done cleaning, you immediately headed out, Kai insisted on carrying your cheerleading bag. Once again, eyes were gawking at the two of you. You can hear a few of them mumbling but you still ignored it.

Kai opened his car door to let you in. But before you could even step foot inside, someone spoke which made you stop in your tracks. "Where are you headed to?" You turn around to see Soobin as he brings his window down.

"O-oh Soobin hyung." Soobin nods at the younger boy to notice his existence, his elbow hanging at the open window.

You quickly retreat as you grab your bag from Kai. "I-i thought..." Kai stammered as he looked at you. "I was just messing with you Kai, it's not real." You sighed. "What did she say?" Soobin interrupted as he turned to you. You're just a millisecond late to cover Kai's mouth as the words slip out. "She said that you two broke up." Soobin snapped his head towards the younger, a smirk forming on his lips. "Did she?" Kai just nods, still clueless. "Get in," Soobin commanded over you. "I'll take her home, be safe, Kai," Soobin says as he closes the window, whistling.

The whole drive is deafening in silence. You can't hear anything except the faint music playing on the car radio.

"Wow, did we actually break up?" Soobin states with unbelief as he taps his fingers on the wheels.

You were still saying nothing. "Y/n, seriously, are you still mad at me? You didn't even eat last night." He sighed as he continuously threw you glances. Both of your hands were properly curled up in a ball above your thighs clutching your short skirt as you stared outside the window. Looking at whatever unpleasant view outside that seems interesting to you.

The once bright clouds turned darker. "Is it gonna rain? I thought I checked the weather news before I went out." Soobin whispers, changing the stations to listen to the news.

The raindrops started to fall on the car window, drizzling softly as it made the glass cold. "Grab my jacket in the backseat." Soobin talks to you again, but you're not even giving him a single glance.

Soobin messages his temple, "I wanted to take you to a restaurant tonight to make it up to you, but it looks like it's pouring really hard. I'm sorry y/n, just please talk to me." He's totally losing his patience at this point as if he's gonna burst again but tried his very best not to go over the top. He regretted raising his voice yesterday so much.

The once-familiar view of the road becomes foreign to your eyes. You turned to Soobin, looking at his unusual demeanor. If he'd been talking so much earlier, his lips were totally shut now. You wanted to speak and ask him where he was bringing you or what was wrong but you stopped yourself. Whatever will be, will be, you thought to yourself.

The rain started pouring harder, and the once busy road you were on looked empty now. Thunder clasps from far away making a rumbling sound. You try to rub your shoulder to create friction to keep your body warm. You're starting to feel cold and Soobin hasn't thrown you a glance nor commented anything at you.

He suddenly pulled up on the roadside, and the light from the lamp post dimly flickered inside the car.

"Not gonna lie, I felt like a dumb ass talking to a wall earlier." His eyes met yours for a while before you averted your gaze. He grabs his jacket and hands it to you, "Wear this, you must be cold. I just realized, your skirt is too short, and your tank top is too thin, at that." He eyes you up and down as you wear his jacket.

"This is fucking crazy." He mumbled as he pulled his hair.

"Y/n, baby, look, I'm really sorry for raising my voice at you, hm? I was just really tired last night." He gently placed his hand above yours on your thighs.

Your eyes were following a few cars passing by as if they were the most interesting thing in the world. You felt Soobin hold your face gently. "Baby, please look at me. I'm not used to this. You know me." Soobin's eyes were practically begging. He couldn't stand you giving him the cold shoulder.

The truth is you were just afraid. You're afraid to admit you had acted selfishly. Afraid of facing him after a petty argument over something so trivial.

"I just want you to talk to me," he caresses your cheeks, words so gentle and comforting, "I can't fix this if you won't talk to me."

Soobin pulls you in for a hug, warming up your heart. You buried your face in the crook of his neck, surrendering to him and putting down your stubborn pride. You mumbled a soft sorry as he gently rubbed your back. You let your arms move freely, as you return the hug to Soobin.

"Please don't do this again to me." He kissed your forehead. "I'm sorry for raising my voice, baby. I'm sorry for making you feel upset at me." Soobin's probably the sweetest guy you could ever ask for. He can make you feel loved and appreciated, but of course, you're just stubborn and bratty at times, which makes him wanna lose his temper.

Soobin pulls away, showering your face with a hundreds of kisses. You can't help but giggle at his actions."I didn't mean to shut you out." You mumbled with a pout. "You don't look sincere." Soobin commented which made you pout more. He chuckled as he pulled you in for a kiss.

The kiss felt soft and gentle. That's why you had no idea, why he was shoving his tongue inside your mouth. He bit your lip with a little harshness making you push him away. "Oww! What was that!" You complained. Soobin simply smirked at you. "I'm asking for an apology and forgiving you for one, but not the other issue." His smirk turns to a frown. "Soobin I can explain that..." Your heart began to race, thumping so hard you could feel it in your throat.

"Why don't we use that pretty little mouth of yours on something else good, yeah? Instead of giving people an opening to pounce on you." His eyes scream anger and lust at the same time.

"What do you mean?" You asked clueless. "What do I mean? You really want to hear the exact words?" Soobin taunted. "I don't get what you are saying." You shook your head. "I'm telling you that you just made an opening to let Kai pounce on you. Are you that dense, that you don't even know he likes you?" You were shocked at what Soobin just revealed to you. You opened your mouth to answer only for him to cut you off.

"Or don't tell me you wanted it all along?" He scoffs. "Soobin don't talk like that --" "Don't talk like what, doll? Aren't you the one who told him we're over?"

That's it, those words pushed you over the edge, switching your bratty side once more. "Okay, so what? What if I wanted it all along?" Your voice raised once more. "Kai is a good guy, plus he knows how to take care of someone he likes." You pushed Soobin's chest away from you. Soobin scoffed again, brushing his tongue inside his cheek.

"And I can tell --"

"Backseat. Or else --"

"Or else what? Huh? Are you gonna order me around again? Raise your voice over me again?" You taunt.

"I said backseat, you brat." He fixed his gaze on you and held your wrist.

His words are firm and strong which makes the hair on your neck stand up. He unbuckled his seatbelt and shifted the gear to park, leaving the car idle and the headlights on. You have no choice. You crawled your way to the backseat. you squeezed yourself to fit and pass by the center console. Soobin followed quickly, making his way through the front and back doors. As soon as he settled in the backseat, he ruffled his hair to whisk away some water from the rain.

Your eyes waver as you avert your gaze from him. His hand squeezed both your cheeks, "My patience is running low from your actions, doll. You're making it worse."

Soobin pulled you on his lap. You were almost covering him with how big his jacket you were wearing. His surname is written in big fonts.

He hiked up your skirt only to find out you had nothing underneath other than thin panties. Soobin scoffs, "Don't tell me you were gonna ride Kai's car with just this?" You bit your lip as you placed your hands on his shoulder when he started to rub you with your panties still on.

Soobin clearly knows how to make your knees weak. With just a simple touch and you're back to square one from being a brat. He pulled your panties off slowly without breaking the eye contact. His brows are still furrowed and you can still feel his anger.

"Let's see if you'd still want to ride his car after getting out of mine." He clicked his tongue and licked his finger, pushing two at the same time. Your mouth hung open as you squirm. "S-soob..." You can't talk straight, no, you don't wanna talk actually, but he has his ways to make you open your mouth. "How is it? Still wanna ride his car?" A sly smirk tugging on his lips. In which you replied with just a shake of your head.

"I'm close..." You whispered, biting your lips, watching how his fingers disappears and appears in your cunt. You shudder with the sensation, your high coming to you. But Soobin pulled his fingers out. You whined, hiding your face on his neck as you grind yourself above him.

