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thedenmdy · 8 months ago

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Accessibilité, design, codage… : par où commencer pour le (re)design de mon forum ? (2/2)

Ceci est la suite de mon premier post disponible ici ! (je suis en galère sur la mise en page, bear with me KLJDHSD) -- Suite aux différents questionnements qui viennent nourrir ton processus de design, on passe à un peu plus tangible.

Conceptualisation : Comment ?

Comment est-ce que tu peux atteindre les objectifs que tu t’es fixé dans les questions précédentes ?

Ça peut passer par une liste des templates que tu veux revoir en priorité, ça peut passer par des checklist de fonctions à intégrer à ces templates pour ne rien oublier.

Personnellement, je recommande de passer par une étape de wireframe pour ne pas partir trop à l’aveuglette et garder le cap sur la quantité de travail à venir !

Qu’est-ce qu’un wireframe ? En gros, dessiner des grosses boîtes pour symboliser tes fonctions, et bricoler un squelette de page avec pour savoir comment structurer ton nouveau design sans rien oublier ! Un wireframe prend n’importe quelle forme, du gribouillis sur papier au Figma collaboratif en passant par des post-its, c’est toi qui décides ce qui te parle le plus !

Voici une liste de petits conseils en vrac à garder en tête lorsque tu t’approches de la construction tangible de ton nouveau design :

Concentre-toi sur les fonctions qui font vivre le forum en priorité 🔥

Tu veux donner l’espace à tes membres pour écrire et construire leurs histoires et leurs personnages, pour échanger entre joueur.se.s en paix ! Contrairement à ce qu’on a laissé s’installer comme standard, il vaut mieux parfois éviter de se disperser et de trop en faire au risque de non seulement rendre l’expérience trop complexe pour tes membres, mais aussi de te mettre une pression énorme en tant que staff.

Le coeur de nos forums, c’est le RP sans distraction (écriture comme lecture), mais aussi la création d’univers avec les médiums que chacun.e préfère ! Ça passe aussi par le confort que tu peux apporter en proposant une interface claire qui les mettra en confiance pour créer. Par exemple, passer 75% du temps d’écriture à débuguer un code de fiche n’est pas très motivant pour la créativité (sauf pour les bouffeurs de cartes graphiques de ce monde, je me compte dedans 🤡). De même, perdre du temps pour retrouver X ou Y information parce que la navigation est trop complexe ou les annexes peu lisibles dissuadent également de potentiels nouveaux arrivants !

N’aie pas peur de jeter tout ce qui est superflu - promis, ça va aller ! 🙆‍♀️

As-tu réellement besoin de ce champ “inventaire” dans le profil des membres ou est-ce que ça peut simplement être une liste dans un post dans la gestion des personnages ? Est-ce que toutes les informations affichées sur ma page d’accueil sont-elles utiles au quotidien et/ou très nécessaires ? On l’a tous.tes rencontré, ce problème…

Retirer ce qui n’est pas utile, c’est non seulement un gain de place et d’espace pour améliorer la lecture de ton forum, mais aussi un gain de temps et d’énergie pour toi, codeur.se, graphiste, admin qui doit maintenir ton forum, que de ne pas s’embêter avec 20 différents champs de profil dans un mouchoir de poche, ou des citations vagues pas toujours très claires ni très utiles dès qu’il y a un blanc à combler.

C’est un peu la technique Marie Kondo, mais pour les interfaces web, et peut-être en un poil plus radical. If it does not spark joy (ou si ça ne vous est pas utile au quotidien), alors tu peux jeter - ça ne te manquera probablement pas ! Et rien n’est définitif. Si finalement, ça s’avère important, tu le verras très vite !

L’accessibilité web, c’est tout d’abord pour les utilisateur.rices en situation de handicap, évidemment. C’est très important, c’est le but prioritaire de l’initiative. Mais si tu peux et veux aller plus loin, ça ne s’arrête pas là !

C’est aussi rendre ton forum utilisable et inclusif pour des membres qui n’ont pas forcément les moyens de posséder du matériel dernier cri, c’est le rendre accessible aux potentiels membres qui ne vivent pas dans une grande ville et/ou avec une connexion internet datée…

L’accessibilité web au sens large englobe tout profil d’utilisateur pouvant être défavorisé.e d’une manière ou d’une autre (par des troubles physiques, neurologiques, par leur milieu social, par leur localisation géographique…) qui l’empêcherait de pouvoir venir s’amuser avec d’autres joueur.se.s…

À titre d’opinion plus personnelle, j’aime aussi penser que l’accessibilité web dans sa mission la plus large devrait également englober l’inclusivité ; parce qu’un espace, une communauté ou un produit qui discrimine d’une quelconque manière n’est à mon sens, tout simplement pas accessible par définition.

Commence ton nouveau design avec les best practices courantes en tête, et tiens-toi y au maximum !

C’est peut-être plus facile de commencer de quasi-zéro, plutôt que de repasser balise par balise sur un code déjà créé (peut-être par d’autres personnes, peut-être ayant vu passer de nombreuses modifications au fil du temps… un casse-tête en perspective).

La base du Blank Theme de Geniuspanda propose une bonne base propre si tu es découragé.e par les thèmes de base de Forumactif (as you should, c’est un joli bazar).

Parmi les conseils et best practices plus techniques à garder en tête lorsque tu construis ton design d’interface, en voici quelques-un (mais mes collègues créateur.rices ont déjà beaucoup écrit à ce sujet, quelques liens sont dispo en fin de post !)

➡️ Tu connais le laïus des tailles de typo… on reste à 14px minimum pour le texte courant, et des interlignes de 150% de la taille du texte !

Le choix des typographies également est important - garde les zigouigoui fancy pour des gros titres seulement, et fais dans la simple sans-serif/sans empâtements (de type Helvetica/Arial) pour le corps de votre texte !

Les typographies serif/à empâtements (de type Times) sont faites pour l’imprimerie, pas le web… si tu y tiens, elles peuvent cependant faire de très bons titres, si la taille de caractère est suffisamment grande !

➡️ Le gras, l’italique, les couleurs, les paragraphes clairement définis… sont des éléments indispensables à la lecture de ton contenu, surtout s’il devient long.

Ils ancrent l’oeil lorsqu’on parcourt la page et nous aide à lire plus rapidement et sans s’épuiser, et attirent notre attention pour mieux se concentrer !

Attention aux choix de couleurs : outre le contraste et les potentiels membres atteint.e.s de daltonisme, n’oublie pas non plus le changement entre light et dark mode, par exemple ! Cette teinte de rouge bordeaux sera très bien sur fond clair, mais si la moitié de tes membres utilisent le dark mode, c’est foutu…

➡️ VIRE MOI CE TEXTE JUSTIFIÉ DE LÀ ! (je rigole zéro I will die on this hill .) (vas-y, je regarde .) (👁️ 👁️)

Trève de clowneries, pour le web en particulier, même si beaucoup trouvent ça visuellement “satisfaisant”, la justification est un désastre de lisibilité. Les espaces entre les mots d’une police de caractères sont précisément calculés pour faciliter la lecture et le mouvement de l’oeil ; par défaut, la justification dérègle et déséquilibre ce travail.

C’est un mode d’alignement qui est fait pour des paragraphes de texte aux largeurs précisément calculées (du genre : colonnes dans un journal) et donc fait pour l’imprimerie, et pas pour des écrans et des interfaces responsive à largeur variable !

➡️ Le scroll interne, c’est (pour la majorité des cas) démodé : dit comme ça, c’est un peu sensationnel, mais c’est réel.

Autrefois, on voulait tout caler dans une seule page au maximum, avoir toutes nos informations dès le premier chargement. Certes, avoir les informations importantes en haut de page et même above the fold (avant de commencer à descendre dans la page au-dessus de la bordure du bas de la page) est bien, mais ce n’est plus aussi important qu’avant. Dites merci aux smartphones et aux réseaux sociaux aux scroll infinis, qui nous ont clairement fait accepter le geste comme partie intégrante de notre expérience web !

N’aie pas peur d’avoir des longues pages : si le contenu est clairement lisible et structuré, ce n’est plus un problème. Il vaut mieux être transparent.e sur la vraie longueur de tes pages d’emblée et la montrer à tes membres dès le chargement de la page, plutôt que de tout planquer dans des petites pochettes-surprise au scroll interminable et souvent très étriquées.

