#I hope this made sense!!!

[alfiely-art]

YAYY!! also if u know how does one hand wash clothes..... I've been wondering for ages cuz I hav sum special clothes I don't wanna risk damaging

Oh hell yeah I know how to do that, i don't have the stuff to do it rn so I can't show you via pictures BUT I will still give you the tutorial

1. Make sure your clothes can Actually be Handwashed. Some NEED to go in a washing machine and will have "dry clean only" on the tag. If the tag doesn't have that you should be A-OK to hand wash it! It's very important to read the tags on your clothes to see what they can handle.

2. If the clothes have stains, put laundry stain remover on the stains before getting the clothes wet. You just gotta (gently) work the stain remover into the stain with your finger tips. Don't be too harsh w it

3. Fill your sink or a large bowl with lukewarm-warm water (depends on what the tag says, some clothes will be damaged by hot water so make sure to check. If the tag doesn't say then look it up, ex: "can cotton t-shirts be washed with hot water". While you fill the sink/bowl with water, also add in a bit of laundry detergent. The amount depends on how much laundry you're handwashing. Either way, make sure to mix the detergent into the water until it's dissolved.

4. Put your laundry into the water. Squeeze it gently to get the soapy water running through it, gently rub your hand over it too (using your palm is best for this) just to make sure it gets cleaned. Some color might bleed into the water but usually it's excess dye, which won't cause color loss. Make sure the clothes are fully submerged and soak!!!

5. Take them out of the soapy water and rinse them as thoroughly as possible. If your sink is able to do a spray, do that- if not, take a new large bowl and fill it with cool water (without soap) and soak it in that, gently squeezing the water off of it away from the bowl.

6: Get the rest of the water off! You want it to be Mostly dry. If the clothes can handle it feel free to wring it, but more delicate clothes may need to be more gently wrung out. Gentle squeezing and a towel are your best friend with clothes like that.

7. Dry them! There's lots of ways to dry your clothes if a dryer isn't available. If you happen to have a rack for clothes, definitely use that- clotheslines, too. If you don't have either of those, there's still plenty of ways to dry them. Just lay them flat on a towel and let them air dry- if it's a warm sunny day, placing them outside will help them dry faster. Once one side is dry, flip it to the other. If you're in a hurry, you can also use a hair dryer to dry a specific piece of clothing.

Bonus: if you want to make sure your clothes get REALLY clean, add borax to the soapy water. It won't bleach your clothes, it merely softens the water so the detergent can get at your clothes deeper and do a better job of cleaning.

[illyrianbitch]

Hi! One Summer is my new obsession! And I have a question. Do you already know how many parts it will be, or do you just know what you want to happen but didn't plan specifically? I'm just curious about your writing process (and if maybe it changes from series to series idk).

Love youu 🧡

i love u more!!! im so glad you like one summer <3

it kinda changes with series! for one summer i know whatll happen and made a point to plan how many parts bc i wanted to make it manageable. i outline/ plot out all of my series! i like to have a proper start, what kinda ending i want, important scenes/themes or relationships i wanna develop and kinda take it from there hehe

[gerec]

hello! I love love love your fic Your Rightful Place and also just the idea of Charles getting pregnant by Shaw and/or other noncon events, and then raising/loving the baby. I don’t think I’ve ever actually read a fic where said unfortunate baby comes into existence / grows up though, i was wondering if you had any recs?

And even if you don’t, I’d love to hear your take on how Charles (and probably Erik!) would raise such a child, since it’s such a hard situation to navigate!

Darling Anon, thank you for your patience! I'm so thrilled that you're enjoying Your Rightful Place; I started it simply to write some dirtybadpornz but ended up with so much story to tell! And you're right actually...I don't recall reading very many mpreg fics with Charles getting pregnant by someone not Erik and actually having the baby (though I'm sure they're out there)!!! The only one that comes to mind is this, and my heart beside by ikeracity which is excellent and you should definitely read it! It's a little different from my fic in that Charles is already pregnant before he meets Erik, which of course is a completely different dynamic then what we have in YRP (and less angsty) :D

I'm not sure I can generalize because it would depend on the story and circumstances, and whether it's a deal breaker for them or they commit to raising the baby together. Specifically with YRP though, I can tell you that Charles is 100% dedicated to the baby and is willing to sacrifice everything (including his life if necessary) to ensure his or her safety and happiness. I think in his mind he is very clear that the child is innocent of the sins of his alpha sire, and of course is also his own flesh and blood so there's never a question of not wanting or loving the baby. It's a lot harder for Erik at first simply because the baby is a constant reminder of what Shaw did and how Charles suffered, but he wouldn't blame the baby and would - I think, eventually - love them as his own.