Soobin's too focused on making you say the word sorry for the said issue. He did not even expect you'll act bratty once again after just apologizing for what happened yesterday.

He gripped your waist. "Stop moving or you'll not gonna cum for 1 week." Hearing this, you whine once more. You can't stand that punishment at least. But instead of getting the words out of your mouth, Soobin wasn't prepared for your action of apology.

You unzip his pants and slowly stroke him. Your face is still hidden in the crook of his neck. Planting soft kisses on his shoulder blade to his neck.

"Doll." His voice is warning yet you didn't budge, with only a small "please let me" coming out of your mouth.

His hand rubbed your back up and down, slipping them inside your top. Your skin is burning to his palm.

"What's with you, huh?" He asked, but he clearly knows you'd rather act like his little slut than let the five-letter word out of your pretty mouth.

You pulled back, squeezing your body once again on the small space between his legs. "Fuck-- just stop giving him signs -- ohh shit!" Soobin clearly shows his frustration at how he grips on the door. You gave him a few kitten licks and swirled your tongue on the tip of his cock making him jolt.

He looks down at you, meeting your eyes, "Fuck, is the word too much for you to say?" You took him whole the moment he spit those words making him thrust up a bit and lean back his head on the headrest.

"Ahh!" His breathy moans filled the car, making the glass foggy despite the rain and cold atmosphere outside. His hands tangled in your hair as you bobbed your head slowly.

You whimpered at how his cock pulsated on your tongue and how his tip kissed your throat. He gently caresses your cheeks as he holds them. You automatically leaned on his hand as you let him fuck your mouth.

His eyes were tightly closed. Lower lip trapped between his teeth. One hand on your cheek to hold you and the other firmly gripping the door to keep himself grounded.

"Baby fuck!" With one last thrust, he's cumming in your mouth. Draining himself on your wet and hot lips.

His heavy pants were the only thing that could be heard inside the car. Not until you hear a knock on the window. You quickly scrambled up your way to the seat as you sat properly, Soobin shoving his shirt down to cover his exposed length.

He opened the window slowly. "Is everything fine? You're hazard is switched on." A police officer said with an umbrella in hand, roaming his eyes inside the car. He even added that he was just passing by and noticed the car had switched on the hazard.

"I'm sure I didn't put the car on hazard though., must be when I got out.." Soobin mumbles, "But everything is fine, we just need to talk something out."

"Take care then, it's pouring hard." The officer apologized before going back to his car.

You looked at Soobin, fear evident on your face. You were doing things in a semi-public place but here you are, totally scared of getting caught. Soobin chuckled at you.

"Can you turn off the hazard light?" He appealed. You propped yourself on top of the center console to reach for the hazard button. But seems like some other button is getting pressed instead, as your hands retreat back to cover your mouth.

Soobin's tongue is licking your exposed cunt. Eating you out while you're still on the center console.

"S-soob, wait.." you tried your best to appeal to him but he did not budge. He continued shoving his tongue inside you. He then gently pulled you back to his lap, slowly sinking you down on his cock.

One of his hands lightly squeezes your neck, the other one pulling one of your hands back. He stopped you from covering your mouth as he continuously thrusts upward.

"Tight.. so tight..." He mumbles at your nape. "Pussy so good for me."

"M-more please." You quietly pleaded as you tried moving your hips. "Someone's eager to be filled." He commented back. "W-wanna be full of you, Soobin." You're feeling lightheaded at how he's squeezing your neck. He can't help but leave hickeys on your shoulder as he thrusts harder.

"I'm gonna get you pregnant at this point," he huffed. "D-don't care, w-want you," your words are slurred as you lean back on his chest.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" No other words just curses, was coming out of his mouth as he felt his cum being released.

You were totally breathless, your body slumped on him, his cock still twitching and pulsating inside your cunt. Soobin is totally worn out, dipping his head down on your shoulder.

"Let's stay like this for five minutes then we'll go home." He mumbled.

@binniesbooks 2024

[world-of-wales]

NEWS -

THE EARLY YEARS BUISNESS TASKFORCE HAS RELEASED ITS REPORT ON THEIR YEAR OF CHAMPIONING CHANGE -

One year on from the publication of its landmark “Case for Change” report, The Royal Foundation Business Taskforce for Early Childhood has delivered a broad range of initiatives, demonstrating the vital role business can play in creating a society which prioritises its youngest members and those caring for them.

When the report was launched, each member of the Taskforce pledged to take action. They have each chosen different areas of opportunity, and the impact has been varied and vast:

The LEGO Group has donated LEGO® Education Build Me “Emotions” sets to early years providers across every corner of the UK. The sets are designed to help children to explore their emotions in a playful way. It is also working with a coalition of partners, delivering a local project in Tower Hamlets harnessing the power of play to promote children’s wellbeing and develop social and emotional skills

Co-op created a dedicated early childhood fund through its unique apprentice levy share service, Co-op Levy Share. With Taskforce funding, it has already supported more than 130 early years apprentices, as part of its commitment to raise £5 million over the next 5 years to create more than 600 apprenticeships.

Deloitte has funded more than 1300 early years teachers to undertake Teach First leadership qualifications and have changed its parental policies to give all parents 26 weeks full pay.

IKEA has partnered with local baby banks to ensure families have the essentials they need and launched a product range which raised money for the Baby Bank Alliance.

NatWest has increased its lending capacity for early years settings and produced tools to support nurseries to operate in a more sustainable way.

Iceland has rolled out its ’emoji posters’ across all UK stores and helped 30,000 staff better support young families. They have also launched a range of toddler meals with Mumsnet, which raise money for Alder Hey Hospital and aim to support healthy eating.

These projects combined have a potential reach of more than half a million babies and young children.

Looking ahead, taskforce members have committed to building on this to extend their impact to even more families with babies and young children.

Co-op is developing assets, inspired by the Shaping Us Framework, for its six million members, to help support parents and carers understand the importance of social and emotional development and how to nurture it in their children.

NatWest has already increased lending for early years providers to £100million and has now pledged to go even further, extending the target lending to £250m. This means that many more early years settings, who currently find it difficult to access the financial support they need, will now be able to do so, alongside tailored guidance and support to navigate the challenges they face and to seize growth opportunities.

Aviva will shortly be making publicly available a series of short films, which they have created for their 26,000 employees, aimed at helping both managers and new parents to feel more confident and supported in the workplace.

As well as continuing with their own projects, the Taskforce plays an important leadership role in inspiring other businesses to consider how they too could play a role.

Since the report’s publication, members have hosted roundtables with businesses around the UK, with more planned in the coming months. The report has also been showcased on the international stage and the global early years sector have welcomed the leadership provided by the Taskforce.

Businesses will now be able to build their own action plans and get more information about how they can have maximum impact. please visit : Build Your Action Plan

[thewomenofwindsor]

The Princess of Wales’ ‘business taskforce’ working to better the lives of young children is said to have reached 500,000 youngsters in the last year.

Firms from Deloitte to LEGO have taken part, investing in schemes including funding training for 1,300 ‘early years’ teachers to raising parent leave after birth for all parents to 26 weeks full pay.

One year on from their first major report, which set out why businesses should invest in early childhood, it has been revealed that the effect has already been ‘varied and vast’.

The LEGO Group has donated Build Me 'Emotions' sets to early years providers across every corner of the UK, while Co-op has created a dedicated early childhood fund and already supported more than 130 early years apprentices.

Meanwhile IKEA has partnered with local baby banks to donate essentials and launched a product range raising money for the Baby Bank Alliance.

NatWest has increased its lending capacity for early years settings and produced tools to support nurseries to operate in a more sustainable way, with a target of £250 million.

Financial services giant Deloitte has funded more than 1300 early years teachers to undertake crucial qualifications and changed its parental policies to give all parents 26 weeks full pay.