➡️ Optimise tes images dès que possible : une image devrait idéalement peser moins de 500Kb, 1MB peut-être maximum si il s’agit d’une image importante (par exemple, un header ou un fond). Limite l’utilisation de gifs animés au minimum, et veille à ce qu’ils ne soient également pas trop lourds. Pour optimiser tes JPEG ou tes PNG, compresse-les sur Photoshop ou similaire à l’export d’abord, puis tu peux également les passer à la moulinette Tinypng pour diminuer encore leur poids !

➡️ Less is more : laisse respirer ton forum !

C’est important pour la hiérarchie des informations, et pour pouvoir lire le contenu sans se fatiguer. Un espace vide n’est pas une mauvaise chose !

Alternativement et débat peut-être parallèle, j’aimerais pouvoir déconstruire cette idée reçue qui s’est établie au fil du temps que plus il y a de choses, mieux c’est. Les forums rpg sont victimes d’une course au toujours plus pour se démarquer, qui est très “naturelle” d’un point de vue social, concurrentiel et au fil de l’évolution des modes. Ça a aussi toujours été au détriment de l’accessibilité - ce n’est pas nouveau (fallait voir la gueule des trucs en 2005 je vous jure, on se rend vraiment pas compte du chemin parcouru KDJSHD).

Mais en 2024, non seulement on a des voix pour se rendre compte qu’on peut et doit mieux faire, mais aussi les outils pour ! C’est difficile à intégrer et ce sera une idée pré-concue qui risque de durer encore longtemps, mais un forum simple et épuré n’est pas un mauvais forum ! Il y a d’autres moyens de construire un univers original, créatif et visuel que par l’accumulation et le maximalisme ambiant qui s’est installé au fil des années, au détriment de beaucoup d’autres choses importantes (perte de temps de construction/maintenance, pression de la surenchère, diminution des performances techniques/augmentation des temps de chargement, et, évidemment, le manque de lisibilité et accessibilité).

Si nos parents (et même nous encore) étions capables de nous projeter dans des jeux de rôle sur table sans rien d’autre qu’un MJ et une fiche de personnage gribouillée sur un bout de papier, je suis persuadée qu’on n’a pas besoin de tout ça pour créer et écrire sur Internet !

Disclaimer de fin

Celleux qui connaissent mes projets pourraient me jeter la pierre du “faites ce que je dis et pas ce que je fais” là dessus, je plaide coupable. Personne n’est parfait, aucun forum n’est parfait !

Le mien comme tout autre a son lot de problèmes et de points à améliorer dont le staff est conscient, pour diverses raisons pour la plupart historiques, et est victime d’une tendance très personnelle à vouloir être toujours trop exhaustive (mais je me soigne… un peu… vous pouvez constater la longueur de ce post, c’est compliqué LOL). Et pour chaque problème réglé, peut-être que de nouveaux apparaîtront ailleurs.

Mais avec le temps, ça se corrige ! Tous ces points sont des choses que l’on peut améliorer petit à petit, en remettant nos choix en question régulièrement après un peu de recul.

À titre d’exemple, on travaille (lentement) en ce moment sur une grosse refonte du code et du design (le gros de la version actuelle datant de l’été 2022), avec une nouvelle revue de la typographie et de l’utilisation de l’espace qui se fait évidemment toujours trop tarder, mais aussi avec une emphase particulière sur l’optimisation des scripts additionnels du forum. Ajoutés récemment dans une phase initiale de test pour juger de leur accueil dans la communauté, ils sont cependant mal optimisés (tournent à vide sur des pages sur lesquelles ils ne sont pas utiles, demandent trop de ressources…). Ils sont même aujourd’hui sont une très grosse cause de nos problèmes de performance actuellement, et posent souci à plusieurs membres dont le matériel a du mal à suivre, ce qui n'est franchement pas viable. Avec cette refonte, on essaie de nous recentrer sur le “où”, “quand” et “comment” : sur quelles pages et à quel moment de mon utilisation du forum ces gros scripts sont-ils nécessaires ? Comment puis-je les réorganiser avec les outils que Forumactif me propose ?

En conclusion…

Si le débat ou la démarche de refaire toute ton interface te fait peur, c’est normal !

Déjà, Forumactif n’aide pas (trop - pour mettre le nez dans du vrai webdev quotidiennement, ça pourrait être bien pire, honnêtement. Le service proposé a un potentiel immense pour quelque chose de 100% gratuit !), notre matériel de base n’est pas optimisé ni facile à comprendre pour les plus novices. Et bordel, un forum, c’est pas juste une page statique, c’est une interface super complexe, quand on y pense !

Mais aussi, il s’agit d’un hobby, et il n’y a pas vraiment de “bon” moyen universel pour essayer d’améliorer l’accessibilité et l’usabilité de son forum. On fait avec notre temps libre et nos connaissances, et si vous n’avez pas le temps et les capacités de pousser plus loin que des tailles de police ou d’interligne, eh bien, au risque de me répéter, j’ai envie de dire que c’est déjà mieux que rien.

Toute initiative peut être une bonne initiative, tant que tu la prends ! La première étape est d’être conscient.e des améliorations possibles et d’accepter qu’on devrait mieux faire quand on le peut.

Je ne saurais que vous encourager à entamer la démarche, le reste viendra en temps et en heure - que ce soit en termes de temps libre, d’énergie ou de connaissances !

Et surtout : demande-toi toujours “pourquoi” 🫶 Merci d'avoir lu jusque là et : courage, tu peux le faire !!

Quelques ressources utiles

Pour se renseigner

Le manifeste du W3C sur l’accessibilité web

The ultimate UX Design Thinking par Annie Dai (en Anglais)

Overlay Fact Sheet partagée par @brunswicked

Tutoriels et conseils

La section tutoriels du forum du Blank Theme par @code-lab

Rendre vos forums plus accessibles par @noxeternam

Conseils d’accessibilité graphique par @andthesunrisesagain

Tips d’optimisation de votre design par @aeroplvne (la bise !)

Installer un dark/light mode par @decrescxndo

Mon petit plaisir du lot pour l’inspiration…

Je vous conseille de lire la série de posts de @code-lab sur le développement du design de What Remains (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)

Même si ça peut paraître être une dose de travail et de recherche assez énorme pour quelque chose que vous faites dans votre temps libre, c’est simplement très intéressant pour observer la démarche de design dans ses phases de construction et avec des visuels à l’appui !

#ux design #design thinking #accessibilité #forum rpg #rpg francophone #conseils

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moraygrotto · 1 year ago

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another fic cοmmission! 💕

Thank you @askbloatedbellyblog for commissioning a second chapter for the Jade fic featuring vore, bloating, and burping! Everyone may find the first chapter here! Also, content warning for mentions of fantasy pregnancy wrt the vore shenanigans~

Without further ado, enjoy Jade enjoying another helpless student at Azul's request ♡

~💙~

Jade was so full. He tried not to sway from side to side as he stood, letting his excitement for the task ahead, as well as the weight of his gently burbling belly, carry him after the retreating Azul.

“I’m coming,” he moaned, following him into the VIP room of the Mostro Lounge. “But… you took advantage of me amidst the comfort of my own feeding time. Is there nowhere I am safe from your devious tentacles?”

“Oh, whine all you like,” Azul griped, pulling Jade in as he shut the door. “It’s not as if I’m terribly busy myself, or anything.”

Jade gave an affected sigh. Surely Azul could afford to be late just this once. “Alright,” he said. “Who might the catch of the evening be?”

After rummaging through a leather binder from a bookshelf, Azul showed Jade a single page. There was a name, a school identification photo, and a short description of a student, all of which Jade committed to memory as he read. “Excellent,” he said, smiling at Azul.

“Have as much fun with it as you like, I don’t care,” said Azul, snapping the binder shut and putting it back on the shelf. “But it must be done tonight. Can I trust you, Jade?”

“Oh, worry not,” Jade replied. “This seems like quite the interesting task indeed.”

With that, Jade left, and began the hunt for his next piece of prey. Usually, he would stride down the halls with all the quiet confidence he had learned to project during his time on land. Now, however, with his belly full of victims and victuals, he had no choice but to move slower, occasionally stopping to rest against the glass walls.

Quietly, Jade cursed Azul. Jade was a moray eel. Chasing down a creature and breaking them within the span of one action-filled night was not in his nature. Perhaps, however, he would be able to set a trap.

In the errant contract-breaker’s file, Azul had taken care to note what he had ordered from the Mostro Lounge—seaweed salad, every time he came, which was often. The salad could imply that he cared about his health, but the frequency of visits showed a certain thriftless gluttony—or a friend who dragged him along easily.