What makes the situation difficult is the position it puts them in with regards to succession and what that means for their respective kingdoms. The baby can't be Erik's heir, which means they have to live with that hanging over their head, as well as knowing the circumstances of how they came to be. It would be insanely difficult for him/her to grow up in Genosha as the child of king and consort while being viewed as an outsider by the court and by the public, and being overshadowed by a younger sibling (assuming Charles and Erik have children too). It would be a messy, complicated, fraught situation, and I don't think it ever really...goes away?

I don't want to give away spoilers, but Charles does think about all of these implications in the coming chapters, and it's going to have a huge impact on what he does next...

[gallopinggallifreyans]

Hello! This is a very good question and it crops up quite often across a lot of fields of science. The best answer I can give you has two parts: 1) your dad learned how to do this independent of science, and 2) oftentimes the scientists learning and compiling and analyzing information about older or uncommon practices aren’t familiar with the practice itself in a way your dad might be, ie it’s all academic.

Now this isn’t a bad thing on either end, and it’s not a hard and fast rule — some scientists go into their fields because they’ve been doing the thing and want to study it in an academic context for whatever reason, who knows. This holds true for what I say from now on, that nothing is true, and there will be exceptions to the trend.

A lot of “niche” cultural behaviours or practices aren’t understood innately by the people outside those cultures, and doubly so when they’re historical, like this method of mixing concrete, or even the lost wax cast method of making bronze statues. You’ll find similar trends with Damascus steel or particular ways of weaving silk. They just aren’t understood innately by people outside the specific cultures they thrived in. Chances are, since your dad was taught by your granddad, this method of mixing lime into concrete was an age old thing in your family, likely knowledge passed down through generations. Or your granddad figured it out through trial and error. Either way, it’s pretty cool that this knowledge is in your family! It means that somewhere along the way, someone in your family, be it your granddad or someone older, played around with enough materials to figure out how to make brickwork last longer.

The best analogy I can come up with is that new study going around that explains how spices work in Indian food and why it’s so good. Like, intuitively, I know (in theory — I can’t cook very well) how spices work in food from my own country, I know which ones to put in which food and how to bring the flavour out, because I’ve been taught by two generations. But I don’t know the exact science behind it — I can’t tell you which tastebuds are activated by which spice, or what chemical reactions produce what chemical that creates a particular scent. I can tell you that eating a clove will make your tongue go numb though, and that you should only put a teaspoon into a big pot.

What I’ve observed in both this, my personal life, and in academia and case studies is that knowledge that is passed down is generally meant for practical use — like how to use spices or how to make bricks last longer. And, scientists are naturally curious. We want to pick processes apart and study every little detail. I think it’s really cool that your granddad knew about this, and if you see this, if it’s okay, I’d like to know if he figured it out himself or if he was taught by someone! I think it’d be pretty neat to see how far back this goes.

Edit: these tags by @caffeine-n-words kinda sum up what I’m trying to say!

[Text: “…I’m over here thinking about a person I semi-follow somewhere in Europe who has a blog and a few books about building with mud and limecrete specifically because limecrete is long-lasting and tough. These places already knew what apparently took scientists decades to figure out. Glad to see the rest of the world is catching up though”]

(Hashtags removed and edited for clarity.)

And this also touches upon something that gets me sooooo incensed when it comes to Learning Things. Just…ask the local populace @ scientists. Please. I promise science will go much faster if you do.

we figured out Roman concrete btw. This is the only thing on my mind

[lbulldesigns]

There's something I've just realised with how Jinx, Isha, and Sevika communicate with each other.

None of them have to actually say words to each other, because they understand what the others saying through body language and looks.

Sevika and Jinx fight seamlessly alongside each other without calling out to each other.