Iceland helped 30,000 staff better support young families and launched a range of toddler meals with Mumsnet, which raise money for Alder Hey Hospital and aim to support healthy eating.

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[tbiggestman]

Assassin’s Creed: The Glade -- a TMR x AC AU !!

OKAY SO I accidentally spiraled into creating a Maze Runner x Assassin’s Creed AU at 7 in the morning and now I’m obsessed so like… here’s the brainrot :3

It’s called Assassin’s Creed: The Glade (based off AC: Syndicate), a modern-retro UK-based Brotherhood AU where the Gladers are part of a secret order fighting against a powerful Templar regime. Just… Think of smoke bombs, rooftop chases, double agents, and a whole lot of knife-to-throat emotional damage :D

Even if you don’t know AC, think of mysterious underground resistance vs rich powerful elite, but make it traumatized young adults and a LOT of yearning. (I also heavily recommend getting into AC because it's an incredible franchise in my opinion) (This is also VERY AC: Syndicate specific, but I'll try my best to generalise it and make it easier to understand!!)

ALSO. Thomas and Teresa are TWINS because yes.

They take the roles of Jacob and Evie Frye. I will explain their characters in another post!!!

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- The Brotherhood = The Glade. They call themselves Gladers.

- They fight the Templars, a corrupt shadowy organization controlling society from the top. (Though I'm trying to figure out how to rename it to tie it to WICKED)

- The Piece of Eden is their version of the cure: a powerful artifact everyone’s after.

- So! Theres betrayal, secrecy, found family, rooftop parkour, emotional stabbings (and actual stabbings).

- And YES, Newt and Thomas are GAY and TRAGIC and in LOVE and probably also bleeding out somewhere dramatic because OF COURSE they are.

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Character Time >:)

Thomas: baby assassin, thrown into this world and learning fast. He’s not supposed to trust anyone. Especially not Newt. (spoiler alert: he does love Newt)

Newt: ex-assassin and 2nd in command. Neutral- Too Creed to be Templar. Too Templar to be Creed. May or may not have helped burn down a building. May or may not still love Thomas!

Minho: scout, strategist, sarcasm king. 2nd in command after Newt leaves

Alby: gruff commander of the Brotherhood. Trust issues. (hes basically no.1 in command)

Gally: war vet, internal ops. Doesn’t talk much but knows everything. (he's a yapper once you get to know him though:3)

Teresa: secret Templar trainee raised by Ava Paige, learning the truth the hard way.

Chuck: baby baby. Loves assassins. Wanted to parkour. Now lives in the Brotherhood’s basement probably. dont worry he's loved guys

Ava Paige: ex-Templar. Morally grey. Maybe wants to save the world. Maybe not.

Janson: rich Templar BASTARD. Wants to use the Piece of Eden to brainwash the world or smth.

…and like 10 more but this post is already feral enough.

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I might post a fic of this on ao3 :D scenes will probablyyyy be posted here soon so stay tuned or ask me stuff!! this au is eating me alive and I’m taking y’all with me !!!

I ALSO have not played AC: Syndicate but I know of the story. It'll take me a while to start properly working on this because the walkthroughs of this game are over 9 hours long💔

I will go into detail about Thomas and Teresa soon and I will explain the plot of AC: Syndicate (so you dont have to search it up) and what its like in my AU soon :D

If you've read this entire thing of me yapping, then… thank you !!!

[waitmyturtles]

In the annals of Great Episodes of Asian Dramas: episode 8 of She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat ranks HIGH. A meditation on the pull between individualism and collectivism, filial piety vs. emotional survival, gender equity vs. social and cultural patriarchy.

And: the need for validation, the need for family and friends to help reflect one's own emotional reality. That this show chose RINA SAWAYAMA, a Japanese transplant to the UK, someone who had to uproot her young life, was ignored and belittled until she could learn to speak English, and then kicked utter ASS by becoming a fabulous and famous singer -- to enter this show through her song, "Chosen Family," my GAWD, did the showmakers of TsukuTabe really know what the hell they were doing.

This episode was EXQUISITE. FIFTEEN MINUTES OF EMOTIONAL JOURNEYS, DRIVES, AND VALIDATIONS. FIFTEEN FUCKING MINUTES.

Between this show and I Cannot Reach You, Japan is fucking WINNING with the kicking to the curb of Asian social expectations of humility and silence.

DAMN. I know I missed the live fan watch on this show, but if there are peeps who haven't watched it yet, I'd say drop everything and catch up like I am. KASUGA FOR THE DAMN WIN AGAINST HER FATHER. WOW.

[that-trans-autistic-guy]

The Dream of Being in DBD as a Trans Character

as an actor who adores DBD and yearns to bring trans characters to life, this is the story i made for a character that i thought could be brought into the show via an episode focus. so, enjoy:

The plot begins with a client walking in. A ghost boy, no older than eighteen, comes in and asks for their assistance. His friend, who we’ll call Roy, had moved to the UK before the ghost, we’ll call Gilbert, passed away. The two were extremely close and Gil was Roy’s only real friend. Gil’s request is that the agency finds Roy and helps him deliver a last message to his friend. It takes some discussion, but the agency agrees.

We see a teen walking through a high school, head down, headphones on and clearly on the outside (think Edwin’s scene of walking against all the other students). Some jock in a varsity jacket slaps the books out of his hands. One particular book gets kicked down the hallway or something, and the whole hallway watches him go after it. His locker has all sorts of insults scribbled onto it, multiple of which are feminine in nature. Roy just sighs as he exchanges some of his supplies.

We watch him go through classes, just glimpses of classmates glaring, throwing papers at him, etc. He doesn’t respond to it beyond a few resigned expressions and sighs. A bell rings and the hallways are flooded by people going to lunch. Enter Crystal Palace, flanked by Edwin and Charles. She asks if he has a moment to talk and he says something like, “Look, I’m just trying to go eat without getting fucked up. So if you and your ghost boyfriends could just leave me alone, that’d be great.” He walks off, leaving Crystal and the boys extremely confused.

They didn’t think he would be able to see them. Gil had said he’d never said anything about seeing ghosts.

Crystal and the boys talk to the other students about Roy, posing as new/exchange students who’d noticed something about him. None of the students are particularly nice, saying he’s weird and abnormal. They also add in statements saying things like he’s “a girl playing pretend” and other statements like that. It confuses the boys, especially Edwin, but it seems to click for Crystal.

She finds Roy after school, hiding in the art/band room while the hoard of students goes outside to leave. His headphones are still on and he’s on his phone, but his head whips up the second the psychic enters so he’s clearly on high alert. Crystal sits across from him and asks why he could see ghosts.

Roy explains that when he came out, his parents stopped caring. They didn’t provide anything to him and refused to call him by his name. When he was seventeen, his appendix burst. He’d complained for days that his stomach was unbearable and his parents ignored it. It burst at school and he nearly died from their negligence.

His uncle asked for custody and they gave it over without protest. Once he had it, his uncle, who we’ll call Josh, immediately worked on helping him transition. Josh got him to doctors who gave him HRT and helped him legally change his name. When Josh was told he would move to England for his high paying job barely two months later, he got Roy top surgery before they left. He enrolled in school, which had just as much bullying as his last. 

Crystal tells him that his friend, Gilbert, had contacted them to find him and help deliver a message. Roy’s shocked and asked if he could see Gil. The three agree, saying they could arrange something for that night. They make conversation until Roy deems it safe enough for him to leave.

The two friends reunite that night. It’s tearful and emotional. We learn, through conversation or flashbacks, that Gilbert had died shortly after Roy moved away in a car accident. Roy had flown out to be at his best friend’s funeral and had been inconsolable. Gil’s family had let him sit with them, basically his own family. The boys hold each other like they might fade away, resting their foreheads together.