Luckily for Jade and his sub-par pursuit skills, he caught sight of the boy soon, slurping a simple solution to the problem right before his eyes: when Jade strode through the mirror to Night Raven College and arrived at its dining hall, there sat a figure at a distant table, a forkful of sauce-slathered spaghetti halfway into his mouth, who was the spitting image of the boy in the photograph.

It appeared the poor creature liked slimy foods.

He was sitting alone.

Carefully navigating the tables so that his heavily bloated belly did not bump into them, Jade approached the boy.

After a truly pitiable amount of time, he noticed Jade, quickly averted his eyes back to his pasta, then dared a second glance up at him.

Jade was looking right into his frantic eyes. The boy could not look away.

“Hi,” Jade said, and, pulling a chair out from across the table, carefully sunk down into a seated position. “Enjoying a late supper?”

Mouth full, the boy nodded.

“You’re one of the last ones here,” Jade remarked. “They’ll have to close the dining hall eventually.”

Wide-eyed, he did not reply, only swallowed his mouthful of spaghetti and gaped up at Jade.

He was pathetic, almost too easy a catch. In Jade’s slowed condition, however, he would have resented any more difficulty. “It appears,” he said, “that at this rate, you will not have time to fit in a dessert course. That’s a shame.”

“It’s fine,” he replied, voice weak. He knew he was in trouble, but had not yet begun to argue. How cloyingly meek.

“Oh, not at all,” clucked Jade. “As a repeat customer of the Mostro Lounge, you deserve all of the best. You deserve—” He gave his own belly a slap with both hands. “—to end each day with a feeling of glowing satisfaction.”

Silence. The unfortunate student took another bite of spaghetti.

“Luckily for you,” Jade purred, “there is a special going on right now at the Mostro Lounge. A select few loyal customers, yourself included, may enjoy free entrées and desserts until midnight tonight. There are jellies, mochi, delightfully long licorice whips…” He pretended to count on his fingers, while quietly struggling to cross his legs atop the limited space of his lap. “Soft, juicy candies the heart could never dream of, and ice cream dripping with sauce…”

“...I’m good,” the little contract-breaker said weakly.

“This opportunity will not happen again,” said Jade, smoothing down a fraying seam on the hem of his glove. “Perhaps not even next year. It’s a big investment on our part—though all worth it for you, of course.”

Jade’s prey lifted a forkful of pasta to his lips, but did not eat it, only froze there in what looked like resignation.

Jade smiled. “I strongly recommend you take advantage of this offer now.”

“R-Right now?”

“Indeed.”

Not bothering to finish nor even clean up his food, he rose.

“Good,” said Jade, getting slowly to his feet as well. “I’m so glad you’ve made the right decision. If you’d follow me.”

With his meek little meal in tow, Jade left the dining hall, and began searching the building for a room that was both empty and in a private location.

After a hilariously long spell, the boy spoke. “Um, Jade? The Hall of Mirrors is that way. We have to go through there to get to Octavinelle, right?”

“You’re correct,” Jade replied absentmindedly. “This offer is… very special, though.”

At last, he came upon a classroom in a secluded little corner of the school building, and ushered his friend inside.

“I thought you said we were going to the Mostro Lounge,” he said timidly, as Jade shut the door.

“Eventually,” Jade hummed. Standing between his prey and the door, he loosened his belt. Then, he approached him, one unhurried step at a time, already-engorged belly swaying leisurely from side to side.

He laid a hand on the boy’s shoulder. “You are aware of the contract you signed with Azul, yes?”

The poor fellow was beginning to tremble. “Yes,” he said. “I think so.”

“You think so,” Jade said, voice a deep and soothing purr. “That’s a good start.” His tight gut was pressing into the boy’s front now, and he kept walking forward, toward the back of the lecture room, letting his prey stumble backwards beneath the pressure. “Do you,” he continued, with playful disinterest, “happen to remember the terms of that contract? In particular, what Azul and those acting on Azul’s behalf are authorized to do if you break those terms?”

“No,” he breathed, in barely a whisper.

“Oh, lovely!” chirped Jade. “That means I will get to remind you.” He had walked around the podium at the head of the classroom, and reached the wall. “This, for one!”

In one graceful swoop, he leaned all his weight forward, grateful for the stability of his toes as he pressed into the fellow, his massive gut squeezing around him, harshly shifting the weight of its contents to accommodate the severe press between it, its pitiful piece of prey, and the wall.

“Mmm…” Jade groaned, letting his eyelids flutter, briefly shutting out the delightfully terrified expression on the boy’s face, to revel in the sweet pain upon his stomach. “Yes,” he said, “perhaps I ought to stretch myself out a little bit first…”

“First?” the boy squeaked. “Before what?”

Jade only smiled.

“Please, Jade; I can barely breathe—”

He chuckled. “Ah, I do sympathize with that,” he said mildly. “Now and then, I find myself struggling for breath after a truly bountiful meal.” He ran a gloved hand down his victim’s reddening face. “Perhaps, after you arrive at the feast, you will end up feeling the same.”

“I thought you were lying about the feast,” he wheezed.

“Oh, no!” Jade said, blinking. “You wound me to think so. It’s true; I have prepared a plethora of treats for you, all off the Mostro Lounge’s menu.” He smiled, and gave his shoulder a conspiratorial squeeze. “They’re all fantastically slimy. I daresay you’ll be in paradise.”

“Well, where are they?” His eyes were beginning to bulge.

“Patience, my dear friend,” Jade said. “And I ask you not to forget about that contract. Loyal customer though you are, agreements are agreements.”

“Okay—” he spluttered.

“And you so kindly agreed,” Jade said, pressing smoothly harder, closer, looming with the full confidence of contract behind him, “...to fulfill your contract’s terms, on pain of…” He grinned, and glimpsed his jagged smile reflected in the boy’s dark pupils. “Well,” he said, “why don’t I show you firsthand?”

The ineffectual panic of cornered prey seized the little contract-breaker all at once. Shrieks spilled from deep in his chest, and he thrashed with primal mania against the all-encompassing swell of Jade’s chyme-filled belly, but all too soon was he silenced.

One of Jade’s arms snaked around his shoulders, locking his limbs fast in place, and his other hand came to cleanly cover his mouth.

Quick and easy. Jade hoped this piece of meat would be similarly gentle on his already overtaxed stomach. “Thank you for dining with us,” he said, voice dripping with proverbial honey. “There is a large number of snacks and beverages waiting for you, courtesy of the Mostro Lounge.”

The contract-breaker blinked.

“While there is no… tableware from which to eat them, we hope that you will enjoy yourself all the more without it. For a more traditional, less… immersive dining experience, we suggest visiting the Lounge during our regular hours, and ordering a dish as usual.”

“Mmgh?” the boy peeped.

Jade was having so much fun teasing his prey about his slick and slimy destination that he almost failed to tell him one of the most entertaining facts of all. “Also,” he said cheerfully, “you may be surprised by the number of people already present—one, that is.” He snickered. “I do ask you not to be alarmed, as that would upset me ever so much. You and this other customer have much in common. I’m sure that the two of you will get along swimmingly.”

With the last rays of twilight illuminating the empty classroom, Jade at last made his catch. The student’s Night Raven College uniform flapped around as he flailed, up into the air above Jade’s open maw, muffled shrieks of protest soon quenched altogether by the muscles of Jade’s bulging throat, and only the gentle sound of slurps and rustles persisted.

Swallowing prey was second nature to Jade. This fellow went down easily, barely putting up a fight at all. All it took was a steady series of gulps, and his entire body was inside Jade, sinking lower, lower, until his very last bits had slipped satisfyingly into his stomach.

Jade let out a breath that was cut off by an airy burp. In a heartbeat, the fleeting spell of satisfaction vanished, and he was reminded of just how much he had eaten, even before stuffing this student down his throat. He could not help but groan, stumbling back to lean against the podium, hands fumbling instinctively below his gut for his belt, undoing it all the way with careless speed.

Another belch broke from him, wracking his whole body with the sickly urgency to relieve pressure, now, now. He would not allow himself to be sick, though. He knew how to take care of himself, and take care of himself he would. The overwhelming tightness would not overwhelm him, as long as he was here, in the quiet, alone.

He made his way to a row of seats, almost falling over beneath his own sloshing, wobbling weight as he did so. This private clumsiness, he supposed, was one of the reasons why he had chosen to eat the fellow rather than deal with him any other way. Since he had arrived on land, he had gotten so good at walking. Now, here he was, helpless amidst the thin atmosphere of air, once more barely able to support himself.