The way they bicker without uttering a word, for example, when Sevika fully takes stock of how her arm look or when the music starts blasting and Jinx just responds with a shrug or a little dance.

Jinx thanked Isha by doing the finger gun towards her and Isha, understanding instantly that it was acknowledgement.

Jinx instructs Sevika on how to operate her new arm by just indicating the motion.

I love dynamics like this because it just shows the level of trust that all three have in each other, even though they know nothing about each other.

Jinx has been isolated from others for the past eight years, Silco has had Sevika work like a horse and, too frustrated with Jinx to really get to know her, and Isha is a new addition and non-verbal. But they still worked together perfectly.

[egophiliac]

still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

[silverechosandblankmasks]

The only bad thing about Gem and Joel's team up is, well, they actually have the means and the skill and the luck to do it.

But, you know, if a team makes it to the end, there can only be one.

And we've seen that except... they aren't the type to give the win to the other, they worked too hard, too proud of their skills, and it would feel like a disservice to the other to try and hand it off.

They aren't the type to sling bloody punches at each other in a cactus ring, begging for apologies and singing their sorrows.

They aren't the type to promise an honored deal with crossed fingers only to turn and twist and laugh maniacally as they betray due to the desperation of time ticking inevitably away

They aren't the type to twist bitterly and finally end up together, one reaching only finally so they aren't alone for the other to throw it away in what they think is what is wanted

They aren't the type to dance around and ignore hearing that the other doesn't want the win, ignoring it because they don't want to be alone only for the other to die silently without realizing and left wondering

No

Either of them could win. Statistically Joel has beaten Gem more than she has him, but that doesn't mean she can't win, Joel gets flustered easy. Joel tends to get more reckless and take the long shot that pays off, but Gem tends to flounder if caught off guard.

I think, if they are at the end there will be no promises or honor duels or gifted or taken wins, I think they'll just lunge. Not like a desperate wolf bites, but as an acknowledgement to who they are as people, bloodthirsty and fun and wanting to win. Maybe they will, at best, mention fight club and maybe negotiate the same rules, leather or no armor with wooden swords, but this is not an honor battle of forced apart partners nor is it a grief stricken apology to make the game end.

And I think one of them will die laughing as they go. Maybe disappointed but proud because they almost got the other and they did it together

If you are going to interact, please Reblog instead of Like. Likes do nothing! I appreciate it <3

[mpregeminem]

completely based off this post

@samwinchesterstan

[somnimagus]

My page for @sheikahzine; about Impaz's duty to her village, empty of people and full of memories.

[id in alt text]

[shweshisketch]

Could you maybe draw Sora covered in mud, and Riku is just exasperated, like he's gonna be th one to get in trouble for letting Sora get so muddy? 😂

Riku laughed at him at first but then thought of the repercussions

[butyouaremymess]

Colin really didn't like Debling 😌☠️ [reference]

[loversmore]

“to find our happiness as best as we can, let’s give it our best.” – han

for @hyunsung ♡

[thiccermccer]

all of ryan gosling's comments about "telling ken's story" are really interesting and even funnier now that i've seen the movie. yeah ken is ridiculous but his feelings and sentiments are really similar to ones of seen from boys who are starting to enter that alt-right/incel pipeline. feeling abandoned and useless without a woman and turning that hurt into anger at women!! ken's story did get told and it's a story that i don't think we acknowledge enough

[waywardsonsandaughters]

Someone in the DBDA fandom had identified that the dolls — in the Dollhouse, and that make up the spider — are Mary Ann dolls. (It was @snowmenatwork and this was the post).

Which is the same derogatory term used by the boys who sacrificed Edwin.

So, when Edwin died with those words in his ears, and his heart, his Hell became the school, a maze of hallways, and became the spider made of Mary Ann dolls.

The phrase itself manifested into a grotesque, forever-hungry, terrible, grasping personification made to torture Edwin. To endlessly chase, tear him apart, and chew him up. And then to start it all anew.

To ensure, in every time he was caught, that Edwin would believe that who he was was wrong.

Because that’s what he had to believe. That’s what we see in the show. That he was an outsider. That he struggled with who he was. That he struggled, in some way, with affection, both giving and receiving. That there was a wrongness to him/that he was wrong (there isn’t, and he’s not. of course he’s not).