They talk. Gil reassures him that he was okay, that he was glad Roy was still going. He’s sad that Roy hasn’t made any new friends and the boy says he’s scared of letting in the wrong people. He says that maybe he can start with the detectives and Roy agrees that maybe he can. They talk a little more, the two stating that they love each other and similar statements, and Gil’s ready to move on. The blue light appears and he smiles sadly, giving his friend one last hug. He tells Roy to look after himself, asks the agency to look after him, too. Roy is holding in a sob but tells Gilbert to go on and that he’ll see him later, yeah? Gilbert nods and goes with Death, the light disappearing. As it does, we see the ghost boys holding hands, reminded of their own deep friendship and unable to imagine parting.

Roy swipes at his tears as the agency approaches. They all offer their condolences, even a hug maybe, and he accepts. He asks if what they do is helping people move on and they say that it is. He nods and says that he’d like to help them sometimes, to which they all agree. The four of them hang out for a while, letting Roy tell the stories of Gilbert he’d been aching to tell.

I like to think Roy would make a few other appearances, in a similar way to Monty. Edwin would ask him questions about his identity and queer stuff, notebook in hand. Charles and him would mess around, maybe playing jokes on the others. He and Crystal would commiserate over neglectful parents, maybe helping her as she tries to rebuild her life. When Niko comes back, they’d share shows and books they each like. 

Maybe the bullying gets bad and one of the ghost boys goes with him to school, casually tripping the bullies or being silly around them while the bully is oblivious. Roy slowly makes a friend or two at school, and overall comes out of his shell bit by bit.

again, this is just a wild dream i have. the character envelops the themes of love and grief that the show is based on, as well as self acceptance. naturally, i'd love to see any kind of trans character on the show since we are an extremely underrepresented group and the love put into the show would make it excellent. so, naturally, Save Dead Boy Detectives.

[copia]

Get to Know Your Mutuals! tagged by @circle--of--confusion, tysm!! <3 (sorry it took me a while to do this)

what's the origin of your username? ...hehe (this one is obvious but my main is the name of a mediocre torchwood episode)

OTP(s) + shipname: not big into shipping tbh - for ghost i'll pick a ghoul who serves my nefarious purposes with the papa of the hour lmao

favourite colour: blue :3

song stuck in my head: do i have to say it (satanized!!!!!!!!)

weirdest habit/trait: i've got autism so weird traits are my diagnosis :/ i really enjoy getting piercings or blood tests/vaccinations which is apparently odd, and i'm so un-squeamish that it worries my mother

hobbies: besides yapping on the internet and looking at copia images (and writing/editing) i play piano and do muay thai! both are kind of difficult to access atm (there's only one piano on campus and my gym takes an hour to get to). i occasionally do western boxing too and have sailed a lot (dinghies & the odd yacht) but that's an impossibility with my current financial/academic situation

if you work, what's your profession? full time student atm, studying biomed engineering (electronics). i'm in my final year and am struggling. planning a potential career change to vet med but that'll have to be after a bit of work (& probably getting more lab experience)

if you could have any job you wish what would you have? vet!!! i'm back to where I was at 5 years old with that one. bad work experience put me off pursuing it straight out of school but i was an idiot 16 year old when i made that decision, and also didn't see a future for myself. i can see one now and i know what's right for it :D i'll be applying for accelerated grad courses next year if they'll accept my biomed (cough electronic cough engineering) degree for that

something you're good at: maths

something you hate: embedded programming and machine learning and signal processing and matlab and eagle pcb design oh my god dont get me started

something you collect: i don't collect anything but i do own 3 copies of the three musketeers. and i'll reach 4 i'm not messing around

something you forget: not much, not even nights out. i have autism

your love language: idk what counts as a love language tbh. i like being helpful or giving people things or generally doing something that makes them happy. but ig that's just what love is as a whole

favourite movies/shows: hannibal!!

favourite food: was rømmegrøt when i could still eat/access it but my current fav is laoganma chilli in oil ... laoganma BELOVED (my housemate gave me a cushion with laoganma printed on it with the corresponding maritime letter flags because she knows me very well)

favourite animal: my cat tommy (16yrs in these photos. isn't he stunning)

what were you like as a child? autistic

favourite subject in school: english!

least favourite subject: german, because it wasn't taught well (like any mfl in uk state schools from my experience) and nobody took it seriously

what's your best character trait? this one got me thinking because idk. but i think i'm very non-judgemental. got the mindset 'all people are people' to an extreme

what's your worst character trait? i can get quite jealous, and not to be tmi but the emotional dysregulation is bad. won't elaborate 😭

if you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? also a bit tmi but i'd love for my father to be a real one sometimes

if you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? the set of great-grandparents on my mother's side who i never got to meet :') they were my mum's real parents and i think i would have loved them

tagging (no pressure as per usual and i'm sorry if anyone here has already been tagged!)-- @unsettlingcreature @watertankafternoon @vpyre @delullu @lilspacewolfie @dolceterzo @sadistic-cardinal :3

[buzzyb33]

Hey!! Could I please request a fic for Danny Aarons?! Nobody writes for him and they should because he is absolutely beautiful! Maybe where you’re also a YouTuber and friends with Danny and pretty much everyone in the uk YouTube scene and it’s the night of the sidemen 10 year party and he confesses he loves u. Thank u!!!🫶🏻🫶🏻

Of course!! This is a great idea and I love my boy Danny.

Prompt: in request.

Warnings: swearing, alcohol, bit long, detail on reader appearance.

I sit at my desk as I record a Fortnite video with Danny, Simon and Josh.

I go through my locker as the three talk.

“Y/n hurry up and pick a fucking skin” Danny groans.

“Shut up Danny wait..” I respond in a distracted tone.

I scroll through my locker and settle on panda team leader.

I ready up and sip my water.

“Simon don’t take all my kills again either.” I shoot as I adjust my position.

Josh laughs and Danny speaks up before Simon.

“Wait- you two play together?” He asks a little confused to which Simon laughs.

“Thanks for watching my videos mate.”

-

Later on when playing I look at Josh’s skin and do the high five emote, Simon is still recording and he does the emote with me.

Josh laughs and pipes up “you coming to the party next week? I know you said you might but..”

“Hm? Oh yeah probably don’t wanna miss that- it’s important for you lot so-“

Danny cuts in quickly. “Can we go together y/n you don’t live too far away from me.” Simon hums in acknowledgement at Danny’s eagerness.

“Sure okay- I’ll message you, you can come mine and have some pre drinks with me.”

After that recording I did a few more on the same scenes to clear my schedule knowing how pissed I’ll get, recording a video with Deji just a simple TikTok reaction:

“Eugh- dej! That guy is so- mmmm- eww look.”

I say as beavo eating rice comes up.

“When I first saw him he actually made me physically gag at my phone- he’s rank.”

I say in a passionate tone and he laughs loudly.

“Would- you do the same content?” He cuts himself off from his laughs.

I chuckles and shake my head.

“Nah then I’d have to pay for an editor because I can’t watch myself do that..” I shake my head.

“Wait you edit all your own videos?” He says to me sincerely.

“And your other channels?”

“Yeah! I edit for my main, second and I mod my own social medias, while I pay Danny Aaron’s editor to do my twitch shit so- yeah,” I hum as I adjust my hair.

“Oh cool- Kay then.”

The next day when I was getting my clothes ready for the next day I got a FaceTime call from Danny, answering it wouldn’t be a problem, would help me pass the time.

I answer and smile into the phone, propping it upon my monitor as I logged around my room, AirPods in.

“Hey Danny!”

I call as I look for a dress.

“Hi- what you doing?” He responds, taking an inward breath.