He tumbled down onto a table, stared up at the ceiling, and smiled. There would always be new things to learn, new skills to master, wayward spirits to watch die in the eyes of those who had displeased Azul. He simply had to devour life one bite at a time.

Looming before him, blocking his view of much of the classroom, was his overfull belly. He was keeping it stable fairly well—none of his periodic belches came up wet, he no longer felt like he was in immediate danger of being sick, and the balance of his supine position was unswaying, in spite of the sometimes subtle, sometimes erratic shifting within his stomach. He was proud of himself. As the surface of his belly shifted and writhed, he was proud of his prey too. Finally, the little creature was putting up a passable fight.

He caressed the upper dome of his gut, and let out a long, soft sigh.

Darkness fell quickly upon the classroom. Now and then, in spite of the hour, footsteps passed by outside the door, but no one stopped to look inside. If they did, they would surely see Jade. In the rising light of the moon, white shirt protruding out from underneath the rumpled band of his waistcoat, his belly almost appeared to glow.

How long he would be able to stay here, he did not know. For now, however, he felt no other option but to remain pinned here, relishing every feeling, sight, and sound coming from inside his guts, letting the entirety of his consciousness zero in on his desire to digest.

It was not for lack of a plan that he let postprandial bliss wash over him so. If a professor caught him here, a few fake tears could literally or functionally convince them that a pack of bullies had determined that Jade was simply too tall, and needed to be force-fed a bottle or two of expanding potion, in hopes of making his width match his height. If another student entered this classroom, all it would take would be a wink, and a slyly delivered implication that they might be next.

Much to Jade’s own surprise, he had not concocted a plan for the person who did walk in on him a quiet while later. This person slammed the door open, letting in the brightness of the hallway and a forceful “JADE!”

Jade nearly jumped out of his over-stretched skin, before he realized who it was. As the tense wave of nausea from the shock died away, he let a cold smile spread over his face, and turned his head toward the doorway.

“Good evening again, Azul.”

“Jade, please get down from there,” huffed Azul. “There is something very important, and troubling, that I need to show you back at Octavinelle, and it’s urgent, pertaining particularly to your situation right now—”

Under the weight of his own body and in the comfortable air of evening, Jade could viscerally understand why Floyd was sometimes so contrary. Sensations from Jade’s flesh had overtaken his very ability to walk and breathe as usual, and here Azul was, babbling on about something important, hoping to frogmarch him back to the dorm.

“Very well,” sighed Jade, then raised his hand, and let it slap down upon his belly, which in turn jostled a little burp out of him. “You must allow me to move slowly, though. My stomach churns and jolts within my belly every time I so much as blink.”

Azul, silhouetted in his dorm uniform in the doorway, leaned against his cane. “I did not ask you specifically to eat the fellow, Jade. I merely authorized you to. It is entirely your fault if your chosen method of dealing with him has incapacitated you like this.”

“Oh, I know,” Jade replied dreamily. “I would by no means have gotten myself into this… predicament if you had asked it of me, and had I not wanted to.”

Azul exhaled gruffly, rubbing his temples. “Why did that sound like an insult?”

“Did it?” Jade hummed.

“It doesn’t matter why you’re here,” Azul said. “The fact is, you are, and there is something I need to discuss with you in private back at Octavinelle.”

“This classroom is rather private, is it not? You’re the first person to open that door since myself. Surely you can discuss with me here.”

While Jade could not clearly make out Azul’s face, he knew he must be scowling. “Need I repeat,” he said, “that the matter I speak of has to do with you?”

“I ought to be flattered, then,” mumbled Jade, and slowly shifted his legs to begin his dismount of the classroom table. “I’ll make a note to myself to thank you for your consideration tomorrow.” As he stood, the contents of his belly jostled around uncomfortably, and he made a comically vain attempt to straighten out his far-too-small clothes. “As for now, however,” he said, “I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m preoccupied with matters more… pressing.” He shot Azul a smile as he sauntered up to him. “Squeezing. Stretching. Crushing, et cetera.”

“Very funny,” said Azul, and from behind the glint of his glasses, Jade could at last make out his eyes, as they rolled back sarcastically. “Thank you for getting down from there. Now, how well can you walk?”

“Not very!” chirped Jade.

“Alright,” said Azul, “let’s go slowly.”

On the walk back to Octavinelle, Jade and Azul chattered about current goings-on about campus and the Lounge. Azul was ever a font of conversation topics, data, and comments. Watching him rattle off ideas about a new feature’s potential impact on the Lounge’s finances, Jade began to wonder: if Azul’s thoughts were tangible objects, and he swallowed them all, would he be as full as Jade was now? Would he even be able to move? Poor Azul, he thought, would rather his head be fit to bursting than his stomach halfway so.

“Yes, indeed,” Jade replied to a remark from Azul, then abruptly changed the topic. “Most likely,” he said, “you could take care of wayward contract-breakers in the way I have done today. I doubt it would be hard for you.”

Azul’s eyes snapped open wide, and he almost stopped in his tracks, then stumbled as he kept walking. “You know damn well that with the type of work I do, that would not be feasible, even if I wanted to in the first place.”

“On the contrary,” Jade said pleasantly. “I’ve managed to wait tables just fine whilst in this condition, amidst the bodily process I am in now, to say nothing of doing more… involved work. I think you’d be entirely capable of going about your business as normal. Whether or not the idea appeals to you, I believe you ought to try it at least once. If you do end up taking to it, a whole world of possibilities would open up to you.”

“Jade,” snapped Azul, “are you trying to sell me on the idea of eating a person?”

“Ssh!” Jade hissed. “Please, not so loud! We are not talking about such barbaric matters as eating people, much less eating our beloved customers! If someone overheard us, they could get quite the ghastly impression!” He smiled. “And that would be bad for business.”

“I should make sushi out of you,” grumbled Azul. “How’d that be for a… world of possibilities?”

“Oh, Azul,” Jade said, “you know very well I’d tense my whole body up before the slaughter, so the meat would come out terribly tough and unappetizing. Besides, it’s not the same.” He ran a hand with genteel delicacy over his bloated tummy. “Sushi can be eaten daintily. Heh, I’ve seen you do it. You wouldn’t get to feel the bulk of my shoulders stretching out your throat, the wriggling of my fins as my whole tail thrashes in your mouth, nor that monstrous swelling within you already burning most fiercely, as you realize with spine-chilling horror that you still have half of me left to go…”

“I’m not going to eat you, Jade!” Azul yanked open the back door to the Mostro Lounge’s VIP room.

“Oh, thank goodness!” said Jade. “I was beginning to get worried, there.”

Azul slipped into the room. Jade attempted to file in after him with the same grace as usual, but found himself struggling even to push through the doorway. His gut was simply too big, with two humans and a feast of food inside it.

After a moment, Azul turned around and noticed him. “Oh, for the love of—”

“Please,” whimpered Jade, “I ask only that you bear with me.”

Azul sighed, and crossed his arms.

After a few attempts at squirming and twisting his way through the narrow doorway, Jade realized there was only one thing he could do. Inside was the VIP room, and Azul, and beyond, a series of doorways that one could follow to the kitchen.

Jade put on his best simper, and addressed Azul. “Would it trouble you terribly,” he said, “to get me a sip of something fizzy from the kitchen?” He tilted his head in a way he hoped would make his sharp teeth glint. “Ginger ale would be greatly preferred,” he continued, “but even just a glass of carbonated water from the soda pumps would suffice.”

Frowning, Azul rubbed his temples. “Fine,” he said.

“Oh, thank you ever so much,” Jade said saccharinely. “Tonight’s meals really are kicking up quite a fuss in my stomach, I’m sorry to say—” He once again tried to squeeze through the door frame, only to be met with sharp, squeezing pressure on the sides of his gut.

“Once again,” Azul said, “this is not my fault. I’ll be right back.”

Just like that, Azul was gone, leaving Jade alone with the contents of his belly. The more recently-swallowed fellow was manifestly still alive, squirming now and then, bloating Jade up with the gas from his lungs. Jade would feel so much better if he were just a little emptier.

He drummed his fingers over the tight surface of his belly, and hummed. “You’ll be getting a new snack, straight from the Mostro Lounge,” he said, keeping his voice deep, so it rumbled through his bones. “A beverage, rather. I hope it will refresh you. I’m sure it will me.”