So when he meets Simon, and tells him “If you punish yourself, everywhere becomes Hell.” it’s because he did that for however long the spider made of dolls tortured him.

If Edwin’s story, according to George, is about understanding love in any form, I think that’s why Simon was locked away from Edwin. He wouldn’t have been able to understand, or to articulate. To free himself. To free Simon.

It’s perhaps why his second stint in Hell was different, in the end, because love (Charles) was there too.

It’s why the confession had to happen on those stairs because it wasn’t just for Charles. It was for himself, now, and for the young man sacrificed over 100 years before. An admission that he understood, truly, the ability to love without reservation. And that freed him.

[nachobsns]

Hello - I was impressed and extremely relieved by what you wrote in the post about the cult mentality of the Left RE Israel and accusations of genocide. You mentioned that you bought into the mindset until recently. If it's all right for me to ask, what was it that helped you break out of it? (Please feel free to delete/ignore if you'd rather not answer!)

thank you!! and no worries about asking— i think i put something in my pinned post about how people are welcome to send asks about this stuff, although my story isn’t super interesting. i fell down the typical online rabbithole, a couple weeks after october 7; i knew what had happened, at least vaguely, but the posts trickling onto my dash were all about the (undeniably tragic) loss of life in gaza, with little to no acknowledgment of the hamas atrocities that had started the war, so my narrative was pretty one-sided from the beginning. it just continued to snowball as the months went on and people became more radicalized, calling into question the reality of the 10/7 attacks and the humanity of all israelis. i never went all the way down the pipeline to full-on endorsing hamas or justifying their attacks, at least on a personal level, thank god, but i would reblog other people’s posts referring to hamas as a “resistance movement” and calls to boycott starbucks and mcdonald’s and condemnation of the “zionist media” etc etc etc. what pulled me out of it wasn’t any one thing— if someone had directly called me on my flawed logic and antisemitic biases while i was in this mindset, i doubt it would have done much, just reinforced my belief that i was on the “right side of history” and zionists were aggressors who couldn’t be reasoned with. it was mostly just passive observance and a slow exposure to other perspectives. i’m pretty sure the first post that led me to question my thinking was an ask on jewish-vents, which popped up on my dash in like, late july. this led me down another rabbithole, first scouring every single post on jewish-vents, then moving on to more popular jewish blogs that i had seen on “zionist blocklists” (applesauce42069, xclowniex, and spacelazarwolf were probably some of the blogs that influenced me the most, though i told myself i was just hate-scrolling at first, lol). i felt incredibly guilty seeing all the harm the movement i was a part of had caused to random jews and israelis just trying to live their lives and i realized how it went against everything i believed about how minority groups should be treated. from there, the aspect of actually undoing my thinking and changing my behavior for the better still took several weeks. denial of jewish indigenity to the levant in the face of tantamount archeological and cultural evidence was the first to go, as well as any ambiguity in my feelings about hamas. after that, it’s mostly been a slow process of redefining the idf’s actions from a “genocide” to a “war.” i still believe that what’s happening in gaza is unconscionable and horrific, and that too many innocent civilians have died, but i also understand how difficult it is to fight against a terrorist group that systematically embeds itself in civilian populations, and that the ratio of militant to civilian deaths is incredibly low compared to most urban warfare. i quietly deleted my old blog in early august— if i had directly engaged in harassment against jews, i likely would have kept it to make amends to the harmed parties and put a face to my actions, but as was, i had just contributed to the larger atmosphere of antisemitism on this site, and i felt uncomfortable knowing that i had a blog full of sentiments that no longer matched my values and beliefs. i decided i would be better if i took my endorsement out of the equation entirely, because when you’re looking through the notes of a post, it obviously doesn’t matter if someone who’s reblogged it no longer agrees with what was said— their notes still count as tacit approval, and i did not want approval of this “activism” attached to my online presence. i still have unwanted kneejerk reactions that crop up sometimes, particularly around the fundraiser posts from people “in gaza”; even though i know logically that they have all the markers of scams, there is still a part of me that really wants to believe i could help.

[alligaytorswamp]

cavalry captain toying with eleventh of the fatui harbingers