“Pickin’ an outfit for tomorrow dunno to go for pink or white..” I let a ghost of a smile wonder on my lips as I shift through my many clothes.

“Pink- you look p- pinks a better colour especially in dresses, anyway.”

He says and I pop my head back into frame, my freckles dusting my face and light blue yes looking into the camera.

“Alright- yeah you’re probably right I’ll pick some stocking then we can talk, yeah?”

I pick a light pink play suit, white stockings and white flats, I put my outfit down and talk to Danny through it, after that I sat at my desk and spoke to him, a gentle tone in his voice which seemed to be only present around certain people.

“What’re you wearing Danny?”

I say after a couple minutes of silence on the call, my attention taken up by the sims.

“I dunno- cargos and a shirt. Yeah.”

-

The next day as I get out the shower, I put my clothes on and start on my makeup I get a knock on my door.

“Come in Danny! I’m in my room!”

I shout and I hear my door open and footsteps ascending toward my room.

He leaks his head round and gives me a cheesy grin.

“Hey y/n.”

He was in a crisp white shirt with a blue spray paint font smiley face at the back. He was in black cargos and to match his shirt, crisp white airforces.

“You look smart, Mr Aarons.” I smile and he smiles back, sitting in my bed.

“You look pretty, miss l/n.” He retorts, the grin not leaving his face.

We speak as I do my makeup, about videos, friends, family, us.

Mad I finish my makeup I order him to get the drinks from my kitchen as long as some glasses.

I smile as I face my chair toward the bed where he sits, pouring a vodka coke.

“You excited? I’m looking forward to it.”

I Say with a cheeky grin, leaning forward slightly and sipping it.

He smiles and nods.

I lean back and smile, flicking my light brown hair behind my shoulder.

“When should I call the Uber, n/n?”

“15 minutes let’s get the buzz.”

I grin at him.

Over the next 15 minutes, the two got laughs in, and Danny even getting a confidence boost.

In the taxi, Danny let his arm hand loosely across Y/ns shoulders.

Getting out the car and getting let into the party the two going their separate ways for a bit, the boys had rented a decent club in north London at a lot of people were there, A LOT.

Y/n went to go talk to george Clarkey and then Talia.

After mingling around she was getting tipsy and when in this state she got very giggly.

“H-hey-“ I turn around and find Danny’s eyes, his ones deep and hazy, clearly already intoxicated.

“Hi darlin’…” he murmured as his hands find my shoulders, his head falling slightly.

“Danny? You okay?” I say as I inch closer to him.

“Y/n- I just-“ he says and closes his eyes briefly.

“I think-“ he sighs

“I can’t help falling in love with you..”

I look at him and feel my face flush, I get on my tiptoes and kiss his cheek.

“I love you too..”

He smiles lazily and brings me into a passionate kiss, oddly coordinated from the intoxication.

I wrap my arms around his neck and he keeps moving his lips with mine, meanwhile, Ethan goes up to josh and elbows him slightly.

“Never guess who I just saw tonguing it on?” He says with an almost proud look.

“What? Simon and Talia? Vikk and Ellie? Uh- Lannan and ilsa?” He replies sipping his drink and side eyeing Ethan for a confirmation.

“Nope- Danny Aarons himself and miss Y/n l/n”

Josh sputters and looks at Ethan “fuck off.”

-

The next morning where Danny had stayed at Y/ns their words weren’t forgotten, a simple but gentle feel to the air, a new found tensions, just bellow awkward.

Finally approaching him as he was getting ready to leave she spoke with reluctance.

“Do- did you mean what you said or- well, and did, or was it just the alcohol, Danny?”

With no hesitation he shook his head: “I meant it, every word, every kiss, I- do love you- if that’s okay?”

I smile and feel my face heat up again.

“That’s okay..”

A/n:

IM SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG. CHRISTMAS AND THAT 😭🙏🏽

Finishing up a request then another zerkaa fic!!

Requests are open!!

[balladofthewhitehorse]

England & Scotland Musings

Had a conversation with my friend; They presented the below question:

random thing in my brain: how would eng react if the act of unions led up to scots perma death (think. Eng represents the uk now listen listen- suspend normal hcs (/i know eng only represents eng and not uk i know the distinction but for the premise of this idea) for the premise of a thing eng wanted to do to bring them closer ends with it straight up killing scot permanently. And i cannot think of how else it'd happen. But- ejisdienhea

This would devastate England; He never thought his brother would be gone, this man who has been a part of him in numerous, unnameable ways. To England, it should be an incredible moment of his power, of how much more he's become - but England feels an emptiness within, for there is no-one else that he considers his equal, nobody else to compare his might to now that Scotland is gone. England would feel something strange, an emotion he'd felt and discarded as weakness through the centuries. Guilt.

Now how would Scotland feel if England was the one that croaked it

This would devastate England; He never thought his brother would be gone, this man who has been a part of him in numerous, unnameable ways. To England, it should be an incredible moment of his power, of how much more he's become - but England feels an emptiness within, for there is no-one else that he considers his equal, nobody else to compare his might to now that Scotland is gone. England would feel something strange, an emotion he'd felt and discarded as weakness through the centuries. Guilt.

things that would eat him alive. the emptiness is going to haunt him forever.

Now how would Scotland feel if England was the one that croaked it

hm... ... ...hmmm... is it evil of me to say scot would be less haunted by it than eng

i think part of that is because of engs idolisation ofhis brother; it makes scots death hit. harder i suppose for him. but scot. i think, i think he accept it more readily. it hurts, god does it hurt to loose his younger brother but its also just. i suppose part of life, i think scot has always been more accepting of death and loss than eng, in a lot of ways he's just more passive than england. and i think that plays over in how he'd react in this sort of situation. there was nothing he could do, for this sitution, eng was as good as dead the moment the deal was signed. does his passing hurt? yeah a lot. He's not going to forget about it, or act like it never happened but scotland is old. even by then, he knows how he deals with grief. It hurts but it's not going to destroy him, he'll move on. he won't forget him but he won't let it haunt him either.

overall i think in this situation scotland would simple accept it; can't bring him back, couldn't have stopped it. it hurts but what sort of grief doesn't? All he can do is move on and keep his memories close to his heart.

England's ghost watching Scotland moving on: YOU CAN'T DO THAT

Poltergeist activity solely cos your little brother is FURIOUS that you are not donning yourself in full black and mourning for centuries to come.

I think the thing is, Scotland is older than eng (not by much but older still), he's less... stubborn and fiery. more personable to people ngl. Scotlands many times over experienced loosing loved ones (other ch, humans, friends lovers). It hurts but he's survived that before and he'll survive it now. He doesn't need to forget but he can't spend his life wallowing in misery.

He'll set up a shrine, keep keepsakes things to remember them by but he won't let the grief consume him. he has to keep moving after all, he doesn't get the luxury to spend months away grieving he still has a country to help run after all. I think it'd result in him working more if anything. Eng was so hellbent on this idea that it killed him? fine he can work with this; make it something they'd both be proud of, no use to let it go in vain yknow?

Thinking about how Scotland being 'more personable' would rankle England.

england is paraniod anger filled man; scot is more personable than england based off of that alone lets be real-

England who is not personable. England who feels things too intensely and bristles and seethes and stews. England who - no matter how much he tries - will always snap and bite at the hands that feed because that's who England is, a starved dog, an angry dog. He will never be the dog that lays at your feet. He will always be the wary dog, the growling dog.

and in the sitution of this au; i think england would stew in his grief, his misery and anger over how unfair it is. how he finally got his brother to agree with a plan of his and that plan killed him. maybe im entirely wrong but i think eng would bounce rapidly between blaming himself and blaming Scotland for it.