A few moments later, Azul stepped back into the VIP room, holding a crystalline glass filled with bubbling amber liquid.

Jade took it from him. “Ginger ale!” he cheered. “You are such a dear, Azul!”

“Bon appetit,” sneered Azul, and offered him a straw.

“Don’t mind if I do.” With one hand, Jade unsheathed and bent the straw, and placed it into the cup. He was grateful that even in so cumbersome a shape as he was, his hands were still able to dexterously perform precision work.

Shutting his eyes, he lifted the straw to his lips, and took a single, delicate sip.

He let out an enraptured sigh. “Ahhh~”

The cool liquid fizzed down his throat, sinking into his belly, where it fell atop the mass which already filled him tight, bubbling into it, creating a sparkling sensation only pleasant because it could not hurt more than the bloating already did.

“That’s just what I needed,” he sighed. “I’m feeling better already.”

“M-hm,” said Azul, crossing his arms once more. “Ready to come in, so I can shut the door?”

“As I said,” Jade said, and winked. “Bear with me.”

Within him, the soda’s bubbles seemed to catch just right, and by a stroke of wondrous luck, his meek little prey human chose that same moment to shift, and his esophagus seized, before opening up to let out one of the loudest burps Jade had ever heard grace this terrestrial air.

It tasted like ginger, and Mostro Lounge sweets, and his utterly vanquished two-human meal. His stomach squeezed in on itself, rumbling as he expelled air directly at Azul, wracking his gullet while gracing his belly with direly needed relief. He placed his hand atop his belly’s swollen dome, squeezing the belch out of himself, feeling the outlines of the two unlucky contract-breakers grow clearer and clearer, teasing up the last trails of gas.

When the very last rumbles were out of him, he lifted one gloved hand to his chest, and gave it a gentle pat. “Oh my,” he said ruefully. “How rude of me. I do hope you’ll pardon me.”

Azul did not respond, only removed his glasses from his face and a cleaning wipe from his pocket, and cleaned off an errant fleck of Jade’s saliva.

“I know what you want,” chimed Jade. He slipped with ease, now, into the room, and sat down on one of the leather sofas, attempting to put both his hands on his lap beneath the mountain-like mass of his gut.

“Gracious, Jade,” Azul replied. “Don’t expect my thanks just for walking through a door.”

Jade only chuckled under his breath.

This time, Azul withdrew what appeared to be an academic periodical from a magazine holder on the shelf. As he sat beside Jade, he did not seem awkward nor uncomfortable at all; Jade figured he was so much larger than him already that the extra mass made little difference.

Frowning, Azul flipped through the journal. “Hm,” he said, and settled on a page. “Jade, please look at this.”

The first thing Jade saw upon the page was a diagram of a human’s internal organs, with what could not in full confidence be called a baby tucked inside.

“Is that a homunculus?” Jade said in amazement.

“Just read the damn thing.”

Obediently, Jade took the journal, spread it open atop his belly, and read the article’s abstract.

A shiver ran through him.

He skimmed the text for more details, and within him, his private love of the grotesque battled with his dread of the described process happening to him.

This was nothing like the beauty of a deadly fungus steadily overtaking all the other helpless organisms in a terrarium, however. This was a creation of life, or rather, a restoration. And if he did not play his cards right, it could happen to him.

He smoothed a hand over his naturally full tummy as he handed the journal back to Azul. “So,” he said, “if one humanoid being eats another, there will soon be a way for the… for lack of a better term, eater to regrow the same person inside of their body.”

“Correct,” said Azul. “The development on its own is not immediately troubling to us. What might be problematic to… predatory folks such as yourself and Floyd is that this… treatment will likely become commercially available within the next year or two. It’s incredibly far along in development already, but those—” He gritted his teeth. “—distinguished scientists in charge of the project are only just publishing about it now. So, soon, there may be a version available that…”

“That this school’s administration may get its hands on, and use to punish me for munching on its students,” Jade said dolefully. “I see the implications, and must admit I dread them.”

“I thought you would,” said Azul, “which is why I wanted you to be aware.”

Pouting, Jade gave his belly a poke. Not one, but two Night Raven College students had been snatched down into it that day. He could not imagine regrowing them slowly inside himself. The appeal of being so stuffed he could hardly move was that it was a satisfying conclusion to a filling meal, and a challenge that would not last more than a day. Besides, he rarely enjoyed nurturing something so much as he did watching it decay.

“There is the legal issue of my being a merman in human form,” Jade said slowly. “I’m not sure they’d dare carry out such an involved medical process without at least getting official approval.”

“That’s the biggest defense we have,” Azul said bitterly. “However, I don’t trust the Headmage not to wiggle his way past that regulation. He seems like he’ll bow to anyone or anything that points its finger at him, but the law is only one such force.”

“So,” Jade said, “if a particularly appetizing student happened to have powerful parents, I should only eat him if his parents don’t like him.”

“You joke,” Azul said, “but we’ll have to find our way around this threat one way or another. You’re a terribly important staff member of mine, and it wouldn’t do for you to spend months full of some precious cargo that prevented you from keeping strict work hours or getting into fights.” He glanced at Jade’s belly. “The way you are now is different, because you’ve already eaten the unfortunate little things.”

“I understand completely,” Jade said.

Azul sighed. “I’ll start looking into glamours. Appearing innocent is a vital first step. That way, if you’re lucky, nobody would even find out you were…” He trailed off.

“The size of a proverbial house?” Jade offered, patting his tummy.

“Yeah.”

“Eating other students does that to one, it’s true.”

“Can you be serious?” said Azul. “This is a serious matter, and I’m…”

“Worried about me,” Jade finished for him. “Please,” he said. “Do not suppose I am not touched by your consideration. Your help dealing with this potential issue will be deeply appreciated.”

“As I said,” Azul said stiffly, “you’re important to my business proceedings. I’m just looking out for my assets.”

“That is well understood, Azul,” Jade said, voice just shy of mocking. “There is… merely one thing that amuses me, is all. This entire time, not once have you suggested I simply stop eating people once this medical procedure becomes available.”

The sofa cushions beneath Jade shifted infinitesimally as Azul tried his best not to stiffen. “Well,” he said, “you are a predator, after all. And I know you wouldn’t listen to me if I told you to quash down part of your nature. The same goes for Floyd. I don’t think I could tame the two of you if I devoted my life to it.”

Jade grinned. “Oh, but Azul!” he warbled. “You are a predator, too!” He turned to him, satisfied belly letting out a gurgle, theatrically innocent demeanor belying his words. “Do not tell me you have tamed yourself!”

Azul groaned loudly, and threw his head back over the sofa. “Again with this?” he said. “Nothing you say is going to make me start eating people, Jade!”

He gave a dramatic little sigh. “Then, I’m afraid you’ll just have to put up with my teasing you until the end of our lives.”

Azul snorted. “I consented to that long ago,” he said.

“Good,” Jade said, and gave the meal-packed expanse of his belly a satisfied pat. “Now, Azul, how are you feeling?”

“Exhausted,” Azul admitted. “I’ve had a horribly busy day.” He smacked his lips, and uncrossed his legs. “I think I’ll make myself some herbal tea,” he said, and stood up. “Would you like some? Would you… um… be able to stand fitting anything else into your stomach right now?”

“I would love a cup,” Jade said smoothly. “And yes, I’ll be fine. A little more pressure will not be the death of me, especially not if it is something soothing. Like this—” He gently pressed a palm into his gut, and stifled a burp with his other hand. “Pardon me. You can touch it too, if you want.”

“No, thank you,” Azul said, in his slimiest businessman’s drawl. He stood, and picked up his cane. “Please, stay right here while I go get the tea.”

“That,” Jade said, “is a command I will have no problem following at all.”

#moray writes #soft vore #belly kink #burp kink

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Les Marais De Kaw

Dégrad de Kaw Réserve Naturelle, 97353 French Guiana

Type: Genuine Guyanese Everglades. Access: via the RN2, 50 km from Roura.

Note that at the end of the road, the village is only accessible by dugout canoe. The presence of a companion is therefore necessary.

Interests: this nature reserve is an exceptional observation site for a large and varied birdlife, and remains the privileged domain of caimans; Accommodation possibilities in a passing carbet located in the village of the village.

Caiman (a kind of alligator).

Kaw-Roura Marsh

View of the marshesBanks of the Orapu RiverMonkey SaimiriBanks of the Orapu RiverPoison dart frog

Email address to contact the reserve: [email protected] or [email protected] This reserve has a Facebook page. Find out now!