He would, he absolutely would

if eng was stronger maybe scot wouldn't have died. if scot was stronger then maybe it wouldn't have killed him.

He'd probably bounce between a strange sort of 'Hah, I won! Fucking idiot.' and 'Oh God, I won. Fucking idiot.' referring to himself.

and that's the difference. England stews in his anger and misery, cursing everything around him over it. If only if only if only- and scotland simply accepts it. He's almost apathetic, it hurts but he can only continue on.

not to say either is better than the other of course, Scotland accepts it but he's almost apathetic about it. he's cold over it, he couldnt have changed fate but maybe he could have but he'll never know because he just accepted it. England refuses to accept it, he accepts his brothers gone sure but he doesnt want to accept that maybe he couldnt have done anything, that no one could have. he's trapped with the what if's.

I was gonna say Scot's flaw is he cares too little and Eng's is he cares too much, but I think Care isn't the right word.

Feels perhaps, is better.

i think they both care an equal amount but youre right, feels is a better way to describe it

Yeah, like they both care the same - but feel differently.

they both care deeply but. they don't feel the same way about it

Which is kind of funny if you think about how Eng hates feeling vulnerable.

He hates his intense emotions. He hates that Scotland can be so calm. He hates him so much.

and as much as he hates him he loves him to. its his older brother how could he hate him ? what is eng if not a bundle of contradictions and white hot feelings

and i think its fun to place scot at the opposite side of things; hes more passive than england, colder has an easier time compartmentalising things. hes not unfeeling but hes older than most and knows that blowing up over things won't win him any favours. they both have their own issues in different ways yknow :3

I can see how Scot's indifference could drive the wedge between him and his brother just as much Eng's absolute incapababilty to be indifferent could.

Scotland: What's the point? I'm not going to change how he feels. England: I have to change how he feels. I have to. I have to. I have to.

[spacesummerchronicles]

Space’s Summer Chronicles #19: June 23rd and June 24th: Beach Days!

We begin the coastal saga! My new reality: waking up at 9.30 am; having nice breakfast; working til like 2 pm; going to the beach til like 7 pm; eating dinner and exploring the city; relaxing.

It’s all I’ve ever dreamed of - having my own place near the beach. I’ve always loved water, you can ask my mother how many times she’s had to drag me out of the water kicking and screaming cause I never wanted to come out. Now that I’m grown I can disappear for hours in the sea and come out whenever I decide I wanna leave. I’m free.

I do think my earlier prediction of the sea carving me into the person I’m meant to be is proving correct. I will elaborate on it later.

Side note: my tits look AMAZING from all the swimming I’m doing! I’m gonna look so fucking hot at the Kesha concert if i keep this up for the next 2.5 months. Pushups postponed for now!

On June 23rd I took a walk around the town in the evening and I was sad for some reason. The day went better than I could have anticipated, so that was really confusing but meh, emotions have to be felt.

I was chasing an Eastern Star of sorts. Could have been a drone.

The air is stale but thank God it’s June, I don’t sweat

I wonder where the sea winds are

Are they avoiding me like the moon does?

On June 24th I discovered I’m a very fearful person. I have a tendency of jumping when I’m scared and being on very high alert. Mostly for jellyfish. They majorly gross me out. I need to let go of my fear. Fear is good for survival but from now on I will be thriving.

I think I’ll be a millionaire eventually - maybe when a million is not that much but I think I’ll get there. I’m not sure I like what capitalism has made me but I sure love what it has given me. I hope it can give to those who need it too. I saw a video of a homeless mother and her child receiving gifts from a kind stranger. All my life I’ve had to be stingy with people like that cause I’ve never had enough to both help them and secure my and my family’s well being for long. Sure, I’ve given money on occassion but my default mode is just protect the little I have. Now that I begin to have more, is it time to unlearn that? When I was a child, I thought grown up me would give to charity regularly. Am I grown up me yet? Or am I disappointing him?

I told my online friend from the UK about my coast situation and he said I’ll be sunkissed. Girl, I’ll be SUNFUCKED thank GOD i’m stocked up on sunscreen.

An ex classmate of mine that I recently reconnected with cause she started coming to my Zumba class invited me to a house party for her birthday in July but sadly I won’t be able to make it cause I’ll still be on the coast. Kinda sad but then again most of her friends are boring male programmers. Shudder. Maybe this is me dodging a bullet.

I will be attending a party in honor of the new Lorde album nexttt Saturday. I hope people show up honestly lmfaooooo

Summer progress bar:22.4%/100

Song of the day:

The sea is so aquamarine. It’s beautiful

[gryficowa]

I just found out that some pro-Palestine people are turning on the fandom mode (In short, the worst sides, i.e. doxing, rape threats, etc.), I'm begging you people, let's not behave this way, because it doesn't help, but harms, we are fighting for the lives of children, women and other people who are victims of Israel, not to go crazy, people from the UK, people from the USA and Jews from outside Israel are not guilty of anything, I'm not perfect, but it's one thing to write something under the influence of emotions, and another thing is to do it just to feed your ego (I communicate the same tone and this type of things, unless, like I use Google translator, which kills the message and then they want to eat you for it that Google translator couldn't capture what it was supposed to translate, threatening others with rape or death probably won't achieve much)

And no, pro-Israel is not better either, he calls everyone anti-Semites, or says that all Israel's crimes are "Anti-Semitic propaganda", and if you live in Poland, he may accuse you that your family is responsible for sending Jews to concentration camps , even if it's a lie (Now imagine, that someone is a generation of people who saved Jews and other people, and now they get such crap from a pro-Israel person, it's just disgusting)

In addition, many pro-Israel people prefer to deny the fact that Jews were not the only victims of this crazy man, or they cannot stand the thought that if Muslims lived in Europe, this man would probably not be very friendly to them (Hello, Roma too were victims, connect the facts), argument, just because one Islamist liked Hitler (to put it mildly) does not mean that all Islamists were for him (Hello, many Germans were not for him, so that shows how the world is more complicated)

And let me remind you, Disney was friends with a woman who loved the Third Reich, but somehow people keep silent about it, because apparently there is nothing wrong with friendship with people with "different" views (Tia… I will never understand these people, I will not let advice on being friends with someone who is right-wing and not because I am left-wing, but because that a lot of fucking right-wingers are bigots)

Pro-Israel pisses me off for pretending that there is no genocide, or for calling everyone "Anti-Semites" (And, as I have said many times, they kill the seriousness of the word), that's why I can't look at Pro-Israel the way I look at fandoms, for example other productions, because it's one thing to like a different production than others, and the second is to be in favor of a country that murders children and innocent civilians, yes, the context is more important

So yes, some pro-Palestine people, get a grip of yourself, and those Pro-Israel people, think about your values, because if you defend genocide, it's probably not a reason to be proud

[kimyoonmiauthor]

How to Diagnose scenes when you're stuck

This is basically one of those, it works for me, may work for you, but maybe not and that's OK. And no, it's not one of those, so you have writer's block, welcome to hell, and here's artificial things that might work like taking a walk, taking a shower, eating something.

It's looking at the story theory and the mechanics of story and saying, you're addicted to this story and really want to get through this, so what tools do you have to get through this before you lament it's not something you can fix and then get fixated on the fact you can't fix it and then spiral into anxiety hell, and believe a homophobic psychologist who used his own trauma to hate on others? (And yes, I wrote about that one too... you'll realize this is a theme of my blog. I find the origin of belief systems you have never questioned).

The order *I* tend to go in is this... This is mostly US, UK, Korean, Japanese and maybe Chinese Storytelling.

Keep in mind these are bending to larger forces, such as theme, tone, and the story driver, such as emotion and conflict.

Also writing this to remind myself not to freak out when I get stuck.

Setting

Setting is a bunch of moving parts, but usually is the easiest thing to change.