The nature reserve is home to rare species, endangered and with a very limited geographical distribution, such as the Black Cayman or the Red Ibis, and remarkable and unusual species such as the Hoazin crested (primitive bird) or the Atipa (fish). Of the 98 mammal species found in the Kaw area, 38 species are noteworthy. 54% of Guyana's protected species are present in the nature reserve, including the Black Cayman, the Manatee, the Giant Otter and the Guyana Otter, jaguars, spider crabs and the Matamata Tortoise. The Kaw region is exceptionally rich in bird species as it is home to 535 species, or 74% of the avifauna of French Guiana. These include the Cocoi Heron and the Agami Heron, the Great Egret, the Cockerel, the Harpy Eagle and the Great Crested Harpy. 74 species of amphibians and 103 species of reptiles have been inventoried throughout the area. Among these are 4 species of caimans: the Red Cayman, the Grey Cayman, the Spectacled Caiman and the Black Cayman.

The marshes are about 90 minutes from Cayenne and about two and a half hours from Kourou. There is a one hour drive through the jungle on a narrow two lane road that would be classified as one lane in the US. The road does have isolated potholes, blind curves, and on coming traffic, so the drive requires concentration.

This is a beautiful wild nature reserve that is a privilege to visit. In the raining season you can navigate very easily and really see it all. The variety of birds, butterflies is breathtaking.

#Les Marais De Kaw

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harriet-de-g · 10 months ago

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Ressources autour de la gestion de la douleur.

Cette Bibliographie est issue du zine "Toujours mal quelques part" sortie en janvier 2024. Les catégories reprennent les différents chapitres de celui-ci. La liste est régulièrement mise à jour et complétée. N'hésitez pas à partager vos propres ressources pour la faire évoluer!

C’est quoi la douleur ?

L’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale a un dossier qui reprend des informations générales sur la douleur.

La douleur, quelle chose étrange, Steve Hains & Sophie Standing, livre, 32p.

La douleur chronique perturbe l’équilibre cérébral, Rev Med Suisse, 2008/145 (Vol.-6), p. 493a–493a.

Lien entre douleur et trauma

Le Trauma, quelle chose étrange, Steve Haines & Sophie Standing, livre, 32p.

Le corps n’oublie rien. Bessen Van Der Kolk. Il existe une version résumée en zine nommé « Ressources sur le traumatisme » (Morgan.e).

Comment les traumatismes d’enfance impacte la santé tout au long de l’existence (« How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime ») Nadine Burke Harris.

Qu’est ce que le trauma? L’auteur de le corps n’oublie rien explique («What is trauma? The author of “The Body Keeps the Score” explains,) Bessel van der Kolk.

Childhood exposure to violence and lifelong health: clinical intervention science and stress-biology research join forces. Moffitt, T. E., & Klaus-Grawe 2012 Think Tank (2013). Development and psychopathology, 25(4 Pt 2), 1619–1634.

Mécanismes d’adaptation

Pain-determined Dissociation Episodes, David A. Fishbain, R. B. Cutler, H. L. Rosomoff, R. Steele Rosomoff, Pain Medicine, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2001, Pages 216–224.

Trop à l’aise avec nos diagnostics, zinzinzine,

Et toi, tu fais quoi dans la vie ?, Harriet de G, brochure, 4p.

Quand tout va bien

Une introduction en français à la technique du pacing.

Laziness Does does not exist, Devon Price, livre, 256p.

La culture du Valide Occidental, Zig Blanquer,

Les thérapies alternatives

A claire voie : manuel de savoir être fou en société, zine, 91p. Comporte un chapitre spécifique pour les premiers entrevus avec un·e thérapeute (dans un cadre psychiatrique).

Pour les proches

La théorie des cuillères, article wikipédia.

The spoon theory (La théorie des cuillères), Christine Miserandino, essai.

Soutien mutuel : les bases

Paillettes Toxiques et Sérum Phy : des pistes pour repérer des dynamiques de pouvoir dans nos relations (pas cis hétéro), zine, 275p.

Point drogue

Une carte interactive pour savoir où tester ses produits

Relation entre tabagisme et douleur : revue narrative de la littérature scientifique, D. Balayssac, Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Volume 38, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 269-277.

Se faire mal : comment prendre soin de toi lorsque tu ressens le besoin de te blesser, Icarus Projets, zine, 56p.

Alternatives à l’auto-mutilation, Traduction de Choose recovery par Dandelion Guide pour décrocher des médicaments psychotropes en réduisant les effets nocifs, zine, Icarus project, 70p. Tumer Fue : Une méthode libre pour en finir avec la clope, Robin, zine, 80p.

Toxicophobie mon amour, Pour déconstruire ses préjugés sur l'usage de produits.

Pendant la tempête

Le manuel de sevrage des psychotropes, livre, Soutien Benzo, 196p.

Aider ses ami.e.x.s qui ont parfois envie de mourir à ne peut-être pas mourir, traduction par ezekiel and the weirdos, zine, 33p.

Le mouvement death positiv tente de réduire les tabous autour de la mort et d’explorer les façons de préparer sa fin de vie sereinement.

Living with depression, Kat Amarië, vidéo (traduite).

Dépression comment te quitter, Luks, zine, 20p.

En vrac :

Chroniques des chroniques : une émission autour des maladies chroniques (douloureuses), radio rageuse.

La souffrance: que ressent-on quand quelqu’un nie notre douleur ?, podcast Emotion.

The Cancer Journals (Journal du cancer), Audre Lorde, livre, 96p. Fragments, Fatou S, livre, 150p.

Guide de navigation en eau trouble : se fabriquer des ressources quand on vit une crise ou un moment pas cool, zine, 40p.

Les ateliers groupe soin, volume 1, 2 et 3, zines, groupe soin. Du partage de savoir et vulgarisation de concepts médicaux issus de rencontre en groupe pour s’autonomiser.

My Body Is a Prison of Pain so I Want to Leave It Like a Mystic But I Also Love It & Want it to Matter Politically, Johanna Hedva, vidéo et transcript.

Hollow, Mia Mingus, Traduction d'Emma Bigé et Harriet de g, zine. De la science fiction avec des handi·es autonomes.

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Vous avez déjà une idée du fc que vous souhaitez incarner, de votre familier ou de la magie dont vous souhaitez imprégner votre sorcier ? Ça tombe bien, les réservations viennent d'ouvrir ! Alors à vos claviers, que soit via le Discord ou par MP sur Tumblr, n'hésitez pas à nous chuchoter tout ça avec votre pseudo rpg-ique afin que l'on puisse consigner tout ça dans la page des Réservations accessibles depuis la barre de navigation ou par ici.

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beautifulduckweed · 2 years ago

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Book Review: Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots

The Premise:

It’s 1973 in New York City, and slacker music critic Daniel Cabot is basically married to his extremely hot pediatrician BFF, Alex Savchenko. Alas, in tried and true idiot fashion, neither of them have any idea what to do about it. Alex is prickly and is of the (CORRECT) opinion that feelings are bad and they should feel bad and the best way to handle them is to jam ’em in a corner and tell them to think about what they’ve done until they either behave or go away. Daniel is sunny, open-hearted, and isn’t like, opposed to feelings, but also, like, what are feelings, whomst can say. They’re both turbo in love, everyone around them knows it, and they sooooooorta know it but also, in classic Cat Sebastian weapons-grade idiots style, have no idea what to do with it. Along the way, Daniel helps build a community garden next to his literally crumbling East Village apartment, Alex faces new challenges at his clinic, and they both navigate their way, slowly and at a slant, towards each other’s hearts.

Comes out November 15. You can find purchase links here.

Dramatis Personae:

Daniel Cabot: Some of you may recognize Daniel as Tommy Cabot’s son from Tommy Cabot Was Here. He’s a sweet-natured freewheeling dude, but also struggling to find meaning in his life. His Boston Brahmin-esque family (they’re not the Kennedys, but also are not-NOT the Kennedys) have some awesome members, mostly his immediate family, but the extended members are…shall we say…more of a mixed bag. He’s managed to dodge serving in Vietnam thanks to the machinations of his mother, and boy he has some real mixed feelings about that. He loves fucking his friends, and he really wants to fuck Alex, except, uh, Alex is…more than a friend? Or is he? Anyway, until Daniel sorts his shit out, he figures he can haul a bunch of heavy stuff around and rehabilitate the vacant lot next to apartment and into a garden.

Alex Savchenko: A Ukrainian whose family fled war and chaos for New York City when he was a child, Alex is prickly, autistic, and fiercely loyal. He’s particular, difficult, and is all-too conscious about this fact, which is why he finds Daniel’s acceptance, loyalty, and gung-ho willingness to accommodate a bit bewildering. He’s convinced he’s Bad At People, but he can’t afford to lose Daniel, who is Good At People, and also his feelings are no longer obeying orders, in fact his feelings are in open revolt, so what’s a guy to do?

Co-starring: Tommy Cabot (I would die for him); Patricia Cabot, Daniel’s mom (I would also die for her); Daniel’s absolutely terrible grandmother; assorted friends, lovers, and neighbors; the got-damn city of New York itself.

Commentary:

This book blew me the fuck out of a giant funk I’ve been in since about July, during which I didn’t manage to finish any new books and baaarely managed to scrape through a couple of beloved KJ Charles rereads (two of which I did as canon review for the KJ Charles exchange, ha). I cannot express how much I love it. As with all of the other books in the Cabot-verse, it features:

Sweater wearing (including a sweater vest, ah, Alex my beloved)

A plot that consists of “people are generally very sweet to each other and have a lot of feelings that they don’t know what to do with”

Crying (though less than Tommy Cabot)

And as with all of my favorite Cat Sebastian novels, this story is all about idiots coming to realize that they do in fact love each other and have for a while now, but now they need to work out the shape of what it looks like, and what their lives together look like. Like, it’s immediately obvious within five pages of the book that Daniel and Alex are basically an old married couple, they just haven’t gotten around to fucking yet, and also they are buried in denial.

And then, oh god. They do get around to fucking. And it is glorious. This is one of the highest heat books Sebastian has put out yet, either on par with or hotter than Peter Cabot, so if you liked that aspect of Peter Cabot, you are gonna have a Very Good Time with Daniel Cabot.

A note about the sense of place in this story: that mention of New York as a side character is not a joke. I’ve only been to NYC twice, so it’s not like I’m some kind of expert, but goddd the sense of place I got from this book was next-level. I could picture the diners, the restaurants, the buildings, the streets; I could smell Daniel’s apartment. Sebastian pulls off an act of wizardry with this; of all the books I’ve read of hers, this is the one most firmly anchored in a sense of place, and I love it, because it’s pretty clear she loves it. She even has a note in the acknowledgements about the apartment she lived in that’s the basis for Daniel’s apartment. Love it (though mildly concerned about her health after living with so much mold).

Anyway it might be too much to say that Daniel Cabot cleared my skin, watered my crops, etc. etc. but it for goddamn sure patched over some sore spots in my heart and fixed my reading brain. Since I’ve finished it in mid-October, I have gone on to finish three other novels, which is more than I’ve managed to do between June and October. Part of me wants to go back and reread it already. (The other part recognizes that I have over twenty library books checked out and I should probably get a move on those first.)

(But also. This book.)

TL;DR:

Daniel Cabot, more than any other romance novel I’ve read in a long time—or possibly ever—is about two people who love each other a whole lot, and then learn to negotiate what they want with and from each other; along the way, they figure out where their boundaries lie, and how those boundaries make their relationship stronger. It takes a lot of bravery to bring up what you need in order to feel safe and nurtured, and the fact that these two do it—allow themselves to be fully and truly vulnerable with each other—makes me absolutely goddamn feral. Just. Fuckin’ read this book already.

#cat sebastian #daniel cabot #daniel cabot puts down roots #book review #I would die for all of these perfect idiot babies

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 2 years ago

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“Le canal Lachine doit être vidé le 20 de ce mois,” La Presse. March 10, 1933. Page 8. ---- On y effectuera les réparations nécessaires pour as- surer l'étanchéité du tunnel. ---- Assemblée maritime ---- Si les conditions de la température le permettent, il est plus que probable que le canal Lachine sera vidé vers le 20 courant pour y entreprendre les réparations nécessaires à ses berges. Les travaux seront effectués dans un temps assez rapide pour donner passage aux vaisseaux vers le 24 avril. Le canal sera, toutefois, rempli à nouveau vers le 20. Un examen très sévère sera fait à l'endroit où se produisit, l'an dernier, presqu'à la même époque une première fissure par laquelle l'eau pénétra pour inonder Ia partie inférieure du tunnel de la rue Wellington. Comme on le sait, les travaux furent alors suspendus afin de permettre à la compagnie de retirer l'eau et continuer ses travaux. Dès que le canal sera complètement vidé, des experts sonderont le lit et les parois du canal pour bien s'assurer s'il existe des lézardes. Le tunnel de la rue Wellington sera complètement parachevé vers la fin de ce mols et toutes les précautions seront prises par le ministère des chemins de fer et canaux pour en assurer l'étanchéité.

Pour la prochaine saison Les représentants des différentes compagnies maritimes y compris l'Associated Lake Freighters, Limited, ont été en assemblée pendant deux jours à l'hôtel Mont-Royal en vue d'étudier les préparatifs pour Ia prochaine saison de navigation sur les grands lacs et le fleuve Saint-Laurent. Interviewé hier soir, M. Arthur Mathewson, de Montréal, président de l'organisation, a expliqué que les délibérations avalent été très satisfaisantes ayant eu trait tout particulièrement aux avantages mutuels des divers, propriétaires de navires. Il a ajouté être convaincu que l'Associated Lake Freighters, Limited, sera en meilleure position, la saison prochaine, de donner un service adéquat aux expéditeurs et aux propriétaires de navires. Sous ce rapport, il a rendu hommage à M. James Stewart, gérant de l'organisation avec quartiers généraux à Winnipeg. En plus de M. Mathewson, on remarquait: MM. T.-R. Enderby, vice-président, de Montréal; R.-A. Carter, secrétaire-trésorier; le capitaine H-I. Beauvals, le capitaine Léon Beaupré, J.-D. Calvin, P. Godin, fils; T. Siegerman, E. Spence et le capitaine T-W. Tinmouth, tous de Montréal. MM. A.-B. Buckworth et le capitaine James-B. Foote, de Toronto: le capitaine Scott Misener, de Port Colborne: J-J. Boland, E.-S. Crosby et E-T. Douglas, de Buffalo, N-Y, Norman M. Paterson, de Fort William, et L. Wolvin, de Winnipeg. M. Mathewson a laissé entendre que le taux du transport du grain entre Fort William, Port Arthur et Mont- réal à l'ouverture de la navigation sera de 6 centins et demi le boisseau, bien que ce taux eût été décide à Winnipeg avant l'assemblée tenue ici.

#montreal #lachine #lachine canal #infrastructure project #infrastructure maintenance #freighter #lakers #shipping company #shipping news #navigation season #great depression in canada

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coll2mitts · 2 years ago

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Since 2008, I've worked with time clocks. You know, the antiquated hardware installed on the wall in your local grocery store or factory or fast food restaurant that employees punch in and out on so they get paid for the amount of hours they were there. I deal with the software installed on those things. Yes, it's just as exciting as it sounds.

Back in 2016ish, our company acquired another company, and the new devs used HipChat as their messaging system. Because it wasn't interfaced with the pile of other messaging systems we already used, I got to pick my own chat avatar, and since devs generally don't give a shit about professionalism, I picked this guy:

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared had been out for several years at that point, but in contrast of the 46M+ views it has today, it felt pretty niche internet at the time. I was pretty confident nobody I worked with directly would have any fucking clue what he was from, even if they happened to be based in the UK. I really wanted to lean into my "clock girl/queen" image by choosing an avatar that was the personification of rotting away in a job I didn't like.

Even when we were forced to transfer to Slack back in like 2018, I kept him. He's very jaunty.

Also, yes, I know how the nick names sound. I didn't create or encourage them.

Seemingly unrelated, I've been on tumblr since 2012 but I haven't been on tumblr in the same way people outside of this community assume a user of this hellscape would be because I was a millennial with a mortgage. Sure, I've seen the magical hat post, and I was aware of superwholock, but I learned about dashcon by watching retrospectives on YouTube. My tumblr experience was Mad Men gif sets, nail art, and Wil Wheaton posts until I peaced out from the navigation page entirely when it started promoting cute chibi drawings of the Columbine killers because - and I cannot stress this enough - fuck off with romanticizing that bullshit, jesus christ, get some help.