Sometimes the smallest thing you need to change is the setting.

Where the hell are your characters in space, time and relation to each other and what are they doing and why?

You should keep in mind things like

Degree of privacy?

Time of Day?

Time of Year?

Are there seasons?

What place or location are they?

Where are they in relation to each other?

What props are in the area that might enhance or take away from their existing mood?

What was the settings you had in your previous scenes?

How are your character's physical needs interacting with this space?

Are they distracted?

What activity are they doing together, not together, alone, well or not well?

What do your characters hope for being there?

Try changing this and the emotions can change and ripple.

I should note that you still should be rewriting everything in the scene as a result of the ripple, but it should be far smaller than before.

2. Characters

Who is there? What are they doing there? Add and subtract characters. Yes, this includes extra and background characters. Sometimes adding one character or deleting can change the pace of the entire scene.

3. Events

This is what save the Cat would call "beats" But there are several types of "Beats" Emotional beats, action beats. And really events include characters and settings. No matter what that whole "plot-driven" vs. "Character-driven" nonsense tells you.

Sometimes the event are going haywire because you dealt these out too fast or not fast enough or, you the author have nothing left after this and are worried what you should do, should you let the plot move on past the will they won't they or not? Timing is in the purview of the author. 2 weeks is too fast. 1 year might be too slow.

4. Research

Yes, rabbit holes are a bane to people's exisence, but sometimes doing fact checks on your existing work can help you out of your hole. Watch a documentary on your time period--maybe one that you already watched or didn't watch. Look up a fact. Do a book or audiobook or articles on a piece that you didn't have time to investigate prior. Sometimes this shakes out ideas.

Also, this is why YOU DO NOT STEAL IDEAS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. Because you will not be passionate enough to connect all of those little threads and the guilt will eat you alive as you work, especially if you do not give credit. A Good book has some semblence of the things you changed from the "real world" or "different from other books" in order. So, you should be passionate about the idea and completing it end to end. If you do not, and do not expound, then you are just a lazy plagiarizer. Develop the themes, further than what you have on paper. 'cause I guarantee you, people can spot when you just took the idea and DID NOTHING WITH IT and then fell back onto tired old tropes. I can name books and places where people universally said they felt this becuse the theming suddenly changed from the hook, or the intial idea changed direction. Don't do this.

Develop your ideas through research. Don't be a lazy writer. What you feel is important, what you feel will work will pan out further and further and gain speed and momentum. So when you are stuck, this is the time to research. You might find some factoid that gets you unstuck.

[sixminutestoriesblog]

violets

February is the smallest month and often the least favorite of some people. In the Northern hemisphere it balances the line between the grey winter months and the raucous spring ones that will follow. But being a little month caught between louder ones does not mean February isn't hiding its own sparkles of magic with a holiday dedicated to emotion and an extra day up its sleeve every four years. So its only fitting that one of the birth flowers for this month is the indomitable violet.

How long has the violet's magic been around? Well - we could ask Sappho, the ancient Greek poet whos work was so well-known and admired that she was sometimes called 'the tenth Muse'. She mentions her lover wearing wreaths of violets and in a different poem a crown of them. Sappho's poems often speak of her romantic love for other women and so the violet often does too. In 1926, one of the first modern plays to depict the love between two lesbians, La Prisonnière, used a bouquet of violets to signal their relationship.

Most violets are edible and so they were (and still are) added to an array of foods and drinks. Modern France is known for its violet syrup. Eating this flower goes back to antiquity in fact. Ancient Persians thought violets were calming and could sooth away headaches. The Greeks, and therefor the Romans, believed violets were good for fertility and made love potions with them. In fact, Athens was known as the 'City of Violets' for its abundance of them.

The idea of violets and love carried over too. The very same Saint Valentine, who happens to have a holiday named for him in this month, is said to have ground up violet petals in order to make the ink he wrote his letters with.

In medieval European art, the violet is often shown in paintings with the Virgin Mary. Because it grows close to the ground with a lowered flower head despite its royal color, it represents modesty and humility.

In Victorian times, the purple violet represented modesty, faithfulness and fortune. Folklore said wearing violets in your hair could help you combat inebriation. Carrying violets could ward off evil spirits too (perhaps because sickness was still thought to be caused by evil smells and many violets are very fragrant). Make sure you carry a lot of violets when you do carry them however. Another English superstition said that carrying less than a full handful of the flowers in to the house lead to bad luck and a single violet would be the death of all the ducklings and chicks on the farm! If violets bloomed in the autumn, whoever owned the land they bloomed on would experience a death in the family (there are flowers in the violet family that do this often however so fear no harm on this account).

These days the sweet violet is the symbol for consistency in the UK. In Australia and New Zealand, violets were sold on 'Violet Day' (the date of which varied from year to year) to help raise money to commemorate the dead soldiers from World War I. The violet is the state flower of New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin and Rhode Island. The humble little flower is also being tested for medicinal uses in modern medicine.

So you see, like February and February babies, this little flower packs quite a punch.

[darkwingphoenix]

Freshly Baked @loominggaia Memes!

Looming Gaia Lore Be Like to Outsiders/Newbies

Ei and Makoto when Cobalt, Sai, or any of her other relatives makes her stay in an area for some time while they get stuff/get stuff done:

BTW, Ei and Makoto are twin monsters Skylie forges to use as the Electro Archons she's cooking up (I'm deciding against maenads and just having Skylie make Ultra Deluxe Visions called Gnosis to give to dedicated people of each class (Meru for Anemo, Eviolans for Geo, Commoners for Pyro, Fae for Hydro, Gaians for Dendro, and Youkai for Cryo), and decided to use the Electro Gnosis to forge a monster capable of using its power.

Unluckily, the monster split in two and ran away before Skylie could react, and wound up in Evangeline Palace, where the twinned monsters turned into identical twins genetically belonging to Sai and Cobalt. The two decided to raise the cuties, and the rest, they say, is history. Anyway, they look like tiny Raidens

They are about 3 when Collei is 6 and the Evangeline Civil War is wrapping up, and are fuckin' adorable. They were also forged at 3 years old and are more like 3 days old when they were spotted in the palace by Sai and Cobalt.

Anyway!

A bunch of koholasaurs stopping their vishap from eating a panicking sirene

Skylie parodying a rival artist's hated song and makin it 300 time more popular by making it so different while keeping the lyrics

Citrine at the Athenaeum's Orchestra

The Grand Temple of Modern Lindism VS Skylie (And Rook) and Barus Lyndia (And Comet)(The Temple lost)

Ei, Makoto, and Collei summoning their relatives when some creepy satyr (Erasmos) is creepin on them

Skylie disguising herself as a guy to sneak into a Lindist temple

Skylie tryna listen to LG haters

Skylie making a song about how she and Barus Lyndia destroyed the Grand Temple of Lindism in Evangeline during the GGW using a million bombs strapped to them and their mounts (One who can hatch from an egg after dying like Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy and the other one is an actual divine)(Skylie replaced Turban with Visions, even though Freemasons don't work for her)

The Evangeline Royal Cousins to Sai and Justinia both popping out twins (And then they, Jet and Cobalt adopt Ei and Makoto, resulting in 3 twins sets into the family in only 3 weeks)

Cobalt, Sapphira, Cyana, Lazuline, and Skylie when asked how they like to fuck (Cobalt loves it when Sai or Justinia break his hips while riding his dick, Sapphira is totally a top to me, Cyana prefers slow, loving sex to Cobalt's fast and rough enough to breaking beds, Lazuline has no experience, and Skylie totally missed the question and decided to tell her backstory about the Gnosis)

How I imagine a heavily accented Evangelite guy sounds like (No Idea Why, but I am WHIPPED for having the Evangelites have a thick German accent, and now it's my headcanon)(Here have some more)