That said, when I come across the opportunity to learn about obscure tumblr artifacts like the Pandom, I dive in to absorb whatever the hell I missed. A bunch of teenagers swooning over an emo-looking Disneyland actor seemed pretty par for the course, until I was surprisingly shocked to my core when Ashley Norton casually mentioned Pan fell in the "tumblr sexyman" genre, and when citing examples of a tumblr sexyman, my main man clocky flashed across the screen.

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Uh wut.

I quickly find out that the DHMIS clock's name is Tony, although his full name is up for debate. His sexyman status is not a joke. He's shipped with other characters from the show. This irritating clock that represents the existential crisis we experience when confronted with the unrelenting progress of time aging our decaying bodies is now a grumpy-but-lovable, well-dressed British man who cuddles with his boyfriend. And leaves hickies all over his body.

Look, I'm not here to kink shame. If you want to write Padlock fanfiction, more power to you. The world sucks, and as Tony very astutely points out, we're all going to die one day. As long as it doesn't hurt anybody, pursue whatever brings you joy.

I just want to remind you all that I've had Tony as my work avatar for like 7 years, and there is a possibility my colleagues may associate me with a fandom that sexualizes a wall clock by drawing pictures of him spooning with a coffin because they're in a romantic relationship.

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Comment optimiser votre demande de don en ligne pour maximiser les contributions

Introduction à la demande de don

Dans un monde de plus en plus connecté, les organisations à but non lucratif et les associations caritatives doivent s'adapter aux nouvelles méthodes de collecte de fonds. La demande de don, autrefois faite principalement en personne ou par courrier, est désormais largement réalisée en ligne. Grâce à l’évolution du numérique, la demande de dons en ligne est devenue une stratégie incontournable pour ceux qui souhaitent obtenir des dons de manière rapide et efficace. Cet article explore comment optimiser votre demande de don en ligne pour maximiser vos chances de recevoir des contributions.

Qu'est-ce qu'une demande de dons en ligne?

Une demande de dons en ligne est un appel à la générosité, effectué via internet, pour solliciter des contributions financières auprès de particuliers ou d’entreprises. Elle peut prendre plusieurs formes, allant d'un simple email à une campagne de crowdfunding, en passant par des publications sur les réseaux sociaux ou un formulaire de don sur un site web. La demande de don en ligne permet de toucher un public plus large et plus diversifié tout en réduisant les coûts liés aux campagnes de dons traditionnelles. Cependant, pour être efficace, cette approche nécessite une stratégie bien définie et un contenu persuasif.

Les bases d’une bonne demande de don

Pour réussir une demande de dons en ligne, il est essentiel de bien comprendre ce qui motive les donateurs potentiels. La clarté et la transparence sont des éléments cruciaux dans ce processus. Voici quelques points à prendre en compte pour formuler une demande efficace :

Soyez précis sur l'objectif de votre collecte. Les donateurs veulent savoir comment leur argent sera utilisé. Plus vous êtes clair, plus vous avez de chances d’attirer des dons.

Utilisez un ton émotionnel mais authentique. Les histoires personnelles, les témoignages et les images fortes peuvent susciter une réponse émotionnelle chez vos lecteurs.

Proposez des montants de dons suggérés. Cela donne aux donateurs une idée concrète de ce qu'ils peuvent donner et de l'impact que cela peut avoir.

L'importance d'un site web dédié aux dons

Pour maximiser l'efficacité de votre demande de dons en ligne, il est recommandé de disposer d'un site web ou d'une plateforme de collecte de fonds dédiée. Ce site doit être facile à naviguer, sécurisé, et offrir plusieurs options de paiement. Une bonne interface utilisateur peut grandement améliorer l'expérience des donateurs et les encourager à contribuer.

Assurez-vous également que votre site est optimisé pour les appareils mobiles, car une grande partie des dons en ligne sont réalisés via smartphone ou tablette. Un design réactif et une navigation simplifiée permettront de réduire les abandons de pages et d’augmenter les conversions.

Les outils indispensables pour une demande de dons en ligne réussie

Aujourd'hui, il existe de nombreux outils en ligne qui peuvent faciliter votre demande de dons. Des plateformes comme WhyDonate, GoFundMe ou HelloAsso permettent de créer des campagnes de dons facilement et rapidement. Ces outils offrent des fonctionnalités telles que des formulaires de dons personnalisés, des options de paiement sécurisées, et des rapports détaillés sur les contributions reçues.

Utiliser ces plateformes présente plusieurs avantages, notamment la gestion simplifiée des donations, la possibilité de toucher un large public et la possibilité de partager vos campagnes sur les réseaux sociaux. Elles permettent également aux donateurs de suivre en temps réel l'avancée de la collecte.

Comment rédiger une demande de don efficace?

Rédiger une demande de don en ligne efficace nécessite de suivre quelques principes de base. Voici quelques astuces pour rendre votre appel aux dons plus impactant :

Titre accrocheur : Le titre de votre demande de dons doit immédiatement capter l’attention. Soyez direct et mettez en avant l’urgence ou l'importance de votre cause.

Présentation claire : Présentez clairement votre mission et l'impact que le don aura. Par exemple, expliquez comment chaque contribution peut aider à atteindre un objectif spécifique (acheter du matériel, financer une mission, etc.).

Appel à l'action fort : N’oubliez pas d’inclure un appel à l’action clair à la fin de votre message. Encouragez les donateurs à agir maintenant plutôt que plus tard.

L’importance de la transparence dans la collecte de dons

La transparence est l’un des aspects les plus importants dans la demande de dons en ligne. Les donateurs veulent être sûrs que leur argent sera utilisé à bon escient. Pour instaurer la confiance, il est essentiel de rendre des comptes régulièrement et de montrer des preuves de l’utilisation des fonds.

Envoyez des mises à jour aux donateurs sur l’avancement de votre projet ou campagne. Utilisez les réseaux sociaux pour partager des résultats, des photos ou des vidéos qui montrent concrètement comment les dons ont été utilisés. Ce genre de communication aide à renforcer le lien entre votre organisation et vos donateurs.

Personnaliser les remerciements et fidéliser les donateurs

Une fois que vous avez reçu des dons, il est crucial de remercier les donateurs de manière personnelle et rapide. Un simple email de remerciement peut faire toute la différence. Montrez de la reconnaissance en incluant des détails sur l'impact de leur contribution.

De plus, il est important de maintenir une relation à long terme avec vos donateurs. Proposez-leur de recevoir des mises à jour régulières sur vos activités et sur la manière dont leur soutien continue à faire une différence. Cela peut transformer un donateur ponctuel en contributeur régulier.

Mesurer et optimiser vos campagnes de demande de dons

Pour maximiser l’efficacité de votre demande de dons en ligne, il est essentiel de mesurer les résultats de vos campagnes et d’optimiser vos efforts en conséquence. Suivez des indicateurs clés tels que le nombre de visiteurs sur votre page de don, le taux de conversion, le montant moyen des dons, et le retour sur investissement (ROI) de vos campagnes marketing.

Si une campagne ne fonctionne pas comme prévu, n’hésitez pas à ajuster votre approche. Testez différentes versions de votre message, modifiez l'appel à l'action, ou essayez de nouveaux canaux de communication comme les réseaux sociaux ou les newsletters.

Conclusion

La demande de don en ligne est un outil puissant pour toute organisation cherchant à collecte de fonds. Cependant, pour qu’elle soit efficace, elle doit être soigneusement planifiée, rédigée et optimisée. En suivant ces conseils, vous augmenterez vos chances d'attirer plus de dons et de bâtir des relations solides avec vos donateurs. La clé est de rester transparent, de personnaliser vos communications, et de toujours chercher à améliorer vos efforts.

FAQ

1. Comment puis-je rédiger une demande de don convaincante?

Pour rédiger une demande de don convaincante, soyez clair sur votre mission, utilisez un ton émotionnel pour toucher vos lecteurs, et incluez un appel à l’action fort et direct. N’oubliez pas de préciser comment les fonds seront utilisés et l’impact qu’ils auront.

2. Quels sont les avantages d’une demande de dons en ligne?

La demande de dons en ligne permet de toucher un public plus large, de réduire les coûts de collecte de fonds traditionnels et d’offrir des options de paiement sécurisées. Elle permet également un suivi en temps réel des contributions.

3. Comment puis-je fidéliser mes donateurs après avoir reçu des dons?

Pour fidéliser vos donateurs, assurez-vous de les remercier rapidement et personnellement. Envoyez-leur des mises à jour régulières sur l’avancement de votre projet et montrez-leur concrètement comment leur soutien fait une différence.

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