Citrine, the Jetinia kids, Ei, Makoto, Rosaria, Lumine, Dottore, Columbina, and Signora at the stake burning of Rodrig, Marine and Danus (Teal got cast ironed to death by Cobalt, Skylie teared up with mixed emotions when she impaled Cerulea with her sword, Indiga died of a heart attack in her sleep, and Marine's husband got smashed by a felled apple tree)

Skylie, the Evangeline Royal Cousins, the House of the Hearth, the Harbingers and the Divine Quartet if they had a Saturday Morning Cartoon Theme Song (Think Spongebob)

Vex and Darshaan while Skylie gets railed by Saraia

Amber, Signora, Columbina, Rosaria, Darshaan, and Saraia on tea (I swear, my headcanon of Evangeline is the tea addiction of the UK, the theocracy the American Trump Cultists want, the rural aesthetic of Medieval France and Poland, and LG Species)

Maia to her crush (Who knows it, but she denies it)

Amber helping Citrine flirt

Saraia announcing to Skylie she's gonna confess to her

Gay Facts, with Cyana:

Buddy when seeing Skylie railing Saraia (They wound up in the Tabiya House of Karenza after a rough, drunk night):

Cyana to Amber and Citrine's play, when they're 6 and 3 (They did like 1 scene of Amber and Maui beating up a giant Loopy plush while Citrine wandered off aimlessly):

Morgause to her first actual SO

Maia when she said this to her crush

Barus Lyndia, disguised, to Rodrig (Rodrig ain't his brah)

Skylie to Titania and Morgause

Skylie to Cerulea

Rosaria to her husband, who's just a Fun Guy

Clarity to Lumine

Sai when Cobalt:

Skylie, Saraia, Darshaan, and Vex (And Darshaan is TWERKIN)

Capitano to Columbina

Jelani when he was tasked with watching Amber for 15 minutes while Cyangeline, Azura, and the triplets ran to the store and he wasn't busy and she was sleeping face-down in her pool (Plot Twist: She was almost 1 year old and developed water-breathing literally that morning, except she didn't realize it and just slept like that)

Capitano when Sandrone punches that sorta thingy through a stone wall in Evangeline

Cyana when Skylie and Saraia pull up as a couple (I'm speeding up their relationship from besties to GFs to only 16 years when they finally start dating from when they first met)(They call themselves Skylaia, and Darshaan and Vex are just eating 100 pounds of bacon):

(I'm tryna give y'all a good variety of links, picture memes, and direct videos while I can only post 10 videos per post)

Skylie during Halloween (May also make a new Fatui or albino elfenne OC based on this, because Skylie already has a design set to me but this goes SO HARD I CANNOT EXPLAIN WITH MERE WORDS):

Skylie, Saraia, Vex, Darshaan, Machine, and Lobster Red one morning (I feel Red would be like that)

Clarity when she realizes Lumine's crushing on her

Cobalt teasing with Collei when she was 1

Dottore, Capitano and Indigo be like

Canon Future Skylie Be Like

Maia and Indigo messing with each other

Skylie tryna seduce Saraia (Beyond just ripping Saraia's bottoms off and going straight to cock-sucking mixed with a titfuck)

What Skylie is tryna make in LG

Amber switching to Evokean and Galsungi when she needs to swear more than what Universa can supply

Maia being a shit be like:

Amber tryna bond with her siblings (Clarity and Mako are trying to as well, but Saheli decided it was Boat Horn Time)

Darshaan when Columbina cosplays as Mankind's Disgrace for Halloween (She's 100% accurate and as such has her titties completely exposed)

Skylie making a song after she and Saraia got together (She's tryna hint to Saraia, in the front row, that when they get back to the hotel she wants to ride Saraia's elfennecock like there's no tomorrow)(As such, she's in the sluttiest getup any of her characters have)

Folkvar to the Reformists, Yerim-Mor, the Unseelie Court, Damiscend, and the Seelie Court (Titania is in her old Conqueror Armor, and is SO BACK, and is gonna bring dat HEAT)

How Capitano convinced Pierre to let him marry Sandrone

Cobalt when Sai or Justinia are concerned about their weight (Sure, they're both a tad overweight, but isn't being overweight attractive in Evangeline (Maybe?), and besides, Cobalt's whipped for them anyway)(And his kids are wingmanning him):

Zareen Capital Be Like

The Evangeline Royal Kids (Lazuline, Sapphira, Teal, Cyana, Marine, Skylie and Cobalt): Lazuline, Teal, Cyana, and Marine gentle smiling while Saphirra, Skylie and Cobalt are giving their best "I'll Be Gentle" smiles (Saphirra's spotted a guy she's gonna marry, fuck, imprison, Skylie's gonna break Saraia's dick, and Cobalt's gonna break the bed while pile driving into Sai and Justinia)

Everyone to goblins

Skylie and the Evangeline Royal Kids about to break into the Grand Temple of Lindism before Skylie and Barus bomb it

Skylie and Saraia when Saraia helps Skylie out with something

Cyana and Angeline doing a couple costume:

Skylie using her Scary Dog Privilege (Saraia, Darshaan, and Rook)

If Fae and Other Species Could Interbreed

Cobalt training Collei to use a bow

[cowboy-robooty]

In your ItaGer opinion would Nyo!Italy and Germany be switches? (Not asking about Nyo!Germany and Italy because I think Italy likes taking it more than giving it) anyways I AM SANE ABT YOUR YAOI N ITAGERZ PLS NOTICE ME >_<

HELLO. first of all, thank you so much for being so nice to me IT WARMS MY HEART THAT YOU LIKE MY DRAWINGS AND IDEAS >u<. okay now second of all I give tough love and im 100% deadass in my house (my blog) so dont think i hate you because im about to whoop your ass robert freeman style. Now do not be alarmed, but you might have been born with a slight hole in your head. It will be okay. I am asian, I was born to help people with medical issues. You should be put in arkham asylum for thinking italy likes taking shit more than giving it. My boy is a seme okay he likes it because hes GOOD at sex and likes screwing chicks. I think he has uked for a few chicks but its been pretty rare just because he in general prefers semeing since like his entire thing is that he refuses to do anything ever unless its eating, napping, or banging. Then he goes 110 % into it because that shit is his true life passion. Hes good at giving and its pleasurable af for him BECAUSE hes good at it. i dont think hed like recieving because other people arent nearly as good as him at fucking (italy would fuck his clone just to finally get some good strap on dick) and also because like... its hard to receive. without getting too graphic, uke-ing is hard. I dont know how hard it is with the vagina but...... IF ITS ANYTHING LIKE AN ASSHOLE. BEING AN UKE IS NO FUCKING JOKE. at least to my knowledge idk ive never done any of that kind of stuff. it's a literal pain in the ass and italy would not wanna deal with all that when he can seme and feel the exact same satisfication and happiness with no pain or discomfort after.

ANYWAYS. sorry needed to get that out of the way. i think all versions of italy are semes so ofc nyo italy is the seme as well! I do not think itager switches because i dont think italy has a desire to switch because if he uked hed go ohhh my god... i wish germany was below me instead of above me rn and just make that happen. and germany has no desire to switch because he only really cares about the emotional bond together and is most concerned about making italy happy because hes sentimental about the love aspect. This is something many already know, but ill restate in case anyone is new here. I actually believe that itager never bangs. I think they want and very much desire to, it's actually just that the universe and cartoon logic hates them. Because I think all hetalia characters and ships have banged except itager and it's comical because everytime they are about to finally get to it some comically circumstance happens that blocks it or ruins it or something like that. They get all the way to almost banging, but never pull through because it's funniest to imagine that the only stable hetalia relationship is also the only one that has never banged ^_^